This Imperium is the sequel to Hispania, la leyenda (2010-2012) that dealt with the struggle of Celtiberian people for their independence from Roman invaders . While Hispania was a successful TV blockbuster , this Imperium was a flop . Back from the campaign of Numancia, Galba (Luis Homar) has been dispossessed of everything that made him a respected and powerful man . The Senate repudiates him, his family is ruined and his wife, Claudia (Nathalie Poza) , fled with his firstborn Cayo to the arms of the man who made him fall into disgrace: Quinto Servilio Cepión (José Sancho) . Without his honor and without his newborn son, Galba swears revenge against Quinto and he begins an inexorable rise to power to recover the position that he snatched him. His family, the Sulpicio formed by Galba himself , his sister (Belén Fabra) , his brother Ocatavio (Antonio Mourelos) , his wife (Elvira Minguez) and sons , as Galba must get back the name that they deserve in Rome and he is willing to do anything for it. He does not know that an error from his past is haunting him . An error with a woman's name... Cora (Aura Garrido) . As she seeks for vengeance against the man who klled her family , friends and got to imprison her father , Tiberius (Carlos Alvarez Nóvoa) , before leaving for Numancia . A woman willing to come to an agreement with his greatest enemy to save her father , a man firmly resolved to regain his lost glory and a family that yearns for the control of the whole Rome. Imperivm ... Because when your friends become your enemies, you only have your family left.
Imperium was a Spanish television series premiered on September 5, 2012 that was broadcast on the Spanish network Antena 3 and that , like its predecessor Hispania, the legend, is set in the second century BC. The series was well produced by Bambú Producciones and had an approximate budget of 20 million euros . The first episode achieved a 10.9% share of the screen, which translates into 1,849,000 viewers, less than expected considering the great marketing invested in it , that's why the series was unfinished . The first season has 6 episodes. Initially, 13 episodes were planned, but the chain finally agreed to shoot only 6 episodes to observe the data in the audience. Its filming began on March 7, 2012 and ended on July 8 of the same year . Finally, on Thursday, October 11, the Spanish network Antena 3 put an end to the series due to the low audience of its 1 season . Imperium is loosely based on historical events , they are some real characters , but mostly displaying the logical additions from imagination for a series plot . It results to be an enjoyable introduction in heart of a time and concerning two dysfunctional families ruled by two nasty Paterfamilias : Galba : Luis Homar and Quinto Servilio Cepión : José Sancho . In Roman Empire was common practice at that time the Paterfamilias had an enormous power over their family members with an army of slaves on the side . No one objected because it was a reality as members of that select group came usually from rich and powerful families . With an inspired cast, with emotional pieces , with nice , evocative musical score by Xavier Capellas , as well as colorful cinematography by Jacobo Martínez and adding other very old recipes , though tiring in few moments, fantastic in others but realistic for its honest desire to present truth more than a magic moment.
Stars competently Luis Homar as Galba who after returning Hispania and being again enthroned, he set out right away to consolidate his power because his ambition was to rule tyrannically his family as well as the rest of Rome . And Aura Garrido as the young patrician that is determined to unmask Galba, the man who killed her mother and her brother . Imperium (2012) is more a soap-opera than a kind of history lesson . It packs a good cast with full of popular faces , such as : Lluís Homar as the cunning , heinous Galba , the early deceased José Sancho as the avenger Quinto , Nathalie Poza as his wife Claudia , Jesús Olmedo as slave Marco, Aura Garrido as the good-natured Cora , Elvira Minguez as Antonia , and others as Antonio Mourelos as Octavio , Belén Fabra, Thais Blume , Carlos Kaniowsky , Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa , Ivan Sanchez , Paula Prendes , Eusebio Lázaro , Elena Furiase , José Angel Egido. The series was professionally directed by Carlos Sedes (3 episodes, 2012) and Jorge Torregrossa (3 episodes) .
