Syracuse lies between the warring nations of Rome and Carthage; as long as the balance of power between the nations remains intact, both nations are willing to preserve the neutrality of Syracuse. However, Rome has now gotten the upper hand in its struggle for power. The fate of Syracuse lies in the hands of its leader, the famed inventor and scientist Archimedes.

A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.

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The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

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The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz...

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The Prince of Guastalla falls in love with the young citizen Emilia Galotti, who is soon to marry Co...

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Risking his life, Luke ventures to Rome to visit Paul -- the apostle who's bound in chains and held ...

1547. Fernando de Gama, a young "Soldier of Fortune" from Portugal, set sail for the Orient in an ef...

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the Internati...

Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Caste...

After the death of Emperor Constantine in Rome, the persecutions of the Christians threaten the cent...

Why did the Roman Empire, which dominated Europe and the Mediterranean for five centuries, inexorabl...

A BBC dramatization of the Pendle witch trials of Lancashire, England that occurred in 1616.

Sicily, 1965. Franca is being forced to marry her rapist to avoid becoming a pariah in her tradition...

Archival footage of an American Nazi rally that attracted 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden in ...

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin ...