1 00:00:52,502 --> 00:00:54,501 edit and corrections by moviesbyrizzo (incl re-sync for HD) 2 00:00:54,502 --> 00:00:55,958 (HE BELCHES) 3 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,565 Shouldn't eat so much at night. 4 00:01:22,545 --> 00:01:23,335 (HE BELCHES) 5 00:01:26,535 --> 00:01:28,048 Mushrooms. 6 00:01:29,335 --> 00:01:32,247 Yes. I'm working too hard. Yes. 7 00:01:33,255 --> 00:01:38,090 Too much work. I must get it all done though. I must finish. 8 00:01:39,895 --> 00:01:42,090 Now, where was I? 9 00:01:43,935 --> 00:01:46,290 Augustus died, yes. 10 00:01:47,695 --> 00:01:50,607 Uncle Tiberius took his place. 11 00:01:52,895 --> 00:01:56,092 But he didn't want it. Not then. 12 00:01:57,335 --> 00:01:59,326 Waited too long. 13 00:02:00,135 --> 00:02:02,171 Yes. Strange man. 14 00:02:02,975 --> 00:02:04,806 Filthy brute. 15 00:02:05,815 --> 00:02:08,170 All power corrupts. 16 00:02:10,615 --> 00:02:15,814 Only one man kept him in chock - Germanicus, my brother. 17 00:02:17,655 --> 00:02:19,964 My dear brother Germanicus. 18 00:02:22,135 --> 00:02:28,324 Tiberius sent him to Syria to take command and then... 19 00:02:30,015 --> 00:02:33,087 (AGONISED SCREAM) 20 00:02:58,255 --> 00:03:01,531 Let his body be laid in the marketplace at Antioch 21 00:03:01,695 --> 00:03:05,768 so that the people may see the marks of poison and witchery on his body. 22 00:03:06,775 --> 00:03:10,768 Let word be sent to Rome. Germanicus is dead. 23 00:03:15,215 --> 00:03:17,251 Germanicus is dead. 24 00:03:23,735 --> 00:03:29,207 Oh, nothing now stands between Rome and her Imperial destiny. 25 00:03:36,175 --> 00:03:39,008 (MOURNFUL TRUMPETING) 26 00:04:15,735 --> 00:04:18,203 Thus, my children... 27 00:04:19,335 --> 00:04:21,690 does your father come home to you. 28 00:04:22,855 --> 00:04:24,925 Ashes in an urn. 29 00:04:26,775 --> 00:04:30,085 Look at him! Remember him! 30 00:04:31,415 --> 00:04:35,533 Remember all your days how your father returned to you. 31 00:04:35,695 --> 00:04:38,414 (CROWD MURMURS) 32 00:04:40,335 --> 00:04:43,850 Take it, Castor! Carry it to Rome. 33 00:04:46,615 --> 00:04:48,651 And by the love you had for my husband, 34 00:04:48,815 --> 00:04:51,613 defend his children and avenge his death! 35 00:04:54,815 --> 00:04:59,047 My babies! My babies! What have they done to you? 36 00:05:01,535 --> 00:05:05,926 And Claudius, dear Claudius - you, I know, loved him. 37 00:05:06,935 --> 00:05:12,885 He was dearer to me than anyone. Nobody had such a brother. 38 00:05:15,335 --> 00:05:19,089 Where is the Emperor? Where is Livia? 39 00:05:22,415 --> 00:05:25,487 Too stricken with grief to appear in public. 40 00:05:26,255 --> 00:05:29,930 - And your mother? - The same. 41 00:05:31,415 --> 00:05:34,213 Oh, is their grief greater than ours, then? 42 00:05:34,735 --> 00:05:37,090 Along the way, in every town and village, 43 00:05:37,255 --> 00:05:40,611 the people flooded to pay their respect as we passed. 44 00:05:40,775 --> 00:05:44,245 The air was filled with cries and lamentations. 45 00:05:45,135 --> 00:05:47,603 Look at the faces of these people. 46 00:05:47,775 --> 00:05:51,211 It's as if they�ve lost a son or a father of their own. 47 00:05:51,375 --> 00:05:56,369 Yet the man he called father and the woman who was his grandmother 48 00:05:56,535 --> 00:05:58,571 do not come out to great us! 49 00:05:59,655 --> 00:06:03,773 I ask again, is their grief greater than ours?! 50 00:06:03,935 --> 00:06:06,369 (ALL CRY) No! No! 51 00:06:07,575 --> 00:06:11,693 Put the ashes on the hearse and let us journey on to Rome. 52 00:06:17,975 --> 00:06:20,808 (LOW ROAR OF A CROWD) 53 00:06:23,455 --> 00:06:26,447 There must be a hundred thousand people out there. 54 00:06:26,615 --> 00:06:28,685 Mars Field is ablaze with torches. 55 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:31,892 The funeral will be over soon. The crowds will disperse. 56 00:06:32,055 --> 00:06:33,966 Why did they admire him so? 57 00:06:34,135 --> 00:06:36,649 People always have the Emperor to blame. 58 00:06:36,815 --> 00:06:41,605 My husband was Emperor for 40 years and he was admired by everyone. 59 00:06:41,775 --> 00:06:45,654 Ah, well. I wasn't referring to gods. 60 00:06:45,815 --> 00:06:50,127 The troops would have made Germanicus Emperor, if he'd agreed. 61 00:06:50,295 --> 00:06:54,004 Germanicus didn't believe in emperors. He'd have done better if he had 62 00:06:54,175 --> 00:06:57,724 There's a lot of bad feeling and it's all directed at me! 63 00:06:57,895 --> 00:07:03,606 What do they want from me? They always preferred him to me. Why? 64 00:07:04,215 --> 00:07:06,524 You just don't have a lovable nature. 65 00:07:06,695 --> 00:07:09,528 Even your own son doesn't care for you much. 66 00:07:09,695 --> 00:07:13,449 - I'm loved by many people. - You're loved, but not well loved. 67 00:07:13,615 --> 00:07:17,494 - And you are, I suppose? - Unlike you, I don't care. 68 00:07:17,655 --> 00:07:21,091 He's profoundly loved, but also profoundly dead. 69 00:07:21,255 --> 00:07:25,089 There's no harm in loving the dead. Everybody's loved when he's dead. 70 00:07:25,255 --> 00:07:28,645 - I wouldn't count on that. - What do you want, Mother? 71 00:07:28,815 --> 00:07:32,285 I'm told that your son Castor and Agrippina 72 00:07:32,455 --> 00:07:37,006 intend to prosecute Piso and Plancina for treason and murder. 73 00:07:37,655 --> 00:07:41,489 - They have no proof. - They could tell a pretty tale. 74 00:07:41,655 --> 00:07:43,566 A pretty tale isn't proof. 75 00:07:43,735 --> 00:07:47,887 A different story from the one you've bean telling for five years. 76 00:07:48,055 --> 00:07:51,172 You've buried many men with your pretty tales. 77 00:07:51,335 --> 00:07:52,848 Where is he now? 78 00:07:53,015 --> 00:07:55,973 My last report said he was on his way to Rome. 79 00:07:57,495 --> 00:07:59,008 I won't have him tried. 80 00:07:59,175 --> 00:08:02,531 Better to have him tried than to live under a cloud. 81 00:08:02,695 --> 00:08:07,644 - That won't trouble Piso. - I was thinking of you. 82 00:08:11,455 --> 00:08:16,210 Has it aver occurred to you that it's you they hate and not me? 83 00:08:16,375 --> 00:08:19,526 There is nothing in this world that occurs to you 84 00:08:19,695 --> 00:08:23,893 that has not occurred to me first. That is the affliction I live with. 85 00:08:27,775 --> 00:08:29,811 I can't believe it. 86 00:08:30,655 --> 00:08:35,410 Dearly as I loved my son, I can't believe what you're saying. 87 00:08:35,575 --> 00:08:40,569 Piso, yes, we all know his record. But Tiberius? 