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[people screaming]

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[screaming]

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[explosion]

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[screaming]

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[Tom Hiddleston] In Pompeii,
you can time travel.

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And by combining evidence
and imagination,

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two timelines,
the past and the present.

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I'm tracing two real Romans

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through the eruption
of Mount Vesuvius.

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First, there's Avianius.

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[Avianius] Well,
maybe I am like Dad.

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He didn't want anything
to do with you either.

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[Claudia] Avi, wait.

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[Tom] And he's working at
a blacksmith's outside the city.

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[Avianius] It was an earthquake.

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[Marcus] You've got to grow up.

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[Tom] He's
a little bit headstrong.

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Then there's Julia Felix,

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a successful businesswoman
and leader of her household.

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[Julia] We will
give thanks to Isis.

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She'll protect us.

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[Tom] They're both right there,

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beneath the volcano
with a bomb about to go off.

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That's it, they're out of time.

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[Marcus] Avi? You okay?

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[Julia] Get them inside. Now!

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Inside, everyone!

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Inside now!

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[Aurelia] Avi, please!

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[Avianius] I can't. My mum.

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[Marcus] You find her,
then find us.

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[Tom] He goes back
into Pompeii to get his mum.

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Avianius, Julia,
all of Pompeii...

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...they're almost out of time.

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Okay, Chris.

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This is where we're at.

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I think Avianius and Julia
have survived phase 1,

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the earthquakes, and phase 2,
the initial eruption.

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So, if they've made it this far,
do they stand a chance?

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[Chris Jackson] Unfortunately,
they're not out of the woods yet

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because 600 million tons
of superheated rock and magma

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was blown 20 miles
up into the atmosphere.

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[explosion]

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We've now entered phase 3,

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what we call
the eruption column.

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And within minutes,

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that rock and magma would start
to rain down on Pompeii.

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[Tom] Oh, it must have
been like a war zone.

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And Avianius,

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he's running right
into the heart of it.

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[screaming]

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[Julia] Get inside now!

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[Cassius] Out of the way,
out of my way.

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[Amalthea]
Quickly, Cassius, move!

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Hurry, get inside,
inside, inside!

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Get inside!

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[screaming and shouting]

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This isn't just
an earthquake, is it?

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[Julia] No.
This is something else.

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[clock ticking]

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[Tom] I mean, what would it
have been like to be there,

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to see it with your own eyes?

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Steven, are there
any firsthand accounts

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of experiencing
the eruption column?

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[Steven Tuck] Well,
there is one in the database,

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one firsthand account
from that day in A.D. 79.

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Come with me.

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[Tom] Yeah.

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[Steven] We'll take a look,

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see if we can find this
on the shelf here.

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In the Ps, in the Ps.

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Pliny. Ah, here it is.

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A firsthand account
from the ancient world.

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[Tom] Ah, the letters
of Gaius Plinius.

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My old friend Pliny the Younger.

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[Steven] Right.

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You did study classics
at university, didn't you?

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[Tom] That's what they told me.

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[Steven] [laughs]
Well, Pliny was right there

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on the Bay of Naples
on that day.

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Pliny is your eyewitness.

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[Tom] Yes, okay.

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This is how he described it.

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"The shape of the cloud
can be best described

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"as resembling
an umbrella pine tree.

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"For it rose up to a great
height, like a tree trunk,

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then branched out
in all directions."

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[creaking]

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[Amalthea] This isn't
going to stop, is it?

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[Julia] No. We need
to get away from Vesuvius

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as quickly as possible.

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[Amalthea] The guests,
they're horrified, hurt.

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We can't. We can't go out.

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[Julia] I know, but this
will only get worse. Okay?

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[crash]

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[Tom] "A terrifying
pitch-black cloud split open

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"by quivering blasts of fire,
shooting out in all directions,

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"revealing longer fiery shapes.

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"My uncle was stationed
at Misenum,

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in command of the fleet
that day."

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Hang on. What?

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Pause.

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A fleet?

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[Steven] That's right.
The Roman imperial fleet,

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they were anchored
on the Bay of Naples.

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[Tom] Is this describing
a rescue mission?

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[Steven] Exactly.

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And one of the earliest
ever recorded in history.

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[Tom] The Roman navy
is right there?

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[Steven] Right there. Yeah.

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[Tom] What happens?

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I mean, do they make it?
Do they succeed?

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[Steven] The letter is
a little vague on details.

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We don't know for sure.

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[Tom] There must be
a way to find out.

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There must be
some way of finding out.

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Okay, so what do we know?

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We know the Roman fleet has
been mobilized in an attempt

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to rescue the people
stranded beneath Vesuvius.

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Maybe I'll find survivors
if I trace the rescue mission.

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But do they make it to Pompeii?

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Do they rescue
Avianius and Julia?

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I've got to find a way
of tracking that rescue mission.

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I need a boat.

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This is how Pliny describes
what they sailed into that day,

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"Ash was falling on the ships

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"hotter and thicker
the closer they approached.

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"Then pumice
and blackened stones

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"burnt and fractured
by the fire.

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"They hurried to the place
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setting their course
straight for danger."

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[Darius Arya]
Wait, wait, wait, wait.

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Tom, no. This was never
a rescue mission about Pompeii.

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Now listen.

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[Tom] Oh. Forgive me.
I should introduce you

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to helpful archaeologist

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and killjoy Dr. Darius Arya.

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[Darius] Take a look
at this map.

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[Tom] Hang on. Hang on.

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Are you saying
the fleet isn't coming

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to rescue Julia and Avianius?

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[Darius] I'm afraid so.

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There's no archaeological
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ever got to Pompeii.

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However, there were other
Roman towns along the coast.

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It's filled with communities.
It's densely packed.

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[Tom] Right. Right, right.
Okay, so not just Pompeii then?

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There's many towns
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the fleet could have gone to.

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[Darius] Exactly, and right here
only nine miles just above it

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is the town of Herculaneum.

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[Tom] Ah, yes, Herculaneum.

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I, um, I've been there, I came
when I was 17, on my trip.

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It was grander,
posher than Pompeii.

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[Darius] It's more intimate.
It's better preserved.

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But definitely richer.

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And it's right here,
at the base of Vesuvius,

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in even more imminent danger
than Pompeii.

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All those people
are under threat.

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All those people
need to be rescued.

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[Tom] Okay, well,
what are we waiting for?

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Let's go to Herculaneum.

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This place really
is opulent, isn't it?

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[Darius] Yeah, there's a lot
of serious money here.

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And the houses, I mean,
they're some of the most lavish

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to be unearthed
from the Roman world.

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In fact, the town is,

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it's kind of like a beach resort
for the elite of Rome.

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[Tom] Right. Almost like
a modern-day Capri

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or Palm Beach or something.

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[Darius] Exactly.

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[Tom] But, Darius, is there any
evidence of the rescue mission?

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Does the fleet
make it to Herculaneum?

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[Darius] It is complicated.

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We do know that there's at least
one member of the military

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that was here
during the eruption.

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And there's something of his
that I want to show you.

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Come on.

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Check this out.

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[Tom] Ah! Wow.

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[Darius] Ta-da!

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[Tom] Wow, wow, wow.

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[Darius] Okay,
so here is our sword.

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[Tom] A soldier's sword?

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[Darius] Soldier's sword.

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[Tom] Wow!

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[Darius] From Herculaneum.

