Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2006)

Cast

David Threlfall as Constantine the Great
David Threlfall

as Constantine the Great

Sean Pertwee as Julius Caesar
Sean Pertwee

as Julius Caesar

Catherine McCormack as Poppaea Sabina
Catherine McCormack

as Poppaea Sabina

Michael Sheen as Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Michael Sheen

as Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

James D'Arcy as Tiberius Gracchus
James D'Arcy

as Tiberius Gracchus

Ed Stoppard as Josephus
Ed Stoppard

as Josephus

Peter Firth as Vespasian
Peter Firth

as Vespasian

John Shrapnel as Pompey
John Shrapnel

as Pompey

Alex Ferns as Mark Antony
Alex Ferns

as Mark Antony

Sebastian Armesto as Honorius
Sebastian Armesto

as Honorius

Biliana Petrinska as Cornelia
Biliana Petrinska

as Cornelia

Lucy Gaskell as Constantia
Lucy Gaskell

as Constantia

Louise Delamere as Fausta
Louise Delamere

as Fausta

Geraldine James as Cornelia
Geraldine James

as Cornelia

Episodes

Nero poster

Nero 5.0

September 21, 2006

Recounts how Nero charted his murderous reign and how he was finally overthrown.

Caesar poster

Caesar 5.0

September 26, 2006

Recounts how Julius Caesar succeeded in overthrowing a 500-year-old Republic.

Revolution poster

Revolution 5.0

October 5, 2006

132 BC. Tiberius Gracchus, with the final victory in Rome's 120 year long Punic Wars against Carthage, its greatest eve…

Rebellion poster

Rebellion 6.5

October 12, 2006

Recounts how the Jewish Revolt, which swept through Judea in AD66, was stopped by General Vespasian and his son Titus.

Constantine poster

Constantine 5.0

October 18, 2006

Recounts how the Emperor Constantine brought Christianity to the western world.

Fall of Rome poster

Fall of Rome 5.0

October 26, 2006

In AD 410, the Goth hordes sacked the city. This event symbolised Rome's collapse, but it should never have happened at…