Synopsis

Brutus and Cassius found themselves in a difficult position, striving to muster foreign armies against Caesar's faction. Mark Antony’s ambitions to transfer his governorship from Macedonia to Gaul were thwarted when Cicero, speaking in his absence, sent a message to the Senate declaring his allegiance to Octavian. Meanwhile, Vorenus battled to quell a full-blown gang war within the Aventine Collegium – a conflict of his own making, which he attributed to Pullo’s influence. Within the household o