Rome media releases

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Details of the DVD sets for the HBO television series, Rome.

DVD releases

United States

Title: Rome: The Complete First Season (2005)
Region: 1 Number of Discs: 6 Release Date: August 15, 2006
All discs
(except VI)
  • All Roads Lead to Rome, an interactive onscreen guide prepared by Jonathan Stamp (historical consultant).
Disc I
  • Episodes 1 and 2 only, both with audio commentaries by Bruno Heller and Jonathan Stamp.
  • Friends, Romans, Countrymen. An introduction to the characters of Rome.
Disc II
Disc III
Disc IV
  • Episode 9, with audio commentary by Jeremy Podeswa.
  • Episode 10.
  • Shot X Shot: Caesar's Triumph. Details in the making of the Triumph scene in the episode "Triumph."
Disc V
  • Episode 11, with commentary by Kevin McKidd (Vorenus).
  • Episode 12, with commentary by Bruno Heller and Jonathan Stamp.
  • Shot X Shot: Gladiator, which details the making of the Gladiator scene in the episode "The Spoils."
Disc VI
(Bonus Features)
  • The Rise of Rome. A featurette with details on sets, wardrobe and actors.
  • When in Rome. Discusses the culture of ancient Rome.
  • Photo Gallery. Touts of having, "50 never-before-seen images."
Notes

The DVD set comes in a decorative wooden box, with an eight page pamphlet titled "Character Guide," which provides a small amount of information on each character in the series, as well as their relationships.

United Kingdom

Title: Rome: The Complete First Season
Region: 2 Number of Discs: 6 Release Date: 24 July 2006
Note DVD details are the same as Region 1 above, except for the changes listed here.
Disc 1 Episodes 1, 2 and 3. (Presented in their entirety, and not as the two 50-minute, cut-down broadcast BBC versions).
Disc 2 Episodes 4, 5 and 6.
Disc 3 Episodes 7 and 8.

Note that episodes 4, 5 and 6 on the disk are equivalent to what the BBC showed as episodes 3, 4 and 5. And so up until 11 and 12, shown as episode 10 on the BBC.

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