Claudio Scarpati, Annamaria Perrotta
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Abstract The city of Pompeii was destroyed and buried during the 79 ce eruption of Vesuvius. According to Pliny the Younger, falling pumice lapilli caused the collapse of many roofs, killing 394 inhabitants, and successive waves of fast pyroclastic currents flattened most of the walls, resulting in at least 650 victims.
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Abstract The city of Pompeii was destroyed and buried during the 79 ce eruption of Vesuvius. According to Pliny the Younger, falling pumice lapilli caused the collapse of many roofs, killing 394 inhabitants, and successive waves of fast pyroclastic currents flattened most of the walls, resulting in at least 650 victims.
Key concepts: Lapilli, Pyroclastic rock, Pumice, Geology, Falling (accident), Archaeology, Volcano, Geography