Rome. The complete first season

Author

John Milius

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN)

Languages

In English, French or Spanish, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Performers

Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, 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, Ciarán Hinds.

Publication Information

[Hollywood, CA] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2009]

Physical Description

6 videodiscs (approximately 720 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

TV-MA.

Summary

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. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo unwittingly become entwined in the historical events of ancient Rome. A serialized drama of love and betrayal, masters and slaves, husbands and wives, Rome chronicles a turbulent era that saw the death of a republic and the birth of an empire.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as individual episodes on HBO in 2005.

Special features: Friends, Romans, countrymen ; 8 audio commentaries with cast and crew ; All roads lead to Rome ; Shot x shot: Gladiator ; Shot x shot: Caesar's triumph ; The rise of Rome ; When in Rome ; photo gallery.

Contents

• The stolen eagle / How Titus Pullo brought down the Republic

• An owl in a thornbush / Stealing from Saturn / The ram has touched the wall

• Egeria / Pharsalus / Caesarion

• Utica / Triumph

• The spoils / Kalends of February

• Rise of Rome / When in Rome