I must defend my status and rights.' He insists his mother stay too, so that the family appears united. 'They will declare his death a rightful tyrannicide,' Posca concedes, 'and his will and all his acts become null and void.'While Antony plows ahead with plans to head north, Octavian announces he must stay in Rome. But he quickly recovers, explaining that Brutus and his men are now the law, and Caesar's money and land will go to them. Atia can hardly believe her luck Antony can't conceal his wounds. All of Caesar's property and remaining money, as well as the legal obligations and benefits of his estate, are left solely to one person: Octavian, whom Caesar has designated sole heir and his lawful son. 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. 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.
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