• Director: Robert Siodmak
  • Release Year: 1969
  • Production Country: West Germany, Italy, Romania
  • Language: English

Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat (The Last Roman Part II or Fight for Rome II)

Description

Cethegus succeeds in starting a war between the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, and the Byzantine Empire, but as the Byzantine army invades Italy to retake Rome from the Goths, romance takes center stage and threatens to derail Cethegus' carefully-laid plans.

Themes

Roman Empire (27 BCE – 476 CE), Byzantine Empire (395 – 1453 CE), Gothic War (535 – 554 CE), Justinian I "the Great" (483 – 565 CE), Amalasuntha (c. 495 – 535 CE), Kingdom of the Ostrogoths (493 – 553 CE), Political intrigue, Political corruption, Arranged marriages, Migration Period (c. 400 – 800 CE), Literature