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.

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

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about o...

What if the events in a key era in our history were actually completely different than what our hist...

A group of soldiers are sentenced for the murders of key political figures in the night of October 1...

When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign...

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

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts...

In a little Sicilian village at the edge of a forest, Giuseppe, a boy of 13, vanishes. Luna, his cla...

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

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pai...

During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, cla...

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of ...

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

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling populati...

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

More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman prov...

Short costume picture on the infamous Roman Emperor.

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...