Roman slave Lurcio manages to get his hands on a scroll containing the names of the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero - a document that causes him no end of trouble. He also has to contend with organising his master's orgy and the eruption of a nearby volcano. Comedy based on the TV series, starring Frankie Howerd, Patrick Cargill, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray and Lance Percival.

A funny thing happens to Lurcio on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.