EPISODE

7. Death Mask

Inconsolable at the death of Brutus at Philippi, Servilia makes her final bid to gain the ultimate vengeance against Atia. Meanwhile, Eirene and Gaia have a major falling-out, prompting Eirene to demand that Pullo properly chastise the slave. When he does, the dynamic between the two of them changes in a violent and unexpected fashion. King Herod engages Mark Antony as a reluctant ally by offering a generous gift of 20,000 pounds of gold, and when Posca is excluded from sharing in the windfall, he engineers a move behind-the-scenes that will once again strain the uneasy truce between Octavian and Antony. Vorenus eldest daughter, Vorena, is blackmailed by Mascius into spying on her father after her tryst with one of his men is discovered. The end of two love affairs and a marriage in the house of Julii have major ramifications for life in the city and on the Aventine when Octavian insists on the courtship between Octavia and Mark Antony which irks both Atia and Agrippa. Also, a desperate move to assassinate Herod finishes the relationship between contentious siblings Timon and Levi when they have a falling out, and Levi gets killed by accident.

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Servilia mourns the death of Brutus, killed at Phillippi. She kneels in front of Atia's door chanting repeatedly for justice. Although Atia ignores her initially, the incessant chanting attracts a crowd of pleb onlookers and annoys Atia. After two days, Atia gets fed up with Servilia's obstinacy and throws open the door to let Servilia vent her anger and leave. However, Servilia calls upon the gods to curse Atia for the rest of her life, and then commits suicide, leaving Atia in shock. Vorena, Vorenus's eldest daughter, is seduced by a member of a rival gang led by Memmio and becomes an informant for them. Meanwhile Marc Antony, Octavian and Lepidus divide the empire to be ruled by them. Octavian arranges for Antony to marry Octavia, much to the dismay of Atia and Agrippa. Timon, having regained his faith and commitment to his people, plans with his Zealot brother Levi to assassinate the visiting prince Herod. After seeing Atia nearby and remembering his family, however, Timon decides against the attack at the last minute, believing that killing Herod would be futile. Levi refuses and tries to kill Herod himself, only for Timon to reluctantly kill his brother.

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