Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
The book covers the last days of life of some inhabitants of the city of Pompeii, situated at the foot of Vesuvius, before the famous eruption of the volcano that completely covered it at the end of the 1st century. They are Glauco (Greek), Arbaces (Egyptian), Ione (Roman) and Olinto (Christian), each of which represents one of the main cultures of the city.