Friends Romans and Leo (1917)

The plot and setting is actually a bit like Keatons The Three Ages will be in 1923 But less sophisticated The Roman Emperor Mulius Caesar borrows more money than he should The loan shark is all over him and exploits this to get near the emperors daughter A slave falls in love with the daughter and sends the loan shark in a rage unless the slave is sent to Colosseum he will foreclose the emperors mortgage