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And look at this scabbard.
Look at all the decoration.

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The craftsmanship is phenomenal.

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[Tom] Look at the detail.
Amazing.

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[Darius] This soldier would have
seen a world of experience

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in the battlefield.

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[Tom] Ah, it makes
the past feel so close.

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I mean, it's as if, as if his
hand was holding it moments ago.

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[Darius] Right.

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And here, this is his belt.

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[Tom] Okay.

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[Darius] A cingulum militare.

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Look again,
all these intricate details.

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This could even be the belt
of a Praetorian Guard,

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bodyguard to the emperor.

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So, this is an elite member
of the military.

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[Tom] A soldier?
[Darius] Yeah.

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[Tom] An elite soldier?
[Darius] Yeah.

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And then we have this other
curious bit of evidence.

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He was found with this money,

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the exact monthly paycheck
for a Praetorian Guard.

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[Tom] But, Darius,
who brings their paycheck

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on a rescue mission?

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And are we talking about one guy
like a single soldier,

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or are we talking about a unit,
do you think?

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[Darius] I mean,
that's the question.

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Right here,
this represents one soldier.

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[Tom] This is one guy?

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[Darius] Yeah.

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[Tom] Hmm, interesting.

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[Tom] I think I've found
my third and final

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real Roman to follow.

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A soldier.

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A member
of the Praetorian Guard.

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However, is that enough to say
with certainty that this guy

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is a part of Pliny's
rescue mission?

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I need something else,
I need more,

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I need another explanation.

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Another historia.

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[sigh]

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Okay, what have we got?

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We know he's a veteran.

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We know he is on his own.

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We know he is definitively
in Herculaneum.

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Why? What's he doing
in Herculaneum?

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Why this town?

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Herculaneum is
a place of decadence,

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a place of indulgence.

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It's a beach resort
for the elite.

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A place of boozing, feasting.

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And he's a battle-hardened
soldier.

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So why is he there?
He's out of place there.

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Unless, of course,
he's on holiday there.

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He's got money to spend there.

253
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He could be
on shore leave there.

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Good place to drink.
Good place to forget.

255
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Maybe he just happens
to be in Herculaneum

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on the day before the eruption
of Mount Vesuvius.

257
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Maybe he's just one unlucky guy

258
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who is in the wrong place
at the wrong time.

259
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[bell rings]

260
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Let's try that again, shall we?

261
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[rewinding]

262
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[muffled voices]

263
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[Helvia] Here we are.

264
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The centerpiece has arrived!

265
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[Praetorian] For me? Wonderful.

266
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[Helvia] Thank you.

267
00:12:02,331 --> 00:12:03,351
[Caecillius] Helvia, my dear.

268
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I don't think this
was such a good idea.

269
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[Helvia] He's a member
of the Praetorian Guard.

270
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It's an honor to have him
at our table, I think.

271
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[Praetorian belches]

272
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[Tom] Wait, pause, Darius.

273
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You said the Praetorian Guard
was the most prestigious

274
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in the Roman army, right?

275
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[Darius] Yes. We're talking
about the best of the best.

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And let's think about
that Roman Empire.

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[Tom] Yeah.

278
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[Darius] Right, all the way
from Britain to Syria.

279
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I mean, this is
the great Roman Empire.

280
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[Tom] Vast.

281
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[Darius] So, what does
Rome do? It extracts.

282
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It takes wealth
from those provinces.

283
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And that wealth,
where does it go?

284
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Primarily it goes to Rome.

285
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[Tom] Right, yeah.

286
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[Darius] But it's also coming

287
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into a lot of other cities
and towns, like Herculaneum.

288
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[Tom] Right.

289
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[Darius] It's a beneficiary.

290
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[Tom] So, our soldier,
he would be coming here

291
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to enjoy that, to...

292
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[Darius] Yeah, but,
I mean, he's also seen

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the dark side of the empire.

294
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He knows truly firsthand
the cost of that,

295
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of that wealth
and success of the empire.

296
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[Tom] Which in real terms is

297
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theft and pillage and bloodshed.

298
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His own blood, I would think.

299
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I mean, I guess if this
was a contemporary soldier,

300
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we might even be talking
about post-traumatic stress.

301
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[muffled voices]

302
00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:26,619
[muffled voices]

303
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[Praetorian]
Who wants to hear a story?

304
00:13:28,965 --> 00:13:30,451
[Guest] Yes.

305
00:13:30,532 --> 00:13:31,652
[Praetorian] Mmm?

306
00:13:31,731 --> 00:13:34,686
[Guest] Just what we need.

307
00:13:34,765 --> 00:13:36,619
[Praetorian] That's why
you asked me here, right?

308
00:13:36,698 --> 00:13:39,118
Stories. The glory of war.

309
00:13:39,197 --> 00:13:41,384
So where shall I begin?

310
00:13:41,465 --> 00:13:43,217
Betrayal!

311
00:13:43,298 --> 00:13:44,817
Corruption. Greed!

312
00:13:44,898 --> 00:13:46,284
[Helvia] Actually,
we'd rather you...

313
00:13:46,365 --> 00:13:49,451
[Praetorian] So refined.

314
00:13:49,532 --> 00:13:53,251
So civilized.

315
00:13:53,331 --> 00:13:54,798
But all this...

316
00:13:57,898 --> 00:13:59,784
...I've seen
what it really costs.

317
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Blood.

318
00:14:00,965 --> 00:14:03,018
[Caecillius] I think we've
heard enough. Time to go.

319
00:14:03,097 --> 00:14:04,563
[Praetorian] You wallow...

320
00:14:09,365 --> 00:14:12,552
...in all your wealth.

321
00:14:12,631 --> 00:14:15,418
Who do you think
stole it for you?

322
00:14:15,499 --> 00:14:18,418
Or do you just not care?

323
00:14:18,499 --> 00:14:22,851
Of course not.

324
00:14:22,932 --> 00:14:24,765
Just out for yourselves.

325
00:14:29,097 --> 00:14:32,097
Oh, we all are.

326
00:14:34,532 --> 00:14:37,532
Good night, rich lady.

327
00:14:39,264 --> 00:14:43,351
[muffled voices]

328
00:14:43,432 --> 00:14:44,650
[Helvia] Wait, hold on.

329
00:14:44,730 --> 00:14:47,398
Wait, you've left your sword.

330
00:14:50,298 --> 00:14:52,317
[Tom] So, he'd have
seen some things.

331
00:14:52,398 --> 00:14:54,217
Some hard things.

332
00:14:54,298 --> 00:14:55,418
[Darius] Yeah.
What he experienced

333
00:14:55,499 --> 00:14:56,884
would have been hell.

334
00:14:56,965 --> 00:14:59,351
He would have lived through
one of the worst periods

335
00:14:59,432 --> 00:15:02,118
of Roman history,
the Year of the Four Emperors.

336
00:15:02,197 --> 00:15:06,817
So, you've got, you know,
Galba, and then you have Otho,

337
00:15:06,898 --> 00:15:08,384
Vitellius,
and finally Vespasian.

338
00:15:08,465 --> 00:15:10,085
And each time,
you're fighting wars

339
00:15:10,164 --> 00:15:11,951
against your brothers in arms.

340
00:15:12,030 --> 00:15:13,152
[Tom] Facing death every day,

341
00:15:13,231 --> 00:15:16,284
taking life
or defending his own.

