Bicol University

College of Industrial Technology

East Campus
S.Y 2016-207
Name : Diana R. Esplana Yr. & Sec. : BSIE-FSM 2C Professor : Ma. Lota C. Monte
\, in the territory of the comune of Pompeii. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum
and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried
under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of
Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
1. What is Science concept is/are integrated in the movie?
Explain or discuss briefly.
- The science concept of this movie based in the researchers beliefs that the
town was founded in the seventh or sixth century BC by the Osci or Oscans.
It came under the domination of Rome in the 4th century BC, and was
conquered and became a Roman colony in 80 BC after it joined an
unsuccessful rebellion against the Roman Republic. By the time of its
destruction, 160 years later, its population was estimated at 11,000 people,
and the city had a complex water system, an amphitheatre, gymnasium, and
a port. And the film relies heavily on the works of Pliny the Younger in its
historical construction. The film starts with Pliny the Younger's famous quote,
in which he states, "You could hear the shrieks of women, the wailing of
infants, and the shouting of men; some were calling their parents, others their
children or their wives, trying to recognize them by their voices. People
bewailed their own fate or that of their relatives, and there were some who
prayed for death in their terror of dying. Many besought the aid of the gods,
but still more imagined there were no gods left, and that the universe was
plunged into eternal darkness for evermore."[26] Anderson became enamored
of his writings, particularly their near fantastical element and their eloquence,
whose influence can be seen throughout the film in the destruction of
Pompeii.
2. What learnings insight, discoveries that should get in the movie?
- The learnings, discoveries that I get in the movie was, there is no good in
having war or always fighting with others.
3. State your reaction/comments regarding the movie?
- In 79 A.D., a Celtic tribe of horsemen is slaughtered by the Roman Senator
Corvus, his right-hand man Proculus and their army. The boy Milo is the only
survivor that is captured later and sold as slave. Seventeen years later, the
slave Milo turns into an invincible gladiator in a province and is brought to
Pompeii to participate in the games in the arena. While walking to Pompeii,
the noble Cassia and her chaperone Ariadne cross with the path of the slaves
and Cassia is fascinated by Milo. He shares the cell of Atticus, who is near to
get his freedom depending on winning his last fight. Meanwhile Cassia meets

her parents Severus and Aurelia and learns that she has been betrothed to
the corrupt Senator Corvus who is pressing her parents to marry her. During
the games, the Mount Vesuvius erupts and Milos and his friend Atticus
succeed to escape from the arena. But Milo wants to save his beloved Cassia
in the middle of the chaos and the Romans. A slave-turned-gladiator finds
himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed
to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save
his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.