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''Julius Caesar'' is a 2003 MiniSeries based on the life of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar, starring Creator/JeremySisto as the title character. It was broadcast on Creator/{{TNT}} in two parts.
Not to be confused with the [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Shakespeare play]], the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1953 1953 film]] and the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1970 1970 film]].
Not to be confused with the [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Shakespeare play]], the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1953 1953 film]] and the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1970 1970 film]].
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''Julius Caesar'' is a 2003 MiniSeries {{miniseries}} based on the life of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar, starring Creator/JeremySisto as the title character. It was broadcast on Creator/{{TNT}} in two parts.
Not to be confused with the [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Shakespeareplay]], play]] (which it doesn't adapt), the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1953 1953 film]] and the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1970 1970 film]].film]] (which both adapt the play).
Not to be confused with the [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Shakespeare
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Not to be confused with the [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Shakespeare play]], the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1953 1953 film]] and the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1970 1970 film]].
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ArtisticLicenseHistory/JuliusCaesar2003 Enough for its own page.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ArtisticLicenseHistory/JuliusCaesar2003 [[{{ArtisticLicenseHistory/JuliusCaesar2003}} Enough for its own page.]]
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** Sulla is portrayed as a populist who despises the Senate; in fact, he was a member of the conservative ''Optimates'' faction and marched on Rome to reverse the changes implemented by Caesar's uncle Marius and the ''Populares'' faction he led.
** Marius appears to be a CompositeCharacter of Gaius Marius (Caesar's uncle) and Lucius Cornelius Cinna (Caesar's father-in-law), since Sulla wants Caesar to divorce Marius' daughter.
** Sulla was no longer dictator of Rome when he died, and he died in a far more peaceful manner than a heart attack in a bathtub.
** It's implied that Caesar spares the pirates who ransomed him after they have been paid. After his rescue, he actually hunted them down and had them all crucified.
** Several characters who played important roles in Caesar's life are AdaptedOut to streamline or simplify the story, including Crassus, Metellus Scipio, Sextus Pompey, and Octavian.
** Sulla is portrayed as a populist who despises the Senate; in fact, he was a member of the conservative ''Optimates'' faction and marched on Rome to reverse the changes implemented by Caesar's uncle Marius and the ''Populares'' faction he led.
** Marius appears to be a CompositeCharacter of Gaius Marius (Caesar's uncle) and Lucius Cornelius Cinna (Caesar's father-in-law), since Sulla wants Caesar to divorce Marius' daughter.
** Sulla was no longer dictator of Rome when he died, and he died in a far more peaceful manner than a heart attack in a bathtub.
** It's implied that Caesar spares the pirates who ransomed him after they have been paid. After his rescue, he actually hunted them down and had them all crucified.
** Several characters who played important roles in Caesar's life are AdaptedOut to streamline or simplify the story, including Crassus, Metellus Scipio, Sextus Pompey, and Octavian.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** Sulla is portrayed as a populist who despises the Senate; in fact, he was a member of the conservative ''Optimates'' faction and marched on Rome to reverse the changes implemented by Caesar's uncle Marius and the ''Populares'' faction he led.
** Marius appears to be a CompositeCharacter of Gaius Marius (Caesar's uncle) and Lucius Cornelius Cinna (Caesar's father-in-law), since Sulla wants Caesar to divorce Marius' daughter.
** Sulla was no longer dictator of Rome when he died, and he died in a far more peaceful manner than a heart attack in a bathtub.
** It's implied that Caesar spares the pirates who ransomed him after they have been paid. After his rescue, he actually hunted them down and had them all crucified.
** Several characters who played important roles in Caesar's life are AdaptedOut to streamline or simplify the story, including Crassus, Metellus Scipio, Sextus Pompey, and Octavian.ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ArtisticLicenseHistory/JuliusCaesar2003 Enough for its own page.]]
