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Series
Language
English
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The skies over ancient Rome blaze with terrifying portents, and soothsayers warn Julius Caesar of approaching doom. As conspiracy swirls through the city, Shakespeare explores the deep repercussions of political murder on the human heart. The classic tale of duplicity and murder is masterfully performed by an all-star, all American cast.
2) Gladiator
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The war against the Germans won, Emperor Aurelius chooses the victorious General Maximus as his successor to the Roman empire. Commodus, Aurelius' heir, is jealous of this and enslaves Maximus to the gladiatorial arenas.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Set in the romantic city of Rome. The intertwining stories of a worker who wakes up to find himself a celebrity, an architect who takes a trip back to the street he lived on as a student, a young couple on their honeymoon, and a frustrated opera director who has a talent for discovering talented singers.
4) Agora
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A young slave in ancient Egypt must choose between joining the Christianity movement, which will give him freedom, and the woman he loves, who is his master and an atheist.
6) When in Rome
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
An ambitious young New Yorker, disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome, where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of an odd group of suitors: a sausage magnate, a street magician, an adoring painter, and a self-admiring model. But when a charming reporter pursues her with equal zest, how will she know if his love is the real thing?
Publisher
Good Times Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Roman Emperor has unleashed a virulent campaign against the Christians in 90 A.D. The apostle John struggles to break free of imprisonment and save Christianity from extinction. The visions of John are the foundation for the Book of Revelation.
9) Ben-Hur
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Experience the visual splendor, thundering action, and towering drama of the record-setting winner of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to his role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race, and a fateful encounter with Jesus Christ. An enduring...
10) Ben Hur
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
In this Biblical epic, Jewish nobleman Ben Hur (Heston) struggles against Roman tyranny in 1st century Palestine.
12) The last legion
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In 460 A.D. Aurelius Antonius finds himself recalled to Rome and is assigned the Commander of new Caesar, Romulus Augustus' retinue of personal bodyguards. Romulus is destined to be crowned the last emperor of Rome. His reign lasts for one day and ends with Rome being run over by the savage Goths. In the resulting invasion, most of Aurelius's men are killed and the young Caesar is captured and imprisoned in the forbidding Isle of Capri. Aurelius,...
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Gaius Claudius Glaber and his Roman troops are sent to Capua to crush the growing band of freed slaves that Spartacus leads before it can inflict further damage. Spartacus is presented the choice of satisfying his personal need for vengeance against the man who condemned his wife to slavery and eventual death or making the larger sacrifices necessary to keep his budding army from breaking apart.
14) Titus
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
Titus Andronicus returns to Rome after defeating the Goths, bringing with him Queen Tamora, whose eldest son he has sacrificed. The late emperor's son Saturninus is supposed to marry Titus's daughter Lavinia, however, when his brother Bassianus runs away with her instead, Saturninus marries Tamora. Saturninus and Tamora then plot revenge against Titus. Beginning with the rape and mutilation of Lavinia, bloodshed and brutality run rampant, culminating...
15) Ben-Hur
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The epic story of Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.
Publisher
Starz Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena, where blood and death are primetime entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption, and the allure of sensual pleasure will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more than a man and gladiator. He must become a legend.
17) Centurion
Publisher
Distributed in Canada by E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010, ©2009
Language
English
Description
AD 117: The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying Picts led by revenge-hungry Pict Warrior Etain. When the Roman legion is ambushed, the seven surviving Romans pledge to rescue their leader and return to Rome to re-group.
Publisher
Starz Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Gaius Claudius Glaber and his Roman troops are sent to Capua to crush the growing band of freed slaves that Spartacus leads before it can inflict further damage. Spartacus is presented the choice of satisfying his personal need for vengeance against the man who condemned his wife to slavery and eventual death or making the larger sacrifices necessary to keep his budding army from breaking apart.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Rome: Epic drama set in the days of Caesar and Mark Anthoy where love and lust, brotherhood and betrayal, and deception and daring surround the Roman citizens during the death of the ancient republic.
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