1. The Minoan eruption of a
volcano on the island of Santorini
and Crete, Greece
A volcano
erupted on the island of Santorini,
about tahun1645 BC. The big
eruption caused the destruction of Santorini Island and the island
closest, Crete Islands. The villages
are located on the island even lost,
and found again in the modern era.
The interesting thing about this
event is reminiscent of Plato's story about Atlantic City. Experts
assume that the Minoan island
residents have learned to be a big
explosion, so that the current
research found no traces of the
existence of victims of the eruption of the volcano. Even just
building houses and buildings that
can be found, in others as already keep moving to place
2. The eruption of Mount Vesivius
In the Gulf of Naples, Italy
Disaster gunu Vesuvius eruption
occurred on August 24, 79 AD, the
effect of eruption buried the city
of Pompey and Herculaneum. There is a cause that eruption
Vesivius the most notorious and
dangerous. Before the great
Vesuvius erupted, first earthquake
overlooked by the inhabitants of
Pompeii and Herculaneum. Though the distance between
Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii town
just 5 Miles away; Herculaneum
city even closer. Consequently
tragic death can not be rejected by
the residents of both cities, they died in the fire, choking dust, and
shortness tertimbum by volcanic
dust. But the great eruption of
Mount Vesuvius from this
incident, can still be found jejak-
traces of life, and even fossilized bodies of victims of the eruption.
More than 1500 years old city of
Pompei left buried, but found
after residents clean up the area
after the eruption second time. But
as a whole expressed after in the era of the 20th century.
3. Earthquake and Tsunami Crete
Island in Alexandria Egypt and
Greece On July 21, 365 AD, there
was an earthquake in the
Mediterranean Sea. Center of the
earthquake was estimated to be in the island of Crete, Greece region,
with the strength of 8 or more on
the Richter scale. The earthquake
destroyed the villages and towns
around the island, even meluasa
area to Greece, Libya, Cyprus and Sicily. Disasters do not run out
there alone, after the earthquake,
the tsunami swept Alexandria,
Egypt, and the surrounding area.
The disaster written
documentation and evidence; revealed that a large boat floated
as far as two miles about 3, 2
kilometers by large waves. A note
written by Ammianus Marcellinus
describe and reveal both the
earthquake and tsunami effects in detail. He writes how the earth
shook and the oceans recede in
Alexandria, and how great waves
inundated the town with sea water
4. The Antonine Plague Outbreak
roman empire is called Plague
Antonin, as one in which the
victims are Arelius Marcus
Antoninus, the Emperor of Rome.
Outbreaks of plague is also known as Galen, was taken from a Greek
physician documenting the
outbreak. Based on the conclusion,
historians believe that plagued the
Emperor Antonine plague was
smallpox or measles. The epidemic is called natural disasters because
it has killed the victim by a
significant amount. This outbreak
is believed to be carried by soldiers
returning from the war in the east.
It is estimated that the number of victims reached 5 million people
have died from the plague Antoin,
and an estimated 2,000 people
dying every day in the city of
Rome.