A Necessary Fiction

Rome: Season 2: Episode 8

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A Necessary Fiction

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HBO | Air Date: March 11, 2007
Starring: Lorcan Cranitch, Rick Warden (II), Esther Hall, Polly Walker, David Bamber, Max Pirkis, Indira Varma, Lindsay Duncan, Tobias Menzies, James Purefoy, Ciarán Hinds, Ray Stevenson, Haydn Gwynne, Anna Francolini, Kevin McKidd, Suzanne Bertish, Kerry Condon, Lee Boardman, Chiara Mastalli, Coral Amiga, Nicholas Woodeson
Summary: 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. OctavianOctavian 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.… Expand
Creator: Bruno Heller and John Milius and John Milius and William J. MacDonald
Genre(s): Drama
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