1 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,192 (KNOCKING) 2 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,079 Come. 3 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,673 Ah, where did you find this one? 4 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,197 Under a pile of old rubbish in the cellar. I doubt we'll find any more. 5 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,512 That's what you said the l-l-last time we found something. 6 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:20,519 It's incredible - the way people just dump things! 7 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:25,754 You see, it should all be lettered and filed 8 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,150 and well. numbered. 9 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:31,437 Would you like me to tidy up some of this mess, Caesar? 10 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:35,752 No! The last time you tidied up I couldn't find anything any more. 11 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,116 What is this? 12 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:50,236 "The Last Will and Testament of Augustus Caesar." 13 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,076 Augustus' will 14 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,118 (TRUMPETERS AND CHEERING) 15 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,796 Hail. Caesar! 16 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,873 The Legions of Rome salute you on their return from the Rhine. 17 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,032 - In triumph? - In triumph, Caesar! 18 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,432 The German tribes are put down. They have sued for peace. 19 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:42,151 Our punishments have been fierce and we have brought back many captives. 20 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,518 The province is peaceful once more and her tribute flows again. 21 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,717 Your legions await your further orders. 22 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:51,472 Hail. Caesar! 23 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:54,473 (ALL CHEER) 24 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,713 You'll hurt your ayes reading in this light. 25 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,111 - It was so hot in my r-room. - Am I disturbing you? 26 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,352 No. It's a v-v-very boring book. 27 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,592 - Where's Mother? - She and Pina are talking. 28 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:34,197 About children and about what it's like to be a soldier's wife. 29 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,319 She's wonderful. Pina - the way she goes everywhere with you. 30 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,471 You're very lucky, you know. 31 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,393 And how do you like being a married man? 32 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,597 And a father. What do you think of your little boy? 33 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:51,038 I don't like him very much. I think he's horrid. 34 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,236 Oh, Claudius! 35 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,518 What do you think of my wife? She's taller than me. 36 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,272 I know. 37 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,431 She's taller than me. 38 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,632 No, it's not funny. 39 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,552 How could anybody grow that tall? 40 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,273 Some people just never know when to stop. 41 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,877 - Do you sleep together? - Now and then. 42 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,713 I must admit, it's a bit of an ordeal 43 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,871 Her face is not unpleasant. 44 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,271 I rarely see her face. I never get up that far! 45 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,637 Oh, Claudius! Dear brother. 46 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,311 It is good to see you again. 47 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,711 I wish I could have come with you. What was it like? 48 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,119 The scene in the Teutoberg forest was terrible when we came on it. 49 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:53,354 No one had been buried. Bodies strewn around, horribly mutilated. 50 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,954 They�re a savage lot, those Germans. 51 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:00,113 But we avenged them. They�ll be quiet for a long time to come. 52 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:05,319 Tell me about Postumus. You didn't say much in your letters. 53 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,869 I was afraid to say too much. 54 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:12,352 Letters get intercepted and read by certain parties. 55 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:17,078 Come, you see plots everywhere. Who would dare to open your mail? 56 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,998 Grandmother. She opens everybody�s. 57 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,752 - Livia?! - Sh! 58 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,753 How else do you think she knows everything? 59 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,673 Does Augustus know that she does that? 60 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:35,277 I don't know what Augustus knows, but she knows everything. 61 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,914 - Postumus thinks... - Thinks what? 62 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,478 That night he was arrested, he broke away and came to see me in my room. 63 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,790 He wasn't trying to escape, 64 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,077 but he wanted me to know the truth so I could tell you. 65 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,071 What did he tell you? 66 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:03,234 That he didn't force Livilla. She invited him into her room - 67 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,109 as she'd often done before when Castor was out gambling or... 68 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:10,397 Anyway, when he got there, she started to scream. 69 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,599 The guards rushed in and she accused him of trying to r-rape her. 70 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,997 - Did you believe him? - Yes. 71 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,516 I'd believe Postumus before I'd believe Livilla. 