The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius Pompeii DISASTER (79 A.D.)

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  • Опубликовано: 17 авг 2021
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    At the beginning of 79 AD the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, situated in Campania, on the Bay of Naples in southern Italy, were both bustling centres of human activity. Pompeii was a busy commercial centre with a population estimated to have been anywhere between 6,400 and 30,000. Herculaneum, on the other hand, was a smaller and more exclusive place, popular with the Roman elite, as is attested by the number of luxurious villas that have been discovered there. By the end of the year, both of them lay buried under metres of volcanic mud and ash, victims of one of the worst geological disasters in recorded history, an event so cataclysmic that it still horrifies almost 2000 years later: the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  2 года назад +258

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    • @ChaseMcCain81
      @ChaseMcCain81 2 года назад +14

      Ra ra Rasputin…

    • @broplaybro01
      @broplaybro01 2 года назад +9

      Lover of the Russian Queen.

    • @kfas4410
      @kfas4410 2 года назад +1

      How are you simple history?

    • @boredhi3454
      @boredhi3454 2 года назад +1

      Can you make a video about the Greco-italian war in WW2 or about the greeks that fought in korea?

    • @timetochronicle
      @timetochronicle 2 года назад +4

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  • @noahmezan2073
    @noahmezan2073 2 года назад +1995

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  • @z-man1237
    @z-man1237 2 года назад +741

    This cataclysmic event is very interesting, yet scary in a way. Let’s hope none of the volcanoes today don’t go off like that for a long time. Those ash mummies surprised me when I saw it in a book

    • @andenandrew2930
      @andenandrew2930 2 года назад +22

      The skeletons in Hercolanium were even worse, even though it is creepy seeing the ash mummies

    • @milktea2364
      @milktea2364 2 года назад +18

      Yellowstone’s a thing

    • @z-man1237
      @z-man1237 2 года назад +4

      @@milktea2364
      Oh😶……Well there’s that too😅

    • @damienrey8216
      @damienrey8216 2 года назад +13

      Yellowstone: don't tempt me

    • @thekhoifish0146
      @thekhoifish0146 2 года назад +7

      There was an exhibit I went to when I was 12 in a museum in Toronto(?), and one of the things shown was a wall with height markings of ash over the course of the eruption
      I was scared for about a week

  • @handsomegeorgianbankrobber3779
    @handsomegeorgianbankrobber3779 2 года назад +1207

    First time I learnt about this disaster was as a kid thanks to one of the books of the Magic Tree House series.

    • @asielmilian38
      @asielmilian38 2 года назад +13

      Really?

    • @mcoyxdking4190
      @mcoyxdking4190 2 года назад +15

      I learned this by watching

    • @paulcowlishaw
      @paulcowlishaw 2 года назад +14

      @@mcoyxdking4190 when it happened

    • @ryaneble7869
      @ryaneble7869 2 года назад +83

      Those magic tree house books introduced me to history and cemented my love for the subject

    • @GathKingLeppbertI
      @GathKingLeppbertI 2 года назад +11

      I read about a dog that retrieved a raisin loaf to bring to his young master captured in ash, etc. It was possibly based on an actual find, but I read it in the 70's so I can't vouch for details.

  • @shamefulfox5744
    @shamefulfox5744 2 года назад +730

    i didn´t even know you could turn organic matter into glass.
    that´s just insane, the amount of heat that would be required.

    • @silver4831
      @silver4831 2 года назад +49

      It's a volcano...

    • @paleoph6168
      @paleoph6168 2 года назад +36

      Meanwhile Chris Pratt in JWFK: "My brains turning to glass? Nah, I have plot armor because I am the main character."

    • @Illusionyary
      @Illusionyary 2 года назад +21

      Covenant from Halo: First time?

    • @shamefulfox5744
      @shamefulfox5744 2 года назад +8

      @@Illusionyary no i played halo, i'm just talking about real life

    • @jhypyro
      @jhypyro 2 года назад +10

      Ferb, i know what we're gonna do today

  • @Deruwugen
    @Deruwugen 2 года назад +816

    To think these were real people that went through this, can't even begin to imagine the terror, the suffering, I just hope they all went instantly with no pain.

    • @a_can_of_soda
      @a_can_of_soda 2 года назад +61

      The narrator said that the heat from the pyroclastic flows killed many people instantly.

    • @Deruwugen
      @Deruwugen 2 года назад +93

      @@a_can_of_soda I know, I think they were the lucky one's. Many choked on volcanic ash inside buildings, I can't bare to think of the pain they went through.

