When Does the TV Show "Those About to Die" (2024) Take Place?
"Those About to Die" is a historical fiction television show showran by Robert Rodat [adapting "Those About to Die" (1958) by Daniel P. Mannix IV] that released July 18th, 2024. So when is "Those About to Die" set?
It takes place in the years:
We know this because episode 5 "Betrayal" ends with the famous and tragic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a mountain in Italy discovered to be an active volcano when it erupted for the first time in centuries in October of 79 AD in the real world.
79 AD - 80 AD
We know this because episode 5 "Betrayal" ends with the famous and tragic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a mountain in Italy discovered to be an active volcano when it erupted for the first time in centuries in October of 79 AD in the real world.
Then, episode 6 "Blood Relation" shows the real-world Roman Emperor Titus Caesar Vespasianus opening the famous Roman Colosseum for its inaugural games, which happened in 80 AD or 81 AD, according to different historians.
