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It has offered us a window to the past, preserving aspects of Roman society from graffiti to social structure.

2007-04-07 02:15:35 · answer #1 · answered by Caretaker 7 · 0 0

It 'had' no especial significance in its own time - it was just one of many Roman cities on the Italian peninsular. Its only real claim to fame at the time was that it was the birthplace of Nero's empress, Poppaea. The significance it has in present times is that we have been able to learn a great deal about day to day Roman life in the 1st century AD because it was so well preserved by being covered in lava following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

2007-04-07 00:58:10 · answer #2 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0 0

Pompeii was a Roman city along with Herculanean were destroyed after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD and spewed its ashes throughout the two cities. It is noted that remains have been found that remained relatively intact when archaeologiss discovered them ao many lears later.

2007-04-07 00:15:21 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0 0

It was the biggest of 3 roman towns destroyed by Vesuvius volcano in 76 AD. But lava and ash well preserved some places in this town.

The archealogical excavations uncover some unknown facts of antic life. in fact it recreated opinion of how life looked like those days.

2007-04-07 00:10:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/DarleneBishop/rome/PompHistory.html

2007-04-07 03:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by mystic_chez 4 · 0 0

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