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1. Spartacus (2010–2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The life of Spartacus, the gladiator who lead a rebellion against the Romans. From his time as an ally of the Romans, to his betrayal and becoming a gladiator, to the rebellion he leads and its ultimate outcome.
Stars: Andy Whitfield, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, Daniel Feuerriegel
Votes: 257,144
2. Rome (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Stars: Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon
Votes: 185,488
3. Spartacus (1960)
PG-13 | 197 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton
Votes: 143,268 | Gross: $30.00M
4. Cleopatra (1963)
G | 192 min | Biography, Drama, History
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown
Votes: 37,431 | Gross: $57.78M
5. Hispania, la leyenda (2010–2012)
Drama, History
A struggle of Hispanic people against the Roman pressure.
Stars: Roberto Enríquez, Juan José Ballesta, Nathalie Poza, Jesús Olmedo
Votes: 636
6. Spartacus (2004)
Unrated | 87 min | Action, Drama, History
After he is bought by the owner of a Roman gladiator school and trained as a gladiator, a slave leads a rebellion of slaves and gladiators into revolt against Rome.
Stars: Goran Visnjic, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen, Rhona Mitra
Votes: 5,807
7. Barbarians Rising (2016)
TV-14 | 120 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
Rome. The greatest empire the world has ever known. This docudrama tells the story of Rome through the eyes of the empire's many adversaries who battled to see its destruction.
Stars: Michael Ealy, Barry Strauss, Richard Riddell, Julian Kostov
Votes: 2,253
8. Cleopatra (1970)
X | 112 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
To decipher a scheme plotted by enemy aliens, three agents from the future travel to Cleopatra's time, where they witness her romances with Caesar and Mark Antony.
Directors: Osamu Tezuka, Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Chinatsu Nakayama, Kotoe Hatsui, Tsubame Yanagiya, Nobuo Tsukamoto
Votes: 852
9. Hannibal (1959)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal attacks the Roman Republic by crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps with his vast army.
Directors: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Victor Mature, Gabriele Ferzetti, Rita Gam, Milly Vitale
Votes: 1,125
10. Hannibal (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Action, Biography, Drama
It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man bound by... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bazalgette | Stars: Alexander Siddig, Emilio Doorgasingh, Bashar Rahal, Mido Hamada
Votes: 1,793
11. Serpent of the Nile (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Biography, History
In 44 BC, after the assassination of the leader of Rome Julius Caesar, Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and one of the highest ranking Roman generals and Caesar's possible successor Mark Anthony begin a tragic love affair.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr, Jean Byron
Votes: 344
12. Spartaco (1953)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, History
74 B.C. Somewhere in the Roman Empire, Spartacus, a young officer, is condemned to be a slave because he hit a superior. Brought back to Roma in a gladiators' school, he escapes and stirs ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Massimo Girotti, Ludmilla Tchérina, Yves Vincent, Gianna Maria Canale
Votes: 165
13. Total War: Rome II (2013 Video Game)
Action, History, War
Second installment of the Rome Total War series. This game spans the rise of the Roman empire, and has many different historical factions you can play.
Directors: Iskender Bingol, Michael M. Simpson | Stars: Mark Strong, Michael Maloney, Rufus Jones, Chris Webster
Votes: 838
14. Scipione l'africano (1937)
83 min | Drama, History, War
A story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio's futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Annibale Ninchi, Camillo Pilotto, Fosco Giachetti, Francesca Braggiotti
Votes: 318
15. Imperium (2012)
60 min | Drama, History
Back from the campaign of Numancia, Galba has been dispossessed of everything that made him a respected and powerful man. The Senate repudiates him, his family is ruined and his wife, ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Lluís Homar, José Sancho, Nathalie Poza, Jesús Olmedo
Votes: 144
16. Rome: Total War (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, War
Rome: Total War is a strategy game set during the mid and late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire, with the player assuming control of one of three Roman families.
