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Rome :: A Necessary Fiction (02x08)

Episode Information

Title:

A Necessary Fiction

Episode #:

02x08

Original Airdate:

Sunday March 11th, 2007

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Country:	Aired On:

UK (BBC TWO)	Jul 15, 2007

Episode Crew
Director:	Carl Franklin
Writer:	Todd Ellis Kessler (1)

Episode Summary

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Octavian's campaign for a more virtuous society hits hardest in his inner circle; Vorenus's efforts to solve a gold robbery leave a bitter taste of betrayal; Pullo turns his grief about a personal loss into anger at a new enemy; Timon leaves Rome with his family for Jerusalem.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Alan Williams (1)	played	Cotta	Recurring (first appearance)
•Alex Wyndham	played	Gaius Maecenas	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Allen Leech	played	Marcus Agrippa	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Anna Fausta Primiano	played	Vorena the Younger	Recurring (12th appearance)
•Camilla Rutherford	played	Jocasta	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Daniel Cerqueira	played	Memmio	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Ian McNeice	played	Newsreader	Recurring (17th appearance)
•Lyndsey Marshal	played	Cleopatra	Recurring (third appearance)
•Marco Pollack	played	Lucius	Recurring (6th appearance)
•Michael Nardone	played	Mascius	Recurring (6th appearance)
•Ronan Vibert	played	Marcus Lepidus	Recurring (third appearance)
•Simon Woods	played	Gaius Caesar Octavian	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Zuleikha Robinson	played	Gaia	Recurring (6th appearance)
•Alice Henley	played	Livia