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Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire
Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire

Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire

—History of the ancient Roman Empire.
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    Spartacus
    The Barbarian General
    Julius Caesar
    Wrath of the Gods
    The Invasion of Britain
    The Last Emperor

  • Roman emperor Aurelian becomes known as the "Restorer of the World" after he succeeds in reuniting the fragmented empire in only five short years.

  • Ricimer, Aegidius and Majorian compete for Imperial control.

  • Faced with the specter of defeat at the hands of the Cimbri barbarian horde in 113 B.C., the Roman Republic must choose between annihilation or a dictatorship that would shake its political foundations to the core.

  • Marcus Aurelius inherits the empire at its peak, but war soon breaks out on two fronts and a plague devastates the population; Marcus' son and successor Commodus eschews the dangerous life of a soldier for a more luxurious existence in Rome.
  • Spartacus

    Enslaved by Romans, Thracian warrior Spartacus must fight as a gladiator.
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  • The Barbarian General

    By the close of the fourth century, Romans and barbarians live together uneasily in the empire.
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Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire

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History of the ancient Roman Empire.

Starring

Sam Mercurio, Leif Anders, Paul Bicknell, Andre Nesnera, Rome Knight, Karl Otter

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