In a strict class-ridden society, Caesar descends from one of the oldest and noblest of patrician families. Energetic, brilliant, methodical, he is a man driven-electrified even-by a primordial need for dominance. He has very little room for regular human emotions; he can be witty and charming or warm and caring, but these qualities are always performances, produced as needed and rarely prompted by genuine feeling.

The beautiful but weak-willed sister of Octavian. Her mother's pawn, she hides simmering resentment beneath the guise of a dutiful daughter.

An amiable but rapacious brigand and quondam horse trader. Timon is one of Atia's lovers and her mercenary ally.

A peasant princess from a large and influential Roman clan, Niobe is proud, beautiful, and selfishly devoted to the interests of herself and her family. She managed eight years thinking her husband, Vorenus, would not return from battle.

Son of Atia, great-nephew of Caesar, Gaius Octavian is gifted with uncommon intelligence and clarity of vision, yet tends to withdraw into melancholy and isolation.

Now known as Caesar Octavian, Atia's son has grown into a soldier and a man — stepping into his late great uncle's shoes...in more ways than one.

Cleopatra claims her sullen four-year-old is the son of Caesar, although Vorenus and Pullo know he could just as easily be the son of Pullo after a secretive and heated night in the desert. And though Caesar presented the son as his own in Egypt, he refused to name the boy his heir (He chose his grand-nephew, Octavian, instead.).

Cleopatra claims her sullen four-year-old is the son of Caesar, although Vorenus and Pullo know he could just as easily be the son of Pullo after a secretive and heated night in the desert. And though Caesar presented the son as his own in Egypt, he refused to name the boy his heir. (He chose his grand-nephew, Octavian, instead.) Now the boy is asking questions, and Cleopatra wants a declaration of paternity.

Cast & Characters

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Cast and Character

Julius Caesar

Octavia of the Julii

Timon

Niobe

Gaius Octavian (Younger)

Gaius Octavian (Older)

Caesarion (Younger)

Caesarion (Older)

Ciaran Hinds

Kerry Condon

Lee Boardman

Indira Varma

Gaius Octavian Younger

Gaius Octavian Older

Caesarion Younger

Caesarion Older

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