72 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,798 But, Claudius, it's an age-old excuse that men have often used. 73 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:28,791 "She led me on. She wanted me to." 74 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:33,670 I've thought of that too. One does, even about one's friends. 75 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:35,796 But I believe him. 76 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,953 - But why would she do such a thing? - I asked him the same thing. 77 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:41,758 He said... 78 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,948 L-Livia had put her up to it. 79 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,315 Ah, our grandmother again. 80 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,517 Between reading letters and arranging rapes, 81 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,398 when does she aver sleep? 82 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,996 If you'll listen, I'll tell you what Postumus thinks of her. 83 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,038 It will stand the hairs up on your head. 84 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,479 He believes that she has systematically destroyed his mother, 85 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,756 his brothers and possibly his father, 86 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,639 that she poisoned Julia's first husband 87 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,394 and had a hand in our father's death. 88 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,393 He believes that she poisoned our grandfather, 89 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:28,348 and she will stop at nothing to ensure Tiberius follows Augustus. 90 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,511 He believes she's mad. 91 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:38,033 And I said all that without s-s-stuttering. 92 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:39,758 Well. nearly. 93 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,959 - Proof? - No. 94 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,233 Claudius, have you mentioned this to Augustus? 95 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:52,359 No! He takes me for a big enough fool already. 96 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,636 It must come from you or no one. 97 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:01,318 - All right. I'm listening. - Not here. 98 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,840 (CHEERY WHISTLING) 99 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,678 (STOPS WHISTLING) 100 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,910 (RESUMES WHISTLING) 101 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,070 If you prune any more of that, there'll be nothing left. 102 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,759 Are you now an expert on gardening? Is that something you've become? 103 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,913 I'm only telling you. The gardeners all complained last year. 104 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,436 - And whose garden is this? - Others use it. 105 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,558 Incredible! Everyone's an expert suddenly. 106 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,917 - How long have we been married? - Don't you remember? 107 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,471 50 years. In all that time, you've never known one plant from another 108 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,713 and suddenly you know all there is to know about pruning. Wonderful! 109 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:58,271 I think your brain's going soft. Nobody can talk to you any more. 110 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,309 - Anyone can talk to me. - No, they can't. 111 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,916 Anyone can talk to me any time - except you. 112 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,719 You don't talk to people. You bully them. 113 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:10,551 This conversation's got ridiculous. 114 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,473 Wrong. This conversation was always ridiculous. 115 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,596 Your melon's here. 116 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,394 (WHISTLING) 117 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:22,710 Is it true you're going to Corsica? 118 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:25,911 - Yes. - When? 119 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:27,513 Very soon. 120 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:29,955 - You never told me. - No. 121 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,669 I don't know what's come over you. You tell me nothing. 122 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,434 Well. you get to know everything anyway. 123 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,311 Why are you going to Corsica? 124 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,789 Because the Corsicans asked me to go. 125 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:45,678 What for? 126 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,913 Piracy. They�ve been complaining for years. They�re losing business. 127 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,072 Couldn't you have asked one of the Consuls to go? 128 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,151 Why should I? 129 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,710 I know how you hate travelling by see. 130 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,394 No. It doesn't bother me. 131 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,512 Will you be stopping off anywhere on the way? 132 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,160 - Such as where? - I don't know! 133 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:19,153 You'll be passing the island of your grandson's banishment. 134 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,276 Which one is that? 135 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,715 Planasia. Had you forgotten? 136 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,316 I hadn't thought about it. Why should I stop off there? 137 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:32,189 I thought you might take this opportunity of inspecting it. 138 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,670 - Have you tried this melon? - I don't want any! 139 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:40,152 If you ate more fruit, you wouldn't get so many wrinkles. 140 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,593 - Would you like me to come? - What for? 141 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:50,269 It's an arduous journey to make at your age, on your own. 142 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,796 - You might fall ill and die. - The see air will do me good. 143 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,748 Besides, Germanicus will be with me. I'm sending him to France. 144 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,115 What a support that boy's become. 