1 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:00,193 I call upon the noble Appius Junius Silanus to speak. 2 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:05,559 Senators, I was summoned here from Spain by our Emperor. 3 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,471 By our late Emperor. 4 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:09,993 (LAUGHTER) 5 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,233 I need hardly describe to you the feelings with which I journeyed. 6 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,757 A few months ago, hearing that a friend was sick, I went to sea him. 7 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,639 "What is it that ails you?" I asked him. 8 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,110 He smiled. "Appius Silanus," he said, 9 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,999 "I have bean summoned to Rome." 10 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,396 He meant, of course, that he was dying. 11 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,431 I arrived here yesterday. 12 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,319 Today, the Emperor is dead instead of me. 13 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:44,634 Let that notorious phrase - summoned to Rome - perish with him 14 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,916 from our language forever. 15 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:53,038 And let us return once again to the sanity of a republic! 16 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,270 (CHEERING) 17 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:13,677 Senators! Senators! Senators. 18 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:18,072 The Praetorian Guards have carried off Caligula's Uncle Claudius 19 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,595 and proclaimed him Emperor. 20 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,033 Did you hear me? 21 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,591 The Guards have proclaimed Tiberius Claudius Emperor! 22 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,436 Come on, sir. Drink up. 23 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,752 I d-don't want any wine. 24 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,716 Well, do you er...? Do you mind if I...? 25 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:51,871 Do as you like. 26 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,519 I'm y-your prisoner, not you mine. 27 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,310 No, no, you're not our prisoner. You're our Emperor. 28 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,792 I've told you a d-dozen times, I d-don't want to be Emperor. 29 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,437 You're a funny chap. 30 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,759 You're the only person in the country who doesn't want to be an emperor, 31 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:17,354 and yet here you are, chosen to be one. 32 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,515 Life's full of irony, isn't it? 33 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:25,752 Hail. Caesar! 34 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:29,549 I've no right to that title and you've no business using it! 35 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,713 He's being very awkward. He's bean uncooperative all the way here. 36 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,393 Leave us. 37 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:44,074 You know, sir, I knew your brother, the noble Germanicus, 38 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,231 on the Rhine years ago. 39 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,913 We tried to make him Emperor when Augustus died, but he'd not have it. 40 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,913 Well, my b-brother believed in a r-republic. 41 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,231 That's all very well for the likes of you, sir. 42 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,789 Being members of the Imperial family, 43 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:03,999 you can afford the luxury of Republican sentiments. I can't. 44 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,151 I rose through the ranks. 45 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,915 Besides, I've got 4,000 men who need an Emperor 46 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:11,991 if they�re to be gainfully employed. 47 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,390 I need not remind you what might happen 48 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,551 if they�re let loose on the streets. 49 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,472 (KNOCKING) 50 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:24,715 Excuse me, sir. There's a chap here who claims to be the King of Bashan. 51 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,871 C-claims to be or is? 52 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:31,511 Well, I don't know. I didn't know there was a place called Bashan. 53 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,592 - Do you know him, sir? - If it's Herod, of course. 54 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,478 L-let him in. 55 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,316 Congratulations, Caesar, on your election! 56 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:50,679 May you long enjoy the honours these brave soldiers have bestowed on you. 57 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:54,389 There you are, sir! And he's the King of Bashan. 58 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,551 You've come at the right moment. 59 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,998 Although we've elected him Emperor, Tiberius Claudius wants a Republic. 60 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,675 Perhaps you can persuade him to sea the consequences. 61 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:10,193 I wish you wouldn't keep taking it off, sir. It really suits you. 62 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:15,876 What is the matter with you, Herod? 63 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,679 Do you intend to go along with this farce? 64 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:22,276 Listen, old friend, and be thankful I arrived in Rome. 65 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:27,469 I know your views, so I know exactly what you're thinking. 66 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:31,918 You think of yielding up your power to the Senate at the earliest moment. 67 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,957 - Of course. - You mustn't! 68 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,189 First, it would be signal for civil war. 69 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,875 The Senate are a flock of sheep, but there are wolves among them, 70 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,395 all convinced they should be Emperor. 71 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:49,429 Secondly, the moment you relinquish your power, you're a dead man. 72 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,398 Why? I b-believe in a Republic. 73 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,755 You're a danger to the assassins. 74 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,472 They�ve already killed Caesonia and the child. 75 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,151 - What? - Don't you sea? 76 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,949 A Republic necessitates the death of all the Imperial family, 77 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,588 - not just Caligula. - And M-Messalina? 78 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,512 Oh, she's safe. 79 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,355 You must put aside your ancient prejudices, my friend, 80 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,590 and accept the reality that is. 81 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:19,036 If you do not, I cannot answer for the consequences. 