L’ultimo giorno di Pompei

About the show

Appio, a tribune in love with magistrate Sallustio’s wife Ottavia, conspires with Pubblio and his son Clodio to dishonour her. Disguised among Ottavia’s attendants, Clodio is exposed and claims she seduced him. Sallustio must put her on trial to uphold Roman law. Despite her protestations of innocence, omens lead to a sentence of burial alive. As Ottavia is taken to the tomb, Vesuvius erupts; Sallustio halts the execution, and Pubblio confesses Appio’s role. Appio and Pubblio are sealed in the tomb instead. Their son Menenio rescues his parents by chariot as the eruption consumes Pompeii.