09-29-2002, 04:59 PM
1. I, Claudius<br>
2. Barabbas (still the best arena sequences)<br>
3. The Warlord<br>
4. Alfred the Great<br>
5 The Vikings<br>
6. Spartacus<br>
7. Charlemagne (tv series)<br>
Honorable mention: Gladiator, for reviving the genre<br>
Sign of the Cross (The wine! The music! The delicious debauchery!)<br>
Fellini's Satyricon, surreal but fun.<br>
The Robe/ Demetrius and the Gladiators for Jay Robinson's Caligula.<br>
And, by far the guiltiest pleasure: Guccione's CALIGULA. Who else would dare to make big-budget, big-name historical hardcore porn? Probably closest to the real Roman sensibility. Hey, they weren't soldiering all the time! <p></p><i></i>
2. Barabbas (still the best arena sequences)<br>
3. The Warlord<br>
4. Alfred the Great<br>
5 The Vikings<br>
6. Spartacus<br>
7. Charlemagne (tv series)<br>
Honorable mention: Gladiator, for reviving the genre<br>
Sign of the Cross (The wine! The music! The delicious debauchery!)<br>
Fellini's Satyricon, surreal but fun.<br>
The Robe/ Demetrius and the Gladiators for Jay Robinson's Caligula.<br>
And, by far the guiltiest pleasure: Guccione's CALIGULA. Who else would dare to make big-budget, big-name historical hardcore porn? Probably closest to the real Roman sensibility. Hey, they weren't soldiering all the time! <p></p><i></i>