Sri Lanka, Jan. 27 -- The Roman Empire's over ambitious expansion was what sealed its eventual fall. In the course of their brutal empire building enterprise they expounded their belief that it was their 'duty' to civilise the world. 'Rome's duty is to civilise the world' they maintained, as the justification for their brutal ways of conquest.

The might of Rome was opposed by many nations and tribes in the lands the Roman legions marched into, and a story of such a stage of Rome's history is found set in the days of the Roman campaign in Britain, in the movie Centurion directed by Neil Marshall. Centurion is a movie that offers a thrilling narrative based on the disappearance of Rome's Ninth Legion in Caledonia during the early part of s...