82 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,556 These Protectors have bean sent to summon you to the Senate. 83 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,518 - What has happened to them? - They�re fortunate. 84 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,477 The Guards almost killed them. 85 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,438 Don't you know their persons are inv-violable?! 86 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,194 Sorry, Caesar. I didn't know they were coming. 87 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,920 It's a disgrace. What does the Senate want? 88 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,834 - Pardon us, Caesar... - Stop c-calling me that! 89 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,356 The Senate would be obliged by your immediate attendance. 90 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,954 They�re anxious to know your intentions. 91 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,238 What, take our Emperor? Not a chance. Dump them in the Tiber! 92 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,311 Get back, all of you! 93 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,156 Tell the Senate that our Emperor remains here. 94 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,079 And when he leaves, he leaves with 4,000 Guards behind him. 95 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,354 Give my compliments to the Senate. 96 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:11,389 Tell them I am unable, for now, to comply with their request. 97 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,549 Give them safe conduct back to the city. 98 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:16,399 Caesar. 99 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:18,799 Out. 100 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,192 Get a move on. 101 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:27,990 Do nothing until you hear from me. 102 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,709 I shall arrange a meeting between you and members of the Senate, 103 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,871 but in the palace. 104 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,349 But make your mind up to it, Claudius. 105 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,988 For good or ill. they�ve made you Emperor. 106 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,119 If you don't accept, you won't survive - or any of your family. 107 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:51,274 If you do nothing else, accept. At least for the time being. 108 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,116 (TRUMPET FANFARE) 109 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:35,356 Senators, I understand you d-d-do not want another Emperor. 110 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:39,274 But it seams you've b-bean given one. 111 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,156 I sympathise with you. 112 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,711 I d-do not want to be an Emperor, 113 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,792 but it seams I have bean chosen one. 114 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:55,351 Perhaps you could t-take a little moment to sympathise with me. 115 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,838 Your appointment is unconstitutional 116 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:05,074 I agree, but there are 4,000 Praetorian Guards who d-do not. 117 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,038 And who created that Praetorian Guard? 118 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,354 You did in the reign of Augustus. 119 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:15,991 It's against the constitution. Only the Senate can appoint an Emperor. 120 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:20,199 It is also against the constitution to m-murder one! 121 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:22,592 If you hadn't done so, Marcus, 122 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,355 we shouldn't b-be here in this absurd position! 123 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,070 You're not fit to be Emperor. 124 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,919 I agree. But then nor was my nephew. 125 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,516 What difference is there between you? 126 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:39,716 He would not have agreed, 127 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:45,113 and by now your head would be on that f-floor for saying so! 128 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,272 There are those who say you cannot hear properly, 129 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:54,672 you cannot speak properly, and you've no experience of government. 130 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:58,196 And that I am, besides, half w=witted. 131 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,910 Senators, it's true I am hard of hearing... 132 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,117 but you will find it's not from want of listening. 133 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:22,154 As for speaking, again, it's true I have an impediment. 134 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:27,478 But isn't what a man says more important than how... 135 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,000 ..long he takes to say it? 136 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:39,109 It's true, again, I have little experience of government. 137 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,798 But have you more? 138 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,879 I, at least, have lived with the family who have ruled this Empire 139 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,830 aver since you so spinelessly handed it over to us! 140 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,639 I've observed it working more closely than any of you. 141 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,398 Is your experience better than that? 142 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,918 As for being half-witted. 143 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:12,633 Well, what can I say except that I have survived to middle age 144 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:18,079 with half my wits, while thousands have died with all of theirs intact! 145 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,916 Evidently, quality of wits is more important than quantity. 146 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,390 I shall do nothing unconstitutional 147 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:29,357 I shall appear at the Senate 148 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,718 where you may confirm me in my position or not, as you wish. 149 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,470 But if it pleases you not to, 150 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:40,235 explain your reasons to them, not to me! 151 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,439 Now you may all leave my house except Marcus Vinicius and Asprenas. 152 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,232 And bring in Cassius Chaerea and G-Gaius Sabinus. 153 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,397 I feel a f-fraud. 154 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:01,790 You won't when you begin work. 155 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,918 There's much to do. Do it very well 156 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,478 Caesar, Gaius Sabinus is dead. He's taken his own life. 157 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,359 All the officers involved have bean arrested 158 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,909 and are awaiting trial and execution. 159 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:35,152 I cannot find it in me to condemn you for killing my nephew. 160 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:39,316 But you also murdered the Lady Caesonia and the child, 161 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,233 and you meant to murder me and my wife. 162 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,834 None of whom had aver done you any harm. 163 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,037 I did it for the Republic and I would do it again. 