When Rome Ruled

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| name = When Rome Ruled

| image =When Rome Ruled.jpg

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| director = George Fitzmaurice

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| starring = Nell Craig
Clifford Bruce
Riley Hatch

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| studio = Pathé Exchange

| distributor = Eclectic Film Company

| released = {{Film date|1914|08}}

| runtime = 50 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent
English intertitles

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When Rome Ruled is a 1914 American silent historical drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Nell Craig, Clifford Bruce and Riley Hatch. It was made at the American subsidiary of the French company Pathé, shortly to be relaunched as Pathé Exchange, at studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. It was an attempt to imitate the classical epics of Italian cinema, but made on a much lower budget.Motion Picture Guide Silent Film p. 303 It marked the directorial debut of Fitzmaurice who emerged as a leading filmmaker during the 1920s.