Seneca may refer to:
Rise and Fall of an Empire
Plot
Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia in Rome and falls in love. But she is Christian and doesn't want anything to do with him. Marcus decides to kidnap her but Ursus, her bodyguard, catches Marcus. After that, Lygia falls in love, but Marcus must go to meet Nero. After the meeting somebody told Marcus that Nero burnt Rome. Marcus decides to go back to Rome and find Lygia.
Keywords: based-on-novel, crucifixion, punctuation-in-title, question-in-title
Paul of Tarsus: [shouting at Simon Peter] You're like a straw, blown in the wind!
Gamaliel: [to Paul] Saul Paulus, be careful. Leave these men alone. If this idea of theirs is of human origin, it will collapse. But if it comes from God, you will never be able to fight them, and you will risk finding yourself at war with God.
Plot
Marcus Valerius, a young consul, is assigned the mission to assist Menecrate, the leader of the Pretorian Guard, in the arrest and execution of as many Christians as possible. While raiding the Catacombs he has the surprise to find among the Christians the woman he loves, Giulia, who has been converted secretly to the banned religion. He helps her to escape and trouble soon follows. Stripped of his rank and arrested for defending the rebels he is condemned to fight as a gladiator...
Keywords: ancient-rome, christian
Plot
Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. Hengist Pod creates useless inventions, while Horsa is a brave and cunning fighter. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra. Cleo doesn't want him around and plots for his sudden demise...
Keywords: ancient-rome, carry-on, character-name-in-title, cleopatra-spoof, egypt, historical-fiction, independent-film, reference-to-william-shakespeare, sequel
Bedlam on the Nile!
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"SEIZE HER", cried Caesar and the chase is on
She had Lotions . . . and Potions . . . and Motions!
Caesar...Sees Her...And Seized Her...Then the Fun Began.
The funniest film since 54BC
Julius Caesar: Infamy, infamy. They've all got it in for me.
Soothsayer: I will see whether the goddess will grant us a further vision. Oh Isis, sweet Isis...::Hengist Pod: They're lovely. I'm very sorry sir, it's an old saying we have back in Britain.
Cleopatra: [to Hengist who is dressed as Caesar] You do not look like your bust.::Julius Caesar: [who is dressed as Hengist] No, he's not. He's just a bit cracked.
[running gag]::Julius Caesar: Friends, Romans...::Whoever happens to be next to him: Countrymen.::Julius Caesar: I know!
Julius Caesar: I've cleaned up this city. Have you forgotten my slogan? 'Nihil expectore in omnibus' - no spitting on the public transport.
Hengist Pod: My name's Pod. Hengist Post, this is my wife Senna.::Horsa: Oh, that's a pretty...::Hengist Pod: Pretty what?::Horsa: Er... pretty name.::Senna Pod: It was, 'til I married somebody called "Pod".
Mark Antony: All right, look here Marcus...::Spencius: No, no, I'm Spencius. 'S my brother what's Marcus. We're in partnership now, you know. Marcus & Spencius.
Mark Antony: Look at them. All solid bone and muscle.::Spencius: Bone and muscle I've got plenty of. It's brains what people want nowadays.::Mark Antony: They've got brains. Artisans, every one of them. Here you, what did you do in Britain?::Hengist Pod: I was a wheelmaker.::Mark Antony: See that? He makes wheels.::Hengist Pod: Square ones.::Mark Antony: Square... Never mind. Here, you. What did you do?::Horsa: I was a hunter.::Spencius: A hunter?::Mark Antony: A hunter! Now, what about that then? A hunter. What did you hunt?::Horsa: Romans.
[Hosa comes in with WC marked on his arm]::Hengist Pod: I think someone's making a convenience of you!
[the guard has just told Hengist that he will be going to the lions]::Hengist Pod: I hope they're a nice family!::Horsa: Eh, Hengist, what he means is that you will be thrown to the lions, in the arena::Hengist Pod: oh, THOSE lions! Yahhh!::[Hengist jumps into Horsa's arms. Horsa puts Hengist down]::Horsa: Don't worry. Head in the mouth, quick snap of the jaws and it'll all be over!::Hengist Pod: Yes, but how am I going to get his head into my mouth?