** Sulla is portrayed as a populist who despises the Senate; in fact, he was a member of the conservative ''Optimates'' faction and marched on Rome to reverse the changes implemented by Caesar's uncle Marius and the ''Populares'' faction he led.
** Marius appears to be a CompositeCharacter of Gaius Marius (Caesar's uncle) and Lucius Cornelius Cinna (Caesar's father-in-law), since Sulla wants Caesar to divorce Marius' daughter.
** Sulla was no longer dictator of Rome when he died, and he died in a far more peaceful manner than a heart attack in a bathtub.
** It's implied that Caesar spares the pirates who ransomed him after they have been paid. After his rescue, he actually hunted them down and had them all crucified.
** Several characters who played important roles in Caesar's life are AdaptedOut to streamline or simplify the story, including Crassus, Metellus Scipio, Sextus Pompey, and Octavian.
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* FaceDeathWithDespair: When Senator Tallis is going to be executed, he's frantically crying and begging that he wants to see Sulla (who ordered said execution) right until the moment his head falls off.
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* FaceDeathWithDespair: When Senator Tallis is going to be executed, he's frantically crying and begging that he wants to see Sulla (who ordered said execution) right until the moment his head falls off.leaves his body.
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: After marching on Rome with his army, Sulla barges into the Senate hall and has soldiers posted to ensure they will do his bidding. When one Senator asks if this is contrary to Roman law, Sulla replies that he "just changed Roman law". Sulla then [[OffWithHisHead orders his execution]] when he pisses him off one too many times.
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: After marching on Rome with his army, Sulla barges into the Senate hall and has soldiers posted to ensure they will do his bidding. When one Senator asks if this is contrary to Roman law, Sulla replies that he "just changed Roman law". Sulla then [[OffWithHisHead orders his execution]] when he pisses him off one too many times.the Senator continues annoying him.
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* FaceDeathWithDespair: When Senator Tallis is going to be executed, he's frantically crying and begging that he wants to see Sulla (who ordered said execution) right until the moment his head falls off.
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** Several characters who played important roles in Caesar's life are AdaptedOut to streamline or simplify the story, including Crassus, Metellus Scipio, Sextus Pompey, and Octavian.
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** Marius appears to be a CompositeCharacter of Gaius Marius (Caesar's uncle) and Lucius Cornelius Cinna (Caesar's father-in-law), since Sulla wants Caesar to divorce Marius' daughter.
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''Julius Caesar'' is a 2003 MiniSeries based on the life of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar.
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''Julius Caesar'' is a 2003 MiniSeries based on the life of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar.
UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar, starring Creator/JeremySisto as the title character. It was broadcast on Creator/{{TNT}} in two parts.
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* OffWithHisHead: Sulla has his prisoners executed this way, with one unfortunate prisoner meeting this fate [[GoryDiscretionShot off-screen]]. A dissident Roman senator would follow him.
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**Sulla has his prisoners executed this way, with oneunfortunate guard taking two several heads away, presumably for public display, and another forcing a prisoner meeting this into the execution chamber to meet that fate (off-screen; [[GoryDiscretionShot off-screen]]. A dissident Roman senator would follow him.we only hear the sound of the sword silencing him]]).
**[[spoiler:Pompey meets this fate upon arriving in Egypt, but only after he's killed on Ptolemy XIII's orders]].
**Sulla has his prisoners executed this way, with one
**[[spoiler:Pompey meets this fate upon arriving in Egypt, but only after he's killed on Ptolemy XIII's orders]].
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** Sulla was no longer dictator of Rome when he died, and he died in a far more peaceful manner than a heart attack in a bathtub.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: While Sulla was always a ruthless dictator by all accounts, the film takes this a step further. The real-life Sulla was ''supportive'' of the Senate and not a populist by any stretch, nor is there any evidence he had senators killed for dissenting him. Additionally, while he regretted letting Caesar walk free, he never sent Pompey or anyone else to secretly kill him, nor did he attempt to have an innocent servant strangled for alleged thievery [[ForTheEvulz just for the hell of it]].
