Roman Empire, 2nd century AD. Marcus Aurelius (160-181), the philosopher emperor, was the last ruler of the Roman Golden Age. Much to his chagrin, he had to fight various peoples to defend the Empire's borders. In domestic politics, his dream was to restore the republican...
In the second half of the 11th century, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the Cid Campeador, became famous for his victorious campaigns against the Muslims during the reconquest of the Kingdom of Valencia. Unjustly accused of treason, Rodrigo kills Jimena's father in a duel, who rejects...
During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers have to move a big cannon across Spain, in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he...
