title: The Last Days of Pompeii (miniseries)
text: # The Last Days of Pompeii (miniseries)
  
  The Last Days of Pompeii is an Italian-American 1984 television miniseries filmed at Pinewood Studios and broadcast on ABC-TV and Rai, adapting the 1834 novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It was the second English-language adaptation of the book for film or television (previously adapted mainly in Italian; the 1935 RKO film was unrelated to the novel and the 1900 adaptation by Walter R. Booth, while the first cinematic adaptation in English was a short film).
  
  On June 5, 2012, Sony released the mini-series on DVD.
  
  ## Cast
  
  | Actor | Name | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tony Anholt | Lepidus | A Roman noble; friend of Glaucus, Clodius and Sallust. |
  | Ned Beatty | Diomed | A wealthy merchant; married to Lucretia and the father of Julia. |
  | Joyce Blair | Lucretia | A wealthy Roman; married to Diomed and mother to Julia. |
  | Brian Blessed | Olinthus | A blacksmith and devout Christian. |
  | Ernest Borgnine | Marcus | A slave owner. |
  | Peter Cellier | Calenus | A priest of Isis; brother to Burbo. |
  | Nicholas Clay | Glaucus | A Greek noble; love interest to Ione. |
  | George Claydon | Philos | A Greek dwarf artist. |
  | Brian Coburn | Burbo | A tavern owner; brother of Calenus and married to Stratonice. |
  | Francesca Romana Coluzzi | Stratonice | A brothel owner; married to Burbo |
  | Brian Croucher | Melior | A gladiator. |
  | Lesley-Anne Down | Chloe | A prostitute with a young son; in love with Petrus. |
  | Christopher Ellison | Drusus | A Roman soldier. |
  | Howard Goorney | Joseph | A Christian missionary. |
  | Stephen Greif | Sporus | A gladiator. |
  | Olivia Hussey | Ione | A soon to be priestess of Isis; sister of Antonius, and love interest to Glaucus. |
  | Malcolm Jamieson | Petrus | A slave to Diomed; in love with Chloe. |
  | Howard Lang | Medon | A slave to Diomed; father of Lydon. |
  | Jill Melford | Lucinda | A Roman Noble. |
  | Catriona MacColl | Julia | A wealthy Roman; the daughter of Diomed and Lucretia and love interest to Clodius. |
  | Siobhán McKenna | Fortunata | A Roman noble; married to Gaius. |
  | Franco Nero | Arbaces | The Egyptian High Priest of the Cult of Isis. |
  | Laurence Olivier | Gaius | A former senator from Rome; married to Fortunata. |
  | Linda Purl | Nydia | A blind slave; love interest to Lydon. |
  | Anthony Quayle | Quintus | The head Magistrate of Pompeii. |
  | Michael Quill | Catus | An assistant to Olinthus; a child |
  | Duncan Regehr | Lydon | A gladiator and former slave; love interest to Nydia. |
  | David Robb | Sallust | A Roman noble; friend of Glaucus, Clodius and Lepidus. |
  | Barry Stokes | Gar | A Germanic gladiator. |
  | Gerry Sundquist | Clodius | A poor Roman noble and poet; love interest to Julia. |
  | Benedict Taylor | Antonius | A priest of Isis; brother of Ione. |
  | Marilu Tolo | Xenia | A prostitute; Calenus is a regular client of hers. |
  