The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . yed the city. Hehad made many liberal offers of terms for surrender to thestarving citizens; but the desperate Jews made a frenzied re-sistance, and when the walls were finally stormed, many ofthem slew their women and children and died in the miserable remnant for the most part were sold into slav-ery, and they have remained a dispersed peculiar people to thisday. 583. Titus (79-81) had been associated in the governmentwith his father. His kindness and indulgence toward allclasses made him the most popular of all the emperors.
The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . yed the city. Hehad made many liberal offers of terms for surrender to thestarving citizens; but the desperate Jews made a frenzied re-sistance, and when the walls were finally stormed, many ofthem slew their women and children and died in the miserable remnant for the most part were sold into slav-ery, and they have remained a dispersed peculiar people to thisday. 583. Titus (79-81) had been associated in the governmentwith his father. His kindness and indulgence toward allclasses made him the most popular of all the emperors. Onceat supper, not able to remem-ber that he had made any onehappy during the day, he ex-claimed, I have lost a day ! The most famous event ofhis two years reign was thedestruction of Pomjjeii andHerculaneum, The volcanoVesuvius was believed extinct,and its slopes were coveredwith villas and little warning it belchedforth in terrible eruption,burying two cities and manyvillages in ashes and volcanic mud t?? ^ r^!usPuteoli -^^^^. Vicinity of the Bay of Naples. In the eighteenth century, 474 THE ROMAN EMPIRE I§584 by the chance digging of a well, the site of Pompeii, the largestof the two cities, was rediscovered. In recent years it has beenexcavated; and to-day a visitor can walk through the streets ofan ancient city, viewing perfectly perserved houses, shops,temples, baths, theaters, ornaments, and utensils of the men ofeighteen hundred years ago, just as they chanced to standwhen the volcanic ashes and lava flood came upon them.^ 584. Domitian (81-96), younger brother of Titus, was a strong,stern ruler. His general Agricola completed the conquest of Britain to the highlands of Caledonia(Scotland). The southern part of theisland was now to enjoy a long roads were built; camps grewinto rich cities; merchants throngedto them; the country was dotted withbeautiful villas. Britain became aRoman province with Roman civiliza-tion. To protect the sou
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