| Description |
5 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Note |
Contains all 10 episodes from the second season. |
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Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary on "Passover" by Bruno Heller, Jonathan Stamp; "A tale of two Romes" featurette; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette; Season 1 recap. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: Passover ; Son of Hades -- Disc 2: These being the words of Marcus Tullius Cicero ; Testudo et Lepus (The tortoise and the hare) -- Disc 3: Heroes of the Republic ; Philippi -- Disc 4: Death mask ; A necessary fiction -- Disc 5: Deus impeditio esuritori nullus (No God can stop a hungry man) ; De patre vostro (About your father). |
| Credits |
Costume designer, April Ferry ; production designers, Joseph Bennett, Anthony Pratt ; edited by Glenn Farr, David J. Siegel ; director of photography, Alik Sakharov, Marco Pontecorvo, Jonathan Freeman ; music by Jeff Beal ; co-producers, Robert Papzian, James Hirsch, Frank Yablans ; supervising producer, Todd Ellis Kessler ; co-executive producer, Scott Buck, Marco Valerio Pugini, Jim Dyer, Eugene Kelly. |
| Cast |
Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Lindsay Duncan, Tobias Menzies, Kerry Condon, Indira Varma, David Bamber, Haydn Gwynne, Guy Henry, Suzanne Bertish, Anna Francolini, Chiara Mastalli, Lorcan Cranitch, Esther Hall, Max Pirkis, Ian McNeice, Rick Warden, Nicholas Woodeson, Coral Amiga, Lee Boardman, Ciaran Hinds, James Purefoy, Zuleikha Robinson, Lyndsey Marshal, Rafi Gavron, Nigel Lindsay, Michael Nardone, Daniel Cerqueira, Alan Williams, Allen Leech, Camilla Rutherford, Simon Woods, Alex Wyndham, Ronan Vibert. |
| Event |
Originally broadcast on HBO during the 2006-2007 season. |
| Summary |
In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son and heir. The conspirator Brutus ponders how to curry favor with the masses that have condemned him as a murderer, while his mother Servilia concocts a deadly plot of her own. Meanwhile, Titus Pullo attempts to pull his friend Lucius Vorenus out of the darkness that has engulfed his soul in the wake of personal tragedy. For once again, the fates of these two mismatched soldiers seem inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself. |
| Audience |
TV-MA. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1,NTSC; widescreen (16x9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0. |
| Language |
In English or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Drama.
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Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. -- Drama.
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Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. -- Drama.
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Television series.
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Political science. |
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Rome -- History -- Civil War, 43-31 B.C. -- Drama.
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Rome -- History, Military -- 265-30 B.C. -- Drama.
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Rome -- Politics and government -- 265-30 B.C. -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Television serials.
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Melodrama.
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Historical Television series.
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Melodrama Television series.
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Television programs.
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| Added Author |
McKidd, Kevin, actor.
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Stevenson, Ray, 1964- actor.
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Walker, Polly, actor.
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Duncan, Lindsay, actor.
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Menzies, Tobias, 1974- actor.
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Condon, Kerry, 1983- actor.
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HBO Entertainment (Firm)
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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HBO Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Rome. Season 2 |
| ISBN |
9780783150413 |
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0783150415 |
| Standard No. |
026359395628 |
| Music No. |
93956 HBO Home Video |
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