342
00:15:16,365 --> 00:15:17,784
That's enough to take you down,

343
00:15:17,865 --> 00:15:22,052
make you disillusioned
and disenchanted.

344
00:15:22,131 --> 00:15:24,551
Make you lose your faith
in people.

345
00:15:24,630 --> 00:15:26,851
[Helvia] Wait, wait.

346
00:15:26,932 --> 00:15:28,918
Hold on. Don't go.

347
00:15:28,998 --> 00:15:32,631
Here, you left this.

348
00:15:38,565 --> 00:15:40,519
You're wrong, you know.

349
00:15:40,599 --> 00:15:43,451
Not everyone is just
out for themself.

350
00:15:43,532 --> 00:15:48,583
There are acts of kindness,
bravery, self-sacrifice,

351
00:15:48,664 --> 00:15:50,583
small and often barely noticed

352
00:15:50,664 --> 00:15:54,152
in every household
all around you,

353
00:15:54,231 --> 00:15:57,650
maybe even still in you.

354
00:15:57,730 --> 00:16:00,152
People aren't always
predictable.

355
00:16:00,231 --> 00:16:02,565
They can surprise you.

356
00:16:07,898 --> 00:16:12,583
[Praetorian]
Sweet fantasy, rich lady.

357
00:16:12,664 --> 00:16:15,018
[Helvia] Get some sleep.

358
00:16:15,097 --> 00:16:21,951
♪ ♪

359
00:16:22,030 --> 00:16:28,884
♪ ♪

360
00:16:28,965 --> 00:16:35,817
♪ ♪

361
00:16:35,898 --> 00:16:42,750
♪ ♪

362
00:16:42,831 --> 00:16:49,686
♪ ♪

363
00:16:49,765 --> 00:16:56,619
♪ ♪

364
00:16:56,698 --> 00:17:03,551
♪ ♪

365
00:17:03,630 --> 00:17:10,317
♪ ♪

366
00:17:10,396 --> 00:17:15,750
♪ ♪

367
00:17:15,830 --> 00:17:18,617
[Tom whispering]
We don't know his name.

368
00:17:18,698 --> 00:17:25,550
♪ ♪

369
00:17:25,631 --> 00:17:32,317
♪ ♪

370
00:17:32,397 --> 00:17:39,251
♪ ♪

371
00:17:39,332 --> 00:17:44,951
♪ ♪

372
00:17:45,030 --> 00:17:47,352
Hang on,

373
00:17:47,432 --> 00:17:49,419
you said this place
was a beach resort,

374
00:17:49,499 --> 00:17:50,384
so where's the sea?

375
00:17:50,463 --> 00:17:52,419
[Darius] Well,
we are on the beach,

376
00:17:52,499 --> 00:17:54,018
and the sea was right there.

377
00:17:54,097 --> 00:17:56,750
So you'd have the, the waves,
you have the boats in the water.

378
00:17:56,830 --> 00:17:57,750
[Tom] Hang on.
What are you talking about?

379
00:17:57,830 --> 00:17:59,785
The coast is,
is half a mile away.

380
00:17:59,865 --> 00:18:01,684
[Darius] Yeah, but that's
the power of the eruption.

381
00:18:01,765 --> 00:18:04,251
It's gonna radically change
the whole geography

382
00:18:04,332 --> 00:18:06,718
of the entire Bay of Naples.

383
00:18:06,798 --> 00:18:07,651
[Tom] Wow.

384
00:18:07,730 --> 00:18:09,751
[Darius] So, when we look
at this cliff,

385
00:18:09,832 --> 00:18:13,685
it's actually a deposit,
82 feet high,

386
00:18:13,766 --> 00:18:18,817
of volcanic debris
accumulated in a single day,

387
00:18:18,897 --> 00:18:22,432
covering over everything,
the entire city.

388
00:18:28,766 --> 00:18:31,785
[Tom] They're gonna be buried
even deeper than Pompeii.

389
00:18:31,865 --> 00:18:38,718
♪ ♪

390
00:18:38,798 --> 00:18:42,765
♪ ♪

391
00:18:44,999 --> 00:18:46,785
[clock ticking]

392
00:18:46,865 --> 00:18:50,218
[Tom] Okay,
so we have a Praetorian.

393
00:18:50,298 --> 00:18:53,519
In a matter of minutes,
unbeknownst to him,

394
00:18:53,598 --> 00:18:56,384
he'll come face-to-face with one
of the worst natural disasters

395
00:18:56,463 --> 00:18:58,151
ever to hit the ancient world.

396
00:18:58,230 --> 00:18:59,551
Now, on the face of it,

397
00:18:59,632 --> 00:19:02,352
he is exactly the sort of person
needed in a situation like this.

398
00:19:02,432 --> 00:19:04,718
He has the experience,
he has the authority,

399
00:19:04,798 --> 00:19:07,718
he has the expertise, but
he's also been through a lot.

400
00:19:07,798 --> 00:19:12,785
He's seen the horror
and reality of war.

401
00:19:12,865 --> 00:19:16,451
He's a soldier
in the autumn of his years.

402
00:19:16,531 --> 00:19:18,551
Is he up to it?

403
00:19:18,632 --> 00:19:19,617
Does he have it in him?

404
00:19:19,698 --> 00:19:23,352
Does he even want
to help these people?

405
00:19:23,432 --> 00:19:28,451
♪ ♪

406
00:19:28,530 --> 00:19:34,951
Or do we have ourselves
a classic redemption story?

407
00:19:35,030 --> 00:19:38,151
Because I know a thing
or two about those.

408
00:19:38,230 --> 00:19:44,931
♪ ♪

409
00:19:48,365 --> 00:19:49,884
[screaming and shouting]

410
00:19:49,964 --> 00:19:56,618
[screaming and shouting]

411
00:19:56,699 --> 00:19:59,951
♪ ♪

412
00:20:00,030 --> 00:20:06,617
♪ ♪

413
00:20:06,698 --> 00:20:08,798
Vesuvius is so close.

414
00:20:11,231 --> 00:20:12,917
I mean, they're
completely boxed in.

415
00:20:12,998 --> 00:20:13,917
They're trapped, right?

416
00:20:13,998 --> 00:20:15,051
[Darius] Yeah.

417
00:20:15,132 --> 00:20:18,285
[Tom] And the only possible
way out is off this beach.

418
00:20:18,365 --> 00:20:19,617
The Praetorian has to act.

419
00:20:19,698 --> 00:20:21,184
He has to do something now.

420
00:20:21,265 --> 00:20:28,117
♪ ♪

421
00:20:28,198 --> 00:20:34,851
♪ ♪

422
00:20:34,931 --> 00:20:37,585
[Chris] The ash and pumice
contained in the eruption column

423
00:20:37,664 --> 00:20:39,951
was falling
on the residents of Pompeii.

424
00:20:40,030 --> 00:20:43,317
But amongst that are
much larger blocks of solid rock

425
00:20:43,397 --> 00:20:45,151
called volcanic bombs.

426
00:20:45,230 --> 00:20:46,597
[Tom] Volcanic bombs?

427
00:20:52,664 --> 00:20:54,152
[screaming and shouting]

428
00:20:54,231 --> 00:21:00,917
[screaming and shouting]

429
00:21:00,998 --> 00:21:02,631
[Child] Take cover!

