Rome (2005 - 2007)

AVERAGE TOMATOMETER

84%
81%

Critic Consensus: No consensus yet.

WANT TO SEE

98%

Series Info

The Roman Empire's rise gets a royal treatment in this sprawling drama, which begins in 52 B.C., when Julius Caesar finally conquers Gaul, after years of war. Back in Rome, however, the Senate seeks to undermine Caesar's power, setting the stage for inevitable civil war. The HBO-BBC co-production took more than a year to make on acres of sets at Italy's legendary Cinecitta studios.

Seasons

87%
Critics Consensus: Pulp meets prestige in Rome's sensational second season -- though its style sometimes outweighs its substance.

2007, HBO, 10 episodes

81%
Critics Consensus: Rome builds slowly, but a laborious start delivers rich rewards in the form of decadent sets, delicious drama and a surprising amount of intimacy.

2005, HBO, 12 episodes

Cast

Ciarán Hinds
as Gaius Julius Caesar
Zuleikha Robinson
as Gaia
Kevin Mckidd
as Lucius Vorenus
Ray Stevenson
as Titus Pullo
Kenneth Cranham
as Pompey Magnus
Polly Walker
as Atia of the Julii
James Purefoy
as Mark Antony
Indira Varma
as Niobe
Lindsay Duncan
as Servilia of the Junii
Tobias Menzies
as Marcus Junius Brutus
Lyndsey Marshal
as Cleopatra
Max Pirkis
as Gaius Octavian
Kerry Condon
as Octavia of the Julii
Karl Johnson
as Cato
David Bamber
as Cicero
Paul Jesson
as Scipio
Rick Warden
as Quintus Pompey
Lee Boardman
as Timon
Anna Patrick
as Cornelia
Simon Woods
as Gaius Octavian (older)
Chiara Mastalli
as Eirene
David Kennedy
as Lucius Septimius
Coral Amiga
as Vorena the Elder
Nicholas Woodeson
as Posca
Esther Hall
as Lyde
Ian McNeice
as Newsreader
Michael Nardone
as Mascius
Allen Leech
as Marcus Agrippa
Anna Francolini
as Clarissa
Manfredi Aliquo
as Castor
Alex Wyndham
as Gaius Maecenas
Eliza Darby
as Daughter of Pompey
Guy Henry
as Cassius
Nigel Lindsay
as Levi
Daniel Cerqueira
as Memmio
Haydn Gwynne
as Calpurnia
Michele Pettini
as Son of Pompey
Camilla Rutherford
as Jocasta
Alessio Cuna
as Lucius
Suzanne Bertish
as Eleni
Roberto Purvis
as Glabius
Vincenzo Nicoli
as Lysandros
Paolo Risi
as Cato the Dwarf
Lydia Biondi
as Merula
Anna Fausta Primiano
as Vorena the Younger
Cosimo Fusco
as Hannibal Cotta
Valery Usai
as Vorena the Younger
Lorcan Cranitch
as Erastes
Max Baldry
as Caesarion
Ronan Vibert
as Lepidus
Lydia Leonard
as Julia
Francesca Fowler
as Egeria
Rafi Gavron
as Duro
Alice Henley
as Livia
Rocky Marshall
as Omnipor
Kathryn Hunter
as Charmian
Stefan Brown
as Lucius (older)
David Quinzi
as Rubio
Giacomo Gonnella
as Carbo
Dominic Atherton
as Yesh
Peter Gevisser
as Casca
Clive Riche
as Tyro
Scott Chisholm
as Ptolemy XIII
Simon Gregor
as Artist
Julianne Liberto
as Mary
Frank Baker
as Doctor
Frank Baker
as Doctor
Amy Marston
as Deborah
Lorenza Damiani
as Venus
Sara Pasqualone
as Bec
Lidia Biondi
as Merula
Charlie Anson
as Emissary
Enzo Cilenti
as Evander
Pip Torrens
as Cimber
Ewan Bailey
as Pertinax
Marco Pollack
as Lucius
Richard Dillane
as Centurion Varro
Bruce MacKinnon
as Priscus Maevius
Matthew Eggleton
as Egyptian Courtier
Graham McTavish
as Urbo
Nicolo Brecci
as Caesarion
Noa Bodner
as Prostitute
Marco Pollak
as Lucius
Edward de Souza
as Rich Merchant
Kammy Darweish
as Rhodomantes
Sara Kestelman
as Old Woman
Deborah Moore
as Alfidia
Oreste Rotundo
as Aufidius Dento
Stefano Consolini
as Cantor
Jack Ellis
as Bibulus
Nuccio Siano
as Saul
Helen Stirling
as Old Weaver
Mimmio Esposito
as Augur
Stefano Gragnani
as Old Man
Tyrone Huggins
as Bestiary
Javier Torrecillas
as Barca
Anne Lambton
as Pharmacopolist
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Rabbi
Alan Williams
Clive Ritchie
as Tyro
Alessandro Ruo
as Pontifex Maximus
Jannina Salvetti
as Shopkeeper
René Zagger
as Herod
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Series Details

TV Network: HBO
Premiere Date:
Genre: Drama
Executive Producers: John Milius, William J. MacDonald, Bruno Heller, Anne Thomopoulos, John Melfi, Frank Doelger
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