Jerusalem

forma di governo dell'alto Impero romano

serie di guerre del Medioevo

stato crociato in Medio Oriente (1099-1291)

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

guerra santa combattuta tra il 1189 e il 1192

modalità con la quale Gesù è stato messo a morte

Saladin’s decisive victory over the army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which destroyed the kingdom’s main field force and opened the way for the reconquest of Jerusalem.

Saladin’s siege of Jerusalem, ending with the city’s surrender on October 2, 1187, after the defeat of the crusader army at Hattin.

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

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

apostolo di Gesù, santo, martire e primo pontefice della Chiesa cattolica

A prominent nobleman of the Kingdom of Jerusalem who commanded the defense of Jerusalem during Saladin’s siege in 1187.

sultano di Egitto, Siria e Hijaz (1137–1193)

re di Gerusalemme (r. 1174-1185)

King of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 and commander of the crusader army defeated at Hattin.

Disciple of Jesus whose betrayal and political relationship with him are central to the film’s interpretation.

regina di Gerusalemme (r. 1186-1190)

Capital of the Roman Empire.

The battlefield near the Sea of Galilee where Saladin defeated the main army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187.

The Latin Christian polity in the Levant where the film’s court politics, frontier warfare, and defense of Jerusalem unfold.

A major crusader castle and lordship in Transjordan, historically associated with the lordship of Oultremer and the tensions preceding the 1187 campaign.

Galilean village traditionally associated with Jesus’s upbringing and early life.