The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered similar dramatic territory to the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the early emperors of Ancient Rome, but differed in its less sensationalist depictions of historical characters and their motives.

哈布斯堡家族发源于瑞士北部的阿尔高州，并在1020年筑起鹰堡，名为哈布斯堡，并逐渐将势力扩展到莱茵河西岸流域。1273年，哈布斯堡公爵鲁道夫一世当选德意志国王（但未加冕为皇帝）。1282年12月27日鲁道夫一世夺取被波希米亚国王奥托卡二世占有的奥地利与施蒂利希公国，旋即分封于自己的两个儿子阿尔布雷希特与鲁道夫，自此奥地利划归哈布斯堡皇室拥有长达600余年。