Pompeii is probably the second city after Rome, which we remember, looking at the map of ancient time, in the evenings. I hope you all do that?
Who has not cried at the story of the monstrous, terrifying cataclysm that engulfed innocent inhabitants. After all, everyone grieved over the pictures of the Pompetians caught off guard by lava and ash?
Instantly evaporated in the hellish heat of the body, left behind only the outlines in a deadly petrified mass, on which scientists thousands of years later were able to cast plaster-cement casts.
A thousand-year Pompeian dream.
Then, somewhere it pops up that, in fact, Vesuvius is a rather restless hill and it often swelled, so people were aware of the possible consequences. That is why, recognizing a particularly strong attack of flatulence near the mountain, the majority of the population wisely left the city at a respectful distance much in advance.
Vesuvius is visible without binoculars.
Those who were not tied with shackles to the batteries, which means they decided to take a chance and knew what they were doing.
Then it turned out that Pompeia was not suffering alone, but Herculaneum and Stabia were still covered nearby, from which, in general, everyone was evacuated. All these details greatly reduced the degree of pity, compassion and, most importantly, the exclusivity of the situation.
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For example, how many times I was in the Naples area, I never got there. And the point, as you understand, is not the lack of time or transport. Pompeii is very close.
I think many of you will be pretty surprised to see how close.
View of Naples from Pompeii.
Naples has stood here since the eighth century BC. Even then, it was a large center, according to the official version, of course. I almost wrote "industrial". I forgot that according to the OI, the entire gigantic Roman Empire was built by hand.
In this regard, I would like to ask. How is it? Before your eyes, in the literal sense, the whole settlement was filled up. As they say resort and famous. Not a general store in the field.
And you, like that, watched the fireworks.
One of five million paintings on the theme "I am a fool, I did not evacuate." Almost our someone from the 19th century.
I finished my wine. I scratched myself. And forgot about it for 2000 years?
Covered Pompeii on August 24, 79 BC. Digging began in 1860.
Where were the people all this time? Nearby, the whole of Naples grows and swells! What, no one, even the poorest, or thieves, or aliens, or runaways, did not take a scoop to dig at the expense of various utilities? Pompeii, unlike the same Herculaneum, was not washed away by mudflow, but, on the contrary, sealed for safety. Or was there nothing to take?
Did you forget about everything?
Well no! It seems like a lot of things are left. Even after 2K years. Any wall painting, frescoes. Columns, again. You have to build them for at least 400 years. Why not take it? Here is next! And the owners, who waited out the storm, also took amnesia from the eruption?
And if everyone is Alzheimer's, where did we get such an exact date? August 24, 79 to?
Eeee? A busy Pompeian last day according to our Karl Bryullov. Everyone is in a hurry. Dvizhuha. Vanity. Why, then, are all those who fall asleep found in such meditative postures? Either they sleep, or carnal love, now known as sex? Vesuvius grabbed one even in meditation on a pot! (I'm not lying, ask Yandex).
And Vesuvius, by the way, did not interfere. He closed his mouth for 1600 years with frustration. True, in 1631 he won back for all the years of silence. 4,000 people were buried. Although his bunch was 10 times weaker than the 79th. It's just that people have multiplied. He settled more compactly.
This is also a question. Once the people shrank in the area, so it prevented them from spreading to the territory of Pompeii. All the same, as we can see, in terms of casualties, they clustered in the affected area!
And by the way, none of Vulcan's formidable roars helped. So he could not drive them away. Tried in the 18th and 19th and 20th centuries. People are like cockroaches. You cover one city with ashes - they will build three more.
1872 year. One of the last high-profile attempts by Vesuvius to get rid of fleas.
As you can see, people are on constant alert. And they dig in and dig out without hesitation.
1944.
In 1944, Vesuvius made the last attempt to date to disperse the people from the foothills, but apparently he overstrained and gave up his ghost. Since that time he has been silent, does not breathe. Or maybe it even dawned on the volcano that if a person is not a louse, you cannot get rid of him so easily.
In short, no one bothered to dig! Why didn't you dig?
What is my guess, you probably already guessed. Right! Both Pompeii and neighboring villages fell asleep no earlier than the beginning of the 19th century. And since there, already on the way, there were all sorts of censuses of history, and the town was well-worn, then they decided to make a legend in order to cut a pretty penny from curious tourists in the long term.
In this approach, I see rationality and prudence. And forget about the full box of utilities within walking distance, forgive me, I don't understand.
Before you is such a performance, you are in the first row. At the end, a banquet was announced. And you forget about it for 1600 years.
1944 year. Almost a reconstruction of the Pompeii death minus 79 years. The audience is the same. The scenery is there.
Note that I am now not asking other well-known questions, such as a water supply system or a commemorative plaque about the death of Pompeii in 1631, the discrepancy between the artistic plots in the decorating decisions of antiquity (three graces), but their coincidence with the 18th century.
Okay, here's a plaque commemorating the towns killed by the volcano.
I'm stupid here about economy, thrift and rationality. That we didn't have Jews in the Roman Empire, or what?
PS
Some kind of feeling of a superficial, frivolous mood remained from this article. For those who are more fond of scrupulous meticulous investigation, I propose to go to the geological substantiation of the impossibility of the death of Pompeii before the 17th century.
new.chronologia.org/volume6/tur_dat.html
Only, plz, not swoop. There are no pictures. Formulas and graphs 3 carriages. Only one used literature on 3 pages in small print.