Ancient Rome Movies

Ancient Rome was a civilization that was foundedThe City of Rome was located on Seven Hills.
on the Italian Peninsula in the 9th century BC. TheThe city had many monumental structures like
city of Rome grew from settlements around athe Colosseum, the Forum of Trajan and the
fort on the river Tiber. The civilization was startedPantheon. Latin was the native language of
from a small agricultural community which laterRomans. The Roman society was strictly
grew into a large empire straddling thehierarchical. Slaves were at the bottom of the
Mediterranean Sea. In its 12 centuries ofsocial structure while free-born citizens were at its
existence, the civilization shifted from a monarchytop. Plagued by internal instability and attacked by
to a republic to an autocratic empire.various migrants, the Roman Empire went into
According to a legend, Rome was founded ondecline in the 5th century AD.
April 21, 753 BC by Romulus and Remus. The twoA large number of movie DVDs and CDs on
were descendants of the Trojan prince Aeneas.Ancient Roman civilization are available in the
Legend has it that the two were raised by amarkets of the UK. Some DVDs and CDs come
she-wolf. Ancient Rome contributed greatly to thewith features like Interactive Menus, Scene
development of architecture, law, art andSelections and Ask the Experts. "Lost Treasures
language in the Western world. Its historyOf The Ancient World - Ancient Rome," "Ancient
continues to have a major influence on theRome - The Rise and Fall Of An Empire," and
modern world."Rome - The Eternal City," are among the popular
The Roman Republic was established around 509movies that depict the ancient Roman civilization in
BC. The Roman Empire reached its peak in thedetail. Just go through a few of them and have a
2nd century, during the reign of Trajan. Itsfeel of the ancient Roman civilization.
dominion spanned about 2.5 million square miles.