Pecunia non olet – The smell of money in ancient Pompeii

Pecunia non olet

Nation: Itay/France

Film director: Nicola Barile

Run time: 40’

Year: 2018

Production: Tile, CNRS/Centre J. Bérard, Parco Arch. di Pompei

Synopsis:

As Vespasian would have said, "pecunia non olet", but money had a smell in Pompeii too. The documentary is a journey into the odours of ancient Pompeii, which our sense of smell can no longer perceive today. The work of the researchers on the productive activities within the excavations of Pompeii allows to make an evocative journey through the lost odours that human activities generated during the work to produce wealth.

Mare Nostrum. Storie dal mare di Roma (Stories from the sea of Rome)

Nation: Italy

Film director:: Guido Fuganti

Scientific advice: Roberto Pietraggi

Run time: 21’

Year: 2020

Production: Syremont Spa, Agorasophia Edutainment Spa

Synopsis:

Docu-film dedicated to the trans-marine trade towards Rome at the beginning of the 2nd century A.D., during Trajan's empire. Three characters, a Shipowner, a Captain of a river vessel (navis caducaria) and an operator of the Corpus dei Mensores of Ostia, discuss a cargo of wheat and other goods that must reach Rome across the Tiber.