Rome

2005
Rome

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Passover Jan 14, 2007

Things pick up shortly after Caesar's murder. Octavian wants to keep his family from fleeing the city so he devises a plan. News of this makes Antony happy so he tells Brutus. Vorenus mourns Niobe's death but casts aspersions upon his children.

EP2 Son of Hades Jan 21, 2007

Cleopatra arrives in Rome to pay her homage to Caesar, and to seek legitimization for Caesarion. Egypt's queen causes further complications between Anthony and Atia, who still struggles with Servilia. Timon's brother arrives from Jerusalem. The death of Erastes throws the underworld, and Rome's river commerce into chaos, and Pullo and Vorenus step into the gap. Octavian and Anthony begin a long and bitter rivalry with a dispute over Caesar's will and sharing of power.

EP3 These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero Jan 28, 2007

Brutus and Cassius struggle to raise foreign armies to oppose the Cesarean party. Mark Antony's plans to change his post-consul proconsular governorship from Macedonia to Gaul are derailed when Cicero delivers an in-absentia message to the Senate, and throws his support behind Octavian. Vorenus struggles to contain an all-out gang war in the Aventine Collegium, of his own making,that he blames on Pullo. In the house of the Julii, Octavia passes the hours in a drug induced daze, while a duplicitous youth named Duro, planted amongst the Julii by Servilia, looks for the chance to set a deadly plan in motion.

EP4 Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare) Feb 04, 2007

Pullo races to find Vorenus with news of his family's fate. Servilia's plans to eliminate a rival exact a high price from her. Cicero is astonished when Octavian sends word that his victorious legions are coming home to Rome. In Rome, Timon finally grows weary of Atia's bidding.

EP5 Heroes of the Republic Feb 11, 2007

Despite Pullo's advice, Vorenus and his family return to the Collegium with his family who is reunited, and cleansed of their ordeal. Octavian is denied a triumph and urges Cicero to endorse his bid to be made Consul in exchange for an agreement to allow Cicero to veto his actions. Octavian takes both Cicero and the Senate by surprise with his first Consular act. Vorenus attempts' to make peace with Memmio and Cotta create suspicions that he has gone soft.

EP6 Philippi Feb 18, 2007

Vorenus receives orders to plunge Rome into a bloodbath the likes that have not been seen since the dictatorship of Sulla. Octavia reveals her secret to Atia, and the armies of the Liberators and the Caesarians clash for the last time, with the fate of Republic in the balance.

EP7 Death Mask Mar 04, 2007

Antony's nature reasserts itself, and challenges his alliance with Octavian. Timon and Levi set themselves against Herod's plans. Servilia's public displays of grief leave Atia unsettled. Gaia uses Pullo's punishment as a weapon against him. His daughter's sudden interest in business matters arouses Vorenus' suspicions. Posca gets married.

EP8 A Necessary Fiction Mar 11, 2007

Octavian proclaims a new era of virtue in Rome, a program that his family and subordinates find impossible to obey. Vorenus is sent on a mission after a missing shipment of gold to discover who mysteriously hijacked it on its way to the Roman treasury. Pullo's loss and rage are channeled against Memmio, Omnipor and their henchmen. Octavian pursues Livia as an "appropriate" bride, and issues Mark Antony an ultimatum he knows he can't refuse.

EP9 Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man) Mar 18, 2007

The people of Rome are starving. There have been many grain shortages over the past few months, but things have gotten particularly bad. In hopes of keeping the people from openly rebelling, Octavian sends Atia and Octavia to Alexandria in order to negotiate a deal with Mark Antony, though his real reasons for their trip is soon revealed. Meanwhile, Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus must try to keep the peace amongst many of the mercenaries who are in Rome.

