I saw it last night, and I must say they take mini history lessons and turn it into a great show, but it also has sex scenes, even same sex scenes, so is not for children to watch. Only an hr long too, I wish they had this stuff back in the 80's, much more enjoyable than those lame high school and college films about ancient history.
I also found last night's episaode interesting because I did some research after the show and found it was the Romans first introduction to silk.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PompeyLast night was about Ceasar and Pompey and began with the battle where Ceasar lost a major battle and could have easily been mopped up had Pompey followed the advice of his staff. History however, turned out a different destiny for these two great men, and the result was the last days of the true Roman "Republic."