Rome is a historical drama television series created by John Milius, William J. MacDonald, and Bruno Heller. The show, consisting of two seasons for a total of 22 episodes, aired on HBO, and BBC Two from 28 August 2005 to 25 March 2007, and was later released on DVD and Blu-ray. An international co-production between Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States, the series was filmed in various locations, but most notably in the Cinecittà studios in Rome, Italy. The series 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 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.
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- Trailer of Rome 2 (2007)
- Brief Introduction of Rome 2 (2007)
- Casting of Rome 2 (2007)?
- Watch Rome 2 (2007) on Netflix
- Total Episodes of Rome 2 (2007)?
- Overall Ratings of Rome 2 (2007)?
- Rome Season 3 Release date?
- Rome Season 3 Casting?
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Rome 2 (2007) Official Trailer
Brief Introduction:
Rome received largely positive reviews and had a high number of viewers. It received substantial media attention from the start, becoming a ratings success for HBO and the BBC (although the numbers declined considerably in the second season) and being honoured with numerous awards, including four Emmy Awards, seven Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Visual Effects Society Award. The series ran for two seasons out of the planned five due to high production cost; much of the material for the third and fourth seasons was telescoped into the second one.
Caesar has been murdered, Mark Antony emerges from the Senate in shock, only to face Quintus Pompey and his thugs, who immediately follow him to try to kill him. Vorenus and Pullo track down Fulmen to a bath house, where he tells them he killed Vorenus' family.Mark Antony is ruling Rome, but Octavian is demanding his inheritance. Octavian sends Agrippa to Rome to announce Octavian's victory to Octavia. Pullo informs Vorenus that his children are alive and in slavery, and they both set out to free them.The struggle in Rome continues as Octavian, the new Caesar, with his army at the city's borders, establishes himself as consul to the senate with the help of Cicero. After Atia fumes at Octavia for going to an orgy, Agrippa confesses his love for Octavia, who is stunned as he walks out.The episode begins with Brutus and Cassius on their march through Greece with their army of 100,000 soldiers to challenge Octavian. Octavian arranges for Antony to marry Octavia, much to the dismay of Atia and Agrippa.Prince Herod has shipped in a secret consignment of gold for the Triumvirate, and Octavian instructs Vorenus to oversee its safe passage discreetly into Rome. Vorenus delegates the task to Pullo, who is known and trusted by both Octavian and Mark Antony, much to the ire of Vorenus' third man, Mascius. He exacts his revenge by revealing to Octavian that sexual relationships still exist between Antony and Atia and between Octavia and Agrippa. Octavian sends Marc Antony away to Egypt, and Lucius Vorenus joins him.Rome is facing a dire shortage of grain, forcing Octavian to barter with Mark Antony to get new shipments sent from Egypt. In so doing, Antony hopes to push Octavian into declaring war, which Antony believes he can win due to his support among the Roman people. As a last resort, Octavian sends Atia and Octavia to Alexandria, knowing that Antony will reject his lover and lawful wife respectively. Octavian is proven correct: Antony refuses to see Atia and Octavia and sends them back to Rome. Lucius Vorenus, who has been telling Caesarion about Caesarion's father (the boy believes his father to be Julius Caesar, though Vorenus seems to be speaking of Titus Pullo), chooses to stay in Alexandria with Antony.After losing the Battle of Actium, a vanquished Mark Antony barricades himself with Cleopatra in their palace in Alexandria. Octavian sends an emissary to Mark Antony, with a secret message to Lucius Vorenus in an attempt to avoid a direct assault on the palace, which might lead to a popular uprising. Mark Antony refuses Octavian's demand of unconditional surrender and challenges Octavian to single combat.
Casting of Rome (2007):
- Kevin McKidd as Lucius Vorenus (Season 1 and 2) – A staunch, traditional Roman officer who struggles to balance his personal beliefs, his duty to his superiors, and the needs of his family and friends.
- Ray Stevenson as Titus Pullo (Season 1 and 2) – A friendly, upbeat, devil-may-care soldier with the morals of a pirate, the appetites of a hedonist, and a total lack of personal responsibility, who discovers hidden ideals and integrity within himself.
- Polly Walker as Atia of the Julii (Season 1 and 2) – The niece of Julius Caesar and mother of Octavian and Octavia. She is depicted as a cheerfully amoral and opportunistic manipulator.
