Gianni Rizzo often played corrupt emperors or leaders in the PEPLUM genre. He's one of the most familiar supporting actors, and he's a very good actor as well. Mimmo is a stand-out in this film, even set against the other ten gladiators competing for attention. This set is the same set as GOLIATH AGAINST THE GIANTS. The slave is not credited.
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Gianni Rizzo did indeed make the perfect "bad" emperor in numerous Italian Peplum movies.
Other first class evil/crazy emperors include Jay Robinson's Caligula in THE ROBE, Charles Laughton's Nero in THE SIGN OF THE CROSS, and Peter Ustinov's Nero in QUO VADIS.
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