In this episode of Rubicon, we finally meet the man who would prove that the Roman Republic’s greatest weakness wasn't a lack of legions, but a surplus of greed. King Jugurtha of Numidia has arrived in Rome, but he hasn't come to beg for mercy. He has come to own the theater.

As a client king under investigation for the slaughter at Cirta, Jugurtha navigates a city of "bottomless purses." While the firebrand Tribune Gaius Memmius rallies the Roman mob in a desperate cry for justice, Jugurtha’s agents move through the shadows of the Palatine and the filth of the Subura, ensuring that Roman honor is a commodity with a fixed price.