List of films set in ancient Rome

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This page lists films set in the city of Rome during the Roman Republic or the Roman Empire. Where films are only partly set in Rome, they are so noted.

Contents 1 The Roman Republic 1.1 Second Punic War 1.2 Late Republic 2 The Roman Empire 2.1 1st century BC 2.2 1st century AD 2.3 Reign of Nero 2.4 Reign of Commodus 3 Undated 4 See also

[edit] The Roman Republic

[edit] Second Punic War

• Jupiter's Darling (1955), set in Rome and its environs

[edit] Late Republic

• Spartacus (1960), partly set in Rome

[edit] The Roman Empire

[edit] 1st century BC

• Cleopatra (1963 film) partly set in Rome
• Julius Caesar (1953 film)
• Ben-Hur (1959) partly set in Rome

[edit] 1st century AD

• Caligula (1979) partly set in Rome

[edit] Reign of Nero

• Quo Vadis
• The Robe partly set in Rome
• Demetrius and the Gladiators sequel to The Robe
• Satyricon (1969
• The Sign of the Cross(film)
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - a fleeting reference is made when the gladiatorial trainer in the Coliseum wants his hulking student to drive his next victim "straight into Nero's box".

[edit] Reign of Commodus

• The Fall of the Roman Empire latter half set in Rome
• Gladiator (2000 film) latter half set in Rome, partly a remake of The Fall of the Roman Empire

[edit] Undated

• History of the World Part 1 (1981); the section "The Roman Empire" of this broad satire is set in Rome.

[edit] See also

• Fiction_set_in_ancient_Rome for a comprehensive list of all works of fiction (including films) set in ancient Rome)