List of Historical Drama Films - Films Set in Antiquity (until The Fall of The Roman Empire in The West) | Films Set Antiquity (until Fall Roman Empire West)

Films Set in Antiquity (until The Fall of The Roman Empire in The West)

See also: List of films based on Greco-Roman mythology See also: List of films set in ancient Rome See also: List of films based on the Bible

Sortable table
Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
La Donna dei Faraoni	1961	3100 BC	shortly after the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
Land of the Pharaohs	1956	2589-2566 BC	based on the reign of Pharaoh Khufu
Il Sepolcro dei re	1960	2589-2566 BC	based on the reign of Pharaoh Khufu
Sudan	1945	2558-2532 BC	set during the reign of the pharaoh Khafra
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior	2008	2270-2215 BC	set during the reign of Sargon of Akkad
The Egyptian	1954	2000 BC	primarily based on the Story of Sinuhe, although the film references the pharaoh Akhenaten, the Hittite Empire, and iron technology, all of which require a much later date.
Slave of Dreams	1995	1544 BC	set in Egypt and based on the story of Joseph
Joseph	1995	1544 BC	Egypt, probably during the reign of Ahmose I
The Ten Commandments	1956	c. 15th-13th century BC	Egypt, during the reign of an unnamed Pharoah, based on the story of the Exodus
Nefertiti, Regina del Nilo	1961	c. 1370-1330 BC	Egypt; loosely based on Nefertiti
Ifegeneia	1977	c. 1200 BC	Greece immediately before the soldiers set sail to attack Troy
Helen of Troy	1956	c. 1200 BC	western Anatolia during the Trojan War
Troy	2004	c. 1200 BC	western Anatolia during the Trojan War
L'ira di Achille	1962	c. 1200 BC	western Anatolia in the 9th year of the Trojan War
Guerra di Troia	1961	c. 1200 BC	western Anatolia in the 10th and final year of the Trojan War
The Trojan Women	1971	c. 1200 BC	the immediate aftermath of the Trojan War
La Leggenda di Enea	1962	early 12th century BC	Aeneas struggles to establish a new home-land in Italy for his fellow survivors of the Trojan War
Electra	1962	early 12th century BC	the daughter of the Greek king Agamemnon seeks revenge for her father's murder
Ulysses	1955	early 12th century BC	the ten year struggle of Odysseus to return home to Ithaca in Greece after the Trojan War
The Odyssey	1997	early 12th century BC
Pharaoh	1966	1069 BC	Egypt during the reign of a fictitious king "Ramses XIII" (there were only 11 by that name)
King David	1985	c. 1040-970 BC	southern Levant
A Story of David	1960	c.1040-970 BC	southern Levant
David e Golia	1960	c.1040-970 BC	southern Levant
David and Bathsheba	1951	1040-970 BC
Solomon and Sheba	1959	1011-931 BC	southern Levant
Sins of Jezebel	1953	874-853 BC	southern Levant during the reign of king Ahab
Io, Semiramide	1962	810 BC	Assyria
King Lear	1971	800 BC	Celtic pre-Roman Britain
King Lear	1999	800 BC	Celtic pre-Roman Britain
Romolo e Remo	1961	753 BC	based on the story of Romulus and Remus, and the founding of the city of Rome
El Rapto de las Sabinas	1962	c. 750 BC	early Roman foundation myth
Orazi e Curiazi	1961	c. 650 BC	Roman legend of the Horatii
Le Sette Folgori di Assur	1962	c. 627 BC	Neo-Assyrian Empire; focusing largely on Sardanapalus (probably the Greek name for Ashurbanipal, but anachronistically including Zoroaster (11th-10th century BC) and Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC)
La cortigiana di Babilonia	1954	600 BC	Neo-Babylonian Empire
L'eroe di Babilonia	1963	539 BC	Cyrus the Great conquer Babylonia
Il Colosso di Roma	1964	509 BC	combining the Roman legends of Gaius Mucius Scaevola and the expulsion of Tarquin, the last tyrant
Coriolano: eroe senza patria	1964	493 BC	Roman legend of Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
La battaglia di Maratona	1959	490 BC	Greece: Battle of Marathon
The 300 Spartans	1961	480 BC	Greece: Battle of Thermopylae
300	2007	480 BC	Greece: Battle of Thermopylae
Ester e il re	1960	465-424 BC	the biblical story of Esther
One Night with the King	2006	465-424 BC	the biblical story of Esther set in the Achaemenid Empire
Il tiranno di Siracusa	1961	400 BC	Syracuse, Sicily
Brenno il nemico di Roma	1963	387 BC	the Gallic sack of Rome
Alexander the Great	1956	356-323 BC	Greece and Persia
Alexander	2004	356-323 BC	Greece and Persia
Il Colosso di Rodi	1961	280 BC
Asoka	2001	304-232 BC	Asoka the Great, the Maurya Emperor in South Asia
Revak the Rebel	1960	c. 218 BC	Iberian Peninsula immediately before the Second Punic War
Siege of Syracuse	1960	214-212 BC	the Roman Siege of Syracuse during the Second Punic War
Cabiria	1914 (silent)	218-202 BC	during the Second Punic War
The Secret Under the Rose	2006	218-202 BC	during the Second Punic War
Hannibal	1959	218-202 BC	during the Second Punic War
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal	1937	202 BC	Battle of Zama which ended the Second Punic War
The Centurion	1961	146 BC	Battle of Corinth between Rome and the Achaean League
Spartaco	1953	73-71 BC	the Third Servile War in Rome
Spartacus	1960	73-71 BC	the Third Servile War in Rome
Spartacus	2004	73-71 BC	the Third Servile War in Rome
Spartacus: Blood and Sand	2010	73-71 BC	the Third Servile War in Rome
