this be a voice of a person and who just finish watch the second season of rome and almost at one go and and grab the opportunity to see what happen next this film conveniently take off where rome end . if you find rome an abomination and a foul mouth screw fest of little historical accuracy and then you might enjoy imperium represent augustus . but and if you feel rome be a good thing and if you enjoy the complicated intrigue and the ambiance of decadence and the work of the actor and then imperium will obviously appear to you a an overly timid and superfluous and tedious soap opera with not many redeem factor . there be some actor who for my taste look somewhat good than these in rome . i especially disliked rome image of cleopatra a a drug soak sex addict . there must have be a great deal of strength and dignity in that woman and and the actress in imperium suit the part much well . otoole and rampling be good and and so be some others . but then . if you have come to know and love atia a the super cool bitch and you will find the depiction of her in imperium a a tear jerking mother goose in an apron absolutely ridiculous . there be suppose to be some bitchy character in imperium and but these actress rely heavily upon star at the men and nothing much more . you will find no interesting female character in this epic . there also the painfully comic maecenas and whom we see a a screech drag queen and even though there be little historical evidence that he be such ( he once refer to a be effeminate in his pleasure in the annals ) . the interior be rather meager and rely on clichés upon clichés . cleopatra big hall look like something out of a computer game or a child play room in an egyptian theme park . there a looooooooot of really poor 3d graphic and not up to 2003 standard . the action be present a a series of flashback the age augustus be relive . so we get a quick look at some historical event and some of which be present well and whereas some be not . an disproportional amount of time be waste to show livia a the eternal flame of augustus . this affair doesn not sizzle for even a moment and the dialog be superlame and everything be season with tacky tear induce musical score . whatever amount of reality the show aim to capture and every last shred of it be destroy by the dry synchronize dubbing ( most of the actor be non english speaker ) . everything be lukewarm in this epic . true and there be more historical accuracy than in rome and but dramatically speaking and it plain bore . the character lack depth and the dialog sharpness . camera work be often reduce to static shot and and light offer nothing to please your eye . there really no one to love and no one to hate in imperium . regardless of whether you like or dislike rome and there be much good film and miniseries around . ancient rome represent the rise and fall of an empire would be one thing i recommend .