Movie | United States | 05/01/2000 | History | Ancient Rome
Gladiator is an epic film of love, death and betrayal set in the Roman Empire. General Maximus success in battle earns the favour of an elderly Emperor at the expense of the Emperors son. In a fit of jealous rage the son slays his father before turning his anger towards Maximus. Now reduced to a slave, his family dead, Maximus must fight as a gladiator to gain his freedom, and his revenge.
Movie | United States | 02/08/2011 | History | Ancient Rome
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
Movie | United States | 02/18/2014 | History | Ancient Rome
Set in 79 A.D., POMPEII tells the epic story of Milo, a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
Movie | Italy | 12/06/1961 | History | Ancient Rome
Steve Reeves and George Scott are raised by wolves, but grow up to become the founders of Rome.
Movie | United States | 10/06/1960 | History | Ancient Rome
Spartacus is a 1960 American historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast about the historical life of Spartacus and the Third Servile War. The film stars Kirk Douglas as the rebellious slave Spartacus who leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman empire. The film was awarded four Oscars and stands today as one of the greatest classics of the Sword and Sandal genre.
Movie | Italy | 01/31/2019 | History | Ancient Rome
Two brothers, Romulus and Remus, will have to rely on each other to survive in a hostile world. The city of Rome, one of the greatest empires in history, will be born from their deeds and bloody battles.
Movie | United States | 03/24/1964 | History | Ancient Rome
Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.
Movie | United States | 11/20/2024 | History | Ancient Rome
The film will follow the continuing story of Lucius, the son of Lucilla.
Movie | United Kingdom | 04/19/2007 | History | Ancient Rome
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
Movie | Italy | 12/25/1999 | History | Ancient Rome
Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeares goriest and earliest tragedy.
Movie | Netherlands | 12/27/2002 | History | Ancient Rome
Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.
Movie | United Kingdom | 02/28/2008 | History | Kings and Queens
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their familys blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
Movie | United Kingdom | 10/21/2011 | History | Kings and Queens
A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.
Movie | United Kingdom | 03/04/2009 | History | Kings and Queens
A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
Movie | United Kingdom | 09/11/2013 | History | Journalists
When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - \Wipers\ being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the western front. It was, above all, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. In his spare time, Roberts also managed to win the Military Cross for gallantry.
