Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
How greed, violence and betrayal helped create and destroy the ancient world's great superpower.
Turning points in ancient Roman history and some of the Empire's greatest stories are brought to life in this drama documentary series.
- Released: 2006-09-21
- Genres: Documentary
- Seasons: 1, 6 episodes
- Episode length: 1h 0m
- Network: BBC One
- Status: Ended
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 29 votes
Created by James Wood.
Top cast
- Alisdair Simpson as Narrator (voice)
- Michael Sheen as Emperor Nero
Where to watch Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
- United States: stream on Britbox Apple TV channel
- Canada: stream on Britbox Apple TV channel
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