Polybius

Victrix (2015)

Actors: Adrian Bouchet (actor), Rutger Hauer (actor), Adrian Bouchet (actor), Omar Sharif (actor), Jon Campling (actor), Colin McKeown (producer), Jenny Runacre (actress), Andrew Harwood Mills (actor), Ian Whyte (actor), Ian Whyte (actor), Terry O'Neill (actor), Alistair Overeem (actor), Alistair Overeem (actor), Tanroh Ishida (actor), Anne-Sophie Franck (actress),

Plot: Set in the twilight of the Roman Empire: the movie opens in 402 AD with the last gladiatorial games held in the amphitheatre at the Mega-Fortress of Deva in Britannia. Most of the elite Twentieth Legion Valeria Victrix 'The Valiant and Victorious' have been recalled to defend Rome from barbarians, with the rump left at the fortress city, commanded by Valerian 'The Valiant of Albion'. Defending the west coast of Britain from seaborne Hibernian invaders he's acutely aware that the empire is on the brink of collapse. The Hibernian raids are becoming more frequent, more intense and ever-more fierce. The spoilt wealthy Romans of the uber-rich villa-set, who occupy the Red Hills district on the coast, constantly pressure him for protection. Hopelessly overstretched: the remnant of the once mighty Twentieth-Legion will soon face their last and greatest challenge: as forces both natural and supernatural, led by the Pagan Warrior Goddess Morrigan, close-in to seize the original Holy Grail - the Celtic Cauldron of Rebirth in the epic final-drama of Rome's Empire in Britain.

Keywords: based-on-book
Genres: Fantasy, History,
Taglines: The Valiant of Albion! The Time Has Come! A Battle of Gods and Men!

Excelsior (2013)

Actors: Harwood Gordon (actor), James Day (director), James Day (writer), Nicolas Charles (actor), Ethan Stone (actor), Gregory Ruzzin (producer), Umi Vaid (actor), MJ Gazali (actor), Dave Shabaz (actor), Rob Kovacs (composer), Nathan Khalil (actor), Milan J. Glavies (editor), Nick Tolar (producer), Colton Lasater (costume designer), Richard Milne (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Hanno, a Carthaginian admiral, is shipwrecked on a land with a Roman prisoner, Lucan. Meanwhile, Scipio Aemilianus and Polybius piece together the puzzle that could have enormous consequences for the Republic. In Latin with English subtitles.

Keywords: carthage, epic, fight, latin, map, mesoamerica, peplum, phoenicia, punic-wars, shipwreck
Genres: Adventure, Short,

Quotes:

Consul Mummius: "Carthago delenda est!"

Hanno: Carthago non delenda est!

Pompeii: The Last Day (2003)

Actors: Nora L. Ferris (miscellaneous crew), Jim Carter (actor), Tim Pigott-Smith (actor), F. Murray Abraham (actor), Peter Nicholson (writer), Peter Nicholson (director), Jonathan Firth (actor), Ty Unwin (composer), George Antoni (actor), Robert Whitelock (actor), Chrissie Cotterill (actress), Michael J. Mosley (producer), Liana Del Giudice (editor), Pu San Wong (miscellaneous crew), Essa Zahir (actor),

Plot: In 79 AD, one of the infamous natural disasters in human history occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted. With speculative dramatizations of various inhabitants' final hours along with detailed documentation of the known facts concerning the eruption, the horrific day is vividly brought to life. In addition, the modern situation of life around Mount Vesuvius is shown and the overhanging danger that is still there today.

Keywords: admiral, ancient-rome, archeology, burned-body, catastrophe, cgi, death, disaster, docudrama, excavation
Genres: Drama, History,

Quotes:

Himself - Narrator: The people of Pompeii have never seen anything like this before. There is no word in Latin for 'volcano."

Himself - Narrator: Vesuvius has never again erupted with the same volcanic force as on that hot summer day in A.D. 79. According to the experts, Plinian eruptions of this scale only happen every 2000 years. The next one is due.

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

Actors: Guy Rolfe (actor), Virgilio Teixeira (actor), Robert Rietty (actor), Rafael Calvo (actor), Omar Sharif (actor), Anthony Quayle (actor), Finlay Currie (actor), John Ireland (actor), Andrew Keir (actor), James Mason (actor), Mel Ferrer (actor), Stephen Boyd (actor), Christopher Plummer (actor), Alec Guinness (actor), Friedrich von Ledebur (actor),

Plot: Action-packed look at the beginnings of the fall of the Roman Empire. Here is the glory, the greed and grandeur that was Rome. Here is the story of personal lust for power, and the shattering effects of that power's loss. Here is the tale of the plight of a people living on the brink of a political abyss.

Keywords: 70mm-film, ambush, ancient-rome, armor, arson, axe-fight, based-on-true-story, battle, battle-axe, battlefield
Genres: Drama, History, War,
Taglines: The Most Magnificent Re-Creation . . . Of An Ancient Empire . . . Launches A New Epoch In Motion Pictures . . .

Quotes:

Timonides: [when Ballomar threatens to continue burning Timonides's left hand] Let's look at this logically...

Commodus: Livius, if you listen very carefully, you can hear the gods laughing!

Livius: You're beautiful.::Lucilla: You're beautiful.

Timonides: As you see there is more than enough for ourselves. We were right Livius. There is no limit with what can be done with a human spirit, for good or evil.

Timonides: Men of Rome, men of Rome! Do not touch these people, they have become your brothers. They're Roman now. The whole Northern people will answer with fire and blood, their hatred will live for centuries. Men of Roman blood will pay for this. You will make nations to kill us all. Let us live in peace!Peace! [Timonides is killed with a javelin in the chest]

Victorinus: We're in command now Livius, the throne is yours.::Senator: Gaius Mettelus Livius, the people are asking for you.::Livius: You would not find me very suitable, because my first official act would be to have you all crucified.

Livius: [standing over body of Timonides] What happened, gentle Greek? Did you try to tell them there were three possibilities? Did you not know there was a fourth? This! [picks up and throws spear away]::Lucilla: This is the way they answer to reason and now even you must see, this is the only way to answer them.::Livius: He does not seem dead to me, I can still feel his life, hear his words. Tell me what I must do in his name. [yelling] March the army into Rome and drown the city in blood!::Lucilla: [uncovering the Christian cross Timonides wore around his neck] He was my father's friend and a wise man.::Livius: I shall go alone into Rome, if I do not return by sunset, let the army enter Rome.

Livius: A few days longer, Caesar, we'll bring you his head.::Marcus Aurelius: No Livius, please don't bring me his head. I wouldn't know what to do with it.

Closing Narrator: This was the beginning of the fall of the Roman Empire. A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within.