Composer:
Jeff BealCast:
Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon, James Purefoy, Ian McNeice, Coral Amiga, Lindsay Duncan, Lidia Biondi, Tobias Menzies (more)VOD (4)
Seasons(2) / Episodes(22)
Plots(1)
Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. But now, the city's foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess...And two soldiers unwittingly become entwined in historical events, their fates inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user NinadeL (3)
Rome (2005)
Where are the days when HBO wasn't synonymous with Game of Thrones? Rome may be boring compared to other cable networks' ancient series, but not every project can be as perfect as Spartacus: Gods of Arena. No one has stuck in my mind from amongst the actors, and there is no other drama that has been done more times than the story of Caesar. The proclaimed work with authenticity did not pay off in the end because nobody wanted to pay for more than 2 seasons. What is important, though, is the fact that the popularity of historical series picked up and the door was open for the subsequent The Tudors or Vikings. #hbo
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Season 1 (2005) (S01)
If you are one of those who enjoyed the storyline with Cleopatra in the biography of Gaius Julius Caesar, you will probably despair a little. However, everything runs like clockwork, and March 15 will indeed come at the end. Will a 2nd series about the chaos after his death be more interesting?
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Season 2 (2007) (S02)
After March 15, the classic chaos really begins. The period of the end of the Republic, the courtship of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the rise of Octavian Augustus... And, of course, several storylines on the side. Unfortunately, at the time, HBO chose the most played-out story, which was already hackneyed in Shakespeare's time. IMHO, even the story of Vorenus and Pullo's friendship won't change that. In addition, the time management was very strange in the series, the first episodes went nowhere, and the ending was accelerated to the point of being unclear. Even the snake scene wasn't great.
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