Nøkkelord Roman Empire

Gladiatoren, som vant fem Academy Awards, deriblant for Beste Film og Beste Skuespiller, er en storslått kombinasjon av levende action og enestående fortellerkunst. Oppdag Gladiatorens uovervinnelige kraft, strålende regissert av Ridley Scott (Hannibal, Blade Runner, Alien), Russell Crowes (Master and Commander, A Beautiful Mind) enorme skuespillerprestasjon som Newsweek beskrev som en "ekte større-enn-livet helt!"

"The Passion of the Christ" tar for seg en velkjent historie som har fått prege verdensanskuelsen i Europa og store deler av verden i snart to tusenår. Dette er Mel Gibsons (regissør/produsent/manus) store prosjekt som fokuserer på Jesu siste timer, ikke hele hans liv. De sentrale karakterene i filmen er foruten Jesus selv hans anklagere ved fariseernes yppersteprest, den romerske guvernøren Pontius Pilatus, og ved korsfestelsen Maria og Maria Magdalena.

Julius Cæsar avslører sin senest plan om kvitte seg med Gallerne en gang for alle. Hæren hans har ikke klart å knuse "den siste skanse", så han forsøker på en ny måte. Få sivilisasjonen inn i landsbygatene. Han bygger ett nytt Roma - Urbania - rundt Asterixs landsby, for å presse Gallerne til å tilpasse seg eller forsvinne. Til tross for Asterix og Obelixs planer om å stoppe utbyggingen, dukker bygningene raskt opp og romerne starter å rolig invadere Gallernes område, noe som fører til kaos i Asterixs landsby. Kan dette endelig bety seier for Cæsar?

Spartacus, den sjangerdefnerende storflmen fra regissøren Stanley Kubrick, er den legendariske fortellingen om en tapper gladiator som ledet et vellykket romersk slaveopprør. Spartacus, en inspirerende, sann beretning om menneskets evige kamp for frihet, kombinerer historie og voldsomme scener for å lage et rørende drama om kjærlighet og engasjement.

Den romersk-britiske krigshelten Arthur og hans tapre riddere har kjempet på romernes side i 15 år. Nå står imperiet for fall og de blodtørstige sakserne, ledet av den grusomme Cerdic, angriper Britannia nordfra. Arthur og hans menn har fått et siste livsfarlig oppdrag før de kan løses fra tjenesten - å redde en høytstående romersk familie ut av landet. Ved sin side har de frihetskjempen Merlin og den vakre og stridsdyktige Guinevere. På flukt fra de barbariske angriperne må Arthur avgjøre sin egen skjebne: flukt og frihet – eller den visse død i kampen mot sakserne. Hans avgjørelse skal vise seg å endre historiens gang.

Monty Python-gjengens sylskarpe satire over både religion og Hollywoods episke filmer utspiller seg 33 år etter Kristus. I Judea hvor de fortvilte romerne forsøker å skape orden, hersker det kaos og uorden, og det mangler heller ikke på messiaser og disipler som er villige til å tro på dem. Og midt i dette kaoset havner Brian Cohen i hendelsene sentrum. Han ble født i en stall i Betlehem 33 år tidligere, og på grunn av en rekke absurde omstendigheter blir han nå feilaktig utpekt til å være den ventede Messias…

I Romerrikets siste år, dreg unge Romulus Augustus ut på ei farefull sjøreise til dei britiske øyane for å skaffe støtte før imperiet smuldrar heilt opp.

Nå skal Cæsar få smake sin egen medisin. Asterix & Obelix inntar Roma! Nå har Cæsar fått nok! Én gang for alle skal det avgjøres hvem som er sterkest: Det romerske imperium eller den lille gallerbyen. Asterix & Obelix skal gjennom en ny versjon av Herkules' berømte 12 prøvelser. Klarer de den, blir de herskere over det romerske imperium - klarer de den ikke, må den lille gallerbyen overgi seg...

Vi kjenner vel alle den lille landsbyen i Gallia som romerne ikke klarer å overvinne, selv etter 30 tegneseriealbum med iherdige forsøk og mye mørbanking. Så da er vel denne filmen et nytt kapittel i historien om de tapre gallerens kamp for selvstendighet? Det også, men i tillegg skjer dette: Asterix kommer i kamp med bestevennen Obelix... Obelix overgir Asterix til romerne... Asterix hjelper Cæsar tilbake til tronen... Majestetix stjeler romernes skattekiste - for deretter å miste den... trylledrikken som gir overnaturlige krefter blir erstattet med en enda mer hemmelig drikk... En Asterix-historie på vrangen? Slett ikke. All galskap, moro og mannjevning er som vi er vant til fra den lille landsbyen. Det skjer bare enda mer, ved alle Gallias guder og gudinner!

Vi skriver år 50 før Kristus. I den lille galler-byen går alt stille og rolig - for rolig... Romerne planlegger å kidnappe trollmannen Miraculix og formelen til den magiske trylledrikken. Uten trylledrikken kan romerne lett innta den ellers så ukuelige landsbyen, og slette den av kartet. Men de intetanende gallerne har et større problem, et fryktelig uvær har brutt ut. Vil himmelen falle ned? Gallerne er skrekkslagne og søker råd hos den merkelige spåmannen Prolix. Imens ruster Asterix og Obelix seg til kamp mot den mistenkelige spåmannen og romerne, som igjen blir gjenstand for gallernes yndlingshobby: Romerkasting..

