《罗马三贱客》(PLEBS)是英国ITV2的喜剧剧集。时代背景设定是在公元前27年 - 公元前26年的古罗马时代,主角是3名罗马小市民,由于懒懒散散,毫无大志,注定不会留下任何历史痕迹,但绝对让你笑爆。故事虽然设定在古代,但都是旧瓶子装现代酒,里面各种生活细节都同现代社会挂上钩。
Plebs is described as "a thoroughly modern comedy in an ancient setting."
Rome is traditionally imagined as the home of emperors and senators, generals and gladiators, a dignified theatre of pomp and ceremony. But what about the little guys, the wasters - new to the big city, stuck in office jobs, unable to get the girls?
Plebs follows three desperate young men from the suburbs as they try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city - a city that happens to be Ancient Rome.
The show focuses on Marcus, Stylax and their lazy slave with an attitude problem, Grumio. There's also the boys' ruthless boss, Flavia - an expert manipulator with a private life that's the stuff of legend.
Unlikely to be immortalised in the annals or memorialised in a frieze, Marcus, Stylax and Grumio are essentially just a bunch of Plebs.
And whether they're wearing togas, or skinny jeans, desperate young men in any period of history are essentially cut from the same cloth...