... Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The eruption was unexpected even though there had been small shudders. I had no water as our water supplies had dried up. It was thought that the hot summer had caused the water sauces to disappear. I thought that the Gods must have been filled with so much anger to cause such damage to our towns, killing our people with the eruption of the volcano. I saw debris thrown into the heavens and it spread like an umbrella pine. The rocks and debris fell onto the towns which surrounded the volcano. The towns included Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabie. I could avoid the falling rubble if I hid indoors. This became difficult because the roof then started to catch fire. Most of the people died when the poisonous gas came, for those who died in this way it would have been very painful. I thought that ...

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