This article lists films and tv shows set in the city ofRome during theRoman Kingdom, theRoman Republic, or theRoman Empire. The films only partly set in Rome are so noted.
Films set during thefounding of Rome include:
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Duel of the Titans | 1961 | based on the legend ofRomulus and Remus withSteve Reeves asRomulus andGordon Scott asRemus |
| The Avenger | 1962 | based onVirgil'sAeneid withSteve Reeves asAeneas: a story of the hero leading escaped survivors of theTrojan War to new land in Italy |
| The First King | 2019 | in archaic Latin; directed by Matteo Rovere |
| Romulus (TV series) | 2020–2022 | Italian TV series, loosely based on the myth of Romulus |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Romulus and the Sabines | 1961 | |
| The Rape of the Sabine Women | 1962 | about theRape of the Sabine Women (dir. byRichard Pottier) |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Duel of Champions | 1961 | withAlan Ladd asHoratius andRobert Keith asTullus Hostilius |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Le vergini di Roma | 1961 | French-Italian film (directed by Carlo Luigi Bragaglia andVittorio Cottafavi), including characters of Etruscan king Porsenna and Mucius Scaevola |
| Hero of Rome | 1964 | withGordon Scott asGaius Mucius Scaevola (directed byGiorgio Ferroni) |
| Coriolanus: Hero without a Country | 1964 | withGordon Scott asGaius Marcius Coriolanus (dir. byGiorgio Ferroni) |
| Brennus, Enemy of Rome | 1963 | about theBattle of the Allia and sack of Rome in 387 BC, withGordon Mitchell asBrennus |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cabiria | 1914 | a monumental Italian production (dir. byGiovanni Pastrone, after the screenplay byGabriele d'Annunzio), touching onHannibal's campaign in Italy, thesiege of Syracuse andBattle of Zama, featuring such characters asMasinissa; also the firstMaciste film |
| Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal | 1937 | about the career ofScipio Africanus up to his defeat ofHannibal at theBattle of Zama |
| Jupiter's Darling | 1955 | withHoward Keel asHannibal andGeorge Sanders asFabius Maximus |
| Hannibal | 1959 | Italian post-war production aboutHannibal's campaign in Italy including theBattle of Cannae. StarsVictor Mature. |
| The Loves of Salammbo | 1960 | loosely based on the novelSalammbô byGustave Flaubert. |
| L'assedio di Siracusa | 1960 | on thesiege of Syracuse, withRossano Brazzi asArchimedes |
| Hannibal | 2006 | TV docudrama directed byEdward Bazalgette, withAlexander Siddig asHannibal |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cartagine in fiamme | 1960 | after the novel byEmilio Salgari, dir. by Carmine Gallone |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Scipio the African | 1971 | about the later life of Scipio; directed byLuigi Magni, withMarcello Mastroianni as Scipio the African,Silvana Mangano asAemilia Tertia andVittorio Gassman asCato the Elder |
| The Centurion | 1961 | about theBattle of Corinth (146 BC), withJohn Drew Barrymore asDiaeus |
| Revolution (Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire – Episode Four) | 2006 | docudrama about of the reforms ofTiberius Gracchus |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spartak | 1926 | an early Soviet production (dir. by Ertugrul Muhsin-Bey), based on the novel by Raffaello Giovagnoli [now lost] |
| Spartaco | 1953 | dir. by Riccardo Freda |
| Spartacus | 1960 | withKirk Douglas asSpartacus andLaurence Olivier asMarcus Licinius Crassus (dir. byStanley Kubrick) |
| Il figlio di Spartacus | 1962 | unofficial Italian sequel toSpartacus directed bySergio Corbucci |
| Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators | 1964 | directed byNick Nostro |
| The Revenge of Spartacus | 1965 | directed byMichele Lupo |
| Spartacus | 2004 | withGoran Visnjic as Spartacus (dir. by Robert Dornheim) |
| Spartacus: Blood and Sand | 2010 | withAndy Whitfield as Spartacus,Manu Bennett asCrixus,Peter Mensah asOenomaus,John Hannah asLentulus Batiatus, andCraig Parker asGaius Claudius Glaber |
| Spartacus: Gods of the Arena | 2011 | prequel toSpartacus: Blood and Sand. The plot ofGods of the Arena follows Lentulus Batiatus's (John Hannah) life as a lanista, andGannicus's (Dustin Clare) time as a gladiator |
