Rome
Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man)
TV Flash files “Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man)” as hour 21 of 22 in the TV Flash guide — Rome (2005–2007) on HBO/BBC, season 2, episode 9, aired 2007-03-18, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E09: listed hour 21 of 22 in the Rome guide, hour 9 of 10 in season 2. It aired 2007-03-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Necessary Fiction” (S02E08). Next is “De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)” (S02E10).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Seven years have passed since Antony's departure from Rome, and the former commander, dissipated and debauched - held in thrall by the charms and sexual prowess of his new bride, Cleopatra, withholds precious shipments of grain from Rome, where people die in the streets from hunger. Unable to incite a war with Antony and Egypt without committing political suicide, Octavian sends Atia and Octavia to Alexandria to mediate and reason with Antony; a strategy which proves predictably unsuccessful. However, former Roman senator Posca and his wife, Jocasta, flee Alexandria with Atia and Octavia to Rome where he provides Octavian with all the ammunition he needs to bring about a war with Antony and Cleopatra. Meanwhile, Pullo has taken over the Avantine gangs of Rome. But later, a fatal blow is stricken to the torrid affair that has continued between Pullo and Gaia, as karmic debt comes to call when she saves him from the sadistic Memmino, but gets fatally wounded, and she lets it slip to Pullo that she was the one who poisoned Eirene. Octavian asks Pullo to join him in the campaign against Egypt, and Pullo agrees without question, hoping to reunite and redeem his blood brother, Vorenus, who continues to stand by Antony's side despite his growing contempt for his commander. Octavian calls for war against Antony in the Senate, and is met with thunderous approval.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man) sit in the Rome guide?
S02E09 is listed hour 21 of 22 — hour 9 of 10 in season 2, season 2 episode 9.
When did Rome S02E09 air?
Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man) aired 2007-03-18 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.
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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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