The Best Episodes of Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(216 votes)

   #1 - Nero

   S1:E19/21/2006

   Recounts how Nero charted his murderous reign and how he was finally overthrown.

   Director:Nick Murphy

   Writer:Nick Murphy

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Nick Murphy

   Writer:Nick Murphy
2. 

   7.4/10(163 votes)

   #2 - Caesar

   S1:E29/26/2006

   Recounts how Julius Caesar succeeded in overthrowing a 500-year-old Republic.

   Director:Nick Green

   Writers:James Wood, Jeremy Hylton Davies

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Nick Green

   Writers:James Wood, Jeremy Hylton Davies
3. 

   7.3/10(161 votes)

   #3 - Revolution

   S1:E310/5/2006

   132 BC. Tiberius Gracchus, with the final victory in Rome's 120 year long Punic Wars against Carthage, its greatest ever Mediterranean rival, brings him immense glory and the rich unseen wealth, but almost nothing trickles down to the destitute. The rich patricians yest removing the military threat of Carthage also removes the best control on them. He learns many veteran families lose everything, even their land, which is taken by the rich. Now he joins the army against a Hispanic tribe, the Numantines, which manages to encircle the 20,000 legionnaires and refuses to negotiate with consul Mancinus, but takes the word of Gracchus, for the sake of his father who concluded an honorable peace with them; the troops return, their families rejoice but the senate blames the commanders for a disgraceful surrender. Tiberius uses his popularity to stand for the office of popular tribune, hoping to counter Nasicas extremist line in the senate.

   Director:Christopher Spencer

   Writer:Christopher Spencer

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Christopher Spencer

   Writer:Christopher Spencer
4. 

   7.5/10(144 votes)

   #4 - Rebellion

   S1:E410/12/2006

   Recounts how the Jewish Revolt, which swept through Judea in AD66, was stopped by General Vespasian and his son Titus.

   Director:Andrew Grieve

   Writer:Andrew Grieve

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Andrew Grieve

   Writer:Andrew Grieve
5. 

   7.2/10(134 votes)

   #5 - Constantine

   S1:E510/18/2006

   Recounts how the Emperor Constantine brought Christianity to the western world.

   Director:Tim Dunn

   Writers:Colin Heber-Percy, Lyall B. Watson

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Tim Dunn

   Writers:Colin Heber-Percy, Lyall B. Watson
6. 

   7.1/10(117 votes)

   #6 - Fall of Rome

   S1:E610/26/2006

   In AD 410, the Goth hordes sacked the city. This event symbolised Rome's collapse, but it should never have happened at all.

   Director:Arif Nurmohamed

   Writer:James Wood

   Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

   Director:Arif Nurmohamed

   Writer:James Wood
TRENDING NOW
The 20 BEST Episodes of Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
READ