This episode takes place in two different settings: the south of Italy and Rome in 73 BC and Hannibal, Missouri in 1847.
Towards the end of the episode as Jeffrey and Calpurnia head for her father's chariot, Jeffrey utters several lines from the film classic Casablanca.
Jay Robinson had experience with ancient Roman since he played the Roman Emperor Caligula in The Robe, and Demetrius and the Gladiators.