What is The Fall of the Roman Empire (movie)?
{{italictitle}} '''''The Fall of the Roman Empire''''' (1964) is an historical [[movie]] starring [[Stephen Boyd]], [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Sophia Loren]], and [[Alec Guinness]]. It is about [[Ancient Rome|ancient Roman]] history. It is sometimes considered the last of the big-budget [[peplum movies]]. == Plot == [[Commodus]] (Christopher Plummer) is [[:wikt:disinherit|disinherited]] by his father [[Marcus Aurelius]] (Alec Guiness), by [[adoption|adopting]] a [[step-son]], his favorite [[general]] Livius (Stephen Boyd). As a result, Commodus murders his father, and becomes emperor and rules as a [[tyrant]]. ==Other websites== * {{IMDb title|0058085|The Fall of the Roman Empire}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|fall_of_the_roman_empire|The Fall of the Roman Empire}} * {{tcmdb title|201199|The Fall of the Roman Empire}} {{movie-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fall of the Roman Empire}} [[Category:1964 drama movies]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:1960s epic movies]] [[Category:1960s historical movies]] [[Category:Peplum movies]] [[Category:Movies set in Ancient Rome]] [[Category:Movies set in Rome]] [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:Movies directed by Anthony Mann]] [[Category:Movies set in the 2nd century]] [[Category:Paramount Pictures movies]]