Cleopatra arrives in Rome; Vorenus is ordered to assume Erastes' captaincy; Octavian infuriates his mother and Mark Antony.
Vorenus returns to the Collegium; two former adversaries patch up their differences.
Brutus and Cassius struggle to raise foreign money for an army; Cicero sends a message to the Senate in which he gives his support to Octavian.
Vorenus receives orders to execute scores of Rome's elite; Octavia reveals a secret to Atia; two armies clash, with the future of Rome at stake.
Octavian proclaims a new era in Rome; Vorenus uncovers treachery behind a missing gold shipment.