When Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24 in the year 79 A.D., it happened so quickly that the people of Pompeii and the surrounding areas had no time to escape. The volcano spewed out clouds of ash, burying terrified residents and preserving their last moments for archeologists to discover later.
Experts have pieced together a fairly accurate picture of what took place on that fateful summer day, but first-hand accounts of what really went down are lacking… except for one. Thanks to a man named Pliny the Younger, we have some insight into the fall of the Roman city: This is the only written eye-witness account of Pompeii’s destruction.
#Pompeii #History #Volcano
Who was Pliny the Younger? | 0:00
Pompeii wasn’t alone | 1:22
Not really concerned | 2:25
Pliny the Elder, the Hero | 3:38
Ash and rock | 4:47
Screaming in the dark | 5:38
Concern for family | 6:39
Gruesome deaths | 7:35
Archeology and the written account | 8:56
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What do you think this account of Pompeii's destruction?
This channel is trash… wtf happened
Pliny the Elder was a truly awesome and brave man.
We studied Pliny's account of the eruption of Vesuvius when I did Latin in high school. Much more exciting that Cicero's dreary tomes.
A few years ago they found graffiti of a delivery made to a home for construction supplies (rebuilding after the earthquake damage they think). It was dated October 79… so the date we've used for so long is off by a couple of months. The eruption happened in October 79. It's an amazing discovery.
Death is inevitable to every person living.
Shalowm Amen.
Sounds like they trusted in gods made by mans hands instead of the true God Creator
Of Heaven Earth the Sea and all things we Take for Granted. But when Death comes No Matter How.! Every Man seeks for the Reality of Lifes Purpose All though that Might be a Little Too Late Because We Do Not All get to know the Date of Our Death.
Shalowm and Amen.
Jesus Saves the Souls of Mankind.
Fascinating and terrifying!
Sell all DIS stock now!
I went there in 2013…I cannot imagine what those people went through that day and it is scary to see those people frozen in time
wtf happened to this channel?
Horrible Histories is lit. Nice reference
Although it was a terrible ancient natural disaster, it has left a window into the world of normal everyday Roman life, something that most accounts from that time would not give us. For example a recent discovery in Pompeii, was a hot food tiled counter belonging to a Roman equivalent of our fast food restaurants and bakeries, with bowls that were heated by fires from below, like our electrically powered heated food cabinets.
I feel in love with Pompeii when I saw the video that Pink Floyd made there
The movie Pompeii sucked
Pliny may have only been 18 but that was classed as middle aged back then.
I have always been fascinated w/ Pompeii since I was a small child in the 1970s
Interesting.
I wonder if that could have anything to do with the fact that the Romans enjoyed killing God's chosen people. the Jews. Just 9 years earlier in 70 the Romans did exactly what Jesus prophesied that they would do they destroyed the temple inside out there wasn't one stone that wasn't thrown down and over 1.1 million Jewish people killed by the Romans. Not to mentioned roughly or 40 years earlier they hung his son across Innocent but found guilty.For some reason the Romans are slow to catch on. I would say for at least 5,000 years.
We toured Pompeii early 2020. It was amazing to see the city and there is still areas yet to be uncovered
What an experience!
Interesting!!👍
Yeah he laid out in the sun at the beach with all his ladies with sunscreen all over them getting some rays band. And then he turned into He-Man and the Masters of the universe He-Man. Yeah I huge but baby got back.
This is gonna be good!