In this movie Gaius Mucius Scaevola, the heroic general goes down in history by being remembered by his act of bravery.
When captured bythe Etruscans in 508 BC he puts his right hand, his sword hand, into the flames rather than become a traitor.
That meant he had to use his left hand from then on and "Scaevola" today means " left handed" in Italian.
Mucius saves his beloved Clelia from the tyrant Tarquinius, the last king of Rome who he kills in a duel and saves the newly Roman republic from their Etruscan overlords.
This by far a better " Sword & Sandal movie with a love story, plenty of action, battles with spectacular scenery surrounding a historical backstage.
Our hero Mucius, (Gordon Scott) played Tarzan in five films of the Tarzan series between 1955 and 1960.
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