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Rome is a British-Italian historical drama television series created by Bruno Heller, John Milius, and William J. MacDonald. The show's two seasons premiered in 2005 and 2007, and were released on DVD soon afterward. Rome is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic to Empire. The series begins with Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul, and the first season concludes with the assassination of Caesar followed by the rise of the first Emperor Augustus.

The plots focus on two soldiers, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, who find their lives intertwined with key historical events. Rome was a ratings success for HBO and the BBC. The series received much media attention from the start, and was honored with numerous awards and nominations in its two-season run. Co-creator Heller stated in December 2008 that a Rome movie is in development. The series was filmed in various locations, but most notably in the Cinecittà studios in Italy.

When Bruno Heller met HBO executive producer Anne Thomopoulos, he wanted to pitch an idea about white-trash America. Thomopoulos then asked what he thought about white-trash Rome . Heller replied: Love ancient Rome, after a while they started talking about their love for I, Claudius a BBC series about ancient Rome released in the mid 1970s. By coincidence both HBO and the BBC were working on a series involving Ancient Rome. When Heller visited Los Angeles a year later, he was given a script for the upcoming series which would later be known as Rome. Tranter from the BBC has said this about the development of Rome: It felt like something that could have been developed by us, and HBO felt like natural partners for the BBC. [5][6] On 20 April 2006, Carolyn Strauss, president of HBO announced the development of a second season for Rome.[7]

The production is regarded as one of the most expensive in the history of TV series. Funding was generously employed to recreate an impressively detailed set featuring a number of Roman Villas, the Forum and a vast slum area of the ancient city of Rome. A significant part of this set was later destroyed by a fire that burned down a portion of the Cinecittà Studios in 2007.[9] According to HBO, the fire started after they had finished filming the second season of Rome.[10] A portion of the set was also used in late 2007 by the crew of the long-running BBC sci-fi drama series Doctor Who, for the fourth season episode The Fires of Pompeii .