Remember those shitty terms that Caesar offered Pompey? Well, Pompey decided to accept them. Caesar avoids peace by balking on the truce, blaming Pompey’s decision not to agree to a sit down. Meanwhile, Atia finds out about Octavian’s little foray in a storage closet with Caesar and is actually excited about the idea of her boy seducing the mighty leader – talk about horrible parenting. Octavian denies the rumor and lets it slip that Caesar has a condition. He says no more, but the cat is clearly out of the bag.
Titus sleeps off a rough night of drinking on Lucius’ doorstep and realizes that he forgot his slave girl somewhere. Lucius joins him on a brief search and ultimately pays Titus’ tab at a local establishment to get the girl back. Titus can’t keep the girl, so Lucius takes her in as a slave, much to Niobe’s chagrin. Lucius goes to check on his other slaves only to find out that they have all died, save for a single boy, whom he brings into his home until his illness has passed – yeah, that’s a great idea. Atia hires Titus to tutor Octavian in swordplay, but it is Titus who asks the boy for counsel surrounding his suspicion of Niobe’s wrongdoing. Lucius, out of money, takes a job as a bodyguard to a loan shark and finds the work distasteful. He ultimately rejoins the army, having to swallow his pride to ask Mark Antony for his old job back.
Caesar and his mistress, Servilia, have a nice time until some naughty graffiti pops up on walls all over Rome. Caesar’s wife gets pissed and he has to break it off with Servilia, who is none too happy about it. During the breakup, slaps are thrown and Caesar lets his mistress know that he won’t have it by giving her three hard ones to the side of the head. Servilia is now super-pissed and, after finding out that Atia is behind the graffiti, lays down the mother of all curses on both Atia and Caesar. Caesar heads out to take on Pompey only to find that he’s sailed for Greece. Meanwhile, Titus and Octavian corner the father of Niobe’s baby (whom Lucius believes is his) and after a little torture, the guy spills the beans. The duo decides to kill the man in the sewer and never speak of the incident again – not even to Lucius. My guess is that this little nugget is going to endanger Titus’ friendship with Lucius, especially considering Titus’ inability to keep a secret.