430
00:21:10,631 --> 00:21:12,218
[Townsperson] Livia!

431
00:21:12,298 --> 00:21:13,218
No!

432
00:21:13,298 --> 00:21:15,785
[Avianius]
No! It's not safe! No!

433
00:21:15,865 --> 00:21:18,951
[crash]

434
00:21:19,030 --> 00:21:21,050
♪ ♪

435
00:21:21,131 --> 00:21:27,718
♪ ♪

436
00:21:27,798 --> 00:21:31,951
[Tom] So, Pompeii
is a city under fire.

437
00:21:32,030 --> 00:21:35,317
But Julia, I mean,
her and her household

438
00:21:35,397 --> 00:21:36,684
have taken shelter
by now, right?

439
00:21:36,765 --> 00:21:39,317
She's, she's safe, isn't she?

440
00:21:39,397 --> 00:21:40,785
[Chris] Not exactly,
Tom, because of

441
00:21:40,865 --> 00:21:43,917
the falling ash and pumice
would be kind of accumulating,

442
00:21:43,998 --> 00:21:47,718
building up on rooftops at the
rate of up to two feet an hour,

443
00:21:47,798 --> 00:21:51,284
becoming so heavy it would
cause those roofs to fall

444
00:21:51,364 --> 00:21:53,830
on top of people
who are sheltering.

445
00:21:56,565 --> 00:21:58,051
And worse was still to come

446
00:21:58,132 --> 00:22:00,651
because the eruption column
is still growing,

447
00:22:00,730 --> 00:22:04,217
becoming so dense, so heavy
that the geothermic energy

448
00:22:04,297 --> 00:22:07,550
won't be able to support it
anymore, and it will collapse,

449
00:22:07,631 --> 00:22:09,550
burying Herculaneum and Pompeii.

450
00:22:09,631 --> 00:22:10,550
[Tom] How long do they have?

451
00:22:10,631 --> 00:22:11,617
[Chris] Not long.

452
00:22:11,698 --> 00:22:14,284
Herculaneum is first
in the firing line.

453
00:22:14,364 --> 00:22:16,317
Soon, it will be
completely buried.

454
00:22:16,397 --> 00:22:17,550
[Tom] But there's
still time, right?

455
00:22:17,631 --> 00:22:20,550
There's still some chance
that they can evacuate?

456
00:22:20,631 --> 00:22:22,597
[Chris] It's a slim chance.

457
00:22:30,065 --> 00:22:34,499
[Tom] So Julia's got an almost
impossible choice to make.

458
00:22:38,798 --> 00:22:42,451
Either she stays
and risks her and her guests

459
00:22:42,531 --> 00:22:44,698
being buried alive...

460
00:22:48,397 --> 00:22:50,483
...or she evacuates

461
00:22:50,564 --> 00:22:54,397
and faces bombardment
on the streets of Pompeii.

462
00:22:58,499 --> 00:23:00,584
[Julia whispering]
Lady of the flame,

463
00:23:00,663 --> 00:23:04,483
I pray to you, I beg you,
I beseech you.

464
00:23:04,564 --> 00:23:07,065
Isis, save us.

465
00:23:12,597 --> 00:23:17,384
[Tom] Sarita, so the city's
being buried alive

466
00:23:17,463 --> 00:23:20,617
in a blizzard
of volcanic rock and ash.

467
00:23:20,698 --> 00:23:24,217
Can psychology tell us how
the Praetorian, Avianius,

468
00:23:24,297 --> 00:23:25,750
and Julia might react?

469
00:23:25,830 --> 00:23:26,817
[Sarita Robinson]
Well, yes.

470
00:23:26,897 --> 00:23:28,817
When we're in any sort
of environment,

471
00:23:28,897 --> 00:23:31,817
we're always scanning for danger
and looking for threats.

472
00:23:31,897 --> 00:23:32,917
And if...

473
00:23:32,998 --> 00:23:35,183
[Tom] A threat like a volcano
going off over there?

474
00:23:35,263 --> 00:23:38,384
[Sarita] Exactly, and when
we see something like that,

475
00:23:38,463 --> 00:23:41,984
it activates a part of our brain
known as the amygdala,

476
00:23:42,065 --> 00:23:43,151
and if that's triggered,

477
00:23:43,230 --> 00:23:48,018
the fight-or-flight response
will then happen automatically.

478
00:23:48,097 --> 00:23:49,384
[Tom] Fight-or-flight.

479
00:23:49,463 --> 00:23:51,917
[screaming and shouting]

480
00:23:51,998 --> 00:23:58,051
[screaming and shouting]

481
00:23:58,132 --> 00:24:01,419
[Sarita] So the flight response,
it's about self-preservation,

482
00:24:01,499 --> 00:24:03,830
it's about trying to get away
from the danger.

483
00:24:08,297 --> 00:24:09,317
[crash]

484
00:24:09,396 --> 00:24:10,530
[Praetorian] Oh!

485
00:24:16,431 --> 00:24:18,451
[breathes]

486
00:24:18,530 --> 00:24:20,151
[breathing heavily]

487
00:24:20,230 --> 00:24:23,018
[Distant voice] Guard!

488
00:24:23,097 --> 00:24:25,065
Retreat!

489
00:24:31,364 --> 00:24:35,451
[Tom] So I guess the Praetorian
is in flight mode,

490
00:24:35,530 --> 00:24:37,198
like everyone else in the city.

491
00:24:40,297 --> 00:24:45,018
[screaming and shouting]

492
00:24:45,097 --> 00:24:46,352
[Townsperson] Out of my way.

493
00:24:46,432 --> 00:24:50,018
Get it off him.

494
00:24:50,097 --> 00:24:51,651
You're breaking the boat!

495
00:24:51,730 --> 00:24:52,817
Hey!

496
00:24:52,897 --> 00:24:54,317
That's my boat!

497
00:24:54,396 --> 00:24:57,518
[Tom] And, Sarita,
what about the fight response?

498
00:24:57,597 --> 00:24:58,951
[Sarita] Well, fighting
doesn't always mean

499
00:24:59,030 --> 00:25:01,085
that you're physically
fighting someone,

500
00:25:01,164 --> 00:25:04,017
it can also mean that you're
fighting against the environment

501
00:25:04,096 --> 00:25:05,651
to get to something you need.

502
00:25:05,730 --> 00:25:08,884
We want to maybe
rescue a loved one.

503
00:25:08,963 --> 00:25:12,750
[Tom] Just like
Avianius is doing.

504
00:25:12,830 --> 00:25:14,518
He's running into harm's way,

505
00:25:14,597 --> 00:25:16,917
trying to reunite
with his mother.

506
00:25:16,998 --> 00:25:20,284
[Avianius panting]

507
00:25:20,364 --> 00:25:21,765
[Tom] Oh.

508
00:25:25,397 --> 00:25:27,617
But what about Julia?

509
00:25:27,698 --> 00:25:30,117
She's the one
I can't quite figure out.

510
00:25:30,198 --> 00:25:33,085
Is she fight or is she flight?

511
00:25:33,164 --> 00:25:33,983
[Sarita] Well, actually,

512
00:25:34,065 --> 00:25:35,785
she might be neither
of those two things.

513
00:25:35,865 --> 00:25:39,151
There is a third "F",
and that's the freeze response.

