"Rome" - "These Being the Words of..." Quiz

Answer: Octavian

Octavian does not appear because he left Rome in the previous episode to gather legions in order to fight Marc Antony. He returns in the next episode, played by a new actor.

Agrippa makes his first appearance in this episode when he takes Octavia a message from her brother, Octavian. Eirene appears in several scenes that take place in the collegium. Lyde appears in a scene where she is trying to escape from slavery, and again at the end when she tells Pullo that Vorenus's children are still alive.

Answer: Hemp

Jocasta is Octavia's new friend, the daughter of a rich businessman. Atia does not approve of the friendship, and she is not happy that her daughter is smoking hemp in the house, as it makes the whole place smell. She does, however, smoke some hemp with them, while conversing with Jocasta about Macedonia.

Answer: Bithynia

Cassius and Brutus go to Bithynia, otherwise known as modern day Turkey, in order to try and raise money and soldiers. Cassius seems to be doing most of the work, as Brutus spends his time getting drunk and arguing about his role in Caesar's assassination.

Answer: Janus

Brutus prays to Janus, the god of new beginnings. This makes sense, as he has been having feelings of desperation and unhappiness for most of the episode. In this scene, we see Brutus trying to make a new beginning for himself.

Answer: Duro

Duro is the boy that Servilia hires. He manages to get his way into Atia's household by offering Castor, Atia's head slave, sexual services.

Answer: He is gelded

Memmio and Carbo go to Vorenus, asking for justice when Carbo's nephew is violated by Quintus Bubo. Vorenus, deciding that the boy was simply acting as a prostitute, does nothing to help Carbo. In revenge, Memmio has Quintus Bubo castrated.

Answer: Octavia always eats with Atia, and his orders are to leave Octavia alone

Servilia seems to still have feelings for Octavia, from when the two were having a relationship. In any case, she does not want the girl to die along with her mother.

Answer: Sharpens his knife

Antony does everything but sharpen his knife. When Cicero refuses to do what he asks, he asks him if it's true how Crassus died--by having melted gold poured down his throat. Before Antony is through, he will have Cicero killed and his hands nailed to the door of the Senate, as he promised him back in season one.

Answer: Helen of Troy

Cicero writes, "You are Rome's Helen of Troy, but then a woman's role has always suited you best." He is referring to Helen of Troy, the woman whose face launched a thousand ships and whose stunning beauty caused the Trojan War.

Answer: That Vorenus's children are alive

Lyde shows up at the very end of the episode, when Pullo and Eirene have returned to the collegium. Lyde tells Pullo that the children are alive, but that they have been enslaved. Pullo then sets off on horseback to find Vorenus and help to set things right.