Roman empire movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant roman empire movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, epic, realistic, historical drama, costume drama and exciting films and TV shows about / with roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, ancient, peplum, sword and sandal, ancient world, antiquity, medieval and roman plots mostly in Drama, History and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as roman empire: Rome (2005), Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011), Caligula (1979), Agora (2009), Caligula's Spawn - Part 1 (2009), The Eagle (2011), Barbarians Rising (2016), Barbarians (2020), Britannia (2017), Gladiator (2000).
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202K
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Style:
epic, exciting, period piece, sexual, costume drama ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, historical character, sex, power struggle, antiquity, emperor, intrigue, roman soldier, warrior, ancient egypt ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, 1st century b.c., 2000s
Place:
rome italy, italy, ancient greece, alexandria egypt, greece ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Before Spartacus struck down his first opponent in the arena, there were many gladiators who passed through the gates onto the sand.'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena' tells the story of the original Champion of the House of Batiatus: Gannicus ...
Style:
epic, exciting, sexy, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ancient history, ancient rome, roman empire, gladiator, warrior, arena, roman, heroes, sword fight, slavery, slave, master warrior ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century b.c., 1st century
Place:
hawaii
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41K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome's mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most infamous prostitute, his ...
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sexual, cult classic, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ancient rome, incest, sex, sexual perversion, sexploitation, explicit sex, brutality, ancient world, brother sister sex, sex scene, unsimulated sex, roman empire ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century, year 1979, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
rome italy, italy, greece
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76K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain, Malta, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Style:
philosophical, epic, historical drama, sincere, sexy ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, mathematics, destiny, atheism, impossible love, political unrest, antiquity, historical character, ancient world, religions or cults, unrequited love ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 5th century
Place:
ancient greece, alexandria egypt, egypt, greece, rome italy ...
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Genre: Action, History
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
The beautiful and dangerous slave trader Druscilla practises all the customs of Ancient Rome - everything in Excess. But even excess can have its limits and the punishments can be very severe if she crosses the line with Flavius and risks falling ...
Style:
serious, sexy, erotic, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, roman empire, lesbianism, female nudity, rivalry, danger, master and servant, intrigue, escapades, power relations, couples, sexual relations ...
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Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire.
Style:
captivating, epic, realistic, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient, ancient history, emperor, politics, historical character, religions or cults, roma, head of state, rivalry, rebelliousness, christianity ...
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy
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77K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander ...
Style:
exciting, period piece, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, roman empire, ancient world, ancient history, slavery, medieval, sword fight, master and servant, ancient, gladiator, slave, legends and myths ...
Time:
ancient times, middle ages
Place:
scotland, britain, england, greece, europe ...
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Genre: Documentary, Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Told from the perspective of the rebel leaders, the series chronicles a wave of rebellions against absolute power by those the Roman Empire called “barbarians” – tribes they viewed as beyond the fringe of civilization that lived a brutish and ...
Style:
captivating, serious, semi documentary
Plot:
ancient rome, roman soldier, barbarian, roman empire, ancient, ancient civilization, druid, roman emperor, rebellion, medieval, siege, paganism ...
Place:
hungary, britain, germany, spain, italy ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 280 min.
TV show
Story:
Three people's fates are interwoven in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., during which Germanic warriors halt the spread of the Roman Empire.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
barbarian, roman empire, medieval, legends and myths, german history, mythology, native tribe, ancient rome, warrior, female warrior, myth, ancient ...
Time:
1st century, middle ages
Place:
scandinavia, europe
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19K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An epic drama set in 43AD as the Roman Imperial Army – determined and terrified in equal measure - returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia - a mysterious land ruled by warrior women and powerful druids who can channel the powerful forces of ...
Style:
sexy, costume drama, mysterious, period piece, suspenseful ...
Plot:
druid, celtic, roman empire, bow and arrow, soldier, enemy, tribe, ancient rome, roman soldier, female warrior, conqueror, women ...
Time:
1st century, middle ages, 1940s
Place:
britain
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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 oath to avenge the wrongs inflicted on his home and, in ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, exciting, inspirational ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, conquering, barbarian, battles, ancient, heroes, vengeance, danger, soldier, rivalry, peplum ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
europe, north africa, italy, africa, spain ...
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1.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to ...
Style:
epic, captivating, breathtaking, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, date night, manly ...
Plot:
revenge, ancient rome, roman empire, sword fight, vengeance, ancient history, gladiator, freedom, slavery, courage, warrior, ancient world ...
Time:
ancient times, 2000s, middle ages, y2k, year 2000 ...
Place:
rome italy, italy, ancient greece, greece, germany ...
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122K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a ...
Style:
exciting, epic, period piece, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, roman empire, ancient history, arena, roman, gladiator, save the lady, slave, volcano, tsunami, volcanic eruption ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, middle ages, year 2014, 2010s ...
Place:
pompeii, italy, europe, britain, london ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an ...
Style:
epic, serious, atmospheric, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, roman empire, ancient history, rebellion, tragic hero, slavery, gladiator, leadership, righting the wronged, dishonesty, hopes, graphic violence ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Female gladiators fight to the death. Inspired by the story of Spartacus, follow the adventures of a bevy of slave girls who, upon finding themselves thrust into the gladiator ring, mount a vicious rebellion to fight their way to freedom.
Style:
stylized, serious, realistic, rough, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, blaxploitation, exploitation, roman empire, ancient history, female nudity, arena, rape victim, sword, peplum, sword fight, female fighter ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.