164 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:54,236 No. You did it more for the injuries to yourself than for the Republic. 165 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,470 But even that doesn't weigh with me. 166 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,234 What w=weighs with me is w=what I've heard - 167 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,790 that it was agreed among you that only Caligula should die. 168 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:08,355 But that you took it upon yourself to kill us all Is that true? 169 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,078 Why should I deny it? 170 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:14,552 Your existence proves that only your death would have ensured a Republic. 171 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,993 Then you leave me no choice... 172 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:23,357 b-but to condemn you for the murder of Caesonia and the child. 173 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,191 - Take him away. - Congratulations, Caesar. 174 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,351 You've passed your first sentence of death. 175 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,751 How many more will you pass before they pass one on you? 176 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:39,552 Isn't that the way we've set for ourselves? Think about it, Caesar! Think about it! 177 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:48,554 The investigation into this affair is closed. 178 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:15,833 (CROWD SHOUTS) Hail. Caesar! Hail. Caesar! Hail. Caesar! 179 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:22,551 Oh, look. He's dribbling. 180 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,678 (BABY WAILS) Oh, chu chu chu. 181 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:31,198 There's no need to show him on the balcony every time you sea him. 182 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,716 No, but I like to show him. The people like to sea him. 183 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,873 Next to you, he's the most imp-portant thing in my life. 184 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,634 I can't thank you enough for him. 185 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,154 I am so v-very much in love. 186 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,317 And so am I. 187 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,634 I've given him to a foster mother to nurse. 188 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,234 You're not going to b-breast feed him? 189 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,075 No, my dear. I've thought a great deal about it. 190 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:06,551 Now, be honest, have I bean a help to you since you became Emperor? 191 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:10,190 Of course. What would I have done without you? Oh. 192 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,271 What would I have done without her? 193 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,318 Now, I want no small husbandly praises. 194 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,916 I asked you to let me revise the senatorial roll - 195 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,595 who should be left on and who taken off. Was I efficient? 196 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,992 I was amazed at how much detailed knowledge you had of everyone. 197 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:31,711 And all the detailed work I did as Director of Public Morals? 198 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:35,668 Yes, it was a revelation. You've bean a great help to me. 199 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,070 As Livia was to Augustus? 200 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:41,318 Yes. 201 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,678 My darling, I want to be Livia to your Augustus. 202 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,195 You know I have a brain, as she had. 203 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,591 I'll never be content just to be the mother of children. 204 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:53,955 Oh, of course I shall love them. 205 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,429 They�ll be yours - how could I not? 206 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,194 But I must work alongside you 207 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:03,956 and relieve you of some of your small and petty burdens. 208 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:09,069 Will breast feeding my son interfere with all this great work of state? 209 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,550 How would you feel if you had to stop a Senate meeting 210 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:17,271 to go and breast feed a child - not once, but four or five times a day? 211 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,637 Yes. I can hardly find time to f-feed myself. 212 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,359 Very well 213 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,033 All right. Now I shall leave you to rest. 214 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:31,758 And you too should rest. You've not stopped for a year. 215 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:33,911 When do I have time to stop? 216 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:38,232 Well, if you're not going to feed my son, I'll find you other work. 217 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,471 I told you he wouldn't be angry. 218 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:46,110 You are fortunate to have such an understanding husband - 219 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,396 considering that he's also Emperor. 220 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,552 Well, he loves me and I help him. 221 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:56,271 I don't know why you want to concern yourself with matters of state. 222 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:58,431 It's not a woman's place. 223 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,237 It may not be yours, Mother, but it's mine. 224 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,113 Do you not intend to have any more children? 225 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:08,959 No. 226 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:12,157 - Does your husband realise this? - Not yet. 227 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:14,711 How will you prevent it? 228 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,394 Oh, Mother, you're such a mouse. 229 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,273 Do you think a wife must give in to her husband every time he insists? 230 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,476 And one of his age? 231 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,838 There are ways of being nice to a man without risking pregnancy. 232 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,515 Have you never thought of marrying again? 233 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,114 You're still an attractive woman. 234 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:37,918 I've thought of it. 235 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,228 Why? Do you want to get rid of me? 236 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:45,712 Of course not. 237 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,634 On the contrary, I'd hope that you and any husband 238 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,268 would continue to live in the new palace. 239 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,908 Well, there's nobody who wants me. 240 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,631 Not even Appius Silanus? 