| Spartacus: Vengeance | 2012 | sequel toSpartacus: Blood and Sand, withLiam McIntyre replacing Andy Whitfield as Spartacus, after Whitfield's unexpected death in 2011 |
| Spartacus: War of the Damned | 2013 | the third season of the series |
| Spartacus: House of Ashur | 2025–2026 | sequel series toSpartacus |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Gaius Julius Caesar | 1914 | a silent film, directed byEnrico Guazzoni |
| Julius Caesar Against the Pirates | 1962 | a tale of Caesar being caught by pirates and asking for help to get back to Rome |
| Caesar the Conqueror | 1962 | an Italian film about the career of Julius Caesar and hisGallic Wars (directed byTanio Boccia) |
| Giants of Rome | 1964 | Italian-French adventure film set in the Roman warfare againstVercingetorix (directed byAntonio Margheriti), withRichard Harrison as Claudius Marcellus |
| Julius Caesar | 1950 | (directed by David Bradley). This is a film adaptation ofShakespeare's play |
| Julius Caesar | 1953 | deals with theassassination of Julius Caesar and theLiberators' civil war, withMarlon Brando asMark Antony andJohn Gielgud asGaius Cassius Longinus (directed byJoseph L. Mankiewicz). This is a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play |
| Slave of Rome | 1961 | set in Gaul during theGallic Wars |
| Revolt of the Barbarians | 1964 | set shortly after theGallic Wars |
| Julius Caesar | 1970 | deals with the assassination of Julius Caesar and the Liberators' civil war |
| Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | 1999 | French film based on the several Goscinny and Uderzo'sAsterix comic-book stories |
| Druids | 2001 | the life and career ofVercingetorix (starringChristopher Lambert), a Gallic adversary of Rome in the film of Jacques Dorfmann |
| Asterix at the Olympic Games | 2008 | French film loosely adapted from theAsterix at the Olympic Games comic book, withAlain Delon as Caesar |
| Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia | 2012 | film is based on comic-books:Asterix in Britain andAsterix and the Normans |
| Dragon Blade | 2015 | By 48 BC, The Roman Republic enters theSilk Road under the command of General Tiberius who leads the Romans against Rebel forces of Huo An and theHan dynasty |
| Julius Caesar | 2002 | |
| Empire | 2005 | |
| Rome | 2005 | deals with the assassination of Julius Caesar and the Liberators' civil war |
| Caesar (Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire – Episode One) | 2006 | docudrama about theGallic Wars andCaesar's Civil War |
| Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom | 2023 | withVincent Cassel as Caesar. It is the first live-action Asterix film not based on any of thecomic albums |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cléopâtre | 1899 | French film made byGeorges Méliès, the earliest known version considered to be lost, retrieved 2005 |
| Antony and Cleopatra | 1908 | a film starring Maurice Costello and Florence Lawrence |
| Cléopâtre | 1910 | French film by Henri Andréani andFerdinand Zecca |
| Cléopâtre | 1912 | new silent version after the play ofVictorien Sardou (dir. by Charles L. Gaskill) |
| Marcantonio e Cleopatra | 1913 | Italian production from the era of the silent film, directed byEnrico Guazzoni |
| Cleopatra | 1917 | American film withTheda Bara as Cleopatra (dir. byJ. Gordon Edwards) |
| Cleopatra | 1928 | the second American version (dir. byRoy William Neill) |
| Cleopatra | 1934 | withClaudette Colbert asCleopatra (dir. byCecil B. DeMille) |
| Caesar and Cleopatra | 1945 | withVivien Leigh asCleopatra andClaude Rains asJulius Caesar (dir. by Gabriel Pascal), after the play byG. B. Shaw |
| Serpent of the Nile | 1953 | directed byWilliam Castle withRhonda Fleming as Cleopatra |
| Two Nights with Cleopatra | 1954 | withSophia Loren asCleopatra (dir. byMario Mattoli) |
| Le legioni di Cleopatra | 1959 | Italian film directed byVittorio Cottafavi |
| A Queen for Caesar | 1962 | Italian film, starringPascale Petit (dir. by Piero Pierotti and Victor Tourjansky) |
| Cleopatra | 1963 | including theBattle of Actium and theFinal War of the Roman Republic, withElizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra,Richard Burton as Mark Antony andRex Harrison as Julius Caesar (dir. byJoseph L. Mankiewicz) |
| Carry On Cleo | 1964 | a parody of J. Mankiewicz'sCleopatra withSid James as Mark Antony (dir. byGerald Thomas), set in the reign ofJulius Caesar |
