Buried cities . b; Tyche, a slave; Aulus Umbri-cius Scaurus, whose statue was set up in the market place todo him honor; Gains Calventius Quietus, who was given aseat of honor at the theater on account of his generosity;Ngevoleia Tyche, who had once been a slave, but who hadbeen freed, had married, and grown wealthy and had slavesof her own; Gnseus Vibius Saturninus, whose f reedman builthis tomb; Marcus Arrius Diomedes, a freedman; NumeriusVelasius Gratus, twelve years old; Salvinus, six years old;and many another. After seeing the tombs and houses and shops you willleave that little city, I
Buried cities . b; Tyche, a slave; Aulus Umbri-cius Scaurus, whose statue was set up in the market place todo him honor; Gains Calventius Quietus, who was given aseat of honor at the theater on account of his generosity;Ngevoleia Tyche, who had once been a slave, but who hadbeen freed, had married, and grown wealthy and had slavesof her own; Gnseus Vibius Saturninus, whose f reedman builthis tomb; Marcus Arrius Diomedes, a freedman; NumeriusVelasius Gratus, twelve years old; Salvinus, six years old;and many another. After seeing the tombs and houses and shops you willleave that little city, I think, feeling that the people ofancient times were much like us, that men and mountainshave done wonderful things in this old world, that it is goodto know how people of other times lived and worked anddied. PICTURES OF POMPEII A ROMAN BOY. This statue, now in the Metropolitan Museum, was found atPompeii. Probably Caius was dressed just like this, and carriedsuch a stick when he played in his fathers —Metropolitan Museum THE CITY OF NAPLES, WITH MOUNT VESUVIUS ACROSSTHE BAY.
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