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Inconsolable at the death of Brutus at Philippi, Servilia makes her final bid to gain the ultimate vengeance against Atia. Meanwhile, Eirene and Gaia have a major falling-out, prompting Eirene to demand that Pullo properly chastise the slave. When he does, the dynamic between the two of them changes in a violent and unexpected fashion. King Herod engages Mark Antony as a reluctant ally by offering a generous gift of 20,000 pounds of gold, and when Posca is excluded from sharing in the windfall, he engineers a move behind-the-scenes that will once again strain the uneasy truce between Octavian and Antony. Vorenus eldest daughter, Vorena, is blackmailed by Mascius into spying on her father after her tryst with one of his men is discovered. The end of two love affairs and a marriage in the house of Julii have major ramifications for life in the city and on the Aventine when Octavian insists on the courtship between Octavia and Mark Antony which irks both Atia and Agrippa. Also, a ... Written by
Christopher Chase (cchase@onebox.com)
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Tea was not yet known in ancient Rome.
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Gaius Octavian:
Something tells me you have something to say...
Atia of the Julii:
Yes, if there were to be a marriage between your two houses then all would know your alliance's strength.
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Antony looks at Octavian]
Mark Antony:
I don't care if all of Italy burns; I won't marry him!
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