Pompeia, any 79 dC. En Milo, un esclau convertit en gladiador, veu com obliguen la jove Cassia, el seu amor, a prometre’s amb en Corvus, un senador corrupte. Quan el Vesuvi entra en erupció i amenaça de destruir-ho tot, en Milo intentarà salvar-la mentre tot s’esfondra.
L'Alexander i la Katherine Joyce, un gentil i acomodat matrimoni anglès, arriben a Nàpols per fer-se càrrec de l'herència que un familiar, el seu oncle Homer, pintoresc personatge, els ha legat: una fabulosa villa a Capri i altres possessions a l'illa de Nàpols . La parella, distanciada per uns condicionaments del tot irreconciliables, entén que no només segueixen junts per les obligacions que comparteixen, sinó que també hi ha alguna cosa en ells que una vegada va bategar amb força i que potser no hagi mort del tot: l'amor.
Glauco, un jove centurió romà, torna a casa seva a Pompeia i el troba incendiada. Un esclau li informa que un grup de cristians ha matat el seu pare i saquejat la hisenda. Glauc acudeix a l'edil Ascanio en demanda de justícia i coneix la seva filla, la bella Elena.
Quan Marcus és un gladiador que gaudeix del favor de Ponç Pilat. En tornar d'un viatge de Jerusalem troba el seu fill adoptiu, Flavi, greument malalt i el porta davant de Jesús. El nen aconsegueix sobreviure miraculosament i la vida de pare i fill canvia.
This seven-hour British-Italian adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 epic, set against the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and previously filmed in 1935, and in 1960 was a vehicle for muscleman Steve Reeves, was trashed by the critics as the campiest of sword and sandal sagas to emerge in years. This despite its reported $19-million price tag, the nobility of its cast that includes Laurence Olivier, Siobhan McKenna and Anthony Quayle, and its rather unspectacular special effects. The central figures are Nicholas Clay as Glaucus, the noble Athenian; Olivia Hussey as the high-born Ione, his love, who is seduced by the Egyptian, Arbaces (Franco Nero), a religious fanatic; Duncan Regehr as Lydon, the champion gladiator; and Linda Purl as the blind slave Nydia, who is torn between Glaucus and Lydon.
Following the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation. Exciting discoveries and fresco-inspired animations tell the story of life in Pompeii AD 79.
Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two later specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991.
Forbidden love blossoms in the city of Pompeii, which until the eruption of volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD, is one of the empire's most powerful cities.
Exploring life in Pompeii during the final days of the doomed city.
A forensic dig into history's most enduring mysteries. In Voices of the Dead, Professor Bettany Hughes leads a forensic investigation into some of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world and brings viewers face-to-face with the extraordinary people of the past she unearths along the way.
A historical exploration about the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and the preserved Roman city it left behind.
A story of eternal romance and inevitable disaster recounting the tale of this once majestic city.
