Pompeii: City on Fire by Tracy Higley

Author:Tracy Higley [Higley, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stonewater Books
Published: 2021-09-15T23:00:00+00:00

Vesuvius had given them the gift of their wealth, and yet they credited the mountain with little.

It loomed over Herculaneum, over Pompeii, over the towns that reaped its benefits unthinkingly, and rivers of magma beneath its surface churned and boiled.

Ironic that the towns that prospered because of its rhythmic spewing could also be destroyed by it.

How much of their riches had been given by the mountain? Granite, basalt, pumice—all formed by its cooling magma. Opals and sapphires broken loose from the depths and sent upward to be discovered. Fertilized soil where oranges, lemons, and grapes thrived like nowhere else.

And yet it was not appreciated. If they knew what raged within, they would show proper respect. But they wanted only its benefits, without paying the price.

There had been some who were thankful, once. A group of slaves, escaped from tyranny and led by one of their own, a gladiator. They had hidden in one of the craters until the army had come for them, and their leader Spartacus led them down the other side to freedom.

But that had been many years ago, and there were none who even looked up from their own lives long enough to recognize the gifts of the mountain.

They would soon regret their inattention.

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