Pompeii, Its Life and Art

CHAPTER I

_THE SITUATION OF POMPEII_

From Gaeta, where the south end of the Volscian range borders abruptly upon the sea, to the peninsula of Sorrento, a broad gulf stretched in remote ages, cutting its way far into the land. Its waves dashed upon the base of the mountains which now, rising with steep slope, mark the eastern boundary of the Campanian Plain--Mt. Tifata above Ca...