The heavy smell of sulfur wasn’t the only thing hanging in the air that morning in 79 AD. I was standing in the middle of the forum, watched by a crowd of confused Romans in togas, and I knew it was time.
Then, the moment everyone was waiting for. The clouds turned black, the first dusting of ash hit my shoulders, and I leaped onto a fountain ledge for the big drop. "But if you close your eyes!" I roared. The heavy smell of sulfur wasn’t the only
I didn’t have a backing track. I didn’t have a microphone. I just had the raw power of my own lungs and a dream. The clouds turned black, the first dusting of
People were screaming and running for the harbor, but I stayed centered. As the pyroclastic flow began its descent, I hit that final, iconic line: "Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?" I didn’t have a microphone
I took a deep breath, ignored the rumbling of Mount Vesuvius in the distance, and began.