The Justice of Claudius
Messaline is the wife of Claudius, Emperor of Rome. She is a capricious woman, whose life is spent looking for excitement. One day when returning from the Circus Maximus, Messaline chances to see Manus, a philosopher, who is engag...
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"Supposed to be an episode in the life of Messaline, Empress of Rome. Faithfully the picture presents the imperious woman attempting to win the love of Manus, and because she cannot, ordering him to prison and then to execution. Claudius appears opportunely and stays the executioner. Messaline is condemned by the incensed husband, Claudius, to the same death she had decreed for Manus. As representative of Roman life the film has some interest, but the episode selected is not particularly strong or pleasant. Nor is the tinting in this film very effective, save in one scene. - The Moving Picture ..."
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Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary Indian Army Exercises (1910).
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Messaline is the wife of Claudius, Emperor of Rome. She is a capricious woman, whose life is spent looking for excitement. One day when returning from the Circus Maximus, Messaline chances to see Manus, a philosopher, who is engag...