The Shadow of Rome - Essay by Stephen Pimentel

The Shadow of Rome - Essay by Stephen Pimentel

EssayStephen PimentelThe Shadow of Rome In the dim confines of the prison cell, light crept through the narrow window and cast long shadows across the cold stone floor. The din of the outside world seemed distant, as if the walls of Castel dell’Ovo held back the seas of human affairs along with the Gulf of Naples. Conradin and Frederick sat on the rough wooden benches that had been both bed and council table in these last days, facin…