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Pompeii: The Last Day

Name: Pompeii: The Last Day
Genre: Docudrama
Released: 2003-10-20
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 7.1

200387 minENIMDb 7.1/10 · 1.0K votes

In 79 AD, one of the infamous natural disasters in human history occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted. With speculative dramatizations of various inhabitants' final hours along with detailed documentation of the known facts concerning the eruption, the horrific day is vividly brought to life.

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REPRESENTED HISTORY

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Primary placement confidence: high. Importance on the World History timeline: 5/5.

Historical relation: Direct Depiction
Historical accuracy: 4/5
Periods: 1
Events: 1
People: 2
Places: 2

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Curated watch paths2

Ancient RomeFrom the Punic Wars and Republic to emperors, frontiers and late antiquity.→Imperial RomeStep into Rome, Roman Empire · 14–100 CE through its architecture, clothing, rituals and everyday life.→

Historical periods1

Roman EmpireSetting · Historical Era

Roman imperial polity and its institutions from the rule of Augustus onward; the conventional end date of 476 CE concerns Western imperial rule, while the Eastern Roman Empire continued beyond that date.

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Events1

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (79 CE)Primary Subject · Volcanic Eruption

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, burying Pompeii and nearby settlements under volcanic material and causing widespread destruction in the Bay of Naples region.

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People2

Pliny the ElderMajor Character · Historical

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Pliny the YoungerMajor Character · Historical

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Places2

Mount VesuviusDepicted · Landmark

The volcano whose 79 CE eruption devastated Pompeii, Herculaneum, and surrounding villas.

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PompeiiPrimary Setting · City

Pompeii was a Roman city in Campania near the Bay of Naples, destroyed and buried during the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius.