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The year is 52 B.C. Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. The ruling class has become extravagantly wealthy, with a precipitous decline in the old values of Spartan discipline and social unity. There is now a great chasm between the classes. Legal and political systems have weakened, and power has increasingly shifted to the military.

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Re: Atia the Monster (* Morgana Flavius, Sep 11, 2005 - 20:48 )
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For news and notes as we prepare to receive Season II of ROME (Jan 14, 2007).
About the second season in general (* Morgana Flavius, Jan 15, 2007 - 16:57 )
That's a bit single minded, Herky... (* Topiltzin Tupac, Jan 15, 2007 - 14:05 )
Dead is dead (* Heraklia Aelius, Jan 15, 2007 - 12:31 )

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Fact or Fiction? (98 posts)

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Just how historically accurate is HBO's mammoth television mini-series, ROME?
Indeed... (* Valeria Augusti, Jun 10, 2006 - 08:30 )
Atia in ROME (* Gordianus Papirius, Jun 9, 2006 - 18:41 )
I agree, Valeria (* Heraklia Aelius, Jun 9, 2006 - 15:25 )

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My Favorite Scenes from HBO's ROME (28 posts)

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Finally out on DVD in Italy!!! (* Safiria Caesar, Sep 15, 2006 - 12:05 )
that's the one! (* Laurels Curius, Sep 15, 2006 - 11:51 )
You mean the "nasty old harpy" crack? (* Heraklia Aelius, Sep 15, 2006 - 11:49 )

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