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| Time line | Historic Event | Movie title |
| Circa 1000 BC | Aeneas settles in Latium | Last Glory of Troy
(1962) a.k.a. The Avenger (Steve Reeves) |
| 753 BC | Foundation of Rome | Romulus and Remus
(1961) Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott |
| Around 745 BC | The rape of the Sabines women | Romulus and the Sabines
(1961) Roger Moore, Jean Marais |
| 673-642 BC | During the Reign of Tullius Hostilius, the Horaces fight the Coriaces from Alba Longa for the sake of Rome. | Duel of the Champions
(1961) Alan Ladd, Robert Keith |
| Around 494 BC | Coriolanus leads the Plebians in a fight for their rights against the ancient Roman senate | Coriolanus: Hero without a
country (1963) Gordon Scott, Alberto Lupo, Lilla Brignone |
| 390 BC | Romans defeated by the Gauls under Brennus at the Battle of Allia. Gauls sack Rome, only the Capitol is defended by the citizenry. | Brennus, Enemy of
Rome (1963) Massimo Serato, Gordon Mitchell |
| 218-201 BC | Second Punic war. Hannibal's invasion of Italy |
Annibale (1960) Victor Mature, Rita Gam, Gabriele Ferzetti |
| 211 BC | Siege of Syracuse Bright defenses by Archimedes |
Siege of Syracuse
(1962) Rossano Brazzi, Gino Cervi |
| 73 BC | Slaves revolt | Spartacus (1960) Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis |
| Around 52 BC | Conquest of Gaul | Caesar the Conqueror
(1963) Cameron Mitchell, Rik Battaglia |
| 48 - 30 BC | Julius Caesar in Egypt, Fight between Marcus-Anthony and Octavius. | Cleopatra (1963) Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison |
| 44 BC | End of Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar
(1970) Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, John Gielgud |
| 44 BC | End of Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar
(1953) Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud |
| 24 BC - 54 AD | From the death of Marcellus (24/23 BC) to Claudius' own death in 54 AD | I Claudius (1976, mini
serie) Derek Jacobi, Sian Philipps, Brian Blessed |
| 60-62 | Queen Boudicca (or Boadicea) leads a rebellion in Britannia | Warrior Queen
(1978) Siân Phillips, Nigel Hawthorne |
| 70-73 | Revolt in Palestine | Masada (1981) Peter O’Toole, Peter Strauss |
| 79 | Destruction of Pompeii | Last Days of
Pompeii (1960) Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann |
| 101-104 (circa) | Roman legions under the command of the prefect of praetorians Cornelius Fuscus are intending to start military campaign in Dacia. Ambitious Roman general is simultaneously preparing a plot against the emperor Domitian. After the fall of dacian Argidava fortress across the Danube, the fight is to be continued in wild mountains, but Dacians under the king Decebal are now prepared perfectly. | The
Dacians (1966) Pierre Brice, Maria-José Nat, Amza Pellea, Geo Barton |
| 106-110 (circa) | Sarmizegetusa was taken by victorious Roman legions under Trajan. One roman legion is mandated by the emperor to build military camp and to be a permanent garrison in new province. Roman legate Tiberius acts with usual roman discipline, but crew is rather nervous. Rests of defeated Dacians live in neighborhood, one part of them is ready to live in harmony with Romans, the others recall barbarians to aid them in reconquista. Meanwhile, roman military camp is gradually becoming a city with new mixed settlement. Huge number of horsed barbarians (Sarmati, Karpi) has invaded Dacia and stand in front of gates of the city. Impressive final battle is starting in rough winter conditions... | The Column (1968) Amedeo Nazzari, Antonella Lualdi, Amza Pellea |
| 180-192 | Marcus Aurelius and Commodus | The Fall of the Roman
Empire (1964) Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Sophia Loren, Christopher Plummer |
| 180-181 | Marcus Aurelius and Commodus | Gladiator
(2000) Russel Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris |
| 260-272 | Queen Zenobia of Palmyra seizes large areas of Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt and sets up an independent empire until defeated and taken prisoner by Aurelian | Nel segno di Roma (1958) Anita Ekberg, Gino Cervi |
| 310-315 | Conversion of Constantine | Constantine and the
Cross (1962) Cornel Wilde, Belinda Lee, Christine Kaufmann, Massimo Serato |
| 434-453 | Attila's war with Rome | Attila (1954) Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henry Vidal |
| 434-453 | Attila's war with Rome | Sign of the Pagan
(1955) Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler, Ludmilla Tchérina |
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