1 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,676 With the death of Livia the last restraint on Tiberius was removed. 2 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,515 He handed the running of the Empire over to Sejanus 3 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,511 and retired to Capri. 4 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,070 A reign of terror began. No one was safe. 5 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,273 Oh. 6 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,513 Sejanus arrested Agrippina, 7 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,195 her eldest son, Nero, and countless others besides 8 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,351 His ambition was limitless 9 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,795 He had divorced his wife... 10 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,556 Apicata. 11 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,799 ..and become my sister's.. 12 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:45,110 Livilla's. 13 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:49,517 ..lover - hoping to marry her. 14 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,959 My mother remained curiously innocent of much that was going on, 15 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,715 until one day, Apicata came to visit her. 16 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:02,158 Sejanus had taken their children with him and Apicata wanted them back. 17 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,359 She feared my sister would harm them once married to Sejanus 18 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,557 Now she demanded that my mother speak to my sister 19 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,631 and enlist her help. 20 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,792 Will you speak to her? Ask her to persuade him to let me have them? 21 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,351 To her, they�re a nuisance - they�ll only come 22 00:02:20,376 --> 00:02:22,614 between him and her - I can understand that 23 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,435 but to me they are everything. Everything. 24 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,033 Understand this. 25 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,423 That though my daughter lives in my house since the death 26 00:02:30,448 --> 00:02:32,376 of her husband, we are not on friendly terms. 27 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,193 I despise her though she is my daughter 28 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,351 and I'll ask no favour of her. 29 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,035 I despise that man I know to be her lover, and you too I despise 30 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,760 for having married him knowing what he was. 31 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:45,957 And now you complain because he treats you as 32 00:02:45,982 --> 00:02:48,062 you were once content to see him treat others! 33 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,350 You disgust me, all of you! 34 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,512 You and people like you have made a sewer of Rome, 35 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,636 fit only for rats to live in! 36 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,349 Honour, service, duty mean nothing any more. 37 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,318 Your children are everything? What of Rome? 38 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,516 All you are you owe to Rome. 39 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:09,037 But you've destroyed it with goody ambition and petty selfishness. 40 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,954 Well. enjoy what you've made of it, but don't come crying to me! 41 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,313 I didn't come here to talk of Rome, but of my children. 42 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,359 Rome can sink. I want my children! 43 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,110 And if you won't help me freely, 44 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,875 I must tell you something, Lady, that may compel you. 45 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,032 I told you I knew much and more besides. 46 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,191 Well. here it is. 47 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,830 Your daughter's husband died no natural death. 48 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,753 Castor was murdered by your daughter. 49 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,196 Sejanus supplied the poison but she fed it to him. 50 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,511 That guilty pair are set upon a course 51 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,673 that will lead them to a kingly crown - they want nothing less. 52 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,753 If I go to Tiberius with this story, 53 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,754 what then becomes of your precious family name? 54 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:04,951 You're lying. 55 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,073 No. 56 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,077 What proof have you? 57 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:15,155 Slaves that will talk freely, or under torture, of things seen. 58 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,276 Why haven't you bean to the Emperor? 59 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,877 Sejanus has the sorting of his mail and the sifting of his visitors. 60 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:27,197 To get to Tiberius would cost me my life and that's my last resort. 61 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,670 He reads people's wills when they leave everything to him. 62 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:32,990 Not even Sejanus can prevent that. 63 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,948 And if need be, that's the course I'll follow. 64 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:43,033 Without my children, my life is nothing. 65 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,997 Think carefully, Mark Antony's daughter. 66 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,151 Guard your family name. 67 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,357 Let the lovers have their crown, what is that to us? 68 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,834 But get me back my children! 69 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:10,391 Well. she certainly l-l-loves her children. 70 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,918 Oh, you fool! Is that all you can find to say? 71 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,594 What else do you w=want me to say? 72 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,475 - Do you believe her? - N-n-no! 73 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,950 Not a word of it. She's demented. Her mind's unhinged. 74 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:29,113 Livilla's done some pretty d-dreadful things in her time, 75 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:31,475 but I can't believe she'd do that. 76 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:33,232 What dreadful things? 77 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:35,598 Oh, err, things. 78 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:42,951 She connived at the b-banishment of Postumus. Ah, well. you know. 79 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,197 No, I didn't know. How? 80 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:52,953 Why wasn't I told? 81 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:55,879 Well.. 82 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:01,273 It was all a s-secret. I'm the only one that knows. 83 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,752 I think L-Livia m-m-made her do it. 84 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,950 And why was it a secret from me and not from you? 85 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,633 It's a l-l-long story, Mother. 86 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,553 Well. what am I to do now? 87 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,314 We shall find someone else for you to marry. 88 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,031 Stop blubbering, child! 89 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,237 Do you think affairs of state take account of your plans? 