"Rome" - "An Owl in a Thornbush" Quiz

Answer: Castor

Atia is whipping Castor, her head slave, not because of anything that he has done, but out of frustration with the situation with Caesar.

Eleni is Servilia's body slave and Merula is Atia's body slave.

Answer: Three

It is stated that Pompey has three legions in the city, which should be an adequate defense against Caesar, who only has the thirteenth legion with him in Gaul. However, Pompey's legions are made up of veterans who are loyal to Caesar and new, unseasoned young soldiers.

It is decided, then, to withdraw from Rome until they can come up with more soldiers--a decision that Cato greatly disapproves of.

Answer: Stonewall Catonian

Vorenus, like Cato, believes in the divinity of the Republic. He believes that the structure of the Roman government has been ordained by the gods, and thus, he disapproves of Caesar taking over the city.

Moreover, it is unlikely that Antony would describe Vorenus as inept. He and Pullo have already rescued Caesar's nephew Octavian and recovered the golden eagle and thus distinguished themselves.

Answer: Odysseus

Cornelia tells them to be quiet like Odysseus and his men in the cave of the cyclops, as Pompey makes preparations to leave Rome.

Aeneas was the hero of Virgil's Aeneid, a Roman version of the Odyssey. Hercules was a demigod of Roman and Greek mythology, and Hector was a hero of Homer's Iliad.

Answer: Kill himself

As the mob tries to break down the door to Atia's house, she makes plans to have the slaves kill them--suicide (or assisted suicide, as the case often was) was considered an honorable alternative to being killed by one's enemies. Atia tells Castor to kill himself, too, to which he responds, "I would not think of living, domina."

Answer: Servilia and Brutus

Servilia and Brutus come to Atia's house for dinner and find that they are unable to leave when the mob starts gathering outside the house. Caesar and Antony are still in Gaul, making their appearance at Atia's an impossibility. As Pompey is Caesar's enemy now, it is very unlikely that he and his wife would be at Atia's house.

Answer: A woman

Pullo and Vorenus also see a slave woman that one of the men kidnapped to bring along. After they kill the men and leave, Pullo asks if they can bring the woman along, as he feels sorry for, but Vorenus refuses. Pullo goes back on his own and rescues the woman, who we later find out is named Eirene. Pullo will eventually fall in love with and marry Eirene.

Pullo and Vorenus do discover the golden eagle, but in the first episode. The white stallion refers to the gift that Octavian is trying to bring to Caesar in the first episode.

Answer: Atia

Graffiti is a common motif in the show as a whole. In this case, the slogans refer to Atia's promiscuity. One of them says "Atia amat omnes," which is Latin for "Atia loves all."

Answer: A Cyrenian

A Cyrenian is a native of African. Servilia is professing her love for Caesar, saying that she will wait for him in Rome. Brutus, believing it more politically expedient to leave Rome with Pompey and the others, tells her that she is deluded by lust, and that he will bring her a Cyrenian.

Answer: How they will pay the troops

Cato demands to know about how they will pay the troops because money is a big concern. The treasury has not yet reached them, because, as we have seen, Pompey's men have stolen it. Indeed, it will never reach them.

Cato would never have asked about the ethics of fighting Caesar. Cato believed in the supremacy and divinity of the Republic, and in doing anything possible to save it. In fact, one of the reasons why he wears a black toga is because he is in mourning for the Republic.