Kui Rooma imperaator Marcus Aurelius sureb otsustab ta, et võim Roomas peab minema kindral Maximuse ja senati kätte. Marcuse võimujanuline poeg ei saa sellega leppida ning laseb Maximuse pere tappa ja annab korralduse Maximus hukata, kuid ta suudab riigist põgeneda. Proximo orjastab ta ja teeb tast gladiaatori. Maximust hoiab elus ainult tema kättemaksu iha. Tema võimalus saabub, kui ta saadetakse Roomasse Colosseumisse suurele gladiaatorite võitlusele. Rooma jõudes alustab ta kohe oma kättemaksu plaani elluviimist.
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
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.
Arthur (Clive Owen) on nõus lahkuma Suurbritanniast, et naasta Rooma rahu ja stabiilsuse juurde. Kuid enne seda paneb viimane missioon teda ja ümarlaua rüütleid (Lancelot, Galahad, Bors, Tristan ja Gawain) mõistma, et pärast Rooma langemist (476 AD) on Suurbritannial vaja kuningat, kes seda kaitseks saksi sissetungi ohtu ja suunake see uude aega. Merlini ning vapra ja ilusa Genfi (Keira Knightley) juhendamisel peab Arthur leidma endas vajaliku jõu ajaloo käigu muutmiseks.
The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome's mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his fiendishly inventive means of disposing those who would oppose him, and more.
Meie ajastu 33. aasta. Rooma provintsis Judea hakkab salapärane puusepp nimega Jeesus Naatsaretlane kuulutama "Jumala kuningriigi" saabumist ja ümbritseb end alandlike kalurite rühmaga: apostlitega. Juudid on sajandeid oodanud Messia tulekut - ilmutuslikku kuju, kes vabastaks oma püha kodumaa ja kehtestaks uue õiglusel põhineva korra. Jeesuse õpetused meelitavad kohale suure hulga järgijaid, kes tunnevad Teda Messiana. Olukorrast ärevuses arreteerib Sanhedrin ühe kaheteistkümnest apostlist Juudas Iskarioti abiga Jeesuse. Rooma-vastases riigireetmises süüdistatuna antakse Kristus Pontius Pilaatusele, kes mõistab rahutuse vältimiseks tavalise kurjategijana ristil surma.
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Monty Pythoni 1979. aasta film on nii religiooni kui ka Hollywoodi piibellikke lugusid salvav anarhiline satiir. Tegevus toimub Juudamaal Issanda aastal 33, kus meeleheiteni viidud roomlased püüavad veidigi korda luua. See on kaose ja muutuste aeg ning puudust ei tule ka messiatest ja järgijatest, kes on valmis neisse uskuma. Sündmuste keskmes on Brian Cohen, mees, kes saab rea absurdete asjaolude tõttu messiaks seda ise soovimata. See annab tervele Monty Pythoni meeskonnale (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones ja Michael Palin) rohkelt võimalusi erinevates rollides särada. Küsimuse alla seatakse kõik alates endistest pidalitõbistest, Pontius Pilatusest ja kauplemise kunstist ja lõpetades revolutsionääride, hullumeelsete prohvetite, religioosse fanatismi, Rooma tsentuuriote ja ristilöömisega.
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.
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.
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.
Risking his life, Luke ventures to Rome to visit Paul -- the apostle who's bound in chains and held captive in Nero's darkest and bleakest prison cell. Haunted by the shadows of his past misdeeds, Paul wonders if he's been forgotten as he awaits his grisly execution. Before Paul's death, Luke resolves to write another book that details the birth of what will come to be known as the church.
Following a fall during mistletoe picking, Druid Getafix decides that it is time to secure the future of the village. Accompanied by Asterix and Obelix, he undertakes to travel the Gallic world in search of a talented young druid to transmit the Secret of the Magic Potion.
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.
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.
Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar and his aide de camp Detritus discover the secret elixir and capture the Druid leader who knows its formula, and Asterix and Obelix are sent off to rescue them.
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decission about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
When marauding Romans capture - and catapult - their pal Getafix into lands unknown, the shrewd and cunning Asterix and his able sidekick Obelix spring into action! But their journey leads them to a strange and dangerous new world, where they must face a tribe of Indians, a stampeding herd of buffalo and a medicine man with designs on their magic potion!
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.