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The Best Episodes of Rome Season 2

Every episode of Rome Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rome Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Rome Season 2 Episode 10 - De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)
    9.0/10(2995 votes)

    S2:E10

    Following his naval defeat at Actium, Marc Antony returns to Egypt, where he and Cleopatra settle into a world of debauchery. Octavian tries to use Pullo as leverage to Vorenus to gain acess to the palace, but Vorenus stays loyal to Antony. Finally, it is Cleopatra who dupes Antony, saving her own life by sacrificing her honor. Ceasar Augustus triumphs in Rome.

    Director:John Maybury
    Writer:Bruno Heller

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  2. Rome Season 2 Episode 1 - Passover
    8.7/10(2936 votes)

    S2:E1

    Things pick up shortly after Caesar's murder. Octavian wants to keep his family from fleeing the city so he devises a plan. News of this makes Antony happy so he tells Brutus. Vorenus mourns Niobe's death but casts aspersions upon his children.

    Director:Tim Van Patten
    Writer:Bruno Heller

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  3. Rome Season 2 Episode 6 - Philippi
    8.7/10(2713 votes)

    S2:E6

    Vorenus receives orders to plunge Rome into a bloodbath the likes that have not been seen since the dictatorship of Sulla. Octavia reveals her secret to Atia, and the armies of the Liberators and the Caesarians clash for the last time, with the fate of Republic in the balance.

    Director:Roger Young
    Writer:Eoghan Mahony

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  4. Rome Season 2 Episode 8 - A Necessary Fiction
    8.6/10(2544 votes)

    S2:E8

    Octavian proclaims a new era of virtue in Rome, a program that his family and subordinates find impossible to obey. Vorenus is sent on a mission after a missing shipment of gold to discover who mysteriously hijacked it on its way to the Roman treasury. Pullo's loss and rage are channeled against Memmio, Omnipor and their henchmen. Octavian pursues Livia as an "appropriate" bride, and issues Mark Antony an ultimatum he knows he can't refuse.

    Director:Carl Franklin
    Writer:Todd Ellis Kessler

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  5. Rome Season 2 Episode 9 - Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man)
    8.6/10(2547 votes)

    S2:E9

    The people of Rome are starving. There have been many grain shortages over the past few months, but things have gotten particularly bad. In hopes of keeping the people from openly rebelling, Octavian sends Atia and Octavia to Alexandria in order to negotiate a deal with Mark Antony, though his real reasons for their trip is soon revealed. Meanwhile, Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus must try to keep the peace amongst many of the mercenaries who are in Rome.

    Director:Steve Shill
    Writers:Steve Shill, Mere Smith

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  6. Rome Season 2 Episode 2 - Son of Hades
    8.4/10(2683 votes)

    S2:E2

    Cleopatra arrives in Rome to pay her homage to Caesar, and to seek legitimization for Caesarion. Egypt's queen causes further complications between Anthony and Atia, who still struggles with Servilia. Timon's brother arrives from Jerusalem. The death of Erastes throws the underworld, and Rome's river commerce into chaos, and Pullo and Vorenus step into the gap. Octavian and Anthony begin a long and bitter rivalry with a dispute over Caesar's will and sharing of power.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writer:Bruno Heller

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  7. Rome Season 2 Episode 4 - Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare)
    8.4/10(2622 votes)

    S2:E4

    Pullo races to find Vorenus with news of his family's fate. Servilia's plans to eliminate a rival exact a high price from her. Cicero is astonished when Octavian sends word that his victorious legions are coming home to Rome. In Rome, Timon finally grows weary of Atia's bidding.

    Director:Adam Davidson
    Writer:Todd Ellis Kessler

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  8. Rome Season 2 Episode 5 - Heroes of the Republic
    8.2/10(2511 votes)

    S2:E5

    Despite Pullo's advice, Vorenus and his family return to the Collegium with his family who is reunited, and cleansed of their ordeal. Octavian is denied a triumph and urges Cicero to endorse his bid to be made Consul in exchange for an agreement to allow Cicero to veto his actions. Octavian takes both Cicero and the Senate by surprise with his first Consular act. Vorenus attempts' to make peace with Memmio and Cotta create suspicions that he has gone soft.

    Director:Alik Sakharov
    Writer:Mere Smith

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  9. Rome Season 2 Episode 3 - These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero
    8.1/10(2594 votes)

    S2:E3

    Brutus and Cassius struggle to raise foreign armies to oppose the Cesarean party. Mark Antony's plans to change his post-consul proconsular governorship from Macedonia to Gaul are derailed when Cicero delivers an in-absentia message to the Senate, and throws his support behind Octavian. Vorenus struggles to contain an all-out gang war in the Aventine Collegium, of his own making, that he blames on Pullo. In the house of the Julii, Octavia passes the hours in a drug induced daze, while a duplicitous youth named Duro, planted amongst the Julii by Servilia, looks for the chance to set a deadly plan in motion.

    Director:Alan Poul
    Writer:Scott Buck

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  10. Rome Season 2 Episode 7 - Death Mask
    8.1/10(2501 votes)

    S2:E7

    Antony's nature reasserts itself, and challenges his alliance with Octavian. Timon and Levi set themselves against Herod's plans. Servilia's public displays of grief leave Atia unsettled. Gaia uses Pullo's punishment as a weapon against him. His daughter's sudden interest in business matters arouses Vorenus' suspicions. Posca gets married.

    Director:John Maybury
    Writer:Scott Buck

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)" is the best rated episode of Rome season 2. It scored 9.0/10 from 2,995 votes. Directed by John Maybury and written by Bruno Heller, it aired on March 25, 2007. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Passover".