The Fall of the Roman Empire – Movie The Fall of the Roman Empire

“The Fall of the Roman Empire” is a feature film directed in 1964 by Anthony Mann and starring a large cast of actors, such as Sophia Loren, Alec Guiness or James Mason, among many others.

The film was filmed in various corners of Spain, and won the Golden Globe for best music.

The action takes place in the second century AD, at the time when Emperor Marcus Aurelius’s troops settled in Vienna, on the banks of the Danube.

Marco Aurelio’s dream was to be able to restore republican institutions. To achieve this purpose, he decides to name Livio as his successor, rather than his own son, Comfortable. This, an ambitious and corrupt character, will not accept this decision just like that.

Marcus Aurelius is poisoned, and Commodus seizes the throne.