S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago
S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago () is a 1994 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina and starring Christian De Sica, Massimo Boldi and Leslie Nielsen. Plot In 71 BC in Rome, Senator Lucio Cinico (Leslie Nielsen) rules the city by political intrigues and bribery. He is supported by Cesare Atticus (Christian De Sica) but the pair's reign is threatened by the incorruptible attorney, Antonio Servilio (Massimo Boldi), who has just arrived from Mediolanum. Cesare and Antonio first meet when the former accidentally crushes his carriage into the latter's. While Antonio is on the trail of Cesare, their children - Antonio's daughter Claudia and Cesare's son Alessio - begin an affair, but keep it secret from their rivaling fathers. Cesare manages to implicate Antonio in a sexual scandal involving several prostitutes. As punishment, Antonio is transferred to Sicily, where he exposes governor Verre's involvement in illicit kickbacks and money laundering and is allowed back to Rome. On suggestion by Cinico, Cesare tries to kill Antonio by letting poisonous snakes loose in Antonio's office. When Alessio enters the office to talk to Antonio, Atticus intervenes and kills the snakes to save his son. After this failed attempt, Cesare and