A Christian slave pulls a thorn from a lion's paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of this kind act.

Emperor Tiberius calls for Tito Valerio Tauro, a Roman investigator, to find out what caused a solar eclipse and earthquakes at the same time throughout the Roman Empire. What he finds is a mystery that could bring down the empire.

Follows the exploits of two pansexual young men, the handsome scholar Encolpius and his vulgar, insatiably lusty friend Ascyltus, as they move through a landscape of free-form pagan excess.

Young Filippo Costa rises through the ranks of the Financial Police via his own opportunity for corruption. But when he connects with a wealthy older widow, Filippo quickly becomes a part of Rome's social, financial, and political elite. In a nation that rewards ruthless ambition, what must one man ultimately sacrifice to build his own empire?

Sweden's Queen Christina gives up her crown to become a Catholic. The story intertwines Christina's search for faith with the growing love between her and a Catholic Cardinal.

Season One: Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus...

A young prostitute who works in the streets of Rome is continually deceived by men who claim to love her.

This first of Pasolini's films presents a vivid picture of the slums of Rome through a story of a pimp, his friends, his enemies and his girls.

The story of the Roman general Caius Martius Coriolanus, and his quest for revenge after his banishment from Rome.