145 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,233 I see. 146 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,155 - That's settled, then? - Yes. 147 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,836 (HE WHISTLES CHEERFULLY) 148 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,158 - Double dealing? - No! 149 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,515 - Pining after Postumus? - No! 150 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:20,956 Then how does he know? Somebody's talked to him. 151 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,032 It wasn't me, I swear it! Why should I? 152 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,714 Because you're tired of your husband 153 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:28,791 and would like to see Postumus back. 154 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,235 How? He'd never forgive me anyway! 155 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,311 You're cleverer than that. 156 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,950 You'd tell him I forced you and shed a few tears. 157 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,315 I never met a man who could resist that. 158 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,553 If he knows something, it wasn't from me. I swear it. 159 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,077 I swear it! 160 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:51,753 All right. 161 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,192 I believe you. 162 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:02,797 Someone else, then. 163 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,430 Castor knows. He guessed. I never told him. 164 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,876 Yes, Castor knows. That's why you got your black aye. 165 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,031 It didn't pass unnoticed, my dear. 166 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,239 If Castor knows, he'd keep it to himself. He's got nothing to gain. 167 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,278 - It's someone else. - My brother? 168 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,113 - Germanicus wasn't here. - I meant Claudius. 169 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:29,358 That fool? His brains are addled. He sees nothing and he hears nothing. 170 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,989 Well. perhaps I was wrong. 171 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,832 Perhaps we should just wait and see. 172 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,994 (SOUND OF WAVES CRASHING) 173 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,309 Well. well. well.. 174 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,750 What have we here? Tourists? 175 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,993 Have you come to see the beast in his cage? 176 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,674 Is the rock bare enough for you, Father? 177 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:23,913 Does it conform to your notions of smallness? 178 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,277 How thin you look. How pale. 179 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,752 What did you expect? A fat, jolly man full of laughs and jokes? 180 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,556 You must forgive me, Father. 181 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,076 It's been four years since I saw a soul apart from the guards. 182 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,231 I wasn't prepared for visitors. 183 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,233 This is Quintus Fabius Maximus, an old friend. 184 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,868 I envy you, Quintus Fabius Maximus. 185 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,837 Envy me what? 186 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,878 That you're an old friend of my father's. 187 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,395 You're better off than his adopted son. 188 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:00,992 Leave us. 189 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,350 They never told me it'd be like this. 190 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,636 I don't expect you aver asked! 191 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,678 You don't find out what you don't want to know! 192 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,718 - Don't say that. - Did you come for a tour? 193 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,077 That'll take ten minutes, as you once prophesied! 194 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,152 Then wound me if you must. I deserve it. 195 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,596 You have a knife. I wouldn't blame you if you used it! 196 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:35,871 Oh, it's tears now, is it? 197 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,635 I never knew a man cry as easily as you do. 198 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,830 Yes, tears come easily to me. I don't deny it. 199 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,991 You're wonderful. wonderful! 200 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,993 What's my role now? To feel sorry for you?! 201 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,594 - Mistakes have been made... - Mistakes! 202 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,469 Is that what you call them? You think tears will put them right? 203 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,552 Well. bravo! You still have tears to shed. 204 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,429 How many tears would you have left if you'd sat on this rock 205 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:06,591 for four solid years? 206 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:08,318 - Postumus... - How many? ! 207 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:11,358 You've come to the wrong place to show your tears. 208 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,511 Even the stones weep here. 209 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,398 Now you've heard something, is that it? 210 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,711 It's made you think, perhaps you were wrong, too hasty? 211 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,678 Is that why you're here, to tell me it was a mistake? 212 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,308 I don't want to hear it! Leave me alone! 213 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,710 Go away and die but leave me alone! 214 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,953 Postumus... 215 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,190 What have you done to me? 216 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:49,478 Four years! What have you done with my life? 217 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,631 Don't. Please don't... 218 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,918 When those guards came in, I thought, "This is the end. 219 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,117 "He's sent them now to finish me off." 220 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:03,114 - How could you think such a thing? - What else could I think? 