List of historical period drama films and series set in Near Eastern and Western civilization
Films set in Classical Era (500 BC–600 AD)

List of historical period drama films and series set in Near Eastern and Western civilization

Section Title: Films set in Classical Era (500 BC–600 AD)
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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting

La battaglia di Maratona	1959	490 BC	Greece: Battle of Marathon

Ester e il re	1960	486–482 BC	the biblical story of Esther

One Night with the King	2006	486–482 BC	the biblical story of Esther set in the Achaemenid Empire

The 300 Spartans	1961	480 BC	Greece: Battle of Thermopylae

300	2007	480 BC	Greece: Battle of Thermopylae

300: Rise of an Empire	2014	480 BC	Greece: Battle of Salamis

Il tiranno di Siracusa	1961	400 BC	Syracuse, Sicily

Brenno il nemico di Roma	1963	387 BC	the Gallic sack of Rome

Hercules	2014	358 BC	An American action fantasy adventure film based on the graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars which present a realistic and more human version of Hercules.

Alexander the Great	1956	356–323 BC	Ancient kingdom of Macedonia and Persia

Alexander	2004	356–323 BC	Ancient kingdom of Macedonia and Persia

Il Colosso di Rodi	1961	280 BC

Asoka	2001	304–232 BC	Ancient India, during early years of the rule of Maurya emperor Asoka

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

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

Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare	2006	218–202 BC	during 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	2010–2013	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

Burebista	1980	82–44 BC	The reign of King Burebista of Dacia(modern day Romania)

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	Egypt and Rome – follows her relationships first with Julius Caesar and then with Mark Antony

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 Cherusci 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	4 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	4 BC to 30–33 AD	Judea – the life of Jesus Christ

Ben-Hur	1959	c. 26–30 AD	Based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

Ben-Hur	2016	c. 26–30 AD	Based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

The Last Temptation of Christ	1988	27–30 AD	Judea – the life of Jesus Christ

The Passion of the Christ	2004	33 AD	Judea – The final 12 hours of Jesus Christ's life

Risen	2016	33 AD	Judea – Immediately after Jesus' crucifixion

The Caesars	1967	27 BC – 68 AD	Rome – the Julio-Claudian dynasty

The Inquiry	2006	c. 37	Roman province of Judea shortly after the death of Jesus

The Robe	1953	30–36	Rome – ending reign of Tiberius, the beginning of Caligula

Imperium: Saint Peter	2005	c. 33–67	Saint Peter

A.D. The Bible Continues	2015	33–41	Beginning with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, and continues with the first ten chapters of the Book of Acts.

Caligula	1979	37–41	Rome – the reign of the third emperor

Demetrius and the Gladiators	1954	41	Ancient Rome – the end Caligula reign

Messalina	1951	41–48	Rome – about the reign of Messalina and Claudius

Messalina	1960	41–48	Rome – about the reign of Messalina and Claudius

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

St. Thomas	1975	52–72	Rome – low budget Indian film on the missionary work of Thomas the Apostle in India.

Quo Vadis	1951	54–68	Rome during the reign of Nero

Quo Vadis	2001	54–68	Rome during the reign of Nero

Pompeii	2014	62–79 AD	Pompeii in the days leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

The Sign of the Cross	1932	64	Persecution of the Christians immediately after the Great Fire of Rome

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

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: 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

Sign of the Pagan	1954	406–453	Rome – the Huns conquests and the downfall of the Roman Empire

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.

King Arthur	2004	early 5th century	the Roman withdrawal from Britain and the Battle of Mount Badon

Hagbard and Signe	1967	5th century	Scandinavia during the Germanic Heroic Age

Arthur of the Britons	1972–1973	5th century	Britain after the Roman withdrawal

The Last Legion	2007	476–490	connecting (in heavily fictionalized fashion) the deposition of the last Roman emperor Romulus Augustus by Odoacer with the Battle of Mount Badon

The Mists of Avalon	2001	late 5th – early 6th centuries	heavily fictionalized story of King Arthur

Teodora	1919	c. 500–548	Byzantine empress Theodora

Theodora, Slave Empress	1954	c. 500–548	Byzantine empress Theodora

The Last Roman	1968/1969	526–553	the Ostrogoths' struggle against the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and his generals Belisarius and Narses – adaption of a novel by Felix Dahn

Lovespell	1981	6th century	Britain and Ireland – adaptation of the Brythonic legend of Tristan and Iseult

Fire and Sword	1982	6th century	Britain and Ireland – adaptation of the Brythonic legend of Tristan and Iseult

Tristan + Isolde	2006	6th century	Britain and Ireland – adaptation of the Brythonic legend of Tristan and Iseult

Grendel Grendel Grendel	1981	6th century	animated film based on the 1971 novel Grendel, retelling the Anglo-Saxon poem from the monster's perspective

Beowulf & Grendel	2005	6th century	Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age – loose adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon poem of Beowulf

Grendel	2007	6th century	Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age – very loose adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon poem of Beowulf

Beowulf	2007	6th century	Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age – loose adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon poem of Beowulf

Hamlet	1964	6th century	Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age – this is a Russian adaptation of the Shakespeare play based on the Danish legend of Amleth

Prince of Jutland	1994	6th century	Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age – legend of Amleth from the Danish Gesta Danorum

Goliath and the Barbarians	1959	568	the Lombard invasion of Italy

Sword of the Conqueror	1961	567–572	Alboin and the Lombard invasion of Italy

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Dacii is a 1967 historical drama film about the Domitian's Dacian War.

final_sentence: Dacii is a 1967 historical drama film about the Domitian's Dacian War.