Rome
The Stolen Eagle
TV Flash files “The Stolen Eagle” as a desk essential hour — Rome (2005–2007) on HBO/BBC, season 1, episode 1, aired 2005-08-28, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 22 in the Rome guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2005-08-28 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “The Stolen Eagle”. The Stolen Eagle opens Bruno Heller's HBO/BBC mud-and-politics epic: two soldiers witnessing epochal events from the street, not the marble.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
52 B.C. Eager to return to Rome after eight long years of war, Gaius Julius Caesar ends his campaign with a big triumph in Gaul--and news of a shattering personal loss at home. When his army's gold standard is stolen, Caesar's cousin and commander Mark Antony enlists two soldiers, Centurion Lucius Vorenus and Legionnaire Titus Pullo, to track it down.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Stolen Eagle sit in the Rome guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 22 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Rome S01E01 air?
The Stolen Eagle aired 2005-08-28 and is listed at 60 minutes.
How much Rome is there?
Two seasons (2005–2007). High production costs and network decisions cut short a planned longer historical canvas.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Two soldiers, Vorenus and Pullo, witness the fall of the Republic as Caesar, Antony, and Octavian rewrite the world. Bruno Heller's HBO/BBC co-production made ancient history tactile: mud, politics, street-level views of epochal events. Only two seasons, lavish enough to become a warning about prestige budgets.
Two soldiers, Vorenus and Pullo, watching the Republic fall from the street, and the group chat still doing "what if more seasons" like it's a ship war. (I said spoiler-free. The cancellation is the spoiler.) Bruno Heller, John Milius, and William J. MacDonald's HBO/BBC co-production premiered in 2005 and lasted two seasons through 2007 despite major production scale — twenty-two episodes, mud and marble, blood and backroom empire. Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson lead a street-level view of epochal events beside…
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