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Rome
2005–2007
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 2 seasons
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #45
- IMDb #41
- Google retired #98
- Metacritic #90
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #196
- Metacritic Critics #184
+3 more
- Metacritic Audience #24
- Criticker #21
- Trakt #47
Every rating
70–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 70, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 96.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →The lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Details
- Created by
- Bruno Heller, John Milius, William J. MacDonald
- Studio
- BBC
- Released
- 28 August 2005
- Country
- Italy, United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 22 across 2 seasons
- Awards
- 10 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (35) →
Awards & nominations
See all 25 →9 major awards won · 10 wins from 25 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Primetime Emmy Award 2007 | Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series | " Heroes of the Republic "; " Philippi "; " Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man) " | Winner |
| Primetime Emmy Award 2007 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series | Alik Sakharov for " Passover " | Winner |
| Primetime Emmy Award 2007 | Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series | " De Patre Vostro (About Your Father) " | Winner |
| Primetime Emmy Award 2006 | Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series | "The Stolen Eagle" | Winner |
| Primetime Emmy Award 2006 | Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series | " Caesarion "; " Triumph "; " Kalends of February " | Winner |
| Primetime Emmy Award 2006 | Outstanding Costumes for a Series | "Triumph" | Winner |
| Primetime Emmy Award 2006 | Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series | " Stealing from Saturn " | Winner |
| Art Directors Guild Award 2005 | Excellence in Production Design – Single-Camera Television Series | " The Stolen Eagle " | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Primetime Emmy Award
15 nominations, 7 won
| Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series | " Heroes of the Republic "; " Philippi "; " Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man) " | Winner |
| Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series | " Caesarion "; " Triumph "; " Kalends of February " | Winner |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series | Alik Sakharov for " Passover " | Winner |
| Outstanding Costumes for a Series | "Triumph" | Winner |
| Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series | " De Patre Vostro (About Your Father) " | Winner |
| Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series | " Stealing from Saturn " | Winner |
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series | "The Stolen Eagle" | Winner |
| Outstanding Costumes for a Series | "De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Main Title Design | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic) | "De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic) | "Caesarion" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) | "Philippi" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) | "Triumph" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Visual Effects for a Series | "Philippi" | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Production Design – Single-Camera Television Series | " The Stolen Eagle " | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directing – Drama Series, Night | Michael Apted for "The Stolen Eagle" | Winner |
Golden Globe Award
2 nominations
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama | Polly Walker as Atia of the Julii | Nominee |
| Best Television Series – Drama | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Stunt Cast – Television Series | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Writing – New Television Series | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Visual Effects – Broadcast Series | "The Stolen Eagle" | Winner |
Satellite Award
3 nominations
| Best DVD Release of a TV Show | Season 2 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Polly Walker as Atia of the Julii | Nominee |
| Outstanding Television Series – Drama | Nominee |