"How did you escape from the city of Pompeii? Did your father and mother survive?" The king asked.

Quintus sadly answered with "My father died. My mother also died in the city. One slave and I survived. We escaped from the city with difficulty. As soon as we were safe, I freed the slave who had been so brave and so faithful."

"Then what did you do?" said the king. "Did you have any money?"

"I sold all of the houses which my father had possessed in Campania." 

"In this way, I obtained a lot of money. Then I wanted to depart from Italy because I was very sad."

"Therefore, my freedman and I headed for the city of Brindisi and embarked on a ship."

"First we came to Greece and lived in the city of Athens."

This city was very beautiful, but the citizens were rowdy.