88 00:08:40,735 --> 00:08:43,852 Then why did he appoint Piso Governor of Syria? 89 00:08:44,015 --> 00:08:46,449 There were others he could have chosen. 90 00:08:47,495 --> 00:08:49,645 It wasn't a good choice, I grant you, 91 00:08:49,815 --> 00:08:54,366 but I can't believe that an Emperor of Rome would stoop to such methods. 92 00:08:54,535 --> 00:08:57,447 Those are his methods. He doesn't need to stoop. 93 00:08:57,615 --> 00:09:00,175 I'm sorry, Castor. I know he's your father. 94 00:09:00,335 --> 00:09:05,284 Say it. You can say nothing against my father that I've not said myself. 95 00:09:05,455 --> 00:09:08,891 It's not for us to accuse the Emperor. We have no proof. 96 00:09:09,055 --> 00:09:13,606 Proof! The people won't need proof. The people know. They�re not fools. 97 00:09:13,775 --> 00:09:17,893 I've told the prosecutor to prepare charges against Piso and Plancina. 98 00:09:18,055 --> 00:09:21,889 - On what gr-grounds? - Treason and murder. 99 00:09:22,055 --> 00:09:25,331 - Is there really proof of murder? - And of witchery. 100 00:09:25,495 --> 00:09:30,728 Is it possible? Barbarian Jew that I am, I find it incredible 101 00:09:30,895 --> 00:09:33,773 that sophisticated people believe in witchery. 102 00:09:33,935 --> 00:09:37,405 Oh, scoff all you like, Herod, but judge for yourself. 103 00:09:38,535 --> 00:09:42,448 On our return to Syria from Egypt, Germanicus fell ill 104 00:09:42,615 --> 00:09:46,733 and suspected that Plancina had bribed her way into our kitchens 105 00:09:46,895 --> 00:09:49,489 - and had his food poisoned. - But why? 106 00:09:49,655 --> 00:09:53,170 Because Germanicus had dismissed her husband, Piso. 107 00:09:54,135 --> 00:09:58,492 So I prepared all his food myself, but he was able to eat very little. 108 00:09:59,575 --> 00:10:02,931 He complained that there was a smell of death in the house, 109 00:10:03,095 --> 00:10:07,771 and began to believe that Plancina was using witchcraft against him. 110 00:10:08,855 --> 00:10:12,768 He made a propitiating sacrifice of nine black puppies to Hecate... 111 00:10:13,775 --> 00:10:17,290 ..which was the proper thing to do when being victimised. 112 00:10:17,455 --> 00:10:19,525 And the very next day, 113 00:10:19,695 --> 00:10:23,404 a slave who was washing the floor noticed a loose tile. 114 00:10:23,615 --> 00:10:28,973 Lifting it up, he saw beneath it the naked and decaying corpse of a baby, 115 00:10:29,895 --> 00:10:33,524 its belly painted red with horns tied to its forehead. 116 00:10:34,415 --> 00:10:38,533 We seerched every room and equally gruesome finds were made. 117 00:10:39,535 --> 00:10:43,323 The corpse of a cat with rudimentary wings growing in its back. 118 00:10:44,295 --> 00:10:48,254 The head of a negro with a child's white hand stuck in its mouth. 119 00:10:48,415 --> 00:10:52,454 The skull of an ass with the word Germanicus written across it. 120 00:10:52,615 --> 00:10:56,767 Oh, cock's feathers smeared in blood were found among the cushions. 121 00:10:57,615 --> 00:11:00,175 The word Rome written upside down. 122 00:11:01,215 --> 00:11:03,206 And the number 17. 123 00:11:04,255 --> 00:11:08,885 Only I knew that the number 17 upset him dreadfully. 124 00:11:11,455 --> 00:11:14,049 (HEROD) Plancina must have had accomplices. 125 00:11:14,215 --> 00:11:17,605 There could not have bean. The woman dabbles in witchcraft! 126 00:11:17,775 --> 00:11:19,606 (CLAUDIUS) Go on, Pina. 127 00:11:20,855 --> 00:11:24,734 One of the things that upset him most was the appearance of his name, 128 00:11:24,895 --> 00:11:27,534 each day shortened by a letter. 129 00:11:27,695 --> 00:11:30,846 It would appear quite suddenly without explanation 130 00:11:31,015 --> 00:11:33,688 in rooms to which the servants had no access 131 00:11:33,855 --> 00:11:37,734 and where the windows were too small for a man to climb through. 132 00:11:37,895 --> 00:11:39,931 He told me he was doomed. 133 00:11:40,095 --> 00:11:45,215 I told him not as long as he had the green jasper charm of Hecate. 134 00:11:45,375 --> 00:11:48,014 It was under his pillow and that comforted him. 135 00:11:48,175 --> 00:11:52,373 He knew as long as he had that, nothing could happen to him. 136 00:11:52,535 --> 00:11:55,208 That night, while he was asleep, 137 00:11:55,375 --> 00:11:58,731 he felt a tiny movement under his pillow. 138 00:11:59,695 --> 00:12:03,165 He turned on his side and fumbled for the charm. 139 00:12:04,135 --> 00:12:05,887 It was gone. 140 00:12:07,615 --> 00:12:10,368 Tell me, Herod, how did it disappear? 141 00:12:10,535 --> 00:12:13,174 Nobody but myself was allowed in that room. 142 00:12:13,335 --> 00:12:16,054 Who could have taken it? Who? 143 00:12:18,855 --> 00:12:21,927 Caligula, darling, what are you doing out of bed? 144 00:12:22,815 --> 00:12:26,854 - I've had a bad dream, Mother. - Oh, my poor baby. Come here. 145 00:12:27,775 --> 00:12:30,528 - What did you dream? - Horrid dream. 146 00:12:30,695 --> 00:12:34,449 I dreamt there were bats sitting along the shelf in my room. 147 00:12:34,615 --> 00:12:38,733 Then they flew down and sat on me until I was all covered with them 148 00:12:38,895 --> 00:12:41,648 - and no one could see me any more. - Poor baby. 149 00:12:41,815 --> 00:12:45,774 - You shouldn't eat before bed. - Mother, he's bean through so much! 150 00:12:45,935 --> 00:12:48,005 He stuffs himself with things. 151 00:12:48,175 --> 00:12:52,054 Perhaps he'd like to sleep with Drusillus? He'd be company for him. 152 00:12:52,215 --> 00:12:54,570 Would you like to sleep with your cousin? 153 00:12:54,735 --> 00:12:58,284 - I'd rather sleep with Drusilla. - Drusilla? Your sister? 154 00:12:58,455 --> 00:13:00,844 At your age? What is the world coming to? 155 00:13:01,015 --> 00:13:04,052 - He doesn't mean it. - He's been too long in the East. 156 00:13:04,215 --> 00:13:07,252 Syria is no place to bring up a Roman child. 157 00:13:07,415 --> 00:13:11,249 - I don't like it here. - You'll have to get used to it. 158 00:13:11,415 --> 00:13:14,452 What was so wonderful about the East? 159 00:13:17,095 --> 00:13:19,404 Herod Agrippa is talking to you, child! 160 00:13:20,295 --> 00:13:24,004 It was full of strange and mysterious people and things. 161 00:13:24,175 --> 00:13:27,326 The Syrians made a great fuss of him, I'm afraid. 162 00:13:27,495 --> 00:13:30,805 He wandered all over Antioch with the house slaves. 163 00:13:30,975 --> 00:13:32,693 Too much freedom. 164 00:13:32,855 --> 00:13:35,653 I don't think so. His father was very strict. 