    • @Megalon-qc8pf
      @Megalon-qc8pf 2 года назад +13

      Depends on what killed them

    • @Elizabeththegreatest
      @Elizabeththegreatest 2 года назад +6

      So do I!

    • @Elizabeththegreatest
      @Elizabeththegreatest 2 года назад +4

      @@Deruwugen Yeah, neither can I , what a way to go!

  • @quas392
    @quas392 2 года назад +435

    Went to Pompeii myself, you want to be careful, not because of the ruins or the ancient structures, but because you’re pretty much forced to walk through a brothel with roman hentai on the walls.

    • @saddamhussein2
      @saddamhussein2 2 года назад +45

      Im not sure if its ancient or current either way
      Umbro momento

    • @oannamphuong6373
      @oannamphuong6373 2 года назад +32

      Or you can say
      You are seeing wall of stone people with weird poses

    • @Oof-th5hz
      @Oof-th5hz 2 года назад +53

      Pretty much, the Romans were people of cultures

    • @rahadhyanshakty7171
      @rahadhyanshakty7171 2 года назад +30

      It's called *ART*

    • @shakmp4
      @shakmp4 2 года назад +25

      @@rahadhyanshakty7171 roman hentai

  • @Marinealver
    @Marinealver 2 года назад +459

    Lets not forget all the erotic art that was recovered from the ashes.
    Also Simple history seemed to enjoy animating exploding heads a little too much.

    • @carronade2456
      @carronade2456 2 года назад +25

      Did their heads actually explode?

    • @johnprotagonist7296
      @johnprotagonist7296 2 года назад +95

      @@carronade2456
      Yes but not like in the video. The skulls that were found were mostly still intact with the exception of big holes in the top of the head. Still very gruesome

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 2 года назад +9

      @@johnprotagonist7296 damn

    • @iggerman6116
      @iggerman6116 2 года назад +10

      @@johnprotagonist7296 talking about head, I've seen some of the pictures in Pompeii a gay couple gave eachother a a head when it happens 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @johnprotagonist7296
      @johnprotagonist7296 2 года назад +19

      @@iggerman6116
      I guess their brain wasn't the only thing gettin steamy

  • @kakashihatake1869
    @kakashihatake1869 2 года назад +216

    Eh eh oh eh oh eh eh oh eh oh
    And the walls kept tumbling down
    In the city that we love
    Grey clouds roll over the hills
    Bringing darkness from above
    But if you close your eyes
    Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
    And if you close your eyes
    Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
    How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

    • @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401
      @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 2 года назад +7

      Bastille song & movie from the title

    • @TonyPajamaz
      @TonyPajamaz 2 года назад +2

      Cringe 😬

    • @clown9300
      @clown9300 2 года назад +22

      @@TonyPajamaz ur mom jajajjajajajajjajajajajajajjajajajajajjajajajajajajjjajajjajaja
      jajajajajjajajajajaja
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    • @somedudefromapharmacy
      @somedudefromapharmacy 2 года назад +15

      @@TonyPajamaz tiny painis tony

    • @TonyPajamaz
      @TonyPajamaz 2 года назад +6

      @@somedudefromapharmacy sussy baka 😳

  • @merlink.7287
    @merlink.7287 2 года назад +444

    This was always such an interesting event in history, so I'm glad to finally see it on here!

    • @fyourmom8810
      @fyourmom8810 2 года назад

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  • @Wil_Dasovich
    @Wil_Dasovich 2 года назад +294

    Those exploding head animations were brutal 😅 the curation of this one was like an animated kill bill

    • @kikibebe6410
      @kikibebe6410 2 года назад +5

      Is this a verified comment that hasn't blown up yet i see before my eyes?

    • @Waddle_Dee_With_Internet
      @Waddle_Dee_With_Internet 2 года назад +3

      @@kikibebe6410 it’s not even that necessary

    • @Waddle_Dee_With_Internet
      @Waddle_Dee_With_Internet 2 года назад +5

      Funnily enough, RUclips doesn’t even detect it as brutal. Meanwhile, they demonetize other videos for mentioning certain words.

    • @kikibebe6410
      @kikibebe6410 2 года назад

      @@Waddle_Dee_With_Internet You do know that i was just playing off the fact that verified people get more likes that usual?

