Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire poster

TV series · 2006

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

“How greed, violence and betrayal helped create and destroy the ancient world's great superpower.”

First aired 21 September 2006 Documentary TMDB ↗

Turning points in ancient Roman history and some of the Empire's greatest stories are brought to life in this drama documentary series.

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Alisdair Simpson
as Narrator (voice)
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David de Keyser
as Senator Cluvius
79
Tom Bell
as Nasica
73
John Shrapnel
as Pompey
64
Karl Johnson
as Marcellus
58
Philip Jackson
as Jovius
58
Geraldine James
as Cornelia
56
Jonathan Coy
as Florius
53
Trevor Cooper
as Senator Scaevinus
53
Peter Firth
as Vespasian
52
David Threlfall
as Constantine the Great
52
Michael Maloney
as Senator Natalis
49
Danny Webb
as Licinius
48
David Kennedy
as Matho
42
Sean Pertwee
as Julius Caesar
42
Michael Sheen
as Emperor Nero
37
Louise Delamere
as Fausta
37
Michael Sheen
as Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
37
Alex Ferns
as Mark Antony
37
Alastair Mackenzie
as Athaulf
36
Catherine McCormack
as Poppaea Sabina
34
Biliana Petrinska
as Cornelia
32
Ed Stoppard
as Josephus
32
James Hillier
as Octavius
32
James D'Arcy
as Tiberius Gracchus
31
Lucy Gaskell
as Constantia
26
Sebastian Armesto
as Honorius
24
Andrew Westfield
as Berig
Unknown
Lyall B. Watson
as Senator
Unknown
Hugh Ross
as Senator Piso
Unknown
Wendy Nottingham
as Mother
Unknown
Danny Midwinter
as Placidus
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