514
00:25:39,230 --> 00:25:42,718
It's sometimes also known
as cognitive paralysis,

515
00:25:42,798 --> 00:25:45,518
and that's when the brain
is so overwhelmed

516
00:25:45,597 --> 00:25:47,817
that it can't
generate a response.

517
00:25:47,897 --> 00:25:49,651
[Tom] Do you think
she freezes, though?

518
00:25:49,730 --> 00:25:52,750
I'm not sure, you see.
It just doesn't sound like Julia

519
00:25:52,830 --> 00:25:54,785
is the type of person
who would freeze.

520
00:25:54,865 --> 00:25:58,483
She's intelligent, she's tough,
she's practical, she's a leader.

521
00:25:58,565 --> 00:25:59,617
[Sarita] I think
you might be right.

522
00:25:59,698 --> 00:26:01,217
You know, if you look
around at everything

523
00:26:01,297 --> 00:26:02,684
that she's created here,

524
00:26:02,765 --> 00:26:05,251
it's clear that she's
a very successful businesswoman.

525
00:26:05,332 --> 00:26:06,251
[Tom] Absolutely.

526
00:26:06,332 --> 00:26:08,351
[Sarita] She keeps cool
under pressure.

527
00:26:08,431 --> 00:26:10,050
[Tom] But there
has to be a reason.

528
00:26:10,131 --> 00:26:12,651
Oh, um, why does she stay?

529
00:26:12,730 --> 00:26:14,317
[Sarita] It could be
that she's actually

530
00:26:14,396 --> 00:26:16,983
physically tied to this place.

531
00:26:17,065 --> 00:26:21,584
She's got an emotional bond
to everything here.

532
00:26:21,663 --> 00:26:25,584
[Tom] And yet, I think
that she's the kind of person

533
00:26:25,663 --> 00:26:29,151
who would believe
if she built it once,

534
00:26:29,230 --> 00:26:30,550
she could build it again.

535
00:26:30,631 --> 00:26:33,351
[Sarita] So maybe it isn't
a tie to the place, then.

536
00:26:33,431 --> 00:26:37,250
Maybe it's a tie to the people.

537
00:26:37,330 --> 00:26:39,097
[Tom] That's it.

538
00:26:41,931 --> 00:26:45,617
It's the people.

539
00:26:45,698 --> 00:26:47,983
Of course.

540
00:26:48,065 --> 00:26:52,518
Julia needs to convince
her guests to evacuate.

541
00:26:52,597 --> 00:26:55,018
She wouldn't abandon them.

542
00:26:55,097 --> 00:26:58,765
She wouldn't leave
until she'd got everyone out.

543
00:27:03,564 --> 00:27:06,684
[Julia] My dear friends,

544
00:27:06,765 --> 00:27:11,116
please, listen to me carefully.

545
00:27:11,196 --> 00:27:14,317
It's not safe to stay here.

546
00:27:14,397 --> 00:27:17,051
We must leave
as soon as possible.

547
00:27:17,132 --> 00:27:22,884
So, please, try to collect
only those things

548
00:27:22,964 --> 00:27:27,684
that are necessary
for a journey, please.

549
00:27:27,765 --> 00:27:30,950
I know you're scared, but this
is only going to get worse.

550
00:27:31,029 --> 00:27:31,950
[Cassius] Hold on.

551
00:27:32,029 --> 00:27:32,983
[Julia] What?

552
00:27:33,065 --> 00:27:35,983
[Cassius] You, you expect us
to go out into that?

553
00:27:36,065 --> 00:27:36,983
[Julia] Cassius.

554
00:27:37,065 --> 00:27:38,151
[Cassius] Are you mad?

555
00:27:38,230 --> 00:27:40,550
Do you really think the goddess
Isis is going to protect us

556
00:27:40,631 --> 00:27:42,584
after your pathetic offerings?

557
00:27:42,663 --> 00:27:43,417
Huh?

558
00:27:43,498 --> 00:27:47,151
It's death out there.

559
00:27:47,230 --> 00:27:49,849
She can't protect us!

560
00:27:49,930 --> 00:27:52,085
A woman?

561
00:27:52,164 --> 00:27:53,518
No.

562
00:27:53,597 --> 00:27:57,183
I'm staying right here. Mmm?

563
00:27:57,263 --> 00:28:00,597
The rest of you,
do what you like.

564
00:28:04,196 --> 00:28:06,017
[Guest] I think we should stay.

565
00:28:06,096 --> 00:28:08,849
[Amalthea] No, no, come on.

566
00:28:08,930 --> 00:28:11,983
[Guest] It'll be fine.

567
00:28:12,065 --> 00:28:13,663
We're safe here.

568
00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:22,163
[Julia] Of course,
you're my guest, Cassius.

569
00:28:35,897 --> 00:28:40,851
♪ ♪

570
00:28:40,931 --> 00:28:41,884
[Tom] It's hopeless.

571
00:28:41,964 --> 00:28:44,983
People are running,
fighting amongst themselves.

572
00:28:45,065 --> 00:28:46,050
You heard her.

573
00:28:46,131 --> 00:28:48,550
It's not safe to stay.

574
00:28:48,631 --> 00:28:49,817
People are making
the wrong decisions

575
00:28:49,897 --> 00:28:53,483
when they should be working
together to evacuate.

576
00:28:53,564 --> 00:28:56,717
It's just self-preservation.
They're out for themselves.

577
00:28:56,797 --> 00:28:59,217
Just as the Praetorian said.

578
00:28:59,297 --> 00:29:00,584
[Helvia] They'll
send more boats.

579
00:29:00,663 --> 00:29:02,518
I'm sure there
will be more boats.

580
00:29:02,597 --> 00:29:07,183
[indistinct shouting]

581
00:29:07,263 --> 00:29:09,564
[Townsperson]
The sun is disappearing!

582
00:29:11,897 --> 00:29:14,717
The sun has gone!

583
00:29:14,797 --> 00:29:20,284
♪ ♪

584
00:29:20,364 --> 00:29:27,151
♪ ♪

585
00:29:27,230 --> 00:29:28,617
[Tom] So, Chris,
what's happening now?

586
00:29:28,698 --> 00:29:30,651
[Chris] This is now phase 4
of the eruption.

587
00:29:30,730 --> 00:29:33,617
The eruption column now
becomes so vast, so dense

588
00:29:33,698 --> 00:29:37,616
that it was actually stopping
sunlight reaching Herculaneum,

589
00:29:37,696 --> 00:29:41,131
Pompeii, well,
the whole Bay of Naples.

590
00:29:43,431 --> 00:29:46,451
It turned day to night.

591
00:29:46,530 --> 00:29:49,183
[Tom] Phase 4.

592
00:29:49,263 --> 00:29:50,617
Eclipse.

593
00:29:50,698 --> 00:29:57,550
♪ ♪

594
00:29:57,631 --> 00:30:04,317
♪ ♪

595
00:30:04,397 --> 00:30:11,250
♪ ♪

596
00:30:11,330 --> 00:30:12,849
♪ ♪

597
00:30:12,930 --> 00:30:18,917
♪ ♪

598
00:30:18,998 --> 00:30:24,084
This is how Pliny describes
being inside the ash cloud.

599
00:30:24,163 --> 00:30:26,851
"Darkness fell,

600
00:30:26,931 --> 00:30:28,650
not like a moonless
or cloudy night,

601
00:30:28,730 --> 00:30:32,617
but like a closed room when
the light is extinguished."

