... or any sort of divine disapproval (Alex 309). Surprisingly, the disaster happened nine years, almost to the day, after the Roman legions devastated Jerusalem and burned Herod's Temple (Church). Due to the lack of scientific knowledge, many people at that time, considered the eruption as the condemnation from the god. Elaborate religious activities were held to show that the eruption was no because of wrath of god, and various ... its neighbors had been turned into allies of Rome, Pompeii had remained its independent system of government and trade, and continued to use their own language...

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