Italy

forma di governo dell'alto Impero romano

The final phase of the Roman Republic, marked by elite competition, political violence, civil wars, and the concentration of power in the hands of military leaders.

nome dello Stato romano dopo la repubblica (27 a.C. - 395 d.C.)

regno ellenistico (305-30 a.C.)

movimento culturale che caratterizzò la storia italiana fra il XIV e il XVII secolo

secondo conflitto globale (1939-1945)

periodo monarchico dell'antica Roma, compreso tra il 753 e il 509 a.C.

periodo in cui il papato ebbe sede ad Avignone (1309-1377)

A period in which the Medici exercised decisive influence over the Florentine Republic without initially ruling as hereditary monarchs.

periodo della civiltà romana compreso tra il 509 e il 27 a.C.

conflitti armati del 1494-1559

Later autocratic phase of Roman imperial government beginning with Diocletian; this Movieline chronology covers its Western Roman Empire phase through 476 CE, not its later Eastern continuation.

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, burying Pompeii and nearby settlements under volcanic material and causing widespread destruction in the Bay of Naples region.

Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of Roman senators in the Theatre of Pompey on 15 March 44 BCE.

conflitto del 49-45 a.C.

operazione militare alleata di sbarco nella regione della Normandia

The devastating fire that began in Rome on the night of 18–19 July 64 CE, burning for about nine days including a renewed outbreak. The endpoint is approximate rather than an attested exact hour or day.

congiura della famiglia Pazzi contro quella dei Medici

The civil war following Caesar’s assassination, culminating in the defeat of Brutus and Cassius at Philippi in 42 BCE.

Spartacus led a major uprising of enslaved people against the Roman Republic.

primo imperatore romano (r. 27 a.C.–14 d.C.)

politico e generale romano

console e dittatore della Repubblica romana, nonché oratore, scrittore e storico

quinto imperatore romano (r. 54-68)

Roman prefect of Judea who presided over the authority responsible for Jesus’s crucifixion.

ultima regina del regno tolemaico d'Egitto

Jewish preacher whose ministry and crucifixion form the narrative center of the film.

terzo imperatore romano (r. 37-41)

gladiatore trace, protagonista della terza guerra servile

Capital of the Roman Empire.

The major political and religious center of Judea and the setting for much of the film’s story.

Pompeii was a Roman city in Campania near the Bay of Naples, destroyed and buried during the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

The cosmopolitan Egyptian city where Hypatia taught and where the film’s religious and political conflicts unfold.

The volcano whose 79 CE eruption devastated Pompeii, Herculaneum, and surrounding villas.

The kingdom attempting to exercise control over Scotland during the conflict.

The central city of the series and the seat of Medici influence during the Renaissance.

A leading Italian city-state involved in the balance of power and alliances affecting Florence.

Ancient city of Capua in Italy.

The Roman province containing Alexandria and the wider administrative and cultural setting of the story.