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] and released July 18th, 2024. So when is "Those About to Die" set?
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.
It takes place in the years:
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.