602
00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:37,684
♪ ♪

603
00:30:37,765 --> 00:30:40,116
♪ ♪

604
00:30:40,196 --> 00:30:46,785
♪ ♪

605
00:30:46,865 --> 00:30:49,217
[baby crying]

606
00:30:49,297 --> 00:30:50,483
[screaming]

607
00:30:50,564 --> 00:30:53,684
You could hear
the howls of women,

608
00:30:53,765 --> 00:30:59,550
the wailing of babies,
and the shouts of men.

609
00:30:59,631 --> 00:31:02,417
Some were calling
for their children,

610
00:31:02,498 --> 00:31:06,851
some for their parents,
some for their spouses,

611
00:31:06,931 --> 00:31:08,718
trying to recognize
their voices.

612
00:31:08,798 --> 00:31:12,617
[Julia] Hear me, Isis,
come to me.

613
00:31:12,698 --> 00:31:16,451
Lady of the flame,
I pray to you,

614
00:31:16,530 --> 00:31:18,983
I beg you, I beseech you.

615
00:31:19,065 --> 00:31:23,518
Isis, save us.

616
00:31:23,597 --> 00:31:28,750
[Tom] "There were some in their
fear of dying, begged for death.

617
00:31:28,830 --> 00:31:32,284
"Many raised their hands
to the gods.

618
00:31:32,364 --> 00:31:35,084
"Still more concluded
there were no gods left,

619
00:31:35,163 --> 00:31:38,717
an everlasting night
had descended on the Earth.”

620
00:31:38,797 --> 00:31:39,750
♪ ♪

621
00:31:39,830 --> 00:31:46,116
♪ ♪

622
00:31:46,196 --> 00:31:50,963
"In this darkness,
on your own...

623
00:31:54,065 --> 00:31:56,017
"...the swirl of ash
and smoke in the air,

624
00:31:56,096 --> 00:32:00,717
"the constant cracking
from deep in the earth,

625
00:32:00,797 --> 00:32:02,017
"rocks raining down on you,

626
00:32:02,096 --> 00:32:05,017
how do you
find your way in this?"

627
00:32:05,096 --> 00:32:06,684
[Avianius] Mum?

628
00:32:06,765 --> 00:32:11,084
♪ ♪

629
00:32:11,163 --> 00:32:13,317
Mum, please.

630
00:32:13,397 --> 00:32:14,950
Mum?

631
00:32:15,029 --> 00:32:17,950
Where are you?

632
00:32:18,029 --> 00:32:19,584
Mum!

633
00:32:19,663 --> 00:32:26,351
♪ ♪

634
00:32:26,431 --> 00:32:27,650
[Tom] I've reached
a point in the story

635
00:32:27,730 --> 00:32:30,530
that I really wanted to avoid.

636
00:32:32,730 --> 00:32:37,183
And that's the story
of those tragic plaster casts,

637
00:32:37,263 --> 00:32:39,650
the plaster casts
of the people of Pompeii

638
00:32:39,730 --> 00:32:42,983
who were frozen in death.

639
00:32:43,064 --> 00:32:43,917
The thing about those casts

640
00:32:43,998 --> 00:32:48,250
is they're not recreations
of human shapes.

641
00:32:48,330 --> 00:32:51,351
They are human shapes.

642
00:32:51,431 --> 00:32:55,384
They're people.

643
00:32:55,463 --> 00:32:58,351
Maybe I was naive.

644
00:32:58,431 --> 00:33:03,451
How can I avoid the truth?

645
00:33:03,530 --> 00:33:05,518
[Avianius sobbing]

646
00:33:05,597 --> 00:33:12,451
[Avianius sobbing]

647
00:33:12,530 --> 00:33:13,750
Maybe the story of Pompeii

648
00:33:13,829 --> 00:33:17,864
is only a story
of death, after all.

649
00:33:21,998 --> 00:33:27,084
And how,

650
00:33:27,163 --> 00:33:33,284
how does anyone,
how does Avianius,

651
00:33:33,364 --> 00:33:35,730
survive that?

652
00:33:54,896 --> 00:33:58,384
[Tom] Sarita, is this
where their story ends?

653
00:33:58,463 --> 00:34:01,084
[Sarita] Well, even
in the heat of an emergency,

654
00:34:01,163 --> 00:34:03,116
people are capable
of engaging

655
00:34:03,196 --> 00:34:05,950
in what we call
pro-social behavior.

656
00:34:06,029 --> 00:34:07,284
[Tom] Pro-social behavior?

657
00:34:07,364 --> 00:34:08,949
[Sarita] Yes.
So, we see people helping

658
00:34:09,030 --> 00:34:12,150
and supporting each other,
rescuing each other--

659
00:34:12,231 --> 00:34:15,351
friends, family,
or even total strangers.

660
00:34:15,431 --> 00:34:17,050
[Tom] They rescue one another?

661
00:34:17,130 --> 00:34:20,317
[Sarita] Yes.

662
00:34:20,396 --> 00:34:22,318
[Townsperson]
Get away from my boat!

663
00:34:22,398 --> 00:34:24,351
[Helvia] Please,
listen to me. Listen.

664
00:34:24,431 --> 00:34:26,117
[Townsperson] That's my boat!

665
00:34:26,197 --> 00:34:28,449
It's mine!

666
00:34:28,530 --> 00:34:30,282
[Helvia] Stop!

667
00:34:30,362 --> 00:34:31,817
Please!

668
00:34:31,896 --> 00:34:33,251
[Sarita] And there is
something else, Tom.

669
00:34:33,331 --> 00:34:34,650
[Tom] Okay.

670
00:34:34,731 --> 00:34:36,916
[Sarita] There are some people
who will know how to respond.

671
00:34:36,996 --> 00:34:37,884
[Tom] And who are they?

672
00:34:37,963 --> 00:34:40,817
[Sarita] Those that have
had specific training.

673
00:34:40,898 --> 00:34:42,583
[Helvia] Please! Please!

674
00:34:42,663 --> 00:34:44,817
[Tom] So, an experienced
soldier might know?

675
00:34:44,898 --> 00:34:45,916
[Sarita] Exactly.

676
00:34:45,996 --> 00:34:46,949
[Tom] Well, they have one.

677
00:34:47,030 --> 00:34:48,083
[Townsperson] Aah!

678
00:34:48,164 --> 00:34:50,463
[Helvia] No! [screams]

679
00:34:56,630 --> 00:34:59,184
[Praetorian] Hello, rich lady.

680
00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:01,884
[Sarita] It's what the military
calls skills and drills,

681
00:35:01,963 --> 00:35:04,684
which means that they
can take the decisive,

682
00:35:04,764 --> 00:35:06,650
unemotional,
and effective action

683
00:35:06,731 --> 00:35:09,184
that's needed
to get people to safety.

684
00:35:09,264 --> 00:35:11,382
[Helvia] We have
to do something.

685
00:35:11,463 --> 00:35:12,617
You're a Praetorian.

686
00:35:12,697 --> 00:35:13,949
They'll listen to you.

687
00:35:14,030 --> 00:35:17,184
[indistinct shouting]

688
00:35:17,264 --> 00:35:18,483
[Townsperson] Too many people.

689
00:35:18,563 --> 00:35:20,384
[Praetorian]
Right, listen to me.

