1 A warning

CHAPTER 1 A warning February 5 AD79 It was a cold February morning when the people of Pompeii were woken by a dull rumble. Dogs suddenly leapt to their feet and began barking in the street.

第一章警告公元79年2月5日一个寒冷的二月早晨，庞贝城的居民被沉闷的隆隆声惊醒。 狗突然跳起来，开始在街上狂吠。

At the baths, the surface of the water trembled- even though there were no bathers there at this hour to disturb it. As people clambered out of their beds, half asleep and confused, several sharp cracks rang out, as if a slave were breaking up stones. But it was too early for anyone to be working. One or two people ran to their doors and saw that the Temple of the Capitoline Triad had been damaged. Stones lay in a pile of rubble on the ground.

在浴场里，水面在颤抖——尽管这个时候没有洗澡的人来打扰它。 当人们从床上爬起来，半睡半醒，迷迷糊糊的时候，突然传来几声尖锐的裂缝，好像一个奴隶在打碎石头。 但那时还没人开始工作。 有一两个人跑到家门口，看到卡比托利欧神庙遭到了破坏。 地上的石头堆成了一堆瓦砾。

One of the statues had lost its head and a few of the central columns had long, angry cracks running down the middle.

其中一座雕像掉了头，几根中央柱子的中间有长长的裂缝。

And when the local baker. Terentius, returned home, he noticed that his oven had been damaged. The wreckage was everywhere. What had caused it? An earthquake. But Pompeii was used to regular earth tremors. So no one thought much more about it. The birds began singing again and people returned to the warmth of their beds. After all, no one had been hurt. Not yet...

当当地的面包师。特伦提乌斯回到家，发现他的烤箱坏了。 到处都是残骸。 是什么引起的？一场地震。 但庞贝已经习惯了定期的地震。 所以没人想太多。 鸟儿又开始唱歌了，人们回到温暖的床上。 毕竟，没有人受伤。 没有……