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Those About to Die

★ 6.7 23K votes 2024–2024 1 season · 10 episodes Canceled Peacock
Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Big-budget spectacleBlockbuster-scale production values.This show: 8/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 8/10Class divideWealth, poverty and the gulf between them.This show: 7/10Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 7/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 7/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Iwan RheonSara MartinsJojo MacariMoe HashimTom HughesGonçalo Almeida
Written by
Robert Rodat
Starring
Iwan RheonSara MartinsJojo MacariMoe HashimTom HughesGonçalo Almeida
Written by
Robert Rodat
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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"Rome's arena politics as glossy blood-soaked soap opera"

Set in ancient Rome, this series follows the ruthless business of chariot racing and gladiatorial games, and the emperor's family and the ambitious hustlers who profit from staging spectacle to keep the mob satisfied. It's big, glossy sword-and-sandal soap opera: lavish sets, brutal arena violence, and tangled schemes among slaves, nobles, and racing factions. The pace is brisk and pulpy rather than prestige-drama slow, prioritizing spectacle and melodrama over historical nuance or subtlety. It works best as popcorn entertainment if you want Rome as backdrop for scheming and blood sport rather than serious history.

Watch it for

the lavish arena spectacle and scheming ensemble chasing power through Rome's games.

Maybe skip if

you want historical accuracy or subtle character work over pulpy melodrama.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12024
7.19K109h 22m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Rise or Die6.7
1K55 min
▶2Trust None7.1
1K59 min
▶3Death's Door7.4
95658 min
▶4Fool's Bet7.1
87658 min
▶5Betrayal7.2
84951 min
▶6Blood Relation7.1
82356 min
▶7Death's Bed7.3
81457 min
▶8All or Nothing7.0
78953 min
▶9The Die Is Cast7.7
87757 min
▶10Let the Games Begin7.0
94958 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Iwan Rheon Tenax
Sara Martins Cala
Jojo Macari Domitian
Moe Hashim Kwame
Tom Hughes Titus
Gonçalo Almeida Elia
Dimitri Leonidas Scorpus
Gabriella Pession Antonia
Rupert Penry-Jones Marsus
Anthony Hopkins Vespasian

Crew

Robert Rodat

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