| Asterix and Cleopatra | 1968 | Belgian-French animated film (dir. by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo), as well asAsterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) a French/Italian film based on the same source, Goscinny and Uderzo's 1963 comic-bookAsterix and Cleopatra |
| Antony and Cleopatra | 1972 | a film starring Charlton Heston and Hildegarde Neil |
| Antony and Cleopatra | 1974 | a television version of a Royal Shakespeare Company production starring Richard Johnson and Janet Suzman |
| Antony and Cleopatra | 1981 | a television version produced as part of the BBC Television Shakespeare starring Colin Blakely and Jane Lapotaire |
| The Cleopatras | 1983 | BBC TV 8-episode series on the latter part of the reign of thePtolemaic dynasty (dir. by John Frankau) |
| Cleopatra | 1999 | withLeonor Varela asCleopatra andTimothy Dalton asJulius Caesar (dir. byFranc Roddam), based on the book byMargaret George |
| Rome | 2005 | portrays Cleopatra’s rejection of her brotherPtolemy XIII as a co-ruler as well as her relationships with Roman figures including Julius Caesar and Marc Antony |
| Cleopatra | 2007 | Brazilian film withAlessandra Negrini as Cleopatra andMiguel Falabella as Julius Caesar (directed byJúlio Bressane) |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Barabbas | 1953 | Swedish version (dir. byAlf Sjöberg), the first based on the novel byPär Lagerkvist |
| The Robe | 1953 | based on the novel byLloyd C. Douglas, withRichard Burton as Marcellus andJean Simmons as Diana (dir. byHenry Koster) |
| Demetrius and the Gladiators | 1954 | sequel toThe Robe (dir.Delmer Daves) |
| Desert Desperadoes | 1959 | Herodian Kingdom of Judea during the reign ofHerod the Great |
| Barabbas | 1961 | American version, dir. byRichard Fleischer, starringAnthony Quinn |
| Alone Against Rome | 1962 | peplum film directed byLuciano Ricci and starringLang Jeffries andRossana Podestà |
| Massacre in the Black Forest | 1967 | about theBattle of the Teutoburg Forest (dir. by Ferdinando Baldi) |
| Los cántabros | 1980 | about theCantabrian wars withPaul Naschy (also director) asMarcus Agrippa |
| Imperium: Augustus | 2003 | |
| Empire | 2005 | TV series |
| Rome | 2005–2007 | 22-episode TV series, a joint British-American-Italian production on Rome's transition from Republic to Empire (dir. byMichael Apted) |
| The Inquiry | 2006 | withMax von Sydow asTiberius |
| Barabbas | 2012 | the latest version based on the Lagerkvist's book, dir. byRoger Young, starringBilly Zane |
| Barbarians | 2020–2022 | German historical war drama series about theBattle of the Teutoburg Forest |
| Domina | 2021–2023 | TV series that charts the life and rise ofLivia Drusilla, the powerful wife of the Roman emperorAugustus Caesar |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| La vie et la passion de Jésus-Christ | 1903 | French Pathé production (dir. byFerdinand Zecca) [second version (1907) asVie et passion de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ] |
| Ben-Hur | 1907 | the first known version (15-minute long) adapted from the famousLew Wallace novel, dir. bySidney Olcott |
| From the Manger to the Cross | 1912 | American film shot on location in the Middle East, dir. by Sidney Olcott |
| La vie et la passion de Jésus-Christ | 1914 | French Pathé remake (dir. byMaurice Maître) |
| Intolerance | 1916 | silent film told in several time-periods with a segment set in 27 AD leading to the Crucifixion |
| Three Ages | 1923 | a parody ofIntolerance starringBuster Keaton also with its own Roman section |
| Ben-Hur | 1925 | silent film dir. byFred Niblo, starringRamon Novarro (the picture noteworthy for its color segments and for the femalenudity in the parade sequence) |
| King of Kings | 1927 | |
| Golgotha | 1935 | |
| Salome | 1953 | directed byWilliam Dieterle |
| The Sword and the Cross | 1958 | the relationship between Maria Magdalene and Jesus Christ |
| Ben-Hur | 1959 | a monumental Hollywood production directed byWilliam Wyler, starringCharlton Heston; partly set in Rome |
| King of Kings | 1961 | |
| Pontius Pilate | 1962 | withJean Marais asPontius Pilate |
| Monty Python's Life of Brian | 1979 | dir. byTerry Jones |
| The Last Temptation of Christ | 1988 | dir. byMartin Scorsese, withWillem Dafoe as Jesus Christ |
| The Gospel of John | 2003 | A 3-hr account narrated byChristopher Plummer word-for-word fromThe Good News Bible. |
