The Caesars (1968)

Directed by

Derek Bennett

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This black and white British series follows the lives of the early Roman emperors. It focuses on the political and personal motivations of figures like Tiberius and Claudius, offering a more restrained and less sensational take on their stories.

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What happens

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 dramatic territory similar to that of 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; in particular, the Emperor Tiberius is portrayed much more sympathetically. The show is credited with propelling the international career of actor Freddie Jones who played Emperor Claudius. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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