165 00:13:36,855 --> 00:13:40,530 Would you like to sleep in your cousin's room as Claudius suggests? 166 00:13:40,695 --> 00:13:43,812 - I'll go to my own room. - I'll take him. Say goodnight. 167 00:13:43,975 --> 00:13:45,328 Goodnight. 168 00:13:49,695 --> 00:13:51,686 He's very overwrought. 169 00:13:52,255 --> 00:13:55,167 Now, what about the t-t-trial? 170 00:13:55,695 --> 00:13:58,573 Do you think you can prove a charge of poisoning? 171 00:13:58,735 --> 00:14:00,566 We have a witness - Martina. 172 00:14:00,735 --> 00:14:04,444 She's a notorious poisoner and was seen often with Plancina. 173 00:14:04,615 --> 00:14:06,970 - Where is she? - On her way to R-Rome. 174 00:14:07,135 --> 00:14:09,968 She's being kept hidden in different places. 175 00:14:10,135 --> 00:14:12,251 We must find a place for her here. 176 00:14:12,415 --> 00:14:14,724 Sejanus' agents are looking for her. 177 00:14:14,895 --> 00:14:18,524 I know a place. A house of a merchant friend of mine. 178 00:14:18,695 --> 00:14:22,813 Good. I've applied for permission to prosecute in the courts. 179 00:14:22,975 --> 00:14:25,569 Oh, I think that's n-not a good idea. 180 00:14:26,295 --> 00:14:29,526 Better in the courts than in the Senate by my father. 181 00:14:29,695 --> 00:14:32,289 He can f-fix the courts behind the scenes. 182 00:14:32,455 --> 00:14:39,327 If he's tried in the Senate by him, T-T-Tiberius will be on trial too. 183 00:14:39,495 --> 00:14:42,248 Clever, Clau-Clau! 184 00:14:43,015 --> 00:14:46,166 He's right. You'll be better off in the Senate. 185 00:14:46,375 --> 00:14:48,570 We'll move for a trial in the Senate. 186 00:14:51,175 --> 00:14:54,884 In the Senate? What's wrong with the courts? 187 00:14:55,055 --> 00:14:59,128 I tried for the courts, but my son and his friends pressed for the Senate. 188 00:14:59,295 --> 00:15:01,286 I had no grounds to oppose them. 189 00:15:01,455 --> 00:15:02,808 Well.. 190 00:15:03,935 --> 00:15:06,244 If it's the Senate, it's the Senate. 191 00:15:06,415 --> 00:15:11,045 Why should I be concerned? I'm no stranger to the Senate. 192 00:15:12,215 --> 00:15:16,731 If my enemies have friends there, so have I. They�ll find that out. 193 00:15:17,855 --> 00:15:21,814 - And you will be hearing the case? - Of course. 194 00:15:21,975 --> 00:15:25,684 Well, then, what better guarantee of justice have we? 195 00:15:25,855 --> 00:15:29,211 And justice is all Plancina and I came home for. 196 00:15:29,375 --> 00:15:31,684 We've done nothing to be ashamed of - 197 00:15:31,855 --> 00:15:35,052 except that it makes me ashamed to have to say so. 198 00:15:35,215 --> 00:15:38,685 That was very well put. I couldn't have put that better. 199 00:15:38,855 --> 00:15:41,733 But that shame will be theirs in the end. 200 00:15:41,895 --> 00:15:44,568 Certain people will come to rue the day 201 00:15:44,735 --> 00:15:48,250 they accused Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso and his wife of murder! 202 00:15:48,855 --> 00:15:51,574 They�re arraigning you for treason as well 203 00:15:53,335 --> 00:15:54,654 Treason? 204 00:15:56,695 --> 00:15:59,493 Oh, it's treason now, is it? 205 00:15:59,655 --> 00:16:02,010 What will they think of next? 206 00:16:02,935 --> 00:16:05,165 That I caused a plague of moths? 207 00:16:07,415 --> 00:16:10,327 Or it is I who am polluting the Tiber? 208 00:16:10,495 --> 00:16:14,170 There was a drought in Syria when I left, perhaps I caused that? 209 00:16:14,335 --> 00:16:16,803 I should prepare your defence well 210 00:16:16,975 --> 00:16:21,730 I shall That will take me no time. But treason! Where is the treason? 211 00:16:21,895 --> 00:16:26,013 I mean, I had certain disagreements with Germanicus, 212 00:16:26,175 --> 00:16:28,086 but I wasn't his house boy. 213 00:16:28,255 --> 00:16:32,533 They were very cold to us, you know - Germanicus and Agrippina. 214 00:16:32,695 --> 00:16:34,651 From the start, they snubbed us. 215 00:16:34,815 --> 00:16:37,045 Naturally. They knew why I was there. 216 00:16:37,215 --> 00:16:42,369 I had not been made Governor of Syria to follow like a small dog. 217 00:16:42,535 --> 00:16:45,971 I was there as watch dog for my Emperor, and they knew it. 218 00:16:46,135 --> 00:16:48,933 Oh, the insults we bore at their hands! 219 00:16:49,095 --> 00:16:52,292 (PLANCINA) Members of his own command were ashamed. 220 00:16:52,455 --> 00:16:56,607 At official banquets, we were seeted on the third couch, 221 00:16:56,775 --> 00:17:01,246 and Agrippina gave herself such airs, she might have been queen! 222 00:17:02,255 --> 00:17:04,723 And they accuse me of treason. 223 00:17:05,495 --> 00:17:09,170 Oh, don't talk to me of treason. Not to me. 224 00:17:09,335 --> 00:17:13,374 What has my whole life been but one of service to Rome and my Emperor? 225 00:17:13,535 --> 00:17:17,414 My sons, too. Let the jackals howl. I have nothing to fear. 226 00:17:17,575 --> 00:17:20,692 My head is held high. I'm ashamed of nothing... 227 00:17:20,855 --> 00:17:22,174 (KNOCKING) 228 00:17:22,335 --> 00:17:24,371 I gave orders not to be disturbed! 229 00:17:24,535 --> 00:17:28,653 My lord, the Commander of the Guard has an urgent report to make. 230 00:17:31,655 --> 00:17:33,088 Wait here. 231 00:17:39,655 --> 00:17:42,852 He says very little. He neither agrees nor disagrees. 232 00:17:43,015 --> 00:17:45,654 - He already plays the judge. - The judge? How? 233 00:17:45,815 --> 00:17:48,045 He listens, but not with sympathy. 234 00:17:48,215 --> 00:17:51,048 That's just his way. He's a very cold fish. 235 00:17:51,215 --> 00:17:53,365 It's not what I expected. 236 00:17:57,735 --> 00:18:00,932 Each one written in his own handwriting. 237 00:18:01,095 --> 00:18:03,928 Quote: "I have the utmost faith in you." 238 00:18:04,095 --> 00:18:06,655 Quote: "Any steps taken to chock disloyalty 239 00:18:06,815 --> 00:18:09,648 "will be looked on kindly by the Senate." 240 00:18:09,815 --> 00:18:13,364 What did he expect me to make of such phrases? I'm not a fool 241 00:18:13,535 --> 00:18:17,050 - They are his tacit agreement. - But they bear his Seal 242 00:18:17,215 --> 00:18:21,766 No letter bearing the Imperial Seal can be read in public. 243 00:18:22,175 --> 00:18:24,530 I don't need it to be read in public. 244 00:18:26,095 --> 00:18:29,610 They will be beside me in the Senate, mute, but eloquent. 245 00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:32,369 They will plead our case better than Cicero. 