what is the story of pompeii in italy?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Pompeii was a thriving city on the Bay of Naples. It had been settled as a colonia following the dictatorship of Sulla. It was/is situate at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. Its agricultural hinterland was fertile, due to the volcanic soil. The volcano was thought to be extinct, but in 62AD there was a devastating earthquake which destroyed much of the city. There were attempts at restoration, including a visit from the then Emperor, Nero, whose wife, Poppaea was a Pompeian. Before the city could be completely rebuilt, there was the eruption of Vesuvius - or I should say eruptions in the plural, there being several over a period of days. Eventually there was a massive pyroclastic eruption which completely buried the city, and its neigbour, Herculaneum, in ash.
Thus preserved, it has shown through excavation exactly what life was like in a Roman city in the 1st century AD. For example, there are such things as graffiti on walls showing how elections were conducted. Over one third of the city remains unexcavated, however.

Incidentally, the famous 'bodies' are not such, but plaster casts of the voids left in the ash where bodies were buried.

Answer 3

Short answer....
Big boom
Lots of smoke
Lava, ash, and mudslides... basically Hell on Earth
No more pompeii

Answer 4

Wiped out by eropting volcano Every out died and volcanic ash preserved the bodies.

Not a bedtime story for children is it.