A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

The extraordinary rise of Livia Drusilla, who overcame adversity to become the most powerful woman in the world. Follow Livia’s journey from a naïve young girl whose world crumbles in the wake of Julius Caesar’s assassination, to Rome’s most powerful and influential Empress.

Three people's fates are interwoven in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., during which Germanic warriors halt the spread of the Roman Empire.

This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor whose rule marked the beginning of Rome's fall.

A proud bath architect in ancient Rome starts randomly surfacing in present-day Japan, where he's inspired by the many bathing innovations he finds.

Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

The struggle between the Roman Empire and its rebellious conquest Judaea, and two best friends caught in a terrible moment in history.

Cestvs enters his first match at the slave gladiator training school. Though he's bewildered to discover that his opponent is his best friend, he wins the match, and his opponent is killed on the spot. According to his instructor Zafar, losers have no future. "Every time you win, your opponent will die. You're practically a murderer!" With all his sorrow and rage clenched in his fists, Cestvs survives, as one after another powerful opponents stand in his way, as well as the shadow of Nero, fifth emperor of the Roman Empire. With no other way to secure his freedom, can Cestvs seize his future?!

Told from the perspective of the rebel leaders, the series chronicles a wave of rebellions against absolute power by those the Roman Empire called “barbarians” – tribes they viewed as beyond the fringe of civilization that lived a brutish and violent existence. But these also were men and women who launched epic struggles that shaped the world to come with a centuries-long fight to defeat the sprawling empire.

Bettany Hughes relives eight pivotal days that defined the Roman Empire and made it the world's first superpower.

The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered similar dramatic territory to the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the early emperors of Ancient Rome, but differed in its less sensationalist depictions of historical characters and their motives.

As a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his mother. While in exile in the pontine islands, Agrippina, his mother, sees a vision telling her that her son can become emperor, but she will have to die first. She accepts the proposal. Back in Rome, Nero, now being raised by emperor Claudius after Caligula's death, Agrippina returns. She poisons Claudius' food and Nero becomes emperor. At first, Nero cuts taxes and introduces successful programs and invades Brittania. Soon he meets a beautiful slave named Claudia Acte, and marries her, throwing off his engagement with Claudius' daughter, Claudia Octavia, telling her she can marry someone she will be happy with. Heartbroken, she arrives at an island and kills herself. Nero enjoys being married to Claudia Acte, but soon he gradually goes mad with power and sets fire to Rome.

Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles traces the development of Western civilization, from the first cities in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. In this six-part series, Miles travels through the Middle East, Egypt, Pakistan and the Mediterranean to discover how the challenges of society -- religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade -- were dealt with and fought over in order to maintain a functioning civilization. Stories are told of disappeared, ruined and modern cities, from ancient Iraq to modern Damascus, to reveal how successes and failures of the ancients shaped the world today.

The history of Rome is a 1,000-year-long epic, filled with murder, ambition, betrayal and greed and encompassing such legendary characters as Rome’s Iron Age founders Romulus and Remus and its greatest general Julius Caesar. Larry is accompanied by some of Europe and America’s foremost classical experts who reveal the atmosphere of intrigue, conflict and violence at the places where the saga unfolded.

Chelmsford 123 is a British television situation comedy produced for Channel 4 by Hat Trick Productions. It ran for two series, of six and seven episodes, in 1988 and 1990. The series was set in the British town of Chelmsford in the year AD 123, and concerned the power struggle between Roman governor Aulus Paulinus and the British chieftain, Badvoc. Britain is a miserable place, cold and wet – just the place to exile Aulus for accidentally insulting the Emperor's horse, but also give him something useful to do. Aulus, probably a play on Aulus Platorius Nepos, the governor of Roman Britain between 122 and 125, was a rather delicate Roman, who was usually outwitted by the scheming Badvoc, who hadn't had a haircut for twenty-five years. Many of the other regular "Hat Trick" actors, previously seen in shows such as Who Dares Wins, also appeared. Both series are now available on 4 on Demand and SeeSaw. Series 1 and 2 was released on DVD by Acorn Media UK on 15 September 2011.

Travel back in time to one of the most glorious empires in history. For over 1,000 years, Rome was the center of the known world, bringing to her subjects a common language, shared culture and wealth beyond imagination. But war, barbarian attacks and moral decay eventually took their toll, and the empire slowly began to crumble. Experience ancient history come to life, from Rome's primitive beginnings to the height of its glory – and its eventual downfall. Filmed in 10 countries, this documentary combines location footage of ancient monuments, detailed reenactments, period art and writings, and fascinating insights from scholars and public figures. Witness the ancient world come to life – and see history in all its drama.

A series of eight episodes documenting 250.000 years of history. Charles Groenhuijsen takes us along sights and locations that historically harbored various inhabitants of ‘The Lowlands’. In what today is known as The Netherland, Belgium, Germany, New York, Ghana, Surinam, and Indonesia, Charles will be looking for the stories of ‘our’ past through potsherds, bones, stones, ancient text's, drawings, paintings, pictures, radio, and tv- fragments

In this eight-part documentary, Roman engineering expert Isaac Moreno Gallo takes you on a tour through the different techniques and architectural elements that gave shape and life to the Roman Empire.