Rome : Season 1 & 2 (DVD, 2007, 11-Disc) Region 4

THE YEAR IS 52 B.C.

Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess.

After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo unwittingly become entwined in the historical events of ancient Rome. A serialised 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.

DISCS 1-5

• ROME: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

• FRIENDS, ROMANS, COUNTRYMEN-INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARACTERS OF ROME.

• EIGHT REVEALING AUDIO COMMENTARIES WITH CAST AND CREW.

• ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME INTERACTIVE ONSCREEN GUIDE, PREPARED BY THE SERIES' HISTORICAL CONSULTANT, JONATHAN STAMP.

• SHOT X SHOT: GLADIATOR-A CLOSER LOOK AT THE THRILLING

EPISODE 11 FIGHT SEQUENCE.

• SHOT X SHOT: CAESAR'S TRIUMPH-DETAILING THE PRODUCTION OF THE EPIC EPISODE 10 TRIUMPH SCENE.

• THE RISE OF ROME-BEHIND-THE-SCENES FEATURETTE ON SETS, WARDROBE AND ACTORS' BOOT CAMP.

• WHEN IN ROME-FEATURETTE ON THE CULTURE OF ANCIENT ROME.

• PHOTO GALLERY WITH OVER 50 NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN IMAGES.

• EIGHT-PAGE ROMAN CHARACTER GUIDE BOOKLET FEATURING

NAMES, PROFILES, RELATIONSHIPS AND OTHER KEY HISTORICAL INFORMATION.

FEATURE LANGUAGES

• ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN FEATURE SUBTITLES

• ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, DUTCH & ENGLISH & GERMAN FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED

Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son and heir. The conspirator Brutus ponders how to curry favour with the masses that have Meanwhile, Tus pulo arcempts to elis trend us Vorents a de of no darkness that

has engulfed his soul in the wake of personal tragedy. For once again, the fates of these two mismatched soldiers seem inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself.

• A TALE OF TWO ROMES - ANCIENT ROME WAS TWO DIFFERENT CITIES FOR TWO DIFFERENT CLASSES.

SEE HOW THE PATRICIANS AND THE PLEBS DIFFERED IN ALL MATTERS, FROM JOBS TO RECREATION TO RELIGION.

• THE MAKING OF ROME, SEASON Il - TAKE A TOUR OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE EPIC SERIES, FROM COSTUMES TO SETS TO SPECIAL EFFECTS - PLUS A DETAILED LOOK AT THE BATTLE OF PHILIPPI.

• THE RISE OF OCTAVIAN: ROME'S FIRST EMPEROR - THE LARGER-THAN-LIFE STORY OF THE CUNNING BOY WHO BECAME THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN ROME.

• ANTONY & CLEOPATRA - A REVEALING LOOK AT ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS LOVE AFFAIRS OF ALL TIME.

• FIVE REVEALING AUDIO COMMENTARIES WITH CAST AND CREW.

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