Style:
epic, retro, captivating, exciting, stylized ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, barbarian, ancient rome, battles, tragic hero, ancient world, sword fight, peplum, ancient, european history, male male relationship ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
rome italy, greece, ancient greece, europe, italy
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89K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, ...
Style:
brutal, intense, epic, stylized, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
roman empire, ancient rome, ancient history, roman, violence, survival, roman soldier, soldier, medieval, legion, fort, revenge ...
Time:
year 2010, middle ages, ancient times
Place:
rome italy, britain, england, greece, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Domina follows Livia’s journey from a naïve young girl whose world crumbles in the wake of Julius Caesar’s assassination, to Rome’s most powerful and influential Empress, driven by a deep desire to avenge her father and secure power for her ...
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, social documentary, period drama
Plot:
palace intrigue, roman empire, ancient rome, ancient, historical figure, high society, female nudity, wife, sexual abuse, historical character, affair, roman emperor ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
rome italy
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294K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Spartacus is an American television series inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
Style:
epic, sexy, historical drama, sexual, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, ancient history, roman empire, gladiator, sword fight, rebellion, battles, swords and armor, friendship between men, sex, slavery, medieval ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century b.c., 1st century, 2000s
Place:
ancient greece
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Romania
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The Celtic queen who shook the Roman Empire. Boudica is one of history’s first and fiercest women warriors. Sickened by ceaseless war, the king of the Iceni accepts a treaty with the Romans in exchange for his tribe’s continued independence. But ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, costume drama, realistic, epic ...
Plot:
ancient history, roman empire, female warrior, female whipping, celtic, barbarian, war, conquering, medieval, battles, incest, leadership ...
Time:
1st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
As Conqueror Julius Caesar is drawing his last breath, he swears Tyrannus—Rome's finest warrior—to an oath to protect his successor, Octavius, his 18-year-old nephew. Tyrannus and Octavius are forced into exile to protect the young man from ...
Style:
realistic, epic, exciting, serious, historical drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ancient rome, gladiator, roman empire, julius caesar, ancient history, leadership, betrayal, rivalry, assassination, tragic hero, ambition, ancient ...
Time:
1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place:
rome italy, italy
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11K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA, Lithuania
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
A romanced story of Attila the Hun, since his childhood, when he lost his parents until his death. Attila is disclosed as a great leader, strategist and lover and the movie shows his respect to the great Roman strategist Flavius Aetius, his loves ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, touching, historical drama, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, ancient rome, battlefield, antiquity, barbarian, medieval, roman, battles, war, ancient, heroic mission ...
Time:
middle ages, 5th century
Place:
rome italy, constantinople, greece, europe
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907K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band ...
Style:
epic, exciting, visually stunning, visual, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
sword fight, warrior, ancient, war, courage, battles, mythology, military, human spirit, gory, legends and myths, ancient world ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, 2000s, year 2006, 5th century
Place:
ancient greece, greece, hellas, persia, rome italy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Morocco
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, independent film, epic, psychedelic ...
Plot:
oedipus complex, mother son incest, roman empire, incest, ancient world, patricide, child abandonment, sex with mother, mythology, oracle, greek mythology, ancient ...
Time:
year 1967
Place:
rome italy, ancient greece, italy, greece, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Austria
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Caesar Augustus tells of how he became the emperor to his reluctant daughter, Julia following the death of her husband Agrippa.
Style:
serious, exciting, epic, historical drama, political thriller ...
Plot:
ancient rome, ancient history, roman emperor, roman empire, ancient, roman, emperor, politics, medieval, betrayal, assassination, tragic hero ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place:
rome italy, alexandria egypt, europe, macedonia, italy ...
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753
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Italy, Germany, UK, France, Tunisia
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
As a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his mother. While in exile in the pontine islands, Agrippina, his mother, sees a vision telling her that her son can become emperor, but she will have ...
Style:
captivating, tense, epic, period drama
Plot:
roman empire, ancient rome, roman emperor, political intrigue, ancient, peplum, antiquity, ancient history, ancient world, intrigue, political unrest, power struggle ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Drama, History, Horror
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caesar Neron indulges himself in any known debauchery including incest with his mother when his Empire slowly declines.
Style:
erotic, political thriller, independent film, period drama
Plot:
peplum, roman emperor, erotica, castration, orgy, sex with mother, gladiator, male nudity, black slave, ancient, mother child relationship, lesbian incest ...
Time:
1st century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.
Style:
epic, serious, captivating, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, julius caesar, ancient rome, politics, emperor, dictatorship, antiquity, ancient, tragic hero, war hero, conspiracy ...
Time:
1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place:
rome italy, egypt, middle east, europe, africa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Tracing the lives of several Roman emperors, this is an epic of ruthless ambition, shocking debauchery and murderous intrigue set in one of history's most fascinating eras. Bearing witness to the saga is Claudius, whose stutter and limp have ...
Style:
costume drama, political thriller, historical drama, clever, political ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient, ancient rome, political intrigue, ancient history, intrigue, roman emperor, emperor, antiquity, ancient world, medieval, roman soldier ...
Time:
1st century, year 1976, 20th century, 50s, 1st century b.c. ...
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: UK, France, Slovakia, Tunisia, Italy, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
Style:
epic, serious, exciting, stylized, arthurian ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
roman empire, ancient rome, king arthur, emperor, medieval, barbarian, child in peril, sword, ancient, boy, female warrior, mythology ...
Time:
middle ages, 5th century, 1st century, ancient times, year 2007 ...
Place:
rome italy, greece, europe, england, italy ...
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