Aulus Plautius - Aulus Plautius in Later Art

Aulus Plautius in Later Art

  • He is a character in Henryk Sienkiewicz's Quo Vadis
  • In the 1951 film Quo Vadis, based on the novel, Aulus Plautius (played by Felix Aylmer) is (unhistorically) a Christian with his wife Pomponia; he is later crucified and burned to death in the Colosseum near the end of the film.


Preceded by
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Roman governors of Britain Succeeded by
Publius Ostorius Scapula

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