90 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,311 (KNOCKING) What is it? 91 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,833 She's crying because she can't now marry Nero. 92 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,673 I've told her we shall find someone else. 93 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:45,469 Is that all you can think of - your own thwarted pleasures? 94 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,631 You'd better pray for his safety. 95 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,075 Leave us. I want to talk to your mother. 96 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,231 She thinks of nothing but marriage. 97 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,431 And what do you think of? 98 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,631 What does that mean? 99 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,633 Is it true you intend to marry Aelius Sejanus? 100 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,198 - You've bean talking to someone. - Is it true? 101 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,475 He's asked me to marry him, yes. 102 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,274 And I've accepted. Why not? I'm tired of living alone. 103 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,910 - Do you live alone? - You sea that I live alone. 104 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,833 I don't keep track of your comings and goings. 105 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,000 I am still a young woman, Mother. 106 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,469 Castor died nearly five years ago. 107 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,995 You can't expect me to live like a Vestal 108 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,674 I'm not talking of whose bed you climb in. 109 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:42,277 How you dispose of your body is your affair, but marriage is different. 110 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,637 Do I need to remind you whose child you are? 111 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,513 I am in love with him, Mother... 112 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,949 - and he with me. - He's using you. 113 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,111 I don't wish to discuss it further! 114 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,479 You're living in a fool's paradise if you think Tiberius will agree. 115 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,269 If you marry him, what will happen to his children? 116 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,476 What do I care about his children? 117 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,393 Apicata would like them to live with her. 118 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,155 I sea. You've bean talking to Apicata. 119 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,516 Yes. She wants you to persuade Sejanus to let her have them back. 120 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,750 He won't do that. He's fond of them. 121 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,390 Let her sea them again. He's stopped her seeing them. 122 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,471 What's that to me?! 123 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,072 I don't know. 124 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,920 Perhaps one day, it might be a great deal 125 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,273 I cannot allow you to marry Livilla. 126 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:49,115 I've read your letter carefully and given it a lot of thought, 127 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,748 but I'm afraid the answer must be no. 128 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:53,592 May I know the reasons? 129 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,671 You're entitled to know them. 130 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:00,109 Such a marriage would compel me to raise you to an exalted rank. 131 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:04,034 - I've never looked for that. - I know, but I'd have no choice. 132 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,795 Do you suppose that Livilla would be content to grow old 133 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,269 as the wife of a man outside the Senate? 134 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,720 Well. you could ask her. 135 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,998 Her answer would be one thing before marriage and another after. 136 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,869 Her brother, Germanicus, and her father Drusus, my brother, 137 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,032 both held the highest offices of state. 138 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,875 Don't you think a faction in Rome would demand the same for you? 139 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,749 I have always said I have no wish to rise above my present rank. 140 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,833 Some would say you have risen above them even without rank. 141 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,479 You sea, in envying you, they criticise me. 142 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,513 You say, on the one hand I have too many friends, 143 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:51,955 and on the other, I have too many enemies. 144 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,237 - Is it untrue? - I've made them in your service. 145 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,233 - Oh, I know that. - I'm not complaining. 146 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,550 I know, but you're disappointed. 147 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,029 Let me put another proposal to you. 148 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,470 One that would excite less comment. 149 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,237 Since Nero's arrest, 150 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:13,678 his betrothal to Livilla's daughter must be considered at an end. 151 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,718 Would you contemplate marriage with her? 152 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:21,710 - With Helen? - Why not? 153 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,952 Such an alliance would be much more acceptable to me. 154 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,954 Well. think about it. Now, who wishes to sea me? 155 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,717 Um... I have the list here. 156 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,593 I've marked the ones you should sea. The rest are of no consequence. 157 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,911 Those you've marked I'll sea tomorrow. 158 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,071 The rest you can send away. 159 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,231 You can deal with them yourself. 160 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,710 - And Agrippina? - I'll sea her now. 161 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,793 I take it you have no wish to sea Nero? 162 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,279 None. 163 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,756 Well. Thrasyllus, was I wise to deny him marriage with Livilla? 164 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:10,359 Thrasyllus? 165 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,996 Wise, Excellency. 166 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,868 And to offer him her daughter instead? 167 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,191 - He deserves it. - He's my right hand. 168 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:24,312 Without him I'd be a drudge in Rome and the butt of everybody�s hate. 169 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,675 As it is, let him be the drudge and him be the butt. 170 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:34,632 My dear...you look like a Greek tragedy. 171 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,476 And you look like a Roman farce. 172 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,315 Your tongue has cost you dear and will cost you dearer. 173 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,471 You pitiful worm-eaten old ruin! 174 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:48,358 It's not my tongue that costs me, 175 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,478 but the love people have for me and my family. 