Rome(2005)
Overview
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
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Top 10 Billed Cast
Lucius Vorenus
Titus Pullo
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Atia of the Julii
Marcus Junius Brutus
Servilia of the Junii
Posca
Octavia of the Julii
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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