Category
page 1Films set in ancient Rome

Gladiator
2000 film by Ridley Scott

Cleopatra
1963 film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

The Last Legion
2007 film directed by Doug Lefler

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 American epic film by Anthony Mann

Julius Caesar
1953 film by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Three Ages
1923 film by Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline

Sebastiane
Sebastiane is a 1976 Latin-language British historical film directed by Derek Jarman and Paul Humfress and written by Jarman, Humfress and James Whaley. It portrays the events of the life of Saint Sebastian, including his iconic martyrdom by arrows. The film, which was aimed at a gay audience, was controversial for the homoeroticism portrayed between the soldiers and for having dialogue entirely in Latin.

The Silver Chalice
1954 film by Victor Saville

Caesar and Cleopatra
1945 film by Gabriel Pascal

Quo Vadis
1913 film by Enrico Guazzoni

Titus
1999 film directed by Julie Taymor

Ben Hur
1907 American short film directed by Sidney Olcott

Attila
1954 film by Pietro Francisci

Antony and Cleopatra
1913 film by Enrico Guazzoni

Duel of the Titans
1961 film by Sergio Corbucci, scripted by Sergio Leone

Spartacus
2004 North American miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm

Quo Vadis
1924 film by Georg Jacoby, Gabriellino D'Annunzio
Cleopatra
1999 television miniseries directed by Franc Roddam

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
1937 film by Carmine Gallone

The Slave
1962 film directed by Sergio Corbucci

Nero
1922 American-Italian silent historical film directed by J. Gordon Edwards

Constantine and the Cross
1961 film by Lionello De Felice

Fabiola
1949 film directed by Alessandro Blasetti

Dacii
1967 film by Sergiu Nicolaescu

Androcles and the Lion
1952 film by Chester Erskine, Nicholas Ray

The Rebel Gladiators
1962 film by Domenico Paolella

Julius Caesar
1914 film directed by Enrico Guazzoni
Imperium: Augustus
2003 film by Roger Young

Messalina
1923 film by Enrico Guazzoni

Nel Segno di Roma
1958 film by Guido Brignone, Michelangelo Antonioni

Romulus & Remus: The First King
2019 film directed by Matteo Rovere

Nero's Weekend
1956 film by Stefano Vanzina

Sins of Rome
1953 film directed by Riccardo Freda

Carry On Cleo
1964 film by Gerald Thomas

The Column
1968 film by Mircea Drăgan

Brutus
1911 film by Enrico Guazzoni

Julius Caesar
1970 film by Stuart Burge

Messaline
1951 film by Carmine Gallone

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
1983 film by Bruno Mattei

Agrippina
1910 film by Enrico Guazzoni

Jupiter's Darling
1955 film by George Sidney
Kampf um Rom
1968 television film duology directed by Robert Siodmak

Apostle Peter and the Last Supper
2012 film directed by Gabriel Sabloff
Julius Caesar
2002 TV miniseries directed by Uli Edel

Messalina
1960 film by Vittorio Cottafavi

Nero
2004 television film by Paul Marcus

Satiricosissimo
Satiricosissimo is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Mariano Laurenti starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. It is a parody of the 1969 Federico Fellini film Fellini Satyricon.

Messalina, Messalina
1977 film by Bruno Corbucci

The Arena
1974 film by Joe D'Amato, Steve Carver

Brennus, Enemy of Rome
1963 film by Giacomo Gentilomo

Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet
2008 film by Miguel Bardem

Caesar the Conqueror
1962 film by Tanio Boccia

The Centurion
1961 film by Mario Costa

La vendetta dei gladiatori
1964 film by Luigi Capuano

Romulus and the Sabines
1961 film by Richard Pottier

Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare
2006 documentary film directed by Edward Bazalgette

The Revenge of Spartacus
1964 film by Michele Lupo
Imperium: Saint Peter
2005 TV film directed by Giulio Base

The Magnificent Gladiator
1964 film by Alfonso Brescia

Caligola - La storia mai raccontata
1982 Italian film directed by Joe D'Amato