176 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,119 And how you have used that love against me. 177 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,350 Against you? 178 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:03,950 Germanicus could have led the armies of the Rhine against you. 179 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:08,955 They proclaimed him Emperor, but he said Rome already had one. The fool! 180 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,032 Every word you say makes my task easier. 181 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:16,716 Don't pretend you aver found it hard to be vindictive. You always were. 182 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,270 Are you so senile that you're blind to your own interests? 183 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,192 I'm not blind to yours. 184 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,113 You're an old man and you'll die soon. 185 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,590 Who can succeed but one of the sons of Germanicus? 186 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,593 I've a grandson of my own - Livilla's boy. 187 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:34,831 Gemellus is a child. 188 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,436 Rome isn't Egypt. Children don't rule because their father ruled. 189 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,750 Rome must be governed by men. 190 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:42,990 I'll make my own arrangements! 191 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:46,639 You? 192 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,952 You think you'll make them, but he'll make them. 193 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,949 Sejanus - that black spider that sits on your shoulder 194 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,190 squirting his poison in your ear. 195 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,831 You think you rule in Rome? 196 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,470 He rules in Rome! 197 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,074 And the moment the last of my boys is dead, 198 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,071 you'll know he rules in Rome. 199 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,119 My dear, how pretty you look when you look angry. 200 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,474 It makes me surd to have to send you away. 201 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,475 But a queen must have a domain and I've chosen yours. 202 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,714 Do you know where I'm going to send you? 203 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:31,871 To the island of Panadoria, 204 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:37,751 where Julia, your mother, spent so many years in exile. 205 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,436 You will inherit her kingdom. 206 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:48,554 That's only just. Your greatest wish will be fulfilled. 207 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,950 You will be queen after all 208 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:53,839 As for Nero, I'm sending him to Ponza. 209 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,719 An island even smaller than yours. 210 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:02,509 You'll have to think how to govern these mighty empires. 211 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:10,310 If you're lonely, I could come and call on you. 212 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:23,237 Blood-soaked mud you've bean called and that's what you are. 213 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,800 (YELLS) Bring me a vine branch! 214 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:37,277 This queen needs flogging before she goes! 215 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,671 Gentlemen, if you leave your names with my secretary, 216 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,832 all your requests will be considered. Excuse me. 217 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:05,835 Commander, did you mention my case to the Emperor? 218 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,039 It was discussed. His decision will be communicated to you. 219 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,760 - But you did promise... - Excuse me. 220 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,476 Father, Father, you're back! 221 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,748 - I told you he'd be back today. - You only guessed. 222 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:29,672 Well. I was right. 223 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,674 May we have dinner with you? We've bean very good, haven't we? 224 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:35,831 We've done all our lessons. 225 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,309 Then you can have dinner with me. 226 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,668 Now go to your rooms. I have work to do. 227 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:46,078 Father, why can't we sea Mother again? 228 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,638 I told you I didn't wish to discuss that again. 229 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,756 I'm displeased that you disobey me. 230 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,512 She came here while you were away. The servants wouldn't let her in. 231 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,240 Father, please let her come and sea us? 232 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,676 Go to your rooms. You have made me very angry. 233 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,437 Don't be angry. 234 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,717 We didn't mean to make you angry, did we, Junius? 235 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,436 Only we do miss her. 236 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,591 The Lady Livilla is here. 237 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,871 What a pretty girl you are, Arria. 238 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:21,553 Thank you. 239 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,514 Go to your rooms. We'll meat again at dinner. 240 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,554 - Did you ask him? - Yes. 241 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,631 What did he say? 242 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,360 He refused. 243 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:41,836 Refused? But why? 244 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,232 He said you were too exalted for me. Well. in a way, you are. 245 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,151 But we must marry. 246 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:54,030 That's what we've planned, what we've waited for. 247 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,751 Did he give any other reason? 248 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:00,959 He said you wouldn't be content that I remain in my present rank. 249 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,032 He said it would foster dangerous jealousies. 250 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,831 Then you must try again later. 251 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:10,398 I don't think so. 252 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,872 I think we may have made a mistake in asking him. 253 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:20,593 - It may have made him suspicious. - I have the right to marry again. 254 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:28,670 If he won't give his permission, we shall marry without it. 255 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,832 - That might be dangerous. - What are we to do? 256 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,757 I want to be married. 257 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,999 You promised me marriage! Have you changed your mind? 258 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,038 - No, of course not. - Does it suit you as we are? 259 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:48,153 My darling, all that I have done I have done for one reason - 260 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,357 that is to give us the right to be together. 261 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,990 And that old goat is not going to stop us. 262 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,833 - He did suggest something. - Something? 263 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,831 He said... 264 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:05,794 He wasn't opposed in principle to a marriage link with his family. 