Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare)
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| Vorenus embraces Vorena the Younger. | |
| Season | 2 (2007) |
| Episode | 16 |
| Air date(s) | February 4, 2007 (HBO) |
| Writer(s) | Todd Ellis Kessler |
| Director | Adam Davidson |
| Setting | Rome |
| Time frame | c. 43 BC See also: Chronology of Rome |
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Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare) is the fourth episode of the second season of the television series Rome.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
[edit] Plot Summary
Pullo races to find Vorenus with news of his family's fate. Servilia's plans to eliminate a rival, exact a high price from her. Cicero is astonished when Octavian sends word that his victorious legions are coming home to Rome. In Rome, Timon finally grows weary of Atia's bidding.
[edit] Historical and cultural background
- Atia's torturing of Duro was based on Roman law, whereby a slave's testimony would not be accepted unless the slave was tortured.
- Cicero's comments to Agrippa may be a reference to Cicero's term as consul in 63 BC. Cicero, in defending the republic against the Catiline conspiracy had several conspirators executed without trial. Summary execution of citizens was a violation of Roman law, but Cicero maintained that he was acting under "senatus consultum de re publica defendenda", tantamount to a declaration of martial law, so no trial was necessary.
