Legions of the Nile (Italian: Le legioni di Cleopatra; French: Les légions de Cléopâtre; Spanish: Las legiones de Cleopatra) is a 1959 Eastmancolor historical epic adventure film written and directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.

[1][2] A traveler from Greece to Alexandria seeks an audience with Cleopatra and employment as a gladiator at the time of the Roman conquest of Egypt.

Marcus Antonius, a renegade Roman who is in bondage to his mistress, also lives in the palace of Queen Cleopatra.

One night, Curridio sees the dancer Berenice, who immediately sets his heart on fire.

He only becomes aware of this when he has used a trick to overpower the palace guards and penetrated the sacred rooms.

He now bids farewell to his friends and returns to his homeland with Marianne, whom he has since learned to love.