Triumph of the Ten Gladiators

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (Italian: Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori is a 1964 peplum film written and directed by Nick Nostro and starring Dan Vadis.

The owner of the house introduces himself as Publius Quintilius Rufus, pro consul of the emperor in Syria, and offers them a contract to put on a series of spectacles at the court of Queen Moluya of Arbela.

Arbela is now a neutral kingdom between Roman territory and Parthia, Rome's bitterest enemies, and queen Moluya's prime minister has concluded a pact with the Parthian king to allow his armies to pass across the frontier.

One of Publius's men, Centurion Marcus Glaucus, unknown to the Parthians, will accompany them officially as the eleventh gladiator to the capital city so he can find out exactly what the situation there is.

The ten gladiators, whose loyalty is without question, accepted the job and agree to leave for Arbela at daybreak.