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Films & Shows Set in the Roman Republic

Runs from509 BCE27 BCE482 years wide

Shelfmark Mansio XVIOn the map Roman Republic in the Itinerarium

Ancient World 2% · Classical World 98%

4
titles
3 films · 1 series (4 eps) · 3 through the places inside it
3.4/5
average rating
across 4 rated titles
7%
of the span is tagged
1 of 15 titles set inside it

See the Roman Republic on the timelineEvery year from 509 BCE to 27 BCE the archive holds, and what is set in them

Compare the titles of the Roman Republic in the CanonsWhat every title on it shares, what two or three share, and what is proper to one

Inside this Archive

4 titles · in the order the archive depicts them. A series counts once, regardless of however many of its episodes carry the tag. 3 titles here come through the places inside this one rather than its own tag, and are counted only because they are set inside these boundaries.

The Chronicle

The events and themes the archive follows through the Roman Republic, in the order they happened, each with the titles that depict it. Press a name to read about it in the threads below.

  1. 52 BCE
    Battle of AlesiaMilitary

    A decisive victory by Julius Caesar against the confederation of tribes led by Vercingetorix, concluding the Gallic Wars and bringing Gaul under complete Roman occupation.

    Rome
  2. 133 BCE–27 BCE
  3. 44 BCE
  4. 42 BCE
  5. 31 BCE
    Battle of ActiumMilitary

    The pivotal naval engagement between the forces of Octavian and the combined navy of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII off the coast of Actium in Greece.

    Herod the Great

Sub-Periods

The periods the archive places in the Roman Republic: named stretches of its history, such as a reign or an age. The number is how many of this page’s titles carry each.

Cinematic Introduction

Every title set during the Roman Republic, by the decade it came out. A series is placed on the chart by its first season and counts as one title entity.

First on screen
Julius Caesar1953
Most recent
Rome2005

FilmsSerieseach bar is the titles released that decade

Historical Threads

A thread follows one event or historical theme across the archive, wherever and whenever it appears. Pick a tab to read one; they are in the order they are filed on the timeline. Pulling a thread opens up a narrowed timeline view filtered to every year that thread touches.

Battle of Alesiapull it on the timeline

Event

A decisive victory by Julius Caesar against the confederation of tribes led by Vercingetorix, concluding the Gallic Wars and bringing Gaul under complete Roman occupation. The battle was made famous by Caesar's siege tactics, wherein, while Vercingetorix's forces within the city of Alesia waited for a relief army to attack the Roman force keeping them trapped, Caesar, instead of breaking the siege, built two sets of defenses at once, one to pin Vercingetorix within Alesia and another to repel his reinforcements. The Romans were able to defeat both forces from within the two sets of defensive barriers.

filed under 52 BCE

Also runs throughCrisis of the Roman RepublicGallic WarsHellenistic Period

Battle of Actiumpull it on the timeline

Event · Part of Fall of the Roman Republic

The pivotal naval engagement between the forces of Octavian and the combined navy of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII off the coast of Actium in Greece. After suffering badly at the hands of a surrounding Roman force, Antony's forces were routed, fleeing to Egypt where they were ultimately defeated at Alexandria, spurring Antony and Cleopatra to take their own lives and paving the way for Octavian's ascendance as Augustus, first Emperor of the Roman Empire.

filed under 31 BCE

Also runs throughCrisis of the Roman Republic3 titlesHellenistic Period2 titlesPax Romana

Places Connected to this Realm

Every place the archive’s titles set in this realm name, with each one nested under the larger place it sits inside where that place is here too. The number is how many titles set here name it.

Saltiness Across the Realm

No title set here has been given a saltiness score yet. That is unrated, which is not the same as accurate.

Archive Density

7%1 of the 15 titles the archive sets between 509 BCE and 27 BCE are tagged Roman Republic itself.

27%With the places inside it: 4 of the same 15 titles are tagged Roman Republic or a place inside it.

This measure can help illustrate cinematic hotspots within a time period by comparing which years of the overarching, actual historical time period are backed up by a cinematic release.