Plot
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.
Keywords: ancient-rome, character-name-in-title
[repeated line]::Nero: Mother... is always Mother!
Guard/soldier: Keep the lions safe. They will have to eat all the guests.
Plot
Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her. She is a Christian and doesn't want to have anything to do with a warrior. Though she grew up Roman, the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome. Marcus gets Emperor Nero to give her to him for services rendered
Keywords: 1st-century, adopted-daughter, ancient-rome, ancient-times, animal-attack, antiquity, apostle, architect, arena, armor
Three Years in the Making! Thousands in the Cast! Filmed in Rome!
Colossal [Quo Vadis]
THIS IS THE BIG ONE! The splendor and savagery of the world's wickedest empire! Three hours of spectacle you'll remember for a lifetime! [1964 re-release]
Petronius: It is not enough to live well. One must die well.
Petronius: [in his dying letter to Nero] To Nero, Emperor of Rome, Master of the World, Divine Pontiff. I know that my death will be a disappointment to you, since you wished to render me this service yourself. To be born in your reign is a miscalculation; but to die in it is a joy. I can forgive you for murdering your wife and your mother, for burning our beloved Rome, for befouling our fair country with the stench of your crimes. But one thing I cannot forgive - the boredom of having to listen to your verses, your second-rate songs, your mediocre performances. Adhere to your special gifts, Nero - murder and arson, betrayal and terror. Mutilate your subjects if you must; but with my last breath I beg you - do not mutilate the arts. Fare well, but compose no more music. Brutalize the people, but do not bore them, as you have bored to death your friend, the late Gaius Petronius.
[on being told the Christians are being blamed for the burning of Rome]::Vinicius: The people won't believe such a lie!::Petronius: But they are believing it. People will believe any lie, if it is fantastic enough.
Petronius: [after seeing Rome consumed by flames] Now indeed, Nero has his place in history.
Petronius: [to Nero] You will be worthy of the spectacle - as the spectacle is worthy of you.
Vinicius: [as the Christians file into the arena, singing] These people know how to die, Nero. In death you will squeal like a hog!
[Nero is exasperated with the mobs]::Emperor Nero: Do I live for the people or do the people live for me?::Petronius: You are the sun in their sky! Does the sun have privacy?::Emperor Nero: The sun has the night! These people expect me to shine both day and night!
Emperor Nero: [as the Christians enter the arena to die]They're singing!
Vinicius: [when asked how his army defeated the Gauls and the Britons] We fought them with our bowels! Try it sometime!
Petronius: [to Eunice] You ask why I do this. Because I love Nero, perhaps? He fills me with loathing!
Myself disintegrated, everyone disintegrated, yet part of the scheme. How long must this exist, how long must it endure. It's nice to know there's still some debauchery going on. Call it what you want, its your decision forget about music, forget about words, this is fashion. I hope everything this world holds for you, I hope it withers away into dust. And I hope everything this world holds for you, I hope it fades. I will write you in one liners, I will trace you in one line phrases.
Words mean nothing. Stale air and a hollow heart. Words so played out. I am the epitome of self wallowing and mire. Go search go seek. Act like nothing is wrong, you know it tastes so good. I will stare at this forever, and I will bleed this forever. You can justify this if you wish, with nothing for words. I will blink you away. And you will never kiss such cold. If I wanted you killed, you'd be dead already. 1-2-3-4, I declare war. You'll never take me alive.
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I hate this town. Abandoned and alone. Where everything is a memory and everywhere smells of you. Safe haven for self annihilation. It is all simple damnation when the sky rains nails. Stripped and meek, so compassionately guilt ridden, card carrying member. We got ourselves into this and there's no turning back. Your disregards for the feeble pleas are atrocious at best. Such a gray cold. Your eyes will glaze over. I often wonder, when do you close your eyes and halt the gears of your mind, and truly be at rest. Here we go again. You are a symphony, your secret is safe with me.
