公開当時、巨額の製作費を投じた事で有名な、その圧倒的な重厚感と豪華絢爛なセットに思わず驚嘆させられる歴史スペクタクル大作。エリザベス・テイラーが世界三大美女の一人クレオパトラを気高く演じる。紀元前48年、内乱の続くエジプトに侵略したローマ帝国の闘将シーザーは、そこでエジプトの女王クレオパトラの姿を見て一目で彼女の虜になってしまう……。

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

Three Plebs join the army in peace-time, hoping to win respect, romance and military discounts at selected restaurants. But when war's declared they're sent to fight on the front line of a Roman legion for a cause they don't believe in. Now their main interest is the struggle for survival.