Rome - Season 2 ❲Web Working❳

In the pantheon of "shows ended too soon," HBO’s Rome sits on a gilded throne. While the first season gave us the rise of Julius Caesar through the eyes of two unlikely friends—the rigid Lucius Vorenus and the hedonistic Titus Pullo—Season 2 deals with the messy, violent, and utterly fascinating aftermath of his assassination. A Sprint Through History

If Season 1 was a "comfy locomotive," Season 2 is a "bullet train". Originally planned to span five seasons, the show was famously truncated due to its massive production costs at Italy's Cinecittà Studios. This forced the writers to "telescope" years of history into just ten episodes. Rome - Season 2

The season's spine is the psychological warfare between two very different men claiming Caesar’s mantle: In the pantheon of "shows ended too soon,"