Caesar is in the middle of a fight with Pompey’s forces when he realizes that he’s become severely outnumbered. He sends a request to Mark Antony in hopes of having him come with reinforcements, though Mark Antony is deciding whether or not he should join Caesar or try to stay as Rome as a ruler himself. Meanwhile, Niobe discovers that the man she loved while Vorenus was gone has recently been murdered, though such turns out to be the catalyst for her renewed love for her husband.