People are whipped as slaves and treated as such with dialogue (not intense)
A man is crucified up-side-down.
People are thrown into a coliseum and devoured by lions (not shown in depth, though some scenes are more explicit on this). People are also burned on crosses. Screams are heard and if one looks closely, one may see dummies being burned in the background, but nothing more intense than this.
Two fights between a pair of gladiator-stock men. Not that disconcerting, and they finish quickly, but both end in a death.
The sequence with the burning of Rome contains rubble/fire raining down on screaming, shoving people.
Nero takes his life by stabbing himself (with the help of a woman).
Nero is referred to as a matricide for executing his wife and mother, though this is never shown. At the end of the movie, Nero also stangles his present wife. She screams, but the camera switches to his face afterward.