History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . j-S^^ffajH^ i- -:f- 4^ c^ Fic. 68. A ix Ancikxt Pompeii as it appears To-day The pavement and sidewalk are in perfect condition, as when they were firstcovered by the falling ashes (§ 404). At the left is a public fountain, and inthe foreground is a street crossing. Of the buildings on this street only halfa story still stands, except at the left, where we see the entrances of twoshops, with the tops of the doors in position and the walls preserved to thelevel of the second floor above manners, clothin
History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . j-S^^ffajH^ i- -:f- 4^ c^ Fic. 68. A ix Ancikxt Pompeii as it appears To-day The pavement and sidewalk are in perfect condition, as when they were firstcovered by the falling ashes (§ 404). At the left is a public fountain, and inthe foreground is a street crossing. Of the buildings on this street only halfa story still stands, except at the left, where we see the entrances of twoshops, with the tops of the doors in position and the walls preserved to thelevel of the second floor above manners, clothing, and customs, but they all enjoyed Romanprotection and rejoiced in the far-reaching Roman peace. Forthe most part, as we have seen, they lived in cities, and thelife of the age was prevailingly a city life, even though many ofthe cities were small. 404. Pompeii. Fortunately one of the provincial cities hasbeen preserved to us with much that we might have seen there.
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