Director: Michael E. Simpson | Stars: Jonathan Atherton, George Baladinos, Andrew Buchanan, Adam John Cooper
Votes: 1,799
17. Scipio the African (1971) (1971)
114 min | Comedy, History
Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal Barca. He and his brother, Scipio Asiaticus, are accused by Marcus Porcius... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Magni | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Ruggero Mastroianni
Votes: 278
18. Praetorians (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, History, War
Your destiny awaits on the battlefield... As a Roman General on a crusade to forge an empire, you will be transported back to the dusty battlegrounds of Egypt, the frozen lands of the Gauls... See full summary »
Director: Javier Arevalo | Stars: Richard del Olmo, Adolfo Pastor, Salvador Serrano, Aparicio Rivero
Votes: 50
19.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
Pharaoh's Daughter
(1994)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Duncan interrupts the attempted theft of an Egyptian sarcophagus. Inside, he finds Nefertiri. As Duncan helps her adjust to modern life, they cross paths with Marcus Constantine, who she resents for his part in the Roman domination of Egypt.
Director: Dennis Berry | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Michel Modo, Jim Byrnes
Votes: 208
20.
Once Upon a Time... Man (1978–1981)
Episode:
Pax Romana
(1978)
TV-PG | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
On the time of Julius Caesar, before the Pax Romana.
Director: Albert Barillé | Stars: Annie Balestra, Albert Barillé, Yves Barsacq, Claude Bertrand
Votes: 77
21.
Dates That Made History (2017–2020)
Episode:
Alesia (52 B.C.)
(2020)
TV-PG | 26 min | Documentary, History
Marking the end of Gallic independence, the Battle of Alesia was the climatic military battle of the Gallic Wars between the Gauls and the Romans and is considered one of Julius Caeser's greatest military achievements.
Director: Thomas Sipp | Stars: Patrick Boucheron, Emmanuelle Rosso
22.
Invicta (2013– )
Episode:
Naval Gladiator Battles - What Were they Like?
(2020)
20 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Julius Caesar owed his career as much to the entertainment events (gladitorial games) he produced as to his military conquests. His greatest event was the Naumachia a full scale mock naval ... See full summary »
Star: Julian Blarel
23.
Kings and Generals (2017– )
Episode:
How Rome Conquered Greece - Roman History
(2020)
126 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Occupied in battles with the Gauls the Roman Repubilc had no intention of invading Greece until rebellions and factional warfare affected Roman interests on the seas. Doing battle in Greece... See full summary »
Star: Officially Devin
24.
Sideprojects (2020– )
Episode:
The Most Famous Failed Rebellions
(2022)
13 min | Documentary
While some rebellions against a country's government are successful (such as American Revolution, the Russian Revolution and the French Revolution), most fail to achieve their goals. Simon ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Whistler
25.
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator (2023– )
Episode:
High Priest
(2023)
History
It charts his involvement with the debates of the Cataline Conspiracy, his rivalry with Cato, the scandal of the Bona Dea ritual, the return of Pompey Magnus to Rome, and finally his election to the consulship of Rome.
Directors: Emma Frank, Richard Pearson | Stars: Shaila Alvarez, Andonis Anthony, Alex Brockdorff, Orlando Brooke
Votes: 39
26.
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator (2023– )
Episode:
Ides of March
(2023)
History
Caesar's ambition turns to tyranny, and a handful of senators plot his downfall.
Stars: Shaila Alvarez, Andonis Anthony, Alex Brockdorff, Orlando Brooke
Votes: 27
27.
Eight Days That Made Rome (2017)
Episode:
The Spartacus Revolt
(2017)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, History
Bettany Hughes relates the events of 73BC when a Thracian gladiator started a slave revolt that so panicked the Roman elite that they offered power to a single man, foreshadowing Rome's slide into dictatorship.
Director: Jim Greayer | Stars: Adam Basil, Leart Dokle, Marcel Dorian, Bettany Hughes
Votes: 63