Rome: Ciaran Hinds as Cesar

Rome: November Episodes

Episode #10: "Triumph"
Debut date: SUNDAY, NOV. 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Nov. 8 (9:00 p.m.), 9 (11:00 p.m.), 10 (1:00 a.m.), 11 (10:00 p.m.), 12 (10:15 p.m.), 13 (8:00 p.m.) and 18 (9:00 p.m.)

HBO2 playdates: Nov. 6 (1:00 a.m.), 7 (10:00 p.m.) and 14 (9:00 p.m.)
Unanimously proclaimed emperor by the Senate, Caesar (Ciaran Hinds) pronounces the war over, and prepares for five days of feasting and games honoring his "triumph." No longer an enlisted soldier, Pullo (Ray Stevenson) eyes a pastoral future with Eirene (Chiara Mastalli); Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) runs for municipal magistrate, with Posca's help; Octavian (Max Pirkis) retrieves Octavia (Kerry Condon) from her self-imposed exile; and Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) invites a revenge-minded Quintus Pompey (Rick Warden) into her home, to Brutus' (Tobias Menzies) dismay.

Written by Adrian Hodges; directed by Alan Taylor.

Episode #11: "The Spoils"
Debut date: SUNDAY, NOV. 13 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Nov. 15 (9:00 p.m.), 16 (11:00 p.m.), 17 (1:00 a.m.), 18 (10:00 p.m.), 19 (midnight ET/11:00 pm PT) and 20 (8:00 p.m.)

HBO2 playdates: Nov. 13 (1:00 a.m.), 14 (10:00 p.m.) and 21 (9:00 p.m.)
While Pullo descends into Erastes' (Lorcan Cranitch) netherworld, Vorenus negotiates a severance for veteran soldiers on behalf of Caesar, who invites him and Niobe (Indira Varma) to one of Atia's (Polly Walker) parties. Cassius (Guy Henry) attempts to convince Brutus that the life and death of the republic is "in your hands."

Written by Bruno Heller; directed by Mikael Salomon.

Episode #12 (season finale): "Kalends of February"
Debut date: SUNDAY, NOV. 20 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Nov. 22 (9:00 p.m.), 23 (11:00 p.m.), 24 (1:00 a.m.), 25 (10:00 p.m.) and 26 (10:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Nov. 20 (1:00 a.m.) and 21 (10:00 p.m.)
As a result of their arena exploits, Pullo and Vorenus have become heroes to the Roman rank and file, causing Caesar to reward those he normally would punish. Pullo's unexpected return to Vorenus' household is not appreciated by his former slave Eirene; Caesar decides to overhaul the Senate by adding some unexpected new faces, to the chagrin of the old guard; and Servilia hurdles the final obstacle in her ambitious revenge scenario, at Niobe's expense.

Written by Bruno Heller; directed by Alan Taylor.

Rome is a co-production of HBO and the BBC; co-creators, John Milius and William J. Macdonald and Bruno Heller; executive producers, Bruno Heller, William J. Macdonald, John Milius, Anne Thomopoulos and Frank Doelger; co-executive producers, Jim Dyer and Eugene Kelly; produced by Marco Valerio Pugini; consulting producer, Michael Apted; production designer, Joseph Bennett; costume designer, April Ferry; casting, Nina Gold, Nina Gold & Associates.