Pompeii: How a Volcano Destroyed an Ancient City

Описание

Pompeii. Vesuvius. Destruction of Pompeii. Eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii Casts.

The dramatic clips of Mount Vesuvius eruption come from the movie, Pompeii (2014).

Information about brothels and prostitution in Pompeii. https://www.pompeiitours.it/attractions/brothels-of-pompeii/

Information about how some ancient people attributed the destruction of Pompeii to God’s wrath: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/the-destruction-of-pompeii-gods-revenge/

You can read the two letters here in which Pliny the Younger describes the eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii: https://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/sio15/lectures/volcanoes/pliny.html