Destruction
of Pompeii
Task
- Convert and record the roman numerals shown on this page.
Present them as a paragraph written in the form a news report.
Pompeii
layed buried and lost to the modern world until it was rediscovered
as the result of intentional excavations in MDCCXLVIII
CE
Possible
Extension Activities -
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The Roman historian Pliny the Younger wrote down this first
hand account of that day in which his father died trying
to rescue people from the town. The
Destruction of Pompeii
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How has the excavation of Pompeii given us insight into
Roman life at the time.
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Lava did not kill the majority of the people who died in
the Pompeii tragedy as many people have come to believe.
What did?
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List V of the most interesting
facts you can find about Pompeii eg What did they use to
bleach their clothes? What role has plaster played in recording
the history of Pompeii? What is a pyroclastic surge?
