159 Films & TV Shows Set In Italy During Ancient History
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Alone Against Rome
๐ฎ๐น Italy Ancient HistoryA Roman Consul, on his way to fight a border war, stations a garrison of soldiers in a provincial town. The townspeople aren't happy with this situation but decide it's in their best interests to cooperate. However, the Tribune left in charge of the garrison proves to be cruel and demanding. He takes over a house for his own use and forces his attentions on Fabiola, the owner's daughter. She reluctantly submits in order to protect the life of her lover, Brenno, who's already been publicly whipped and who's been hauled off to the local arena to provide sport for Roman gladiators. Soon, Brenno and Fabiola's brother are organizing a resistance which will put an end to the Tribune's reign of tyranny.
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The Rebel Gladiators
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 2nd CenturyDesperate Men Against a Savage Tyrant! โ In order to persuade the Emperor to spare his village, the mighty Ursus is forced to fight the greatest gladiator in Rome in the Roman Arena.
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Duel of the Titans
๐ฎ๐น Italy Ancient HistoryThe Legendary Conflict of Mankind's Mightiest Mortals! โ Twin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city, the founders of Rome.
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Constantine and the Cross
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 4th CenturyConstantin is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.
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The Rape of the Sabine Women
๐ฎ๐น Italy Ancient HistoryThe Warrior Who Founded Rome! The Kidnapping That Founded An Empire! โ An Italian adventure film starring Roger Moore as Romulus in the early days of Rome. His city of thieves is populated entirely by men, and so Romulus is convinced to find some ladies. After finding some in Sabinia, he proceeds to take them to his city and engage them to his men. The Sabines declare war and battle ensues.
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Amazons of Rome
๐ฎ๐น Italy Ancient HistoryA Thousand Tempting Beauties ... They Fought Like Ten Thousand Unchained Tigers! โ Marching down the Italian peninsula to sack ancient Rome, Etruscan warrior Drusco instead offers to hold back his onslaught if the Romans hand over hostages, including Clelia, the sexy leader of a clan of woman warriors. But before long, intrigue and betrayal unravel the fragile peace. Directors Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and Vittorio Cottafavi helm this vintage sword-and-sandal epic.
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Duel of Champions
๐ฎ๐น Italy Ancient HistoryA Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last fierce and bloody duel...
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Spartacus
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st Century BCThey trained him to kill for their pleasure ... but they trained him a little too well โ The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
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Siege of Syracuse
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 3rd Century BCAmazing Secret Weapon of Archimedes! โ Syracuse lies between the warring nations of Rome and Carthage; as long as the balance of power between the nations remains intact, both nations are willing to preserve the neutrality of Syracuse. However, Rome has now gotten the upper hand in its struggle for power. The fate of Syracuse lies in the hands of its leader, the famed inventor and scientist Archimedes.
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Revolt of the Slaves
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 4th CenturyWANTON . . . TEMPTRESS . . . She put the torch to an empire of sin! โ A rich man's daughter (Rhonda Fleming) sides with a Christian rebel during the fall of the Roman Empire.
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Messalina
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyMessalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most villified empress is herein played by British actress Belinda Lee.
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La vendetta dei barbari
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The Last Days of Pompeii
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyThe Fiery Summit of Spectacle! โ Based on the Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel. Set in the shadows of Mt. Vesuvius just before its famous eruption, the film begins with Glaucus, a Roman legionnaire, returning to his home from far-off wars. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that his father has been murdered by a gang of black-hooded looting bandits. Glaucus vows revenge against the killers, but just how high up are those involved?
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Sign of the Gladiator
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 3rd CenturySEE! 10,000 NORSEMEN CHARGE THE VALLEY OF BLOOD โ Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.
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The Warrior and the Slave Girl
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 2nd CenturyMarcus Numidius (Ettore Manni), a Roman tribune sent to Armenia to put down a gladiators' revolt, captures the rebels' popular leader, Aselepius (Georges Marchal). Princess Amira (Gianna Maria Canale), with ambitions of being Queen and jealous of Asclepius' popularity, plans his death in the arena by substituting a lion for his human opponent
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Hannibal
๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐น๐ณ Tunisia The 3rd Century BCHannibal and His Fantastic Elephant Army That Clobbered Half the World! โ A Carthaginian general attempts to cross the Alps with an army of elephants in order to conquer Rome.
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Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
๐ฌ๐ท Greece ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyAnother moment in ancient Rome's history where things don't turn out how you'd expect. โ The movie presents a moment in the ancient Rome history when Nero was the emperor and christians persecuted. Story revolves around Antigonus's plan, archon of Corinth, to build a magnificent temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, for which the people are oppressed by new and very high taxes. The sculptor Demetrius, asked to make the face of the goddess Diana, falls in love with a slave, the Christian Lerna, and wants to marry her, but another jealous slave has other plans. In the meantime there are plots and intrigues for power and a plan to capture and execute all christians; but things turn out different than expected.
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The Sword and the Cross
๐ฎ๐น Italy Ancient HistorySold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.
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Nero's Mistress
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyNero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she is asking for trouble. Many attempts of murder and poisoning will happen on the eve of his great show.
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Attila
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 5th CenturySee the Hun Hordes Storm Out of Asia to Crash Head-On Into the Vaunted Roman Legions! โ Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.
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Jupiter's Darling
๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐น๐ณ Tunisia The 3rd Century BCThe Love Story of the Beauty and the Barbarian! Clash of Armies! Underwater spectacle! Never before such sights to see! โ Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal (Howard Keel). While Rome's ruler, Fabius Maximus (George Sanders), plots a defense against Hannibal's armies, Fabius' fiancรฉe, Amytis (Esther Williams), is curious about the fearless conquerer. Amytis travels to Hannibal's camp just to get a look at him, but she ends up being captured. However, she is instantly smitten by the Carthaginian commander, so she tries to shift his attentions away from Rome -- and to her instead.
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Demetrius and the Gladiators
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyIt begins where โ The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.
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The Silver Chalice
๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1st CenturyI bid you seek the lost silver cup... for sin is rising like the swollen rivers... โ A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
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