This was the gladiator about whom graffiti was written on a wall in Pompeii
Celadus
This was the place where the guy who had launched the rescue attempt was forced to go (because of the fallout).
Stabiae
This is the substance used to remove grease stains from clothes in the ancient Roman world
urine
This guy was the commander of the Roman navy; he launched a rescue mission
Pliny the Elder
This guy owned a place that got grease stains out of your clothes
Stephanus
This city was not affected by the fallout from Vesuvius, but its inhabitants did want to escape
Herculaneum
A bracelet, found in the "ruins of a cheap hotel," was shaped like this animal.
A snake
This guy wrote an eyewitness account of the eruption of Vesuvius
Pliny the Younger
This was the pregnant lady
Julia
A slave reports to his mistress that many people were trying to flee south through this structure
The sea gate
This substance looks like pebbles, but it floats
pumice
This was the father of the pregnant lady
Julius Polybius
This was the name of the slave-girl who "slept with" her master
Hedone ("pleasure")
This was the city across the bay, from which a rescue mission was launched
Misenum
One character in the film compares the appearance of the eruption to this kind of tree
umbrella pine
This was the husband of the pregnant lady
Sabinus
This slave was told to "light the lamps!"
Phoebe
This is the "fire mountain" mentioned as being in Siciliy
Mt Etna
This is the type of ship that the naval commander ordered his slave to prepare
quadrireme
Fortunata