    • @Waddle_Dee_With_Internet
      @Waddle_Dee_With_Internet 2 года назад

      @@kikibebe6410 depends on the algorithm

  • @kevinmackay5233
    @kevinmackay5233 2 года назад +166

    Every time I think of Pompeii I just think of the horror of the possibility of doing something sus, getting fossilized doing something stupid and get remembered as “that dude” in history

    • @themadpoet2082
      @themadpoet2082 2 года назад +37

      The Pompeii Masturbator is a great example

    • @wilhelm2462
      @wilhelm2462 2 года назад +19

      @@themadpoet2082 that guy is a legend

    • @hannibalburgers477
      @hannibalburgers477 2 года назад +29

      @@themadpoet2082 That debunked many times. The guy was holding something else. Not his junk. (You cant get hard while getting poisoned by volcanic gas.)
      But I expect a disgusting bleb to do sometjing like that in that situation.

    • @stevesamuel263
      @stevesamuel263 2 года назад +11

      @@hannibalburgers477 I don't think you understand what "link your sources" means😂. He's asking you to post links to substantiate your claims.

    • @Mika-ph6ku
      @Mika-ph6ku 2 года назад +8

      @@hannibalburgers477 You underestimate the levels of kinky a human can obtain.

  • @rosswebster7877
    @rosswebster7877 2 года назад +46

    I’m reminded of my visit to Pompeii on a trip to Italy in 2003. It was perhaps the first site I’d been to where ancient history felt like something that was actually lived in rather than just something you read about in books.

  • @a_can_of_soda
    @a_can_of_soda 2 года назад +458

    Only 70s AD kids will remember the destruction of Pompeii.

  • @studyhistory2ctruth
    @studyhistory2ctruth 2 года назад +49

    In 2016 I went to Pompeii and it was something to behold. Saw a concert there in a 2000 year old Roman stadium. David Glimour ( Pink Floyd)

    • @MrTheBaron
      @MrTheBaron 2 года назад +11

      The 1st public performance to be held in that amphitheater in over 2,000 years. You're absolutely lucky to witness that night.

    • @studyhistory2ctruth
      @studyhistory2ctruth 2 года назад +1

      @@MrTheBaron Yes me and my friends still cant believe we were there.

    • @niggato23
      @niggato23 2 года назад +4

      @@MrTheBaron Oooo A Beatles fan hello there

    • @MrTheBaron
      @MrTheBaron 2 года назад +1

      @@niggato23 You know it! Better add Star Wars too cos General Kenobi!

  • @ghostcreeper243
    @ghostcreeper243 2 года назад +144

    Pompeii: **exists**
    Mt Vesuvius: but if you close your eyes

    • @feeler6670
      @feeler6670 2 года назад +7

      *EH OH EH OH*

    • @TypicalUkraine_
      @TypicalUkraine_ 2 года назад +3

      @@feeler6670 DOES IT ALMOST FEEL LIKE NOTHING CHANGED AT ALL

    • @thealpha364
      @thealpha364 2 года назад +3

      @@TypicalUkraine_ And if you close your eyes
      Does it almost feel like you've been here before?

    • @villana5938
      @villana5938 2 года назад +3

      @@thealpha364 How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

    • @fordcortina5751
      @fordcortina5751 2 года назад

      @@villana5938 Oh where do we begin?

  • @glaus7593
    @glaus7593 2 года назад +63

    Fun fact : near vesuvius more exactly 10 km away from naples theres another more dangerous volcano : supervolcano campi fregrei

    • @somedudefromapharmacy
      @somedudefromapharmacy 2 года назад +1

      Did it also erupt at some point?

    • @glaus7593
      @glaus7593 2 года назад +8

      @@somedudefromapharmacy yes , quite a lot . The last "eruption" in 1538 I bellive ended up creating a small mountain called Monte nuovo (new Mountain) it didn't had so much power to cause more damage .

  • @esegall91
    @esegall91 2 года назад +21

    Glad that this video discusses Herculaneum. The story of Pompeii frequently overshadows what happens to the other city.

  • @Slyarno2795
    @Slyarno2795 2 года назад +57

    I recalled of this back in a drama class one of my friends did a play of it giving out our speeches of the event.

  • @FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial
    @FreedomLovingLoyalistOfficial 2 года назад +204

    RIP to those who died in Pompeii and Herculaneum.

    • @javiercarrillo914
      @javiercarrillo914 2 года назад +1

      Lmao

    • @jacobkain4721
      @jacobkain4721 2 года назад

      cool

    • @n3493
      @n3493 2 года назад +2

      @@javiercarrillo914 lmao?