* OffWithHisHead: Sulla has his prisoners executed this way, with one unfortunate prisoner meeting this fate [[GoryDiscretionShot off-screen]]. A dissident Roman senator would follow him.
* OffWithHisHead: Sulla has his prisoners executed this way, with one unfortunate prisoner meeting this fate [[GoryDiscretionShot off-screen]]. A dissident Roman senator would follow him.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Sulla establishes his tyranny by ordering the Roman Senate under surveillance so that any decisions would be in his liking. When a senator objects to this, Sulla orders him executed without hesitation.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Sulla establishes his tyranny by ordering the Roman Senate under surveillance so that any decisions [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem would be in his liking.liking]]. When a senator objects to this, Sulla orders him executed without hesitation.
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: After marching on Rome with his army, Sulla barges into the Senate hall and has soldiers posted to ensure they will do his bidding. When one Senator asks if this is contrary to Roman law, Sulla replies that he "just changed Roman law". Sulla then [[OffWithHisHead orders his execution]] when he pisses him off one too many times.
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->'''Tallis''': I was only asking what everyone was thinking.
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->'''Tallis''': I was only asking what everyone was thinking.//
'''Sulla''':thinking.
->'''Sulla''': Well, I can't possibly kill everyone, so, I will kill only you.
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->'''Sulla''': Well, I can't possibly kill everyone, so, I will kill only you.
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->'''Tallis''': I was only asking what everyone was thinking.//
'''Sulla''': Well, I can't possibly kill everyone, so, I will kill only you.
->'''Tallis''': I was only asking what everyone was thinking.//
'''Sulla''': Well, I can't possibly kill everyone, so, I will kill only you.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When a guard takes Caesar out of the prison to meet with Sulla, he at first escorts him to the execution chamber, then suddenly stops and directs him to the stairs leading out of the prison.
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** Sulla is portrayed as a populist who despises the Senate; in fact, he was a member of the conservative ''Optimates'' faction and marched on Rome to reverse the changes implemented by Caesar's father-in-law Marius and the ''Populares'' faction he led.
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* FatBastard: Pothinus, the eunuch vizier of Ptolemy, is noticeably overweight, which makes his DecapitationPresentation of Pompey to Ceasar more disgusting.
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* FatBastard: Pothinus, the eunuch vizier of Ptolemy, is noticeably overweight, which makes is used to make his DecapitationPresentation of Pompey to Ceasar status as an EvilChancellor more disgusting.obvious.
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: After marching on Rome with his army, Sulla barges into the Senate hall and has soldiers posted to ensure they will do his bidding. When one Senator asks if this is contrary to Roman law, Sulla replies that he "just changed Roman law".
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* WouldntHitAGirl: When Sulla comes face to face with the young Caesar (the son-in-law of one of his enemies), he wants Caesar to divorce his wife and go in exile on pain of execution. Caesar questions his sincerity and worries about his wife's well-being, but Sulla claims that he leaves women to their health. Indeed, we never see him harm a woman or order such action.
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* WouldntHitAGirl: When the dictator Sulla comes face to face with the young Caesar (the son-in-law of one of his enemies), he wants Caesar to divorce his wife and go in exile on pain of execution. Caesar questions his sincerity and worries about his wife's well-being, but Sulla claims that he leaves women to their health. Indeed, we never see him harm a woman or order such action.
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** Sulla is portrayed as a populist; in fact, he was a member of the ''Optimates'' and marched on Rome to reverse the changes implemented by Caesar's father-in-law Marius and the ''Populares'' faction he led.
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** Sulla is portrayed as a populist; populist who despises the Senate; in fact, he was a member of the ''Optimates'' and marched on Rome to reverse the changes implemented by Caesar's father-in-law Marius and the ''Populares'' faction he led.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** Sulla is portrayed as a populist; in fact, he was a member of the ''Optimates'' and marched on Rome to reverse the changes implemented by Caesar's father-in-law Marius and the ''Populares'' faction he led.
