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I, Caesar: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire (1997)

Name: I, Caesar: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8
Cast: Brian Cox, Averil Cameron, Peter Connolly, Miriam Griffin, Keith Hopkins

Documentary

Detailing the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, I, Caesar takes a fascinating look at the public and private lives of six key men who ruled ancient Rome: Julius Caesar, Augustus, Nero, Hadrian, Constantine and Justinian. Their careers were made up of bloody battles and tactical bribery, stunning innovation and profound corruption, dazzling rhetoric and vicious back-stabbing – and together they form a picture of the most sophisticated highs and most brutal lows of the Roman Empire’s inception, heyday and decline. Stretching at its peak, from the north of England to southern Egypt and from the west coast of Spain to Syria in the east, the Roman Empire included within its boundaries myriad people, cultures and climates.

IMDb rating: 8.0 (57 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Season 1 (1997)

7.57 avg 6 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 49 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Julius Ceasar: I Am Not King but Caesar	7.6	16
2	Augustus: First of the Emperors	7.6	13
3	Nero: The Power and the Madness	7.7	11
4	Hadrian: Within These Walls	7.7	13
5	Constantine: Bearing the Cross	7.3	10
6	Justinian: Last of the Romans	7.5	10