Pompeii was not abandoned for 1,500 years after the AD 79 eruption as once believed. Recent excavations uncover evidence of inhabitants living in the city from the end of the 1st century AD until the 5th century AD, showing they utilized fire pits and cooking areas. These new settlers likely lived in precarious conditions, aware of the risks posed by Mount Vesuvius. Some survivors returned to the area to salvage belongings, and it appears they occupied upper floors of standing structures, creating rudimentary living conditions in the aftermath of destruction.
New excavations reveal construction of fire pits and cooking areas and the discovery of numerous table and fire pottery, dating from the end of the 1st century AD until the 5th century AD.
This brave new wave of inhabitants was likely aware of the destructive potential of Vesuvius - and fearful that something similar would happen again.
Despite buildings being obliterated, some survivors who could not afford to start a new life elsewhere are believed to have returned to live in the devastated area.
But generally Pompeii 2.0 would have been a fairly basic and 'informal' settlement where people lived in 'precarious conditions'.
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