** It's implied that Caesar spares the pirates who ransomed him after they have been paid. After his rescue, he actually hunted them down and had them all crucified.
* BeardOfSorrow: Cato the Younger is clean-shaven right until the end, when he and his forces have retreated to Africa and are besieged by Caesar's, he is suddenly shown with a full beard.
* TheCaligula: The Roman dictator Sulla is [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade portrayed as this]]. His political ambitions to maintain the senatorial system is glossed over and he invades Rome and orders purges just to seize personal power. He massacres all his enemies, orders Caesar's heart cut out by Pompey, and sentences a coin minter to death because he felt like it. His tyranny ends when he [[UndignifiedDeath drowns in his own bath due to a heart attack]].
* CreateYourOwnVillain: During the Gallic campaign, Caesar's soldiers ransack a village when he orders them to spare the life of a humble farmer. This man turns out to be Vercingetorix, who will unite the Gallic tribes against the Romans.
* ShootTheDog: During the Siege of Alesia, the Gauls are near starvation while waiting for relief from the other tribes. In a last-ditch attempt to buy more time and weaken the Romans, they force their wives and children out of the city and onto the Romans. Caesar refuses to take them either, so they simply end up starving and freezing to death outside the walls.
* WouldntHitAGirl: When Sulla comes face to face with the young Caesar (the son-in-law of one of his enemies), he wants Caesar to divorce his wife and go in exile on pain of execution. Caesar questions his sincerity and worries about his wife's well-being, but Sulla claims that he leaves women to their health. Indeed, we never see him harm a woman or order such action.
* WorthyOpponent: Caesar considers Vercingetorix to be his; he even visits him before his execution to say farewell and states he feels more kinship with him than he does the mob howling for his enemy's blood.
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''Julius Caesar'' is a 2003 MiniSeries based on the life of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar.
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!!Examples:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** Sulla is portrayed as a populist; in fact, he was a member of the ''Optimates'' and marched on Rome to reverse the changes implemented by Caesar's father-in-law Marius and the ''Populares'' faction he led.
** It's implied that Caesar spares the pirates who ransomed him after they have been paid. After his rescue, he actually hunted them down and had them all crucified.
* BeardOfSorrow: Cato the Younger is clean-shaven right until the end, when he and his forces have retreated to Africa and are besieged by Caesar's, he is suddenly shown with a full beard.
* TheCaligula: The Roman dictator Sulla is [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade portrayed as this]]. His political ambitions to maintain the senatorial system is glossed over and he invades Rome and orders purges just to seize personal power. He massacres all his enemies, orders Caesar's heart cut out by Pompey, and sentences a coin minter to death because he felt like it. His tyranny ends when he [[UndignifiedDeath drowns in his own bath due to a heart attack]].
* CreateYourOwnVillain: During the Gallic campaign, Caesar's soldiers ransack a village when he orders them to spare the life of a humble farmer. This man turns out to be Vercingetorix, who will unite the Gallic tribes against the Romans.
* ShootTheDog: During the Siege of Alesia, the Gauls are near starvation while waiting for relief from the other tribes. In a last-ditch attempt to buy more time and weaken the Romans, they force their wives and children out of the city and onto the Romans. Caesar refuses to take them either, so they simply end up starving and freezing to death outside the walls.
* WouldntHitAGirl: When Sulla comes face to face with the young Caesar (the son-in-law of one of his enemies), he wants Caesar to divorce his wife and go in exile on pain of execution. Caesar questions his sincerity and worries about his wife's well-being, but Sulla claims that he leaves women to their health. Indeed, we never see him harm a woman or order such action.
* WorthyOpponent: Caesar considers Vercingetorix to be his; he even visits him before his execution to say farewell and states he feels more kinship with him than he does the mob howling for his enemy's blood.
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