In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race towards time to avoid wasting his real love Cassia, the attractive daughter of a rich service provider who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo should battle his means out of the world with a purpose to save his beloved because the as soon as magnificent Pompeii crumbles round him.