    • @javiercarrillo914
      @javiercarrillo914 2 года назад +1

      @@n3493 i mean if it happens recently ok. But that was in 79 A.D.
      Wtf does a RUclips comment gonna do for them 😂😂

    • @rainluna9765
      @rainluna9765 2 года назад +1

      @@javiercarrillo914 So you feel "lmao" about millions who died in WW1 and WW2 also then?

  • @Kenny-me9jf
    @Kenny-me9jf 2 года назад +65

    I remember reading a book that was based around first hand accounts and personal journals when I was very little. I have to say you brought me back to my past fascination with this disaster. Keep the videos coming !

    • @Lara-rm3gs
      @Lara-rm3gs 2 года назад

      Do you remember the name of the book? Sounds interesting, I’d like to read it someday :)

  • @tomaslopez2940
    @tomaslopez2940 2 года назад +180

    “The temperature in Herculaneum was so hot, that it caused the people’s blood to boil and their brains to explode”
    *Insert Metalocalypse Brutal meme here

  • @PsychoKern
    @PsychoKern 2 года назад +29

    Pompeii was pretty lit back then, dang

    • @NickariusSN
      @NickariusSN 2 года назад

      Quite literally

    • @501stClonePilot
      @501stClonePilot 2 года назад

      An earthquake has destroyed every single buildings until the volcano has destroyed an entire population of Pompeii

    • @PsychoKern
      @PsychoKern 2 года назад +3

      @@501stClonePilot They partied so damn hard back then that they caused an earthquake AND volcanic eruption!

  • @edwardbryan9501
    @edwardbryan9501 2 года назад +16

    When I learned about this in high school, I became humbled to the fact that we as humans are simply mortal and are forever bound to the universe.

  • @aclown36
    @aclown36 2 года назад +34

    *Imagine the walls tumbling down in the city that you love*

    • @Mika-ph6ku
      @Mika-ph6ku 2 года назад +1

      Just close your eyes...

    • @life_is_a_myth
      @life_is_a_myth 2 года назад +2

      *Imagine great clouds over the hills bringing darkness from above*

    • @tired_noticer88
      @tired_noticer88 2 года назад +1

      Welp that's happening now in Afghanistan

    • @clown9300
      @clown9300 2 года назад +3

      @@tired_noticer88 because fally stair man does nothing to help

    • @Gillan1220
      @Gillan1220 2 года назад +1

      But if you close your eyes

  • @TheGreatLiberator1209
    @TheGreatLiberator1209 2 года назад +74

    Video starts at 1:17

  • @racketyjack7621
    @racketyjack7621 2 года назад +11

    I had the opportunity to visit both towns back in 1979 when my ship visited Naples. It was absolutely incredible the things that had been preserved. The villas, the kiosks with food still in the pots, amphorae with wine residue, coins, statuary, paved roads, and the list goes on. it was just like stepping back in time. We even visited the top of Vesuvius and looked down into the crater. If you can ever visit, please do, it is well worth the cost.

  • @cybercat29
    @cybercat29 2 года назад +16

    The thing is that archeologists have found some animal remains like donkeys that were used to pull grinding stones were in their stalls, tigers that were in their cages for the circuses, and a dog that was chained up. The fact that no other animals or birds were found shows that those creatures fled the area.

    • @rainluna9765
      @rainluna9765 2 года назад +4

      The animals would've panicked before the eruption and people kept them inside and/or chained up. People didn't understand the signs of disaster about to happen.

    • @siyasithole7995
      @siyasithole7995 Год назад +1

      Animals naturally have the ability to sense an incoming disaster so they immediately left weeks before the disaster unfortunately their chained brethren weren't that lucky

  • @cameronharrad587
    @cameronharrad587 2 года назад +30

    The animation keeps getting better and better

  • @df006
    @df006 2 года назад +15

    The story of Pompeii was what founded my interest in history. I remember being on holiday in Spain and going to a charity shop and I found a book with a cool cover that was about Pompeii.

  • @HistoryOfRevolutions
    @HistoryOfRevolutions 2 года назад +80

    "There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism"
    - Walter Benjamin

  • @Armalite-lj4cl
    @Armalite-lj4cl 2 года назад +110

    Can you make an episode about the IRA and the Troubles in Northern Ireland?

    • @kakashihatake1869
      @kakashihatake1869 2 года назад +7

      Another head hangs lowly
      Child is slowly taken
      And the violence, caused such silence
      Who are we mistaken?
      But you see, it's not me
      It's not my family
      In your head, in your head, they are fighting
      With their tanks, and their bombs
      And their bombs, and their guns
      In your head, in your head they are crying
      In your head, in your head
      Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
      What's in your head, in your head
      Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie, oh

    • @samkangal8428
      @samkangal8428 2 года назад +2

      Ni síocháin gan saoirse.

