il conquistatore di corinto (1961)

messengers sent from rome arrive in corinth to ask the senate of that city to get out of the achaean league to establish relations with the eternal city. the request is not only rejected, but the mission members are attacked by the crowd in the main square of the city. the centurion caio vinicio, wounded in the fray, manages to take refuge in the home of callicrato, head of the pro-roman party. here he meets hebe, daughter of the strategist critolao and falls in love with her. artemis, wife of callicrat, also fell in love with the centurion.