A Necessary Fiction

8.6/10 · 2,534 votesMar 11, 200755 min

Ranked #4 of 10 in Season 2•+0.1 vs season avg

Octavian proclaims a new era of virtue in Rome, a program that his family and subordinates find impossible to obey. Vorenus is sent on a mission after a missing shipment of gold to discover who mysteriously hijacked it on its way to the Roman treasury.

Season 2 Episodes10

E1 8.7

Passover

E2 8.4

Son of Hades

E3 8.1

These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero

E4 8.4

Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare)

E5 8.2

Heroes of the Republic

Philippi

Death Mask

A Necessary Fiction

Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man)

E10 9.0

De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)

Cast16

Kevin McKidd

Lucius Vorenus

Ray Stevenson

Titus Pullo

Ciarán Hinds

Julius Caesar

James Purefoy

Mark Antony

Polly Walker

Atia of the Julii

Lindsay Duncan

Servilia of the Junii

Tobias Menzies

Marcus Junius Brutus

Max Pirkis

Gaius Octavian

Simon Woods

Gaius Octavian Caesar

Kerry Condon

Octavia of the Julii

Chiara Mastalli

Eirene

David Bamber

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Crew3

Carl Franklin

Director

Todd Ellis Kessler

Writer

Alessandro Modica

Video Assist Operator

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Episode Summary

"A Necessary Fiction" is episode 8 of Rome season 2. It scored 8.6/10 from 2,534 votes, ranking #4 of 10 episodes this season (season average 8.5). Directed by Carl Franklin and written by Todd Ellis Kessler, it aired on March 11, 2007.

A Necessary Fiction

Seasons2

Season 2 Episodes10

Cast16

Crew3

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Episode Summary