221 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,271 To die, that's nothing. 222 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:10,833 I'd have given my life for you, for Rome, a thousand times over. 223 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,911 But to die like a dog... 224 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,431 What can I say? What can I say? 225 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,391 A day hasn't passed when I haven't thought of you. 226 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,357 And I of you. 227 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,839 But not fondly, Father, not fondly. 228 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,116 I know, I know, I know. 229 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:40,391 What could I do? There are such liars in the world, such cheats! 230 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,518 And nowhere more, it seems, than among my own. 231 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,194 I've had to live this long to find that out. 232 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,430 They�ve made a fool of you. 233 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,152 There are places where they�ve made a god out of me, 234 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,312 but my own family have made me a fool 235 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,390 And Livia, it seems, more than anyone. 236 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,874 - She lied to you. - Why? 237 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,591 How did you find out? 238 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,593 - Germanicus told me. - He wasn't there. 239 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,796 Claudius told him, apparently. 240 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:18,871 What do you make of him, eh? 241 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,952 He's a curious chap. He's a bit of a fool 242 00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:24,111 Aren't we all? 243 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,589 I've been wrong about a lot of things. 244 00:17:31,820 --> 00:17:34,209 Well. I'm here to make amends. 245 00:17:34,380 --> 00:17:36,610 It won't be long before you're in Rome. 246 00:17:36,780 --> 00:17:41,058 - Can't I return with you now? - No. Your banishment is permanent. 247 00:17:41,220 --> 00:17:45,179 I must get that decree reversed. That will take a bit of time. 248 00:17:45,340 --> 00:17:49,572 The moment I set that in motion, it'll cause a few hearts to flutter 249 00:17:49,740 --> 00:17:51,731 and a few minds to get busy. 250 00:17:51,900 --> 00:17:55,575 I want to wait until Tiberius is out of Rome. 251 00:17:56,340 --> 00:17:58,808 I'd worry more about Livia if I were you. 252 00:18:02,660 --> 00:18:05,970 When you've lived so long with a woman... 253 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:09,733 when she's been more than a wife to you. 254 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:13,017 It's been like having another right arm. 255 00:18:13,380 --> 00:18:15,416 It's hard to believe such things. 256 00:18:16,380 --> 00:18:18,371 Believe them, Father. 257 00:18:19,340 --> 00:18:21,808 I do. I do. 258 00:18:24,460 --> 00:18:25,973 (KNOCKING) 259 00:18:26,140 --> 00:18:27,732 Come in. 260 00:18:29,060 --> 00:18:31,972 Lady, the chief Vestal. Camilla Pulchra. 261 00:18:38,260 --> 00:18:42,731 You look well. Lady, which is a blessing for Rome and for all of us. 262 00:18:42,900 --> 00:18:46,495 And you, my dear, are as beautiful and serene as aver. 263 00:18:49,420 --> 00:18:51,411 Come, let's sit down. 264 00:18:57,540 --> 00:19:00,452 I envy you your serenity. 265 00:19:00,620 --> 00:19:02,895 I envy all the Vestals. 266 00:19:03,060 --> 00:19:05,893 I often wish I could have become one of them. 267 00:19:06,060 --> 00:19:08,528 Rome would have been the loser then. 268 00:19:11,740 --> 00:19:14,618 And you retire next year? 269 00:19:14,780 --> 00:19:17,419 Yes. It's 30 years since I took my vows. 270 00:19:17,580 --> 00:19:19,935 I must say, I find it hard to believe. 271 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:26,893 You came to me some time ago to ask me to use my influence with Augustus 272 00:19:27,060 --> 00:19:30,609 to persuade the Senate to rebuild the House of the Vestals. 273 00:19:30,780 --> 00:19:35,695 - That was a long time ago. - My dear, I never forget anything. 274 00:19:35,860 --> 00:19:40,490 My dream is to leave the House more beautiful than when I entered it. 275 00:19:40,660 --> 00:19:44,653 The Senate has promised to find the money, but they never have. 276 00:19:44,820 --> 00:19:49,655 Well. I think it's time we did something. 277 00:19:49,820 --> 00:19:52,857 - Have you spoken to your husband? - Many times. 278 00:19:53,020 --> 00:19:55,853 It's been my dream too to rebuild that house. 279 00:19:56,020 --> 00:20:00,013 But, like all men, he makes promises and noises and does very little. 280 00:20:00,180 --> 00:20:05,698 - But he also likes to surprise me. - And has he? 281 00:20:05,860 --> 00:20:10,615 Well. I think he has, but I'm not sure. 282 00:20:10,780 --> 00:20:13,135 That's why I asked you here. 283 00:20:13,860 --> 00:20:17,409 I have a feeling he's set aside a sum for it in his will 284 00:20:17,580 --> 00:20:21,129 Oh, that would be wonderful! Do you think he has? 285 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:24,178 I asked him about it when he returned from Corsica. 286 00:20:24,340 --> 00:20:27,252 "Wait and see," he said with such a twinkle in his aye 287 00:20:27,420 --> 00:20:30,935 that it made me wonder if he'd come to you recently 288 00:20:31,100 --> 00:20:33,455 to make an alteration in his will 289 00:20:33,620 --> 00:20:38,489 But he did! He spent a whole morning locked in a room with it. 290 00:20:38,660 --> 00:20:41,857 When he came out, he handed me two documents instead of one. 291 00:20:42,020 --> 00:20:45,808 You see, I was right. Oh, this intuition of mine. 292 00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:49,896 - Did he bring a witness? - Yes. Fabius Maximus. 293 00:20:50,060 --> 00:20:51,971 Oh, the artful one! 294 00:20:52,140 --> 00:20:56,292 He's just like a little boy. He has to be so mysterious about it all 295 00:20:56,460 --> 00:20:58,576 He couldn't come out and say, 296 00:20:58,740 --> 00:21:02,892 "Livia, you shall have your house for the Vestals when I die." 297 00:21:03,060 --> 00:21:05,733 No. He must tease me. He must surprise me. 298 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:08,209 What a dear man he is. 299 00:21:08,380 --> 00:21:11,895 You think then that the alteration is in respect of that? 300 00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:15,335 Well. it seems likely. 301 00:21:16,860 --> 00:21:21,251 Oh, what a pity we couldn't take it out and have a look at it. 302 00:21:22,580 --> 00:21:26,971 Just you and me - two women together - in a tiny little conspiracy. 