Q 01/05

Rome was co-produced by HBO and which British broadcaster?

A) ITV

B) Channel 4

C) Sky

D) The BBC

Answer · why

D) The BBC

It was the first series on which the two companies worked together as co-producers.

Q 02/05

Who are the two soldier protagonists of Rome?

A) Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo

B) Marcus Agrippa and Gaius Maecenas

C) Posca and Timon

D) Mascius and Memmio

Answer · why

A) Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo

Both are real centurions mentioned briefly in Caesar's Gallic War commentaries.

Q 03/05

The real Vorenus and Pullo are mentioned in which ancient text?

A) Tacitus's Annals of Rome

B) Suetonius's Twelve Caesars

C) Caesar's Gallic War commentaries

D) Livy's History of Rome

Answer · why

C) Caesar's Gallic War commentaries

Almost all of their adventures in the show are fictional.

Q 04/05

Who plays Lucius Vorenus?

A) Ray Stevenson

B) Kevin McKidd

C) James Purefoy

D) Ciarán Hinds

Answer · why

B) Kevin McKidd

The role led directly to his casting as Owen Hunt on Grey's Anatomy.

Q 05/05

Who plays Titus Pullo?

A) Kevin McKidd

B) Ray Stevenson

C) Tobias Menzies

D) Kenneth Cranham

Answer · why

B) Ray Stevenson

He later played the Punisher and Volstagg in the Thor films.