 Heller was responsible for writing the episode 's voice @-@ over , despite his dislike of the task . He said that despite it being his " 400th version , " he was " still not happy with it . " He believed that an early scene in which cart distributes spoils in front of Pompey represented the first real sense of how the series would depict city life . He said , " I think this is the first time that we get sense of the version of Rome that the show is pushing , " which was a very different version than viewers may have been used to . To him , Rome was " colorful and painted " and cosmopolitan . A later scene featuring Cicero the Younger in the Senate proved difficult to film because of the large number of Italian extras who did not speak English . In the DVD audio commentary , he said that " this is one of those scenes where you need really great assistant directors , because all of these Italian extras who have no idea whatsoever what [ Cicero 's ] saying , so to keep them interested and focused and concentrated on what 's going on is a real trick . " 
 Heller was responsible for writing the episode <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>voice @-@ over , despite his dislike of the task . He said that despite it being his " 400th version , " he was " still not happy with it . " He believed that an early scene in which cart <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>distributes</mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>spoils</mark></a> in front of Pompey represented the first real sense of how the series would depict city life . He said , " I think this is the first time <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>we get sense of the version of Rome <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>that</mark></a>the show is pushing , " which was a very different version than viewers may <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>have</mark></a> been used to . To him , Rome was " colorful and painted " and cosmopolitan . A later scene featuring Cicero the Younger in the Senate proved difficult to film because of the large number of Italian extras <a href='null_relcl' title='7'><mark>who</mark></a>did not speak English . In the DVD audio commentary , he said that " this is one of those scenes where you need really great assistant directors , because all of these Italian extras <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='got' title='9'><mark>have</mark></a> no idea whatsoever what [ Cicero <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>] saying , so to keep them interested and focused and concentrated on what 's going on <a href='drop_aux' title='11'><mark>is</mark></a>a real trick . " 
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