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Jan 21, 2007 · Son of Hades: Directed by Allen Coulter. With Ray Stevenson, Kevin McKidd, Polly Walker, Lindsay Duncan. Even though his wife and children are avenged by the Erastes killing, Lucius Vorenus keeps mourning for over a month till Pullo gets Marc Antony who scolds him for Caesar's death and the continuing bloody Aventine gang riots that have ...
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- Action, Drama, Romance
- Allen Coulter
- 2007-01-21
Jun 7, 2011 · Scene from Rome (Season 2, Episode 2). Vorenus convinces the captains to cooperate.
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Jan 28, 2007 · Action Drama Romance War. Lucius Vorenus, the power-hungry "Son of Hades", controls the Aventine but practices a pointless, beastly reign of terror, coming down hard on gang captains for futilities, and nearly ruins his friendship with Pullo, whose efforts to calm things down are mistaken for disrespect a... Read all.
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- Alan Poul
- 2007-01-28
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Mark Antony is ruling Rome, but Octavian demands his inheritance. Cleopatra comes to Rome seeking legitimacy for Caesarion. Antony offers a despondent Vorenus a chance for redemption.
With Erastes Fulmen gone, the Aventine is up for grabs, and rival gangs have taken to the streets in a struggle for control, stabbing each other in the open markets.
Having surrendered to his grief, Vorenus refuses to leave his bed, staring catatonically at the head of Erastes Fulmen, still rotting in a corner. Pullo tries to talk Vorenus into a new start, noting the mourning period has ended, but Vorenus won't hear of it.
Now Consul of Rome, Mark Antony is preparing for the arrival of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, which has Atia up in arms. To assuage her jealousy, Antony describes Cleopatra as a "dark, skinny little thing who talks too much." Octavian interrupts to press him about the money Caesar left him, but Antony puts him off with talk of paperwork and lawyering.
Cleopatra is far more subdued than she was four years earlier, which puzzles Mark Antony, whom she doesn't recall meeting. She's in mourning over Caesar, she tells him, as he was "like a husband to me." Antony scoffs. "Roman Consul, Egyptian wife? Wouldn't do."
The Queen's counsel, Charmian, interrupts to begin negotiations: the Consul of Rome will guarantee armies to protect her throne in exchange for the value of her grain shipments. Posca ups the price, and they settle on an amount. But the Queen has one more issue to put on the table: her four-year-old son, Caesarion. Soon she must tell him that his father's people do not accept him as a true legal son. She wants a public declaration of the boy's paternity, "simply for his happiness." With a lecherous grin, Antony attempts to privately negotiate something in return, earning himself a fierce slap. Antony then vows that her son will never be legitimate in the eyes of the Roman Empire.
At the Basilica, an irritated Antony receives petitioners. A representative of the merchants complains about the violence in the Aventine killing commerce, "the root of civic virtue." Cicero jumps in, warning that whoever controls the Aventine controls the docks and the grain supply. And if the violence spreads, the whole city will descend into chaos and famine, "and you will be blamed, I'm afraid." Antony growls that he will resolve the matter before presenting Cicero with a list of candidates for next year's elections, claiming Posca found them among Caesar's papers. Cicero claims that the list contains every scoundrel in the city who paid off Posca. After a threat from Antony, Cicero agrees to endorse them, but only if he can cross off the worst of the lot, remarking that he is still (for the moment) too useful for Antony to simply kill him. At a loss with Vorenus, Pullo seeks out the new Consul of Rome. Mark Antony accompanies him back to the cursed villa, jarring his former soldier out of his depression. He reprimands Vorenus harshly, accusing him of letting "our great father die" and starting a war in the Aventine by killing Erastes. Vorenus insists he would kill himself, but "Dis" is his master; he's at the mercy of the God to end his life. Antony replies that he is Vorenus' master, and that no one is beyond redemption.
Antony: You're not saying that these men paid me to put their names on here.
Cicero: Oh, no... I assume they paid Posca.
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"Rome" Son of Hades (TV Episode 2007) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
7,721. (Season Two premiere) In the wake of Caesar's death, Mark Antony considers a move north. Cleopatra arrives in Rome, to Atia's dismay; Octavian wins over the masses; Vorenus steps into Erastes' shoes. Mark Antony finds his plans derailed following Cicero's message to the Senate.
The death of Erastes throws the underworld, and Rome's river commerce into chaos, and Pullo and Vorenus step into the gap. Octavian and Anthony begin a long and bitter rivalry with a dispute over Caesar's will and sharing of power.