246 00:18:32,535 --> 00:18:35,686 Every Senator will understand their meaning 247 00:18:35,855 --> 00:18:39,245 and vote the way he believes his Emperor wants him to. 248 00:18:43,135 --> 00:18:45,091 Who is the woman, Martina? 249 00:18:46,815 --> 00:18:48,168 Martina. 250 00:18:48,335 --> 00:18:52,851 The widow of the Roman who settled in Antioch. We knew her slightly. 251 00:18:53,015 --> 00:18:56,166 Did you know she was notorious as a poisoner? 252 00:18:56,335 --> 00:18:59,884 Poisoner? Has she ever been convicted of poisoning? 253 00:19:00,055 --> 00:19:01,454 What of her? 254 00:19:01,615 --> 00:19:04,413 Sejanus says she is in Rome to be a witness. 255 00:19:04,575 --> 00:19:06,531 Where is she? 256 00:19:06,695 --> 00:19:10,813 His agents haven't found her yet. Do you have anything to fear from her? 257 00:19:11,855 --> 00:19:13,925 Not if she speaks the truth. 258 00:19:19,055 --> 00:19:21,489 But if she's held incommunicado, 259 00:19:21,655 --> 00:19:24,772 who knows what they might persuade her to say? 260 00:19:24,935 --> 00:19:27,495 Well, let's hope we find her first. 261 00:19:29,895 --> 00:19:33,331 I loved this room. It was my life. 262 00:19:33,495 --> 00:19:35,929 But you won't mind letting it to us? 263 00:19:36,095 --> 00:19:40,293 - Who can afford to maintain an empty room, but you've got to pay in advance. - My friend will pay. 264 00:19:40,455 --> 00:19:43,652 - Are you taking the room? - Y-yes. 265 00:19:43,815 --> 00:19:47,171 You'll like it. It's got a very fine view of the river. 266 00:19:47,335 --> 00:19:49,326 If you stand on the box, you'll see. 267 00:19:49,495 --> 00:19:53,249 It's n-n-not for me. It's f-for my mother. 268 00:19:53,415 --> 00:19:57,454 Oh! Well... it's not very comfortable. 269 00:19:59,635 --> 00:20:03,105 What about those soldiers? I'm not letting a barracks! 270 00:20:03,275 --> 00:20:05,860 No questions, Gershon. She's being locked up. 271 00:20:05,895 --> 00:20:10,810 Locked up?! What kind of a son are you? "Honour thy father and mother!" 272 00:20:10,975 --> 00:20:13,887 - Do you want us to look elsewhere? - Of course! 273 00:20:14,055 --> 00:20:16,649 What do you think I run here? A jail? 274 00:20:21,455 --> 00:20:22,661 Is t-t-that enough? 275 00:20:25,362 --> 00:20:26,871 If I'd approved of what you are doing that would have been enough 276 00:20:26,896 --> 00:20:30,810 but since you're offending against Mosaic law... 277 00:20:31,955 --> 00:20:33,866 It's Roman law here, Gershon. 278 00:20:34,035 --> 00:20:38,028 It's Roman law everywhere. That's the trouble. But one day... 279 00:20:41,395 --> 00:20:45,104 With that kind of son, you've got to be lucky with your daughters. 280 00:20:48,555 --> 00:20:51,752 Like everyone else, I grieve for Germanicus. 281 00:20:52,715 --> 00:20:55,354 But apart from the charge of murder, 282 00:20:55,515 --> 00:20:59,064 we must consider the question of treason. 283 00:20:59,755 --> 00:21:05,705 Did Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso incite his troops to mutiny and rebellion? 284 00:21:06,715 --> 00:21:09,468 Did he bribe them to support him? 285 00:21:10,395 --> 00:21:13,546 Did he make war to regain his province? 286 00:21:15,115 --> 00:21:21,429 The case against Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso may now be heard. 287 00:21:24,835 --> 00:21:26,826 If it please the Emperor, my father, 288 00:21:26,995 --> 00:21:30,385 I have been asked to open the case against the accused. 289 00:21:30,915 --> 00:21:33,349 In the matter of murder, 290 00:21:33,515 --> 00:21:37,872 we shall be bringing before the House clear evidence of poisoning. 291 00:21:38,315 --> 00:21:42,786 In the matter of treason, we shall show that after Germanicus' death, 292 00:21:42,955 --> 00:21:46,994 Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso raised the troops in a rebellion 293 00:21:47,155 --> 00:21:50,067 against the new governor of that province. 294 00:21:50,235 --> 00:21:53,307 Let go of me, you horrible German woman! 295 00:21:56,595 --> 00:21:58,586 - What's this? - I hate you! 296 00:21:58,755 --> 00:22:02,509 - What's the matter? - He is disgusting! 297 00:22:02,675 --> 00:22:04,427 - What has he done? - Oh! 298 00:22:04,595 --> 00:22:07,951 - What has he done? - That child is a monster! 299 00:22:08,115 --> 00:22:11,187 I'm not! You horrid German! I'll burn your house down! 300 00:22:11,355 --> 00:22:16,065 Stop it! Stop it! Come here! Now, what is all this G-German? 301 00:22:16,235 --> 00:22:18,226 It's German if he doesn't like it. 302 00:22:18,395 --> 00:22:20,829 - What has he done? - He knows! 303 00:22:20,995 --> 00:22:23,111 I didn't do anything! I didn't! 304 00:22:23,275 --> 00:22:27,063 Honestly, Uncle Claudius. I didn't do anything. It was a game. 305 00:22:27,235 --> 00:22:30,671 I found him in Drusilla's bed. Naked, the pair of them! 306 00:22:30,835 --> 00:22:34,191 They�re revolting. I've locked her in her room! 307 00:22:34,355 --> 00:22:36,994 - Mother... - You're a blockhead to believe him! 308 00:22:37,155 --> 00:22:39,271 - Where are you taking him? - The cellar. 309 00:22:39,435 --> 00:22:42,905 Please don't let her take me. I'm afraid of the cellar. 310 00:22:43,075 --> 00:22:46,306 You leave him with me. I'll t-t-talk to him. 311 00:22:46,475 --> 00:22:49,228 He needs a good whipping, not a talking to! 312 00:22:49,395 --> 00:22:52,910 Claudius, you're such a fool! I've no patience with you. 313 00:22:53,075 --> 00:22:57,148 It should have been you who died, not Germanicus! What use are you? 314 00:23:06,115 --> 00:23:08,470 Now, don't you know 315 00:23:08,635 --> 00:23:12,753 that you sh-shouldn't play games like that with your sister? 316 00:23:12,915 --> 00:23:15,793 Eh? Don't you know how w=wicked it is? 317 00:23:16,475 --> 00:23:18,625 - Why? - Why? 318 00:23:19,835 --> 00:23:22,907 - B-because it is. - Why? 319 00:23:23,075 --> 00:23:25,908 Don't answer me back or I'll clout you round the head! 320 00:23:26,075 --> 00:23:28,305 Now, you listen to me. 321 00:23:29,235 --> 00:23:34,832 Now, a sister is a sister and she's not to be p-p-played with - 322 00:23:34,995 --> 00:23:37,350 ever, do you understand? 323 00:23:37,515 --> 00:23:42,384 You can't p-p-play with her and you can't m-marry her. 324 00:23:43,195 --> 00:23:46,949 - But she wanted to... - I don't care what she wanted! 325 00:23:47,115 --> 00:23:52,314 You're disgusting, the pair of you. I shall talk to Dr-Drusilla later. 326 00:23:54,435 --> 00:23:57,188 - What's the matter? - Martina's disappeared. 327 00:23:57,355 --> 00:24:00,074 - What? ! - We went to fetch her. She was gone. 328 00:24:00,235 --> 00:24:02,624 The guard outside had been overpowered. 