265 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,159 He suggested a marriage with your daughter. 266 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,831 You bastard. 267 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,836 You bastard. 268 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,911 - I'll kill you! I'll kill you! - Stop it! 269 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,275 - You filthy swine! - Listen to me! 270 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,433 If that is one way we can be together, then why not? 271 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,990 You'd like that! To be in bed with mother and daughter! 272 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,913 You bastard! You filthy bastard! 273 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,313 (SEJANUS) Listen. 274 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,195 - Let's be practical - Don't touch me! 275 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:48,237 Helen means nothing to me! 276 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,358 But if Tiberius agrees, it solves our problem. 277 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,193 I will be linked with the Imperial family. 278 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:56,555 You'll live with us. We'll be together. 279 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,473 - Will Helen agree? - Helen will do as she's told. 280 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:01,471 - It will mean a break... - A break? 281 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:06,395 Until the marriage. Then it'll be as though it never happened. 282 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,711 You'll service us both then? Like a stallion? 283 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,395 Don't talk like that! I love you! 284 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,711 Don't spoil it. Everything is going as we planned. 285 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:23,432 Agrippina and Nero have bean banished. They won't return. 286 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,990 I'm having documents prepared to send Drusus the same way. 287 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:31,438 Tiberius will consent to his arrest. That leaves Caligula to deal with. 288 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,832 Then Tiberius will have no one to turn to but me. 289 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,989 Now, let's be sensible. We have waited a long time. 290 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:47,589 You know I am nothing without you. 291 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:54,676 Let me talk to Helen. Let me persuade her. 292 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,992 Trust me. That's all I ask. 293 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:08,714 Once again, the Emperor writes from Capri demanding another arrest! 294 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,873 First it was the Lady Agrippina and her eldest son, Nero Caesar, 295 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,237 and now it is her second son, Drusus Caesar. 296 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,875 No documents are produced for the Senate to investigate. 297 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,952 Only our "consent" is asked for. 298 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,836 Our signature. 299 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,958 Like that of some compliant wife. 300 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:35,636 Senators, my signature is not to be had for the asking. 301 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,793 I was brought up to read a document before I signed it. 302 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,315 You may do as you please. 303 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:56,472 Senators, I ask that the question be put for the arrest of Drusus Caesar. 304 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,395 - No! - Aye! 305 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,790 (ALL) Aye! 306 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:03,678 Aye! 307 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,912 I must sea the Emperor! Those letters were forged! 308 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:08,911 - Get in! - They�re not mine! 309 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,757 Please! Let me sea Sejanus, then! 310 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,549 Please let me out! Please let me out! 311 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,269 If he keeps it up, quieten him. Otherwise, don't open the door. 312 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,034 - How do we feed him? - You don't. 313 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,789 Uncle Claudius! 314 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,198 Uncle Claudius! 315 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,110 C-Caligula. Where have you bean? 316 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,919 Staying at the house in Antium. I took some friends down there. 317 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,718 We had a wonderful time. 318 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,599 Have you heard D-Drusus has bean arrested? 319 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:58,874 Yes, it's a great shame, isn't it? 320 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,751 Do you think they�ll kill him? 321 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,117 Well. d-doesn't it worry you? He's your brother. 322 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,316 I said it was a shame, didn't I? 323 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,675 Listen. Caligula. 324 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,510 I think you're in grave danger. 325 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:15,999 Who from? 326 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,238 - Who? - Sshh! 327 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,198 Tiberius. 328 00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:30,396 - Tiberius? - Sshh! 329 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:35,029 No, I don't think so. He's invited me to Capri. 330 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,155 T-to C-Capri? 331 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,678 Yes, to C-C-Capri. Yes. 332 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:45,193 - Are you going? - Of course I am. 333 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:49,876 Everyone has such a marvellous time. Do you believe the stories? 334 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:51,837 They say he has little girls 335 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:56,232 running around the gardens like wood nymphs, naked. 336 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:00,509 - What are you going to say to him? - What about? 337 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,752 About your mother and your t-t-two brothers. 338 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,230 - What can I say to him? - Damn it, doesn't it bother you?! 339 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,436 Yes, of course it does! 340 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:18,192 I shall have to watch my step. Very unpredictable these days. 341 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,233 Listen, Cal.. 342 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:25,159 Caligula, if you get the chance, you must s-speak up for them. 343 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,556 Of course I shall For Mother, anyway. 344 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:34,193 I couldn't give a damn about Drusus and Nero. 345 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:36,794 - But they�re your brothers. - Yes, I know. 346 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,270 But you don't like Aunt Livilla and she's your sister. 347 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,549 Now, I love my sisters, Uncle. 348 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,392 Yes, I know. 349 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:53,999 You know, you depress me unutterably s-sometimes. Goodbye. 350 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:00,919 On! 351 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,230 Your wife, the Lady Aelia, is here. 352 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,359 My w=w=wife? What does she w=want? 353 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,672 - How do I know? She's not my wife. - Don't be so damned r-rude! 354 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,671 Anyway, show her in. 355 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,272 Claudius. 