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100

This was the gladiator about whom graffiti was written on a wall in Pompeii

Celadus

100

This was the place where the guy who had launched the rescue attempt was forced to go (because of the fallout).

Stabiae

100

This is the substance used to remove grease stains from clothes in the ancient Roman world

urine

100

This guy was the commander of the Roman navy; he launched a rescue mission

Pliny the Elder

200

This guy owned a place that got grease stains out of your clothes

Stephanus

200

This city was not affected by the fallout from Vesuvius, but its inhabitants did want to escape

Herculaneum

200

A bracelet, found in the "ruins of a cheap hotel," was shaped like this animal.

A snake

200

This guy wrote an eyewitness account of the eruption of Vesuvius

Pliny the Younger

300

This was the pregnant lady

Julia

300

A slave reports to his mistress that many people were trying to flee south through this structure

The sea gate

300

This substance looks like pebbles, but it floats

pumice

300

This was the father of the pregnant lady

Julius Polybius

400

This was the name of the slave-girl who "slept with" her master

Hedone ("pleasure")

400

This was the city across the bay, from which a rescue mission was launched

Misenum

400

One character in the film compares the appearance of the eruption to this kind of tree

umbrella pine

400

This was the husband of the pregnant lady

Sabinus

500

This slave was told to "light the lamps!"

Phoebe

500

This is the "fire mountain" mentioned as being in Siciliy

Mt Etna

500

This is the type of ship that the naval commander ordered his slave to prepare

quadrireme

500
She was the wife of the guy who owned a place where they could get grease stains out of your clothes

Fortunata