The boys are introduced to Cynthia's new boyfriend Cassius, a friendly local gladiator. Everyone's charmed apart from Marcus who hopes that, one way or another, their relationship will be short-lived. Stylax plays a prank on Aurelius which gets out of hand.—Plebs
At the baths Marcus meets hunky gladiator Cassius and is dismayed to learn he is Cynthia's boyfriend. However Cynthia is so naive she believes gladiatorial combats are staged so,when Marcus tells her Cassius really does kill people,she dumps him. He is so love-sick he is prepared to throw the next contest. However Stylax leads the crowd in cheering him on - which leads to an unfortunate distraction.—don @ minifie-1