Love is bigger than one could ever imagine. All I can taste is my dearest's skin. All I can hear is her voice over and over again. I feel as if light falls from her eyes and all I can feel are her lips to mine. Subtle like a chainsaw. Everything has it's place, yours is in the past. If there could be forgive and forget, if there could be your heart rather than stone. Time to tear off your wings and throw them by the wayside. Drag you through the mud and repulse yourself. It's the only way you'll ever learn. You'll never step on anyone again. Just try, I'll break your back. Impudence beyond measure. Horrific at best. These lessons cant compare. The scars bare witness. Your day is done, the bell has tolled it's final cry. Losing you could not come soon enough. Oh you will move.
As she walked into the room, flashbacks are blinding. Remembering the nights, acknowledging the days, I died for you. No names will be protected, for there are no innocent. Rise and shine. You'll rise and you'll shine. Beautiful, here is my new mindset. Girl, boy, I have come for you. There's no need for last words, just forget and move on. Your face is full of lies.
You need to be more careful with your hands. These are the days when skies resume, their old deceptive reasonings of june. A blue and gold mistake. Now thirteen scars mark your wrist. Lets focus on the theory. Magnetic pulses will release you ending the depression. Is it everything you thought it would be. But you have the freedom to fail. This is the myth of ending. Is it everything you thought it would be baby?
These holes lie buried inside, in wait for you to fall through soon. Living for tomorrow is absurd when each days presence is such a hard task. I will not be torn down. I will not be blown away. Thanks for readmittance, thanks for open arms, you made me paint the scene with a pallet of horrific beauty. No one could ever be so luscious. Oh upside down heart I wish I could defrost you so I can see through to what is held in such a tight grasp. Cold blue eyes, how I love their style. You made me paint the scene with a pallet. With a pallet of horrific beauty. No one could ever be so luscious. These holes lie buried inside, in wait for you to fall through so soon. Living for tomorrow is absurd. No way out.
For now, just for old times sake, I need you in my arms. Now the victor is the victim, and failure takes it place. Could this hierarchy ever fall. Could this thirst be quenched. My fingers cant move fast enough to cleanse me of my impurities. Strong as death. This is all going to end wrong. You're ripping out the heart of the earth. It's not the end of the universe just because your life is over. You will give in. You're consuming the innocent and this will end you. I hate these streets of evolution where there is no progression.
I am writing this for you, so don't say I never cared, or never showed heart. Here it is. Busy catching bricks with my teeth. Distorted newspapers talk and tell of our death. White piano keys trudge on. You'll open up for anyone. I am nothing more than a number to be replaced. There is no mourning period, there is just make up and glitter, and higher heels.
Looking at myself, looking at you. You are, are you. Familiarity or necessity. Confusion is a misty grayness, something like the darkness. Solid to the seam. Positive things lie in the shadow of rain. Forever trapped behind glass and reflections. You are smearing the image. You must go far away. And you must be far away. I've never been this close to the stars, and still it's not enough to help forget what was. What was once. I pushed you so hard tonight, but I wanted to breathe you in so hard tonight. Why do I do this to myself, you and us. I hate this is so much.
Wounded flesh, wounded soul
why won't you let me lick your wounds closed
I dug a hole just to see how far you would let me go
your life force pumped out like black gold
your life force pumped out like black gold
black gold
So bite your tongue baby
Bleed for me
I wanna see you coming in
I wanna see you covered in it
slit and twist to let me in
Let me scalp through the beauty and past the skin
all the way to your secret garden
I dug a hole just to see how far you would let me go
your life force pumped out like black gold
your life force pumped out like black gold...
and your blood was all over me
it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen
so cut yourself, and I'll cut me, and we'll tell everyone
it was true love...
Wounded flesh, wounded soul
why won't you let me lick your wounds closed
I dug a hole just to see how far you would let me go
your life force pumped out like black gold
your life force pumped out like black gold
black gold
So bite your tongue baby
Bleed for me
I wanna see you coming in
I wanna see you covered in it
slit and twist to let me in
Let me scalp through the beauty and past the skin
all the way to your secret garden
I dug a hole just to see how far you would let me go
your life force pumped out like black gold
your life force pumped out like black gold...
and your blood was all over me
it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen
so cut yourself, and I'll cut me, and we'll tell everyone
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Every memory comes through vividly, when I look into the
water...
When I look into the water...(x2)
Every memory comes through vividly, when I look into the
water...
When I look into the water...(x2)
Every memory comes through vividly, when I look into the