Extraterritorial Chronicle - Pompeii, in the eternal destruction
"In the world has witnessed many disasters, it is also never had any kind of disaster, like Pompeii, as it is brought to later generations is so great joy." - Goethe
Pompeii, located at the foot of Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy. Once the Apennine peninsula in ancient Rome, the most prosperous city. The first century AD, volcanic eruptions, be buried in the ground assigned for thousands of the 18th century brought to light by the excavations.
Of the greatest ancient civilization ruins
Pompeii is an ancient Roman civilization, one of the most significant witness. It is like an open book, to show us the art of the period of its past glory, customs, arts and crafts and everyday life. The city from the leisurely-century reproduction of the dark, just as devastating eruption of Vesuvius emitting a thick layer of volcanic ash covered a sudden when it did. It was AD 79. This tragedy is enormous: in this era of ancient Rome was the most dynamic center of one of the most prosperous, life has never stopped. The thick layer of volcanic eruption buried it, but because of the thick layer of non-hard mostly by volcanic ash and gravel composition, so to make Pompeii both in their construction or in their residential areas and shops on both the internal aspects of intact so far, constitute an incredible, endless charm of the "normal" lives.
Historical investigation and learned that Pompeii was built in the 9th century BC. Initially alien invasion as a defensive barrier built. However, with the centuries of war, national integration and the large absorption of Greek culture, so that Pompeii constantly expanding its sphere of influence. BC 80 years, Pompeii became Roman colonies. Like in the past, Pompeii continued to expand and move forward in the areas of development, particularly in the economic field. This is mainly benefited from its fertile land and strategic location.
Great economic development and prosperity of the inevitable result is a significant increase in the population of Pompeii, so that a comfortable life universal, and also here in city to be beautified. There is an arena can accommodate 20000 spectators, indicating Pompeii will come out in a moment of Allure. Throughout the city more than 30 bakeries, more than 100 bars, three public baths, as well as for trading pedestrian street, can accommodate 5,000 people theater. Thus not only can imagine the size of Pompeii at that time, but also can imagine when people make a decent living and abundant entertainment.
However, the Pompeii of the vitality and prosperity have been destined to end. Notice of the tragedy had occurred around AD 62 that year, a powerful earthquake destroyed Pompeii and nearby cities. Rally his forces is not easy. Relative poverty levels due to the destruction of homes suffered huge losses. In most public and private buildings are still in the rehabilitation and reconstruction phase, Vesuvius began to operate. Only a short period of time, it is doomed to death and destruction of Pompeii. That was the year 79 8 24.
Destruction, the eternal moment
AD 79 August 24 morning, Vesuvius volcano began erupting. Volcano emitted a large number of ash, lava and volcanic boulders fell from the sky, toward the pour from Pompeii, covering the entire city, every street, airtight seal to block the city of Pompeii every door, every window, block letters in the gravel of the attacks of those lucky enough to survive Pompeii's eyes and chest, so that they eventually died from suffocation. Most residents rush to escape, flock to beach, suffocated by toxic gas. Others died in their own homes. Since 1000 BC inhabited this land, the Vesuvius volcano in Naples Bay has always been under the blue sky flowers all over the slope, it has been quiet for hundreds of years. But only after 18 hours, pyroclastic Pianjiang buried the entire city of Pompeii. Pompeii, this once beautiful park known as the land disappeared from the earth.
Pleasant Easter
Sudden disaster to make the lives of Pompeii Shuran end, it destroyed the moment also was forever solidified the. However, Pompeii, and is not dead, although it can not escape the volcano's catastrophe, but it was buried sealed in gradually cooling, solidified, hardened volcanic ash, eventually survived for thousands of years of erosion, which won the rebirth. Pompeii was able to experience what we are today still the greatest ruins of ancient civilizations. The reason that its greatest and not just the means to reproduce a particular aspect of history, but rather that a long time on culture, arts, customs, arts and crafts and daily living and other aspects are comprehensively re-displayed in our modern people's eyes.
