
Kings of the Sun
1963


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The twins of the recently departed Marcus Aurelius fight it out to see who will become emperor of Rome.
Director
Mario CaianoWriters
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Anyone else think this was more an hybrid of “The Man in the Iron Mask” meets “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”? Well with the death of Marcus Aurelius, his errant son Commodus (Mimmo Palmara) accedes the throne and launches straight into a reign of gladiatorial games and equally grand state sponsored larceny and brutality. Unbeknown to him, though, there is a twin brother who was secreted away at birth by senator “Tarrunio” (Gianni Solaro) and adopted with the name “Lucius” (Richard Harrison). In Rome, with his Praetorian prefect “Leto” (Alberto Farnese) running amok it seems that on…
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