Rome - The Complete First Two Seasons | Rome

Rome - The Complete First Two Seasons | Rome | One of the Greatest TV Shows Ever Made!

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	Rome - The Complete First Two Seasons Rome Hbo Home Video, 2007 average customer review:based on 43 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A generously budgeted show jointly produced by HBO and the BBC ROME takes viewers back to 52 B.C. for a chance to relive the reign of Julius Caesar. Details have been painstakingly researched to ensure accuracy so both history buffs and viewers less versed in the ways of Caesar should find something to enjoy here. The show also contains intricately woven plots fine acting and stunning recreations of the ancient city. This release contains the first two seasons of the show.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 026359795527 Manufacturer No: 97955

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HISTORICAL DRAMA

I GOT THIS FOR MY HUSBAND AND HE LOVED THIS HBO SERIES. VERY BLOODY AND GORY SO NOT FOR YOUNG KIDS TO WATCH!

One of the Greatest TV Shows Ever Made!

This is simply a great TV show. I think it will be considered a great tragedy that it was cancelled so abruptly by HBO, but they still wrapped it up as well as they could. The story, both the historically accurate and the fictional stories are wonderful to behold. This show ironically introduced some of the finest actors from Britain to the United States. Now they are some pretty mediocre network TV shows. Shame on you HBO!

An alien world

I'm trying this one again. I'm not sure why certain Amazon reviews don't seem to make it into print but this is one that didn't. In any event and in my humble opinion, "Rome" is one of the best things ever put on television. Because I chanced on an HBO episode, I subscribed to HBO. Now that HBO has cancelled this wonderful series after only two seasons, I will cancel my subscription to HBO.

The series takes us through some of the most climactic events of the Roman Empire i.e. the ascension of Julius Caesar, his corruption of the Republic, his assasination and the events up until Octavian's consolidation of power. The story, in its own way, is an 'upstairs, downstairs' kind of thing. We watch the aristocrats in their battles for power and status. At the same time we see lesser figures engaged in parallel power struggles.

Rome is, at the same time, a society familiar and alien to us. Motives of love and wealth are similar but Roman society, at all levels, is a complex of Mafia families vying for power. If you and your family win, there is a chance of securing the wealth of the world. Lose and you die, probably horribly.

Slavery is as common and unquestioned as is the brutality that accompanies almost everything. There is one fascinating scene in which the 'heroine' is having passionate sex with Marc Antony. She asks her elderly slave...who is watching patiently in the corner...for a glass of water. The slave, without changing expression, complies as the sex continues. Death is commonplace and life cheap. One soldier, ordered to murder Cicero, comments after the act what a pleasant and decent man Cicero was.

This video is great. Yes, there is soft core porn and violence but at least it isn't gratuitous. It adds to the genuine strangeness of the tale.

Ron Braithwaite author of novels--"Skull Rack" and "Hummingbird God"--on the Spanish Conquest of Mexico

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Riverting

While (as some have pointed out) not historically accurate as purists may like, it still gives a fairly accurate (I believe) insight into life in Rome at that time. Of course it won't be perfectly accurate - otherwise it would be a history lesson rather than a TV series.

Most enjoyable and wish they would continue.

Slow at times but entertaining

Got this for my husband's birthday. He is a history buff and watches anything about the Roman empire. It is barbaric at times with language that today we might find offensive although it is used, full of scheming and lies. He enjoyed it so much that he has watched it four times. He was sorry to see HBO not continue into a third season. He said "it's pretty clear why Rome fell" and we had better pay attention to what's going on now. He felt it was true to the history of Rome with some artistic license taken. Scenery and costumes were very good. Also the director's cuts are enjoyable.

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