One of the best movies set in Ancient Rome ever made, Ben-Hur earned $146 million at the box office (via Box Office Mojo) and won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.

Historian Michael Taylor rates depictions of ancient Rome in movies and TV shows. He reviews the depiction of gladiator fights in "Gladiator," starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix.

The release of Cecil B. DeMille’s Samson and Delilah in 1949 heralded the return of the ancient world to the screen. It’s a movie filled with blood, desire, and a doomed romance, as the ...

From Ben-Hur to Spartacus to Gladiator, get a front-row look at the great movies that have shaped ancient Rome’s role in popular culture and memory. These 12 episodes cover over 50 years of ...

There’s just one catch: To ancient Romans, gladiators were not ideals of masculinity, or of heroism. In ancient Rome, gladiators served as entertainers, albeit on stages with very high stakes.