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Ancient Rome: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire Details

2006 Certificate 12
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An epic recreation of an era ruled by the world's first superpower, ANCIENT ROME: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN EMPIRE is a major new six part, dramatised documentary. Detailing defining moments of Roman history, the series looks at the Jewish uprising, Julius Caesar's victory, among other things and culminates with the downfall of .. Read more

Starring James D'Arcy, Geraldine James, Sean Pertwee, Michael Sheen
Director Nick Murphy
Genres Television

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Ancient Rome: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire

An epic recreation of an era ruled by the world's first superpower, ANCIENT ROME: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN EMPIRE is a major new six part, dramatised documentary. Detailing defining moments of Roman history, the series looks at the Jewish uprising, Julius Caesar's victory, among other things and culminates with the downfall of the Empire, itself.

Starring James D'Arcy, Geraldine James, Sean Pertwee, Michael Sheen, Catherine McCormack, James Wilby, Peter Firth
Director Nick Murphy
Studio 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 6 hrs
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Television
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 23 Oct 2006
Production year: 2006
Format DVD

Ancient Rome: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire (2 discs) (2006)

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    Disc 1 contains the following episodes: Ceasar, Nero and Rebellion....

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  • 18 out of 23 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Not for the faint-hearted

    Although we all know that the ancient Romans weren't always nice people, this BBC series is over the top with its shock factor. Instead of trying to concentrate on the history of the period, BBC chose to emphasize the nastiest, most perverted, sickening bits they could come up with. We, as a familiy, have an interest in the history of Ancient Rome and counted on the BBC to help fill in some gaps. That they did, with a film that made me feel physically sick. We didn't finish the first disc and certainly didn't watch the second. I would expect better from the BBC.

      • A customer from Northern Ireland
      • Posted 03 May 2007 06:59

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Authoritative and enjoyable

    This docu-drama is very well made and historically accurate. I would have liked to see more detail from the death of Julius Caesar and the following 100 years before Nero.

    However, having said this, the narration is excellent and overall presenation is impressive. Compelling viewing espcially for history fans such as myself.

      • JsByrne from Birmingham
      • Posted 20 Jun 2008 14:29

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