Imperium: Nerone (2004)

Actors: Michael Cowan (producer), Pierre Vaneck (actor), Liz Smith (actress), Ángela Molina (actress), Laura Morante (actress), Luca Bernabei (producer), Simón Andreu (actor), Matthias Habich (actor), Philippe Caroit (actor), John Simm (actor), Marco Bonini (actor), Maurizio Donadoni (actor), Ian Richardson (actor), Andrea Guerra (composer), Jason Piette (producer),

Genres: Drama, War,

Quo Vadis (1951)

Actors: Michael Mark (actor), Leo Genn (actor), Richard Garrick (actor), Finlay Currie (actor), Jack George (actor), Robin Hughes (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Leslie Bradley (actor), Dino Galvani (actor), Felix Aylmer (actor), Enzo Fiermonte (actor), D.A. Clarke-Smith (actor), Franco Fantasia (actor), John Myhers (actor), Richard McNamara (actor),

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
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: 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]

Quotes:

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!

Nero (1922)

Actors: Guido Trento (actor), Nerio Bernardi (actor), J. Gordon Edwards (director), Violet Mersereau (actress), Jacques Grétillat (actor), Ferruccio Biancini (actor), Erno Rapee (composer), Nello Carotenuto (actor), Sandro Salvini (actor), Hettie Grey Baker (editor), Paulette Duval (actress), Edy Darclea (actress), Americo De Giorgio (actor), Charles Sarver (writer), Charles Sarver (writer),

Genres: Biography, Drama,