History Main / AncientRome

** UsefulNotes/SabineWars (Roman Republic and Empire too)

** UsefulNotes/SabineWars (Roman Repiblic and Empire too)

** UsefulNotes/Romulus

** UsefulNotes/JewishRevolts

UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic is less often depicted in fiction, except for the bit right at the end from UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar's conquests in the Gauls, affair with UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII and assassination to the transition into UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire by UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} (although occasionally you will see fiction set against the earlier struggle with Carthage or, more often, the slave revolt of Spartacus). The even earlier [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Kingdom Roman Kingdom]] is all but forgotten aside from the founding myth of Romulus and Remus. It's also pretty rare to see any fictional works set in the Western Roman Empire or the Eastern Roman Empire of Late Antiquity, which later evolved into the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire in TheMiddleAges.

* TheCaligula: An insane and unhinged character similar to Caligula.

** UsefulNotes/{{Trajan}}

UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic is [[TheGreatestHistoryNeverTold less often depicted]] in fiction, except for the bit right at the end from UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar's conquests in the Gauls, affair with UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII and assassination to the transition into UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire by UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} (although occasionally you will see fiction set against the earlier struggle with Carthage or, more often, the slave revolt of Spartacus). The even earlier [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Kingdom Roman Kingdom]] is all but forgotten aside from the founding myth of Romulus and Remus. It's also pretty rare to see any fictional works set in the Western Roman Empire or the Eastern Roman Empire of Late Antiquity, which later evolved into the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire in TheMiddleAges.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' #30, "August", in which Morpheus visits the Emperor Augustus.

* Daluz from the novella ''Literature/ATasteOfHoney'' is a fantasy version of the Roman Empire, but with {{Physical God}}s and Terra-de-Luce as an {{Expy}} of the city of Rome. Lucrio is a tricenturion in the Daluçan army and his fighting style and uniform sounds exactly like that of a roman legionare. The Daluçan also speak Latin.

* The ''Franchise/{{Asterix}}'' animated films:

* Any and all films focusing on Jesus Christ (i.e. ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'' and ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'').

* ''Film/{{Agora}}'', set in Roman era Egypt.
* ''[[Film/BenHur1959 Ben-Hur]]'' (based on [[Literature/BenHur a novel by Lew Wallace]])
* ''Film/{{Cabiria}}'', set during the UsefulNotes/PunicWars

* ''Film/CarryOnCleo'', a parody of the 1960s' ''Cleopatra'' box office bomb.
* ''Film/{{Centurion}}'', set among the Ninth Legion in Scotland, right when Hadrian pulled back.

* The second segment of ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI''
* ''Film/{{Julius Caesar|1953}}'', 1953 adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
* ''Film/{{Julius Caesar|1970}}'', 1970 adaptation of the Shakespeare play.
* ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet'' (TheMovie of the series) has flashbacks of Arthur's youth (as "Arturus") when he trained to join the Roman legions.
* ''Film/TheLastLegion'', also about [[LostRomanLegion the Ninth Legion]].
* ''Film/PaulApostleOfChrist'', set in Rome in 67 A.D.
* ''Literature/QuoVadis'' (''See'' {{Literature}}, ''below''.)
* ''Film/TheRobe'' (based on a novel by Lloyd C. Douglas)
** ''Film/DemetriusAndTheGladiators'', sequel to ''Film/TheRobe''
* Fellini's ''Film/FelliniSatyricon'', loosely based on a work by the Ancient Roman author Petronius
* ''The Sign of the Cross'', based on a play by Wilson Barrett
* ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' (based on a novel by Howard Fast)

* ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet'' (TheMovie of the series) has flashback of Arthur's youth (as "Arturus") when he trained to join the Roman legion

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