偏执狂皇帝提比略死后，他的继承人卡里古拉夺取了政权，使帝国陷入疯狂和堕落的血腥漩涡。
本片讲述的是一个监督将耶稣钉在十字架上的护民官，在惊恐之中了解了神的旨意，继而相信神，成为神的信徒，宁愿放弃自己的生命也不与罪恶妥协的故事。 罗马帝国时期，马赛勒护民官任职期间正面临基督耶稣被罗马当局指为妖言惑众，并被捕定罪，由马赛勒监督执行将耶稣钉于十字架上。老皇帝调马赛勒回罗马并指挥派他捉拿耶稣的门徒及烧毁圣袍，然而心存恐惧的马赛勒在追寻中遇见的耶稣门徒——彼得，从跛脚女子亦能将快乐传给人到遇见贫穷的小孩好不容易得到赏赐却毫不吝惜给比他需要的人。于是，他改变了，相信在一个爱的国度里才有生命，有盼望……此时老皇帝却已去世，卡里格拉登基，马赛勒在一次劫狱行动后被捕并被罗马帝国审判。他承认皇帝是帝贵的，但要他放弃心中的上帝，他愿意选择死亡……
圣徒妖姬剧情介绍：五四年的《圣袍千秋续集》紧接前一年的上集，故事发展到上集由李察波顿（Richard Burton）饰演百夫长殉道，死前叮嘱奴隶达美崔斯（Demetrius），要将耶稣死前穿过的红袍送到基督大弟子彼得（Peter）手上，同时罗马帝王又颁下追捕令要抢到圣袍去巩固自己政权。最後达美崔斯完成使命後被捕，被罚於竞技场上决斗至死。这样的一个故事本身只是简单的宗教故事，可是荷里活不甘於平淡，结果安排达美崔斯接受帝王麾下一个贵族女子引诱，好叫他说出圣袍下落。 面对美色当前，加上生死攸关，达美崔斯依然选择死於竞技场上，跟自己的斗士好友一同殉道。
Roman emperor Caligula leaves the last days of glory amidst orgies of food and sex. During a show by two nude slaves, the emperor is particularly attracted to one of them, Lysia, ignoring that she had been planted close to him with orders to murder him. Only, the young man makes her feel for him, passion and motherly love, and she'll protect him rather then fulfill her mission. Drama ensues.
What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41), nicknamed Caligula? Professor Mary Beard explains what is accurate and what is mythical in the historical accounts that portray him as an unbalanced despot. Was he a sadistic tyrant, as Roman historians have told, or perhaps the truth about him was manipulated because of political interests?
In this reimagined reconstruction of Gore Vidal's original script for Tinto Brass' notorious 1979 erotic history lesson, the complete performances of Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren are built from a staggering 96 hours of never-before-seen footage. After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.