HBO's: Rome
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 Episode III: An Owl in a Thornbush
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Episode three of Rome, airing Sunday, September 11, 2005.
Scouting for Caesar some 30 miles from Rome, Pullo, Vorenus and some Ubian soldiers meet minimal resistance from a green group of Pompey recruits. Alarmed at the speed with which Caesar's army has advanced, and with a less-than-full complement of soldiers at his disposal, Pompey makes an unusual tactical decision: abandon Rome to Caesar, at least temporarily. The order forces patrician families to choose sides--while Servilia, Caesar's longtime lover, decides to stay in Rome, her son, Marcus Junius Brutus, flees the city with others faithful to Pompey. After seeing her family's fortunes fall and rise in the course of a few hours, Atia enlists her mercenary, Timon, to ensure her family's security and eliminate her daughter's Pompeiian husband, Glabius. As Vorenus marvels that Rome has been left undefended, Pullo sees his uncanny good fortune continue after his unit intercepts a cargo wagon on the city's outskirts.
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My Take (* Germaniae Flavius, Aug 29, 2007 - 00:43 ) *g* It will, Publius! (* Heraklia Aelius, Nov 10, 2005 - 10:54 ) Episode II and III from the BBC (* Publius Fabius Scipio, Nov 9, 2005 - 20:59 ) Pompeian art on my walls (* Calpurnia Caesar, Sep 21, 2005 - 13:07 ) Personality Clash (* Heraklia Aelius, Sep 15, 2005 - 16:25 ) Re: It can't all be sugar (* Skarr Valerius, Sep 14, 2005 - 12:06 ) It can't all be sugar (* Jot Ariston, Sep 13, 2005 - 21:38 ) Fear Not Tobius! (* Messalina Terentius, Sep 12, 2005 - 22:43 ) Unbelievable! (* Tobius Tullius, Sep 12, 2005 - 11:24 )|
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