Composer:
Jeff BealCast:
Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Lindsay Duncan, Tobias Menzies, Kerry Condon, Indira Varma, David Bamber, Haydn Gwynne, Guy Henry, Suzanne Bertish (more)VOD (3)
Episodes(10)
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Passover (S02E01)
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Son of Hades (S02E02)
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These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero (S02E03)
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Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare) (S02E04)
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Heroes of the Republic (S02E05)
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Philippi (S02E06)
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Death Mask (S02E07)
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A Necessary Fiction (S02E08)
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Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man) (S02E09)
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De Patre Vostro (About Your Father) (S02E10)
Plots(1)
The year is 44 B.C. Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar’s demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar’s will as his only son and heir. The conspirator Brutus ponders how to curry favor with the masses that have condemned him as a murderer, while his mother Servilia concocts a deadly plot of her own. Meanwhile Titus Pullo attempts to pull his friend Lucius Vorenus out of the darkness that has engulfed his soul in the wake of personal tragedy. For once again, the fates of these two mismatched soldiers seem inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself. (Warner Bros. AU)
(more)Reviews (1)
After March 15, the classic chaos really begins. The period of the end of the Republic, the courtship of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the rise of Octavian Augustus... And, of course, several storylines on the side. Unfortunately, at the time, HBO chose the most played-out story, which was already hackneyed in Shakespeare's time. IMHO, even the story of Vorenus and Pullo's friendship won't change that. In addition, the time management was very strange in the series, the first episodes went nowhere, and the ending was accelerated to the point of being unclear. Even the snake scene wasn't great.
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