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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A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the loc...

Two angels glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisib...

Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a...

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family g...

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Mother India is home to many castes, tribes and religions and one common factor that brings this div...

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