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Nero and the Burning of Rome

NERO AND THE BURNING OF ROME

Nerone e Messalina

Directed by Primo Zeglio
Italy, 1953
Drama

Synopsis

The dissolute Nero has come to the imperial throne through the machinations of his mother Julia Agrippina, whom he later murders. Among his other prominent victims are his tutor Seneca the Younger and his first two wives, Claudia Octavia and Poppea Sabina.

Synopsis

The dissolute Nero has come to the imperial throne through the machinations of his mother Julia Agrippina, whom he later murders. Among his other prominent victims are his tutor Seneca the Younger and his first two wives, Claudia Octavia and Poppea Sabina.