    • @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401
      @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 2 года назад +2

      @@kakashihatake1869 The Cranberries

    • @samueldocski4426
      @samueldocski4426 2 года назад +1

      @not #ot thrash

    • @silver4831
      @silver4831 2 года назад +2

      Would just cause fights. Better to avoid the era and move on with our lives.

  • @CovProdJV
    @CovProdJV 2 года назад +21

    Horrible yet fascinating story. Some digs have uncovered evidence/'fossils' of people hugging one another just before the end.
    On the other hand, it's awesome to see how this channel has grown and how the animation has become even better. Seriously love the content! Keep it up.

  • @akramgimmini8165
    @akramgimmini8165 2 года назад +100

    The Graffitis are still the best part of Pompeii xD

  • @coryspang7548
    @coryspang7548 2 года назад +9

    When I was in middle school,, my band teacher had a poster of the disaster, and his last name was Pompeii. He had these little sticker images of himself, and I jokingly told him to put one on the Pompeii part of the poster, so whenever we were leaving his classroom, we would be "Fleeing from Pompeii".

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 2 года назад +79

    All I know about Pompeii are these things: 1)There's a guy named Caecilius here with his wife Metella and his son Quintus
    2) Their employee, Grumio, makes it through this
    3) Caecilius est in horto
    Also, when does a Norse God of Mischief in a suit show up?

    • @Atlas-si2jp
      @Atlas-si2jp 2 года назад +5

      Euge! Esne Discipulum latinum?

    • @lightninggod123
      @lightninggod123 2 года назад +7

      You, good sir, are cultured. 👍

    • @luiscuadras1963
      @luiscuadras1963 2 года назад

      I'm convinced u have multiple accounts

    • @Atlas-si2jp
      @Atlas-si2jp 2 года назад +2

      @@luiscuadras1963 lmao nah idk who this guy is I just take Latin, too

    • @luiscuadras1963
      @luiscuadras1963 2 года назад +1

      @@Atlas-si2jp in time, you'll see his name in every comment section

  • @vehicle_dude1433
    @vehicle_dude1433 2 года назад +14

    Mt vesuvius:*erupts
    Cameraman: tis’but a scratch

  • @v.emiltheii-nd.8094
    @v.emiltheii-nd.8094 2 года назад +67

    Two Roman cities: (chilling and vibing)
    Vesuvius: So anyway, I started blasting...

    • @RaidenTheRipper950
      @RaidenTheRipper950 2 года назад +1

      Do you think this is funny?

    • @owentrahan2188
      @owentrahan2188 2 года назад +8

      @@RaidenTheRipper950 Move along Karen

    • @RaidenTheRipper950
      @RaidenTheRipper950 2 года назад +1

      @@owentrahan2188 Calling me a fucking Karen?

    • @smoove_
      @smoove_ 2 года назад +5

      @@RaidenTheRipper950 well you are acting like one

  • @jameskosusnik1102
    @jameskosusnik1102 2 года назад +4

    Already liked for the near 15 minute length, hope you guys do more videos with this longer style

  • @insertnamehere001
    @insertnamehere001 2 года назад +2

    You guys are doing a smashing job. The quality of your videos continue to improve with time, as does the quality of the information within.

  • @johnconner9149
    @johnconner9149 2 года назад +5

    Great video Simple History. I had a lot of fun watching it.

  • @kimtyson8197
    @kimtyson8197 2 года назад +3

    The song of bastille entitled pompeii with the famous lyrics "but if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing change at all" that song is about this disaster incase some didn't know

  • @cpssee
    @cpssee 2 года назад +6

    The casts of people who died holding their children are some of the saddest things ive ever seen.

    • @tired_noticer88
      @tired_noticer88 2 года назад +1

      The same thing is happening in Afghanistan aswell...

    • @cpssee
      @cpssee 2 года назад +1

      @@tired_noticer88 And Palestine

  • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
    @Frosty_tha_Snowman 2 года назад +4

    I visited a Pompeii exhibit a few years back.. I'll never forget it, but mostly, the haunting image of 2 bodies, one, that of a child, clinging to eachother, the larger person, presumably a mother or father, covering the small body of the child with their own, as the small body's arms also wrapped around the back of the poor soul trying to protect their child... it's absolutely horrifying, and devastatingly sad... I can hardly even imagine the horror that these people went through when witnessing this event unfold...