690
00:35:20,463 --> 00:35:22,817
[shouting and arguing]

691
00:35:22,898 --> 00:35:24,916
Listen to me.

692
00:35:24,996 --> 00:35:26,884
Listen to me!

693
00:35:26,963 --> 00:35:31,916
[shouting and arguing]

694
00:35:31,996 --> 00:35:35,251
Enough!

695
00:35:35,331 --> 00:35:37,251
Enough now! Listen to me!

696
00:35:37,331 --> 00:35:40,351
Everyone needs to work together.

697
00:35:40,431 --> 00:35:44,650
Women and children,
form lines to my left, quickly.

698
00:35:44,731 --> 00:35:48,583
Experienced sailors, prepare
the boats, keel lamps lit.

699
00:35:48,664 --> 00:35:51,317
Men, start loading people
as fast as you can.

700
00:35:51,398 --> 00:35:53,215
Rich lady, I need a head count.

701
00:35:53,295 --> 00:35:54,849
Do we have any doctors?

702
00:35:54,929 --> 00:35:55,849
[Doctor] I am.

703
00:35:55,929 --> 00:35:57,251
[Praetorian] Good.

704
00:35:57,331 --> 00:35:59,650
Everyone is getting
off this beach.

705
00:35:59,730 --> 00:36:02,318
Come on. There's
no time to waste.

706
00:36:02,398 --> 00:36:03,996
Come on!

707
00:36:06,898 --> 00:36:12,518
[Tom] Okay, so the people on
the beach have the Praetorian,

708
00:36:12,597 --> 00:36:17,284
but no one's coming
to save Avianius, are they?

709
00:36:17,364 --> 00:36:18,817
[Sarita] Well, not necessarily.

710
00:36:18,896 --> 00:36:21,150
There's one thing
that my research has shown,

711
00:36:21,231 --> 00:36:23,384
and that's across the world,

712
00:36:23,463 --> 00:36:26,884
throughout time
and in every culture,

713
00:36:26,963 --> 00:36:29,516
every crisis imaginable,

714
00:36:29,597 --> 00:36:33,916
mums, mums will go
and look for their kids.

715
00:36:33,996 --> 00:36:38,317
♪ ♪

716
00:36:38,396 --> 00:36:41,650
[Claudia] Avi?

717
00:36:41,730 --> 00:36:43,097
Avi?

718
00:36:46,130 --> 00:36:47,898
Avi?

719
00:36:50,063 --> 00:36:52,849
Avi?

720
00:36:52,929 --> 00:36:54,949
Avi?

721
00:36:55,030 --> 00:36:57,650
Avi?

722
00:36:57,730 --> 00:37:00,916
Avi?

723
00:37:00,996 --> 00:37:02,083
Avi?

724
00:37:02,164 --> 00:37:03,849
[Avianius] Mum?

725
00:37:03,929 --> 00:37:04,884
[Claudia] Avi?

726
00:37:04,963 --> 00:37:05,983
[Avianius] Mum!

727
00:37:06,063 --> 00:37:06,983
[Claudia] Avi!

728
00:37:07,063 --> 00:37:07,983
[Avianius] Mum?

729
00:37:08,063 --> 00:37:09,184
[Claudia] Avi?

730
00:37:09,264 --> 00:37:10,550
Avi?

731
00:37:10,630 --> 00:37:11,884
Avi!

732
00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:12,949
♪ ♪

733
00:37:13,030 --> 00:37:19,684
♪ ♪

734
00:37:19,764 --> 00:37:22,717
♪ ♪

735
00:37:22,797 --> 00:37:26,318
Ah.

736
00:37:26,398 --> 00:37:29,284
[sobbing]

737
00:37:29,364 --> 00:37:30,916
[Tom] She's got him.

738
00:37:30,996 --> 00:37:34,849
[Claudia] I've got you.

739
00:37:34,929 --> 00:37:37,317
[Avianius] Mum, I,
I'm sorry for what I said,

740
00:37:37,396 --> 00:37:38,684
and everything's my fault.

741
00:37:38,764 --> 00:37:40,483
[Claudia] No, no. Love, you
don't need to say a thing, okay?

742
00:37:40,563 --> 00:37:43,516
None of that matters.
We're together. Okay?

743
00:37:43,597 --> 00:37:45,949
Come. It's not safe here.
Let's go.

744
00:37:46,030 --> 00:37:48,349
Okay. Go, go, go.

745
00:37:48,429 --> 00:37:49,750
♪ ♪

746
00:37:49,829 --> 00:37:56,449
♪ ♪

747
00:37:56,530 --> 00:38:00,150
[Tom] So maybe it isn't
the Roman fleet after all.

748
00:38:00,231 --> 00:38:03,351
Maybe I've been looking
in the wrong place all along.

749
00:38:03,431 --> 00:38:07,983
It isn't Rome to the rescue,
it's the people.

750
00:38:08,063 --> 00:38:11,483
They rescue each other.

751
00:38:11,563 --> 00:38:13,516
[Helvia] Everyone,
if you can form lines.

752
00:38:13,597 --> 00:38:14,916
[Praetorian]
Come on, quickly, quickly.

753
00:38:14,996 --> 00:38:17,382
[Townsperson] Let's go.
Quickly. Quickly. Come on now.

754
00:38:17,463 --> 00:38:19,550
[Helvia] Let's get you
to the front.

755
00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:20,884
We'll get you on the first boat.

756
00:38:20,963 --> 00:38:24,550
[baby crying]

757
00:38:24,630 --> 00:38:27,483
[indistinct shouting]

758
00:38:27,563 --> 00:38:29,016
[Praetorian]
Right, how close are we?

759
00:38:29,097 --> 00:38:30,184
[Townsperson]
The first boat's nearly ready.

760
00:38:30,264 --> 00:38:31,382
We're going as fast as we can.

761
00:38:31,463 --> 00:38:32,849
[Praetorian] How long?
[Townsperson] 10 minutes.

762
00:38:32,929 --> 00:38:34,382
[Praetorian] Make it five.
[Townsperson] Yes, sir.

763
00:38:34,463 --> 00:38:37,317
[Praetorian] Don't let up.

764
00:38:37,398 --> 00:38:38,784
Everyone, listen up.

765
00:38:38,864 --> 00:38:41,963
Get ready to start
boarding the boats.

766
00:38:45,896 --> 00:38:46,817
[Tom] Darius.

767
00:38:46,896 --> 00:38:47,750
[Darius] Yeah.

768
00:38:47,829 --> 00:38:49,617
[Tom] Question.
Does the evacuation work?

769
00:38:49,697 --> 00:38:51,217
[Darius] Well, there's
another piece of information

770
00:38:51,297 --> 00:38:52,217
you need to know.

771
00:38:52,297 --> 00:38:53,617
[Tom] Okay.

772
00:38:53,697 --> 00:38:55,949
[Darius] Unlike Pompeii, a city
filled with casts of all those,

773
00:38:56,030 --> 00:38:56,949
you know, bodies of people.

774
00:38:57,030 --> 00:38:57,849
[Tom] Yeah.

775
00:38:57,929 --> 00:38:59,184
[Darius] When they
excavate Herculaneum,

776
00:38:59,264 --> 00:39:02,916
a city of approximately
5,000 people, up in the city,

777
00:39:02,996 --> 00:39:06,650
they basically
don't find any bodies.

778
00:39:06,730 --> 00:39:10,717
[Tom] So, something did happen
on this beach, right?

