"Rome" - "Testudo et Lepus" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Crown of Sappho

Althea ends up singing as there are no other music players available. Though Althea's main job is kitchen slave, she has a lovely voice. "Song of Seikilos" was an actual song, "Birth of Venus" is a fabricated one, and "Janus Breaks" is a song from the soundtrack of the Rome series that plays during the party scene in "Stealing from Saturn."

Answer: Duro

Atia has Timon kill Duro after he confesses to killing for Servilia. It is Timon's act of killing a young boy that makes him realize that perhaps he's getting in too deep with Atia.

Atia has Servilia tortured. She wants to have her killed, but Timon stops midway through. Cicero does not die during this episode.

Answer: Being crucified

Both Duro and Servilia are whipped. Duro is burned with hot pokers and Servilia is raped by one of Timon's men. However, neither one of them is crucified.

Later on in the episode, we see that one of the slaves at the slave camp where Vorenus's children are being held has been crucified and left dead up on the cross.

Answer: Levi

Levi is Timon's brother, an orthodox Jew who believes devoutly in his religion. Timon, on the other hand, has strayed far from the virtuous path. Levi attempts to put him on the right track, but is having trouble doing so.

Yesh is the name of Timon's son who walks in to see Timon and Levi fighting. Carbo is the German from a previous episode whose nephew was raped.

Answer: She doesn't punish him at all

Castor offers to kill himself, and when Atia muses that she should probably have him castrated, he says that he will do so. However, she forgives him and tells him to be more careful in the future.

Answer: A slave's confession isn't legal unless they've been tortured

In real life, it was true that a slave had to be tortured before their confession could be considered legal because a slave would most likely say anything to protect their master. Atia has no intention of taking Servilia to court for murder, however. She is planning on killing Servilia herself and says that if she is caught, she will claim it was self-defense.

Answer: He's working for Antony

In his will, Caesar gave Posca his freedom. It's unclear whether or not this has been honored because Antony did not give Octavian the money that was promised to him in Caesar's will, either. Whether Posca is working for Antony because he wants to or because he is being forced to is unclear, but either way, he is on Antony's side.

Answer: A letter with his seal

Octavian gives Pullo his seal. Pullo later uses it when they get to the slave camp, in order to convince the slave owner to give them the children, as he claims that Octavian especially desires them.

Answer: Asks Antony for permission to leave

Vorenus is fighting on Antony's side. Moreover, the series has always depicted Vorenus as having a connection to Antony. It is Antony, for example, who invites Vorenus to join the Evocati, and it is Antony who manages to get Vorenus out of his guilt-ridden stupor after Niobe's death. It makes sense, then, that Vorenus asks for permission before going, rather than simply deserting.

Answer: She is a prostitute

Vorenus's daughter is being prostituted. Although we do see a slave who's been crucified and left up on the cross, none of Vorenus's children are dead.

The fact that Vorena the elder was a prostitute will have a damaging effect on her status later on. Back in Roman times, no suitable man would have wanted to marry a woman who had been a prostitute.