Ancient Rome
Popular Movies: The Gladiator, Ben Hur, The Passion Of The Christ, Hail Ceaser.
Perhaps no period in history has most popular historic periods portrayed in movies or gave us more famous characters than ancient Rome. Julio, Ceaser, Celia Petra and Commodus are just the names of few from the countless legendary names of this era, but the most popular one is the fictional “Maximus DecimusMeridus” from the Ridley Scott‘s Oscar winning movie “The Gladiator“. This movie practically defines this amazing era. Gladiators, chariot races and massive battles there is nothing not to love about ancient Rome. It was also the largest empire in the ancient world with over 90 million inhabitants so, undoubtedly it is one of the most popular historic period for entertainment industries.
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