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Mar 11, 2007 · Octavian proclaims a new era of virtue in Rome and marries a patrician girl named Livia. Pullo battles against Memmio, Hannibal Cotta, and the other bosses for control of the Aventine. Prince Herod has shipped in a secret consignment of gold for the Triumvirate, and Octavian instructs Lucius Vorenus to oversee its safe passage discreetly into Rome. Vorenus delegates the task to Titus Pullo ...
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Mar 11, 2007 · A Necessary Fiction: Directed by Carl Franklin. With Ray Stevenson, Kevin McKidd, Polly Walker, Kerry Condon. Octavian takes a new bride, Livia, and then introduces her to his family in a startling way... by having her witness the punishment he metes out to Atia and Octavia, for secretly defying the social constraints established through the facade of Octavia's "marriage" to Mark Antony.
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- Action, Drama, Romance
- Carl Franklin
- 2007-03-11
Does the necessary fiction refer to the lies within the episode? Certainly there are plenty of them. Octavian tells lies at the beginning; he wants to believe that women used to be virtuous. The triumvirate are lying to each other; Maecenas and Posca are lying to their chiefs. Vorenus has been lying to himself about how his children feel.
May 21, 2012 · As you probably know, Rome was cancelled while they were halfway through filming season 2. Originally, the plan was for season 2 to cover a fairly small amount of time (I think I remember reading somewhere that it was supposed to end with the Battle of Philippi, eventually covered in episode 6 , or possibly its immediate aftermath).
Mar 12, 2007 · Rome: “A Necessary Fiction” March 12, 2007 / John Paulsen Quite a bit happened this week, and you can really sense that the series is getting ready to wrap up.
A Necessary Fiction: Season 2, Episode 8 Airdate: March 11, 2007 Written by: Todd Ellis Kessler: Directed by: Carl Franklin: ← 2x07 Death Mask: 2x09 → Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man) Rome — Season Two
"Rome" is the saga of two ordinary Roman soldiers and their families. An intimate drama of love and betrayal, masters and slaves, and husbands and wives, it chronicles epic times that saw the fall of a republic and the creation of an empire. The series begins in 52 BC, as Gaius Julius Caesar has completed his masterful conquest of Gaul after eight years of war, and is preparing to return to ...
