Movies with a Roman theme are usually incredibly nice & tacky, for example "Spartacus", "Gladiator, & " The Fall of The Roman Empire". Now a BBC produced tv series, filmed in Italy, is on the go - the magazine Newsweek reviewed it as
"...Think "Me, Claudius" on steroids and Viagra". Sounds great.
Watch trailers at:
http://www.hbo.com/rome/video/Also: Give your computer an authentic Rome look and feel with an official Rome screensaver
http://www.hbo.com/rome/downloads/