Aleccius Tiberius Magnus

This occured two episodes ago, but I am a little curious about it. The scene where Timon the Jew is over seeing the attack on Servilla's litter, did anyone happen to notice the look of remorse on Timon's face. He mentions that it is Yom Kippur (forgive me if the spelling is incorrect), and from what I know, it's a Jewish Holiday centered around Atonement. My question is, was it implied that Timon did not want to attack the litter because of Yom Kippur? Even more importantly, were there even Judeans in Rome by this point in history?

That is correct I think. It was done out of the public eye. Vercingetorix was strangled in the Tullianum, a subterranean chamber in the Carcer, accessible only by a hole through which he was lowered by the executioner who would have gone down and then strangled him. He was tired of living and was probably looking forward to it. Disgraced, defeated and paraded like an animal, a proud man like him must have had a hard time in captivity after being king to hundreds of thousands of warriors. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense: HBO has done a pretty good job of keeping in line with historically accuracy, so why break the trend with strangling Vercingetorix out in public, when, as is apparently the case, he was killed in secret? For all intents and purposes, he was essentially written off in the first episode after he surrendered to Caesar. Wat up wit dis????

I think the exchange between Posca and Timon was more about what Posca had to say. Posca drinking from the cup was (and excuse me if I am incorrect) was to show the nonchalantness of the exchange, despite the fact a ton of blood was spilt on account of the "mistake."

Did anyone else get torn up with the gladiator fight between Pullo and the crowd of gladiators? Despite the fact maybe the armor was wrong, that still didn't diminish the fact the scene was incredibly powerful. By the way, was the dude that Vorenus made into a "two headed" monster a gaul?

First off, I'm new here and like many of you I enjoy every and all things roman. HBOs Rome has been a great addition to my otherwise boring sunday evening. Can anyone tell me, Vorenus is now a "Magistrate" as appointed by Caesar, but what exactly does that mean? As I understand it, as a former 1st Spear Centurion, Vorenus should be an equestrion now right? Not only that, he's also a Prefect. That being the case, why is he still living in a rather small 'apartment'? I totally love this show.... -ATM