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Scene from the novel, entitled "Ligia leaves Aulus' house", illustration by Domenico Mastroianni, postcard from 1913, published by Armand Noyer, Paris. Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz in Polish .
- Henryk Sienkiewicz
- 1895
May 17, 2018 · Quo Vadis was based on a 1895 novel by Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz which had been adapted to film in Italy a number of times before director Mervyn Leroy’s 1951 project (Solomon 2001: 219).
Scene from Quo Vadis. Marcus Vinicius is a Roman military commander and the legate of the XIV Gemina. Returning from wars in Britain and Gaul, he stays in the house of Aulus Plautius, a retired Roman general, and becomes smitten with Lygia, a Lygian hostage of Rome in the old general's care.
There Vinicius was captivated by a young Ligia, the daughter of the king of the Ligians, who lived in far northern forests. At home, the Ligians called her Galina. She came to Rome as a young hostage and grew up in the house of the noble Aulus and his faithful, virtuous wife Pomponia.
- Henryk Sienkiewicz
Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz begins with the young and valiant patrician Vinicius coming to his uncle Petronius, who is a writer, a connoisseur of art, and Caesar Nero’s friend. Vinicius is...
Petronius. The historical Gaius Petronius Arbiter lived from 27 to 66 CE. He was a prominent figure at the court of the emperor Nero, and he is best known today as the author of the Satyricon, a...
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Scene from the novel, entitled "Ligia leaves Aulus' house", illustration by Domenico Mastroianni, postcard from 1913, published by Armand Noyer, Paris. Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz in Polish .
