Customer Reviews
Rome - Second Season 
2008-06-20
A truly epic series. I wish HBO had the testicular fortitude to continue on with the show.
Great DVD 2008-05-27
I lved this series on HBO. I already bought season one and had to get season two. This series was very entertaining. I reccommend this dvd. The actors were all great. If youn like history it is fun to watch.
Great Price for the 2nd Season. 2008-05-27
Great price for this product and the 2nd season was as good as the 1st.
Amazing 2008-05-19
Fantastic series. The dvds have a wonderful selction of behind the scenes extras. I'm not judging the series on historical acuracy, but the characters are intriguing and rich.
Simply a Must-Have 2008-04-24
Wow! This is real vivid and compelling historical drama. The five discs containing valuable extras and real-time historical background information are packed in a luxurious box set. Simply a must-have for every (adult) person interested in ancient, especially Roman, history. Because of the (sometimes) drastic coverage of sexual aspects the series generally doesn't fit for underaged.
ROME II - O The Fun They Had! 2008-07-24
Having thoroughly enjoyed the passions, the plotting, the characters of HBO's First year of 'ROME', I eagerly awaited year two and was never disappointed. The Characters became stronger, the plots thinker and the overall acting superb in every way. Seeing Octavius grown into the masterminded Ceasar Augustus, surrounded by his equally brilliant military leaders, was fun to watch, plain and simple. Mark Anthony's involvement with Cleopatra and their spiral downward was mesmerising.
James Purefoy did a wonderful job portraying one of histories most alluring Romans. I did imagane a different Cleo, but Lynsey Marshal did a great job protraying the Egyptian 'living'Goddess' .
At the Core of the series, the two mainstay characters, Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus, were rich and engaging characters all very well acted.
Watching Lucius Vorenus sink from a hopeful leader/family man to a henchman and watching Titus Pullo be there to add support for his friend
at great risks and also seeing his personal life ebb and flow drew me into each and every episode. Intermix with this the anglings and antics of the beautiful Atia (Polly Walker) with her 'dear' friend/archenemy
Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) and her own offspring Octavia and powerful son Ceasar Augustus and you have emotionally explosive settings mixed with passionate and even endearing ones. You can't miss with that!
The Box set is well designed and you will be hard put to walk away until the next episode.
Rome, the complete second season 2008-07-06
This was an amazing series. The only problem I had was that when I ordered both seasons which your site stated both were IN STOCK, you sent season two about one week before season one. I had never seen the series but had it recommended to me by a friend. So even thouh I had season two I really couldn't watch season two until I received season one to watch first. But other than that, both seasons arrived in excellent condition and this is one of the best series made for television that I have ever watched.
More Rome! 2008-07-05
Second season is just as good, same great sets, and acting. I only wish
it went on and on!
The Story Continues 2008-07-05
After you see the first season, you can't help but watch this one. I've seen both series from start to finish, five times!
"This is How a Real Roman Drinks" 2008-06-29
There are a few things to be gleaned from HBO's Rome: there was no 911 back then, so you had to take care of things yourself; in ancient Rome you could go pretty far if you were really good with knife and sword; it's possible to look cool in a toga; and, people don't need cell phones and the Internet to have fun.
Some have commented about historical inaccuracies in the series. Well, there are very few surviving contemporary accounts, and those focus on elites and major events. Even "serious" historians admit there's a lot of guesswork involved in ancient history, and many of the contemporary sources are full of bias and errors. So, the producers had to fill in the gaps with creativity. The general themes are accurate, the sets are spectacular, and a lot of attention is paid to fascinating details about religious beliefs, diet, housing, and the Roman political system. The DVD set has audio commentaries by the historian Jonathan Stamp and episodes can be viewed with pop-ups that specifically address historical issues. HBO did its homework here, and the series is a successful balance of modern entertainment and history.
Before watching this series I viewed people like Pompey, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Octavian (Augustus Caesar), Mark Antony, and the others as something like walking statues. This series made these people come alive. And what a lusty, lively lot they were.
Having seen both seasons, I would have to rank the first clearly above the second, but they both get solid fives. The acting is powerful. Atia, Pullo, and Gaia (Pullo's slave/lover) stand out.
Too bad the fun ended after the second season with the aftermath of Actium. I would like to see this crew put its spin on such topics as the life of Christ, Nero, the end of the Roman Empire in the West, and later historical developments as well. I think HBO's Rome was a successful balance of modern entertainment and history.
