WHEN IN ROME.(Empire)(Television Program Review)

Juno's bustin' out all over, what with two series set in Rome at the end of Caesar's reign coming to television within a few months of each other: HBO's "Rome" begins in September, and ABC's "Empire" starts this Tuesday and runs every week through the end of July. HBO's series, which opens in 51 B.C., consists of twelve episodes and will be renewed if it takes hold with viewers; "Empire," which starts in 44 B.C., on the day of Caesar's assassination, is a miniseries, or, as the networks have taken to calling these things, perhaps in an attempt to make them sound more special, a "limited series." (This slightly pretentious wording cuts both ways, though; it can bring out ...