Pompeii . An ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples , Italy . In 79 A . D ., the eruption of Mount Vesuvius was catastrophic enough to obliterate several Roman settlements including , but not limited to , Pompeii . It is said that the eruption released a hundred thousand times the thermal energy of the Hiroshima bombing . While about 1,500 people have been found in Pompeii , the exact number of casualties will never be known .
Pompeii . An ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples , Italy . In 79 A . D ., the eruption of Mount Vesuvius was catastrophic enough to obliterate several Roman settlements including , but not limited to , Pompeii . It is said that the eruption released a hundred thousand times the thermal energy of the Hiroshima bombing . While about 1,500 people have been found in Pompeii , the exact number of casualties will never be known .
For the few that could stay awake during those mandatory world history classes , this is what is most remembered when the ancient city is mentioned . What many forget , however , is that Pompeii was a thriving town-city long before then complete with a port , gymnasium , amphitheater , and a complex water system .
It is this lifestyle , the time before the eruption , that the role play sim , Pompeii , strives to re-enact . The timeline for the sim starts in 80 B . C . after Pompeii was conquered and became a Roman colony .
“ Long ago i went on a trip to Italy and one of the visits was Pompeii . I fell in love with the city and even more infatuated with its walls of secrets . I found myself buying books and movies , documentaries . I mean anything that said Pompeii , I needed to have it ,” confessed sim co-owner , Licinia Valeria Corvinus ( octaviaminor ).
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