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"Rome" (2005): : -- A saga centered set during the last years of Julius Caesar's reign, centered on two Roman soldiers, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, and their families.
"Rome" (2005): : -- A saga centered set during the last years of Julius Caesar's reign, centered on two Roman soldiers, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, and their families.
"Rome" (2005): : -- A saga centered set during the last years of Julius Caesar's reign, centered on two Roman soldiers, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, and their families.
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Overview

User Rating:
9.2/10   15,077 votes
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Creators:
Bruno Heller
William J. MacDonald
John Milius
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Contact:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 full episode list
Release Date:
28 August 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | History | Romance | War more
Plot:
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic. full summary
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 14 wins & 23 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(218 articles)
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User Comments:
The Best Yet? more (144 total)

Cast

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Kevin McKidd ... Lucius Vorenus (22 episodes, 2005-2007)

Ray Stevenson ... Titus Pullo (22 episodes, 2005-2007)
Polly Walker ... Atia of the Julii (22 episodes, 2005-2007)

Kerry Condon ... Octavia of the Julii (22 episodes, 2005-2007)

James Purefoy ... Mark Antony (22 episodes, 2005-2007)

Ian McNeice ... Newsreader (20 episodes, 2005-2007)

Coral Amiga ... Vorena the Elder (19 episodes, 2005-2007)
Lindsay Duncan ... Servilia of the Junii (18 episodes, 2005-2007)
Lidia Biondi ... Merula (18 episodes, 2005-2007)

Tobias Menzies ... Marcus Junius Brutus (17 episodes, 2005-2007)
Nicholas Woodeson ... Posca (17 episodes, 2005-2007)
Indira Varma ... Niobe (15 episodes, 2005-2007)
David Bamber ... Marcus Tullius Cicero (15 episodes, 2005-2007)
Chiara Mastalli ... Eirene (15 episodes, 2005-2007)
Manfredi Aliquo ... Castor (15 episodes, 2005-2007)
Suzanne Bertish ... Eleni (14 episodes, 2005-2007)

Max Pirkis ... Gaius Octavian (13 episodes, 2005-2007)

Lee Boardman ... Timon (13 episodes, 2005-2007)
Esther Hall ... Lyde (13 episodes, 2005-2007)

Ciarán Hinds ... Gaius Julius Caesar (13 episodes, 2005-2007)
Anna Fausta Primiano ... Vorena the Younger (12 episodes, 2005-2007)

Michael Nardone ... Mascius (10 episodes, 2005-2007)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
UK:90 min (1 episode) | UK:50 min (9 episodes) | 52 min (22 episodes) | Argentina:60 min (12 Episodes)
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Certification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-15 (DVD) | Australia:MA (some episodes) (cut) | Australia:R (some episodes) | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Australia:R (DVD rating) | Netherlands:16 (heavily cut) | Germany:16 (TV rating) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:M18 (season 1) | UK:18 | Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12 (Season 1 DVD rating) | Netherlands:16 (Season 2 DVD rating) | Portugal:M/16 (season 2) | Spain:18 | South Korea:18 | Hungary:16 | New Zealand:R16 (season 2) | Japan:R-15 | Brazil:16
Filming Locations:
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy more
Company:
HD Vision Studios more

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Trivia:
55 local extras were cast as "Roman Legionaries" and sent to a two-week boot camp, living in tents, to train as Roman soldiers. "Boot Camp" included military discipline (up at 5am bed by 9pm), marching, swordsmanship, camp building and dismantling, group training and maneuvers (day and night time training), and bathing restricted to the local lake without soap at night. 43 of the 55 completed "Boot Camp". more
Goofs:
Factual errors: At the beginning of the series Lucius Vorenus is the primus pilas, or senior centurion, of the Thirteenth Legion. In the show he is referred to as "First Spear Centurion;" this is a mistranslation of his title. The correct translation of primus pilas in this sense would be "first file," meaning the front line of the legion. more
Quotes:
[Vorenus wakes up to find his horse has been stolen]
Lucius Vorenus: Fortune pisses on me once again!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2006) (TV) more

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User Comments

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300 out of 324 people found the following comment useful.
The Best Yet?, 28 September 2005
10/10
Author: jacksflicks from Hollywood

I Claudius was maybe the best miniseries ever. Now, there's Rome, and it's even better.

I agree with another reviewer, that quibbles about historical inaccuracies, such as accents or how old so-and-so should be, are silly pedantry. I've been a Roman history buff ever since my own high school triumvirate of Caesar, Cicero and Virgil, and I say that this historical fiction is both exciting AND quite accurate with the important stuff.

So far, every player has been terrific, in particular Ciarán Hinds as Caesar and Max Pirkis as Octavian. Julius Caesar was perhaps the most complex "great" figure in history. Was he a great populist, trying to champion the people against the Optimates, or was he an ambitious demagogue, who was using the Roman mobs to attain the imperium? Hinds depicts this complexity perfectly, while projecting a steely will that is shared by Caesar's emerging protégé, Octavian. Thanks to Max Pirkis's brilliant portrayal, we can already see the no-nonsense pragmatism, ruthlessness and brilliance that will propel this boy into becoming the greatest despot in history.

And what about that dissolute Mark Anthony? We can already see Actium in his face. And with Atia, I think Livia (as depicted in I Claudius) and Messalina have met their match.

And midst the struggle for mastery of Rome, we see the struggle of more common folk just to make a living. Rome makes the parallel stories of the Optimates and Centurian, now Prefect, Vorenus and Legionnaire Pullo a perfect vehicle for comparing the travails of different classes — their love lives, social lives, how they treated the servants, how they practiced their faiths, how they fought. Seen from these different perspectives (which we did not get with I Claudius), we get a three-dimensional view and, for me, the closest to feeling like one is actually there of any historical fiction ever produced.

And look at the production values. Is it any wonder, when we see who's behind the camera — Michael Apted and John Milius — that we have an immaculately crafted work?

By their commitment to quality of production and integrity of story, HBO and BBC are demonstrating what television can be. This is a wonderful, wonderful series. Anyone with a love of history, drama and spectacle should be devouring it with delight.

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