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** It's also a backhanded, posthumous compliment to ''Servilia''. Atia basically acknowledged the woman as her [[Worthy Opponent]], and Livia was never going to match up. |
** It's also a backhanded, posthumous compliment to ''Servilia''. Atia basically acknowledged the woman as her [[Worthy Opponent]], and Livia was never going to match up. |
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** Which most likely [[Mythology Gag|recalls (or reverse-foreshadows, if you will)]] how [[Evil Matriarch|the Livia people saw]] in [[I Claudius]] emerged from the [[Plucky Girl]] Livia of this series. |
** Which most likely [[Mythology Gag|recalls (or reverse-foreshadows, if you will)]] how [[Evil Matriarch|the Livia people saw]] in [[I Claudius]] emerged from the [[Plucky Girl]] Livia of this series. |
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* Cicero's [[The Reason You Suck Speech]] [[Take That]] against Antony. The man has Antony pegged down perfectly. |
* Cicero's [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] [[Take That]] against Antony. The man has Antony pegged down perfectly. |
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** His death scene is [[Face Death With Dignity]] at it finest. A worthy death to one of the finest men in Rome. |
** His death scene is [[Face Death With Dignity]] at it finest. A worthy death to one of the finest men in Rome. |
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*** Cicero was not, in real life or in the show, a particularly brave man. His actor can portray the pants soiling terror of death in Cicero's last moments, but you can see his deliberate refusal to cave in to his fear. It's brilliant. |
*** Cicero was not, in real life or in the show, a particularly brave man. His actor can portray the pants soiling terror of death in Cicero's last moments, but you can see his deliberate refusal to cave in to his fear. It's brilliant. |
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