Rome
The Spoils
TV Flash files “The Spoils” as hour 11 of 22 in the TV Flash guide — Rome (2005–2007) on HBO/BBC, season 1, episode 11, aired 2005-11-13, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E11: listed hour 11 of 22 in the Rome guide, hour 11 of 12 in season 1. It aired 2005-11-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Triumph” (S01E10). Next is “Kalends of February” (S01E12).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While Pullo descends into Erastes' netherworld, Vorenus negotiates a severance for veteran soldiers on behalf of Caesar, who invites him and Niobe to one of Atia's parties. Cassius attempts to convince Brutus that the life and death of the Republic is indeed 'in your hands.'
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Spoils sit in the Rome guide?
S01E11 is listed hour 11 of 22 — hour 11 of 12 in season 1, season 1 episode 11.
When did Rome S01E11 air?
The Spoils aired 2005-11-13 and is listed at 60 minutes.
How much Rome is there?
Two seasons (2005–2007). High production costs and network decisions cut short a planned longer historical canvas.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Two soldiers, Vorenus and Pullo, witness the fall of the Republic as Caesar, Antony, and Octavian rewrite the world. Bruno Heller's HBO/BBC co-production made ancient history tactile: mud, politics, street-level views of epochal events. Only two seasons, lavish enough to become a warning about prestige budgets.
Two soldiers, Vorenus and Pullo, watching the Republic fall from the street, and the group chat still doing "what if more seasons" like it's a ship war. (I said spoiler-free. The cancellation is the spoiler.) Bruno Heller, John Milius, and William J. MacDonald's HBO/BBC co-production premiered in 2005 and lasted two seasons through 2007 despite major production scale — twenty-two episodes, mud and marble, blood and backroom empire. Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson lead a street-level view of epochal events beside…
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