The Christian Martyrs
A romantic tragedy of early Rome, the story woven around the life of the Empress Faustina, the mother of Nero. She was a corrupt and voluptuous queen, who knew no law but to break it, obeyed no will except her own, and at the peri...
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"A strongly dramatic picture dealing with events in Roman times, when it was almost a death warrant to be known as a Christian. The story is based upon the love of a noble Roman citizen for a Christian slave girl, and the jealousy of a Roman woman, an empress, who has the girl given to the lions. All this is worked out in accordance with the best information obtainable of the times and what occurred while they were in progress. The realistic scenery in the arena and the horror of what it means are rather trying, though if one can divorce one's self from the impression that it is real it ca..."
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A romantic tragedy of early Rome, the story woven around the life of the Empress Faustina, the mother of Nero. She was a corrupt and voluptuous queen, who knew no law but to break it, obeyed no will except her own, and at the peri...