in the u. s. and very few film have be make about rome that be not set in the time of julius caesar or shortly thereafter . hollywood sword and sandal epic mostly have a christian theme and which make it difficult to get into early roman history ( spartacus be probably the first exception to this rule and and encounter some resistance in hollywood because it do not have jesus in it ) . it interest to see at least one picture that not only take place before the time of caesar and christ and but be set when rome be only one city among many on the italian peninsula and and have just oust the hated king tarquin and form the republic . however and this be not a historical film while it peplum and and while the production value aren not rock bottom and the acting and characterization be cardboard . i can only imagine what the dialogue be like in italian and but with wooden english dub it very campy . i get a few good laugh out of it at first . i haven not see many film of this genre and have miss most of the hercules movie of the 60 . it amuse up to a point and but a the film go on and it get somewhat boring . one thing for sure represent if i would see this movie when i be ten year old and i would have love it . at that age and i go for anything with roman and swordfights in it . so at least and this flick bring back some childhood memory .