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Spartacus
2010 • Drama
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment.
Why matched: genres Drama
Rome
2005 • Drama • Action & Adventure
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Matched on: rome
Those About to Die
2024 • Drama
Within the spectacular, complex and corrupt world of gladiatorial sports in Ancient Rome, follow an ensemble of diverse characters across the many layers of Roman society where…
Matched on: rome
Plebs
2013 • Comedy
Sitcom about three desperate young men from the suburbs who try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city - which just happens to be ancient Rome.
Matched on: rome
I, Claudius
1976 • War & Politics • Drama
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula an…
Why matched: genres War & Politics, Drama
Roman Empire
2016 • Drama • Documentary
This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor whose rule marked the beginning of Rome's fall.
Matched on: rome
Empire
2005 • Drama • Mystery
As Conqueror Julius Caesar is drawing his last breath, he swears Tyrannus—Rome's finest warrior—to an oath to protect his successor, Octavius, his 18-year-old nephew. Tyrannus a…
Matched on: rome
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006 • Documentary
Turning points in ancient Roman history and some of the Empire's greatest stories are brought to life in this drama documentary series.
Matched on: rome
Cleopatra
1999 • War & Politics • Drama
Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old qu…
Why matched: genres War & Politics, Drama
Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
2012 • Documentary
Professor Mary Beard looks beyond the stories of emperors, armies, guts and gore to meet the everyday people at the heart of Ancient Rome's vast empire.
Matched on: rome