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Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare)
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| Season | 2 (2007) |
| Episode | "16" |
| Air date(s) | February 4, 2007 (HBO) July 1, 2007 (BBC) |
| Writer(s) | Todd Ellis Kessler |
| Director | Adam Davidson |
| Setting | Rome |
| Time frame | c. 43 BC See also: Chronology of Rome |
| Link | HBO summary |
| Prev: "These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero" Next: "Heroes of the Republic" I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII |
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Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare) is the fourth episode of the second season of the television series Rome.
Pullo races to find Vorenus and bring him news of his family's fate. Servilia's plans to eliminate Atia misfire, exacting a high price from her. Cicero is astonished when Octavian sends word that his victorious legions are coming home to Rome. In Rome, Timon finally grows weary of Atia's bidding.
- Atia's torturing of Duro was based on Roman law, whereby a slave's testimony would not be accepted unless the slave was tortured.
- Cicero's comments to Agrippa may be a reference to Cicero's term as consul in 63 BC. Cicero, in defending the republic against the Catiline conspiracy had several conspirators executed without trial. Summary execution of citizens was a violation of Roman law, but Cicero maintained that he was acting under "senatus consultum de re publica defendenda", tantamount to a declaration of martial law, so no trial was necessary.
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| Characters | Characters · Minor characters |
| Primary characters | Lucius Vorenus · Titus Pullo · Gaius Julius Caesar · Gnaeus Pompey Magnus · Atia of the Julii · Mark Antony · Marcus Junius Brutus · Niobe · Gaius Octavian · Octavia of the Julii · Quintus Valerius Pompey · Cato the Younger · Marcus Tullius Cicero · Timon · Marcus Agrippa |
| Secondary characters | Cleopatra · Gaius Cassius Longinus · Posca · Eirene |
| Episodes | Season 1: I · II · III · IV · V · VI · VII · VIII · IX · X · XI · XII Season 2: XIII · XIV · XV · XVI · XVII · XVIII · XIX · XX · XXI · XXII |
| Other | Chronology · DVD |