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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning points in the history of the Roman Empire. This docudrama focuses on the Latin western half of the Roman Empire.
Original Release
09/21/2006 on BBC
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lyall B. Watson | Petronius / Senator |
| Michael Sheen | Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus |
| James D'Arcy | Tiberius Gracchus |
| Pip Torrens | Olympius |
| David Threlfall | Constantine the Great |
| Sean Pertwee | Julius Caesar |
| Ed Stoppard | Josephus |
| Alastair Mackenzie | Athaulf |
| Alex Ferns | Mark Antony |
| James Wilby | Ofonius Tigellinus |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nero | Thursday, 21 September 2006 |
| 2 | Caesar | Thursday, 28 September 2006 |
| 3 | Revolution | Thursday, 05 October 2006 |
| 4 | Rebellion | Thursday, 12 October 2006 |
| 5 | Constantine | Thursday, 19 October 2006 |
| 6 | The Fall of Rome | Thursday, 26 October 2006 |
Directors
Nick Murphy, Andrew Grieve, Arif Nurmohamed, Nick Green, Tim Dunn, Christopher Spencer
Writers
Alexander Emmert, James Wood, Colin Heber-Percy, Jeremy Hylton Davies, Lyall B. Watson, Andrew Grieve, Christopher Spencer, Nick Murphy
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lyall B. Watson | Petronius / Senator |
| Michael Sheen | Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus |
| James D'Arcy | Tiberius Gracchus |
| Pip Torrens | Olympius |
| David Threlfall | Constantine the Great |
| Sean Pertwee | Julius Caesar |
| Ed Stoppard | Josephus |
| Alastair Mackenzie | Athaulf |
| Alex Ferns | Mark Antony |
| James Wilby | Ofonius Tigellinus |
| Jonathan Coy | Florius |
| Greg Hicks | Aenilianus |
| John Blakey | General Gnaeus |
| Jonathan Hyde | Hanan |
| Michael Maloney | Senator Natalis |
| John Shrapnel | Pompey |
| John Woodvine | Lactantius |
| Mark Lockyer | Alaric |
| David Hinton | Axius |
| Geraldine James | Cornelia |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Matthew Barrett | Executive Producer |
| Alexander Emmert | Producer |
| Mark Hedgecoe | Producer |
| Jim Spencer | Producer |
| Arif Nurmohamed | Producer |
| Josh Wilkins | Producer |
| Gina Marsh | Producer |
| Tim Dunn | Producer |
| Christopher Spencer | Producer |
| Nick Murphy | Producer |
