From the journal of Ellen Lambert:
Pompeii Aftermath
The Death & Renewal of Love
In one day, Mother Nature had destroyed a prosperous and innovative city.Nothing was left of Pompeii, buildings, temples, houses, retail wares, food, animals, roads, bridges and people buried beneath and between the hot, steaming magma and ash.Once it cooled, it would solidify everything it consumed.From my vantage on the hill overlooking the once bustling town, I swore I gazed at hell, a hell with sinners, not wailing and writhing in pain and anguish, but dead and buried forever.
Ironically, that day was to be a celebration in honor of Emperor Augustus who had been named "Father of the Nation" as well as the feast day in honor of the guardian spirits of the city.In the aftermath, chaos and anarchy ruled.F
