Pompeii: Eros and Myth (2020)

Dias antes da lendária erupção do monte Vesúvio, o escravo Milo está preso dentro de um navio, em direcção a Pompeia. Ele vai fazer de tudo para fugir e salvar a mulher que ama, além de ajudar o seu melhor amigo, um gladiador que está em dificuldades no interior do coliseu local.

O filme apresenta os Pink Floyd atuando num velho anfiteatro em ruínas em Pompeia, Itália, assim como gravações em estúdio e entrevistas à banda, quando da gravação do álbum The dark side of the moon. O 'concerto' foi gravado em 4 e 7 de Outubro de 1971 e apresenta a particularidade de não haver audiência.

Catherine e Alexander, ricos e sofisticados, vão a Nápoles para vender uma villa do falecido tio. Há uma frieza no relacionamento e aspectos de Nápoles se adicionam à tensão. Ela se lembra de um poeta que amava e morreu na guerra; embora ela não o amasse, a memória ressalta a ausência de romance em sua vida de agora. Ela percorre os museus de Nápoles e Pompeia, imergindo-se no fascínio napolitano pelos mortos e percebe quantas mulheres estão grávidas; ele fica inativo em Capri, flertando com as mulheres, mas recuando do adultério. Com ela, ele é sarcástico; com ele, ela é crítica. Eles falam de divórcio. Será que este casal de estrangeiros encontrarão uma solução e direção na Itália?

Retomando à Poméia de sua última aventura na fronteira, Glaucus (Steve Reeves) vê a bela jovem Ione (Christine Kaufmann) perdendo o controle de sua biga e a salva de um acidente. Após deixar a dama a salvo, Glaucus finalmente regressa à Pompéia e a encontra totalmente aterrorizada. Um escravo informa que um grupo de bandidos encapuzados estava assassinando famílias inteiras e saqueando todas as casas, inclusive sua fazenda, tendo como principal vítima seu pai. Glaucus, sedento por vingança, segue à caça dos assassinos.

A story about one of the most famous and mysterious archaeological sites in the world.

Decades after first performing there with Pink Floyd, singer-guitarist David Gilmour returned in July 2016 for two concerts in the ancient Italian amphitheatre as part of his Rattle That Lock tour.

A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.

In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.

A stone-encrusted body is unearthed at Pompeii, and people left alone with it keep dying of crushed skulls...

Professor Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Cambridgeshire Fens that's been called the 'British Pompeii' due to the remarkable levels of preservation.

In a one off landmark drama documentary for BBC One, Dr Margaret Mountford presents Pompeii: The Mystery Of The People Frozen In Time.

The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live? A new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption.

Archaeologists have just uncovered entirely new areas and villas in ancient Pompeii… the first excavation there in 70 years. Get exclusive access to the dig and see how new artifacts and new DNA science are changing history. And through the use of sophisticated Hollywood production techniques and reenactments, discover the real stories of what happened to the unfortunate souls who didn’t escape to the city gates. This is the devastating account of the final hours of that fateful day in October 79AD.

A BBC TV comedy movie about the people living in Pompeii prior to its destruction by volcano, focusing on the life of a house slave (played by Frankie Howerd). A sort of prequel to the 1971 movie "Up Pompeii"

Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this documentary explores art and culture around the Bay of Naples before Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. The bay was then the most fashionable destination for vacationing Romans. Julius Caesar, emperors, and senators were among those who owned sumptuous villas along its shores. Artists flocked to the region to create frescoes, sculpture, and luxurious objects in gold, silver, and glass for villa owners as well as residents of Pompeii and other towns in the shadow of Vesuvius. The film concludes with the story of the discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum from the 18th century onward.

Pompeii 79AD, mere days before the Vesuvian eruption. Glaucus and Jone are in love with each other. Arbaces, the Egyptian High Priest, is determined to conquer Jone. Glaucus purchases Nydia, the blind and long-suffering slave. Nydia falls in love with Glaucus and asks Arbaces for his help. He gives her a potion to make Glaucus fall in love with her-- In fact, a poison which will cause violent insanity. Produced by Turin-based Ambrosio Films.

In the beginning was sex. To the ancient cultures, sexuality, love and sex were inextricably connected with the creation of the earth, the heavens and the underworld. To the citizens of the ancient civilizations that gave birth to ours, sensuality and sexuality were an integral part of society. This series exploration of Egyptian and Roman sexual practice allows viewers the opportunity to see how attitudes and beliefs about sexuality functioned in the early civilizations, and how those attitudes reveal the unspoken rules that defined public and private behavior. Episodes cover human sex and sexuality from a historical perspective, and examines in detail different texts and images which provide us with evidence about sexual practices, beliefs and ideologies in the ancient world – from erotica on pots to legal texts, phallic votive objects, fertility ceremonies, prostitution, female and hermaphroditic creator deities, from religious rituals to sex manuals.

On the 24th August 79 AD, the eruption of Vesuvius eradicated the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. This extraordinary film uses visual effects and archaeological findings to chronicle the last 24 hours of Pompeii. Remains of 300 citizens trapped in beach-side crypts allow scientists to reconstruct local life in the First Century after Christ. Computer graphics recreate the scale of the eruption.

What life was like in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii moments before it was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.