FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Original British 11 inch x 17 inch Trade Advertisement for the 1964 Anthony Mann Historical Epic THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, based on “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” by Edward Gibbon and starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, John Ireland, Mel Ferrer, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Eric Porter, Finlay Currie, Andrew Keir, Douglas Wilmer, George Murcell and Norman Wooland.

The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor’s son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.

The Advertisement is in very good condition with one vertical centre fold with 2 staples holes along it.