In the shadow of Vesuvius.
Edition: [1st American ed.]
Publisher: World Pub. Co.
Published: 1965
Place of publication: Cleveland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Rome (Italy) -- Fiction.; Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Notes: Two young children, Callias and Marcellus, become slaves  to a Roman senator.  In Rome they are involved in preparations for festivals and banquets, in visiting the Vivarium, the Amphitheater, the Forum, and the Capitoline.  Then they accompany their master's family to Pompeii in the summer of 79 A.D. and escape when Vesuvius erupts. (Publisher)