Introduction: The Trials and Triumphs of Rome, Season Two

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editors’ Preface vii
4. Editor’s Acknowledgments ix
5. Contributors x
6. Illustrations xv
7. Rome, Season Two Episode Listing xvii
8. Rome, Season Two Cast List xviii
9. Introduction: The Trials and Triumphs of Rome, Season Two 1
10. PART I Power and Politics
11. 1 A Touch Too Cerebral: Eulogizing Caesar in Rome 13
12. 2 Discharging Pullo and Vorenus: Veterans in Rome 25
13. 3 Gangsterism in Rome 36
14. 4 Class, Chaos, and Control in Rome 48
15. 5 Earning Immortality: Cicero’s Death Scene in Rome 61
16. 6 The Triumvirate of the Ring in Rome 74
17. 7 Jews and Judaism in Rome 88
18. PART II Sex and Status
19. 8 Revenge and Rivalry in Rome 105
20. 9 Effigies of Atia and Servilia: Effacing the Female Body in Rome 117
21. 10 Livia, Sadomasochism, and the Anti-Augustan Tradition in Rome 128
22. 11 Windows and Mirrors: Illuminating the Invisible Women of Rome 141
23. 12 Antony and Atia: Tragic Romance in Rome 155
24. 13 Problematic Masculinity: Antony and the Political Sphere in Rome 169
25. 14 Rome, Shakespeare, and the Dynamics of the Cleopatra Reception 182
26. 15 The Rattle of the Sistrum: “Othering” Cleopatra and Egypt in Rome 193
27. 16 Gateways to Vice: Drugs and Sex in Rome 206
28. 17 Slashing Rome: Season Two Rewritten in Online Fanfiction 219
29. Filmography 231
30. Bibliography 234
31. Index 247