Tag: Vesuvius
Pompeii – When Life Stood Still
With the hot Summer days finally over, people in Pompeii were enjoying the cooler temperatures of Fall. Wagons and chariots traversed the streets, merchants were open, the sidewalks busy with shoppers and workers. Then ash and volcanic debris began to drift down from the sky. It was that day in October, 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius…