The destruction of the city of Pompeii is one of the most famous natural disasters of the ancient world . Nearly everyone alive today has heard of this famous site, thanks to the countless movies, books, and documentaries that tell the town's sorrowful tale.

The immense level of destruction is captivating to students of history and general audiences alike. After all, multiple towns were practically wiped off the map in a single day–like most tragedies of this level, it's a truly fascinating story.

A major thing that most of these fictionalized and sensationalized retellings of Pompeii's history get wrong is the fact that many people actually survived the eruption. Not everyone died at Pompeii . In 2025, a new paper from Pompeii's excavators reveals what happened to them: many of them

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