As a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his mother. While in exile in the pontine islands, Agrippina, his mother, sees a vision telling her that her son can become emperor, but she will have to die first. She accepts the proposal. Back in Rome, Nero, now being raised by emperor Claudius after Caligula's death, Agrippina returns. She poisons Claudius' food and Nero becomes emperor. At first, Nero cuts taxes and introduces successful programs and invades Brittania. Soon he meets a beautiful slave named Claudia Acte, and marries her, throwing off his engagement with Claudius' daughter, Claudia Octavia, telling her she can marry someone she will be happy with. Heartbroken, she arrives at an island and kills herself. Nero enjoys being married to Claudia Acte, but soon he gradually goes mad with power and sets fire to Rome.
Imperium: Nero (2004) is a drama and war & politics series that premiered on May 23, 2004, spanning 1 season and 2 episodes. It stars Hans Matheson, Laura Morante, Rike Schmid and Sonia Aquino. Viewers rate it 6.2 out of 10 across 4 ratings.
Hans Matheson
as Nerone
Laura Morante
as Agrippina
Rike Schmid
as Atte
Sonia Aquino
as Messalina
Gabriella Barbuti
as Licia
James Bentley
as Nerone giovane
Marco Bonini
as Rufus
Robert Brazil
as Silus
Philippe Caroit
as Apollonio
Todd Carter
as Senatore #1
Massimo Dapporto
as Claudio
Maurizio Donadoni
as Burro
Average viewer score of 6.2/10 from 4 ratings.
Confidently following in the footsteps of Sir Peter Ustinov and Klaus Maria Brandauer was always going to be a tough ask, and sadly Hans Matheson isn’t really up to it. To be fair, that isn’t entirely his fault. This whole meandering drama tries to abridge it’s Robert Graves and it’s Suetonius into three hours and that was simply never going to be enough airtime to do justice to all the plotting and depravity of…
Reviewed on February 13, 2026
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Imperium: Nero (2004) is available to stream on MovistarTV. Availability comes from JustWatch data and varies by country.
Imperium: Nero has 1 season and 2 episodes in total, starting from its premiere on May 23, 2004.
No. Imperium: Nero is marked as ended, with the final episode airing on May 24, 2004.
Imperium: Nero (2004) stars Hans Matheson, Laura Morante, Rike Schmid, Sonia Aquino and Gabriella Barbuti. The full cast list with character names is available in the cast section of this page.
Imperium: Nero (2004) is rated 6.2 out of 10 from 4 viewer votes, and suits viewers who like drama and war & politics series. Reviews from viewers are collected further down this page.
