Could You Survive the Last Day of Pompeii?

It's AD 79. You live in Pompeii, and at about one in the afternoon the mountain behind your town tears itself open. Most people got out. Nearly 2,000 didn't. Here's the day, hour by hour, and the choices that decided who survived. Every number in this video comes from a source listed below. All scenes are illustrated reconstructions. Chapters 0:00 Your last day in Pompeii 0:32 The last morning 1:26 The seventh hour 2:23 Leave or stay? 3:26 The rescue that failed 4:40 The longest night 5:29 7:30 a.m. 6:33 Who made it 7:31 The date nobody agrees on Sources Pliny the Younger, Letters 6.16 and 6.20 (to Tacitus): https://cmuntz.hosted.uark.edu/texts/pliny... Sigurdsson, Carey, Cornell & Pescatore (1985), "The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79", National Geographic Research — summary (column height, pumice rate and thickness, surge times): https://geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/boris/mirror... Luongo et al. (2003), "Impact of the AD 79 explosive eruption on Pompeii, II. Causes of death of the inhabitants", J. Volcanology and Geothermal Research 126 — victims in the pumice vs surge deposits (394 vs 650): https://www.unife.it/interfacolta/lm.preis... Herculaneum Archaeological Park, "The Escapees" (≈300 skeletons in the boat sheds, found 1980): https://ercolano.cultura.gov.it/i-fuggiasc... Steven Tuck's study of the survivors, reported by Live Science (2019): https://www.livescience.com/64854-where-po... The 81 loaves (Regio VII bakery, "Modestus"), M. Della Corte, via Pompeii in Pictures: https://pompeii.pictures/R7/7%2001%2036.htm The date debate (2018 charcoal inscription; Dec 2024 statement by the Park director): https://nunc.ch/en/august-24-or-october-24... · https://bbc.in/2pX6N0E Animated by hand in code, narrated with an AI voice. No AI images. #Pompeii #Vesuvius #History #RomanEmpire #WhatIf