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-	The [[ancient Rome|ancient Roman]] city of [[Pompeii]] has been '''frequently featured in [[literature]] and [[popular culture]]''' since its modern rediscovery.	+
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-	==Books==	+
-	Pompeii served as the background for the historic novels ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii]]'' (1834) by [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton]] (since adapted for film and TV), ''[[Arria Marcella]]'' (1852) by [[Théophile Gautier]], ''[[The Taras Report on Pompeii]]'' (1975) by [[Alan Lloyd]] as well as appearing in ''[[Shadows in Bronze]]'' (1990) and other novels in the [[Marcus Didius Falco]] series.	+
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-	Book I of the [[Cambridge Latin Course]] teaches [[Latin]] while telling the story of a Pompeii resident, [[Lucius Caecilius Iucundus]], from the reign of [[Nero]] to that of [[Vespasian]]. The book ends when [[Mount Vesuvius]] erupts, where Caecilius and his household are killed. The books have a [[cult following]] and students have been known to go to Pompeii just to track down Caecilius's house.	+
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-	[[Louis Untermeyer]] wrote the short story, "The Dog of Pompeii", which centered on a blind [[orphan|orphan boy]] and his dog during the last days before Vesuvius [[volcanic eruption|erupted]].	+
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-	A number of titles in [[The Roman Mysteries]] series of children's historical [[novels]] by [[Caroline Lawrence]] are set in Pompeii.	+
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-	The 2003 bestseller novel ''[[Pompeii (novel)|Pompeii]]'' by [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]] tells the story of a (fictional) aquarius of the real life [[Aqua Augusta (Naples)|Aqua Augusta]] named Marcus Attilius. The story itself also features a Pliny the Younger reference to the Estate of [[Julia Felix]], as well as also including the [[Piscina Mirabalis]] in [[Misenum]], [[Pliny the Elder]], and his nephew [[Pliny the Younger|Gaius Pliny]].	+
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-	==Visual art==	+
-	*[[Karl Brullov]]'s ''[[The Last Day of Pompeii]]'' (1830–33)	+
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-	===Art Exhibitions===	+
-	*The [[Birmingham Museum of Art]] is hosting Pompeii:Tales from an Eruption from October 2007 to January 2008. The show was on exhibit in the [[Field Museum of Natural History]] in [[Chicago]], it will later move on to the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston|Museum of Fine Arts]] in [[Houston]].	+
-	Charlotte, North Carolina held an exhibit of "A Day in Pompeii"	+
-	*The ''[[Naples National Archaeological Museum]]'' from October 2007 to March 2008 held an exhibition called "Alma Tadema e la nostalgia dell'antico" or "Alma Tadema and the longing for the antique"., showing how [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] and other painters represented the ruins of Pompeii in their pictures. A book of this exhibition has also been published.	+
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-	==Film==	+
-	There have been several movies based on [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton]]'s book [[The Last Days of Pompeii]].	+
-	*1900 - ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (1900 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'' (UK), directed by Walter R. Booth.	+
-	*1908 - ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (1908 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'' (''Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei'') (Italy), directed by Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi.	+
-	*1913 - ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (1913 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'' (''Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei'') (Italy), directed by [[Mario Caserini]].	+
-	*1926 - ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (1926 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'' (''Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei'') (Italy), directed by [[Carmine Gallone]].	+
-	*1935 - ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'', an [[RKO]] film, with [[Preston Foster]] and [[Basil Rathbone]], which carried a [[disclaimer]] that, although the scenes of Vesuvius erupting had been inspired by the novel, the movie did not use its plot or characters.	+
-	*1950 - ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (1950 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'' (''Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei'' / ''Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi'') (Italy/France), directed by [[Marcel L'Herbier]] and [[Paolo Moffa]].	+
-	*1959 - ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (1959 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'' (''Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei'') (Italy), directed by [[Sergio Leone]].	+
