The Big Picture As a viral TikTok trend has women across the world asking their significant others how often they think about the Roman Empire, now is the perfect time to revisit HBO’s masterpiece Rome. Although only two seasons long, the series remains the single best depiction of ancient Rome in the history of film or television.
Today, in the wake of graphic shows such as Game of Thrones, the violent and sexual content of Rome may not seem remarkable. But the show premiered in 2005, and was one of the first historical dramas to embrace realism over sanitary depictions of history. In ancient Rome, prominent political figures would insult and defame one another with sexual innuendos. In fact, Julius Caesar’s enemies once labeled him a “bald adulterer,” insulting both his commitment to monogamy and his receding hairline.
'Rome' Has Compelling Fictional Characters That Tie Historical Threads Together Perhaps the best way to understand ancient Rome is to see it from the perspectives of both its leaders and its everyday citizens. While Rome spends plenty of time with Julius Caesar , Mark Antony , Cleopatra , Augustus , and many other historical figures, it spends even more time with two soldiers named Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo .
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