  1. 509 BCEnothing set here
  2. 506 BCE0 of 1 title set in 506 BCE carries this period
  3. 501 BCE0 of 1 title set in 501 BCE carries this period
  4. 500 BCE0 of 1 title set in 500 BCE carries this period
  5. 499 BCEnothing set here
  6. 486 BCE0 of 1 title set in 486 BCE carries this period
  7. 481 BCEnothing set here
  8. 480 BCE0 of 2 titles set in 480 BCE carry this period
  9. 475 BCEnothing set here
  10. 465 BCEnothing set here
  11. 449 BCEnothing set here
  12. 354 BCE0 of 1 title set in 354 BCE carries this period
  13. 341 BCEnothing set here
  14. 336 BCE0 of 1 title set in 336 BCE carries this period
  15. 331 BCE0 of 1 title set in 331 BCE carries this period
  16. 330 BCEnothing set here
  17. 326 BCE0 of 1 title set in 326 BCE carries this period
  18. 323 BCE0 of 1 title set in 323 BCE carries this period
  19. 285 BCE0 of 1 title set in 285 BCE carries this period
  20. 268 BCE0 of 1 title set in 268 BCE carries this period
  21. 261 BCE0 of 1 title set in 261 BCE carries this period
  22. 256 BCEnothing set here
  23. 227 BCE0 of 1 title set in 227 BCE carries this period
  24. 221 BCEnothing set here
  25. 218 BCEnothing set here
Show all 42 yearsShow the first 25 only · 17 more years, from 213 BCE to 27 BCE
  1. 213 BCE0 of 1 title set in 213 BCE carries this period
  2. 212 BCEnothing set here
  3. 202 BCEnothing set here
  4. 201 BCEnothing set here
  5. 135 BCEnothing set here
  6. 133 BCEnothing set here
  7. 73 BCE1 of 1 title set in 73 BCE carries this period
  8. 71 BCE1 of 1 title set in 71 BCE carries this period
  9. 58 BCEnothing set here
  10. 52 BCE0 of 1 title set in 52 BCE carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  11. 50 BCE0 of 1 title set in 50 BCE carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  12. 49 BCE0 of 1 title set in 49 BCE carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  13. 48 BCE0 of 1 title set in 48 BCE carries this period
  14. 44 BCE0 of 2 titles set in 44 BCE carry this period · 1 with sub-periods
  15. 42 BCE0 of 1 title set in 42 BCE carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  16. 31 BCE0 of 2 titles set in 31 BCE carry this period · 1 with sub-periods
  17. 27 BCEnothing set here

42 years on the timeline fall inside the boundaries, 18 of them with nothing set there yet. The dark part of each bar is the share carrying this period; the lighter part beside it, the share carrying one of its sub-periods instead.

Share of the 9 genre taggings across 4 titles set in this period. A title filed under three genres is in three of these slices, so this is a share of taggings rather than of titles.

Credits

Directors

Films only. Co-directors are counted individually, so a director’s solo work and their collaborations are grouped together. Average saltiness ignores any title still unsalted.

Networks

Series only, counted once each however many episodes carry the period. Average saltiness ignores any title still unsalted.

Myths Common to this Time Period

Gathered from the titles set during this period that the archive has tagged with a myth, whether they repeat it or reject it.

  • The Free for All Fight

    The record: Armies from antiquity until past the Napoleonic period fought in formation because individual soldiers are vulnerable. Battles were usually contests between blocks of men holding together, and the side whose formation broke first usually lost. Further, maintaining clear formations was essential to maintaining battlefield operations and communication, both for commanders to be able to give orders to their subordinate officers as well as for individual soldiers to know where to rally and position themselves.

    Rejected by 1 title: Rome

    Methods and Tactics

Also on the Timeline

Part of and part of it are declared by the archive: one period counted as belonging to another, whatever their dates. Periods overlap freely so concurrent means the two spans share years, and the shared stretch is named. Bounded means it lies wholly inside this one, beginning and ending more than 10 years within its boundaries. Before and after are the nearest periods lying outside this one, with the gap in years shown instead. A shared thread is what the two have in common besides the calendar, and a period lying wholly outside this one can still share one.

Periods before, during, inside and after Roman Republic, with their year ranges, the years they share with it, the threads they share with it, and how many titles the archive holds of each.
RelationPeriodRunsShared yearsShared threadsTitles
Part of itCrisis of the Roman Republic133 BCE–27 BCE133 BCE–27 BCEAssassination of Julius CaesarBattle of ActiumBattle of AlesiaBattle of PhilippiFall of the Roman Republic5 titles in the archive
Part of itGallic Wars58 BCE–50 BCE58 BCE–50 BCEBattle of AlesiaFall of the Roman Republic1 title in the archive
Part of itServile Wars135 BCE–71 BCE135 BCE–71 BCEnone shared1 title in the archive
BeforeRamesside Period1292 BCE–1077 BCE568 years earliernone shared3 titles in the archive
ConcurrentIron Age1200 BCE–500 BCE509 BCE–500 BCEnone shared3 titles in the archive
ConcurrentSpring and Autumn Period770 BCE–481 BCE509 BCE–481 BCEnone shared2 titles in the archive
ConcurrentGreco-Persian Wars499 BCE–449 BCE499 BCE–449 BCEnone shared3 titles in the archive
BoundedWarring States Period475 BCE–221 BCE475 BCE–221 BCEnone shared2 titles in the archive
BoundedWars of Alexander336 BCE–323 BCE336 BCE–323 BCEnone shared1 title in the archive
ConcurrentHellenistic Period323 BCE–31 BCE323 BCE–31 BCEAssassination of Julius CaesarBattle of ActiumBattle of AlesiaBattle of PhilippiFall of the Roman Republic8 titles in the archive
BoundedSecond Punic War218 BCE–201 BCE218 BCE–201 BCEnone shared1 title in the archive
AfterPax Romana27 BCE–18027 BCEBattle of ActiumFall of the Roman Republic9 titles in the archive