8.0/103,372 votes#1 - The Stolen Eagle
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/28/2005
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.
Director: Michael Apted
Writer: Bruno Heller, Michael Apted
8.2/102,914 votes#2 - How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/2005
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.
Director: Michael Apted
Writer: Bruno Heller, Michael Apted
8.0/102,697 votes#3 - An Owl in a Thornbush
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/11/2005
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.
Director: Michael Apted
Writer: Bruno Heller, Michael Apted
8.0/102,597 votes#4 - Stealing From Saturn
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/2005
As Pompey "maneuvers" outside the city, Caesar seeks to consolidate his hold on Rome. Atia throws a party to welcome Caesar home, while Vorenus throws one of his own to usher in his new life as a citizen businessman. Pullo's run of luck continues when he delivers Quintus Pompey to Caesar, who in turn returns Quintus to his father's camp, with an offer of truce he knows Pompey will never accept.
Director: Julian Farino
Writer: Bruno Heller
8.1/102,582 votes#5 - The Ram Has Touched the Wall
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/25/2005
Caesar weighs Pompey's counteroffer against Antony's recommendation to chase down Pompey's vulnerable army. Vorenus is forced to reconsider his career choices after a series of business setbacks leave him with little income to support his family. A jealous Atia concocts a clever scheme to separate Caesar from Servilia. Pullo is recruited to tutor Octavian in the art of soldiering, but ends up learning a lesson or two from the boy.
Director: Allen Coulter
Writer: Bruno Heller
8.0/102,493 votes#6 - Egeria
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/2005
When Caeser finds himself outnumbered by Pompey's legions, he asks Antony to join the fight. Marc Antony is having fun in his new political life while he ponders a counter-offer from Pompey. Atia urges Octavian to take another step toward manhood. Vorenus and Niobe try to bring passion back to their marriage.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Bruno Heller, John Milius
8.4/102,481 votes#7 - Pharsalus
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/9/2005
Pompey attacks an outnumbered Caesar. Vorenus and Pullo are stranded at sea. Atia continues to seek out Servilla's friendship in order to ensure her protection, while Octavia and Servilla's bond grows.
Director: Tim Van Patten
Writer: David Frankel
8.4/102,503 votes#8 - Caesarion
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/16/2005
Having pursued Pompey into Egypt, Caesar arrives in Alexandria and meets the boy king Ptolemy XIII, who offers the general a surprise gift. Vorenus and Pullo play liberators again, freeing Ptolemy's incarcerated sister, Cleopatra. Caesar seeks payment from Egypt for past debts, and ends up forging a strategic union to ensure his legacy.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: Steve Shill, William J. MacDonald
8.2/102,388 votes#9 - Utica
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/2005
With Scipio and Cato defeated, Caesar returns home to a hero's welcome. Vorenus and Pullo's showdown with local thug Erastes gets an unexpected reprieve from Caesar. Servilia's plan to use Octavia to unearth a secret about Caesar backfires.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa
Writer: Alexandra Cunningham
8.3/102,362 votes#10 - Triumph
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/2005
Unanimously proclaimed Dictator by the Senate, Caesar pronounces the war over, and prepares for five days of feasting and games honoring his "triumph." No longer an enlisted soldier, Pullo eyes a pastoral future with Eirene, while Vorenus runs for municipal magistrate, with Posca's help. Meanwhile, Octavian retrieves Octavia from her self-imposed exile. And Servilia invites a revenge-minded Quintus Pompey into her home, to Brutus' dismay.
Director: Alan Taylor
Writer: Adrian Hodges
8.9/102,736 votes#11 - The Spoils
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/2005
Vorenus sees to it that veteran soldiers receives severance on behalf of Caesar, and is then invited along with Niobe to one of Atia's parties.
Director: Mikael Salomon
Writer: Bruno Heller
9.1/102,960 votes#12 - Kalends of February
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/20/2005
Pullo and Vorenus are now heroes in the eyes of the Roman rank and file because of their arena feats. This causes Caesar to bestow rewards to those he might normally punish.
Director: Alan Taylor
Writer: Bruno Heller
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A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:HBO
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Stolen Eagle" is the best rated episode of "Rome" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 3372 votes. Directed by Michael Apted and written by Bruno Heller, Michael Apted, it aired on 8/28/2005. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic".