Empire (2005 TV series)

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Empire
Genre	Historical drama
Written by	Sara B. Cooper Chip Johannessen
Directed by	John Gray Kim Manners
Starring	Santiago Cabrera Vincent Regan Emily Blunt James Frain Jonathan Cake
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Production locations	Rome, Lazio, Italy
Production companies	Storyline Entertainment Touchstone Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	June 28 (2005-06-28) – July 26, 2005 (2005-07-26)
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Empire is an American historical television series for ABC. It is a historical drama set in 44 BC Rome and covers the struggle of a young Octavius (Santiago Cabrera), the nephew and heir of Julius Caesar, to become the first emperor of Rome.^[1] Octavius is helped in his quest by a fictitious gladiator called Tyrannus (Jonathan Cake).^[2]

The series, filmed entirely in Rome and South Central Italy, was directed by John Gray and Kim Manners, and was produced by Carrie Henderson and Nick Gillott (episodes 4 and 6). It was written by Sara B. Cooper, Chip Johannessen, Tom Wheeler, and William Wheeler.