"Rome" Passover (2007)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Timothy Van Patten

Writers:

John Milius (creator) and
William J. MacDonald (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Rome" (2005)

Original Air Date:

14 January 2007 (Season 2, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | Romance | War

Plot:

Picking up exactly where Season One left off on the Ides of March, 44 BC, Caesar has been assassinated...

Plot Keywords:

Funeral Pyre | Bathing | Roman | Republic | Caesar

Cast

Kevin McKidd	...	Lucius Vorenus
Ray Stevenson	...	Titus Pullo
Polly Walker	...	Atia of the Julii
Lindsay Duncan	...	Servilia of the Junii
Tobias Menzies	...	Marcus Junius Brutus
Kerry Condon	...	Octavia of the Julii
Indira Varma	...	Niobe
David Bamber	...	Marcus Tullius Cicero
Haydn Gwynne	...	Calpurnia
Guy Henry	...	Cassius
Suzanne Bertish	...	Eleni
Anna Francolini	...	Clarissa
Chiara Mastalli	...	Eirene
Lorcan Cranitch	...	Erastes Fulmen
Esther Hall	...	Lyde

Runtime:

57 min | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Trivia:

When Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) agrees with the other conspirators to go into talks with the Julii, Brutus (Tobias Menzies) indignantly answers "You too, mother?" This is a direct reference to Julius Caesar's famous last line "You too, Brutus?", which, according to some historians and William Shakespeare, was spoken when he saw Brutus among his killers. This may also have been what Caesar wanted to say in the previous episode "Kalends of February" (Brutus mentioned Caesar tried to speak), but wasn't able to.

Goofs:

Factual errors: After the death of Caesar the slave Posca becomes a freedman and starts working for Mark Antony. However, under the Roman code of patronage freedmen remained in service with their former master and subsequent heir. So Posca should have started working for Octavian, not Mark Antony.

Quotes:

[Servilia comes to play respects to Caesar's body]
Calpurnia: Show her what she's done.

Soundtrack:

Opening Montage (Point Pleasant score)

A Good Take On Roman History

This is one of the best Roman based shows I've ever seen. I'm a History geek and now a lot on the Roman Empire. The characters and all round story of the show is amazing. They excellent, not well know actors and actresses to portray the characters. The visually stunning scenery was beautiful.

This is a brilliant show and you'll like this if you enjoy shows like this. Though... not all the parts are true to history, it's still worth watching. I recommended seeing if you like shows such as; Xena, Hercules, or Into The West. Hope this helps with your choice to watch it or not, I do recommended though that no children watch this...