Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.
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- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes aired
- 12
- Latest aired
- S01E12
- Total runtime
- 11h 35min
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S01E01 A Touch of Murder
September 20 · 90min find the promo
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Livia, the scheming wife of Augustus, seeks to disinherit her husband's grand-children in favour of her own son Tiberius.
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S01E02 Waiting in the Wings
September 27 · 55min find the promo
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Livia, wife of Emperor Augustus plots against his daughter Julia and manages to convince him to bring her son Tiberius back from exile.
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S01E03 What Shall We Do About Claudius?
October 4 · 55min find the promo
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Livia has engineered the downfall of Julia, who has been banished. Tiberius is recalled to Rome and is joint heir with Postumus. Poor stumbling, stuttering Claudius finds a friend in Herod, king of the Jews.
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S01E04 Poison is Queen
October 11 · 55min find the promo
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The Imperial Army on the Rhine has been wiped out and Tiberius sent to avenge the defeat, followed later by Germanicus. Livia has discredited Postumus, who has been banished. Augustus has been feeling unwell, but is avoiding suspicions of poisoning by eating figs from his own garden.
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S01E05 Some Justice
October 18 · 55min find the promo
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As Augustus learned of Livia's plot against Postumus, she took action which resulted in Tiberius becoming emperor. The situation in the East now threatens Tiberius's position.
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S01E06 Queen of Heaven
October 25 · 55min find the promo
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Germanicus has been murdered in Antioch and his wife Agrippina is convinced Tiberius ordered the killing. Livia has discovered that Caligula helped to poison his father. While Tiberius's perversions have become notorious, his right-hand man Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard, gathers more power for himself, including a marriage alliance with Claudius.
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S01E07 Reign of Terror
November 1 · 55min find the promo
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With Tiberius retired to Capri, Sejanus plans to tighten his grip on Rome and divorces his wife so he can marry Livilla. But he also has powerful enemies and his attempts to consolidate power set in motion a bloody chain of events.
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S01E08 Zeus, By Jove!
November 8 · 55min find the promo
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Claudius has high hopes of a return to a Republic when Caligula insanely proclaims himself a god and his sister a goddess... but Rome officially accepts his divinity.
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S01E09 Hail Who?
November 15 · 55min find the promo
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Caligula's erratic behaviour continues, as he makes his horse a senator and turns the palace into a brothel. Many in the Praetorian Guard grow to realise that their ruler is insane and, fearing the collapse of Rome itself, believe that something needs to be done.
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S01E10 Fool's Luck
November 22 · 55min find the promo
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Claudius is happily married, while the mad Caligula has been assassinated. To his astonishment, Claudius has been proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard.
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S01E11 A God in Colchester
November 29 · 55min find the promo
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Claudius has ruled wisely for a year with the support of Messalina, whom he deeply loves. Convinced of her devotion, he is totally unaware that she is deceiving him.
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S01E12 Old King Log
December 6 · 55min find the promo
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Almost at the end of his family history, Claudius' thoughts turn to the future of Rome.