329 00:24:02,795 --> 00:24:04,786 - Oh, Sejanus? - Who else? 330 00:24:05,595 --> 00:24:07,665 That man's spies are everywhere! 331 00:24:08,675 --> 00:24:10,666 Thick as flies in summer! 332 00:24:10,835 --> 00:24:12,791 We've lost our chief witness, then? 333 00:24:12,955 --> 00:24:16,584 That won't save the pair of them. What's he doing here? 334 00:24:16,755 --> 00:24:20,464 He's been v-very naughty. Mother was going to thrash him. 335 00:24:20,635 --> 00:24:24,753 Can't people leave him alone? Hasn't he been through enough? 336 00:24:26,115 --> 00:24:29,551 When I heard of the death of Germanicus, 337 00:24:29,715 --> 00:24:31,751 I was on the island of Cos. 338 00:24:31,915 --> 00:24:38,184 In fact on my way back to Rome to report my dismissal to the Emperor. 339 00:24:38,355 --> 00:24:42,826 Yes, and complain about it. I make no bones about that. 340 00:24:44,315 --> 00:24:47,785 Now, my accusers say that I entered temples 341 00:24:47,955 --> 00:24:51,630 and made sacrifices in an orgy of celebration. 342 00:24:51,795 --> 00:24:53,865 (SHOUTING) So you did! 343 00:24:54,035 --> 00:24:56,265 One ewe and a goat! 344 00:24:56,435 --> 00:25:01,793 What orgy. And why? To celebrate the birth of a grandson. 345 00:25:01,955 --> 00:25:04,628 To celebrate the death of Germanicus! 346 00:25:04,795 --> 00:25:08,470 The living have rights! You would have done the same. 347 00:25:08,635 --> 00:25:11,991 Why did you return to Syria? Why didn't you go to Rome? 348 00:25:12,155 --> 00:25:14,225 I was still Governor of Syria. 349 00:25:14,395 --> 00:25:15,828 (ANGRY SHOUTING) 350 00:25:15,995 --> 00:25:19,783 We have the written instructions of Germanicus, 351 00:25:19,955 --> 00:25:21,991 ordering you to leave the province. 352 00:25:22,155 --> 00:25:24,111 Surtius was Governor of Syria. 353 00:25:24,275 --> 00:25:26,584 Illegally! That governorship was mine! 354 00:25:27,515 --> 00:25:31,394 The man who had unfairly removed me was dead. 355 00:25:31,555 --> 00:25:38,108 I had my appointment. I had my instructions. 356 00:25:39,755 --> 00:25:41,791 I knew where my loyalties lay. 357 00:25:41,955 --> 00:25:44,515 - Read them out! - Read the letters! 358 00:25:47,875 --> 00:25:50,514 I have no need to read them! 359 00:25:51,115 --> 00:25:53,754 My defence will stand on its own merit. 360 00:25:53,915 --> 00:25:56,634 (ANGRY SHOUTING) 361 00:25:57,795 --> 00:25:59,672 I said I have no need to read... 362 00:25:59,835 --> 00:26:05,432 Unless order is maintained in the House, I shall adjourn! 363 00:26:07,955 --> 00:26:13,313 If Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso's argument is to rely upon instructions, 364 00:26:13,475 --> 00:26:16,273 this House has the right to know what's in them. 365 00:26:16,435 --> 00:26:18,551 (SHOUTS OF AGREEMENT) 366 00:26:20,555 --> 00:26:23,592 These letters bear the Imperial Seal 367 00:26:24,435 --> 00:26:26,551 No one has the right to read them. 368 00:26:30,155 --> 00:26:33,704 The Emperor may consent to having them read. 369 00:26:33,875 --> 00:26:36,947 - They have no bearing on the case. - Why produce them? 370 00:26:37,115 --> 00:26:40,585 They�re not evidence. They are here among my papers. 371 00:26:40,755 --> 00:26:42,905 (SHOUTING AGAIN) 372 00:26:45,195 --> 00:26:47,151 If it please the Emperor, 373 00:26:47,315 --> 00:26:51,388 I move that any instructions received by the accused from Rome 374 00:26:51,555 --> 00:26:54,433 be entered as evidence of his guilt or innocence. 375 00:26:54,595 --> 00:26:56,506 I second that motion. 376 00:27:01,835 --> 00:27:04,349 Those letters bear the Imperial Seal 377 00:27:04,995 --> 00:27:07,384 The Seal of the god Augustus himself. 378 00:27:07,795 --> 00:27:11,310 There is no precedence for making their contents public. 379 00:27:11,475 --> 00:27:13,625 I will not create such a precedent. 380 00:27:14,555 --> 00:27:16,546 The motion is denied. 381 00:27:16,715 --> 00:27:18,592 (ANGRY SHOUTING) 382 00:27:20,235 --> 00:27:23,193 They got more than they bargained for! 383 00:27:23,355 --> 00:27:28,634 They thought they had a rabbit in the Senate, but they had a tiger. Eh, Plancina? 384 00:27:29,875 --> 00:27:32,753 Oh, leave us, my friends. Plancina's tired. 385 00:27:32,915 --> 00:27:37,067 A good night's rest and a little peace and quiet will work miracles. 386 00:27:37,515 --> 00:27:41,508 Our enterprise will prosper again tomorrow. Goodnight, my friends. 387 00:27:57,635 --> 00:27:59,785 What's the matter, Plancina? 388 00:27:59,955 --> 00:28:03,470 I don't like it. It didn't go the way it should. 389 00:28:04,195 --> 00:28:06,186 I thought it went very well 390 00:28:06,355 --> 00:28:09,472 - Using those letters was a mistake. - What do you mean "mistake"? 391 00:28:09,635 --> 00:28:12,274 You saw his face. He'll never forgive you. 392 00:28:12,435 --> 00:28:14,426 We were carrying out his orders. 393 00:28:14,595 --> 00:28:16,790 He won't thank you for reminding him of it. 394 00:28:16,955 --> 00:28:19,947 I don't want his thanks, as long as he remembers. 395 00:28:20,115 --> 00:28:22,310 He'll never forgive you, never. 396 00:28:22,475 --> 00:28:23,887 I'm not asking him for forgiveness. 397 00:28:23,911 --> 00:28:26,911 He should be asking for mine. That trial should never have taken place. 398 00:28:26,955 --> 00:28:28,991 Then why has he allowed it? ! 399 00:28:31,355 --> 00:28:33,471 He had to give them a show. 400 00:28:33,635 --> 00:28:38,789 Germanicus has powerful friends. He can't just thumb his nose at them. 401 00:28:40,115 --> 00:28:42,424 So he gives them a trial 402 00:28:43,395 --> 00:28:46,114 A trial is one thing, a conviction is another. 403 00:28:46,275 --> 00:28:50,047 That he would never allow! Because if we're guilty, so is he and so is his mother. 404 00:28:50,115 --> 00:28:51,606 He knows that and the Senate does. 405 00:28:51,675 --> 00:28:54,334 We did what we were asked - provoke Germanicus into showing his hand. 406 00:28:54,369 --> 00:28:57,545 Did that include bringing about his death as well? 407 00:28:58,011 --> 00:28:59,859 Yes. Well, that was your idea. 408 00:29:02,322 --> 00:29:04,211 - My idea? - Yes. 409 00:29:05,638 --> 00:29:07,236 Oh! What does it matter? 410 00:29:07,971 --> 00:29:11,043 It turned out to be an additional bonus for them. They�re not complaining. 411 00:29:11,078 --> 00:29:13,168 What do you mean, it was my idea? 412 00:29:13,203 --> 00:29:16,351 Well, wasn't it was you that came to me and said it "could it be managed?". 