Rome: Season 1 (Episodes 1-12): Kevin McKidd; Ray Stevenson; Polly Walker; Ciarán Hinds

The first season depicts Julius Caesar's civil war of 49 BC against the traditionalist conservative faction in the Roman Senate (the Optimates), his rise to dictatorship over Rome and his fall, spanning the time from the end of his Gallic Wars (52 BC or 701 ab urbe condita) until his assassination on 15 March 44 BC (the infamous Ides of March). Against the backdrop of these cataclysmic events is shown the early years of the young Octavian, who is destined to become Augustus, the first Emperor of Rome.