Rome (TV series)
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Created by |
John Milius William J. MacDonald Bruno Heller |
| Starring |
Kevin McKidd Ray Stevenson Ciarán Hinds Kenneth Cranham Lindsay Duncan Tobias Menzies Kerry Condon Karl Johnson Indira Varma David Bamber Max Pirkis Lee Boardman Nicholas Woodeson Suzanne Bertish Paul Jesson James Purefoy Polly Walker Simon Woods Lyndsey Marshal Ian McNeice |
| Composer(s) | Jeff Beal |
| Country of origin | Italy United Kingdom United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Bruno Heller John Melfi Anne Thomopoulos William J. MacDonald John Milius |
| Location(s) |
Lazio, Italy Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Cinematography |
Alik Sakharov, ASC Martin Kenzie Marco Pontecorvo |
| Running time | 44–65 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC / HBO / Rai Fiction |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 28 August 2005 – 25 March 2007 |
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Rome is a British-American-Italian historical drama television series created by John Milius, William J. MacDonald, and Bruno Heller. The show's two seasons were broadcast on HBO, BBC Two, and RaiDue between 2005 and 2007. They were later released on DVD and Blu-ray. Rome is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic to Empire.
The series features a sprawling cast of characters, many of whom are based on real figures from historical records, but the lead protagonists are ultimately two soldiers named Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, who find their lives intertwined with key historical events. Rome was a ratings success for HBO and the BBC. The series received much media attention from the start, and was honored with numerous awards and nominations in its two-series run. The series was filmed in various locations, but most notably in the Cinecittà studios in Italy.
The series primarily chronicles the lives and deeds of the rich, powerful, and historically significant, but also focuses on the lives, fortunes, families, and acquaintances of two common men: Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, two fictionalized versions of a pair of Roman soldiers mentioned in Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico. The fictional Vorenus and Pullo manage to witness and often influence many of the historical events presented in the series, although some license is taken.
The first season depicts Julius Caesar's civil war of 49 BC against the traditionalist conservative faction in the Roman Senate (the Optimates), his rise to dictatorship over Rome, and his fall, spanning the time from the end of his Gallic Wars (52 BC or 701 ab urbe condita) until his assassination on 15 March 44 BC (the infamous Ides of March). Against the backdrop of these cataclysmic events, we also see the early years of the young Octavian, who is destined to become Augustus, the first Emperor of Rome. The second season chronicles the power struggle between Octavian and Mark Antony following Caesar's assassination, spanning the period from Caesar's death in 44 BC to the suicide of Antony and Cleopatra in 30 B.C. after their defeat at the Battle of Actium.
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