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A Necessary FictionEpisode Number: 20 Season Num: 2 First Aired: Sunday March 11, 2007 Prod Code: n/a |
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. Pullo's 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 can't refuse.
| Writer: | Todd Ellis Kessler |
| Director: | Carl Franklin |
| Star: | Chiara Mastalli (Eirene), Coral Amiga (Vorena the Elder), James Purefoy (Mark Antony), Kerry Condon (Octavia of the Julii), Kevin McKidd (Lucius Vorenus), Lee Boardman (Timon), Nicholas Woodeson (Posca), Polly Walker (Atia of the Julii), Ray Stevenson (Titus Pullo), Suzanne Bertish (Eleni) |
| Recurring Role: | Daniel Cerqueira (Memmio), Simon Woods (Gaius Caesar Octavian), Lyndsey Marshal (Cleopatra), Ian McNeice (Newsreader), Camilla Rutherford (Jocasta), Allen Leech (Marcus Agrippa) |
| Guest Star: | Michael Nardone (Mascius), Ronan Vibert (Marcus Lepidus), Alan Williams (Cotta), Anna Fausta Primiano (Vorena the Younger), Marco Pollack (Lucius), Nicolò Brecci (Caesarion), Zuleikha Robinson (Gaia), Alex Wyndham (Gaius Maecenas), Alice Henley (Livia) |
Nothing in the ancient sources suggests that Agrippa was the lover of Octavia. Agrippa did eventually marry one of Octavia's daughters, and much later would marry Augustus daughter.
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Agrippa: I would go with you to Hades... to Britain even, if I thought we had the right.
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Agrippa: The fault is mine. It was I who seduced her.
Octavian: You have many talents, Agrippa. Seduction is not one of them. (edit) Octavius: I wanted Livia to be here so that she would properly know and understand what it means to be a part of this family.
Octavia: It's a species of benign slavery. (edit) Caesar Octavian: You should know that when we are married, I shall on occasion beat you. With my hand... A light whip... When I do so you must not think you have offended me. I do it because it gives me sexual pleasure. So remember that and don't be upset.
Livia: Yes sir...
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Caesar Octavian: I think we should get along very well. (edit) Caesar Octavian: Small hands you have... So dry.
Livia: Thank you. (edit)
Octavian: You have many talents, Agrippa. Seduction is not one of them. (edit) Octavius: I wanted Livia to be here so that she would properly know and understand what it means to be a part of this family.
Octavia: It's a species of benign slavery. (edit) Caesar Octavian: You should know that when we are married, I shall on occasion beat you. With my hand... A light whip... When I do so you must not think you have offended me. I do it because it gives me sexual pleasure. So remember that and don't be upset.
Livia: Yes sir...
(pause)
Caesar Octavian: I think we should get along very well. (edit) Caesar Octavian: Small hands you have... So dry.
Livia: Thank you. (edit)
In the scene where Maecenas and Vorenus discuss the missing gold, there is a bust of Caesar behind them. However, it is not a bust of the historical Julius Caesar, but a likeness of Ciaran Hinds, who portrayed Caesar in the first Season.
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