Julius Caesar	2002	100-44 BC	a bio-pic of Julius Caesar, not the Shakespeare play about his death and the aftermath
Druids	2001	58-51 BC	the struggle between Julius Caesar and Vercingetorix in the Gallic Wars
A Queen for Caesar	1962	48 BC	Egypt leading up to the arrival of Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar	1953	44-42 BC	Shakespeare's play about the death and aftermath of this famous dictator
Julius Caesar	1970	44-42 BC	Shakespeare's play about the death and aftermath of this famous dictator
Cleopatra	1934	48-30 BC	Egypt and Rome - follows her relationships first with Julius Caesar and then with Mark Antony
Cleopatra	1963	48-30 BC	Egypt and Rome - follows her relationships first with Julius Caesar and then with Mark Antony
Cleopatra	1999	48-30 BC
The Cleopatras	1983	305-30 BC	Egypt - The entire Ptolemaic dynasty
Rome	2005–2007	52-30 BC	from the end of the Gallic Wars to the death of Mark Antony and the beginning of the Principate
Empire	2005	1st century BC	Rome
Imperium: Augustus	2003	49 BC - 14 AD	Rome - the life of Augustus, the first emperor
Massacre in the Black Forest	1967	9 AD	Germany - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where the Cheruski ambushed and annihilated three Roman legions.
I, Claudius	1976	12 BC - 54 AD	Rome - the reigns and family life of the Julio-Claudians
The Nativity Story	2006	7–2 BC	Judea - The Biblical account of the nativity of Jesus, following the story of Mary and Joseph until the birth of Jesus occurs.
Jesus of Nazareth	1977	7–2 BC to 30–36 AD	Judea - the life of Jesus christ
The Passion of the Christ	2004	33 AD	Judea - The final 12 hours of Jesus christ life
The Caesars	1967	27 BC - 68	Rome - the Julio-Claudian dynasty
The Passion of the Christ	2004	c. 8-35	Roman Empire - the province of Judea
Ben-Hur	1959	c. 26-35	Roman Empire - mostly in the province of Judea
The Inquiry	2006	c. 37	Roman province of Judea shortly after the death of Jesus
The Robe	1953	30-36	Rome - ending reign of Tiberio, the beginning of Caligula
Caligula	1979	37-41	Rome - the reign of the third emperor
Demetrius and the Gladiators	1954	41	Ancient Rome - the end Caligula reign
Boudica	2003	60	Britain - a rebellion shortly after the area had been conquered by Rome
Nero	2004	41-68	Rome - spanning the reigns of Claudius and Nero
Quo Vadis	1951	54-68	Rome during the reign of Nero
Masada	1981	72-73	Roman province of Judea during the First Jewish–Roman War
Dacii	1967	86-87	Dacia (modern Romania) -Domitian's Dacian War
The Apocalypse	2002	c. 90-96	Rome - Ephesus
Revolt of the Praetorians	1964	96	Rome - the assassination of Domitian
The Column	1968	105-106	the Roman Emperor Trajan conquering Dacia
Centurion	2010	117	Roman Britain - the supposed fate of the Ninth Legion
The Eagle	2011	140	Roman Britain - a young Roman man attempts to find out what happened to his father and the Ninth Legion
The Fall of the Roman Empire	1964	180-192	Rome during the reign of Commodus
Gladiator	2000	180-192	Rome during the reign of Commodus
Red Cliff	2008	208-209	China during the Three Kingdoms era. The film chronicles the Battle of Red Cliffs between the forces of Cao Cao and the allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei
The Magnificent Gladiator	1964	c. 260-268	Rome during the reign of Gallienus
Sheba and the Gladiator	1959	c. 260-273	Rome and the Palmyrene Empire during the reigns of Aurelian and Zenobia
Sebastiane	1976	c. 288	Rome Low-budget homo-erotic film about Saint Sebastian
Katherine of Alexandria	2012	307	Roman province of Egypt shortly before the legalization of Christianity
Constantine and the Cross	1962	306-312 AD	Rome's first Christian emperor from the death of Constantius Chlorus to the Battle of the Milvian Bridge
Fabiola	1949	c. 312	Rome early in the reign of Constantine I
Mayura	1975	354-365 AD	Kannada film set in Kadamba Dynasty, during the reign of Raja Mayurasharma
Augustine of Hippo	1972	354-430	Roman province of Africa
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire	2010	354-430	Roman province of Africa - focusing on the life of Augustine of Hippo, and including the Vandal conquest of Carthage
Roar	1997	400	Ireland - Celtic warriors attempt to repel a fictitious Roman invasion
Agora	2009	c. 360-415	Life and death of scientist/philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and the destruction of the Library.
Revenge of the Barbarians	1960	410	the Visigothic sack of Rome
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend	2000	387-493	Ireland and Roman Britain during the life of Saint Patrick
Attila	1954	406-453	Rome - the Hunnic leader up to his retreat from the Po river
Attila	2001	406-453	Rome - the life and death of the famous Hunnic leader
Die Nibelungen	1924	c. 450	about the Germanic hero Siegfried, his murder, and his widow's vengeance
Die Nibelungen	1967	c. 450	about the Germanic hero Siegfried, his murder, and his widow's vengeance
Ring of the Nibelungs	2004	c. 450	about the Germanic hero Siegfried
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire	2006	2nd century BC - 410	From Tiberius Gracchus to the Sack of Rome (410). BBC Docu-drama.

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