 PLOT: The action that takes place during "Rome" covers huge lengths  of time, yet the characters do not age accordingly. For example,  Season 2 begins with the assassination of Julius Caesar (44 BC) and  ends with Octavians capture of Egypt (30 BC) a period of 14 years,  and yet during the course of the season, no aging takes place among  the characters (with the exception of an actor change for  Octavian)...take particular note of the children of Lucius Vorenus,  who are children in 44 BC, and by the end of the show have most  certainly not aged 14 years (they are STILL children at the end).  Keep in mind that in Roman times, an entire life span was only 40 or  50 years, so 14 years could represent more than a quarter of  someones life.