i did an assignment on nero and about a month later i saw this movie. i thought it was quite good although the entire time it was trying to put nero in a good light and it seemed to have excused for all the bad things he did.
when i did my assignment i really showed him to be a bad person but it was good to see another view on him
ofcourse the republic had been falling apart for sometime, but octavian and antony were very important figures to me, especially the conflict between them and also octavian becoming the first emperor