Roman Empire Poster

Roman Empire

First Air Date: 2016-11-11

Status: Ended

Rating: ⭐ 6.922/10 (102 votes)

Genres: Drama, Documentary

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

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 15

Official Website

Top Cast

Sean Bean
Sean Bean
as Narrateur

User Reviews

GenerationofSwine
⭐ 1/10
Jan 10, 2023

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 people how the Roman's shaped the world, not who the Roman's were.

But, at the same time, there is a lot of nudity and sex in this, so they were trying for a bit of accuracy...

... but the thing is that they completely missed the historical accuracy mark on a lot of other significantly more important historical events and Roman cultural norms.

And that to me is unforgivable, despite my understanding that it needs to be toned down and edited a bit to allow people to access it.

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