Before the volcano | Life in ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum

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In AD 79, Pompeii and Herculaneum were subsumed by the eruption of Vesuvius, buried and preserved under metres of volcanic ash. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bit.ly/SubHistoryExtraPods Today, they are among the most famous ruins of the ancient world – and in this four-part series we’ll be exploring their secrets. In this first episode, historian Dr Jess Venner guides Kev Lochun through daily life in Pompeii and Herculaneum. They explore the myths surrounding the ‘mountain’, why pomegranates mean we can’t precisely date the disaster and how – implausible as it may seem today – the residents of these Roman cities had no idea they were living in the shadow of death. #HistoryExtra #ancientrome #pompeii 00:00 Intro 01:41 Life before the eruption 03:39 Herculaneum 04:52 Was Pompeii important to the Romans? 06:39 The Bay of Naples 08:48 In the shadow of the volcano 13:07 Pompeii’s sleeping giants 16:08 Tremors and tremblings 22:10 Lucius Caecilius Iucundus 25:48 A rise of the lower classes? 29:11 The pomegranate problem 37:09 A human history GO BEYOND THE PODCAST Want to know more about the story of Pompeii? HistoryExtra's Kev Lochun has curated a selection of essential reading from the HistoryExtra archive to help you explore the story of the cataclysm, the Roman way of life and the nature of the Roman empire: https://bit.ly/4bjYKmE ▷ Find out more: https://www.historyextra.com/ ▷ Follow the podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/3Y6n8Bt ▷ Like our page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistoryExtra/ ▷ Follow us on Twitter: https://x.com/HistoryExtra ▷ Follow us Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyextra/ ▷ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@history_extra Subscribe to our Substack for Life Lessons from History with Dr David Musgrove: https://historyextra.substack.com/ 🏰 History at your fingertips Unlock the past with leading historians, exclusive ad‑free podcasts and stories from across the globe, only on History Extra. https://www.historyextra.com/subscribe/?utm_medium=social&u