The Last Days of Pompeii 1935 Peaceloving blacksmith Marcus refuses lucrative offers to fight in the arena until his wife dies for lack of medical care His life as a gladiator coarsens him, and shady enterprises make him the richest man in Pompeii, while his son Flavius who met Jesus on a brief visit to Judaea is as gentle as Marcus once was The final disaster of Marcus and Flaviuss cross purposes is interrupted by the eruption of Vesuvius