Rome (HBO) - Octavian's Speech to the Senate

Octavian becomes consul of Rome and proposes his first motion
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[JnEricsonx]

"Hello, my name is Octavian Caesar. You killed my father-prepare to die."

[toasterpastries]

*When Julius Caesar said, "Rome will not forgive you a second time." This is when that finally came to fruition.*

[MasterFatness]

One of the best scenes in the entire series. Cicero believes he was outmaneuvered by a child, when in reality, he made the mistake of thinking that he could put a collar on a wolf.

[RUdigitized]

Cicero: We had a deal!
Octavian: I’m altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it further.

[danielvictor]

I honesly LOVE Cicero's face when Octavian told him to step away from his chair: He had just witnessed the Republic DIE in front of him.

[IamLegend]

Augustus was a genius. He out maneuvered his enemies. As Emperor, he never referred to himself as Emperor, but First Citizen.

[jackhallander]

The actor playing Cicero gave such a great, horrified look, like he knew he was looking at a king. Or an emperor, rather.

[scienceroast]

"Step away from my chair" is the true horror from a Powerful Child King, Augustus was a Supreme, He has an Emperor aura

[gabrieleriva]

In an era full of conniving, conspiring, dangerous, ambitious and very intelligent people... Octavian showed to be the most conniving, conspiring, ambitious and intelligent of them all.

[actin]

Octavian's actor really looks SO MUCH like Octavian from the statues...

[bigj]

Julius Ceaser did what many other great leaders failed to do:

Name an heir who would expand upon, and arguably exceed, his very own accomplishments.

[DragonHybridVaeludar]

"Step away from my chair"
The Empire has began...

[CompelledUsername]

Cicero’s dawning realisation is stunning.

[Borderose]

I love the casting for both young and older Octavian: the show made him look like a political-savant and a creature of power. Which Augustus needed to be. After all, we're talking about a guy who through ruthless guile successfully leveraged the strength of the name he inherited to become civil and military dictator at the age of 19.

[TheNorthie]

It’s been said before, and I’ll say it again: Octavian would have won the Game of Thrones

[ROCKSTAR]

"who will speak against the motion ?" this such a beautiful shot

[basileusbasileon]

It's interesting that he told Cicero to move away from his chair, almost as if he feared a repeat of Caesar's murder. Suetonius says that when the historical Augustus addressed the senate, he wore chainmail and a gladius under his toga, kept ten men around his chair, only allowed senators to come one at a time, and had them searched beforehand. When the praetor Quintus Gallius approached him holding folded tablets beneath his tunic, Augustus suspected he had a sword and had him tortured and executed. Suetonius says Augustus personally tore out Gallius' eyes.

[annichka]

I love this scene. It builds up slowly, slowly…the senators sense something is going to happen…Cicero is rebuffed… then when Augustus calls the soldiers in my heart skipped a beat with fear. Imagine what the senators felt! BRAVO!

[nostoon]

Everytime I rewatch this show, I hope they bring it back. We could easily have a season 3 start during Augustus' reign.

[ErikDayne]

Julius Caesar had many great accomplishments, but his greatest act was naming Octavian his successor instead of Mark Antony. Mark Antony couldn’t rule the city of Rome for a year. Octavian ruled the entire Roman Empire for over 40 years. When Mark Antony was in charge of Rome, there were riots, famine, and unrest. When Octavian was in charge of the Roman Empire, there was peace and prosperity, the Pax Romana. Caesar clearly recognized that Mark Antony was a fine soldier, but it was Octavian who had the guile and resolve necessary to tame the wild beast which was the expanding Roman Empire.