779
00:39:10,797 --> 00:39:12,184
[Darius] There does
seem to have been

780
00:39:12,264 --> 00:39:14,398
some sort of attempt
of an evacuation.

781
00:39:17,463 --> 00:39:20,251
[Helvia] Next group,
keep moving forward.

782
00:39:20,331 --> 00:39:22,382
[Praetorian]
Into the boats! Hurry!

783
00:39:22,463 --> 00:39:25,449
That's it. Another two full.

784
00:39:25,530 --> 00:39:28,251
Get them gone. Now!

785
00:39:28,331 --> 00:39:30,217
[Helvia] We've got
the next group ready.

786
00:39:30,297 --> 00:39:34,083
[Praetorian] Keep them coming.

787
00:39:34,164 --> 00:39:35,382
[Helvia] Keep coming, everyone.

788
00:39:35,463 --> 00:39:36,884
Keep coming.

789
00:39:36,963 --> 00:39:37,784
[Townsperson] Boat's full.

790
00:39:37,864 --> 00:39:39,884
[Praetorian] Boat's full.
Go, go go!

791
00:39:39,963 --> 00:39:43,797
[Townsperson]
Three, two, one, heave!

792
00:39:47,630 --> 00:39:49,184
[Praetorian] Next group, get up.

793
00:39:49,264 --> 00:39:50,449
Quickly but orderly.

794
00:39:50,530 --> 00:39:52,250
[Helvia] Come now.

795
00:39:52,329 --> 00:39:54,250
[Praetorian] Into the boats,
fast as you can.

796
00:39:54,329 --> 00:39:55,983
Hurry, hurry.

797
00:39:56,063 --> 00:39:58,016
[Tom] It's working.

798
00:39:58,097 --> 00:39:59,349
They're all finally getting out.

799
00:39:59,429 --> 00:40:02,282
They might just make it.

800
00:40:02,362 --> 00:40:04,550
But what about Julia?

801
00:40:04,630 --> 00:40:07,251
It's got to be now or never.

802
00:40:07,331 --> 00:40:10,184
[Julia] Can we talk, Cassius?

803
00:40:10,264 --> 00:40:13,083
[Cassius] I told you, woman,
I'm staying right here.

804
00:40:13,164 --> 00:40:15,250
[Julia] I'm afraid you are not.

805
00:40:15,329 --> 00:40:18,083
[Cassius] Oh.
I'm afraid that I am.

806
00:40:18,164 --> 00:40:19,317
[Julia] Your bill.

807
00:40:19,398 --> 00:40:20,317
[Cassius] What?

808
00:40:20,398 --> 00:40:21,550
[Julia] Your bill.

809
00:40:21,630 --> 00:40:25,050
You haven't paid your bill
since when, Amalthea?

810
00:40:25,130 --> 00:40:26,016
[Amalthea] A month.

811
00:40:26,097 --> 00:40:27,784
[Julia] Right. A month.

812
00:40:27,864 --> 00:40:30,016
[Cassius] Now is not
the time for this.

813
00:40:30,097 --> 00:40:31,483
[Julia] I gave you fair warning.

814
00:40:31,563 --> 00:40:34,449
[Cassius] I, I,
I was going to pay it.

815
00:40:34,530 --> 00:40:36,583
[Julia] It's too late, Cassius.

816
00:40:36,663 --> 00:40:40,983
You're past due,
and now you have to leave.

817
00:40:41,063 --> 00:40:43,150
Actually, you all have to leave.

818
00:40:43,231 --> 00:40:45,184
[Guest] What? What?

819
00:40:45,264 --> 00:40:48,083
[Julia] We are officially
closed for business, right?

820
00:40:48,164 --> 00:40:49,817
[Cassius] Oh, I see.

821
00:40:49,896 --> 00:40:52,849
You're going to, uh, hoard
all the supplies for yourselves.

822
00:40:52,929 --> 00:40:57,416
[Amalthea] No.
They're coming with us.

823
00:40:57,496 --> 00:40:58,829
Let's go.

824
00:41:01,829 --> 00:41:05,449
Let's go.

825
00:41:05,530 --> 00:41:06,483
[Guest] Let's go.

826
00:41:06,563 --> 00:41:08,963
[Julia] We are leaving Pompeii!

827
00:41:27,063 --> 00:41:29,349
[Cassius] Impossible, woman.

828
00:41:29,429 --> 00:41:33,650
♪ ♪

829
00:41:33,730 --> 00:41:35,150
[explosion]

830
00:41:35,231 --> 00:41:37,650
[Claudia] Okay, we're leaving
in one minute, Avi.

831
00:41:37,730 --> 00:41:40,617
[Tom] There's one more line
from Pliny's letter...

832
00:41:40,697 --> 00:41:41,849
[Livia] Get some water.

833
00:41:41,929 --> 00:41:44,617
[Tom] ...that I'd like
to read to you.

834
00:41:44,697 --> 00:41:49,349
“The fortunate man is he to whom
the gods have granted the power

835
00:41:49,429 --> 00:41:55,215
to do something
which is worth recording.”

836
00:41:55,295 --> 00:42:00,916
I think the people on the beach
that day, whoever they were,

837
00:42:00,996 --> 00:42:04,130
did something that
was worth recording.

838
00:42:05,331 --> 00:42:09,349
And here we are,
2,000 years later,

839
00:42:09,429 --> 00:42:13,983
telling their story,
witnessing their actions,

840
00:42:14,063 --> 00:42:18,250
acknowledging and understanding
their humanity.

841
00:42:18,329 --> 00:42:21,483
We don't know their names.

842
00:42:21,563 --> 00:42:23,483
But this is their legacy,

843
00:42:23,563 --> 00:42:26,083
a legacy of survival.

844
00:42:26,164 --> 00:42:32,349
[watch beeping]

845
00:42:32,429 --> 00:42:33,983
[bell rings]

846
00:42:34,063 --> 00:42:37,884
[clock ticking]

847
00:42:37,963 --> 00:42:43,063
[clock ticking]

848
00:42:45,096 --> 00:42:50,516
♪ ♪

849
00:42:50,597 --> 00:42:52,516
[Praetorian] Everyone,

850
00:42:52,597 --> 00:42:56,050
into the boat sheds.

851
00:42:56,130 --> 00:42:57,050
Now!

852
00:42:57,130 --> 00:43:00,016
[bell rings]

853
00:43:00,097 --> 00:43:03,050
[clock ticking]

854
00:43:03,130 --> 00:43:09,983
♪ ♪

855
00:43:10,063 --> 00:43:16,916
♪ ♪

856
00:43:16,996 --> 00:43:23,849
♪ ♪

857
00:43:23,929 --> 00:43:30,782
♪ ♪

858
00:43:30,862 --> 00:43:37,717
♪ ♪

859
00:43:37,797 --> 00:43:44,650
♪ ♪

860
00:43:44,730 --> 00:43:51,583
♪ ♪

861
00:43:51,663 --> 00:43:58,349
♪ ♪

862
00:43:58,429 --> 00:44:05,282
♪ ♪

863
00:44:05,362 --> 00:44:12,215
♪ ♪

864
00:44:12,295 --> 00:44:19,150
♪ ♪

865
00:44:19,230 --> 00:44:26,083
♪ ♪

866
00:44:26,163 --> 00:44:31,000
♪ ♪