cast
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Derek Jacobi
Claudius
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George Baker
Tiberius
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Margaret Tyzack
Antonia
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Siân Phillips
Livia
-
James Faulkner
Herod Agrippa
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Brian Blessed
Augustus
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John Hurt
Caligula
- Fiona Walker Agrippina
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Kevin McNally
Castor
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Patrick Stewart
Sejanus
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Patricia Quinn
Livilla
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Bernard Hepton
Pallas
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Sheila White
Messalina
-
John Cater
Narcissus
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David Robb
Germanicus
-
Kevin Stoney
Thrasyllus
-
Freda Dowie
The Sibyl / Caesonia
- Frances White Julia
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Jo Rowbottom
Calpurnia
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Moira Redmond
Domitia
- Sam Dastor Cassius Chaerea
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Norman Eshley
Marcus Vinicius
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John Rhys-Davies
Macro
-
John Castle
Postumus
-
Anne Dyson
Briseis
-
Bernard Hill
Gratus
-
Lockwood West
Senator
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Michael Segal
Quaestor
- James Fagan Asprenas
-
Ian Ogilvy
Drusus
-
Renu Setna
Musa
-
Sheila Ruskin
Vipsania
-
Michael Hawkins
Rufus
-
Christopher Guard
Marcellus
-
John Paul
Agrippa
- Angela Morant Octavia
- Carleton Hobbs Aristarchus
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Guy Siner
Pylades
- Earl Rhodes Gaius
-
Patrick Drury
Courier
-
Simon MacCorkindale
Lucius
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Katharine Levy
Livilla
-
Esmond Knight
Domitius
-
Michael Clements
Herod
- Diane Hutchinson Agrippina
- Nicholas Willatt Courier
- Gary Lock Germanicus
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Norman Shelley
Horace
- Donald Eccles Pollio
- Denis Carey Livy
- Carol Gillies Camilla
-
Jonathan Burn
Fabius
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James Bree
Montanus
- Graham Rowe Junius
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Stratford Johns
Piso
- Irene Hamilton Plancina
- Roy Purcell Vitellius
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George Pravda
Gershom
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Patsy Byrne
Martina
- Robert Craig-Morgan Caligula
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Isabel Dean
Lollia
-
Edward Jewesbury
Titus
- Liane Aukin Aelia
-
Charles Kay
Gallus
-
Kate Lansbury
Apicata
-
John Franklyn-Robbins
Atticus
- Alfonso Di Lieto Junius
- Katherine Hughes Arria
- Karin Foley Helen
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Pat Gorman
Captain of the Guard
- Jon Laurimore Lentulus
- Douglas Melbourne Gemellus
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Arthur Whybrow
Stonemason
-
Bruce Purchase
Sabinus
-
Norman Rossington
Sergeant
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Sally Bazely
Poppaea
- Gina Manicom Iris
- Jan Carey Diana
-
Lyndon Brook
Silanus
-
John Bennett
Xenophon
-
Geoffrey Hinsliff
Rufrius
- Neal Arden Cestius
- George Little Tortius
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Stuart Wilson
Silius
- Nicholas Amer Mnester
- Manning Wilson Marsus Vibius
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George Innes
Quintus Justus
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Linal Haft
Geta
- Charlotte Howard Scylla
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Barbara Young
Agrippinilla
- Graham Seed Britannicus
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Peter Bowles
Caractacus
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Jim Carter
Roman Senate Senator (uncredited)