413 00:29:16,435 --> 00:29:19,154 Well, that's wonderful! 414 00:29:19,295 --> 00:29:21,889 - I'm to blame then, am I? - Of course not. 415 00:29:22,055 --> 00:29:26,094 I can see the way your mind is working. I'm going to be sacrificed. 416 00:29:26,255 --> 00:29:28,644 - What are you on about? - I'm going to be sacrificed at the temple! 417 00:29:28,815 --> 00:29:31,534 - Well, I won't be! I won't be! - Stop it! 418 00:29:31,695 --> 00:29:35,813 - Yes, what is it? - Lucius Aelius Sejanus is here. 419 00:29:38,095 --> 00:29:40,973 - Show him in. - What does he want? 420 00:29:41,135 --> 00:29:44,684 How would I know? For heaven's sake, control yourself. 421 00:29:44,855 --> 00:29:47,972 I don't want him to see you looking like this. 422 00:29:56,895 --> 00:30:01,454 I came to tell you, sir, that I've had guards placed all around the house. 423 00:30:01,535 --> 00:30:05,864 Why? I have guards of my own. 424 00:30:05,935 --> 00:30:09,566 Yes, of course. But the crowd is very large and seems in an ugly mood. 425 00:30:09,888 --> 00:30:13,771 What's their mood to me? I go where I please in Rome. Nobody stops me. 426 00:30:13,806 --> 00:30:18,149 The Emperor requested it... for your safety. 427 00:30:19,820 --> 00:30:25,113 Well, I mean, if it's for our safety, we're very pleased, eh, Plancina? 428 00:30:26,364 --> 00:30:31,053 I understand their chief witness against me has disappeared. 429 00:30:31,755 --> 00:30:33,393 So it seems. 430 00:30:33,555 --> 00:30:36,069 Perhaps they never had one in the first place 431 00:30:36,135 --> 00:30:41,255 Oh, I think they had one, but, unaccountably, she's disappeared. 432 00:30:43,755 --> 00:30:49,307 Oh, by the way, the Emperor asked me to ask you for the letters. 433 00:30:53,075 --> 00:30:54,428 The letters? 434 00:30:54,595 --> 00:30:57,632 Since they are documents of State, they should be placed in the archives. 435 00:30:57,795 --> 00:31:01,708 After all. they might get stolen or fall into the wrong hands. 436 00:31:08,355 --> 00:31:12,826 As a matter of fact I was just about to send them around. 437 00:31:12,995 --> 00:31:15,304 We were just talking about it... eh, Plancina? 438 00:31:31,535 --> 00:31:35,333 Here they are. Give them to the Emperor. 439 00:31:35,395 --> 00:31:40,831 Tell him I will never forget the things he wrote. 440 00:31:43,595 --> 00:31:48,231 - I treasure in my mind every word. - Thank you. 441 00:31:48,275 --> 00:31:51,392 The Imperial Guard will escort you to the Senate tomorrow. 442 00:31:51,555 --> 00:31:53,671 You needn't worry about the crowds. 443 00:31:58,395 --> 00:32:03,552 Tell the Emperor I am grateful Tell him I'm always of service. 444 00:32:03,635 --> 00:32:09,890 Tell him Calpurnius Piso is his humble servant and always will be! 445 00:32:11,955 --> 00:32:13,866 You'll have to sacrifice them. 446 00:32:14,035 --> 00:32:16,020 The mob will not have them acquitted. 447 00:32:16,055 --> 00:32:19,730 They�re dragging Piso's statues to the Tiber and smashing them. 448 00:32:19,895 --> 00:32:21,931 Its as though they already have the meat hooks under his chin. 449 00:32:21,966 --> 00:32:23,811 What are they saying about me? 450 00:32:23,846 --> 00:32:25,722 That Piso and his wife had your approval for everything they did 451 00:32:26,764 --> 00:32:28,723 If you let them go, they�ll be convinced of it. 452 00:32:28,774 --> 00:32:32,350 But, above all, they praise Agrippina. 453 00:32:32,835 --> 00:32:34,642 The glory of her country, they call her, 454 00:32:34,677 --> 00:32:37,450 the only true descendant of Augustus. 455 00:32:37,468 --> 00:32:40,305 Did he give you the letters without complaint? 456 00:32:40,330 --> 00:32:42,237 He expects you to save him, 457 00:32:42,248 --> 00:32:45,316 but you must not. 458 00:32:51,715 --> 00:32:55,012 I have come to tell you, Tiberius, that I and all of Rome, 459 00:32:55,075 --> 00:32:57,442 hold you responsible for my husband's death and 460 00:32:57,467 --> 00:32:59,636 will do so ultill you prove your innocence. 461 00:32:59,675 --> 00:33:04,609 We know too that you've taken our witness, but it will avail you nothing. 462 00:33:04,675 --> 00:33:07,645 Emperor you may be, but justice is emperor over all 463 00:33:07,715 --> 00:33:11,613 The fact you are not queen my dear- is that the greatest injustice of all? 464 00:33:11,648 --> 00:33:16,178 Vengeance, Tiberius! The people are crying for it on every corner. 465 00:33:16,319 --> 00:33:19,182 Rome will not rest until you give it to them. 466 00:33:19,276 --> 00:33:21,371 And neither shall I. 467 00:33:29,595 --> 00:33:33,157 - Where is the woman, Martina? - We don't know. 468 00:33:34,842 --> 00:33:35,831 Then find her. 469 00:33:40,892 --> 00:33:42,329 Am I to be blamed for everything? 470 00:33:42,716 --> 00:33:46,230 How will you get a conviction if you don't find her? Find her! 471 00:33:49,355 --> 00:33:53,091 What other poisons do you use? Have you tried aconite? 472 00:33:53,295 --> 00:33:55,331 Aconite? What's that? 473 00:33:55,495 --> 00:33:59,124 Well, the roots look very like horseradish, 474 00:33:59,295 --> 00:34:02,014 but it'll do more than clear your head. 475 00:34:02,855 --> 00:34:06,131 Oh, yes, bless you, Lady. I know the one you mean. 476 00:34:06,295 --> 00:34:10,846 You mean wolf's bane. That's what we call it. It came from India. 477 00:34:11,015 --> 00:34:13,006 Really? I never knew that. 478 00:34:13,175 --> 00:34:15,370 I bet you didn't know its antidote. 479 00:34:16,035 --> 00:34:17,468 Morphine? 480 00:34:18,435 --> 00:34:23,509 You have made a study of it. I don't worry too much about antidotes. 481 00:34:23,675 --> 00:34:28,271 Well, you never know. Some fool of a slave might get the bowls mixed up. 482 00:34:28,435 --> 00:34:30,710 I can see you've read a lot. 483 00:34:31,635 --> 00:34:36,345 It's a pity you don't get a chance to practise. You'd be very good. 484 00:34:37,435 --> 00:34:38,754 Thank you. 485 00:34:38,915 --> 00:34:43,591 Tell me, what did you use on my grandson, Germanicus? 486 00:34:43,755 --> 00:34:45,985 Ah, belladonna. 487 00:34:46,155 --> 00:34:48,305 Ah, that accounts for the red rash. 488 00:34:48,475 --> 00:34:53,105 It always leaves that mark. I didn't want it, but Plancina insisted. 489 00:34:53,275 --> 00:34:58,508 I warned her, but she'd been told by know-it-alls how tasteless it was. 490 00:34:58,675 --> 00:35:00,552 You know what people are like. 491 00:35:00,715 --> 00:35:04,674 Amateurs. But you used witchcraft as well 492 00:35:05,355 --> 00:35:07,346 Oh, I wouldn't say that. 493 00:35:08,515 --> 00:35:11,234 All I did was arrange some apparitions. 