Rimsko Carstvo, potkraj 2. stoljeća. Car Marko Aurelije pokušava spriječiti prodor barbarskih plemena na sjevernim granicama u čemu mu presudno pomaže hrabri posinak i vojskovođa Maximus. Nakon pobjede u krvavom boju, ostarjeli vladar upravo u Maximusu vidi svog nasljednika, iako ga u Rimu čeka njegov rođeni sin Komod. Doznavši da će ostati bez carske titule, beskrupulozni Komod odluči ubrzati stupanje na prijestolje, te nakon očeve smrti zapovjedi ubojstvo Maximusa i njegove obitelji. Za razliku od obitelji Maximus izbjegne smrt, ali ne i odlazak u roblje pri čemu ga kupuje Proximo koji trenira najbolje gladijatore u Carstvu. Postavši Proximov najslavniji borac u areni, Maximus se zavjetuje da će usred Rima osvetiti smrt svoje neprežaljene obitelji.
Godina je 117. Rimsko carstvo proteže se od Egipta do Španjolske, a na isoku skroz do Crnog mora. Za to vrijeme, u sjevernoj Britaniji vladaju nemiri - neustrašivi i divlji Picti prkose rimljanima na svakom koraku. Quintus Dias (Fassbender) zajedno s generalom Virilusom (West) koji predvodi legendarnu Devetu legiju odlazi se suočiti s Pictima, pod naredbom da ih sve pobije i istrijebi. Međutim, nakon što ih na nepoznatom tlu dočeka zasjeda, a general Virilus bude otet, Quintus će se zajedno s malom šačicom preživjelih legionara morati suočiti s opakom ratnicom Etain (Kurylenko), pokušati spasiti generala Virilusa i nekako doći do rimske granice...
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
The emperor of Satavahana kingdom, Satakarni comes across many challenges when he attempts to convince his wife that their son is bound to take part in battles and vanquish his enemies.
Marcus Numidius, a Roman tribune sent to Armenia to put down a gladiators' revolt, captures the rebels' popular leader, Aselepius. Princess Amira, with ambitions of being Queen and jealous of Asclepius' popularity, plans his death in the arena by substituting a lion for his human opponent
Rome, under Commodus: intrigue, fight for power, gladiators, senators, Christians, Barbarians, slaves, Pretorians, battles, wrestles, swords and muscles in by-the-numbers Italian epic.