356 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,797 I heard you were in Rome. Why didn't you come and sea me? 357 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,393 W-what for? 358 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,997 What for? Shouldn't a husband be seen with his wife? 359 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,072 Well. we're not exactly a husband and w=wife. 360 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,674 But I'll come and sea you if you like. 361 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:48,674 Don't flatter yourself. It's to your advantage to be seen with me. 362 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,594 You're not every woman's ideal husband. 363 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,672 In fact you're not any woman's ideal husband. 364 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,673 Did you come here j-just to tell me this? 365 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,910 Oh, don't try and be clever with me. 366 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,274 I came here to sea your sister, 367 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,433 and as you were here, I thought I'd let you know I was alive and well 368 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,636 Are you alive and well? 369 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,839 - I t-think so. - You don't look either to me. 370 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,631 Well. it's bean a very trying time since I got here. 371 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,598 You know my sister-in-law's bean arrested? 372 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,991 Agrippina, yes. That's bean coming for some time. 373 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,109 Thank your stars you're married to me. 374 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,477 That's brought you under my brother's protection. 375 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,359 So what are you doing in Rome? 376 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,318 Oh, I came up to use the P-Pollio Library. 377 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,268 I've just finished a history of Carthage. Would you like a copy? 378 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,556 - Are you being funny? - Ahem! 379 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,429 Oh, Mother. Aelia has just called to sea us. 380 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,034 Well. I really came to sea Livilla. 381 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,272 I should have bean surprised if you'd came to sea my son. 382 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,795 He makes no effort to sea me either. 383 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,635 It's an arrangement that suits us both. 384 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,634 I'm sure it does. I find life very strange today. 385 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,793 Those who are married live apart and those who aren't live together. 386 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,235 We should abolish marriage altogether. 387 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,628 Well. your ideas are too advanced for me. 388 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,073 Well. Livilla is waiting. 389 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:21,673 Excuse me. 390 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,873 What does she want with Livilla? 391 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,553 I don't know. 392 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,519 Perhaps Sejanus sent her to find out how Helen was. 393 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:39,199 Am I to understand that man is now paying court to my granddaughter? 394 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:42,557 He's had meetings with her. He's not seeing Livilla. 395 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,712 What is wrong with Helen? The doctors don't know. 396 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,509 Well. perhaps it's just one of those women's complaints. 397 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,713 Don't be so ridiculous. What do you know of women's complaints? 398 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,871 The girl's bean in bed for a weak! 399 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,829 I want you to give him this. 400 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:07,911 No one must sea it, and tell him to destroy it when he's read it. 401 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,516 How is Helen? Is she improving? 402 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,230 What is wrong with her? He's very anxious about her. 403 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,709 He'd do better to be anxious about me. 404 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:24,476 My dear, his feelings for you are unchanged, you must know that. 405 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,279 His marriage to Helen is one of convenience. 406 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,635 But he promised to marry me. 407 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,557 Do you think I'm going to watch him marry my daughter? 408 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,632 - But if Tiberius... - Oh, Tiberius! Tiberius! 409 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:38,870 Tiberius won't live for aver! 410 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,791 Your brother belongs to me! Tell him not to forget that! 411 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,758 He hasn't forgotten it. He loves you. 412 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,480 He manages well enough without seeing me. 413 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:52,950 Men are different. 414 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,639 It's driving me to despair! 415 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,309 I can't bear this separation. 416 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,869 But it's only for a little while. 417 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,673 And for appearances' sake. 418 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,558 Ah, Atticus, how's it coming? 419 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,951 Ah, my dear sir, so well So well! 420 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:29,554 We've already completed twelve copies. 421 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:33,998 It's going to be a wonderful edition. Look at this lettering. 422 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,993 - Have you aver seen the like? - It's very good. 423 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,038 I don't like this decoration. It's too ornate. 424 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,350 This decoration is fashionable. 425 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,638 And for a history of Carthage, what could be more apt than elephants? 426 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:48,791 I didn't ask for elephants. 427 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,349 Yes, I know you didn't ask for elephants, 428 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,671 but knowing your good taste, I thought you'd agree. 429 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,354 Well. I don't! This is a serious work. 430 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:01,069 Just because I mention elephants, why do we have to sea them? 431 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,676 - It's a motif. - It's a d-damned s-silly motif! 432 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,431 I mention Hannibal's mistresses. 433 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,797 I suppose you've drawn concubines all over it too! 434 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,633 - If you don't like elephants... - No, I don't. 435 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,315 Very well No more elephants. Elephants are out. 436 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:21,917 Our esteemed client disapproves of elephants, even your elephants, 437 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,117 which, I may say, are exquisitely drawn. 438 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,748 But if a client does not like elephants, 439 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,036 we shall force no elephants upon him. 440 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,509 You will re-work the entire edition. 