The Best Episodes Written By Michael Apted

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(33 votes)

   #1 - An Owl in a Thornbush

   S1:E39/11/2005

   With Caesar quickly advancing toward Rome, Pompey begins ordering a retreat and forces his citizens to pick sides. Timon is forced to do Atia's dirty work and Vorenus cannot understand why no one is resisting while on a scouting mission.

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   7.6/10(35 votes)

   #2 - How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic

   S1:E29/4/2005

   Anointed People's Tribune by Caesar, Mark Antony returns to Rome with Octavian's liberators, Vorenus and Pullo. After being feted by a grateful Atia, Vorenus heads home to his family, for the first time in eight years, while Pullo heads for the brothels. Pompey drafts an ultimatum stripping the general of his power.

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   7.5/10(43 votes)

   #3 - The Stolen Eagle

   S1:E18/28/2005

   Eager to return to Rome after eight long years of war, Gaius Julius Caesar ends his campaign with a resounding triumph in Gaul, and news of a shattering personal loss at home. In Rome, Caesar's old friend Pompey is counselled by the Senate, who worry about Caesar's growing popularity. Two soldiers are enlisted to find the army's stolen gold standard. Atia is careful to play both sides of an escalating power struggle.

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   Writer:Michael Apted

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