Often, films set in antiquity are epics, which lend them a power and a gravitas that matches the weightiness of their subject, so it is worth looking at the best the genre has to offer.

Like Agora, the movie is a historical drama and has a strong female ... Like Agora, the movie is from the same genre and while the premise is different, both movies have strong female leads.

However, the film's originality helped it to stand out as unique among cliché vampire movies. Let's look at the x-factors ...