The four noblemen who cavorted as the disembowelling devils will eventually pay the ultimate price for that prank.
One of the significant events of Darius's early reign was the slaying of Intaphernes, one of the seven noblemen who had deposed the previous ruler and installed Darius as the new monarch.
Meanwhile, on the English side, two noblemen -- Buckingham, who accompanied the prince to Madrid, and Arundel, England's first major collector of Italian art -- bought and commissioned other masterpieces.
The small Scottish electorate was dominated by two noblemen, the Conservative Duke of Buccleuch and the Liberal Earl of Rosebery.
Béla also confiscated the estates of two noblemen, brothers Simon and Michael Kacsics, who had plotted against his mother.
The execution of the King, his uncle, cousin and two noblemen took place in a field next to Jajce, which has since been known as Carevo Polje ("the Emperor's Field").
In France the first documented horse race was held in 1651 as the result of a wager between two noblemen.
Before he dies, the two young noblemen are reconciled, and Arcite bequeaths his bride to his friend.
But the film's visual flavour was most strongly dictated by Los Caprichos, Goya's series of satirical prints about 18th-century Spain; among the 80 prints are a woman being menaced by a giant owl, donkeys clambering over two noblemen and Goya himself being haunted by bats and birds as he dozes.
Immediately after, lightning and thunder occurred leading the other six noblemen to believe to be an act of God, causing them to dismount and kneel before Darius.
