[1] Jeremiah Murphy and Peter Sherman collaborated on writing the first season, with Richard Lopez directing.

[2] Season 2, "Master of Rome", premiered on July 27, 2018; it is a five-part story about the rise of Dictator Julius Caesar and the fall of the Roman Republic.

The marriage of Commodus to Bruttia Crispina has a strategic value of strengthening his bond with the senatorial class in Rome.

Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator executes the recently-arrived Pompey in Alexandria.

Cleopatra makes a state visit to Rome and announces that Caesarion is Caesar's son.

Caligula is initially very popular in Rome because of the very favorable reputation of his famous father Germanicus who had waged successful campaigns in Germania.

Caligula appoints Claudius, his uncle, as his co-consul (the Roman Republic had 2 consuls at a time).

On the other hand, his intercourse with his sister Drusilla makes her pregnant who dies in childbirth without producing a baby.

Having caused outrage in Roman society where incest was extremely taboo, Caligula degrades himself more by behaving out of character with his royal station.