Pushed by his mother Agrippina, Neron seized power at the expense of Britannicus. His poetry makes him commit numerous crimes. He will die stabbed after having killed his wife, his mother, his advisers, his wife's lovers, and an incredible number of Christians ...
As the Roman Empire slowly declines, Caesar Nero indulges himself in every known debauchery, including incest with his mother.
Roman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to "miserable, cold, wet Britain" where "the natives are revolting - quite literally". Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior.
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she is asking for trouble. Many attempts of murder and poisoning will happen on the eve of his great show.
During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young Christian named Lygia, attempting to enslave her. Lygia's protector, the noble and burly Ursus, works to save her from Vinicius' clutches. Pursuing Lygia, Vinicius finds himself at a catacomb prayer meeting led by the apostle Peter and finds his conscience stirring-- just as Nero orders Rome burned. A landmark in epic film, Enrico Guazzoni’s grand-scale masterpiece laid the foundations for what colossal Italian spectacles would become. The film had tremendous influence on Giovanni Pastrone’s Cabiria (1914) and D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance (1916).
Jeden z najznámejších historických románov Henryka Sienkiewicza sa odohráva v starovekom Ríme za vlády cisára Nera. Rímska ríša, navonok silná a mocná, sa otriasa v základoch. Zhýralosť a amorálnosť vyšších vrstiev v kontraste s biedou a utrpením ostatných rozdeľuje spoločnosť. Rímsky dôstojník Marcus Vinicius sa zamiluje do záhadného dievčaťa menom Lygia. Mladíkov strýko Petronius pomôže Markovi stretnúť sa s Lygiou. Lygia si Marcusa obľúbi, ale oboch mladých ľudí delí priepasť viery. Lýgia patrí učeníkom Ježiša Krista. Po dlhých a dramatických peripetiách, ako bol napríklad veľký požiar Ríma, sa aj Marcus obráti na kresťanskú vieru a apoštol Peter požehná mladý pár. Cisár Nero usporiadal veľké divadlo, na ktorom mali byť potrestaní kresťania obvinení zo zapálenia Ríma. Ako hlavná atrakcia na konci hier má Ursus zápasiť bez zbrane s býkom, na ktorého krku je pripútaná nahá Lygia...
A funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, and about to be hauled off, when Marcus, the highest military official in Rome, comes upon them. When he sees their stepdaughter Mercia, he instantly falls in love with her and frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) and with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous.
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Počas prenasledovania kresťanov na začiatku nášho letopočtu je Pavol uväznený rímskym cisárom Nerom. V tmavej, chladnej cele bojuje s hladom, samotou, no tiež s výčitkami svedomia z vlastnej farizejskej minulosti. Jeho jediným verným spoločníkom ostal Lukáš, ktorý počas svojich návštev v Pavlovej cele spisuje zážitky a učenie muža, ktorý sa stal neskôr známym ako Apoštol národov.
The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettulian sees him taken to the court of Emperor Nero where he inadvertently plays a part in deciding the course of history...
Love conquers all – ruthlessly and irresistibly – as Emperor Nero and his mistress Poppea remove the obstacles to their union. At Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu David Alden’s visually sumptuous production, with its suggestions of a giant game of chess, puts the opera’s potent blend of sex and politics in a context that sets ancient against modern– just as the action juxtaposes scurrilous comedy and stark drama. Monteverdi’s magnificent score, meanwhile, accommodates intrigue, wit, nobility, tragedy and sensuality, and, led by the intense Sarah Connolly and the delectable Miah Persson, the cast brings both drama and music startlingly to life.