Hubby and I generally find one show to watch every week together, and Rome is it right now.
I understood that Rome was only to be a ten episode series. Is it an actual show show? I have now heard people talking of "next season". I hope that is true, because I find it really fun to watch. It has been a while since I have read any Roman history, so this show kinda pulls those parts of my brain alive.
By Jupiter's ears, I hope so. There is so much more to the story after Julius Caesar is murdered in 44 BC.
Going by the last episode, where Caesar holds up his newborn son (presumably Caesarion) the series is now at about June 23rd, 47 BC.
So we are now about 2½ years prior to Caesar's murder in March of 44 BC. After that is when it gets really interesting. The whole story of Octavian's (Soon to be Augustus Caesar) rise to power, the Second Triumvirate, Antony's affair with Cleopatra after Julius Caesar's death, and Octavian's defeat of Antony at Actium (and all the intrigue that led up to it).
Here's a little time line...
47 BC Caesarion (Ptolemy Caesar) born on June 23.
46 BC Cleopatra arrives in Rome, Caesar appointed dictator for ten years; revision of calendar.
45 BC Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces in Spain.
44 BC Assassination of Caesar. Cleopatra returns to Egypt.
43 BC Second Triumvirate: Antony, Octavian, Lepidus.
42 BC Brutus and Cassius defeated by Antony and Octavian at Philippi.
41 BC Antony 'summons' Cleopatra to Tarsus. They become lovers.
40 BC Reconciliation of Antony and Octavian at Brundisium.
36 BC Antony invades Parthia but is defeated.
35 BC Antony returns to Alexandria.
32 BC Antony marries Cleopatra.
31 BC Octavian (and Marcus Agrippa) defeat Antony (and Cleopatra) at Actium.