Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.

公元67年，艺术家Demetrio在科林斯做客时爱上了女奴勒纳，然而勒纳因为同情基督徒，又被主人烧死的危险

多鲁札公国国君，性格暴虐，生活骄奢淫逸，连他的卫队也是作威作福，所到之处，鱼肉百姓，因此民怨沸腾。