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A civilization of the ancient world born in the UsefulNotes/{{Ital|y}}ian peninsule and spanning large parts of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}} at its peak, home of temples with even ''bigger'' columns, and brutal sword-wielding Roman legionaries, all of whom had extremely clean, well-kept, elaborate armour and helmets (even down to the lowliest grunt soldier). Also home to {{gladiator|Games}}s, [[TheCaligula mad emperors]] and elaborately coiffed women with slinky, see-thru ''stolas''. A time when Myth/ClassicalMythology was SeriousBusiness for the pious. Expect to see a lion eating a Christian or two.

A civilization of the ancient world born in UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} and spanning large parts of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}} at its peak, home of temples with even ''bigger'' columns, and brutal sword-wielding Roman legionaries, all of whom had extremely clean, well-kept, elaborate armour and helmets (even down to the lowliest grunt soldier). Also home to {{gladiator|Games}}s, [[TheCaligula mad emperors]] and elaborately coiffed women with slinky, see-thru ''stolas''. A time when Myth/ClassicalMythology was SeriousBusiness for the pious. Expect to see a lion eating a Christian or two.

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 [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanKingdom Roman Kingdom]] is all but forgotten aside from the founding myth of Romulus and Remus (though this era has been featured quite a bit in UsefulNotes/{{Ital|y}}ian media, for understandable reasons) and occasionally its downfall with the Rape of Lucretia. It's also pretty rare to see any fictional works set in the Eastern Roman Empire of Late Antiquity, which later evolved into the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire in TheMiddleAges.

Home of temples with even ''bigger'' columns, and brutal sword-wielding Roman legionaries, all of whom had extremely clean, well-kept, elaborate armour and helmets (even down to the lowliest grunt soldier). Also home to {{gladiator|Games}}s, [[TheCaligula mad emperors]] and elaborately coiffed women with slinky, see-thru ''stolas''. A time when Myth/ClassicalMythology was SeriousBusiness for the pious. Expect to see a lion eating a Christian or two.

* ''Film{JuliusCaesar1970''

* ''Film/{{Julius Caesar|1953}}''
* ''Film/{{Julius Caesar|1970}}''
* ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet'' [[note]]TheMovie of the series. It has flashbacks of Arthur's youth (as "Arturus") when he trained to join the Roman legions.[[/note]]

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 [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanKingdom Roman Kingdom]] is all but forgotten aside from the founding myth of Romulus and Remus (though this era has been featured quite a bit in UsefulNotes/{{Ital|y}}ian media, for understandable reasons). It's also pretty rare to see any fictional works set in the Eastern Roman Empire of Late Antiquity, which later evolved into the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire in TheMiddleAges.

* ''Nero Fox'' (the "Jive-Jumping Emperor of Ancient Rome"), a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Creator/DCComics FunnyAnimal character who was emperor of ancient Rome. The "jive-jumping" part referred to his anachronistic playing of 40s-era jazz/swing music on his "gobble pipe" (saxophone). His era's later revisited in TheEighties by a time-traveling ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew.

** UsefulNotes/SabineWars [[note]]continued well into the Roman Empire[[/note]]

** UsefulNotes/SabineWars [[note]]continued well into the Roman Republic[[/note]]

** UsefulNotes/SabineWars [[note]]continued well into the Roman Republic & Empire[[/note]]

** UsefulNotes/GermanicWars (Roman Empire too)

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Grace has a dream set during the [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Second Punic War]]. Where she's Fabius. And is trying to win the war via bake sales.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Grace has a dream set during the Second Punic War. Where she's Fabius. And is trying to win the war via bake sales.

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 [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanKingdom Roman Kingdom]] is all but forgotten aside from the founding myth of Romulus and Remus (though this era has been featured quite a bit in media of the place where the Roman civilization originated, UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}). It's also pretty rare to see any fictional works set in the Eastern Roman Empire of Late Antiquity, which later evolved into the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire in TheMiddleAges.

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 [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanKingdom Roman Kingdom]] is all but forgotten aside from the founding myth of Romulus and Remus (though the place where originated Italy has made more films about the Roman Kingdom than the film industry in America or Britain). It's also pretty rare to see any fictional works set in the Eastern Roman Empire of Late Antiquity, which later evolved into the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire in TheMiddleAges.

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 [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanKingdom 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 Eastern Roman Empire of Late Antiquity, which later evolved into the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire in TheMiddleAges.

** UsefulNotes/{{Etruscans}}

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 Eastern Roman Empire of Late Antiquity, which later evolved into the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire in TheMiddleAges.