-	The 1971 comedy ''[[Up Pompeii (film)|Up Pompeii]]'' which followed the eponymous TV series (see below) also culminated in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.	+
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-	==TV==	+
-	Pompeii is featured in many television biographies and [[Documentary film|documentaries]].	+
-	It is also featured in ABC's television series called Roman Mysteries.	+
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-	===Fiction===	+
-	* It was the setting for the [[Great Britain|British]] comedy [[television series]] ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'', the 1971 movie of the series ''[[Up Pompeii (film)|Up Pompeii]]'', and its two one-off specials ''[[Further Up Pompeii!]]'' (1975) and ''[[Further Up Pompeii]]'' (1991). Only in the movie does Mount Vesuvius actually erupt.	+
-	* ''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (TV miniseries)|The Last Days of Pompeii]]'' (Italy/UK/U.S.) is a television miniseries from 1984 based on [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton]]'s book [[The Last Days of Pompeii]].	+
-	* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode ''[[The Italian Bob]]'' the family visits the remnants of Pompeii where Lisa refers to the numerous victims whose bodies were preserved by the ash in the position they were in the moment they died. One group of plaster cast victims include a family exactly resembling the Simpsons with a Homer look-alike strangling a Bart look-alike.	+
-	*Pompeii featured in the second episode of the fourth series of revived BBC drama series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', named "[[The Fires of Pompeii]]", where it transpires that the Tenth Doctor caused the eruption.	+
-	* "[[The Fires of Vulcan]]" - [[Doctor Who]] audio drama in the city just before the eruption with the [[Seventh Doctor]].	+
-	* Within the universe of the Highlander franchise, immortals are not allowed to [[Immortal (Highlander)|take heads]] on [[Quickening (Highlander)#Holy Ground beheading|holy ground]]. According to the character [[Joe Dawson (Highlander)|Joe Dawson]] in the episode [[Episodes of Highlander (season 5)#Little Tin God|Little Tin God]], there is a story that tells of how two immortals engaged on holy ground resulted in the eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]].	+
-	* In the television series [[Forever Knight]], vampire Lucien Lacroix was a Roman general who returns home to Pompeii to find his daughter Divia has become a vampire. He is turned into a vampire by his daughter during the fall of Pompeii.	+
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-	===Documentaries===	+
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-	*An hour-long drama produced for the [[BBC]] entitled ''[[Pompeii: The Last Day]]'' portrayed several characters (with historically attested names, but fictional life-stories) living in [[Pompeii]], [[Herculaneum]] and around the [[Bay of Naples]], and their last hours during the eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]], including that of a [[Fulling|fuller]] and his wife, a duo of [[gladiator]]s, a family with a teenaged pregnant girl, and the stories of [[Pliny the Elder]] and [[Pliny the Younger]]. It also portrays most of the facts of the eruption. However, it is heavily influenced by [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton|Edward Bulwer-Lytton]]'s book ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' (see above), which – while being responsible for the popularization of Pompeii in Western culture – has been dismissed for its lack of historical credibility. To give some historical reality to the characters, the death throes of the characters portrayed are based on actual skeletons and bodies found during excavations in the 18th century, while Pliny the Elder's death is shown as based on the accounts of how he actually died. Although in the story the narrator uses reports that [[Pliny the Elder]] died from inhaling the fumes of the final and greatest [[pyroclastic surge]], as many reports have found, he most likely still had suffered a [[heart attack]] or stroke.	+
-	*Pompeii Live, [[Five (channel)|Channel 5]], 28 June 2006, 8pm, live archaeological dig.	+
-	* Pompeii: Uncovered, National Geographic Asia	+
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-	==Music==	+
-	In 1769, the famous musical composer, [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], visited the [[Temple of Isis at Pompeii|Temple of Isis]], which had been recently unearthed. His visit and the memories of the site inspired him 20 years later in his composition of ''[[The Magic Flute]]''.	+
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-	In October 1971, the band [[Pink Floyd]] performed at the vacant 2,000-year-old amphitheater in Pompeii, to an audience composed of film crew including camera operators. This performance, including some exterior shots of the ruins, was released as part of a movie entitled "[[Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii]]".	+
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-	The [[Siouxsie and The Banshees]] single "[[Cities in Dust]]" (1985) was also inspired by the destruction of Pompeii.	+
