Rome - Complete First Series
2005
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 |
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| 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 |
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| Director | Michael Apted, Julian Farino, Allen Coulter |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 9 hrs 55 mins |
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| Genres | Television |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, French, Dutch, German |
| Released | DVD: 24 Jul 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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44 out of 49 people found this review helpful
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.
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12 out of 14 people found this review helpful
The best i've seen!
Rome is the best television series i have ever seen. Whilst keeping to historical facts and being wonderfully enertaining this series takes you through the highs and lows of the first Roman civil war and its effects. Very thank full for filming of the second series and just can not wait for it. I'm sure it will be even better than the first.
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