Nero
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.
Cast
Hans Matheson
NeroRike Schmid
ActeLaura Morante
AggrippinaMatthias Habich
SenecaÁngela Molina
DomitiaIan Richardson
SeptimusJohn Simm
CaligulaLiz Smith
SoothsayerMassimo Dapporto
ClaudiusMaurizio Donadoni
BurrosJochen Horst
EtiusVittoria Puccini
Claudia OctaviaElisa Tovati
Poppaea SabinaPierre Vaneck
Paul of TarsusFrancesco Venditti
BritannicusJames Bentley
Young Nero