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.
Lurraren erraietan momien hiri bat dago! Inperioaren aginduz, Nefer printzesak Thurtekin ezkondu behar du, gurdien auriga ohi batekin. Ez batak ez besteak ez dute ezkondu nahi; Neferrek askatasuna irrikatzen duelako, eta Thutek ezkontzeari alergia diolako. Baina jainkoen asmoak ezeztaezinak dira: Thutek Neferrekin ezkondu eta faraoiak eman dion errege eraztuna zaindu beharko du. Horri zerbait gertatuko balitzaio, Thutek begiak eta mihia galduko lituzke. Bitartean, gure munduan, Lord Carnabyk indusketa arkeologiko bat egin eta gauza berezi bat aurkitzen du: Egiptoko errege-ezkontzako eraztun bat! Thut gizakien mundura joan behar da hura berreskuratzera. Ondoan Sekhem, 12 urteko anaia, bere krokodilo maskotarekin, eta Nefer ditu. Elkarrekin abentura handi bat biziko dute Londres modernoan, eta beren asmoetan sartzen ez zen zerbait deskubrituko dute: maitemintzea zer den.
A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the small people who find a leader in the person of Ben-Hur Marcel.
Goliath battles for the freedom of the Babylonian people.
The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a ouija board, and a round of golf with stones. In ancient Rome, the men display their brawn through a chariot race, using dogs instead of horses. In contemporary times, the man finds himself overcome by modernity, including a very fragile car.
The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
The poetess Sappho led an uprising against the corrupt government of the island of Lesbos.