they where slowly killed by raining rocks from the volcano, that soon weighed down roofs until they crushed people, and ash clouds. But they where soon finished off by a second pyroclastic shock. people died almost instantly
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Yes, some people survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD by fleeing the area quickly or finding shelter. For example, the historian Pliny the Younger survived by escaping by boat. Archaeological evidence also suggests that some people may have taken shelter in sturdy structures and survived the initial eruption.
The city was buried under a volcanic eruption
The people were buried alive in a pyroclastic flow
and covered in ash and buried under 2 layers
a big volcano that errupted
yes
Mount Vesuvius (in Italian: Monte Vesuvio. in Latin: Mons Vesuvius).
Yes, Mount Vesuvius is sometimes referred to as "Mount Vesuvio" or simply "Vesuvio" by locals. It does not have many other well-known nicknames.
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