1. Pompeii

2. The Volcano There was a very famous volcano called Mt. Vesuvius
At first people were not afraid of the Volcano and became accustomed to living near it
The land was fertile for farming

3. Mt. Vesuvius The foreshock AD 62
There was a devastating foreshock that destroyed most of Pompeii
No one expected it, and everyone was terrified!

4. 17-years Later The eruption AD 79
After the initial Earthquake the people of Pompeii had spent the last 17-years rebuilding the town.
The eruption took place over several hours, with different layers of the volcanic eruption
Reconstruction:

5. Can you imagine how much damage would be done in Swansea?

7. The Forum

9. What does it mean? Eh eh oh, eh eh oh: Latin Eheu
Many days fell away with nothing to show complacency over Mt. Vesuvius
And the walls kept tumbling down foreshock of the earthquake
Great Clouds roll over the hills pyroclastic and lapilli falling
We’ve been here before earthquake in 62AD

11. I was left to my own devices Multi days fell away with nothing to show
And the muri kept tumbling down
In urbe that amamus
Great clouds volvunt over the hills
Bringing darkness from super
But if you close your oculos,
Does it almost feels like
Nothing changed at all?
And if claudis your oculi,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

12. Remember? 1 Person AMO = I love AMAS = you love AMAT = he/she/it loves
Lots of People
AMAMUS = we love
AMATIS = you love
AMANT = they love

13. Different tenses, different times…
The PAST is behind us, it has already happened
The PRESENT is now… now… NOW!
The FUTURE is ahead, it will happen…

14. Imperfect tense
1 Person Lots of People AMABAM = I loved AMABAMUS = we loved AMABAS = you loved AMABATIS = you loved AMABAT = he/she/it AMABANT = they loved loved

15. Try these…
Nauta amabat puellam. The sailor loved the girl. Nautae amabant puellam. The sailors loved the girl.

16. Spot the difference! Nauta amat puellam. Nautae amant puellam.
The sailor loves the girl.
Nautae amant puellam.
The sailors love the girl.

17. Spot the difference! Nauta amabat puellam. Nautae amabant puellam.
The sailor loved the girl.
Nautae amabant puellam.
The sailors loved the girl.

18. Nauta amat puellam. Nautae amant puellam. Nauta amabit puellam
Nauta amat puellam. Nautae amant puellam. Nauta amabit puellam. Nautae amabunt puellam. Nauta amabat puellam. Nautae amabant puellam.

19. amabam

20. canto

21. rogabas

22. narrat

23. necabant

24. parabamus

25. spectatis

26. dant

27. cenabas

28. vocabatis

29. amamus

30. Ready for some Latin?
Our primary source for the events at Pompeii, is from Pliny the Younger who wrote about his uncle Pliny the Elder, who tried to rescue people from Pompeii
Now we’re going to look at our own story of Pompeii.