11 Films & TV Shows Set In Italy During The 2nd Century
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The Eagle
Scotland England 🇮🇹 Italy The 2nd CenturyThe destiny of a soldier. The honour of a slave. The fate of an empire. — In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila 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, 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.
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Centurion
Scotland 🇮🇹 Italy The 2nd CenturyHistory is written in blood — Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
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Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
New York England 🇮🇹 Italy The 2nd CenturyIn revenge, patience is a virtue. And after a thousand years, Colin MacLeod doesn't give a damn about virtue ... — Colin MacLeod hunts for the man responsible for the death of his love. He chases the immortal Marcus Octavius across centuries as his quest threatens to take over his life and heart. In his quest, he meets a woman who reminds him of his slain beauty. But it's his final battle with Marcus that will decide not only his fate, but also the fate of everyone in the world.
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Gladiator
🇩🇿 Algeria 🇦🇹 Austria 🇮🇹 Italy Africa - General The 2nd CenturyA Hero Will Rise. — In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
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The Column
🇮🇹 Italy The 2nd CenturyThe end of Trajan's Dacian Wars (106 AD), when south western Dacia was transformed into a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
🇮🇹 Italy The 2nd CenturyThe Most Magnificent Re-Creation... Of An Ancient Empire... Launches A New Epoch In Motion Pictures... — 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.
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The Two Gladiators
🇮🇹 Italy The 2nd CenturyThe twins of the recently departed Marcus Aurelius fight it out to see who will become emperor of Rome.
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Sword of the Empire
🇮🇹 Italy The 2nd CenturyRome, under Commodus: intrigue, fight for power, gladiators, senators, Christians, Barbarians, slaves, Pretorians, battles, wrestles, swords and muscles in by-the-numbers Italian epic.
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The Rebel Gladiators
🇮🇹 Italy The 2nd CenturyDesperate Men Against a Savage Tyrant! — 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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The Warrior and the Slave Girl
🇮🇹 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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Androcles and the Lion
🇮🇹 Italy The 2nd CenturyStory of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion — George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
