Pompeii

:Pompeii is not to be confused with the Roman general Pompey.

Pompeii in popular entertainment

Pompeii served as the background for the historic novel The Last Days of Pompeii and the British television series Up Pompeii, and Robert Harris' recent novel, Pompeii, a fictional account focused on aquarius (engineer) Marcus Attilius who must repair a fault in the largest aqueduct in the world, the Aqua Augusta, which has failed somewhere around Mount Vesuvius. In the visual arts, The Last Day of Pompeii is a famous painting by the Russian-born Carlo Brullo.

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The Last Days of Pompeii - British - Television series - Up Pompeii - Robert Harris - Pompeii - Engineer - The Last Day of Pompeii - Carlo Brullo

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In October of 1971, the famous band Pink Floyd performed at the vacant 2,000-year-old ampitheater in Pompeii, to an audience composed of camera operators. The performance was released on video later.

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October - Pink Floyd

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"Last Days of Pompeii" is the 1991 rock opera by alternative rock band Nova Mob.

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