![]() Dias evades the attempt on his life and returns to Arianne in the forest. The governor's daughter is trusted with making sure that Dias is also killed. The governor has decided to have all Ninth Legion veterans killed, so that his record is not tainted by a military failure. When Dias enters the camp he reports the situation to the governor. Dias' other companion, in Pictish clothing, is shot by Roman soldiers by mistake. Upon reaching Hadrian's Wall, the lost companion worries Dias, who says that he will report his crimes and the two men fight with Dias as the victor. By chance they reunite with one of their lost companions, who earlier killed Gorlacon's son, and wounded another Roman soldier to leave as bait for a pack of wolves hunting them. A battle ensues, Dias kills Etain, and he and one wounded companion emerge victorious. As they see Etain approach, they set up a trap inside the fort. The next morning they leave Arianne and find the closest garrison abandoned: an order on a wall informs them that Roman troops have retreated south, to Hadrian's Wall. She shelters them and when Etain comes, she confronts her while the Romans hide under the floorboards. Dias and his two followers happen upon a hut in the forest and befriend Arianne, who lives there. Dias and his best fighter attempt a night raid on the Pictish camp, while Etain and her warriors do the same. One is killed by arrows while two separate, pursued by wolves. They eventually catch up with the fugitives, who have to jump off a cliff and into a stream. The seven decide to return south via a long detour over the mountains, while Etain with a Pict detachment are sent on horseback to track and kill them, in revenge for the king's son. The next morning, after the dead boy is burned, the general is given a sword and made to duel with Etain, who kills him. As they retreat, one of them kills Gorlacon's young son. ![]() They find the Pictish settlement and sneak in at night, but fail to break the general's chains. They learn that Virilus has been taken prisoner and set out to rescue him. Dias, with six others, elude death and capture. Etain betrays the legion to Gorlacon: the Romans walk into a trap and are annihilated. As the legion marches north, they encounter and save Dias, who has escaped. He dispatches the Ninth Legion to the front under General Titus Flavius Virilus, providing him with a mute female Brigantian scout, Etain. In the meantime, the Roman governor of Britannia wants to obtain favour with the central administration, hoping to secure a transfer back to the comforts of Rome. Centurion Quintus Dias is the only survivor of a Pictish raid and is taken prisoner. The Picts under their king, Gorlacon, are perfecting guerilla warfare and are eliminating Roman outposts one by one. 117 and the Roman garrisons are struggling to contain the Picts, the Celtic inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands. The movie was criticized for significant historical inaccuracies and even called "pure peplum propaganda.It is A.D. Nerio Bernardi as Wealthy Citizen of Corinth (written by) Cast (in credits order) Produced by Music by Ilan Eshkeri Cinematography by Sam McCurdy.Luciano Pigozzi as Messager from Corinthe.Gordon Mitchell as Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus.Against the backdrop of the Battle of Corinth, this movie is centered on a love story between a Roman centurion named Caius Vinicius and Hebe, the daughter of a local governor with anti- Roman sentiments. Il conquistatore di Corinto (AKA: The Centurion) is a French/Italian international co-production 1961 historical drama film set in 146 BC in Greece.
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