- James Purefoy as Mark Antony (Season 1 and 2) – A very popular and cunning Roman general and politician and a close supporter of Julius Caesar in Season 1. In Season 2, he is in a power struggle with the power hungry and unaccomplished Octavian.
- Tobias Menzies as Marcus Junius Brutus (Season 1 and 2) – Portrayed as a young man torn between what he believes is right, and his loyalty and love of a man who has been like a father to him. The real Marcus Junius Brutus was the most famous of Julius Caesar's assassins, and one of the key figures in the civil wars that followed the assassination.
- Max Pirkis (Season 1 and early 2) and Simon Woods (Season 2) as Gaius Octavian (Augustus) – Son and younger child of Atia, Octavian is presented as a cold, self-entitled student of power and politics. He is eager to enter political life and follow in Caesar's footsteps – an ambition more easily achieved when Caesar posthumously adopts him. The basis for this character is the early life of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor.
- Lindsay Duncan as Servilia of the Junii (Season 1 and 2) – The mother of Marcus Junius Brutus, lover of the married Julius Caesar, and enemy of Atia of the Julii.
- Nicholas Woodeson as Posca (Season 1 and 2) – A Greek slave of Julius Caesar, and also his friend, aide-de-camp, and confidant in most things personal and professional. As a slave, he will seldom receive credit, but it appears that some of the simpler and more elegant solutions to Caesar's problems come from the mind of Posca.
- Kerry Condon as Octavia of the Julii (Season 1 and 2) – The character is based on the Roman matron Octavia Thurina Minor, sister of Roman Emperor Augustus, born to one of the most powerful families in Rome, the Julii. Octavia is the only daughter and elder child of Atia of the Julii, who is the niece of Gaius Julius Caesar. In Season 2, for political reasons she is married to Mark Antony. This is something she did in real life when Antony was newly a widower in 40 BC as part of the Pact of Brundisium, having been ordered by the Senate to set aside the mandatory ten-month term of widowhood after the death of her first husband, Claudius Marcellus.
- Rick Warden as Quintus Pompey (Season 1 and 2) – The son of Pompey. There is no basis for this character, but he may be meant to represent the younger of Pompey's historical sons Sextus Pompeius.
- David Bamber as Marcus Tullius Cicero (Season 1 and 2) – A moderate politician and scholar, faced with trying to save the traditional Republic from the ambitions of the various characters on the show. He is depicted as craven and willing to take any position to save his own skin. The real Cicero was a Roman politician, writer and orator.
- Lee Boardman as Timon (Season 1 and 2) – A Jewish horse trader who serves as a loyal assassin and bodyguard for Atia. He accepts money as payment but prefers sex with Atia.
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Total Episodes of Rome – Season 2:
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Sr. No. |
Title |
Director |
Writer |
Release Date |
IMDb Ratings |
|
1 |
Passover |
Jan 14, 2007 |
⚝ 8.7 |
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|
2 |
Son of Hades |
Allen
Coulter |
Bruno
Heller |
Jan 21,
2007 |
⚝ 8.5 |
|
3 |
These
Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Jan 28, 2007 |
⚝ 8.3 |
||
|
4 |
The Tortoise and the Hare |
Feb 4,
2007 |
⚝ 8.5 |
||
|
5 |
Heroes
of the Republic |
Feb 11, 2007 |
⚝ 8.3 |
||
|
6 |
Philippi |
Feb 18,
2007 |
⚝ 8.8 |
||
|
7 |
Death
Mask |
Scott Buck |
March 4, 2007 |
⚝ 8.2 |
|
|
8 |
A Necessary Fiction |
Todd
Ellis Kessler |
March
11, 2007 |
⚝ 8.7 |
|
|
9 |
No
God Can Stop a Hungry Man |
Mere Smith |
March 18, 2007 |
⚝ 8.7 |
|
|
10 |
About Your Father |
John
Maybury |
Bruno
Heller |
March
25, 2007 |
⚝ 9.0 |
Overall Ratings of Rome 2 (2007):
Overall rating of Rome 2 (2007) on IMDb : 8.7 / 10
Overall Filmyaffinity ratings of Rome 2 (2007) : 7.8 / 10
Overall score of Rome 2 (2007) on Rotten Tomatoes : 89%
Overall Common Sense Media ratings of Rome 2 (2007) : 4.5 / 5
Rome season 3 release dates: When Rome next season will come?
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Rome Season 3 Casting?
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