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Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) on "Rome" (Photo: HBO).

‘Rome’: The wedding crasher

On April 2, 2021 By Mark PerigardIn Reviews

In our latest “Rome” re-watch, two couples make it to the altar, but you’ll only count one happy person in the lot.

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Timon and Atia torture Serviia on "Rome" (Photo: HBO).

‘Rome’: House of horrors

On January 7, 2021 By Mark PerigardIn Reviews

In this week’s especially dark “Rome” re-watch, Atia just wants some lunch, Servilia would like to pray in peace, Octavian can’t understand why no one recognizes him, and Timon picks the worst moment to demand a new job description.

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Ray Stevenson in "Rome" (Photo: HBO)

‘Rome’: Truth kills

On October 21, 2020October 20, 2020 By Mark PerigardIn Reviews

It’s like every column of the New York Times’ “Modern Love”:

You go to the Registrar of Slaves, take a number, wait your turn, present your documentation to a bored clerk, and walk out with the emancipation papers for the slave you want to marry.

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Kevin McKidd on "Rome" (Photo: HBO)

‘Rome’: You call this love?

On October 14, 2020October 13, 2020 By Mark PerigardIn Reviews

Fasten your seatbelts on this week’s “Rome” for a round-robin of betrayals and a plot twist so questionable, the characters practically break the fourth wall to complain to HBO.

But hey! There’s a shocking act of violence that gets everything back on track.

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Lyndsey Marshal as Queen Cleopatra on "Rome" (Photo: HBO)

‘Rome’: And baby makes empire

On October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 By Mark PerigardIn Reviews

There are a lot of adjectives used to describe HBO’s “Rome,” but one that rarely comes up is: funny.

And yet the latest episode in our “Rome” rewatch can best be thought of as a bedroom farce B.C.

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