"Rome" De Patre Vostro (About Your Father) (2007)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Director:

John Maybury

Writers:

John Milius (creator) and
William J. MacDonald (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Rome" (2005)

Original Air Date:

25 March 2007 (Season 2, Episode 10)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | Romance | War

Plot:

In the series final, following his his crushing naval defeat at Actium by Agrippa's forces, Mark Antony...

Plot Keywords:

Soldier | Hand To Hand Combat | Male Nudity | Dictator | Rivalry

Cast

Ray Stevenson	...	Titus Pullo
Kevin McKidd	...	Lucius Vorenus
Polly Walker	...	Atia of the Julii
Kerry Condon	...	Octavia of the Julii
Simon Woods	...	Gaius Octavian Caesar
Allen Leech	...	Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Alex Wyndham	...	Gaius Maecenas
Ian McNeice	...	Newsreader
Michael Nardone	...	Mascius
Coral Amiga	...	Vorena the Elder
Esther Hall	...	Lyde
Lyndsey Marshal	...	Cleopatra
James Purefoy	...	Mark Antony
Manfredi Aliquo	...	Castor
Charlie Anson	...	Emmissary

Runtime:

65 min | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Argentina:13

Goofs:

Plot holes: The action that takes place during "Rome" covers huge lengths of time, yet the characters do not age accordingly. For example, Season 2 begins with the assassination of Julius Caesar (44 BC) and ends with Octavian's capture of Egypt (30 BC) a period of 14 years, and yet during the course of the season, no aging takes place among the characters (with the exception of an actor change for Octavian)...take particular note of the children of Lucius Vorenus, who are children in 44 BC, and by the end of the show have most certainly not aged 14 years (they are STILL children at the end). Keep in mind that in Roman times, an entire life span was only 40 or 50 years, so 14 years could represent more than a quarter of someone's life.

Quotes:

[last lines of the series]
Caesarion: So?
Titus Pullo: He bought it.
Caesarion: Brother Osiris, let me live to spit in his face and remind him of this day!
Titus Pullo: Didn't I tell you there'd be no more of that blather?
Caesarion: Blather? It's my sacred duty. By my blood, I will not rest until I have avenged my mother and redeemed my father's name.
Titus Pullo: Listen, about your father...