
Rome
"Rome" is the saga of two ordinary Roman soldiers and their families. An intimate drama of love and betrayal, masters and slaves, and husbands and wives, it chronicles epic times that saw the fall of a republic and the creation of an empire. The series begins in 52 BC, as Gaius Julius Caesar has completed his masterful conquest of Gaul after eight years of war, and is preparing to return to Rome. He heads home with thousands of loyal battle-hardened men, huge amounts of loot in gold and slaves, and a populist agenda for radical social change. Terrified, the aristocracy threatens to prosecute Caesar for war crimes as soon as he sets foot in Rome. Caesar's old friend and mentor, Pompey Magnus, attempts to foment mutiny in order to maintain the balance of power. Two of Caesar's soldiers, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, thwart Pompey's plan and in the process, win the eternal gratitude of Caesar and the Julian clan, affording the two plebian officers an intimate view of the ruling class. The fates of Pullo and Vorenus become entwined with those of Caesar, Mark Antony, Cleopatra and the boy Octavian, a strange and awkward child who, by political guile and bloody force, will become the first emperor of Rome.
In the wake of Caesar's death, Mark Antony considers a move north, while Vorenus issues a curse he soon regrets.
Even though his wife and children are avenged by the Erastes killing, Lucius Vorenus keeps mourning for over a month till Pullo gets Marc Antony who scolds him for Caesar's death and the continuing bloody Aventine gang riots that have resulted in the gangs wanting to fill the void left by Erastes sudden demise.
Lucius Vorenus, the power-hungry "Son of Hades", controls the Aventine but practices a pointless, beastly reign of terror, coming down hard on gang captains for futilities, and nearly ruins his friendship with Pullo, whose efforts to calm things down are mistaken for disrespect and disobedience.
Having learned that Vorenus' children are alive, Pullo sets off to find him in Gaul where he is again a serving soldier in Mark Antony's army. He had hoped to arrive before Octavian and Antony's armies meet in battle. Too late however, he is forced to find what is left of Antony's army in the mountains.
Vorenus and Pullo return to the Collegium in Rome with Vorenus' family, but some of the "changes" that Pullo had warned him about regarding his two daughters Vorena both the Elder and Younger, as well as his wife's son, begin to manifest themselves into hostility and resentment.
Cicero is finally undone by his duplicity in the form of Titus Pullo, acting upon Octavian's request to assassinate all supporters of Brutus in Rome. Pullo and Vorenus enjoy a happy if counterfeit outing with their families in the countryside to hide their assassin mission. Vorena the Elder's dangerous dalliance with one of Mimeo's men continues, and the torrid affair between Octavia and Agrippa escalates. Atia's casual cruelty to ask for the assassination of people she doesn't like results in complete disaster for Octavia's friend Jocasta. Elsewhere, the headstrong Levi engages Timon in a plan to assassinate King Herod by recruiting in the synagogue where they worship. Disastrously out manned, Brutus and Cassius engage the combined legions of Mark Antony and Octavian, and confront their fates in the ferocious battle at Philippi.
Inconsolable at the death of Brutus at Philippi, Servilia makes her final bid to gain the ultimate vengeance against Atia. Meanwhile, Eirene and Gaia have a major falling-out, prompting Eirene to demand that Pullo properly chastise the slave.
Octavian takes a new bride, Livia, and then introduces her to his family in a startling way... by having her witness the punishment he metes out to Atia and Octavia, for secretly defying the social constraints established through the facade of Octavia's "marriage" to Mark Antony.
Seven years have passed since Antony's departure from Rome, and the former commander, dissipated and debauched - held in thrall by the charms and sexual prowess of his new bride, Cleopatra, withholds precious shipments of grain from Rome, where people die in the streets from hunger.
With the defeat of the Egyptian fleet at Actium, Mark Antony and Cleopatra retreat to their palace and await their fate. Believing that Cleopatra has taken her life, Mark Antony decides follow her into the afterlife. Cleopatra asks Vorenus to take her son Caesarian to safety and Octavian sends Pullo after them.
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Ray Stevenson | Titus Pullo |
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Kevin McKidd | Lucius Vorenus |
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James Purefoy | Mark Antony |
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Polly Walker | Atia of the Julii |
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Kerry Condon | Octavia of the Julii |
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Coral Amiga | Vorena the Elder |
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Michael Nardone | Mascius |
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Allen Leech | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa |
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Lee Boardman | Timon |
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Lidia Biondi | Merula |
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Ian McNeice | Newsreader |
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Nicholas Woodeson | Posca |
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Daniel Cerqueira | Memmio |
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Zuleikha Robinson | Gaia |
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Camilla Rutherford | Jocasta |
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Simon Woods | Gaius Octavian Caesar |
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Esther Hall | Lyde |
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Manfredi Aliquo | Castor |
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Chiara Mastalli | Eirene |
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Alex Wyndham | Gaius Maecenas |
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Alessio Cuna | Lucius |
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David Bamber | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
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Nigel Lindsay | Levi |
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Valery Usai | Vorena the Younger |
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Guy Henry | Cassius |
Packaging | Custom Case |
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Nr Discs | 5 |
Distributor | Warner Home Video |
Layers | Single side, Single layer |
Regions | Region 2 |
Watched | |
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Quantity | 1 |
Index | 3142 |
Added Date | Aug 06, 2015 17:43:37 |
Modified Date | Jul 16, 2024 09:18:33 |