MacDonald created Rome for HBO and the BBC, a large-scale British ... Season 1 focused on the Roman civil war waged by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C., the ruler's ambitious rise and tragic fall, the ...

He compares the unique military formations portrayed in "Spartacus," starring Kirk Douglas; "The Eagle," starring Channing Tatum, Donald Sutherland, and Jamie Bell; and HBO's "Rome," starring ...