Avainsana Nero

Rooman valtakunnan vajotessa synkkyyteen Paavali ja Luukas uhmaavat henkensä uhalla armotonta keisaria levittääkseen Jeesuksen Kristuksen sanomaa.

Mikään ei ole pyhää kun Mel Brooks näyttää meille mitä oikeasti tapahtui hillittömässä tulkinnassaan historiastamme. Naururaina porhaltaa kepeästi halki aikojen – niin elokuvan 2001 innoittamana kuin kuvaten oikeita tapahtumia Rooman imperiumista), Ranskan vallankumouksesta ja Espanjan inkvisitiosta.

Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

As a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his mother. While in exile in the pontine islands, Agrippina, his mother, sees a vision telling her that her son can become emperor, but she will have to die first. She accepts the proposal. Back in Rome, Nero, now being raised by emperor Claudius after Caligula's death, Agrippina returns. She poisons Claudius' food and Nero becomes emperor. At first, Nero cuts taxes and introduces successful programs and invades Brittania. Soon he meets a beautiful slave named Claudia Acte, and marries her, throwing off his engagement with Claudius' daughter, Claudia Octavia, telling her she can marry someone she will be happy with. Heartbroken, she arrives at an island and kills herself. Nero enjoys being married to Claudia Acte, but soon he gradually goes mad with power and sets fire to Rome.