303 00:21:27,140 --> 00:21:30,291 Yes, that would certainly set our minds at rest. 304 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:34,491 But it has his seel on. 305 00:21:36,180 --> 00:21:38,853 Oh, but that's nothing. 306 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:43,973 I have the use of his seel I've had it for years. 307 00:21:44,740 --> 00:21:48,733 How else do you think official documents get signed when he's away? 308 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:51,419 Mmm? 309 00:21:53,460 --> 00:21:55,451 I hadn't thought of that. 310 00:21:57,820 --> 00:22:02,769 But then, of course, that would be breaking my vows. 311 00:22:02,940 --> 00:22:04,931 But in such a good cause. 312 00:22:06,820 --> 00:22:12,929 And if we found the alteration were in respect of something else, 313 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:17,969 why, I would feel bound to find that money myself. 314 00:22:18,740 --> 00:22:23,052 Rome owes so much to the sanctity of the Vestals. 315 00:22:24,580 --> 00:22:26,889 What do you think, my dear? 316 00:22:29,780 --> 00:22:34,137 Aaah! Oh, Montanus. Oh, help me, Montanus. 317 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:38,418 If you'd lie still and let the cold compresses work. 318 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:44,659 Oh, the pain's in my belly, you fool! Not in my head. 319 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:51,016 Here, drink this. 320 00:22:52,020 --> 00:22:53,931 It will ease the pain. 321 00:23:04,620 --> 00:23:06,656 It's like a fire in there. 322 00:23:06,820 --> 00:23:11,098 It's the ulcer again. I warned you. Too much work and too much worry. 323 00:23:11,260 --> 00:23:14,218 - Will you follow an idiot? - Yes. 324 00:23:16,340 --> 00:23:19,298 Eat only milk products and eggs. 325 00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:22,736 And give up work for a while or I won't be responsible. 326 00:23:23,420 --> 00:23:27,652 When you feel a little better, take a holiday. Go to Capri or somewhere. 327 00:23:27,820 --> 00:23:32,496 Paddle in the see, get some fresh air. I'll talk to the Lady Livia. 328 00:23:33,740 --> 00:23:37,619 (SOUND OF AUGUSTUS MOANING) 329 00:24:00,580 --> 00:24:03,617 I've had premonitions. Premonitions of death. 330 00:24:03,780 --> 00:24:07,250 - We all have them. - No, no, no. This is serious. 331 00:24:07,420 --> 00:24:10,571 Listen, old friend, let me tell you. 332 00:24:11,340 --> 00:24:14,810 Two weeks after we came back from you know where, 333 00:24:14,980 --> 00:24:18,529 I was in Mars Field giving a libation. 334 00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:20,895 A little ceremony. You remember? 335 00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:23,335 I remember, but I wasn't there. 336 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:27,698 No? Well. nearby, there's a temple built in memory of Marcus Agrippa. 337 00:24:27,860 --> 00:24:32,331 - Yes, I know it. - An eagle circled me five times, 338 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:36,254 then flew off and settled on the "A" of Agrippa's name. 339 00:24:36,420 --> 00:24:39,218 - Well. Caesar... - No, don't lie to me. 340 00:24:39,380 --> 00:24:41,371 It's clear what it means. 341 00:24:41,540 --> 00:24:43,974 It was telling me that my time had come 342 00:24:44,140 --> 00:24:47,769 and that I must give way to someone by the name of Agrippa. 343 00:24:47,940 --> 00:24:50,170 - Postumus? - Who else? 344 00:24:50,340 --> 00:24:55,050 - Did you consult an augur? - No. I don't need an augur. 345 00:24:55,220 --> 00:24:58,849 Well. you're not an expert on the interpretation of signs. 346 00:24:59,020 --> 00:25:00,897 Then listen to this. 347 00:25:01,060 --> 00:25:06,851 The following day, lightning melted the "C" on my name on a statue nearby. 348 00:25:07,020 --> 00:25:12,333 It struck the "C" off "Caesar". Do you follow? What does "C" mean? 349 00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:15,014 - A hundred. - A hundred. Exactly! 350 00:25:16,060 --> 00:25:20,019 Livia saw it. She went to an augur to find out what it meant. 351 00:25:20,180 --> 00:25:23,456 She wouldn't tell me, but I forced it out of her. 352 00:25:23,940 --> 00:25:28,377 It means that I have only a hundred days to live. 353 00:25:28,540 --> 00:25:31,373 I shall die in a hundred days. 354 00:25:35,940 --> 00:25:37,976 Or weeks. 355 00:25:41,180 --> 00:25:42,499 Eh? 356 00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:44,730 Why shouldn't it be weeks? 357 00:25:45,780 --> 00:25:47,850 Or months? 358 00:25:48,020 --> 00:25:51,490 Why shouldn't it mean that you'll live to be a hundred? 359 00:25:54,180 --> 00:25:56,614 - Do you think so? - Why not? 360 00:25:57,940 --> 00:26:00,329 Perhaps she went to the wrong augur. 361 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:03,968 Perhaps he looked at the wrong book. 362 00:26:15,180 --> 00:26:17,694 G-G-Good morning, Grandmother. 363 00:26:19,100 --> 00:26:22,217 Mother and I would like to know 364 00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:25,372 if there's any ch-change in Augustus' health. 365 00:26:26,220 --> 00:26:29,735 He's improving, which is more than I can say for you. 366 00:26:29,900 --> 00:26:34,052 Tha-thank you, Grandmother. It's a gr-great relief. 367 00:26:34,580 --> 00:26:36,138 Yes. 368 00:26:39,900 --> 00:26:41,811 Well. thank you. 369 00:26:42,180 --> 00:26:44,296 Is it true...? 370 00:26:50,180 --> 00:26:52,853 Is it true that you've written a book 371 00:26:53,020 --> 00:26:56,057 about religious changes during the reign of Augustus? 372 00:26:56,220 --> 00:26:57,858 Y-y-yes, Grandmother. 373 00:26:58,020 --> 00:27:00,295 You intend to give a public reading of it? 374 00:27:00,460 --> 00:27:03,099 - Yes, Grandmother. - You'll do no such thing. 375 00:27:03,260 --> 00:27:05,251 N-no, Grandmother. 376 00:27:05,420 --> 00:27:11,529 It wasn't my idea. Germanicus suggested it before he left. 377 00:27:11,700 --> 00:27:14,214 You won't make a laughing stock of my family. 378 00:27:14,380 --> 00:27:19,500 I'm b-b-better when I'm rehearsed. 379 00:27:19,660 --> 00:27:23,733 So is a trained monkey, but he still looks and sounds like a monkey. 380 00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:25,652 Yes, Grandmother. 381 00:27:26,620 --> 00:27:29,054 If your head doesn't stop twitching, 382 00:27:29,220 --> 00:27:32,769 I'll have it off and stuck on a pole. That'll fix it. 383 00:27:32,940 --> 00:27:35,738 Th-th-thank you, Grandmother. 384 00:27:39,700 --> 00:27:43,056 Oh, I beg your... Oh. I'm... I beg your pardon. 385 00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:48,970 Leave it alone! 386 00:27:56,260 --> 00:27:59,377 That grandson of yours could wreck the empire... 387 00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:03,016 just by strolling through it. 388 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:06,891 Augustus is improving. 389 00:28:09,740 --> 00:28:13,210 Are you drinking because he nearly died or because he didn't? 390 00:28:13,380 --> 00:28:16,531 - Sarcastic, aren't we? - I was just wondering. 391 00:28:16,700 --> 00:28:20,773 I never know whether I read you right. Is something wrong? 392 00:28:22,140 --> 00:28:24,529 He's altered his will 393 00:28:26,060 --> 00:28:28,858 What's the matter - cat got your tongue? 394 00:28:29,020 --> 00:28:31,409 That took your breath away, didn't it? 395 00:28:32,540 --> 00:28:37,489 - How do you know? - I make it my business to know. 396 00:28:38,620 --> 00:28:41,692 - In whose favour? - Whose do you think? 