    • @areyoujelton
      @areyoujelton 2 года назад

      It’s life. Ain’t no good way to go out really.

    • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
      @Frosty_tha_Snowman 2 года назад +2

      @@areyoujelton true, but damn, there's better ways to go out than having your brain turned into glass..

    • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
      @Frosty_tha_Snowman 2 года назад

      @@areyoujelton although, if I was in my 90's, I'd be happy with witnessing an apocalyptic event. I mean, it's not like I want one to happen, but if it's going to, and I'm dying anyways, I'd like to see it.

  • @ayylmaoo7071
    @ayylmaoo7071 2 года назад +43

    Pompei:exists
    Mt.Vesuvius:I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move

    • @izakireemsi2783
      @izakireemsi2783 2 года назад +2

      Your City Privilege has expired

    • @StaticYTBER
      @StaticYTBER 2 года назад +1

      @@izakireemsi2783 i live in Naples, and that comment was pretty funny for me even if in our city this is seriously insultive but i'm gonna respect you

    • @izakireemsi2783
      @izakireemsi2783 2 года назад

      @@StaticYTBER oh. I'm so sorry if you might find this offensive

  • @wiggpkolnert4611
    @wiggpkolnert4611 2 года назад +34

    Probably the earliest time i've seen a simplehistory video! Keep up the good work!
    And if possible, i'd like to see a free 2d game about diffrent war's and era's and level's with your art-style!
    If you would create it, chould it be avaible for mobile's and steam? I'd love to have a game like this and i'd definetlly play it!

  • @tunturikuningas5393
    @tunturikuningas5393 2 года назад +1

    The animations are getting so good! Nice work!

  • @lfdb92
    @lfdb92 2 года назад +4

    I have visited Pompei on April 2019, just before the pandemic. I would come there again, it is so beautiful to see that it's never too much the time spent visiting it. Even because sometimes, going ahead in the time, always something new comes out trough the discovering.

  • @vasi5296
    @vasi5296 2 года назад +3

    I've been waiting for another vid this channel ngl :D

  • @McGillified
    @McGillified Год назад +6

    I've been to Pompei and Herculaneum today, this is wonderfully accurate - the jugs, plaster castings, the ruins representation as well as the facts.
    Definitely worth a visit to both (half day each is enough to get a feel) It's incredibly hot there in the summer as there is no shade!

  • @DarthMundane
    @DarthMundane 2 года назад +4

    Can’t say I’ve been to many places around the world but been to Pompeii and up Mount Vesuvius and seeing steam coming from it shows that it is still very active. Well worth a visit

  • @razze0
    @razze0 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for this amazing video!

  • @harrietharlow9929
    @harrietharlow9929 2 года назад +5

    I visited Pompeii with my parents and even after 62 years I remember it clearly. It was an awesome place even in ruins. And the plaster casts...those poor people. From the cast of a dog that couldn't escape one can see that they died in agony.

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 2 года назад +1

      No matter how short a time it takes to die in a pyroclastic surge it us not entirely pain. See "Pompeii the Last Day (longer version) here at RUclips.

    • @macewindu4070
      @macewindu4070 Год назад

      it's a horse you dingus

  • @alexanderleach3365
    @alexanderleach3365 Год назад +6

    It's a very eerie place. Quite an amazing place to see.

  • @diontaedaughtry974
    @diontaedaughtry974 Год назад

    Great animation and commentary, very insightful 👍👍

  • @justinroman8023
    @justinroman8023 2 года назад +2

    I have learning disabilities but your vids helped me on my history..your vids are so underated, I got my GED cuz of your help... Thanks guys 🙋

  • @EFCDEC12
    @EFCDEC12 2 года назад +6

    I’ve been to Pompeii and climbed Vesuvius, seeing the bodies was a haunting experience

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 2 года назад +12

    A man died there doing what he loved: yanking.

  • @abiezerEscude
    @abiezerEscude 2 года назад +1

    The ad before this video was pretty interesting.
    Ahhh that voice. Fantastic!

  • @michaeltheundeadmariachi4494
    @michaeltheundeadmariachi4494 2 года назад +9

    To all who perished in Pompeii and in Herculaneum, requiescat in pace.

  • @jacobramsey7624
    @jacobramsey7624 2 года назад +14

    My grandfather was a WW2 Vet and told my father that while flying in a hospital plane he passed by Mt. Vesuvius as it was erupting for the last time.

