Eager to return to Rome after eight long years of war, Gaius Julius Caesar ends his campaign with a resounding triumph in Gaul, and news of a shattering personal loss at home. In Rome, Caesar's old friend Pompey is counselled by the Senate, who worry about Caesar's growing popularity. Two soldiers are enlisted to find the army's stolen gold standard. Atia is careful to play both sides of an escalating power struggle.
Directed By
Michael AptedWritten By
Bruno Heller, Michael AptedWatch on these services
Cast of Rome
Kevin McKiddLucius Vorenus
Ray StevensonTitus Pullo
Ciarán HindsJulius Caesar
James PurefoyMark Antony
Polly WalkerAtia of the Julii
Tobias MenziesMarcus Junius Brutus
Lindsay DuncanServilia of the Junii
Nicholas WoodesonPosca
Kerry CondonOctavia of the Julii
David BamberMarcus Tullius Cicero
Max PirkisGaius Octavian
Chiara MastalliEirene
Lee BoardmanTimon
Ian McNeiceNewsreader
Indira VarmaNiobe of the Voreni
Manfredi AliquoCastor
Kenneth CranhamGnaeus Pompey Magnus
Simon WoodsGaius Octavian Caesar
Tommaso SaccoCenturion
Michael NardoneMascius
Camilla RutherfordJocasta
Guy HenryCassius
Daniel CerqueiraMemmio
Lyndsey MarshalCleopatra
Ronan VibertLepidus
Lorcan CranitchErastes Fulmen
Anna PatrickCornelia
Maxim BaldryCaesarion
Rafi GavronDuro
Alice HenleyLivia Drusilla
Roger HammondChief Augur
Ted RusoffStrabo
Haydn GwynneCalpurnia
John BennettElderly Priest
Tim BarlowAncient Blind Oracle
Lydia LeonardJulia
Vincenzo NicoliLysandros
Lynda BaronMadame
Francesca FowlerEgeria
Hugh SachsClerk
Bob MercerSlave Trader
Jonathan ReadwinCrito
Scott ChisholmKing Ptolemy XIII
Abhin GaleyaOedipus
Ilaria StivaliPeasant Woman
Francesca BerrettiniCynthia
Liliana MeleCleopatra's Assistant