I really liked the Rome series but I just can't get into Spartacus. Cinematics are too over the top and not enough substance or plausibility in the plot lines...
I like rome in the sense that it wasnt all about blood and guts, there was alot of politics in there,and alot more in that plot and for the most part pretty historically accurate from what i remember. However what Rome misses is the action really, it has some but what really got me was every time there was a big battle it would just skip to the aftermath pretty much and not show much of the battle at all.. Where as Spartacus has a ton of action and the plot kept me coming back for more, but may be a bit far fetched historically but sticking to the roots i suppose.. overall i think i like Spartacus more, but i really liked Rome as well... and also watch past the first 2 episodes because those are the hard ones to get past with the over the top cinematic that you saw in 300, after that it tones down alot of that, i think spratacus really starts to shine around ep 4 and just keeps picking up from there..