Rome Episodes on HBO

2005, TV Show

Seasons:

1
- Kalends of February (Original Airdate Nov 20, 2005)
- The Spoils (Original Airdate Nov 13, 2005)
- Triumph (Original Airdate Nov 6, 2005)
- Utica (Original Airdate Oct 30, 2005)
- Caesarion (Original Airdate Oct 16, 2005)
- Pharsalus (Original Airdate Oct 9, 2005)
- Egeria (Original Airdate Oct 2, 2005)
- The Ram Has Touched the Wall (Original Airdate Sep 25, 2005)
- Stealing from Saturn (Original Airdate Sep 18, 2005)
- An Owl in a Thornbush (Original Airdate Sep 11, 2005)
- How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic (Original Airdate Sep 4, 2005)
- The Stolen Eagle (Original Airdate Aug 28, 2005)
2
- De Patre Vostro (About Your Father) (Original Airdate Mar 25, 2007)
- Deus Impetitio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man) (Original Airdate Mar 18, 2007)
- A Necessary Fiction (Original Airdate Mar 11, 2007)
- Death Mask (Original Airdate Mar 4, 2007)
- Philippi (Original Airdate Feb 18, 2007)
- Heroes of the Republic (Original Airdate Feb 11, 2007)
- Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare) (Original Airdate Feb 4, 2007)
- These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero (Original Airdate Jan 28, 2007)
- Son of Hades (Original Airdate Jan 21, 2007)
- Passover (Original Airdate Jan 14, 2007)

Rome Episode: "A Necessary Fiction"

Season 2, Episode 8

Episode Synopsis: Octavian's campaign for a more virtuous society hits hardest in his inner circle; Vorenus's efforts to solve a gold robbery leave a bitter taste of betrayal; Pullo turns his grief about a personal loss into anger at a new enemy; Timon leaves Rome with his family for Jerusalem. Original Air Date: Mar 11, 2007

Guest Cast Alex Wyndham: Gaius Maecenas Simon Woods: Gaius Octavian (older) Ronan Vibert: Lepidus Coral Amiga: Vorena the Elder Ian McNeice: Newsreader Lyndsey Marshal: Cleopatra Nicholas Woodeson: Posca Rocky Marshall: Omnipor Camilla Rutherford: Jocasta Allen Leech: Marcus Agrippa Zuleikha Robinson: Gaia Chiara Mastalli: Eirene Michael Nardone: Mascius Cosimo Fusco: Hannibal Cotta Daniel Cerqueira: Memmio Lee Boardman: Timon

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A Necessary Fiction

Season 2, Episode 8
Octavian proclaims a new era of virtue in Rome, issuing a stern mandate that proves...
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Length: 57:00
Aired: 3/11/2007
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Premiered: August 28, 2005, on HBO

Rating: TV-MA

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Premise: The Roman Empire's rise gets a royal treatment in this sprawling drama, which begins in 52 B.C., when Julius Caesar finally conquers Gaul, after years of war. Back in Rome, however, the Senate seeks to undermine Caesar's power, setting the stage for inevitable civil war. The HBO-BBC co-production took more than a year to make on acres of sets at Italy's legendary Cinecitta studios.

Cast
Kevin McKidd Lucius Vorenus	Ray Stevenson Titus Pullo
Polly Walker Atia of the Julii	James Purefoy Mark Antony
Tobias Menzies Marcus Junius Brutus	Max Pirkis Gaius Octavian