The magnificence or Rome and Pompeii as they were about 2,000 years ago is reconstructed before your eyes. See the Colosseum, as it stood, with 50,000 Romans applauding the bloody gladiator spectacles. Walk the Roman Forum in all its splendour. See the Circus Maximus where 150,000 cheered the chariot races. Gaze at the lavish lifestyles in both Rome and Pompeii - the baths, theatres, temples, palaces and shopping markets. Watch Neros Rome ablaze and Mount Vesuvius devastation of Pompeii, recreated as it might have happened.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
308273
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Pompeii (Ancient city)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Rome (Italy)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Vesuvius (Italy) - Eruption, 79
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
History → Vesuvius (Italy) - Eruption, 79
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)