Account of Cloelia, who fought the Estrucans - I'm not super familiar with it though I have heard of Horatio at the bridge and he's in this too. But mainly its Cloelia being captured by Etruscans who are fighting Rome, falling for a Barbarian general, escaping with women, returning to fight.
The leads of this are remarkably odd for a peplum - Louis Jourdan as an Etruscan allied barbarian bent on invading Rome, Sylvia Syms as Cloelia. Jourdan looks especially odd. He's always snacking on an apple which is an actors choice but grates.
Syms has a plucky boyishness which actually sells the character - a little more realistic than the usual statuesque maiden. And while she moons over Jourdan she gets to do more action than him. It's a better role than most of her "girl" parts in British films.
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