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Rome

TV·2005–2007·2 seasons, 22 episodes·HBO·Drama, Action, Adventure·1h·8.4·Created by Bruno Heller, John Milius, William J. MacDonald

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Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world. The Republic was founded on principals of shared power, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling...and two soldiers unwittingly become entwined in the historical events of ancient Rome. A drama of love and betrayal, masters and slaves, husbands and wives, Rome chronicles a turbulent era that saw the death of a republic and the birth of an empire.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Rome S01E12Kalends of FebruaryS01E12 · 8.9Pullo and Vorenus have become heroes, causing Caesar to reward those he normally would punish. Pullo's return to Vorenus's household is not appreciated by his former slave Eirene. Caesar overhauls the Senate by adding some unexpected new faces. Servilia crosses the final hurdle in her ambitious revenge plan, at Niobe's expense.
  2. 02Rome S01E11The SpoilsS01E11 · 8.8While Pullo descends into Erastes' netherworld, Vorenus negotiates a severance for veteran soldiers on behalf of Caesar, who invites him and Niobe to one of Atia's parties. Cassius attempts to convince Brutus that the life and death of the Republic is indeed 'in your hands.'
  3. 03Rome S02E01PassoverS02E01 · 8.7In the wake of Caesar's murder, a cauldron of contrary emotions bubbles across Rome. Narrowly escaping Quintus Pompey and his henchmen outside the Senate, Mark Antony decides to flee north to raise an army, and makes plans to leave the city with Atia, her children and Caesar's widow Calpurnia. Meanwhile, Vorenus issues a curse he soon regrets.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2005Aired 8.2Season avg
  1. S01E01Rome S01E01The Stolen EagleAugust 28, 2005 7.752 B.C. Eager to return to Rome after eight long years of war, Gaius Julius Caesar ends his campaign with a big triumph in Gaul--and news of
  2. S01E02Rome S01E02How Titus Pullo Brought Down the RepublicSeptember 4, 2005 8.0Appointed People's Tribune by Caesar, Mark Antony returns to Rome with Octavian's liberators, Vorenus and Pullo. After being feted by Atia,
  3. S01E03Rome S01E03An Owl in a ThornbushSeptember 11, 2005 7.9With Caesar quickly advancing toward Rome, Pompey begins ordering a retreat and forces his citizens to pick sides. Timon does Atia's dirty w
  4. S01E04Rome S01E04Stealing from SaturnSeptember 18, 2005 7.8As Pompey 'maneuvers,' Caesar seeks to consolidate his hold on Rome. Atia throws a party to welcome Caesar home, while Vorenus throws one of
  5. S01E05Rome S01E05The Ram Has Touched the WallSeptember 25, 2005 8.3Caesar contemplates Pompey's counteroffer. Vorenus continues to struggle as a businessman and must reevaluate his career choice. Atia scheme
  6. S01E06Rome S01E06EgeriaOctober 2, 2005 7.8Mark Antony is running Rome while Caesar pursues Pompey, but when news comes that the tide has turned and that Pompey now pursues Caesar, An
  7. S01E07Rome S01E07PharsalusOctober 9, 2005 8.4Marooned in the Adriatic Sea, Vorenus and Pullo try to survive. In Greece, Pompey decides to attack Caesar's depleted forces, whose lack of
  8. S01E08Rome S01E08CaesarionOctober 16, 2005 8.1Caesar's fevered pursuit of Pompey takes him to Egypt, where he makes a terrible discovery. Determined to establish supremacy over the Egypt
  9. S01E09Rome S01E09UticaOctober 30, 2005 8.1With Scipio and Cato defeated, Caesar returns home to a hero's welcome. Vorenus and Pullo's showdown with local thug Erastes gets an unexpec
  10. S01E10Rome S01E10TriumphNovember 6, 2005 8.1Proclaimed Emperor by the Senate, Caesar pronounces the war over, and prepares for five days of feasting and games. No longer an enlisted so
  11. S01E11Rome S01E11The SpoilsNovember 13, 2005 8.8While Pullo descends into Erastes' netherworld, Vorenus negotiates a severance for veteran soldiers on behalf of Caesar, who invites him and
  12. S01E12Rome S01E12Season's bestKalends of FebruaryNovember 20, 2005 8.9Pullo and Vorenus have become heroes, causing Caesar to reward those he normally would punish. Pullo's return to Vorenus's household is not

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2007Aired 8.3Season avg
  1. S02E01Rome S02E01Season's bestPassoverJanuary 14, 2007 8.7In the wake of Caesar's murder, a cauldron of contrary emotions bubbles across Rome. Narrowly escaping Quintus Pompey and his henchmen outsi
  2. S02E02Rome S02E02Son of HadesJanuary 21, 2007 8.7Even though his wife and children are avenged by the Erastes killing, Lucius Vorenus keeps mourning for over a month till Pullo gets Marc An
  3. S02E03Rome S02E03These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius CiceroJanuary 28, 2007 8.2Lucius Vorenus, the power-hungry "Son of Hades", controls the Aventine but practices a pointless, beastly reign of terror, coming down hard
  4. S02E04Rome S02E04Testudo Et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare)February 4, 2007 8.3Having learned that Vorenus' children are alive, Pullo sets off to find him in Gaul where he is again a serving soldier in Mark Antony's arm
  5. S02E05Rome S02E05Heroes of the RepublicFebruary 11, 2007 8.1Vorenus and Pullo return to the Collegium in Rome with Vorenus' family, but some of the "changes" that Pullo had warned him about regarding
  6. S02E06Rome S02E06PhilippiFebruary 18, 2007 8.4Cicero is finally undone by his duplicity in the form of Titus Pullo, acting upon Octavian's request to assassinate all supporters of Brutus
  7. S02E07Rome S02E07Death MaskMarch 4, 2007 8.2Inconsolable at the death of Brutus at Philippi, Servilia makes her final bid to gain the ultimate vengeance against Atia. Meanwhile, Eirene
  8. S02E08Rome S02E08A Necessary FictionMarch 11, 2007 8.5Octavian takes a new bride, Livia, and then introduces her to his family in a startling way... by having her witness the punishment he metes
  9. S02E09Rome S02E09Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man)March 18, 2007 8.1Seven years have passed since Antony's departure from Rome, and the former commander, dissipated and debauched - held in thrall by the charm
  10. S02E10Rome S02E10De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)March 25, 2007 8.1With the defeat of the Egyptian fleet at Actium, Mark Antony and Cleopatra retreat to their palace and await their fate. Believing that Cleo

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