397 00:28:43,420 --> 00:28:45,650 - Germanicus? - Ha! 398 00:28:46,580 --> 00:28:49,048 Trust you to get it wrong. 399 00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:53,615 I must have been nodding when I gave birth to you. 400 00:28:53,780 --> 00:28:57,819 I sometimes wonder that you aver did anything so natural as giving birth. 401 00:28:57,980 --> 00:29:00,699 In whose favour has he altered his will? 402 00:29:00,860 --> 00:29:05,376 Postumus. Whose do you think? He took a trip to Corsica. 403 00:29:05,540 --> 00:29:08,816 Didn't it occur to you he may visit your stepson? 404 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:13,098 - Why should he? - He's changed his mind about him. 405 00:29:13,260 --> 00:29:15,854 What could have caused him to change it? 406 00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:20,013 What does he know now that he didn't know then? What could he know? 407 00:29:20,820 --> 00:29:22,617 What is there to know? 408 00:29:22,780 --> 00:29:26,568 He's a senile old man. How do I know why he changed his mind? 409 00:29:26,740 --> 00:29:30,733 But he has, and so much the worse for you, my baby, 410 00:29:30,900 --> 00:29:32,731 if I can't change it back again. 411 00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:36,575 Well. don't bother on my account! I'm sick of it! 412 00:29:36,740 --> 00:29:39,015 The gods know I've done my best! 413 00:29:39,180 --> 00:29:41,569 He never liked me. Never! 414 00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:45,452 Thirty years I've run his errands for him! 415 00:29:45,620 --> 00:29:49,329 I've fought on his bloody frontiers, collected his taxes! 416 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:52,731 He's never once put his hand on mine and said, "Thank you. 417 00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:55,209 "What would I have done without you?" 418 00:29:55,380 --> 00:29:59,214 Now he sends me off to Illyricum without a farewell dinner. 419 00:29:59,380 --> 00:30:04,249 Not even a goodbye. Just get on your horse and ride! 420 00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:08,216 Well. damn him! 421 00:30:08,980 --> 00:30:12,052 I retired before and I can retire again! 422 00:30:12,220 --> 00:30:15,656 Let his precious grandson run his empire for him. 423 00:30:15,820 --> 00:30:18,857 I'm sick to death of it! 424 00:30:27,340 --> 00:30:30,298 - When do you leave? - Very soon. 425 00:30:31,260 --> 00:30:34,252 I wouldn't travel too fast, if I were you. 426 00:30:34,420 --> 00:30:35,933 Why not? 427 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:42,733 Well. you won't have so far to come back if anything happens to him. 428 00:30:45,460 --> 00:30:50,090 I was just going to see your mother. I've heard she's not very well 429 00:30:50,260 --> 00:30:53,570 I wanted a word, but I'm dragging you away from your work. 430 00:30:53,740 --> 00:30:57,050 - N-no, really. - I'll only stay a minute. 431 00:30:58,140 --> 00:31:00,335 Are you b-better now? 432 00:31:00,940 --> 00:31:03,454 Well. you know, I think so. 433 00:31:04,060 --> 00:31:07,177 Well. shall we sit down for a moment? 434 00:31:07,340 --> 00:31:08,693 P-please. 435 00:31:13,060 --> 00:31:16,939 They put me on this diet, you know, but I cured myself. 436 00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:20,854 You know how? I refused to eat. Oh, a little milk and fruit. 437 00:31:21,020 --> 00:31:24,092 I got myself this cow and I milked it myself. 438 00:31:24,260 --> 00:31:28,651 The fruit I picked from the garden, so it was untouched by human hand, 439 00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:30,253 except my own. 440 00:31:30,420 --> 00:31:35,733 You never know what gets into food. The slaves are so careless. 441 00:31:35,900 --> 00:31:38,334 Anyway, I'm still here. 442 00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:42,812 Yes. I'm going away for a little holiday. 443 00:31:42,980 --> 00:31:45,938 First to Capri and then to Nola. I'm a bit tired. 444 00:31:48,980 --> 00:31:53,019 What a pleasant garden this is. I've never been here before. 445 00:32:01,140 --> 00:32:04,212 Claudius, do you bear me any ill will? 446 00:32:04,380 --> 00:32:06,894 Ill will? Why should I? 447 00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:12,659 Oh, we can be so wrong about people. I was wrong about you. 448 00:32:12,820 --> 00:32:15,254 We judge too much on appearances. 449 00:32:15,420 --> 00:32:19,174 I mean, your appearance is against you. You know that, don't you? 450 00:32:19,340 --> 00:32:23,413 You give everybody the impression you're a bit of a fool 451 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:26,734 But you're not such a fool. are you? 452 00:32:27,380 --> 00:32:29,416 I hope n-not. 453 00:32:30,340 --> 00:32:32,490 Germanicus told me all about you. 454 00:32:34,340 --> 00:32:37,969 He said that you were loyal to three things - 455 00:32:38,140 --> 00:32:41,735 to your friends, to Rome and to the truth. 456 00:32:41,900 --> 00:32:44,698 That's a wonderful thing to say of a person. 457 00:32:44,860 --> 00:32:46,976 I'd be proud if he said that of me. 458 00:32:47,140 --> 00:32:49,449 My brother worships you. 459 00:32:49,620 --> 00:32:52,771 - No? Do you think so? - Yes. He's often told me. 460 00:32:52,940 --> 00:32:54,692 Well. well 461 00:32:54,860 --> 00:32:58,899 He's a great man, you know. A fine Roman in the best tradition - 462 00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:01,574 even though he is a bit of a republican. 463 00:33:02,940 --> 00:33:05,374 What did you think? I didn't know? 464 00:33:06,580 --> 00:33:10,255 I'm a republican myself at heart. You know that, don't you? 465 00:33:10,420 --> 00:33:12,980 It was never my intention to rule for so long, 466 00:33:13,140 --> 00:33:16,337 but...I don't know, things just didn't work out. 467 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:20,209 I kept wanting to retire. Your father wanted me to retire. 468 00:33:20,380 --> 00:33:23,497 I don't know. It just never happened. 469 00:33:23,660 --> 00:33:28,529 So many things turn out different from the way you hoped. 470 00:33:31,220 --> 00:33:35,452 I went to Corsica, you know, and I paid a visit to a certain island 471 00:33:35,620 --> 00:33:37,850 and I saw a certain person. 472 00:33:38,020 --> 00:33:42,013 None of that would have happened but for you. Germanicus told me. 473 00:33:42,180 --> 00:33:46,139 Anyway, when I got back, I paid a visit to the Vestal Virgins 474 00:33:46,300 --> 00:33:50,737 and I made some alterations to a certain document there. 475 00:33:50,900 --> 00:33:56,133 No one knows about that - not even your grandmother - so not a word. 476 00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:58,336 Oh, you can tr-trust me. 477 00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:02,610 Yes. I see now that I can. 478 00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:08,337 When I get back, we'll talk again. We'll talk many times, eh? 479 00:34:09,940 --> 00:34:12,090 I've found another friend. 480 00:34:12,260 --> 00:34:17,539 Even at my age, a man finds he has friends he never even dreamed of. 481 00:34:24,740 --> 00:34:26,810 (HAPPY SHOUTING) 482 00:34:28,020 --> 00:34:32,059 What luck, Livia! I've thrown Venus three times in a row! 483 00:34:32,220 --> 00:34:34,290 Come on, pay up, all of you! 484 00:34:35,260 --> 00:34:38,491 Oh, what luck, Livia! You never saw such a... 485 00:34:38,660 --> 00:34:40,890 Come and play. I'm winning a fortune. 