    • @saddamhussein2
      @saddamhussein2 2 года назад +2

      Not really a fun fact:on march 17th 1944 when mt vesuvius erupted the last time some of the b25s got destroyed,their fabric broken,glazed,melted and cracked flexiglass and destroyed a base near and almost all the planes

    • @jacobramsey7624
      @jacobramsey7624 2 года назад

      @@saddamhussein2 I never said it was a fun fact. To me, it is an interesting fact because my grandfather was there. I never understood what being a soldier ment nor did i know what he had been through while he was alive. Only after he pased away did I learn about my grandfathers past in the war and sence he met so much to me and my family I enjoy shareing his stories and learning from them. The storys are also a good way to start conversations and to hear other people's stortes.

    • @dxrlingsofmine
      @dxrlingsofmine 11 месяцев назад

      I had to reread this because I thought that said “he passed away on Mount Vesuvius”.

  • @duglife2230
    @duglife2230 2 года назад +3

    Fun fact: This volcano also erupted during World War Two in 1944, and destroyed two American airfields and about 88 B-25 bombers - more than the Luftwaffe were able to get during that particular unit's entire campaign. It also took out a few local villages. No American servicemembers were killed by it. I am not sure how many, if any, Italian civilians were killed.

  • @PerturbatorFan
    @PerturbatorFan 2 года назад

    About time you do stuff like this

  • @richewilson6394
    @richewilson6394 2 года назад +3

    I visited Pompeii back in 2007. It was pretty cool I didn't know about Herculaneum until few years later

  • @xavierticas1632
    @xavierticas1632 2 года назад +5

    I've seen the casts that were made to mark the cavities where the bodies of the dead laid. The Royal Ontario Museum had an exibit that simulated the marketplace and a surround sound theater that provided what it would have sounded like at the point where the pyroclastic flow would have occured. As many times as I see documentaries that show the casts its nothing like seeing them upclose. Mothers still holding their babies, lovers holding hands, a boy holding onto his dog. Its truely haunting.

  • @keithcj13
    @keithcj13 2 года назад +12

    While everything is going dandy Vulcanus was sleeping under the Vesuvius until a sword fell onto to his head woken up he realized it was a gladiatorial sword AKA a slave sword aka filthy slaves have been (explicit) on top on his property, exploding in anger Vulcanus made the Vesuvius erupted in a furious rage
    -Dovahhatty

  • @mrslimy_gaming1130
    @mrslimy_gaming1130 2 года назад

    Amazing as usual

  • @junedhussain6252
    @junedhussain6252 2 года назад +5

    Thank you Simple History. I bet the eruption would cause dramatic temperature changes around the world during that time.

  • @1LWiLNY
    @1LWiLNY 2 года назад +6

    As always, another very interest8ng and informative episode!

  • @jamiereekie9342
    @jamiereekie9342 2 года назад +10

    "The air was so hot it instantly boiled their blood and the made their heads expolded. One mans brain even turned into glass"... Well, as if volcanoes weren't scary enough. Thanks for that 👍

  • @weber1106
    @weber1106 2 года назад

    I had to watch this in school a few days ago, didn't disappoint

  • @ezm4gic241
    @ezm4gic241 2 года назад

    FINALLY SIMPLE HISTORY!!

  • @phetta5059
    @phetta5059 2 года назад +6

    So you're telling me it got so hot in Herculaneum that peoples heads exploded and their brains turned to glass? Thats brutal.

  • @akronym4439
    @akronym4439 2 года назад +4

    Yesterday I was is in Pompei. What a beautiful place! I recommend it to everyone who likes the Roman period!

    • @linda10989
      @linda10989 2 года назад

      It's on my Bucket List to go there...which part of your visit was the most interesting, if you don't mind me asking

    • @akronym4439
      @akronym4439 2 года назад

      @@linda10989 Well I personally like the tour with the guide.
      I think it is not necessary if you are aware of the romsn history.
      I specially liked the forum and the street buildings of pompei

  • @Wackymushrooms
    @Wackymushrooms 2 года назад +1

    *I love how the animation in these videos is getting better, thanks for all of the efford you put into this.*

  • @LemonHCP
    @LemonHCP 2 года назад

    Dang, I'm here early. Love the videos!

  • @halo-cn3ku
    @halo-cn3ku 2 года назад +3

    This is truly a sight to behold in person, especially if you knew a lot of the history. My teacher couldn’t understand why I looked so pale when I saw the bodies in the cast. I said, reading about this was one thing seeing it is another.

