After packing a wagon, Mount Vesuvius erupts and the citizens of Pompeii begin to panic in their haste to leave. Pompeii's water supply fails a few days later, leading Claudia's father to make the decision to leave. The following month, Aengus escapes from the gladiators barracks and says goodbye to Claudia, before departing. Several days after the fight, Claudia confesses her friendship with Aengus to Calpurnia.Ĭalpurnia moves to Rome with her family in September. She briefly sees Aengus, who saves a fellow charioteer. In May, Claudia attends a gladiator fight with Calpurnia. After a week of not seeing Aengus, Claudia learns that he has been sold to the lanista. Neither Aemilia or Calpurnia question her about it, though Claudia later befriends Calpurnia. After he returns Claudia's dog Pollux, they make amends and he reveals his name, Aengus.Īemilia, Vastus' daughter, and her cousin, Calpurnia accidentally witness Claudia and Aengus speaking in January. They have a small tiff, but she informs him about the possible location of his sister anyway. Claudia sees him again some weeks later at the market. Just two weeks later, the Briton boy helps Claudia home, after she injures her ankle. There she sees the Briton again, while Vastus' son, Quintus, stares at her all night.
Her father dismisses the event, but Claudia continues to worry about the earthquake.Ĭlaudia's mother buys her a new tunic, which she wears to dinner at Vastus' house. Claudia and her father safely return home to the family bakery. Vastus wins the red-haired Briton, before the ground beneath Pompeii begins to rumble. They watch a slave auction between a friend of Claudia's father, Vastus, and a lanista, who buys slaves to be trained as gladiators. In August AD 78, Claudia visits the Forum in Pompeii with her father. What does it all mean? And why is she so disturbed by Vesuvius, the great volcano that looms over the city?" When the ground shakes, Claudia is convinced it is a bad omen.
It's a day of odd encounters and even stranger signs. It's August in AD 78 and Claudia is at the Forum in the great city of Pompeii. " Mother looked bewildered, "Are we leaving Pompeii? Where will we go? Are we not safe here?"
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