The city of Rome is the perfect stage for HBO's first lavish big-budget costume drama. A pair of soldiers from Julius Caesar's 13th Legion become best friends just in time for a front row seat for the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Empire. There will be victories, defeats, love, loss and of course plenty of blood and sex. Welcome to HBO's ROME.

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