Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him. After an eventful passage aboard a galley, Revak becomes an elephant driver in Carthage city, and could become the favorite of mighty women, but has only one thirst: bloody revenge, at all cost, so the barbarian makes common cause with the attacking Romans, Carthage's historical enemy and rival for Mediterranean hegemony, scorning love...

Pushed by his mother Agrippina, Neron seized power at the expense of Britannicus. His poetry makes him commit numerous crimes. He will die stabbed after having killed his wife, his mother, his advisers, his wife's lovers, and an incredible number of Christians ...

Ein Gangsterboss sitzt seine zehn Jahre im Knast ab. In dieser Zeit plant er den Supercoup, der ihn unvergesslich machen soll. Das Ziel seines Raubzugs ist ein Flugzeug, das Brillanten transportiert, gesichert von Spezialeinheiten der Polizei und einer Armee von Sicherheitskräften. Er stellt eine Truppe von "Experten" zusammen, die garantieren sollen, dass der Überfall reibungslos klappt. Doch er ist nicht der einzige, den die funkelnden Steine interessieren.

A pirate tries to lead his followers in vengeance against a corrupt governor.

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.

A Carthaginian general attempts to cross the Alps with an army of elephants in order to conquer Rome.