"Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire" (2006) TV series

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

21 September 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | History

Tagline:

Rise and Fall of an Empire

Plot:

A doc-drama covering the rise and the fall of the Roman world including the founding by Julius Caesar and the building of Rome by Nero.

Plot Keywords:

Roman Empire | Emperor | Decadence Of The Roman Empire

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Lyall B. Watson

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Petronius / ... (2 episodes, 2006)

Runtime:

UK:59 min | UK:59 min (6 Episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The series also filmed on Ridley Scott's Kingdom Of Heaven set in Morocco. It was used to recreate ancient Jerusalem.

Movie Connections:

Version of Imperium: Nerone (2004) (TV)

The Roman Empire rewritten as soap opera

This series is of interest only for the few brief and historically accurate voice overs in each episode. The rest is terribly written and acted drivel, highly romanticized with very little relation to known events. Take for instance the episode about Constantine. An undue prominence is given to Constantine's sister Constantia and her arranged marriage to Licinius. This is written in an extremely melodramatic way and Constantia has very modern attitudes to marriage. After a lot more melodrama and inaccurate events, Constantine is seen to arranged the murder of Licinius to take place at the exact moment he is reciting the Nicean creed, an effect lifted from the Godfather.