On screen
Cast
63 credited performers
Alisdair Simpson
Narrator (voice)
Michael Sheen
Emperor Nero
Artwork unavailable
Andrew Westfield
Bato
Artwork unavailable
Lyall B. Watson
Petronius
Geraldine James
Cornelia
Louise Delamere
Fausta
Lucy Gaskell
Constantia
Biliana Petrinska
Cornelia
Sebastian Armesto
Honorius
Alex Ferns
Mark Antony
John Shrapnel
Pompey
Peter Firth
Vespasian
Ed Stoppard
Josephus
James D'Arcy
Tiberius Gracchus
Catherine McCormack
Poppaea Sabina
Sean Pertwee
Julius Caesar
David Threlfall
Constantine the Great
James Wilby
Ofonius Tigellinus
Artwork unavailable
Ben Pullen
Rufus
Hugh Ross
Senator Piso
Michael Maloney
Senator Natalis
David de Keyser
Senator Cluvius
Trevor Cooper
Senator Scaevinus
Artwork unavailable
Hugh Dickinson
Seneca
Alex Lowe
Milichus
Artwork unavailable
Stewart Permutt
Street Singer
Artwork unavailable
Simon Dutton
Titus Labienus
Karl Johnson
Marcellus
Mark Noble
Crastinus
Crispin Redman
Cato
Douglas Reith
Metellus
Greg Hicks
Aenilianus
Artwork unavailable
David Hinton
Axius
Tom Bell
Nasica
David Warner
Pulcher
Paul Brightwell
Pompeius
James Hillier
Octavius
Sylvester Morand
Mancinus
David Kennedy
Matho
Wendy Nottingham
Mother
Jonathan Coy
Florius
Jonathan Hyde
Hanan
Rod Hallett
Nicanor
Artwork unavailable
Tom Espiner
Yaakov
Richard Harrington
Yohanon
Adam James
Titus
Danny Midwinter
Placidus
Artwork unavailable
John Blakey
General Gnaeus
Charles Dale
Maxentius
Andrew Havill
Bassianus
Sophie Hunter
Sophronia
Danny Webb
Licinius
Pip Torrens
Olympius
Alastair Mackenzie
Athaulf
Mark Lockyer
Alaric
Artwork unavailable
Natasha Barrero
Galla Placidia
Artwork unavailable
Colin Heber-Percy
Stiticho
Philip Jackson
Jovius
Karl Jenkinson
Sarus
Simon Kunz
Attalus
Ian Lindsay
Festus
Artwork unavailable
Paul Mooney
Emissary
Artwork unavailable
Sabina Netherclift
Goth woman