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Two things that Harris focuses heavily on the relationship between freedmen and freemen, as well as how the Roman’s perceived the gods. Because this piece is historical fiction, Harris uses current information of what historians today know about Pompeii, rather than the true factual events of the eruption. Robert Harris’ Pompeii follows the story of an engineer named Marcus Attilius Primus rebuilding the aqueduct that stretches across the bay of Naples after sulfur is discovered in the water, taking place in the two days leading up to the eruption of Vesuvius.
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