Pack of extra resources about the Ancient Age

If you are still curious about the Ancient Age, try some of the following resources: 

Films:

Gladiator

An interesting film which is set during the Empire. It is not considered really 100% accurate in historical terms, but it 's truly exciting.

Agora

The film takes place in Egypt at the end of the Empire and tell us about the conflict among believers of three different religions -Paganism, Christianity and Judaism, as well as its consequences on the scientific work of a woman, Hypatia. It also depicts the destruction of the most famous library of the Ancient Age, which was located in Alexandria. 

Centurion

Adventure film which is set in Caledonia (Roman name for Scotland). Tons of action and light humour for a simple plot about a centurion and some legionaries under his command who have to face the terrible picts (Scots) in order to rescue their general, who is taken prisoner by the locals at the beginning of the film.

Series: 

Rome

HBO series with two seasons. First season has twelve episodes, while the second one has ten. It was cancelled as it resulted to be very expensive. Although it is not really accurate historically you can watch it as an entertaining introduction to Ancient Rome.The whole series is set between the end of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire.

Books:

The Last Legion, by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

A novel whose action is set during the last days of the Western Roman Empire: A band of legionaries are ready to fight against the barbarians in order to rescue young emperor Romulus Augustus. It is also a recent film.

Marco Didio Falco's novels by Lindsey Davis

 

Set of novels whose main character is a private eye (detective) who lives in Ancient Rome.