KaosDevice
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To back up an episode, how halarious was it watching Pullo being carried around on a litter? The guy just has absolutely no shame, but the second he was talking to Caeser it was 100% soldier all the way. That guy rocks.
HBO's ROME
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Tarrasque Wrangler
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If this show somehow goes under, I say turn it into the Pullo & Octavian Hour, and they can just go around torturing cheating husbands. That scene in the sewer seriously rocked. I just love that Octavian had Pullo start with the guy's thumbs.
I only hope I can have a son like that someday *sniff*.
I only hope I can have a son like that someday *sniff*.
LightPhoenix
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Holy frak!!! The sewer scene rocked!
Once again, Vorenus, Pullo, and Octavian simply dominated the episode.
Pullo and Octavian were great together, both in the sewer and with the training. They have a great chemistry between them. I loved how Pullo goes to Octavian for advice with Niobe's lover. They both have a lot to learn from each other, and complement each other well... a lot like Vorenus and Pullo.
Speaking of Vorenus, I must say that I find him perhaps the most engaging character. At the very least, he's the character that I identify the most with. He's sincerely trying to be something more than a soldier... to be with his wife, with his family. In the end though fate simply doesn't allow him to be anything more than a soldier. He still struggles anyway.
I'm so waiting to see Atia die. Again, I don't know the history at all, but I'm really hoping one of her children gets to do her in.
Once again, Vorenus, Pullo, and Octavian simply dominated the episode.
Pullo and Octavian were great together, both in the sewer and with the training. They have a great chemistry between them. I loved how Pullo goes to Octavian for advice with Niobe's lover. They both have a lot to learn from each other, and complement each other well... a lot like Vorenus and Pullo.
Speaking of Vorenus, I must say that I find him perhaps the most engaging character. At the very least, he's the character that I identify the most with. He's sincerely trying to be something more than a soldier... to be with his wife, with his family. In the end though fate simply doesn't allow him to be anything more than a soldier. He still struggles anyway.
I'm so waiting to see Atia die. Again, I don't know the history at all, but I'm really hoping one of her children gets to do her in.
Tarrasque Wrangler
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Atia actually outlived Caesar himself (OK, by a year, in 43 BC). She did live long enough to see her son Octavian's first consulship, the beginning of a somewhat notable career
.Incidentally, I thought about putting this in spoiler tags, but well, it already happened.
Broccli_Head
Explorer
Definitely looking forward to the next episode.
I wonder if they will show Dyrrichium (and Caesar's defeat) before Pharsalus.
Granted the story is about Rome, the city, but it woudl be nice to hear tidbits of what esle is going on in the Roman Republic (ie, C's gains in Spain)
I wonder if they will show Dyrrichium (and Caesar's defeat) before Pharsalus.
Granted the story is about Rome, the city, but it woudl be nice to hear tidbits of what esle is going on in the Roman Republic (ie, C's gains in Spain)
DreadPirateMurphy
Explorer
Question: Why did the child's status mean Titus shouldn't tell his friend about the adultery? He was all for telling up until that point.
Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
DreadPirateMurphy said:
Pullo might have suspected Vorenus was the victim of cuckoldry but until the torture event Pullo, as everyone, hadn't thought anything about the child that has been thus far played off as the child of Vorenus' daughter. Letting the news come out now might mean the death of the child.
