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Mt Vesuvius

Mt Vesuvius. Pompeii. Mt. Vesuvius erupted on August 24th 79 A.D. When did Mt Vesuvius Erupt?. It was a destructive plate boundary that caused Mt Vesuvius to erupt. This is when two plates crush together by a convections current, and squeese the magma causing it to erupt!.

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Mt Vesuvius

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  1. Mt Vesuvius Pompeii

  2. Mt. Vesuvius erupted on August 24th 79 A.D. When did Mt Vesuvius Erupt?

  3. It was a destructive plate boundary that caused Mt Vesuvius to erupt. • This is when two plates crush together by a convections current, and squeese the magma causing it to erupt! Why did Mt Vesuvius erupt?

  4. The Romans didn’t know that Mt Vesuvius was a volcano, for they have never discovered one before. • Where the volcano had erupted before, the volcanic ash and rock that was leftover, had been withered down over the hundreds of years to make a very rich soil. • Which the Romans took to their advantage and grew crops and harvested them to trade. why did the Romans live by Mt Vesuvius?

  5. Where Mt Vesuvius' Eruption effected Where Plinny Lived. And where he started his journey. Where Plinny finished his journey.

  6. GaiusPlinius Caecilius Secundus, was born in GaiusCaecilius Cilo. • He lived from 61 AD –112 AD, (Pliny the Younger), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. • Pliny's uncle (Pliny the Elder), helped raise and teach him. • They both saw and write down the events of the eruption of Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD. Who is "Plinny the younger"?

  7. Apollo was the God of the Sun, poetry, music and oracles • Bacchus was the God of Wine • Ceres was the Goddess of Agriculture • Cupid was the God of Love • Diana was the Goddess of Hunting • Goddess of Animals • Flora was the Goddess of Flowers and Spring • Fortuna was the Goddess of Fortune • Janus was the God of Doors and beginnings and endings • Juno was the Goddess of Marriage The major Roman gods and godesses

  8. Jupiter aka Jove Jupiter was the King of the Gods and the God of the sky and rain (aka Jove) • Mars was the God of War • Mercury was the Messenger of the Gods and of Commerce and Finance • Minerva was the Goddess of Wisdom, the City, Education, Science and War • Neptune was the God of the Sea • Pluto was the God of the Underworld • Saturn was the God of Harvest and Agriculture • Venus was the Goddess of Love and Beauty • Vesta was the Goddess of the Hearth and the Roman state • Vulcan was the God of Fire, the Forge and Blacksmiths

  9. Pyroclastic flows are fluidized masses of rock fragments and gasses that move rapidly in response to gravity. • It was the Pyroclastic flow that killed and destroyed nearly all of Pompeii. What is a "Pyroclastic flow"?

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