494 00:35:11,395 --> 00:35:14,990 Your grandson was more superstitious than any man living. 495 00:35:15,155 --> 00:35:17,191 I frightened him to death. 496 00:35:17,355 --> 00:35:21,826 If a man believes he's going to die, he'll die a lot quicker. 497 00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:26,469 How did you gain access to that house? 498 00:35:27,755 --> 00:35:30,269 You remember when Germanicus went to Egypt, 499 00:35:30,435 --> 00:35:34,348 he took Agrippina, but he left Caligula behind as a punishment. 500 00:35:34,515 --> 00:35:37,393 - What for? - He was never out of mischief. 501 00:35:37,555 --> 00:35:40,945 He hated his father. They fought like cat and dog. 502 00:35:41,115 --> 00:35:44,027 He told me how superstitious his father was. 503 00:35:44,195 --> 00:35:49,633 Well, they left him in the care of a tutor - a Greek, whom I knew. 504 00:35:49,795 --> 00:35:54,710 He took the child for walks in the city, and he brought him to see me. 505 00:35:55,435 --> 00:35:58,029 Oh, that child's a strange one. 506 00:35:58,795 --> 00:36:01,753 He told me once he was born a god, 507 00:36:01,915 --> 00:36:05,351 and such was the conviction with which he said it, I believed him, 508 00:36:05,515 --> 00:36:07,100 and I said I did. 509 00:36:07,135 --> 00:36:10,810 It was then I suggested that he played the death game. 510 00:36:10,975 --> 00:36:15,014 I said, "A god should be able to frighten a man to death." 511 00:36:15,175 --> 00:36:19,168 And he shouted, "Tell me how and I'll show you." So I told him. 512 00:36:19,335 --> 00:36:24,853 Are you telling me that that child poisoned his own father? 513 00:36:25,935 --> 00:36:29,723 - Shocking, isn't it? - He's not a god, he's a monster. 514 00:36:29,895 --> 00:36:31,965 You try telling him. 515 00:36:35,095 --> 00:36:37,689 - What's the matter? - I don't know... 516 00:36:38,815 --> 00:36:40,771 I've got a pain. 517 00:36:48,175 --> 00:36:53,772 Oh, come, it's wind. That's all I have it all the time. 518 00:36:54,775 --> 00:36:59,246 If I wanted to dispose of you, do you think I'd do it myself? 519 00:37:00,615 --> 00:37:05,484 What...? What's going to happen to me? 520 00:37:05,655 --> 00:37:09,170 I don't know. I'll do the best I can for you. 521 00:37:10,015 --> 00:37:13,803 It's lucky for you that my agents found you before my son's did. 522 00:37:13,975 --> 00:37:17,092 You wouldn't be sitting here complaining about wind. 523 00:37:22,855 --> 00:37:27,565 The trial of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso and his wife Plancina is resumed. 524 00:37:28,175 --> 00:37:32,214 We understand that the principal witness in the charge of poisoning 525 00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:34,172 has not been found. 526 00:37:34,335 --> 00:37:37,168 In her absence, the prosecution have no case, 527 00:37:37,335 --> 00:37:40,771 and we request that the charge be withdrawn. 528 00:37:40,935 --> 00:37:43,529 (ROWDY OUTCRY) 529 00:37:46,535 --> 00:37:48,491 Request denied. 530 00:37:48,655 --> 00:37:50,486 (CHEERING) 531 00:37:52,535 --> 00:37:56,813 If it please the Emperor, the wife of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso 532 00:37:56,975 --> 00:38:01,491 has asked that her defence be conducted separately 533 00:38:01,655 --> 00:38:03,213 from her husband's, 534 00:38:03,375 --> 00:38:06,685 and that she be tried independently from him. 535 00:38:08,635 --> 00:38:12,423 Why...?! Why did you do this to me? 536 00:38:14,475 --> 00:38:16,466 Don't you see what they think? 537 00:38:17,795 --> 00:38:19,786 Do you want me to die?! 538 00:38:19,955 --> 00:38:22,674 They�ve made up their minds. 539 00:38:22,835 --> 00:38:26,589 There's nothing you nor I can say will change them. 540 00:38:29,015 --> 00:38:33,691 The Emperor has abandoned you. He's given you up to the mob. 541 00:38:35,575 --> 00:38:39,534 There's nothing on earth can save you now. 542 00:38:44,475 --> 00:38:46,147 What about you? 543 00:38:48,835 --> 00:38:53,750 I'll go to Livia. She, at least, stands by her friends. 544 00:39:09,635 --> 00:39:12,354 Oh, Piso, listen to me. 545 00:39:13,275 --> 00:39:17,473 There's the honour and wealth of our family to be saved. 546 00:39:17,635 --> 00:39:22,231 Our sons, our daughters, our grandchildren - what of them? 547 00:39:26,875 --> 00:39:28,388 If... 548 00:39:29,515 --> 00:39:31,824 If you would take your life now... 549 00:39:36,035 --> 00:39:38,833 If you take your life, there's a chance... 550 00:39:40,035 --> 00:39:44,825 a good one, that an honourable death will preserve the family wealth. 551 00:39:45,755 --> 00:39:52,024 Execution means only one thing - destruction for all we've built. 552 00:39:59,075 --> 00:40:01,066 Fall on a sword? 553 00:40:02,875 --> 00:40:06,072 Is that what you want for me, your husband? 554 00:40:09,115 --> 00:40:12,232 Is that to be the end for Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso? 555 00:40:16,555 --> 00:40:18,147 No. 556 00:40:19,755 --> 00:40:22,827 There is another way. You go to Livia, yes! 557 00:40:23,995 --> 00:40:28,910 Tell her I have another letter. She'll remember the one she wrote. 558 00:40:29,395 --> 00:40:34,264 It's in her name and his, but it bears no seal 559 00:40:35,675 --> 00:40:39,827 Tell her no power on earth will prevent me reading it aloud tomorrow 560 00:40:39,995 --> 00:40:42,555 unless I have assurances of acquittal 561 00:40:47,635 --> 00:40:49,671 You're bluffing. 562 00:40:50,955 --> 00:40:52,388 No. 563 00:40:54,635 --> 00:40:56,432 Tell her. 564 00:40:58,635 --> 00:41:00,307 She'll remember. 565 00:41:01,075 --> 00:41:04,863 Tell her I intend to read it aloud in the Senate tomorrow. 566 00:41:07,515 --> 00:41:10,154 Don't look at me as if I'd told you I was pregnant! 567 00:41:10,875 --> 00:41:13,833 He's got a letter, and it's very incriminating. 568 00:41:13,995 --> 00:41:17,192 He'll read it unless we do something about it. 569 00:41:20,475 --> 00:41:26,027 You wrote a letter in my name and yours without even using the Seal? 570 00:41:27,315 --> 00:41:30,625 You were away, and anyway you don't let me use the Seal 571 00:41:30,795 --> 00:41:33,070 Who's Emperor here, you or I? 572 00:41:33,235 --> 00:41:36,671 I used Augustus' Seal I had the free use of that. 573 00:41:36,835 --> 00:41:38,666 I am not Augustus! 574 00:41:38,835 --> 00:41:42,828 No, you're not. Otherwise this situation would never have arisen. 575 00:41:42,995 --> 00:41:45,031 I think I shall go mad. 576 00:41:45,195 --> 00:41:47,629 You will drive me insane! 