| Ben-Hur | 2003 | animated version (the fourth in all) of the novel byLew Wallace |
| The Passion of the Christ | 2004 | dir. byMel Gibson, withJim Caviezel as Jesus Christ; recorded in original languages (Aramaic, Hebrew, Latin) |
| Ben Hur | 2010 | miniseries bySteve Shill |
| Ben-Hur | 2016 | new American version in 3-D directed byTimur Bekmambetov withJack Huston as Ben-Hur |
| In the Name of Ben Hur | 2016 | an adventure film directed byMark Atkins, with Adrian Bouchet as Judah Ben Hur |
| Risen | 2016 | a biblical drama in Spanish-US coproduction, dir. byKevin Reynolds withCliff Curtis featuring Yeshua (Jesus Christ) |
| The Chosen | 2017–2025 | a series about the life of Jesus through the eyes of his followers |
| The Book of Clarence | 2023 | It follows a struggling down-on-his-luck man named Clarence living in A.D. 33 Jerusalem who looks to capitalize on the rise of Jesus Christ, by claiming to be a new Messiah sent by God, in an attempt to free himself of debt and start a life of glory for himself. |
| The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One &Part Two | 2027 | sequels ofThe Passion of the Christ; both dir. byMel Gibson, withJaakko Ohtonen as Jesus Christ |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Agrippina | 1910 | directed byEnrico Guazzoni |
| Messalina | 1924 | directed byEnrico Guazzoni |
| I, Claudius | 1937, never completed | withCharles Laughton asClaudius. This is an adaptation of Robert Graves's novels "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God". |
| The Affairs of Messalina | 1951 | withMaría Félix asMessalina |
| Messalina | 1960 | dir. byVittorio Cottafavi, withBelinda Lee asMessalina |
| The Caesars (TV series) | 1968 | 6 episodes: Augustus; Germanicus; Tiberius; Sejanus; Caligula; Claudius |
| I, Claudius | 1976 | BBC TV series withDerek Jacobi asClaudius (an adaptation of Robert Graves's novels "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God"). |
| Caligula | 1979 | withMalcolm McDowell asCaligula (dir. byTinto Brass) |
| Caligula... The Untold Story | 1982 | produced, directed and shot byJoe D'Amato |
| Britannia | 2018–2022 | British TV series of a fictional account of the Roman conquest of Britain |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Quo Vadis | 1901 | the earliest adaptation made by Lucien Nonguet andFerdinand Zecca |
| Quo Vadis | 1913 | the second silent version directed byEnrico Guazzoni |
| Quo Vadis | 1924 | Italian production directed byGeorg Jacoby andGabriellino D'Annunzio, withEmil Jannings asNero |
| The Sign of the Cross | 1932 | withCharles Laughton as Nero |
| Fiddlers Three | 1944 | British production, starringTommy Trinder,Sonnie Hale andFrancis L. Sullivan as the Emperor Nero |
| Quo Vadis | 1951 | American production withPeter Ustinov as Nero (dir. byMervyn LeRoy) |
| Nero and the Burning of Rome | 1953 | directed byPrimo Zeglio |
| The Silver Chalice | 1954 | starringPaul Newman (dir. byVictor Saville) |
| Nero's Mistress | 1956 | Italian comedy film directed bySteno |
| The Ten Gladiators | 1963 | Italian film directed byGianfranco Parolini |
| Challenge of the Gladiator | 1965 | Italian film directed byDomenico Paolella |
| Fire Over Rome | 1965 | Italian film directed byGuido Malatesta |
| The Romans | 1965 | classicDoctor Who season 2 ep. 4 |
| Fellini Satyricon | 1969 | fantasy drama loosely based onPetronius's work (dir. byFederico Fellini) |
| Satyricon | 1969 | fantasy drama based onPetronius's work (dir. byGian Luigi Polidoro) |
| Quo Vadis | 1985 | TV miniseries directed byFranco Rossi |
| Quo Vadis | 2001 | Polish superproduction directed byJerzy Kawalerowicz |
| Quo Vadis | 2002 | TV six-part series following the main Polish production |
| Nero | 2004 | AKA "Imperium: Nero", part of theImperium series. Directed byPaul Marcus |
| Nero (Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire – Episode Two) | 2006 | docudrama about reign of Nero |
| Seneca – Oder: Über die Geburt von Erdbeben | 2023 | Germanbiographical drama directed byRobert Schwentke, withJohn Malkovich asSeneca |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Viking Queen | 1967 | film loosely based on the revolt ofBoudica |
| Warrior Queen | 1978 | TV series about the revolt ofBoudica |
| Boudica | 2003 | film about the revolt ofBoudica |
