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- The different aspects of life in Pompeii, a coastal luxury resort near Naples catering for the very rich of imperial Rome, mainly before but culminating in the eruption of the Vesuvian volcano, which wipes it from the face of the Earth. The residents of Pompeii include Diomed, a common upstart merchant whose self-made riches from trade allow him to consider running for political office against sitting city magistrate Quintus and an impoverished aristocratic marriage for his daughter Julia; the cultivated Greek Glaucus; the gladiator Lydon; the noble-born Antonius and his sister Ione, the evil Isis-priest Arbaces who is after (their) money and power; the persecution-fearing Christian slaves Petrus, his true love Chloe, and their secret leader Olinthus.
- Adrian Blake, an early 20th century archaeologist, comes down with a high fever during one of his excavations in Armenia at the time of the First World War. In his delirium, he dreams of a seductive vision of the goddess Ishtar. He manages to return to England, ultimately finding his fiancee Sophia gone, just before their wedding. He realizes she has been cursed by Ishtar, who feels spurned by Adrian, upon which he is transported through the ages to Pompeii in 79 CE, just four days before the eruption of Vesuvius. Ishtar tells him Sophia now lives in Pompeii as an emancipated slave, and he must trace and rescue her in time. To his astonishment, Adrian finds himself reincarnated as a Gaul specializing in wine trade, and as a friend of magistrate Popidius' son Secundus. He must make the most of all his shrewd bartering and negotiating talents to forge political and economic alliances, outwit opponents and overcome various obstacles.
- This historical detective story leads us on an intriguing and visually spectacular journey to expose the true story of the soldier, robber, slave and gladiator who led the most memorable slave uprising of the Roman Republic. Beneath the legend, there lies the story of a man who was at turns both a great leader and a cruel one. A charismatic, mythical underdog and rebel - idolised by Marx.