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-	''Last Days of Pompeii'' is the 1991 rock opera by alternative rock band [[Nova Mob]].	+
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-	"Pompeii am Götterdämmerung" is the name of a song by the band [[The Flaming Lips]] on their album ''[[At War with the Mystics]]''. The song narrates the tale of a couple who, in reaction to their families' rejection of their love, commit suicide together by simultaneously jumping into a volcano.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}	+
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-	"Pompeii" is the title of a song written by Seattle-based [[progressive rock]] band [[Gatsbys American Dream]]. It is the second track of their 2005 release, "Volcano" - based loosely around the story of Pompeii.	+
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-	A musical track of the same name is also produced by [[E.S. Posthumus]] and has been used in films like ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' and many others, under the Unearthed album. This music is said to be the favorite among the listeners who have the mentioned album due to the dramatic and imposing tempo.	+
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-	Canadian band The Tragically Hip's lead singer Gordon Downie refers to a dying family member as "the rock-plug of Vesuvius" in the song Toronto #4.	+
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-	"Pompeii" is also the title of a song by indie-rock trio [[Sleater-Kinney]] off of their fifth album, [[All Hands on the Bad One]].	+
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-	The city of Pompeii is mentioned in the band, [[The Mars Volta]]'s song, Cicatriz ESP.	+
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-	Pompeii is a post-rock band from Austin, Texas USA.	+
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-	"Pompeii" is the name of a song by [[Dar Williams]] about the city.	+
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-	There is a popular band from Kentucky named "We Are Pompeii".	+
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-	Composer [[Frank Ticheli]] wrote a song entitled "Vesuvius" which depicts the last days of Pompeii	+
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-	[[The Decemberists]] from Portland, Oregon have a song entitled "Cocoon" which is about the victims of Vesuvius who were encased in volcanic ash.	+
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-	[[Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice]], the seventh studio album by the [[Finnish people|Finnish]] rock band [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]], features a song entitled "Like St. Valentine" in which one line reads "Like the couple from Pompeii, our drama's put on display".	+
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-	"American Pompeii" is the eighth track on the [[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]] album [[Stomp 442]].	+
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-	==Other==	+
-	*The theme park [[Busch Gardens Europe]] features an attraction entitled "[[Escape from Pompeii]]", which carries riders through the city as flaming ruins topple around them, ending in a fifty-foot plunge.	+
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-	*Rexford (Rex) Phillips, a.k.a. "Rexino Mondo", wrote, sang, narrated and produced a 210-minute [[audio book]] entitled ''Messenger From Pei'' in 1992.	+
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-	*A [[Macintosh]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[computer game]] was called ''[[TimeScape: Journey to Pompeii]]'' (2000) by [[DreamCatcher Games|DreamCatcher Interactive Inc.]]. The storyline involved both [[time travel]] and ancient pagan gods.	+
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-	*Pompeii is also the title of an Aristocrat Mark VI [[slot machine]]. It features a volcano wild symbol which erupts as well as a free games scatter feature sounding "Veni, Vidi, Vici!"	+
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-	*English comedian Al Murrays running gag about Italy being lazy includes him saying "Pompeii, clean up for god sake!	+
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-	*In the PC/XBOX 360 game [[Darkest of Days]], the player fights through the streets of [[Pompeii]] as the volcano is erupting in an effort to save 'The Father of Time'.	+
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-	*[[Vesuvius]] is the name of the fictional [[glam metal]] band in the 2008 comedy ''[[The Rocker (film)|The Rocker]]'', which produces a hit song called "Pompeii Nights", depicting a glorified but grim version of the disaster.	+
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-	*In the manga [[NG Life]], the story revolves around a Japanese student who has apparently retained his memories of having been a [[gladiator]] in Pompeii, who lost his wife in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.	+
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