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Nel Segno di Roma (1958)

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Original title
Nel segno di Roma
Directed by
Riccardo Freda, Michelangelo Antonioni, Guido Brignone
Genre
historical film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
12
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A queen of Palmyra clashes with Roman forces in a struggle over her empire. The story follows her political maneuverings and military battles.

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What happens

Sheba and the Gladiator or Sign of the Gladiator (Italian: Nel Segno di Roma) is a 1959 historical drama film loosely pertaining to the Palmyrene Empire and its re-annexation back into the Roman Empire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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