After the war Caesar is formally given absolute power to rule Rome for ten years; inevitably not everybody is pleased. When Quintus Pompey turns up at Servilia's house she welcomes him in; an enemy of Caesar's is a friend of hers. Her son Brutus is not pleased; especially when an anti-Caesar pamphlet starts circulating which claims to have been written by Brutus. Elsewhere things are going from bad to worse for Titus Pullo; first he isn't allowed to march with his legion at Caesar's Triumph as he is now a civilian, then he frees Eirene thinking that she will now marry him, not realising that she is in love with one of Vorenus
this leads to events that could permanently end his friendship with Vorenus.
This was another episode with plenty of scheming and pointed gestures; it was interesting to see Atia paying a visit to her 'friend' Servilia to see how she was after the recent assault despite the fact that everybody knew she was behind it Polly Walker does a fine job as the duplicitous Atia. These scenes made it even more enjoyable when Servilia allows Pompey's son to stay in her house to continue plotting against Caesar. The highlight of the episode was seeing the previously jolly Pullo descending further into despair; where this will all end remains to be seen. Ray Stevenson excels as Pullo showing a greater range than earlier episodes. Caesar's Triumph was impressive given the budget restraints of a television series; it was interesting to see that Vercingetorix, the 'King of the Gauls' was still alive at least for the first part of the episode.
This was another episode with plenty of scheming and pointed gestures; it was interesting to see Atia paying a visit to her 'friend' Servilia to see how she was after the recent assault despite the fact that everybody knew she was behind it Polly Walker does a fine job as the duplicitous Atia. These scenes made it even more enjoyable when Servilia allows Pompey's son to stay in her house to continue plotting against Caesar. The highlight of the episode was seeing the previously jolly Pullo descending further into despair; where this will all end remains to be seen. Ray Stevenson excels as Pullo showing a greater range than earlier episodes. Caesar's Triumph was impressive given the budget restraints of a television series; it was interesting to see that Vercingetorix, the 'King of the Gauls' was still alive at least for the first part of the episode.
