Pompeii was reoccupied after the 79 A.D. eruption, with both former residents and new wanderers inhabiting the ruins. The upper floors of buildings remained intact, while lower floors became cellars and were repurposed. Vegetation returned, and the site allowed for excavations that sometimes revealed valuable items. Emperor Titus sent curators to promote the refoundation of Pompeii, but this effort failed. The settlement lacked Roman infrastructure and persisted until the 5th century AD when it was abandoned, possibly due to another eruption. Research estimates the population prior to the eruption at around 20,000 with many deaths unaccounted for.
New excavations at Pompeii reveal that the city was reoccupied after the 79 A.D. eruption. Former residents and wanderers made homes in the ruins of buildings above deep ashes.
Vegetation flourished again in Pompeii, and excavations provided opportunities to find valuable objects, though remains of bodies were sometimes discovered.
Curators were commissioned to refound Pompeii but the attempt was unsuccessful, leading to a precarious settlement without typical Roman infrastructure.
Pompeii remained inhabited until the 5th century AD, when it was finally abandoned, possibly due to another catastrophic eruption. Research suggests approximately 20,000 lived there at the time of the eruption.
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