Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Pompey cannot understand how Caesar will hold Rome without money to pay his soldiers. Learning that the treasury thieves encountered Caesar's scouts, he sends his son Quintus to find Vorenus and Pullo. Neither he nor Caesar yet knows where the gold has ended up. Caesar seeks religious approval for taking the city and uses Atia's dinner party to rebuild relations with its remaining nobles. Vorenus also arranges a feast, marking the start of a trading business after refusing Antony's offer of military employment. His hopes for a respectable civilian life sit uneasily beside the pressure to choose a political patron.
Niobe's sister Lyde disrupts the household celebration, with her anger towards Evander threatening to expose his affair. The broken statue of Janus brings the gathering to an unhappy end. Worse follows when Quintus and his men arrive demanding the gold and threaten Niobe. Pullo interrupts them, conspicuously spending his stolen fortune, and helps Vorenus overpower the intruders. Vorenus insists that he return the money rather than attempt an escape. Caesar pardons Pullo and sends Quintus back with peace terms, using mercy to divide Pompey's supporters. During the party, Octavian also witnesses Caesar suffer a seizure and agrees to keep it secret. The returned treasury allows Caesar to pay for the public blessing that will strengthen his rule.