Rome : the complete second season, DISC 1,2,3 [DVD] / HBO Entertainment ; in association with the BBC ; created by John Milius and William J. MacDonald and Bruno Heller ; co-producers, Robert Papazian and James Hirsch.
Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, James Purefoy, Lindsay Duncan, Tobias Menzies, Kerry Condon, Simon Woods, Max Perkis, Lyndsey Marshal, Indira Varma. Originally broadcast on HBO during the 2006-2007 season. Contains all 10 episodes from the second season. Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary on episode "Passover" ; "A tale of two Romes" featurette ; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette ; Season 1 recap. Disc 2: "All roads lead to Rome" featurette. Disc 3: "The making of Rome, Season II" featurette ; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette. Disc 4: Audio commentary on both episodes ; "The rise of Octavian: Rome's first emperor" featurette ; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette. Disc 5: Audio commentary on both episodes ; "Antony & Cleopatra" featurette; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette.
Contents:
disc 5: De patre vostro (About your father) / writer, Bruno Heller, director, John Maybury. Son of Hades / writer, Bruno Heller, director, Allen Coulter -- disc 2. These being the words of Marcus Tullius Cicero / writer, Scott Buck, director, Alan Poul ; Testudo et Lepus (The tortoise and the hare) / writer, Todd Ellis Kessler, director, Adam Davidson -- disc 3. Heroes of the Republic / writer, Mere Smith, director, Alik Sakharov; Philippi / writer, Eoghan Mahony, Roger Young -- disc 4. Death mask / writer, Scott Buck, director, John Maybury ; Necessary fiction / writer, Todd Ellis Kessler, director, Carl Franklin -- disc 5: Deus impeditio esuritori nullus (No God can stop a hungry man) / writer, Mere Smith, director, Steve Shill ; De patre vostro (About your father) / writer, Bruno Heller, director, John Maybury.
Summary:
In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son and heir. The conspirator Brutus ponders how to curry favor with the masses that have condemned him as a murderer, while his mother Servilia concocts a deadly plot of her own. Meanwhile, Titus Pullo attempts to pull his friend Lucius Vorenus out of the darkness that has engulfed his soul in the wake of personal tragedy. For once again, the fates of these two mismatched soldiers seem inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself.
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