| Term | Definition |
| 79 AD | eruption of Mt. Vesuvius |
| portabam | I was carrying (imperfect) |
| portabas | you were carrying (imperfect) |
| portabamus | we were carrying (imperfect) |
| portabatis | y'all were carrying (imperfect) |
| portavi | I carried (perfect) |
| portavisti | you carried (perfect) |
| portavistimus | we carried (perfect) |
| portavistis | y'all carried (perfect |
| amittit (amisit) | he loses (he lost) |
| cinis | ash |
| complet (complevit) | he fills (he filled) |
| custodit (custodivit) | he guards (he gaurded) |
| densus | thick |
| epistula | letter |
| flamma | flame |
| fortiter | bravely |
| frustra | in vain |
| fundus | farm |
| fugit (fugit) | he runs away (he ran away) |
| iacet (iacuit) | he lies (he lied) |
| iam | now |
| igitur | therefore |
| incidet (incidet) | he falls (he fell) |
| mirabilis | marvelous |
| mittit (misit) | he sends (he sent) |
| mons | mountain |
| nubes | cloud |
| optime | very well |
| paene | nearly or almost |
| sentit (sensit) | he feels (he felt) |
| tandem | at last |
| templum | temple |
| terra | ground |
| timet (timuit) | he fears (he feared) |
| tremores | tremors (earth shaking) |
| finis | end |
| August 24 | Vesuvius started its eruption |
| Fontana | found Pompeii when digging a water chanell |
| Volcanic mud slide | Hit Herculaneam |
| Hot stones and rocks | buried Pompeii |
| Charles III | king of Naples, escavated in 1763 realized it was Pompeii |