If You Were In Pompeii In 79 CE, Would You Have Survived The Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius?
If You Were In Pompeii In 79 CE, Would You Have Survived The Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius?
When the 79 CE eruption of Mt. Vesuvius covered the city of Pompeii in ash and pumice, an incredible record of everyday life during the Roman Empire was created. Of course, thousands of people also lost their lives. If you lived in Pompeii at the time of the eruption, would your instincts have gotten you through the disaster? Take our quiz to find out!
When the 79 CE eruption of Mt. Vesuvius covered the city of Pompeii in ash and pumice, an incredible record of everyday life during the Roman Empire was created. Of course, thousands of people also lost their lives. If you lived in Pompeii at the time of the eruption, would your instincts have gotten you through the disaster? Take our quiz to find out!
Do you know what a volcano is?
Living in the Bay of Naples, you're used to earthquakes. But there have been way more than usual the past few days. What's your reaction?
A plume of black smoke just started rising from the peak of Mt. Vesuvius! That's never happened before. What do you do?
Things are getting a little scary: it's the middle of the day, but the sky went pitch dark and it's getting kind of hard to breathe. What now?
You survived!
You survived!
Hooray, listening to your instincts saved you! Sadly, you've lost everything you couldn't carry, including your home and all your friends and family who stayed behind.
Too slow--you died trying to escape
Too slow--you died trying to escape
Turns out the sea is too rocky and full of debris for any boats to leave at this point, so you decide to try to get to the city walls, where you can maybe find a cart or a horse. Unfortunately, it's so hard to see and to breathe that you keep getting lost. By early morning, you still haven't made it out of town--and a pyroclastic surge consisting of superheated gas and ash kills you on contact.
You died at home
You died at home
It's not your fault that you didn't know what to do in a volcanic eruption--you don't even really know what a volcano is. But you chose poorly. Things only get worse outside, and at some point in the evening, pumice stones start raining down from the sky in such huge quantities that your roof collapses, killing you.