  • @Practitioner_of_Diogenes
    @Practitioner_of_Diogenes 2 года назад +35

    Wasn't there also rumors that Pompeii was the Romen capitol of debauchary, and some even compared such depravity to Sodom and Gomorrah?

    • @erlanggaprasetyo3541
      @erlanggaprasetyo3541 2 года назад

      It's not a rumors

    • @joshuajoaquin5099
      @joshuajoaquin5099 2 года назад

      dunno about that, they are located in well fertilize land for farming making them successful

    • @superbroly64DS
      @superbroly64DS 2 года назад +2

      @@joshuajoaquin5099 well at least in their own concept of "successful"

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions Год назад

      So it shall appear

    • @blackeyedsusan727
      @blackeyedsusan727 10 месяцев назад

      How is that alien description bof their culture helpful, useful, or accurate?

  • @rickybobby1055
    @rickybobby1055 2 года назад +1

    This is so awesome to learn about. Sad but history tell us many things. Cant wait to visit pompeii

  • @cheezoncrack1
    @cheezoncrack1 2 года назад

    One of my favorite channels

  • @renegadeace1735
    @renegadeace1735 2 года назад +19

    What was a horrific tragedy for Ancient Rome has become an archaeologist's wet dream.

  • @thesenate9564
    @thesenate9564 2 года назад +9

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      @activeonyoutube1545 2 года назад

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  • @nassrybendeck9064
    @nassrybendeck9064 2 года назад

    This is a crazy and amazing story thanks

  • @goobi3780
    @goobi3780 Год назад +2

    The Patrons of Pompeii lived like kings. Sleep in, work to noon by showing off your rich domus home, after work go to the bathhouse for a few hours, go to parties, eat dinner, and retire pretty early as well.

  • @jakeybee9117
    @jakeybee9117 2 года назад +4

    Great video! Can you do a video about the Roman Emperor's royal guards, otherwise known as the Praetorian guard.

  • @francis9428
    @francis9428 2 года назад +5

    The city of Naples sits on top of not 1 but *3* active volcanoes with one of them being classified as a Supervolcano.
    Despite of it's beauty, Naples may be the last city I would decide to move to...

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 2 года назад

      Dang I've always wanted to go there lol think I'll stick to Florence.

  • @Gamingains
    @Gamingains 2 года назад +1

    This video was very interesting!

  • @LookNowLookBackNinja
    @LookNowLookBackNinja 2 года назад

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  • @AlbertJasonAlburo
    @AlbertJasonAlburo 2 года назад +3

    Top 4 deadliest Volcanic Eruptions in the World
    1. Mt. Vesuvius (79 AD)
    2. Krakatoa Volcano (1883)
    3. Mt. St. Helens (1980)
    4. Mt. Pinatubo (1991)

    • @angelapolinar5343
      @angelapolinar5343 Год назад

      Tambora & Toba aren't on this list, and that's incorrect.

  • @asdf64a
    @asdf64a 2 года назад +3

    but if you close your eyes...

  • @PixelOfChaos
    @PixelOfChaos 2 года назад

    hello simple history i love ur videos and u teach me mlre then my school!

  • @arober9758
    @arober9758 2 года назад

    Amazing job guys!!🥰🥰🥰🥰😎😎🌋🌋🇺🇸

  • @jessicastrike5640
    @jessicastrike5640 2 года назад +8

    I heard a rumour about this mysterious blue box also being present...

    • @jonL88
      @jonL88 2 года назад +2

      I understood that reference

  • @devdolph
    @devdolph Год назад +2

    As a geologist, hearing them use the correct terms and defining them correctly had me smiling. The honga Tonga eruption of the last year is the closest thing in my lifetime I could relate to an eruption such as this. As of now they both has the same volcanic explosivity index rating as Pompeii’s explosion. The honga tonga eruption completely sank over half of the country into the ocean

  • @metalpsyche82
    @metalpsyche82 2 года назад

    really awesome.
    congrats

  • @woefulsky9497
    @woefulsky9497 2 года назад

    I’ve been to Pompeii and it was so interesting to see and it was so interesting to see what the devastation was that day

  • @jamesbedukodjograham5508
    @jamesbedukodjograham5508 Год назад +3

    This disaster happened so many decades ago yet it is still scary to all Geologists and Seismologists out there.

  • @danishmirza3169
    @danishmirza3169 2 года назад +5

    Can we just look closely that simple history animation is improving?

  • @dukethedragon9096
    @dukethedragon9096 2 года назад

    I love the music on this video btw.

  • @DillaWorld
    @DillaWorld 2 года назад

    Need another couple of mountains like this where I live.