For non-Classicists, I will point out that though Marcus Nonius Macrinus may well have 'inspired' Ridley Scott's movie ... Emperors didn't have the power to turn free-born Roman Consuls into slaves.

Womex (World Music Expo) Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2002 and Grammy in 2007 nominated Djivan Gasparyan as an Armenian national hero, created cross-cultural collaborations with many legendary musicians and composers. By him Armenian Symbolic Musical Instrument obtained worldwide popularity in Show-Business.