Empire (TV series, 2005)

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Television series
German title Empire
Original title Empire
Country of production United States
original language English
year 2005
length 45 minutes
Episodes 6th
genre History ,
action series
idea Thomas Wheeler
music Richard Marvin ,
John Van Tongeren
First broadcast June 28, 2005 (USA)
German-language
first broadcast		 February 6, 2006
occupation

Empire , alternate title Rome - Blood and Games , is a six-part American miniseries . It lets both historical and fictional characters from Roman history interact with one another and tells of the rise of the Roman Empire . After the first broadcast was canceled in 2006 after the second episode, the series was broadcast as a two-part television film under the titles Caesar's Last Will and The Battle for the Empire for the first time in 2012.

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Part 1

Death to the Tyrant (German first broadcast: February 6, 2006)

Julius Caesar returns to Rome after his campaign against the Gauls . He plans to implement new reforms and reform the Senate . His nephew Octavius is supposed to help him. But not all senators are convinced of Caesar's will. Cassius and Brutus in particular see this as the downfall of the republic and therefore try to win Mark Antony over for themselves.

In the meantime, Caesar gets to know the gladiator Sertorius, who has proven himself in the arena and is now given freedom by the emperor . In return, Sertorius is said to be Caesar's bodyguard. He, who had previously lived in a slave colony with his wife and son , then moved to the capital.

One day - on the Ides of March - Sertorius is supposed to protect Caesar when his wife comes home screaming: Their son Piso was kidnapped in the market. Sertorius can barely save his son, but Caesar, who would have needed his help most, is brutally murdered in the Senate. In death, Caesar Sertorius entrusts his nephew Octavius. Together they flee Rome - the Senate henchmen behind them.

Part 2

The Dictator's Legacy (German first broadcast: February 13, 2006)

While Cassius and Brutus consider taking Caesar's corpse out of the city, making it disappear and thereby erasing the myth of the emperor, Sertorius and Octavius ​​were able to escape successfully. But Octavius ​​is skeptical that he should be Caesar's heir. When he learns of his murder, he rides to Rome, against Sertorius' wishes, to meet Senator Cimber, whom he believes has a loyal ally. But his daughter Titiana, with whom Octavius ​​sleeps one last time, reveals Octavius ​​to Cimber, who has switched sides. Only with the help of Sertorius is Octavius ​​able to escape.

Cassius and Brutus learn from Marcus Antonius that Caesar's last will to appoint Octavius ​​as his heir has been set down in writing. The soldiers then take Caesar's house apart and arrest Octavius' mother Attia. At the last moment she succeeds in handing the scroll to Senator Cicero, to whom it is given to the Vestal Virgin Camane for safekeeping.

Mark Antony mobilizes the people. This is opposed to the senators when they want to remove Caesar's body. According to Roman custom, Caesar is burned.

Sertorius brings Octavius ​​to Camane, who confirms that he will become Caesar's heir. The Temple of the Vestals is already being attacked. Octavius ​​has to flee again.

part 3

The caves of death

Part 4

Deadly orgy

Part 5

The ring of fate

Part 6

Ave, Caesar!

background

The series, shot in Italy , was created at a time when historical and monumental films were becoming increasingly popular again. In the style of Gladiator , Kingdom of Heaven or Troy , Empire was a mixture of action and historical films. The characters were not cast with world-famous actors.

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