Roman Empire

Watch: Roman Empire Season 1 Episode 1

S1 EP1

TV-14

15 episodes3 seasons

US Release

Overview:

This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor whose rule marked the beginning of Rome's fall.

Created by:

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

11/11/2016

Last air date:

4/5/2019

Key words:

rome, italy
roman empire
roman
ancient rome
historical event
imperial

Seasons

Commodus: Reign of Blood

6 Episodes

Julius Caesar: Master of Rome

5 Episodes

Caligula: The Mad Emperor

4 Episodes

Cast

Sean Bean

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Narrateur

Aaron Irvin

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Himself

Genevieve Aitken

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Marcia

Aaron Jakubenko

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Commodus

Edwin Wright

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Cassius Dio

Jared Turner

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Cleander

Tai Berdinner-Blades

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Lucilla

Calum Gittins

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Saoterus

John Bach

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Marcus Aurelius

Mike Edward

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Narcissus

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Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
1
I am torn with this one.

I mean... it's Rome. You can't really make a documentary about a lot of it without being pretty disgusting and absolutely sexualized. This is, after all, the culture that gave us the strap-on and earrings shaped as male genitalia.

So I am all about editing it down to make it accessible to people and not get a XXX rating. What is a little more important is teaching people how the Roman's shaped the world, not who the Roman's were.

But, at the same time, there is a lot of nudity and sex in this, so they were trying for a bit of accuracy...

... but the thing is that they completely missed the historical accuracy mark on a lot of other significantly more important historical events and Roman cultural norms.

And that to me is unforgivable, despite my understanding that it needs to be toned down and edited a bit to allow people to access it.