Nydia, an Early Christian girl seemingly singled out for exclusive persecution by the despotic empress of Rome. The empress' ire seems to have been aroused by the fact that her erstwhile sweetheart, handsome centurion Caius (a very young Ernest Truex) is in love with Nydia.
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Nell Craig as Nydia (as Nelle Craig)
Clifford Bruce as Caius
Riley Hatch as Caius' Father
Walter R. Seymour as Nydia's Father
Rosita Marstini as Caius' Bride (as Countess de Merstina)
A.H. Busby as Caius' Bride's Father
Charles E. Bunnell as A High Priest of Jupiter
George Fitzmaurice Director
United States 20 August 1914
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