HIST 2150 Lecture 3: L3
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Look at lecture slides and add to notes each week. Pompeii and herculaneum in the roman world: grew from a small town in rome to take over the whole of italy and. Interest grew in renaissance period for uncovering the past, his account was discovered. Very influential primary source used to track the stages of the eruption and destruction. Hopes his account will be published; makes it very vivid and descriptive. Could see what was happening but removed: everyone was caught off guard as to what was happening, they weren"t prepared for the sudden eruption, phase 1: around lunchtime. Cloud appears around volcano, likened to an umbrella pine tree. Pumice and ash blown southwest over the towns including pompeii; day turns to night, blacking out the sun; raining down on the city. Not particularly deadly but it accumulates quickly, causes rooves to collapse: phase 2: early hours of following morning.
