Pompeii and the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
The Ancients
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The Effects of Vesuvius on the Roman Empire
Do we know much about the survivors of Vesuvius as it were? The survivor we know most about is the younger Pliny because he's our only sort of person that we know the identity of who wrote about the eruption. A lot of vegetation appears to kind of recover and grow back within about 20 years of the eruption which really isn't long at all. There's evidence of people going back there and that the area kind of regained its reputation for fertility and abundance and agriculture.
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