The Caesars
The Caesars
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The Caesars (1968)

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55 min

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22 Sept 1968

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Drama
War & Politics

The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered similar dramatic territory to the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the early emperors of Ancient Rome, but differed in its less sensationalist depictions of historical characters and their motives.

Keywords

roman empire
ancient rome
miniseries
political intrigue 
roman emperor
history

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

February 23, 2022

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7/10

I've just seen this on DVD and it is a superb telling of the early days of the Roman Empire. We arrive at the conclusion of the reign of Augustus and focus on the rules of Tiberius (André Morell) and of his insane megalomanic nephew Caligula (Ralph Bates). Sonia Dresdel is suitably imperious as Augu

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