I survived the destruction of Pompeii, AD 79

In Pompeii in AD 79, eleven-year-old slave boy Marcus runs away with his father, who has been sold to become a gladiator, and they escape to Vesuvius, only to return to the city the following morning to warn the inhabitants of the coming eruption. Backmatter includes information on life in Ancient Roman Pompeii, the eruption of Vesuvius, and the rediscovery of Pompeii.