441 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,511 The copies won't be ready in time. 442 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:39,231 Well. I need one copy today. Very well I'll take one with elephants. 443 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:43,029 - Are you quite sure? - I'm quite sure! Just g-get it! 444 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:47,910 Ah, my dear Asinius Gallus, what a pleasure to sea you. 445 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,469 One History of Carthage with elephants. 446 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,791 Your work is on time. Copies will be ready in seven days. 447 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,475 Good. Claudius, what's this about a History of Carthage? 448 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,872 I'm having one copied. Without elephants. I'll send you a copy. 449 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,793 Did you read my essay on Pollio and Cicero? 450 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,793 Yes. I didn't quite agree with it. 451 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,748 Ah. Well. walk with me to the Senate and tell me why not. 452 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:13,911 - Goodbye, Atticus. - Goodbye. 453 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,278 You will erase all trace of elephants, 454 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,954 leaving only the bar text. 455 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,753 What a feast for his readers! 456 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:29,071 Gallus, I heard P-Pollio speak many times. 457 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,152 He was a great orator, but no comparison with Cicero. 458 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:36,518 Cicero's speeches were pompous and he thought far too much of himself. 459 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,638 They must have sounded worse than they read. 460 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,518 Asinius Gallus? 461 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:51,997 Lucius Asinius Gallus. 462 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,232 I've a warrant signed by the Emperor for your arrest. 463 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,077 My arrest? On what grounds? 464 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:02,313 Inciting enmity between the Emperor and the commander of his guard. 465 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,795 - Is this a joke? - No joke. 466 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,309 Better hurry with your history, Claudius. 467 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,948 There'll soon be no one left to read it. 468 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,751 - Sign it. - What is it? 469 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,798 - A confession. - To what? 470 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,714 Your conspiracy with Drusus to subvert the armies of the Rhine. 471 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:32,757 - Huh! - Sign it. 472 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,116 You wrote it, you sign it. 473 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:58,352 Sign it. You will before we've finished with you. 474 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:02,035 I'll sign nothing for you to produce after I'm dead. 475 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,839 Bring me to trial or murder me. 476 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,639 I have no need of a trial to prove your guilt. 477 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,917 A song sung by every small-town corrupt policeman, 478 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:16,154 which is what you are and what you should have stayed. 479 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,073 I've watched your career with fascination. 480 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:20,992 It's bean a revelation to me. 481 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,357 I never fully realised before how a small mind, 482 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,353 allied to unlimited ambition, and without scruple 483 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,829 can destroy a country full of clever men. 484 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,753 I've seen how frail a civilisation is 485 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,913 before the onslaught of a gust of really bad breath! 486 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:43,553 Yes. 487 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:48,190 But I suppose you're not really the destroyer. 488 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,555 We must look elsewhere for that. 489 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:55,191 You're merely the putrefaction 490 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,954 that spreads after death - 491 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,918 the outward and visible sign of its presence. 492 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:25,113 You're a lesson in history to me, Sejanus. 493 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,958 Proving that above all.. 494 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:37,360 mankind...needs...its sense...of...smell 495 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,157 Bring him round and we'll start again. 496 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,430 They�ve arrested Asinius Gallus on the steps of the Senate. 497 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,511 - Read this. - I was there. 498 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,240 - Read it! - Why? What is it? What are they? 499 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,149 I don't understand. It's Livilla's writing. 500 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:12,719 Read them! 501 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:20,479 What...? 502 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,711 They poisoned Castor. Both of them. 503 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:26,791 Apicata was right. 504 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,838 With his help, my daughter murdered her husband. 505 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,116 She reminds him of it there! 506 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:36,831 Now she urges him to waste no more time but assassinate Tiberius. 507 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,515 It'll be easy, she says, every Guard owes allegiance to him. 508 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:43,672 - B-but what are these? - Isn't it obvious? 509 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:45,717 Drafts of the letter she wrote him. 510 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:51,591 I sea how difficult it would be to write. How she crawls and grovels to him! 511 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:53,796 But how did y-you find them? 512 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:58,238 A slave was clearing out her room - taking it all to the furnace. 513 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,710 Perfectly good paper, most of it, hardly written on. 514 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,912 Oh, I thank the gods for my habits of thrift. 515 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,469 Oh, he's wicked, but she's worse. 516 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:14,679 She is monstrous, monstrous! And I gave her birth. 517 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:22,269 - She's poisoning Helen. - Oh, Mother! 518 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:27,116 She's poisoning her, I tell you. Slowly, bit by bit, she is poisoning her. 519 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,511 She's obsessed. She will stop at nothing to get him. 520 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,478 Oh, Mother. What shall we do? 521 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,790 Tiberius must be told. 522 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,396 D-do you want people to know that your own daughter...? 523 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:44,752 And nobody seas Tiberius or writes to him except through Sejanus. 524 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:46,911 What's that thing you're writing? 525 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,719 Thing? You mean my History of Carthage? 