Roman Empire

2016 3 Seasons 15 Episodes ★ 6.9 Drama, Documentary

This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor whose rule marked the beginning of Rome's fall.

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Cast

Sean Bean

Narrateur

Seasons

6 eps

Commodus: Reign of Blood

2016

5 eps

Julius Caesar: Master of Rome

2018

4 eps

Caligula: The Mad Emperor

2019

Details

Status

Ended

Original Language

EN

Network

Netflix

Production

Stephen David Entertainment

Reviews

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GenerationofSwine

January 10, 2023

★ 1/10

I am torn with this one. I mean... it's Rome. You can't really make a documentary about a lot of it without being pretty disgusting and absolutely sexualized. This is, after all, the culture that gave us the strap-on and earrings shaped as male genitalia. So I am all about editing it down to make it accessible to people and not get a XXX rating. What is a little more important is teaching pe...