A Brief Summary Of Pompeii
It is likely that virtually the whole population of nearby Herculaneum, which suffered a similar fate, perished in the pyroclastic flow. They had made it as far as the seafront, but tsunamis that had accompanied the eruption made it impossible to escape by ship.
It is difficult to tell how many people were killed, only 2,000 bodies have been recovered from Pompeii and surrounding towns, and some assume that most of the inhabitants of Pompeii escaped. Although, recent accounts make it clear that the Romans regarded this event as a catastrophe of an unprecedented scale, suggesting that thousands lost their lives. Archaeologists have discovered evidence that there was immense looting and salvage of Pompeii in ancient times with the area infiltrated
It is difficult to tell how many people were killed, only 2,000 bodies have been recovered from Pompeii and surrounding towns, and some assume that most of the inhabitants of Pompeii escaped. Although, recent accounts make it clear that the Romans regarded this event as a catastrophe of an unprecedented scale, suggesting that thousands lost their lives. Archaeologists have discovered evidence that there was immense looting and salvage of Pompeii in ancient times with the area infiltrated