Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence

Pompeii was a busy place in the days leading up to the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, though there’s evidence in the ruins that the city suffered cracks and ruptures due to earth tremors.

The water supply was disrupted as the earthquake fractured pipes just before the main event, so to speak. But life continued as normal, with the prosperous in Pompeii’s population enjoying some leisure time in its bath houses.

In a sequence that will burn itself onto your retinas, in the interests of historical representation, presenter John Sergeant strips to his pants and is anointed with oils in a treatment room. Just like a Roman.