526 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,634 - Yes. Is it finished? - Yes. I was having it copied. 527 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,873 I just brought one copy home. W-would you like to read it? 528 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,031 No. I'll tell you what you must do. 529 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:04,637 You must go to Sejanus and ask permission to visit Tiberius. 530 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:10,511 Tell him you want to ask Tiberius' consent to dedicate the work to him. 531 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:15,838 Sejanus has nothing but contempt for you. He'll suspect nothing. 532 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,353 Thank you. 533 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:22,036 Those papers must be pasted in a scroll with a letter of mine, 534 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:26,239 and you will tell Tiberius to open that one first. 535 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:30,393 I suppose I could, but I didn't want to give him this copy. 536 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,028 It's got elephants drawn all over it. 537 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,433 You are the biggest fool any mother aver had. 538 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,639 Nobody will read your stupid history, and certainly not Tiberius! 539 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,917 The only way you'd get him to read it is if you drew naked women on it! 540 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,070 What? Uncle Claudius! 541 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:04,592 - Why...? - Sshh! 542 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:09,993 Get out! 543 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,630 You know what's in this scroll? 544 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,950 Your mother's a very noble woman. 545 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:27,792 What's happened? 546 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,796 Your uncle has brought me evidence 547 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,428 that my son was poisoned by his wife. 548 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:35,957 Aunt Livilla? 549 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,920 I always knew that woman was no good. 550 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:43,197 She poisoned him with the help of Sejanus. 551 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:46,989 And now they plot to assassinate me. 552 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,111 People really are despicable. 553 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:56,359 The point is HOW to arrest him. 554 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,231 He controls the Guard. 555 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,838 Four thousand of them. 556 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:08,671 All loyal to him... 557 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,239 not to me. 558 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,550 His loyal servants, not mine. 559 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,951 Castor warned me. 560 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,551 I wouldn't listen to him. 561 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:28,191 Well. is there n-n-no one among them you can trust? 562 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,352 No m-man of integrity? 563 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:34,991 Not that I know of. 564 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:38,789 Isn't that a terrible comment on our times, Uncle? 565 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:45,675 On the other hand, if you can't find a man of integrity, 566 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,718 I always say look for a man of ambition. 567 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,269 Find a dog who'll eat a dog. 568 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,116 Do you know of such a person? 569 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:55,998 Yes, I do. 570 00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:59,311 Sertorius Macro, Sejanus' second-in-command. 571 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,553 - He's very popular with the troops. - He arrested G-Gallus. 572 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,991 Isn't he loyal to Sejanus? 573 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:10,551 Yes, of course, but he can't move up while Sejanus is there, can he? 574 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,835 And he is very ambitious. 575 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,560 Do you know him personally? 576 00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:19,393 No, but I've slept with his wife several times. 577 00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:25,472 Is deception with the wife regarded as an introduction to the husband?! 578 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:27,676 Oh, he knows about that. 579 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,398 I told you. He's ambitious. 580 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:40,516 I shall make you my successor, Gaius Caligula! 581 00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:43,673 I've decided. 582 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,876 You shall stay here with me. 583 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,875 Rome deserves you. 584 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,630 I will nurse you like a viper in her bosom. 585 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:56,509 - Is that a joke, Uncle? - Not yet, but it will be. 586 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,751 Sejanus must be put off his guard. He must suspect nothing. 587 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,031 I know. I'll tell him I'm going to Rome, 588 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,033 and ask him to meat me on the Senate steps 589 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,589 where he will hear something surprising. 590 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:18,072 What about his friends? He has a lot of friends. 591 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,799 You and I will draw up a list during dinner. 592 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,631 A long list. 593 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,230 The city will be purged... 594 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:36,796 as surely as if she had gorged herself on figs for a year. 595 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,191 I will open Rome's bowels! 596 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:43,079 The streets will run like a sewer! 597 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,753 - Hail. Sejanus. - Macro, why are you here? 598 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,992 The Emperor sent me with a message for the Senate. 599 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:59,233 - Where is the Emperor? - Waiting outside the city. 600 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,716 Why did he not send for me? 601 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:16,233 He could hardly ask you to deliver this. 602 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:20,154 I believe it requests that you be made Protector of the City. 603 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:23,118 Doesn't that mean his successor? 604 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,150 Then you had better deliver it. 605 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,274 I'll sea that you get my command. 606 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:49,754 Why has Father gone inside? Why doesn't he wait for the Emperor? 607 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,230 Because he's obviously not coming. He never comes. 608 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,790 What a shame. We may as well go home, then. 609 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:00,837 Captain of the Guard! 610 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,040 - You recognise this seal? - The Emperor's. 611 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:08,713 Read it. 612 00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:12,759 Sir! 613 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:17,596 Return to the barrack. All company commanders are to remain in camp. 614 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:19,159 Sir! 615 00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:25,798 Guard! 