Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
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GenreDocudrama
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Narrated byAlisdair Simpson
ComposerSamuel Sim
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerMatthew Barrett
ProducerMark Hedgecoe
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release21 September (2006-09-21) –
26 October 2006 (2006-10-26)
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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Republic and Empire. This docudrama focuses on the Latin western half of the Roman Empire.