Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This first episode of a three-part series on Pompeii and Vesuvius follows three Pompeiians through their daily routines up to the moment of the eruption.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:54 Magellan TV
3:08 Maria
7:16 Aulus Umbricius Scaurus
10:39 Gnaeus Helvius Sabinus