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The year is 52 B.C. Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicentre of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute .. Read more

Starring Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kenneth Cranham
Director Michael Apted, Julian Farino, Allen Coulter
Genres Television

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Rome - Complete First Series

The year is 52 B.C. Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicentre of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, two soldiers, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo unwittingly become entwined in the historical events of ancient Rome. A serialized drama of love and betrayal, masters and slaves, husbands and wives, ROME chronicles a turbulent era that saw the death of a republic and the birth of an empire.

Starring Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kenneth Cranham, Lindsay Duncan, Tobias Menzies, Kerry Condon, Indira Varma, David Bamber, James Purefoy, Ciarán Hinds
Director Michael Apted, Julian Farino, Allen Coulter
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 9 hrs 55 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Television
Language English
Hearing-impaired English, German
Subtitles English, French, Dutch, German
Released DVD: 24 Jul 2006
Production year: 2005
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Rome - Complete First Series (6 discs) (2005)

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    Rated - 5 stars

    Rome as it was

    Well what can i say? To start with, its quite accurate factually, Caesar was a complicated and yet very loyal man, hated by certain factions of the hierachy but loved by the mob, this man who suffered epilepsy, but could command his legions to defeat any enemy far greater in number than his own. Yet was also able to be ensnared by a woman half his age (Cleopatra VI) who would eventually bring about his murder by a group led by Brutus and Cassius. The acting is superb and this series tells it how it actually was, not grand, but as ROME was, grubby, dirty and a very dangerous place to live, whether you were rich or as poor as a pauper. the best series HBO have done since Band of Brothers. Highly recommended.

      • Martin Jenkins from Weston -super-mare, England
      • Posted 02 May 2006 17:55

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    Rated - 4 stars

    Im not a historian

    This TV series is absolutly fantastic. The acting is brilliant, the sets are panoramic and full of life the cities are crowded and busy.

    The problem I often find with programmes and films that concerntraite on this subject and time frame often have far to few people, Rome was a busy and over populated city so I would expect to see lots of people and Roman armies were huge, the producers of this series have managed to capture this. If its CGI then it is well done. If it is use of camera angles, then this too is well done.

    The story grabbed me from the off and has still got me wantring more, probably the best thing since Battlestar Galactica, but nothing like it, in fact the complete opposite!

    If it wasnt for the nudity and swearing I think this could probably be used as a classroom reference, but as it is the adult content is significant, as I imagine it would have been at the time. Bad language and sexual freedom is evident throughout and the 18 certificate is warranted.

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      • sherbertdip.com from Kent
      • Posted 08 Sep 2006 15:57

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