Empire DVD

Rome. Power. Murder.

Rome, 44 B.C. Conqueror Julius Caesar (Colm Feore, Chicago) returns from his triumph in Spain to a neglected Republic in poverty and a Senate corrupted with power. As the Ides of March draw near, blood will be spilled, and, before it is done, the fate of the Roman Empire will fall upon the shoulders of one man Octavius (Santiago Cabera, Haven), Caesars 17-year-old nephew, exults with all of Rome in the dictators homecoming. But unrest, anger, and resentment seethe within Caesars intimate cabal of nobles. Only days later on March 15, surrounded by his conspiratorsincluding Cassius (Michael Maloney, Henry VIII) and Brutus (James Frain, Sparticus) of the SenateCaeser is felled by twenty-three stab wounds. General Marc Antony (Vincent Regan, Troy) believes he will now assume the throne, but Caesars dying wish is for the impetuous and inexperienced Octavius to become his heir. The young rogue, raised in privilege and pleasure, has never seen a battlefield. Marc Antony will not stand for thisnor will the assassins who vow to annihilate Caesars entire bloodline. But Octavius has found an ally in Tyrannus (Jonathan Cake, Noahs Ark), a gladiator sworn to protect him and help secure the boys inherited throne. First, however, they must wrest the tenuous power from Antonys devious grasp. Coming to learn the meaning of death-defying friendship and intimate betrayal, Octaviuschristened the Emperor Augustusemerges as arguably the single most important figure in Roman history. What unfolds under his spectacular reign is an end to the advancing decay of the Republic and the establishment of a new Roman government that was to endure for three centuries. Here is the story of the rise to power of one manboth ruthless and loving, implacable and forgivingwho would negotiate the dangerous seas of the last era of the Roman Revolution. An epic undertaking on a grand and glorious scale, Hallmark Entertainments Empire miniseries brings to life the fate of the entire Roman Empire and one of th