Rome is a historical drama television series co-created by Bruno Heller, John Milius, and William J. MacDonald and primarily written by Heller. Rome was produced in Italy by the BBC (UK), HBO (USA), and RAI (Italy). The show's first season originally aired on HBO between August 28 and November 20 2005, subsequently broadcast on BBC One between November 2 2005 and January 4 2006, and on Rai Due between March 17 and April 28 2006.

The show's second and final season opened on January 14 2007 and ended on March 25 2007 in the USA. In the UK the second season started on June 20 2007, on BBC Two and ended on July 24 2007. Throughout the second season there were many conflicting reports from various sources that a renewed third season would take place, however no announcements have been made.

In this British costume drama, the turbulent transition from Roman republic to autocratic empire, which changed world history trough civil war and wars of conquest, is sketched both from the aristocratic viewpoint of Julius Caesar, his family, his adopted successor Octavian Augustus, and their political allies and adversaries, and from the politically naive viewpoint of a few ordinary Romans, notably the soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo and their families. Written by KGF Vissers