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Nothing changes. A buddy always says nothing has actually changed in 20,000 years... Based on the description and other accounts of the bodies, sometimes found

Nothing changes. A buddy always says nothing has actually changed in 20,000 years... Based on the description and other accounts of the bodies, sometimes found to be attached to the buildings... that the wealthy survived while abandoning anyone else not "worth it".

b112 2y ago
Not all the survivors of the eruption were wealthy or went on to find success in their new communities The guy lists 2 semi-wealthy survivors, then says the above. He also says: I took Roman names unique to Pompeii or Herculaneum – such as Numerius Popidius and Aulus Umbricius – and searched for people with those names who lived in surrounding communities in the period after the eruption. and found 200 survivors in 12 cities So he's only searching on unique names, which is an (understandable) bias, and only found 200 out of thousands of people, while saying there are way too few bodies. There's literally zero evidence to support the fact that the rich bugged out, and only the poor died. In fact, there's evidence to the contrary, with multiple poor people found, and lots of those that didn't do well, their wealth unknown prior to te event. Frankly how would the rich even do that? Lots of houses, rich and poor, left with belongings. How would the rich prevent escape? Walking away was likely sufficient.
- spacecadet 2y ago
  Unless your owner chained you down... So no, walking away may not have been sufficient...
  - b112 2y ago
    That's a slave, not a poor person. Slaves were not cheap, in fact they were often expensive. They could also carry things, very helpful when trying to save your other valuables. Leaving a slave behind would be very strange I think. I didn't see this in the article. Did I miss it?
    - spacecadet 2y ago
      You seem to have been there... Im just making observations about humanity. So all you on the proof.
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b112 2y ago

Not all the survivors of the eruption were wealthy or went on to find success in their new communities The guy lists 2 semi-wealthy survivors, then says the above. He also says: I took Roman names unique to Pompeii or Herculaneum – such as Numerius Popidius and Aulus Umbricius – and searched for people with those names who lived in surrounding communities in the period after the eruption. and found 200 survivors in 12 cities So he's only searching on unique names, which is an (understandable) bias, and only found 200 out of thousands of people, while saying there are way too few bodies. There's literally zero evidence to support the fact that the rich bugged out, and only the poor died. In fact, there's evidence to the contrary, with multiple poor people found, and lots of those that didn't do well, their wealth unknown prior to te event. Frankly how would the rich even do that? Lots of houses, rich and poor, left with belongings. How would the rich prevent escape? Walking away was likely sufficient.

spacecadet 2y ago
Unless your owner chained you down... So no, walking away may not have been sufficient...
- b112 2y ago
  That's a slave, not a poor person. Slaves were not cheap, in fact they were often expensive. They could also carry things, very helpful when trying to save your other valuables. Leaving a slave behind would be very strange I think. I didn't see this in the article. Did I miss it?
  - spacecadet 2y ago
    You seem to have been there... Im just making observations about humanity. So all you on the proof.
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