241 00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:01,951 Why did you say that? 242 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,796 Weren't you fond of him once? 243 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:11,159 Oh, well.. What a memory you have. You were so young. 244 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,190 I remember him very well 245 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,039 He used to come to the house quite often. 246 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,116 That was a long time ago. 247 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,993 Besides, he was at Rome at the time of Caligula's assassination 248 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:27,878 but he never came near me. 249 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:30,951 Perhaps he lacked encouragement. 250 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,959 Well, he went back to Spain and I've no desire to live there, 251 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:39,590 so stop making plans in that busy little head of yours. 252 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,875 So Livia is a goddess at last? 253 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,476 That will please her. She wanted that more than anything. 254 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,595 Yes, I've kept my promise, though I never dreamed I'd be able to. 255 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,594 But the Senate f-formally granted my request this morning. 256 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,354 Livia takes her p-place among the gods. 257 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,396 I should like to be there in Heaven when she arrives, 258 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:11,156 and the Divine Augustus takes her hand and shows her to all the gods. 259 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,560 Oh, how proud he'll be. 260 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,918 The Lady Messalina is excessively romantic. 261 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:23,074 Yes. I'm a l-l-lucky man, am I not? 262 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,191 Shall we tell him? 263 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:30,432 Since he's going away, let him be the first to know. 264 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,592 - She's pregnant again. - So soon? 265 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,797 You sea, even Herod thinks it's too soon. 266 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,076 Well, love, it wasn't my fault. 267 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:41,629 Well, whose fault was it, eh? 268 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,918 Well, no... I mean, she gave our little son out to be nursed. 269 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,232 Well, I understood. She does so much work for me. It was inconvenient. 270 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:55,554 But it's well known breast feeding is a sure guarantee against pregnancy. 271 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,871 - When is it due? - In July. 272 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,311 I shall send it something very special indeed. 273 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:06,917 What will I do without you? Won't you change your mind and stay? 274 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,310 No, Caesar, you don't need me any more. 275 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,948 Who's going to tell me how to borrow money 276 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:14,509 or what the corn factors are saying? 277 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,389 You have good people about you now who can tell you far more than I. 278 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,630 Messalina, make him change his mind. 279 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,155 He has kingdoms of his own to govern. 280 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,437 And you've given him several more than he had before. 281 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,751 Oh, yes. Yes, I mustn't be selfish. 282 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:34,189 But it's true, all your principal advisers are freedmen. 283 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:38,478 It would be good to find a nobleman to take the place of King Herod 284 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,792 - on whom you could absolutely rely. - Are you thinking of someone? 285 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:47,317 - Yes, my love. - You sea how she works for me! 286 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,711 Her mind is never still Who? 287 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:52,798 Appius Silanus. 288 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,671 But he's Governor of Spain. 289 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,070 Yes, and a man of immense experience. 290 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,310 He's wasted in Spain. 291 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:04,109 You should bring him to the palace and have him at your side. 292 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,431 - He has Republican sentiments. - Well, haven't I? 293 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,388 He spoke out against you in the Senate after the assassination. 294 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:15,439 Augustus n-never enquired into people's political beliefs. 295 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,398 He always said that was not his concern. 296 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,551 I shall always do the same. 297 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:25,073 Yes, but I'm not sure Silanus would like to live in the palace. 298 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,993 The new palace, which you've turned into offices. 299 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:32,119 I have a feeling the Lady Messalina is ahead of us. 300 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:33,713 What are you thinking? 301 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,589 It's only a suggestion, but my mother was fond of him once. 302 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:42,038 It would please her to marry again, and Silanus would not be adverse 303 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,873 to a connection with the Emperor's family. 304 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,476 Have you added m-matchmaker to your list of careers? 305 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:53,031 - Of course. If you don't approve... - I was j-joking. 306 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:57,716 I think it's a very good idea. What do you think? 307 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,268 As from today, I cease to give advice on any subject! 308 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,157 Well, I'm tired. I shall leave you both to talk. 309 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,235 - Goodnight, my dear. - Have we tired you? 310 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,756 Of course not. Goodbye, King Herod. 311 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,754 If your people love you as much as we do, 312 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,354 you are a fortunate king indeed. 313 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,513 I shall be thinking of you in July. 314 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,637 - Goodnight. - Goodnight. 315 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,192 Am I not the most f-fortunate of men, Herod? 316 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:38,079 Now, why have I deserved such luck? 317 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,198 Oh, it's fool's luck, little marmoset. 