![]() Atia scoffs at 'the waste.'None are prepared for what's next. She insists that Posca read Caesar's will, which stipulates that every citizen receive 75 denarii, and every soldier and veteran 100. Calpurnia rejects Mark Antony's offer to escape the city under his protection she is happy to die in Rome. Mark Antony, Atia and her children arrive to pay their respects - and they are the only ones to do so. When he explains that she is no longer a slave and can say no to his proposal, Eirene accepts, and Pullo smears wet dirt on their faces to make it official.At Caesar's villa, his long-forgotten widow Calpurnia presides over her husband's body as formal mourning rites begin. Eventually he gives in and invites Atia to join him.In a meadow in the Roman countryside, Pullo proposes marriage to Eirene, both of them oblivious to the chaos unfolding in the city. They are interrupted by Antony himself, still out of breath from Quintus Pompey's chase, but Atia's relief soon turns to anger he talks of heading north and raising 'an army of monsters' to avenge Caesar's death.all without her. Octavian argues against it, insisting it's what Servilia wants. Atia begins plotting to flee the city, convinced Mark Antony must be dead since he hasn't come for her. Octavian instructs his sister to never speak of it again. 'I curse you!' he says, pointing a crooked hand at his kids before stumbling out of the courtyard, leaving them to weep over their mother's corpse.Having just heard the news about Caesar, Atia collapses in grief, as Octavia festers with fury, realizing Servilia used what she shared about Vorenus's wife to leave Caesar defenseless. As Vorena the Elder reaches for the boy, he smacks her to the ground, then lets the boy go, redirecting his anger. 'Whose child is this?!' Vorenus demands, hoisting the boy in the air as if ready to hurl him over the gates. ![]() When young Lucius approaches, he lurches for the boy, just as his two daughters return with their aunt Lyde and catch sight of their ashen mother. 'The Republic is saved.' Back inside the Senate, Posca weeps over Caesar's body.In the courtyard just below their apartment, Vorenus cries over the limp body of Niobe. ![]() Brutus returns home shaking, his mother already plotting for him to fill Caesar's shoes. in the end this movie was in terms of historical accuracy below even the HBO series Rome which was also fairly free in its interpretation of roman history but much more entertaining.Directed by Tim Van PattenWritten by Bruno HellerMoments after Caesar's murder, Mark Antony emerges from the Senate in a state of shock, only to face Quintus Pompey and his thugs, who immediately set off after him. if one would be interested in roman history i strongly suggest reading up on the harrowing tale of Caesar and the pirates. one of the early scenes in the movie involving the pirates is so ignorant of history as to make the viewer throw up their hands in disgust and say 'why was the primary text ignored?' the story of Caesar and the pirates is one of the best stories of his life and it was not given any justice. as a result the movie is careless in its regard for history. ![]() Sherman and Jefferson Davis from any story about the civil war. to omit these characters is akin to omitting w.t. also missing from the film is Crassus and Cicero. according to Plutarch, Sulla died after having relinquished the office of dictator and retired to the countryside to spend the end of his days in total debauchery. her original husband, Caepio father of Servillia, was killed in the east. she was the sister of Livius Drusus, the tribune of the plebeians who was assassinated around 108. he-Cato-shared a mother with Servillia, the mother of Brutus. also to clarify another reviewer's comments Cato was Brutus's uncle. as for Cato, he appears to be years older than Caesar in the film yet in reality was three years younger. also seems to be an unknown which was not the case. in 82 BC when the film opens Caesar (born 100 BC) was 18, yet they would have you believe that he had an eight year old daughter. More to entertain than to inform and, sadly it fails to do the former.
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