Rome: Season 2
2007 · 10 episodes · ★ 7.8
What Season 2 of Rome
Season two opens in 44 BC, after the assassination of Julius Caesar at the hands of Brutus and the conspirators. His death sparks political chaos in Rome, as Mark Antony tries to seize power while Octavian emerges as the sole heir to the dictator's fortune. Intrigue, shifting alliances and romantic passions set the pace of the episodes. Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo remain at the center of the story. Vorenus faces a new destiny and new duties, and Pullo, with his carefree nature, faces the same challenge. Ordinary citizens suffer the consequences of every power struggle.
Season 2 Episodes
2x01 Passover
Things pick up shortly after Caesar's murder. Octavian wants to keep his family from fleeing the city so he devises a plan. News of this makes Antony happy so he tells Brutus. Vorenus mourns Niobe's death but casts aspersions upon his children.
Directed by: Tim Van Patten · Written by: Bruno Heller · Starring: Tim Barlow, Guy Henry
2x02 Son of Hades
Cleopatra arrives in Rome to pay her homage to Caesar, and to seek legitimization for Caesarion. Egypt's queen causes further complications between Anthony and Atia, who still struggles with Servilia. Timon's brother arrives from Jerusalem. 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.
Directing: Allen Coulter · Writer: Bruno Heller · Starring: Zuleikha Robinson, Lyndsey Marshal, Michael Nardone, Daniel Cerqueira
2x03 These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Brutus and Cassius struggle to raise foreign armies to oppose the Cesarean party. Mark Antony's plans to change his post-consul proconsular governorship from Macedonia to Gaul are derailed when Cicero delivers an in-absentia message to the Senate, and throws his support behind Octavian. Vorenus struggles to contain an all-out gang war in the Aventine Collegium, of his own making, that he blames on Pullo. In the house of the Julii, Octavia passes the hours in a drug induced daze, while a duplicitous youth named Duro, planted amongst the Julii by Servilia, looks for the chance to set a deadly plan in motion.
Directing: Alan Poul · Writer: Scott Buck · Starring: Allen Leech, Zuleikha Robinson, Camilla Rutherford, Michael Nardone
2x04 Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare)
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.
Directing: Adam Davidson · Writer: Todd Ellis Kessler · Starring: Allen Leech, Camilla Rutherford, Guy Henry, Rafi Gavron
2x05 Heroes of the Republic
Despite Pullo's advice, Vorenus and his family return to the Collegium with his family who is reunited, and cleansed of their ordeal. Octavian is denied a triumph and urges Cicero to endorse his bid to be made Consul in exchange for an agreement to allow Cicero to veto his actions. Octavian takes both Cicero and the Senate by surprise with his first Consular act. Vorenus attempts' to make peace with Memmio and Cotta create suspicions that he has gone soft.
Directing: Alik Sakharov · Writer: Mere Smith · Starring: Allen Leech, Zuleikha Robinson, Ronan Vibert, Camilla Rutherford
2x06 Philippi
Vorenus receives orders to plunge Rome into a bloodbath the likes that have not been seen since the dictatorship of Sulla. Octavia reveals her secret to Atia, and the armies of the Liberators and the Caesarians clash for the last time, with the fate of Republic in the balance.
Directed by: Roger Young · Written by: Eoghan Mahony · Starring: Allen Leech, Zuleikha Robinson, Chris Anderson
2x07 Death Mask
Antony's nature reasserts itself, and challenges his alliance with Octavian. Timon and Levi set themselves against Herod's plans. Servilia's public displays of grief leave Atia unsettled. Gaia uses Pullo's punishment as a weapon against him. His daughter's sudden interest in business matters arouses Vorenus' suspicions. Posca gets married.
Directing: John Maybury · Writer: Scott Buck · Starring: Allen Leech, Zuleikha Robinson, Ronan Vibert, Camilla Rutherford
2x08 A Necessary Fiction
Octavian proclaims a new era of virtue in Rome, a program that his family and subordinates find impossible to obey. Vorenus is sent on a mission after a missing shipment of gold to discover who mysteriously hijacked it on its way to the Roman treasury. Pullo's loss and rage are channeled against Memmio, Omnipor and their henchmen. Octavian pursues Livia as an "appropriate" bride, and issues Mark Antony an ultimatum he knows he can't refuse.
Directing: Carl Franklin · Writer: Todd Ellis Kessler · Starring: Allen Leech, Zuleikha Robinson, Ronan Vibert, Lyndsey Marshal
2x09 Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man)
The people of Rome are starving. There have been many grain shortages over the past few months, but things have gotten particularly bad. In hopes of keeping the people from openly rebelling, Octavian sends Atia and Octavia to Alexandria in order to negotiate a deal with Mark Antony, though his real reasons for their trip is soon revealed. Meanwhile, Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus must try to keep the peace amongst many of the mercenaries who are in Rome.
Directed by: Steve Shill · Written by: Steve Shill, Mere Smith · Starring: Indira Varma, Allen Leech, Zuleikha Robinson, Lyndsey Marshal
2x10 De Patre Vostro (About Your Father) Season Finale
Following his naval defeat at Actium, Marc Antony returns to Egypt, where he and Cleopatra settle into a world of debauchery. Octavian tries to use Pullo as leverage to Vorenus to gain acess to the palace, but Vorenus stays loyal to Antony. Finally, it is Cleopatra who dupes Antony, saving her own life by sacrificing her honor. Ceasar Augustus triumphs in Rome.
Directing: John Maybury · Writer: Bruno Heller · Starring: Allen Leech, Lyndsey Marshal, Maxim Baldry, Alice Henley
Season 2 Cast
Kevin McKiddLucius Vorenus10 episodes
Max PirkisGaius Octavian10 episodes
Simon WoodsGaius Octavian Caesar10 episodes
Chiara MastalliEirene10 episodes
David BamberMarcus Tullius Cicero10 episodes
Nicholas WoodesonPosca10 episodes
Lee BoardmanTimon10 episodes
Tommaso SaccoCenturion10 episodes
Camilla RutherfordJocasta6 episodes
Michael NardoneMascius6 episodes
Daniel CerqueiraMemmio6 episodes
Guy HenryCassius4 episodes
Ronan VibertLepidus3 episodesWhere to Watch Season 2 of Rome
Frequently Asked Questions
How Many Episodes Does Rome Season 2 Have?
Season 2 of Rome has 10 episodes.
When did Season 2 of Rome premiere?
Released January 14, 2007.
Where to Watch Rome Season 2?
Available by subscription on Amazon Prime Video, Movistar Plus+ Ficción Total, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and HBO Max Amazon Channel (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 2?
According to the TMDB audience score, episode 2x06, «Philippi», with a 8.1.