From director Neil Marshall, this Roman Britain-set actioner imagines the fate of the Ninth Legion, having them betrayed by a Boudica-like warrioress (Olga Kurylenko) and obliterated by the Picts ...

Nero's reign. The invasion of Parthia has been a fiasco. Two Roman legions have been brought to a stand still in the snowy mountains of Armenia, and the men are dying slowly in the cold.

Mobilizing Resources in the Age of Roman Conquest," can be found here. More from How Real Is It? Historian Michael Taylor rates depictions of ancient Rome in movies and TV shows. He reviews the ...