616 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,432 Forward! 617 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:47,992 Change! 618 00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:53,719 Forward! 619 00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,832 "From Emperor Tiberius to the Senate of Rome, greetings. 620 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,150 "This is to bring to your attention 621 00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:17,313 "a man who has long bean my main support in the government of Rome. 622 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,950 "I refer to Lucius Aelius Sejanus, Commander of my Guard. 623 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:22,917 (MURMURING) 624 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:26,959 "Though not of senatorial rank, honours have bean showered on him 625 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:29,873 "as a reward for the trust I have placed in him. 626 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:34,713 "Senators, what blow is harder to bear than a trust betrayed? 627 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,239 "Incontrovertible proof has bean found 628 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:43,155 "of a conspiracy to assassinate your Emperor and take over the state. 629 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:46,880 "That conspiracy has bean led by none other 630 00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:51,272 "than the man in whom I put all my trust - Lucius Aelius Sejanus. 631 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,992 "Such is the advanced state of this plot to seize power 632 00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:59,391 "that I, your Emperor, am marooned outside the city 633 00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,791 "and dare not enter without certain assurances..." 634 00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:11,358 What's happening? 635 00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:16,071 Sejanus has fallen. He's to be arrested. Let me pass. 636 00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:18,959 "To safeguard yourselves and your Emperor, 637 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:21,190 "the Senate and the people of Rome, 638 00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:24,272 "I demand the arrest of Lucius Aelius Sejanus 639 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:26,635 "and all those connected with him. 640 00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:29,553 "Signed Tiberius Claudius Nero Drusus Caesar." 641 00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:35,393 I ask the question, shall the Senate follow the Emperor's advice? 642 00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:37,232 (ALL) Aye! 643 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:39,436 (FEET STAMPING) 644 00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,279 (CROWD SHOUT ANGRILY) 645 00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:07,873 Guard! 646 00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:11,753 Forward! 647 00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:25,469 (GIRL SCREAMS) You're hurting me! 648 00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:30,149 Father! Father! 649 00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:36,277 I can't do it. I can't just kill them. They�re under age. 650 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,431 They�re on the list. Get on with it. 651 00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:44,268 The girl is a virgin. It's unprecedented to kill a virgin! 652 00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,795 It will bring bad luck to the city. 653 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:52,190 Make sure she's not a virgin before you kill her. Get on with it! 654 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,918 Macro, what have they done with the children? 655 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:09,837 They�ve gone on ahead of you, my friend. Like a good many others. 656 00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,071 Take him. 657 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:36,159 Mother! 658 00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:39,392 Let me out! Let me out! 659 00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,156 Let me out! 660 00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:46,432 (BANGING AND SCREAMING CONTINUES) 661 00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:48,352 Let me out! 662 00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:01,880 What are you doing? What are you going to d-do with her? 663 00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:08,314 Let her out! How long are you going to leave her in there? 664 00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:13,838 - Until she dies. - Dies...? Dies? 665 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:18,678 Are you mad? She's your daughter. How can you leave her to die? 666 00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:20,637 That's her punishment. 667 00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,268 How can bear to sit and listen to her? 668 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,237 And that's mine. 669 00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:26,879 Leave me, Claudius. 670 00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:31,079 I shan't move from here until they open that door and find her dead. 671 00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:33,359 Leave me. 672 00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:36,077 Oh, no... 673 00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:38,037 No... 674 00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:39,553 No! 675 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:45,196 (DISTANT CROWD SHOUTING) 676 00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:49,992 Claudius! 677 00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:51,798 Claudius! 678 00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:54,392 Claudius! 679 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:56,753 Claudius! 680 00:47:56,920 --> 00:48:00,993 Claudius, help me. They�re killing everyone! Everyone. 681 00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:03,720 Everyone who was a friend or a relative. 682 00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:08,032 Claudius, don't let them take me! Save me, Claudius! Save me! 683 00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:11,954 I'll do anything. Anything, Claudius. Let me hide here. 684 00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:16,716 Let me hide. I'm your wife! You must protect me! 685 00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:20,672 Executions are taking place all over the city. 686 00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:24,958 The Senate steps are strewn with bodies. They�ve killed his children! 687 00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:26,599 His children? 688 00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:29,399 They raped the girl before they killed her. 689 00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:32,757 They dressed the boy in his manly gown. 690 00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:37,550 Apicata killed herself when she saw what they did to the bodies! 691 00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:42,393 Rome, you are finished! 692 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:44,599 Finished! 693 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:47,115 You are despicable! 694 00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:49,191 Despicable! 695 00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:51,749 Claudius, please, Claudius. Save me... 696 00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:54,354 Oh, get out of my life! 697 00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:57,910 - No, Claudius! - No, no! 698 00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:01,914 Go away! I never want to sea you again! 699 00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:47,511 My alliance by marriage with Sejanus� family 700 00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:52,708 might have cost me my life had I not been my mother's son. 701 00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,675 I was now allowed to divorce Aelia 702 00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:59,196 and to return an eighth part of her dowry. 703 00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:02,554 As a matter of fact, I returned it all 704 00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:05,999 She must have thought me a fool. Vtg