Rome premiered on HBO on August 28, 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, epicenter 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. The ruling class has become extravagantly wealthy, with a precipitous decline in the old values of Spartan discipline and social unity. There is now a great chasm between the classes. Legal and political systems have weakened, and power has increasingly shifted to the military. After eight years of war, Gaius Julius Caesar has completed his masterful conquest of Gaul, and is returning to Rome. He brings with him legions of battle-hardened, loyal men, unimaginable riches in slaves, gold and plunder, and a populist agenda for radical social change. The aristocracy is terrified, and threatens to prosecute him for war crimes if he enters Rome. The delicate balance of power lies in the Senate with Caesar's old friend, partner and mentor, Pompey Magnus. Such is the situation when two soldiers of Caesar's 13th Legion, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, are ordered into the wilds of Gaul to retrieve their legion's stolen standard, the unifying symbol of Caesar's legion, setting off a chain of circumstances that will entwine them in pivotal events of ancient Rome. An intimate drama of love and betrayal, masters and slaves, and husbands and wives, Rome chronicles epic times that saw the fall of a Republic and the creation of an empire.
Cast
Lucius Vorenus ....................................... Kevin McKidd
Titus Pullo ............................................. Ray Stevenson
Julius Caesar ......................................... Ciaran Hinds
Pompey Magnus ..................................... Kenneth Cranham
Atia Of The Julii ...................................... Polly Walker
Marc Antony ......................................... James Purefoy
Marcus Junius Brutus ............................... Tobias Menzies
Servilia Of The Junii ................................. Lindsay Duncan
Niobe ................................................. Indira Varma
Gaius Octavian ...................................... Max Pirkis
Octavia Of The Julii ................................. Kerry Condon
Quintus Pompey ..................................... Rick Warden
Porcius Cato .......................................... Karl Johnson
Marcus Tullius Cicero ................................ David Bamber
Timon .................................................. Lee Boardman
Episodes
Season 1 (2005-2006)
(12 Episodes In Season 1)
The Stolen Eagle (Originally Aired 8/28/2005)
How Titus Pullo Brought Down The Republic (Originally Aired 9/4/2005)
An Owl In A Thornbush (Originally Aired 9/11/2005)
Stealing From Saturn (Originally Aired 9/18/2005)
The Ram Has Touched The Wall (Originally Aired 9/25/2005)
Egeria (Originally Aired 10/2/2005)
Pharsalus (Originally Aired 10/9/2005)
Caesarion (Originally Aired 10/16/2005)
Utica (Originally Aired 10/30/2005)
Triumph (Originally Aired 11/6/2005)
The Spoils (Originally Aired 11/13/2005)
Kalends Of February (Originally Aired 11/20/2005)
Season 2 (2006-2007)
(? Episodes In Season 2)
Passover (Originally Aired 1/14/2007)
Son Of Hades (Originally Aired 1/21/2007)
These Being The Words Of Marcus Tullius Cicero (Originally Aired 1/28/2007)
Testudo Et Lepus (Originally Aired 2/4/2007)
Heroes Of The Republic (Originally Aired 2/11/2007)
Philippi (Originally Aired 2/18/2007)
Death Mask (Originally Aired 3/4/2007)
A Necessary Fiction (Originally Aired 3/11/2007)
Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (Originally Aired 3/18/2007)
Rome premiered on HBO on August 28, 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, epicenter 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. The ruling class has become extravagantly wealthy, with a precipitous decline in the old values of Spartan discipline and social unity. There is now a great chasm between the classes. Legal and political systems have weakened, and power has increasingly shifted to the military. After eight years of war, Gaius Julius Caesar has completed his masterful conquest of Gaul, and is returning to Rome. He brings with him legions of battle-hardened, loyal men, unimaginable riches in slaves, gold and plunder, and a populist agenda for radical social change. The aristocracy is terrified, and threatens to prosecute him for war crimes if he enters Rome. The delicate balance of power lies in the Senate with Caesar's old friend, partner and mentor, Pompey Magnus. Such is the situation when two soldiers of Caesar's 13th Legion, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, are ordered into the wilds of Gaul to retrieve their legion's stolen standard, the unifying symbol of Caesar's legion, setting off a chain of circumstances that will entwine them in pivotal events of ancient Rome. An intimate drama of love and betrayal, masters and slaves, and husbands and wives, Rome chronicles epic times that saw the fall of a Republic and the creation of an empire.