EP10 De Patre Vostro (About Your Father) Mar 25, 2007

Following his naval defeat at Actium, Marc Antony returns to Egypt, where he and Cleopatra settle into a world of debauchery. Octavian tries to use Pullo as leverage to Vorenus to gain acess to the palace, but Vorenus stays loyal to Antony. Finally, it is Cleopatra who dupes Antony, saving her own life by sacrificing her honor. Ceasar Augustus triumphs in Rome.
8.7| 0h30m| TV-MA| en| More Info
Released: 28 August 2005 Canceled
Producted By: BBC
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.hbo.com/rome/
Synopsis

A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

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cees-34213 This series has stolen my heart! I even went to the set last summer still standing partly in Rome. This series is an inspiration for many other series like Spartacus which profits from the early stop of Rome. The last season supposed to be adleast 2 other seasons cutting into just 1 season during the high costs, and the back then upcoming serie game of thrones. This series is almost perfectly historically accurate, and beautiful written and put together. The details on the set and clothing of the characters are amazing. The early stop of this show has disappointed a huge loyal fan base which is still active on other social media platforms hoping for a film which should have been launched in 2011 but sadly never came. Which again disappointed the fan base. Never the les this series is great to wach. And hopefully HBO wil continues something similar which will make allot of people happy
joshfanguy 2018 has come around and this is still one of the greatest shows ever made. It has everything you could want from a production and then some. The actors are brilliant and really bring this show to life. It is an absolute shame that they didn't finish it with a final season...that is literally the only drawback to this series. If you haven't seen it, make it a priority.
Madamelejuge I know my review is like 10 years after the show, but I've just bought the DVD, and I kinda wish I didn't!I won't talk about the unnecessary and pointless nudity, I got used to it with the most recent shows now. I've noticed that it was a low budget production from the start, you can see it from the clothes, the jewelry and of course the setting itself, the buildings were far bigger and more glamorous. On the other hand, there were a lot of actors that I liked, the directing was good and the story wasn't bad, so I kept watching it. It's not 100% historically accurate, but so are all the historical based shows nowadays, I watched it then as an ordinary TV show "inspired" by true events. However, we must respect a minimum of accuracy. So when I've reached episodes 7 and 8 of the first season that were in Egypt, I started laughing out loud for the following reasons: There was a mosque in the background (you can see it when Mumbay arrived Egypt in episode 7). So Egyptians believed in a religion that appeared 500 years later ??!!I've actually understood the language spoken by the Egyptians in the episodes (I'm Egyptian btw), it was modern Egyptian, which is mainly Arabic!!! The Arabs didn't invade Egypt until late 400 or early 500 AD, and it took us centuries to use Arabic in our language!! there are a lot of books on ancient Egyptian language used at that time, why not applying it like any other decent show or movie did??? Better yet, just make them speak English like the rest!of course the costumes are not right (Arabic style, really??), the desert was only used for cemeteries and not even to imprison a princess like Cleopatra. We were a rural society, and we still are. We hate the desert, and we still do. Egypt was a great and civilized nation at the time, why is it looking like it's comprised of a couple of nomad tribes? American (or English) stereotypes much, even in historical shows??Last, but not least, with all my due respect to the actress, she's ugly to be Cleopatra. And Cleopatra wasn't so juvenile like that, she was known to be mature comparing to her age.I'll continue watching the show (I wrote this review in the middle of ep. 8, couldn't resist!!) as I bought the DVD
robert-259-28954 Wow, what a trip! The first thing that hits you in the face is the absolute grittiness of the show. Rome wasn't the cleanest, or the safest, or the most compassionate place in the days of the Empire, and this was the first program I've ever seen that showed it in all it's bloody glory, warts and all. If you're looking for the Elizabeth Taylor Techicolor version, this it ain't. But "The play's the thing," and it certainly doesn't disappoint. It's dialogue and fantastic acting captivate you from the start, and never lets go. Each and every word is brilliant, each and every actor, superb. On a side note, their choice for Cleopatra is completely different from the usual "Hollywood star" stereotype, and that's what made the actor they chose, Lyndsey Marshal, such a standout. She was short, had boy-length hair, and looked nothing like Liz Taylor, but her energy and indisputable charisma carried the day. Watch 'Rome' for the entertainment, stay for the fireworks. Unforgettable.