Excerpt from The Pompeia: A Reproduction of the House of Pansa, in Pompeii, Buried by Vesuvius But a secret enemy was silently working the ruin of the fair city. We are fortunate in having an eye-witness to this unparalleled catastrophe in Pliny, the younger, who said: Tho' my shocked soul recoils, my tongue shall tell; and the tale is the epitome of all terrors. Amid the revelry of gay, proud Romans, who had settled themselves in their summer homes, came a shock of earthquake like a bolt from a cloud less sky. While yet ...
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Excerpt from The Pompeia: A Reproduction of the House of Pansa, in Pompeii, Buried by Vesuvius But a secret enemy was silently working the ruin of the fair city. We are fortunate in having an eye-witness to this unparalleled catastrophe in Pliny, the younger, who said: Tho' my shocked soul recoils, my tongue shall tell; and the tale is the epitome of all terrors. Amid the revelry of gay, proud Romans, who had settled themselves in their summer homes, came a shock of earthquake like a bolt from a cloud less sky. While yet the horror of continued upheavals was upon them a still more horrible darkness encompassed them until naught was visible save the awful flames of Vesuvius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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