When watching some British and American dramas such as "Downton Abbey", we noticed that a parallel mode of the upper and lower time lines is very attractive, which can comprehensively show the human feelings of the society at that time.
"Roma" also adopts the parallel method of the upper and lower timelines. Although the protagonists of the upper and lower levels have great disparities in status, they often share weal and woe.
Episode 1, Caesar's campaign in Gaul finally won. Caesar and his subordinates Urenas and Poirot all made a fortune, although the scale of this fortune was completely different.
In the second episode, in the dispute between republic or dictatorship, nobles or commoners, Caesar, who was born better, chose to stand with commoners. Pompey, who had a relatively poor background, chose to ally with the nobles to safeguard the interests of the nobles and maintain the system of the republic. Two soldiers, Urenas don't think the Republic needs reform. Polo supported Caesar without thinking. Octavian, who was also a nobleman, saw the inevitable decline of the Republic rationally.
When gambling, Pineapple walked to the chassis of Pompeii, and it can be seen that the dispute between the two bosses at the upper level has penetrated into the civilians below.
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