Completely agree with your comments, Pomponia - and I smiled when I saw Cato, black or not, SOMEBODY read the comment that he wandered around without a tunic beneath his toga. A few nitpicks aside, I just adored it for the reasons you said.

What interests me is - the stuff I'm reading says, it takes the first two episodes to really "get going." And I wondered about the blood-drench for Atia - I thought that was Mithras, was being covered in bull's blood also something one did for Cybele?

I can't wait!