auto-cannibalism

Updated: May 28, 2025

For centuries, as it had died, this city had been consuming itself by a process of auto-cannibalism. She said something to that effect. "Yes. We always find that except, of course, at places like Pompeii. Have you seen any of the other Roman cities in Italy?" he asked. "Minturnae, for instance?

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