486 00:34:41,060 --> 00:34:44,496 - Don't you think it's time for bed? - Certainly not. 487 00:34:44,660 --> 00:34:47,254 We'll start again. Odds or evens? 488 00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:49,934 - Odds! Odds! - Evens! 489 00:34:51,660 --> 00:34:53,890 Junius, you're not batting. 490 00:34:54,060 --> 00:34:56,415 Caesar, I have no money. It's gone. 491 00:34:56,580 --> 00:34:58,855 Really? Come on, have some of mine. 492 00:34:59,020 --> 00:35:03,571 - But you gave us all the money. - It's only a game. 493 00:35:03,740 --> 00:35:07,210 But if we win, we keep it and if we lose, you give it back. 494 00:35:07,380 --> 00:35:10,053 Who's complaining? Come on, make your bet. 495 00:35:10,220 --> 00:35:12,734 - Montanus, have you . - Odds, Caesar. 496 00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:16,017 You'll be sorry. I've been throwing evens all night. 497 00:35:16,860 --> 00:35:19,852 - Evens! - Odds! Odds! 498 00:35:22,540 --> 00:35:24,258 Ha! Ha! 499 00:35:25,140 --> 00:35:27,574 What did I tell you? Come on, pay up. 500 00:35:27,740 --> 00:35:31,892 Who boot odds? Come on, don't slink away. I saw you! 501 00:35:32,060 --> 00:35:33,937 Oh, what an evening. 502 00:35:35,540 --> 00:35:39,169 Evens, collect your winnings. Odds, pay up. 503 00:35:57,460 --> 00:36:01,612 - What's the matter? - I feel sick. 504 00:36:19,380 --> 00:36:21,814 (HE RETCHES) 505 00:36:34,620 --> 00:36:36,611 Take me to my room. 506 00:36:59,580 --> 00:37:02,697 No food! Do you hear? 507 00:37:04,060 --> 00:37:07,894 I'll eat figs from the garden, nothing else. 508 00:37:08,060 --> 00:37:09,459 Nothing! 509 00:37:09,620 --> 00:37:12,737 And I'll pick them myself. 510 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:15,175 Are you mad? Figs from the garden? 511 00:37:15,340 --> 00:37:18,332 Aren't your bowels loose enough? I must give you medicine. 512 00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:23,051 No! Curse it! Nothing that's been touched by human hand, do you hear? 513 00:37:23,220 --> 00:37:27,008 Not even Livia's. Nothing. 514 00:37:27,740 --> 00:37:29,059 Nothing. 515 00:37:29,220 --> 00:37:31,495 It's a very bad attack. 516 00:37:33,580 --> 00:37:37,459 He'll eat no prepared food, none. Those are his instructions. 517 00:37:37,620 --> 00:37:41,374 Only figs from the tree. Perhaps he's right, I don't know. 518 00:37:41,540 --> 00:37:45,931 - He cured himself before. - Did he give any reason? 519 00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:47,499 None. 520 00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:52,211 It mustn't be touched by human hand, not even by yours. 521 00:37:52,380 --> 00:37:54,450 Perhaps he's right after all 522 00:37:54,620 --> 00:37:56,656 No matter how many times one tells them, 523 00:37:56,820 --> 00:38:00,699 the kitchen staff never wash their hands after using the lavatory. 524 00:38:00,860 --> 00:38:05,980 He's too ill to go to Rome. He'll have to stay here in Nola for a few days. 525 00:38:46,740 --> 00:38:48,776 Are you feeling better? 526 00:38:52,100 --> 00:38:54,978 There's a delegation here from Rome. 527 00:38:55,140 --> 00:38:57,529 They�re waiting to see you. 528 00:39:01,660 --> 00:39:05,255 Well. you're a fine one. 529 00:39:06,220 --> 00:39:09,212 You made yourself worse with all those figs. 530 00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:12,178 I never heard anything so ridiculous. 531 00:39:13,060 --> 00:39:16,052 I only came on this journey to look after you, 532 00:39:16,220 --> 00:39:19,371 and you won't let me or anyone else cook for you. 533 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:23,460 It's very embarrassing, you know. 534 00:39:23,620 --> 00:39:26,692 People might think we were trying to poison you. 535 00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:35,891 I sent for Tiberius. 536 00:39:36,980 --> 00:39:41,053 Fortunately, he wasn't too far away. He'll be here soon. 537 00:39:43,980 --> 00:39:48,849 Well. I thought you might want to see him. 538 00:39:51,500 --> 00:39:55,175 And he'll do everything that has to be done. 539 00:39:57,340 --> 00:39:59,251 Hasn't he always? 540 00:40:02,340 --> 00:40:09,098 Of course...you two haven't always seen aye to aye. 541 00:40:11,660 --> 00:40:15,892 But that hasn't been entirely his fault, you know that, don't you? 542 00:40:17,460 --> 00:40:21,214 You were always inclined to favour one over the other. 543 00:40:22,580 --> 00:40:24,810 I've often spoken to you about it. 544 00:40:26,620 --> 00:40:30,374 You made fish of one and foul of the other so often 545 00:40:30,540 --> 00:40:33,577 that no one knew where he was or what he was. 546 00:40:38,540 --> 00:40:41,179 You should have listened to me more. 547 00:40:42,420 --> 00:40:44,217 You should have. 548 00:40:46,140 --> 00:40:48,370 You know that, don't you? 549 00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:54,378 I've been right more often than you have, you know. 550 00:40:56,580 --> 00:41:00,892 But because I was a woman, you pushed me into the background. 551 00:41:02,380 --> 00:41:05,929 Oh, yes...yes, you did. 552 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:15,212 And all I aver wanted was for you and for Rome. 553 00:41:18,260 --> 00:41:21,889 Nothing I aver did was for myself. 554 00:41:22,860 --> 00:41:24,293 Nothing. 555 00:41:25,620 --> 00:41:29,693 Only for you...and for Rome. 556 00:41:32,020 --> 00:41:34,580 As a Claudian should. 557 00:41:37,340 --> 00:41:41,413 Oh, yes, my dear. I'm a Claudian. 558 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:47,776 I think you are apt to forget that at times. 559 00:41:49,940 --> 00:41:51,931 But I never did. 560 00:41:52,500 --> 00:41:53,819 No. 561 00:41:54,980 --> 00:41:56,379 Never. 562 00:41:58,940 --> 00:42:00,293 No. 563 00:42:22,300 --> 00:42:24,416 (KNOCKING, DOOR OPENS) 564 00:42:27,860 --> 00:42:29,691 How is he? 565 00:42:34,300 --> 00:42:36,052 He's dead. 566 00:42:41,540 --> 00:42:43,735 Augustus is dead. 567 00:42:45,860 --> 00:42:47,930 The earth will shake. 568 00:42:58,460 --> 00:43:02,248 I must go and see the senators and the consuls from Rome. 569 00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:07,139 Stay with him till I return. 570 00:43:11,940 --> 00:43:13,896 By the way... 571 00:43:15,220 --> 00:43:17,609 don't touch the figs. 572 00:43:25,980 --> 00:43:29,450 Augustus has fallen into a deep sleep. 573 00:43:31,660 --> 00:43:35,448 He willed himself to stay awake until my son arrived 574 00:43:35,620 --> 00:43:40,648 and then, comforted by his return, he dozed off. 575 00:43:43,100 --> 00:43:45,660 There's no point in your waiting here. 576 00:43:47,100 --> 00:43:49,216 Come back again tomorrow. 577 00:43:50,060 --> 00:43:53,735 Between now and then, I will post bulletins on the door. 578 00:44:14,380 --> 00:44:17,019 - You are Colonel Sejanus? - Yes, Lady. 579 00:44:17,340 --> 00:44:19,570 The son of the Commander of the Guard? 580 00:44:19,740 --> 00:44:21,298 Yes, Lady. 581 00:44:21,460 --> 00:44:25,169 Your father has high regard for you. 582 00:44:25,340 --> 00:44:27,695 I hope you won't find it misplaced. 