16th century AD, people in the River to build water pipes and found a piece of engraved with "Pompeii" indication of the stone. The early 18th century, people in the foothills of Vesuvius a garden wells, the digging out of three gorgeous women dressed statue. People think these are just the Gulf Coast of Naples in the relics of ancient ruins, no one realized that an ancient city at the moment are completely sealed in their foot of the volcanic debris. Until the mid-18th century, people have been digging out the ash of human remains wrapped only aware of 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius buried the city had been!
Archaeologists digging in a layer of a layer of volcanic debris, buried in the underground city of Pompeii was finally "discovery" of the. Pompeii had been submerged for the ancient Roman civilization, the study provides a rare historical materials. The audience will see a bright future in the ruins before the memory of the people of the past is so vivid, almost within reach. This makes today's Pompeii was full of infinite charm.
In many homes the walls of text engraved. They involve a variety of themes, constitute a vivid and simple images of social life. Spicy one-liners, tasting on certain things, sarcastic big man's rhetoric, love feelings of admiration for a beautiful room or a child prostitute Museum received Yin Yue met. Shop signs on the door are generally square paintings bian, the above business activities are identified and the owner's name. In the street-side bistro, the wall paintings of Bacchus whole body covered with grapes, each one was as if we should plump fruits burst. Wool workshops, shops, printing shops, inns walls everywhere indulge feelings of people left the imprint of Pompeii: "ah, Jay-Z would like to once again split your pustule, great pain was even more severe than the previous." "No doubt I am a loved one was in this rendezvous with her lover. "
Aristocracy in the elegant villas and luxurious bourgeois (ie, those who had given Pompey to bring wealth and wants to gain some of the benefits of businessmen and investors) of the villa next to the civilian population in many poor house. Farmer's premises is built around a small garden or field. However, only in a narrow alley, workshops or service establishments can be to find laborers, slaves and the daily lives of housewives. In the residential district, is still preserved furniture, furnishings, gold and silver, tools, porcelain tableware, bronze lamps, pottery and a variety of food. In Pompeii, you can find to drink counter, rolling oil machine, grinding wheat, stone, textiles workshop, blacksmith's shop, food and vegetables, fruit shop. Pompeii of the drainage system of that era is already quite well developed. Corner at the roadside, the date can still be seen criss-crossing of the drainage pipes. It is very curious about the crossroads there is a sidewalk, they are placed horizontally along the street with huge boulders from the composition, which enables people to walk in the rain will not be above the wet shoes. Pompei also has a lot of hotels and rented houses, in some buildings on the written real estate advertising. Or even a private bath outside often rented. Naturally, casinos and pleasure here, and ultimately, a place (museum child prostitution).
Pompeii were unrestrained personality and style so that the joy of the whole city after more than 2,000 years of human admiration for it. No wonder the German poet Goethe saw the Pompeii said: "In many disasters happening in the world, it is also never had any kind of disaster, like Pompeii, as it is brought to later generations is so great pleasure." While the French history After returning from a Pompeii home Turner sighed and said: "At that time people, is to use the whole body alive."
Wandering about in the city of Pompeii, looking at which Zuozuo buildings, ruins eyeful of mind unconsciously give birth to a lot of emotion. You will lament the face of natural disasters, the fragility of human life; you will lament that will go through in 2000, gathering dust, even the city of Pompeii will be so full weight is now before us; you will lament that of human intelligence, labor nurtured great ingenuity, and this constant development of human creativity, which makes the walk today, and will continue to go on. . .
I stopped at a wine storage room at that time, where an excavation of the silver cup at the same time have been excavated along with lying on the glass next to the remains of a woman. Silver cup engraved with the words meaning "to enjoy living it, tomorrow is uncertain." I believe the phrase carved Pompeii people do not know that death is imminent. Yes, there is nothing eternal, eternal spirit only.
This is Pompeii, destroyed it to the cost of a painful moment, it crossed over a thousand years of time and space, it tells the world why should enjoy the joy of life.
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