577 00:41:48,515 --> 00:41:51,029 Will you stay out of my affairs?! 578 00:41:51,195 --> 00:41:55,029 Your affairs? You wouldn't be Emperor if it weren't for me. 579 00:41:55,195 --> 00:41:59,746 What's done can be undone. Plancina isn't the only one with letters. 580 00:41:59,915 --> 00:42:03,590 I've got plenty from Augustus saying what he thought about you, 581 00:42:03,755 --> 00:42:06,394 and don't think I won't have them circulated. 582 00:42:07,595 --> 00:42:09,472 What do you want? 583 00:42:10,755 --> 00:42:13,713 I don't want that letter read in the Senate. 584 00:42:13,875 --> 00:42:16,469 You'd be a fool if you allowed it. 585 00:42:17,635 --> 00:42:20,195 You want my assurances that they�ll be acquitted? 586 00:42:20,355 --> 00:42:22,744 Of course I do. They should be acquitted. 587 00:42:22,915 --> 00:42:25,349 If you had any backbone, you'd do it. 588 00:42:26,075 --> 00:42:28,066 I'll tell you what I'm going to do. 589 00:42:28,235 --> 00:42:31,625 It's your letter, you stick to it... 590 00:42:32,595 --> 00:42:36,144 and if it's read in the House, I'll deny all knowledge of it 591 00:42:36,315 --> 00:42:39,910 and excuse you on the grounds of mental incompetence 592 00:42:40,075 --> 00:42:44,466 brought on by extreme old age. 593 00:42:44,635 --> 00:42:49,629 And you can tell your friend Plancina that there will be no deal! 594 00:42:51,515 --> 00:42:55,827 What a spineless, miserable, 595 00:42:55,995 --> 00:42:59,988 mean-spirited creature you are! 596 00:43:04,795 --> 00:43:06,786 He won't have it. 597 00:43:09,715 --> 00:43:11,990 He won't acquit your husband. 598 00:43:12,835 --> 00:43:15,224 There is too much feeling against him. 599 00:43:15,395 --> 00:43:17,386 And what about me? 600 00:43:18,035 --> 00:43:22,745 Well, I was a little more successful there. 601 00:43:24,355 --> 00:43:26,505 In exchange for the letter, 602 00:43:26,675 --> 00:43:30,509 he will allow your husband to take his own life 603 00:43:30,675 --> 00:43:32,666 rather than face execution. 604 00:43:32,835 --> 00:43:35,872 Then he will see to it that you are spared 605 00:43:36,035 --> 00:43:39,345 and that your family and your estates do not suffer. 606 00:43:40,195 --> 00:43:43,153 And if my husband refuses? 607 00:43:43,355 --> 00:43:47,030 I would see to it that he doesn't refuse if I were you. 608 00:43:47,195 --> 00:43:51,347 It shouldn't be hard. Appeal to his honour. Men find that irresistible. 609 00:43:51,515 --> 00:43:56,350 But what guarantee do I have that your son will get me acquitted? 610 00:43:56,515 --> 00:44:00,986 Well, you see, I have Martina. 611 00:44:02,195 --> 00:44:04,151 But he doesn't know that. 612 00:44:04,315 --> 00:44:08,672 Now, his chances of convicting you without her are remote. 613 00:44:10,675 --> 00:44:12,586 On the other hand... 614 00:44:13,515 --> 00:44:15,665 if that letter is read, 615 00:44:15,835 --> 00:44:20,067 I shall be compelled - very reluctantly... 616 00:44:21,395 --> 00:44:23,272 to produce her. 617 00:44:32,795 --> 00:44:36,913 He won't help us. He has abandoned us. 618 00:44:42,355 --> 00:44:45,586 Oh, that miserable cur! 619 00:44:47,635 --> 00:44:51,833 I shall read this. The Senate will see what sort of Emperor they have 620 00:44:51,995 --> 00:44:55,829 and what sort of bitch calls herself "Mother of the nation"! 621 00:44:55,995 --> 00:45:00,705 No, wait. Piso, listen. We can't fight them. They�re too powerful 622 00:45:00,875 --> 00:45:04,834 And, anyway, there's the children and the estates. 623 00:45:05,675 --> 00:45:09,463 Is the whole family to be destroyed because of us? 624 00:45:10,675 --> 00:45:16,068 Oh, I can't believe it. It's not right. I won't allow it. 625 00:45:19,195 --> 00:45:21,231 We've lived together... 626 00:45:22,435 --> 00:45:24,471 we'll die together too. 627 00:45:26,795 --> 00:45:29,263 There's comfort in that, isn't there? 628 00:45:33,755 --> 00:45:38,112 You would...die with me? 629 00:45:40,195 --> 00:45:43,073 Well, I couldn't live without you. 630 00:45:55,475 --> 00:45:58,512 We'll leave the letter for Livia. 631 00:45:59,635 --> 00:46:03,071 She'll help the family when we've gone. I know that. 632 00:46:07,235 --> 00:46:09,146 Yes, you're right. 633 00:46:11,075 --> 00:46:13,111 I'm tired of it all 634 00:46:15,595 --> 00:46:20,908 To have everybody against you when all you've done is your duty. 635 00:46:26,835 --> 00:46:30,066 There's no gratitude any more. 636 00:46:32,555 --> 00:46:35,353 No... No honour. 637 00:46:42,875 --> 00:46:47,426 To hell with Rome, I've done with it. 638 00:47:02,795 --> 00:47:05,184 How shall we do it? Open a vein? 639 00:47:05,355 --> 00:47:08,028 Let them find us lying together? 640 00:47:12,395 --> 00:47:14,863 Shall we let them find us lying together? 641 00:47:46,435 --> 00:47:50,314 No, they�re bluffing. They wouldn't dare have that letter read! 642 00:47:50,475 --> 00:47:54,104 Would you rather have an executioner's sword? 643 00:47:54,275 --> 00:47:56,186 It'll never come to that! 644 00:47:56,355 --> 00:47:59,472 Oh, you coward! 645 00:48:00,915 --> 00:48:04,271 - Well, I'm made of sterner stuff. - Plancina. 646 00:48:04,435 --> 00:48:07,154 I'll show you how a Roman should die. 647 00:48:07,315 --> 00:48:11,513 Plancina, they�re bluffing. They�ll never have that letter read... 648 00:48:58,475 --> 00:49:03,105 Yes. Piso is dead, but Plancina goes free. 649 00:49:03,275 --> 00:49:05,266 And you call that justice? 650 00:49:05,435 --> 00:49:10,304 Well, it's s-s-some justice, I suppose. Better than none. 651 00:49:10,475 --> 00:49:14,514 - Oh, yes. Some justice! - Pina, can't we let it rest? 652 00:49:14,675 --> 00:49:16,586 I have sons to think about. 653 00:49:16,755 --> 00:49:19,713 Their father is dead because Tiberius hated him. 654 00:49:20,995 --> 00:49:22,826 Let's not deceive ourselves. 655 00:49:22,995 --> 00:49:26,067 If he hated their father, will he love them? 656 00:49:26,875 --> 00:49:31,824 I worry about my boys - Nero, Drusus, 657 00:49:31,995 --> 00:49:36,034 and dear little Caligula asleep in his bed. What's to become of them? 658 00:49:36,195 --> 00:49:38,072 It's Sejanus. 659 00:49:38,235 --> 00:49:41,591 My father listens to him and Sejanus plays on his fears. 660 00:49:42,915 --> 00:49:44,951 Can anyone smell burning? 661 00:49:45,835 --> 00:49:49,714 I can smell s-s-something. 662 00:49:49,875 --> 00:49:54,266 Mistress! Mistress! Caligula's set fire to the house! 663 00:49:54,435 --> 00:49:57,507 It's burning. The whole top floor is ablaze! 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