| Boudica | 2023 | film about the revolt ofBoudica |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Last Days of Pompeii | 1913 | a silent film directed by Mario Caserini and Elioterio Rudolfi |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | 1935 | American film loosely based on the lord Lytton's novel |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | 1950 | French film (dir. by Paolo Moffa) |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | 1959 | dir. byMario Bonnard &Sergio Leone |
| 79 A.D. | 1962 | written and directed byGianfranco Parolini and starringBrad Harris |
| Up Pompeii! | 1969–1970 | BBC TV Series |
| Up Pompeii | 1971 | set in 79 AD, yet anachronistically showsNero still reigning 10 years after his death (1971) |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | 1984 | ABC-TV miniseries |
| Pompeii: The Last Day | 2003 | British docudrama (BBC) directed byPeter Nicholson |
| Imperium: Pompeii | 2007 | part of theImperium series |
| The Fires of Pompeii | 2008 | newDoctor Who series 4 ep. 2 |
| Pompeii | 2014 | a romantic disaster film directed byPaul W. S. Anderson |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Gold for the Caesars | 1963 | During the reign ofDomitian |
| Revolt of the Praetorians | 1964 | directed byAlfonso Brescia in his directorial debut and starredRichard Harrison |
| The Dacians | 1967 | Romanian film aboutDomitian's Dacian War, withPierre Brice (dir. bySergiu Nicolaescu) |
| Masada | 1981 | TV miniseries about thesiege of Masada in theFirst Jewish-Roman War, dir. byBoris Sagal |
| Age of Treason | 1993 | A fictitious story about Marcus Didius Falco (played byBryan Brown), an "informer" (a proto-private investigator) who navigates the tough back alleys of Rome with the help of gigantic ex-gladiator Justus (played by Matthias Hues), to find the killer of a man whose family was close to the newly enthroned EmperorVespasian. |
| The Apocalypse | 2000 | telefilm about Jesus Christ's last surviving disciple and his writings and visions (dir. by Raffaele Mertes), starringRichard Harris as St John of Patras andBruce Payne asDomitian |
| Rebellion (Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire – Episode Three) | 2006 | docudrama aboutFirst Jewish–Roman War |
| Roman Mysteries | 2007–2008 | ten-part TV series for youngsters, directed byPaul Marcus |
| Those About to Die | 2024 | The series chronicles the world of gladiators in Ancient Rome |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Column | 1968 | Romanian film aboutTrajan's Dacian Wars (dir. byMircea Dragan) |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Le schiave di Cartagine | 1956 | directed byGuido Brignone |
| The Eagle of the Ninth | 1977 | a six-part BBC mini-series, based on the novel by Rosemary Sutcliff, starring Anthony Higgins |
| Centurion | 2010 | an action film based on themassacre of the Ninth Legion, directed byNeil Marshall |
| The Eagle | 2011 | adaption of the novelThe Eagle of the Ninth byRosemary Sutcliff, directed byKevin Macdonald |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Androcles and the Lion | 1952 | set in 161 AD, after the play byGeorge Bernard Shaw |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Rebel Gladiators | 1962 | directed byDomenico Paolella |
| The Fall of the Roman Empire | 1964 | latter half set in Rome, withChristopher Plummer asCommodus (dir. byAnthony Mann) |
| The Two Gladiators | 1964 | Italian prequel of the next one, dir. byMario Caiano |
| Sword of the Empire | 1964 | Italianpeplum film directed bySergio Grieco. |
| Gladiator | 2000 | latter half set in Rome, partly a remake ofThe Fall of the Roman Empire (dir. byRidley Scott) |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Three Swords for Rome | 1964 | Set during the reign ofElagabalus |
| Gladiator II | 2024 | Over two decades after the original events ofGladiator, Lucius—the grandson of Rome's former emperorMarcus Aurelius and son ofLucilla—lives with his wife and child inNumidia. Roman soldiers led by general Marcus Acacius invade, forcing Lucius into slavery. Inspired by the story of Maximus, as depicted in the original 2000 film, Lucius resolves to fight as a gladiator while opposing the rule of the young emperors Caracalla and Geta. |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sign of the Gladiator | 1959 | [known also asSheba and the Gladiator] – about the Palmyrene Empire of queen Zenobia (starringAnita Ekberg) and its re-annexation back to Rome (dir. byGuido Brignone andMichelangelo Antonioni) |
