Back in 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to rescue his truelove Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed into an corrupt Roman Senator. Milo needs to fight his way since the glorious Pompeii crumbles around him so as to save his beloved as Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava.