Eruption And Tsunami In The Movie Pompeii

Pompeii is a very well-known historical event. It was a major destruction that occurred in the year 79 C.E. The occurrence of this event was because of the great Mount Vesuvius erupting one day. The eruption was bigger, and deadlier than ever seen before from Mount Vesuvius. The eruption and tsunami that occurred were not portrayed accurately. The people and their characteristics were not correct. Also the destruction of the buildings and amphitheater was not displayed accurately. From many different aspects the movie Pompeii did not accurately represent the final days of the real city of Pompeii.

The eruption and tsunami in the movie Pompeii was very different compared to the actual destruction of the city of Pompeii. In the movie Pompeii

In the real time of Pompeii an upper class young woman would never go after, and fall in love with a slave she just met, or any slave at all. "Upper-class women would not have been roaming around the streets on their own, and would certainly not have been involved in political activities," (Lewis, www.livescience.com) All the gladiators in the movie were easily able to converse amongst one another. If this were historically accurate that would not have been able to happen because the gladiators came from all around the world and there was no dominant language every spoke. Also the movie had the senator of Rome commonly in Pompeii dressed in his armor which was highly uncommon for many reasons. The movie showed a great deal of hatred and tension between the people of Rome and Pompeii and historically there is no evidence of this major rising tension. “There was some tension between Rome and Pompeii around the eruption but it was nothing major” (Lewis, www.livescience.com) In the movie the people were a common misconception along with the destruction of the buildings and

However, the gladiators in the time period of Pompeii would be fat and not skinny and muscular like the ones in the movie because the extra skin would provide as a layer of protection in battle. Also in these battles there would not be a whole arrangement of Roman men to be fighting like it was in the movie. Someone could also say that the planning of rebuilding Pompeii was accurate, but that is not entirely true. There was slight talk about rebuilding Pompeii but that would only be for places that were previously damaged by earthquakes. The entire city of Pompeii was not being remodeled. One may argue that “The city of Pompeii was a popular vacation destination for the Romans” (www.ducksters.com) They might also say that it would be normal for the senator to spend a lot of time in Pompeii. But, like previously stated the senator would not be in his armor and would most likely not visit Pompeii unless there was a more important matter between Pompeii and Rome to be