| The Magnificent Gladiator | 1964 | Italian film being a tale of a gladiator from the times of emperorGallienus (dir. by Alfonso Brescia) |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sebastiane | 1976 | Homoerotical version of the legend of St Sebastian; remarkable also as the first film entirely recorded in Latin. Directed byDerek Jarman. |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Fighting Gladiators | 1949 | akaFabiola Italian film withMichèle Morgan |
| The Revolt of the Slaves | 1960 | based on the 1854 novelFabiola byNicholas Wiseman. |
| Constantine and the Cross | 1962 | up to theBattle of the Milvian Bridge in AD 312, withCornel Wilde asConstantine the Great |
| The Fall of Rome | 1963 | an Italian peplum-film, the story based on persecution of Christians after the death of Emperor Constantine (dir. byAntonio Margheriti) |
| Constantine (Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire – Episode Five) | 2006 | docudrama about the rise of Constantine |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Giuliano l'Apostata | 1919 | Italian historical drama film directed byUgo Falena, starringGuido Graziosi andIleana Leonidoff. Set in the 4th century, it is a biographical film about the EmperorJulian, known as Julian the Apostate for his rejection of Christianity. |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Attila | 1954 | withAnthony Quinn asAttila the Hun andSophia Loren asJusta Grata Honoria |
| Sign of the Pagan | 1954 | withJack Palance asAttila the Hun |
| Tharus Son of Attila | 1962 | directed byRoberto Bianchi Montero |
| Attila | 2001 | a joint American-Lithuanian production withGerard Butler asAttila the Hun (dir. byDick Lowry) |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Revenge of the Barbarians | 1960 | about the sack of Rome by theVisigoths in 410 AD (dir. byGiuseppe Vari) |
| Revenge of The Gladiators | 1964 | theVandalsack of Rome (dir. byLuigi Capuano) |
| Kampf um Rom I | 1968 | on the struggle in Italy ruled by theOstrogoths, after the novel byFelix Dahn (dir. byRobert Siodmak) |
| Kampf um Rom II : Der Verrat | 1969 | continuation of the (above listed) German production |
| Thais | 1984 | Polish film (dir. by Ryszard Ber), after a story byAnatole France on an episode from the life of the 4th-century Alexandria |
| Titus Andronicus | 1985 | fictional story of a general in the Roman army, based on the tragedy byWilliam Shakespeare; BBC TV version dir. by Jane Howell |
| Titus | 1999 | adaptation byJulie Taymor withAnthony Hopkins as Titus Andronicus |
| King Arthur | 2004 | |
| The Voyage Home | 2004 | based on the poemDe reditu suo byRutilius Claudius Namatianus |
| The Fall of Rome (Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire – Episode Six) | 2006 | docudrama about the sack of Rome byAlaric's Visigoths |
| The Last Legion | 2007 | loosely inspired by the 5th-century collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the legendary-fantastic elements from the history of Britain (dir. byDoug Lefler), withColin Firth andBen Kingsley |
| Agora | 2009 | Spanish film (dir. byAlejandro Amenábar) withRachel Weisz starring asHypatia, a female philosopher and savant from Alexandria |
| Restless Heart: The Confessions of Saint Augustine | 2010 | a biographical film aboutAugustine of Hippo, dir. byChristian Duguay |
| Decline of an Empire | 2014 | about "the Christian saint who defied the Empire" (dir. by Michael Redwood), withPeter O'Toole as Cornelius Gallus (his last film role) |
| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Scandals | 1933 | Eddie Cantor's dream sequence. |
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | 1966 | Film version of the Musical Play – inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwrightPlautus (251-183 B.C.), specificallyPseudolus,Miles Gloriosus andMostellaria |
| The Arena | 1974 | [also known asNaked Warriors] – a story of two female gladiators from the arena of Brundisium, dir. bySteve Carver |
| History of the World, Part I | 1981 | the section "The Roman Empire" of this broad satire is set in Rome |
| Amazons and Gladiators | 2001 | Australian action/adventure film of Roman times (dir. by Zachary Weintraub) |
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