Professor Steven Tuck's book Escape from Pompeii uses inscriptions to track survivors of the 79 CE eruption. Most stayed close by. One Naples neighborhood became known as the district of the Herculaneans after refugees settled there. The Pompeian Umbrichius family even relocated their garum fish sauce business to Puteoli.
Tens of thousands of Pompeii survivors resettled around the Bay of Naples
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- Professor Steven Tuck's book Escape from Pompeii uses inscriptions to trace survivors of Vesuvius
- Most survivors remained nearby in cities around the Bay of Naples
- A neighborhood in Naples came to be known as the district of the Herculaneans, apparently after refugees who settled there
- Members of the Pompeian family sat on the city council at Puteoli and remained locally prominent for centuries
- The Umbrichius clan, which had run a thriving garum business in Pompeii, relocated to Puteoli and began shipping garum to Rome within a generation
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Glimpse what life was like for survivors of the Pompeii disastercnn.com
Tuck was able to reconstruct the story of a woman who lost her husband but managed to escape Pompeii with her infant daughter. They reached ...
What do we really know about Pompeii?jasonherbert.substack.com
He is also the author of the brand new book Escape from Pompeii: The Great Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Its Survivors. Steven Tuck below.
Escape from Pompeii: The Great Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Its ...portersquarebooks.com
Escape from Pompeii: The Great Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and Its Survivors. Steven L. Tuck. Current price: $29.99. Publish Date: October 20 ...
'Escape From Pompeii' Review: Life After the Eruptionwsj.com
Tuck has come up with the names of an impressive 173 escapees spread across 12 cities. He believes that this number accounts for roughly 3,000 ...
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