Yeah, I agree -- the weird part was that Atia didn't know about it from the beginning, which is just crazy. I can see that Antony and Octavian cooked the whole scheme up between them, but the way they played it made it sound like that was all that was necessary -- that it didn't need Atia's approval from the outset.

And it's definitely the Popular Front for the Liberation of Judaea!! (I could not stop thinking that!!)

I am so relieved to learn this!