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The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.

Rome, 1527. Massimo Colonna is in love with Angela, a member of the Orsinis, the Colonnas'arch enemies. As she is officially engaged to Tancredi Serra, the latter, a faithless individual, has Massimo accused of the murder of Prince Orsini whereas he himself has woven it. Massimo is rejected by an outraged Angela and banned from Rome.Meanwhile the Eternal City has to face a brutal attack by armed invaders from Spain. The Spaniards are about to storm Rome when Massimo and his troops appear. The invading forces are defeated and Massimo is acclaimed by the crowd. After clearing his name, he can marry Angela.

The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does not pull good air, three riflemen arrogant and unruly bear much disorder as anger Marshal Nero. When comes the new recruit Alberto, now three, compounds from the longest Julius Caesar, Renato and by Ferruccio, the lash him to the fact that he dared to speak to Mary, the daughter of Commissioner Carocci. Initially the three, all invaghitisi Mary, do not lose the opportunity to do mischief to Alberto, because it is the favorite of Mary. Eventually the four become friends and eventually resign themselves to the girl, in spite of themselves. Renato then sees that a few years before it had to be his bride, Nadia, who is now a dancer in variety after leaving the country. But suddenly war broke out in Tripoli, Libya, and sharpshooters are forced to participate. Unable to remain separated from their boyfriends, Nadia and Maria manage to enlist as Red Cross nurses and to achieve in Libya. But the Arabs attack the Red Cross just enters in Libya, and the belated intervention of sharpshooters can not prevent an enemy hit Nadia to death. When Renato discovers that for her there is nothing to do, the bride at the last on his deathbed, and then part with three friends and Marshal Nero for a dangerous mission closely. Eventually the group is saved by a large troop of sharpshooters, but Nero is hit and dies. Returning from the war, Julius Caesar finally got the position he expected, becoming Marshal thus replacing the fallen Nero, while Alberto, happy they will marry Maria.

Fernando, a boy growing up in 1920's Italy, is inspired by reading a biography of Saint Anthony of Padua (after whom the city of San Antonio, Texas is named.) The wife of a young Roman painter who disappeared at the end of WWI goes to church with her son Fernando to pray to Saint Anthony for his return. After some time, the painter actually does return. Due to a head wound, he had lost his memory and recovered it on the same day his wife had invoked St. Anthony. The family visits St. Anthony's Basilica and purchases a book dedicated to Saint Anthony. The reading recalls the scenes and images in the life of the saint. The story is told entirely in flashbacks, as the adult Fernando recalls scenes from his childhood and, in turn, scenes from the life of the Saint.

A young man is a servant in the court of a great king of Dalmatia.He was bought when he was still a child ,but he is a high-born gentleman.

After the Duchy of Amalfi is invaded and conquered by the Normans, the last Duke's son Mauro leads a resistance movement to the tyrannical regime they impose.