In the darkness you could hear the crying of women, the wailing of infants and the shouting of men ... Some prayed for help, othera wished for death ... But still more imagined that there were no Gods left ... and that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness ... Pliny the Younger On August 24, 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted, plunging the Bay of Naples into darkness and destruction for 3 days. When the sun eventually came out again, Vesuvius had left four cities destroyed in its wake, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, and Oplontis. Thousands were lying dead wherever they had been surprised by a rain of lava, magma and ash. They keep on telling the story of Vesuviuss most aggressive eruption as figurines made of brimstone that underline the volcanos omnipresence and volatility ...
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:02:13 +0000
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