A Lesson to be Learned: The integration speech in The Fall of the Roman Empire

Marcus Aurelius [Alec Guinness] gives an integrating speech to all peoples. The extremely large Roman Empire is becoming fragile for its own monstruosity and must include the integrated nationalities as romans. A lesson to be followed on days of walls and no bridges. IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058085/ The Fall of the Roman Empire (original title) 3h 8min | Drama, History, War | 26 March 1964 (USA) 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. Director: Anthony Mann; Writers: Ben Barzman (screenplay), Basilio Franchina (screenplay), Philip Yordan (screenplay), Edward Gibbon (based on "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire") (uncredited) Stars: Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Omar Sharif.