I finished watching HBO’s Rome a couple of nights ago, I was pretty impressed by it overall. I think it’s a great shame it was cancelled and it was clear from the rapid wrapping up of the storyline during season 2 that the plot suffered from this. Though while watching the series it was clear to me that it was a very expensive project, but I didn’t realise that funding from HBO and the BBC would not be sufficient to continue the series any longer. If you’re looking for a great TV programme to watch that doesn’t require a huge commitment it’s only 22 episodes split between 2 seasons and is held in such great esteem by so many people as a great programme cut short by lack of funding. As I’ve studied quite a bit of ancient history at university I thought it would be a bit of fun to go along with my studies and I was pleasantly surprised as to how true it is to history, so it’s actually pretty educational regarding the end of the Roman Republic and the formation of the Empire. I would rate Ray Stevenson’s portrayal of the fictional ‘Titus Pullo’ as one of my top characters from any TV series and urge you to watch it to see all of the above for yourself.