Pompeii: Monuments Past and Present

by Alfonso De Franciscis

A look at this fabled city--buried beneath a rain of ash and cinder during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD--includes the Porta Marina, one of the best preserved gates to the city, as well as the Forum, tmple of Apollo, and several public walkways and private villas.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

56 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 7, 2000