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After Mount Vesuvius erupted, Romans returned to Pompeii and stayed for 400 years — but it was likely anarchy
New excavations in Pompeii's Insula Meridionalis quarter have confirmed long-held suspicions that people returned to the ancient Roman city after the volcanic eruption in A.D. 79.
New traces discovered by archaeologists indicate that Pompeii could have been reoccupied after the devastating eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., which buried the Roman city under ashes, announced on Wednesday the archaeological site.Despite the enormous destructions suffered by the city, which in its heyday housed more than 20,000 inhabitants, some survivors—without means to start a new life elsewhere—would have returned to settle in the devastat…
After the disaster, people lived in Pompeii for several hundred years.
Although the eruption of Vesuvius covered the entire city in ash and rubble, some residents returned to their hometown: Pompeii. But how could they survive there? Nearly 2,000 years ago, Vesuvius spewed forth a massive amount of ash, pumice, and gases, which destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii […] Want to know more about science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .
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