Movies
- Quo Vadis - U.S. 1951 director Mervyn LeRoy
- The Robe - U.S. 1953 director Henry Koster
- Demetrius and the Gladiators - U.S. 1954 director Delmer Daves (sequel to The Robe)
- Jupiter's Darling - U.S. 1955 director George Sidney, based on a play by Robert Sherwood
- Ben-Hur U.S. 1959
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - U.S. 1966 director Richard Lester
- Satyricon - Italy 1970 director Federico Fellini
- Sebastiane - UK 1976 director Derek Jarman
- Caligula - U.S. 1979 director Tinto Brass
- Gladiator - U.S. 2000 director Ridley Scott
- Quo Vadis - Polish/U.S. 2001 director Jerzy Kawalerowicz, remake of 1951 film
- The Eagle - U.S. 2011 director Kevin Macdonald
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