Compared to the unleashed forces of warfare and of faith, Mount Vesuvius was kinder to the legacy of antiquity. (Stephen Greenblatt)

Compared to the unleashed forces of warfare and of faith, Mount Vesuvius was kinder to the legacy of antiquity.

Stephen Greenblatt

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