Imperium (1): Kampf um Rom

The film recreates the glamorous millennial history of Rome. In the medieval setting of the Eberbach Monastery, Maximilian Schell tells of the splendor and misery of the Roman Empire and explores the question of why it had to fail in the end. Scientists unravel such secrets of history as that of Hannibal's war elephants and the strategy and tactics of the Roman legions.

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