TY - ADVS AU - Papazian,Robert AU - Hirsch,James G. AU - Purefoy,James AU - Marshal,Lynsdey AU - Walker,Polly AU - Duncan,Lindsay AU - McKidd,Kevin AU - Woods,Simon AU - Stevenson,Ray AU - Menzies,Tobias AU - Milius,John AU - MacDonald,William J. AU - Heller,Bruno ED - British Broadcasting Corporation. ED - Home Box Office (Firm) ED - HBO Video (Firm) TI - Rome U1 - 791.4572 PY - 2007///] CY - [New York] PB - HBO Home Video KW - Augustus, KW - Cleopatra, KW - Antonius, Marcus, KW - Rome KW - Politics and government KW - 265-30 B.C KW - Drama KW - History, Military KW - History KW - Civil War, 43-31 B.C N1 - Title from container; Contains all 10 episodes from the second season; Originally broadcast on HBO during the 2006-2007 season; disc 1; Passover; writer; Bruno Heller; director; Tim Van Patten; 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; Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, James Purefoy, Lindsay Duncan, Tobias Menzies, Kerry Condon, Simon Woods, Max Perkis, Lyndsey Marshal, Indira Varma N2 - 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. 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 ER -