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Hadrian

24.01.76 → 10.07.138

Also known as Adrian · Adriano · Caesar Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus Buccellanus Augustus

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Pliny the Younger

61 → 113

Also known as Caio Plínio Cecílio Segundo · Caius Plinius Lucius filius Oufentina tribu Caecilius Secundus · Cayo Plinio Cecilio Segundo

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Trajan

18.09.53 → 07.08.117

Also known as Caesar Divi Nervae Filius Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus · Caesar Nerva Traianus Germanicus · Marco Ulpio Nerva Traiano

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Domitian

24.10.51 → 18.09.96

Also known as Caesar Domitianus Augustus · Domiciano · Domicjan

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Eleazar ben Ya'ir

50 → 73

Also known as Eleasar ben Ja’ir · Eleazar ben Jair · Eleazar ben Yair

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Lucius Flavius Silva

40 → 81

Also known as Flawiusz Silwa · Lucio Flavio Silva · Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus

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Titus

30.12.39 → 13.09.81

Also known as Flavius Vespasianus Titus · Tito · Tito Flavio Vespasiano

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Nero

15.12.37 → 09.06.68

Also known as Emperor of Rome Nero · Kaiser Nero · Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

Roman emperor from 54 to 68 CE whose reign forms the political setting for the story and whose government persecuted Christians in Rome after the Great Fire.

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Boudica

30 → 61

Also known as Boadicea · Boadicee · Boadicéia

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Pliny the Elder

20 → 79

Also known as Caio Plínio Segundo · Caius Plinius Secundus · Caius P. Secundus

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Agrippina the Younger

06.11.15 → 17.03.59

Also known as Agripina · Agripina a Jovem · Agripina a Menor

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Caligula

31.08.12 → 24.01.41

Also known as Caius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus · Caligola · Cayo Julio Cesar Augusto Germanico

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Vespasian

17.11.9 → 04.06.79

Also known as Caesar Vespasianus Augustus · Emperor Vespasian · Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus

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Paul the Apostle

5 → 66

Also known as Apostel Paulus · Apostle Paul · apôtre Paul

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Saint Peter

1 p.n.e. → 65

Also known as Apostel Petrus · Apostle Peter · Apóstolo pedro

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Jesus of Nazareth

5 p.n.e. → 07.04.30

Also known as Christ · Christ Jesus · Christus

Jewish preacher whose ministry and crucifixion form the narrative center of the film.

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Aulus Plautius

5 p.n.e. → 57

Also known as Aulo Plaucio · Aulo Plauzio · Aulus Plaucjusz

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Claudius

01.08.10 p.n.e. → 13.10.54

Also known as Claude · Claude (empereur) · Claude I

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Pontius Pilate

12.12 p.n.e.

Also known as Marcus Pontius Pilatus · Piłat · Pilate

Roman prefect of Judea who presided over the authority responsible for Jesus’s crucifixion.

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Arminius

17 p.n.e. → 21

Also known as Armenius · Armin · Armin der Cherusker

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Tiberius

16.11.42 p.n.e. → 16.03.37

Also known as Caesar Tiberius · Emperor of Rome Tiberius · Emperor of Rome Tiberius Claudius Nero

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Livia Drusilla

30.01.59 p.n.e. → 28.09.29

Also known as Diva Iulia · Diva Julia · Empress, consort of Augustus, Emperor of Rome Augusta

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Augustus

23.09.63 p.n.e. → 19.08.14

Also known as August · Auguste · Augusto

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Julius Caesar

07.100 p.n.e. → 15.03.44 p.n.e.

Also known as Caio Giulio Cesare · Caius Iulius Caesar · Caius Julius Caesar

Roman general and dictator whose rise accelerated the collapse of the republican political order.

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Thusnelda

100 p.n.e. → 17

Also known as Tusnelda

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Judas Iscariot

Also known as Iscariote · Ischariot · Juda l'Iscariote

Disciple of Jesus whose betrayal and political relationship with him are central to the film’s interpretation.

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