在这部卡比利亚冒险/剧情/战争片中,本片时代背景为公元前三世纪，一次火山爆发时，混乱中一个女孩卡比莉亚被海盗绑架，卖身为奴。买家正要用女孩作为祭品献给神庙时，一个罗马人还有她自己的奴隶均挺身而出救了她。十年后，腓尼基输给了罗马，卡比莉亚重返故乡。
Three centuries before Christus. Young Cabiria is kidnapped by some pirates during one eruption of the Etna. She is sold as a slave in Carthage, and as she is just going to be sacrificed to god Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by both Fulvio Axilla, a Roman noble, and his giant slave Maciste. Maciste is captured just after having confided Cabiria to Sophinisbe's safe keeping, while Fulvio Axilla manages to escape from Carthage. Ten years went away with Punic wars before he is able to come back to Carthage...
卡比利亚推移镜头。在好莱坞统治的时代前最成功的大片。卡比莉亚。在好莱坞统治的时代前最成功的大片。