583 00:44:28,940 --> 00:44:32,250 - You know why you're here? - Yes. I'll leave at once. 584 00:44:33,300 --> 00:44:35,177 - Good. - Lady. 585 00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,270 Weight it with stones. We'll bury it at see. 586 00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:14,313 - Are you Fabius Maximus? - Yes. What's the message? 587 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:15,879 It's here. 588 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:22,956 Let the will be read. 589 00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:40,514 "This is the last will and testament of Augustus Caesar, 590 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,911 "formerly Gaius Octavius of the family of Julius, 591 00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:46,116 "made on the 3rd April 592 00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:50,319 "in the year of the consuls Lucius Plancus and Gaius Scillius. 593 00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:54,550 "For as much as a sinister fate has bereft me of my sons, 594 00:45:54,720 --> 00:45:56,358 "Gaius and Lucius, 595 00:45:56,520 --> 00:46:00,149 "it is now my will that Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar 596 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:04,233 "become my heir in the first range of two-thirds of my estate, 597 00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:07,673 "and in the remaining third of the first range, 598 00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:11,719 "it is my will that my beloved wife Livia shall become my heir..." 599 00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:13,233 Come in. 600 00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:16,073 "..and in recognition of her life-long service 601 00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:20,199 "shall if the Senate permit adopt the name of..." 602 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:24,478 - What do you want? - M-m-m... 603 00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:26,710 Spit it out, boy! 604 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:31,590 M-m-mother said I might come and offer my ccc... 605 00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:35,270 Condolences? 606 00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:38,000 Condolences. Yes, Grandmother. 607 00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:40,628 It's a t-terrible tragedy. 608 00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:43,555 Have you been in the Senate? 609 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:47,671 On the steps. I'm not allowed in the Senate. 610 00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:52,356 No, neither am I. They won't allow me in because I'm a woman 611 00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:56,513 and you because you're a fool It's strange when you think of it. 612 00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:59,831 It's full of nothing but old women and fools! 613 00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,431 They�ve read the will 614 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,630 That's what they think. 615 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:10,999 Pardon? 616 00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:13,516 Where have they got to? 617 00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:19,630 They asked Uncle T-Tiberius to take Augustus' place, but he refused. 618 00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:24,715 And I'll boot they asked him again, and I'll boot that he said yes. 619 00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:28,589 - Yes, he did. - Well. what are they doing now? 620 00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:32,116 Debating whether to make Augustus a god. 621 00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:36,432 Debating, are they? What do you think? 622 00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:42,840 I think they should. I think it was f-f-foretold. 623 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:46,913 Really, now? And who foretold it? 624 00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:53,319 J-J-J-Jove. 625 00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,471 Jove, eh? 626 00:47:55,640 --> 00:48:01,272 A hundred days ago, he melted the "C" on one of Augustus' statues. 627 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:03,635 And what does that mean, idiot head? 628 00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:07,475 If you strike out the letter "C" from "Caesar", 629 00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:14,239 the word "Aesar" is left, and in Etruscan, Aesar means "god". 630 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:17,472 Deciphered some Etruscan now, have we? 631 00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:21,553 Yes, Grandmother. I've been studying it. 632 00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:23,676 Oh, you fool 633 00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:28,309 If Jove wanted to talk to us, 634 00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:32,109 don't you think he'd talk to us in Latin, not in Etruscan? 635 00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:36,478 What'd be the point of that? Hadn't thought of that, had you? 636 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:42,309 All the same, I'd drop a note to Tiberius, if I were you. 637 00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,790 He could use all the arguments he could get. 638 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:49,350 Will they make Augustus a g-g-god? 639 00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:52,876 Oh, yes. He is a god. 640 00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:59,075 And so shall I be one day, I prophesy. 641 00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:02,790 And here's another prophecy. 642 00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:07,353 If Jove aver melts the "C" off your name, 643 00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:11,195 what's left will turn out to mean "jackass". 644 00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:16,748 Bye-bye, Clau-Clau. 645 00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:20,230 All right. You can go now. 646 00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:30,276 You wicked woman! 647 00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:32,398 Wickedness! 648 00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:36,235 Here, what's this? Eh? Augustus' will! 649 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,436 You stole it! 650 00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:41,520 His last will! 651 00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:43,238 (HER LAUGHTER ECHOES) 652 00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:45,436 Poison is queen! 653 00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:48,950 Poison is queen! 654 00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,229 Stop it! Stop it! 655 00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:54,593 Stop it! 656 00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,399 Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! 657 00:49:57,560 --> 00:49:59,152 (SILENCE)