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Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of the most powerful underground organization in history, the Illuminati. Upon learning of an unstoppable terrorist act against the Vatican, Langdon travels to Rome and joins forces with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra and together they will follow the 400-year-old Path of Illumination that leads to the Vatican's only chance for survival.
3) Gladiator
Description
The army of Marcus Aurelius finally subdues the barbarian hordes but the aging emperor is eliminated by his treacherous son, Commodus who becomes the new emperor. A great general, Maximus, who was the late emperor's favorite makes the mistake of spurning Commodus. The insecure new emperor orders the execution of the popular general. The resourceful Maximus escapes this fate but reaches home too late; when he arrives, he finds his wife and son dead,...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus...
5) The Eagle
Description
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...
Series
Description
Experience the visual splendor, thundering action, and towering drama of the record-setting winner of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to his role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race, and a fateful encounter with Jesus Christ. An enduring...
7) Quo vadis
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets and falls in love with the devout Christian, Lygia. She doesn't want to have anything to do with the warrior. Though Lygia grew up Roman, and as the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome. Marcus gets Emperor Nero to give her to him for services rendered. Lygia is not happy about this situation, but she falls in love with Marcus anyway....
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Set in the romantic city of Rome. The intertwining stories of a worker who wakes up to find himself a celebrity, an architect who takes a trip back to the street he lived on as a student, a young couple on their honeymoon, and a frustrated opera director who has a talent for discovering talented singers
9) When in Rome
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
When Charli and Leila score their first summer internships at a global fashion and entertainment company, whose headquarters are located in Rome, Italy, they can't wait to soak up the city's sights. But immediately they both get fired and become determined to find out why they are out of work. Experience the wonders as they find romance, excitement and intrigue.
Series
Criterion collection volume 374
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
In postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man, hoping to support his desperate family with a new job, loses his bicycle and main means of transportation to work. With his wide-eyed young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief.
Description
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena, where blood and death are prime time entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption, and the allure of sensual pleasure will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more than a man and gladiator. He must become a legend.
13) Julius Caesar
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
One of the best movie adaptations of the classic Shakespeare play, chronicling the events around the assassination of Julius Caesar.
14) Spartacus
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
The epic tale of the bold gladiator slave Spartacus (Douglas), the woman who believed in his cause, and the power-hungry Roman general who challenged his convictions.
16) Julius Caesar
Pub. Date
1953
Description
An adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play, chronicling the events around the assassination of Julius Caesar.
Pub. Date
[2013, 2009]
Description
An epic drama set in the days of Julius Caesar, his brutal henchman Mark Antony, his cunning heir apparent Octavian, his conflicted friend Brutus, his ruthless niece Atia and his wrathful lover Servilia. It is a tale for the ages as seen through the eyes of Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, two soliers whose lives become inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself. Love and lust, brotherhood and betrayal entangle the infamous Romans in a cruel match...
20) Coriolanus
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
The story of the Roman general Caius Martius Coriolanus, and his quest for revenge after his banishment from Rome.
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