Pompeii is often viewed as a city eternally locked in its final moments, but recent archaeological findings reveal how its few survivors got back on their feet.
On August 24 in 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over three cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles in the air. As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum . According to most modern accounts, the story pretty much ends there: Both cities were wiped out, their people frozen in time. New discoveries are expanding this limited version of events.
Serapis, who wore a basket of grain on his head to symbolize the bounty of the Earth, was popular in harbor cities like Ostia dominated by the grain trade. Those cities also built a grand, expensive tomb complex decorated with inscriptions and large portraits of family members. Members of the Caltilius family married into another family of escapees, the Munatiuses. Together, they created a wealthy, successful extended family.
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