Roma (2005)

1 - Passover

Things pick up shortly after Caesars murder. Octavian wants to keep his family from fleeing the city so he devises a plan. News of this makes Antony happy so he tells Brutus. Vorenus mourns Niobes death but casts aspersions upon his children.

1 - The Stolen Eagle

Eager to return to Rome after eight long years of war, Gaius Julius Caesar ends his campaign with a resounding triumph in Gaul, and news of a shattering personal loss at home. In Rome, Caesars old friend Pompey is counselled by the Senate, who worry about Caesars growing popularity. Two soldiers are enlisted to find the armys stolen gold standard. Atia is careful to play both sides of an escalating power struggle.

2 - Son of Hades

Cleopatra arrives in Rome to pay her homage to Caesar, and to seek legitimization for Caesarion. Egypts queen causes further complications between Anthony and Atia, who still struggles with Servilia. Timons brother arrives from Jerusalem. The death of Erastes throws the underworld, and Romes river commerce into chaos, and Pullo and Vorenus step into the gap. Octavian and Anthony begin a long and bitter rivalry with a dispute over Caesars will and sharing of power.

2 - How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic

Anointed Peoples Tribune by Caesar, Mark Antony returns to Rome with Octavians liberators, Vorenus and Pullo. After being feted by a grateful Atia, Vorenus heads home to his family, for the first time in eight years, while Pullo heads for the brothels. Pompey drafts an ultimatum stripping the general of his power.

3 - These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Brutus and Cassius struggle to raise foreign armies to oppose the Cesarean party. Mark Antonys plans to change his post-consul proconsular governorship from Macedonia to Gaul are derailed when Cicero delivers an in-absentia message to the Senate, and throws his support behind Octavian. Vorenus struggles to contain an all-out gang war in the Aventine Collegium, of his own making,that he blames on Pullo. In the house of the Julii, Octavia passes the hours in a drug induced daze, while a duplicitous youth named Duro, planted amongst the Julii by Servilia, looks for the chance to set a deadly plan in motion.

3 - An Owl in a Thornbush

With Caesar quickly advancing toward Rome, Pompey begins ordering a retreat and forces his citizens to pick sides. Timon is forced to do Atias dirty work and Vorenus cannot understand why no one is resisting while on a scouting mission.

4 - Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare)

Pullo races to find Vorenus with news of his familys fate. Servilias plans to eliminate a rival exact a high price from her. Cicero is astonished when Octavian sends word that his victorious legions are coming home to Rome. In Rome, Timon finally grows weary of Atias bidding.

4 - Stealing From Saturn

As Pompey maneuvers outside the city, Caesar seeks to consolidate his hold on Rome. Atia throws a party to welcome Caesar home, while Vorenus throws one of his own to usher in his new life as a citizen businessman. Pullos run of luck continues when he delivers Quintus Pompey to Caesar, who in turn returns Quintus to his fathers camp, with an offer of truce he knows Pompey will never accept.

5 - Heroes of the Republic

Despite Pullos advice, Vorenus and his family return to the Collegium with his family who is reunited, and cleansed of their ordeal. Octavian is denied a triumph and urges Cicero to endorse his bid to be made Consul in exchange for an agreement to allow Cicero to veto his actions. Octavian takes both Cicero and the Senate by surprise with his first Consular act. Vorenus attempts to make peace with Memmio and Cotta create suspicions that he has gone soft.

5 - The Ram Has Touched The Wall

Caesar weighs Pompeys counteroffer against Antonys recommendation to chase down Pompeys vulnerable army. Vorenus is forced to reconsider his career choices after a series of business setbacks leave him with little income to support his family. A jealous Atia concocts a clever scheme to separate Caesar from Servilia. Pullo is recruited to tutor Octavian in the art of soldiering, but ends up learning a lesson or two from the boy.

6 - Philippi

Vorenus receives orders to plunge Rome into a bloodbath the likes that have not been seen since the dictatorship of Sulla. Octavia reveals her secret to Atia, and the armies of the Liberators and the Caesarians clash for the last time, with the fate of Republic in the balance.

6 - Egeria

When Caeser finds himself outnumbered by Pompeys legions, he asks Antony to join the fight. Marc Antony is having fun in his new political life while he ponders a counter-offer from Pompey. Atia urges Octavian to take another step toward manhood. Vorenus and Niobe try to bring passion back to their marriage.

7 - Death Mask

Antonys nature reasserts itself, and challenges his alliance with Octavian. Timon and Levi set themselves against Herods plans. Servilias public displays of grief leave Atia unsettled. Gaia uses Pullos punishment as a weapon against him. His daughters sudden interest in business matters arouses Vorenus suspicions. Posca gets married.

7 - Pharsalus

Pompey attacks an outnumbered Caesar. Vorenus and Pullo are stranded at sea. Atia continues to seek out Servillas friendship in order to ensure her protection, while Octavia and Servillas bond grows.

8 - A Necessary Fiction

Octavian proclaims a new era of virtue in Rome, a program that his family and subordinates find impossible to obey. Vorenus is sent on a mission after a missing shipment of gold to discover who mysteriously hijacked it on its way to the Roman treasury. Pullos loss and rage are channeled against Memmio, Omnipor and their henchmen. Octavian pursues Livia as an appropriate bride, and issues Mark Antony an ultimatum he knows he cant refuse.

8 - Caesarion

Having pursued Pompey into Egypt, Caesar arrives in Alexandria and meets the boy king Ptolemy XIII, who offers the general a surprise gift. Vorenus and Pullo play liberators again, freeing Ptolemys incarcerated sister, Cleopatra. Caesar seeks payment from Egypt for past debts, and ends up forging a strategic union to ensure his legacy.

9 - Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man)

The people of Rome are starving. There have been many grain shortages over the past few months, but things have gotten particularly bad. In hopes of keeping the people from openly rebelling, Octavian sends Atia and Octavia to Alexandria in order to negotiate a deal with Mark Antony, though his real reasons for their trip is soon revealed. Meanwhile, Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus must try to keep the peace amongst many of the mercenaries who are in Rome.

9 - Utica

With Scipio and Cato defeated, Caesar returns home to a heros welcome. Vorenus and Pullos showdown with local thug Erastes gets an unexpected reprieve from Caesar. Servilias plan to use Octavia to unearth a secret about Caesar backfires.

10 - De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)

Following his naval defeat at Actium, Marc Antony returns to Egypt, where he and Cleopatra settle into a world of debauchery. Octavian tries to use Pullo as leverage to Vorenus to gain acess to the palace, but Vorenus stays loyal to Antony. Finally, it is Cleopatra who dupes Antony, saving her own life by sacrificing her honor. Ceasar Augustus triumphs in Rome.

10 - Triumph

Unanimously proclaimed Dictator by the Senate, Caesar pronounces the war over, and prepares for five days of feasting and games honoring his triumph. No longer an enlisted soldier, Pullo eyes a pastoral future with Eirene, while Vorenus runs for municipal magistrate, with Poscas help. Meanwhile, Octavian retrieves Octavia from her self-imposed exile. And Servilia invites a revenge-minded Quintus Pompey into her home, to Brutus dismay.

11 - The Spoils

Vorenus sees to it that veteran soldiers receives severance on behalf of Caesar, and is then invited along with Niobe to one of Atias parties.

12 - Kalends of February

Pullo and Vorenus are now heroes in the eyes of the Roman rank and file because of their arena feats. This causes Caesar to bestow rewards to those he might normally punish.