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George Raymond Stevenson (25 May 1964 – 21 May 2023) was a Northern Ireland-born English actor, best known for his film and television work. He had a starring role as legionary Titus Pullo on the BBC/HBO television series Rome (2005–07), and portrayed two Marvel Comics characters: Frank Castle / The Punisher in Punisher: War Zone (2008) and The Super Hero Squad Show and Volstagg in the ...
Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, or rather Lucius Varenus and Titus Pulfio [1] were two Roman centurions mentioned in the personal writings of Julius Caesar.Although it is sometimes stated they were members of the 11th Legion (Legio XI Claudia), Caesar never states the number of the legion concerned, giving only the words in ea legione ("in that legion").
Vorenus rescues and angrily orders him back into formation, and Pullo strikes him. Later, the assembled soldiers watch as Pullo is flogged and condemned to death for his disorderly conduct. The day after, the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix is brought before Julius Caesar and made to surrender, ending the eight-year-long Gallic Wars.
Titus Pullo: Ray Stevenson: Titus Pullo: 1.1–2.10 The true definition of a rogue, Pullo is also humorous and faithful to his friends. He is introduced as a Roman soldier, serving under Vorenus. Atia of the Julii: Polly Walker: Atia/Clodia/Fulvia [1] 1.1–2.10 Niece of Caesar and mother of Octavia of the Julii and Octavian. Condescending ...
Vorenus delegates the task to Pullo, who is known and trusted by both Octavian and Mark Antony, much to the ire of Vorenus' third man, Mascius. However, Gaia poisons Eirene's tea, causing Eirene to die in childbirth with a stillborn baby boy. Pullo is incapacitated with grief, so Mascius takes over the operation.
Ray Stevenson as Titus Pullo (left) and Kevin McKidd as Lucius Vorenus, seen in the episode "Pharsalus". The series primarily chronicles the lives and deeds of the rich, powerful, and historically significant, but it also focuses on the lives, fortunes, families, and acquaintances of two common men: Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, fictionalized versions of a pair of Roman soldiers mentioned in ...
Libby Titus, a singer who recorded two albums in the late 1960s and ’70s before retiring from the music scene, later becoming the wife of Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, died Sunday at age 77. No ...
Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo were two centurions in the garrison of Quintus Tullius Cicero, brother of Marcus Tullius Cicero, and are mentioned in Book 5.44 of De Bello Gallico. They were bitter rivals who both sought to achieve the greatest honors "and every year used to contend for promotion with the utmost animosity" (5.44).