318 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:43,920 You've always had it and you always will 319 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,595 One day, I'm sure, you'll be an Olympian god 320 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:49,751 when I am only a dead king. 321 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:56,069 You know, when I first came to Rome, you all seamed like gods to me. 322 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,515 Oh, I'm sure I never l-looked like one. 323 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,193 Yes, even you. 324 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,311 Do you aver think of those days at all. little marmoset? 325 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,631 Lately I've bean thinking about them a good deal 326 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,870 And with a good reason. 327 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,117 I'm thinking of writing a book about my family. 328 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:17,197 What sort of book? 329 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,357 T-the truth. 330 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:25,670 Oh. Will you tell everything? 331 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,229 Everything. As an historian should. 332 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:32,518 Not great tales of heroic exploits as T-Titus Livy wrote, no, 333 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,150 but the plain facts, the kitchen details, even the g-gossip. 334 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,232 Why? Why should you want to write such a book? 335 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,630 Eh? Why rake it all up? 336 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:47,591 Because I owe it to the others to tell the truth. 337 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,513 T-to Postumus and Germanicus. 338 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:52,799 Why? 339 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,030 Because they�re dead, 340 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:59,159 and a man should keep faith with his friends even though they�re dead. 341 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:03,359 You sea, I've bean so very fortunate in my life, 342 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:07,354 when they, who were born more deserving, have not. 343 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,229 I've had only three real friends in my life. 344 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,554 Postumus and Germanicus were two. 345 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,278 The third one is you. 346 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,199 Listen, Claudius. 347 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:27,237 Let me give you a piece of advice. 348 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,119 Oh, I thought you'd finished with advice. 349 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,669 One last piece and then I'm done. 350 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,472 Trust no one, my friend, no one. 351 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:43,756 Not your most grateful freedman, not your most intimate friend, 352 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,151 not your dearest child, not the wife of your bosom. 353 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:49,671 Trust no one. 354 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:53,959 No one? 355 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:56,632 Not even you? 356 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:09,034 - Is it all right? - Beautiful. Beautiful. 357 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,350 (BABY CRIES) 358 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:14,749 Is it a boy or a girl? 359 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,750 Let us at least get the engineers to survey it. 360 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,514 We've always w=wanted a safe winter harbour. 361 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:26,196 Everybody's always said it would cost too much. Let us find out. 362 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:28,476 (KNOCKING) Caesar! The child is born! 363 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,393 - What? - Caesar, your child is born. 364 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:33,913 But...? 365 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,150 The child is born. It's a girl 366 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:42,110 Oh, Lucina be praised! She's heard my prayers. I'm coming. 367 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,191 Let's have no more discussion. 368 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:47,955 Get the engineers to make that survey. Then we'll decide. 369 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,158 It'll cost ten million. More. 370 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:56,393 The more expensive it is, the less likely it is it will aver be built. 371 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,835 What are you suggesting? That we exaggerate the cost? 372 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,834 Well, my dear Narcissus, you have money in corn. I have money in corn. 373 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,116 Lots of people have money in corn. 374 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:12,153 The more corn that can be landed in winter, the lower the price will be. 375 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:13,992 That worries me. 376 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,710 That could be construed as a very selfish point of view. 377 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:23,715 Is there less selfishness in wanting the price of corn to be low? 378 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,474 There are more people who want it to be low. 379 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,155 Doesn't that add up to more selfishness rather than less? 380 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,713 That is sophistry. One cannot argue with you. 381 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:37,598 Let's get the report. 382 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,799 I'm sure the cost will take care of the philosophical considerations. 383 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:09,999 Oh. 384 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,913 I must have fallen asleep. 385 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:19,236 You're tired. You don't look well 386 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,751 You work too hard. 387 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,559 Yes, but so do you. 388 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,670 You're not so young as I am. What does your doctor say? 389 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,990 Oh, what they all say. 390 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,197 I work too many hours. I should work less. 391 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:39,275 Well, they�re right. You should leave more things to other people. 392 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:44,230 I'm going to sea another doctor soon. G-Greek, recommended by Herod. 393 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,995 Do you think that wise? Our own doctors are so clever. 394 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,879 Well, I'll sea him. What can I lose? 395 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,910 How's my l-little daughter? 396 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,355 Cutting her first tooth. The nurse showed it to me today. 397 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,672 Ah. Oh, that's painful Poor little thing. 398 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,275 I think I have the most adorable husband in the world. 399 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,115 He feels everything so deeply. 400 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,350 You have the m-most adoring. 401 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:18,870 What did you tell me were the three main pillars of the temple of love? 402 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:24,160 Frankness, kindness and understanding. Why? 403 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:29,478 - I want to put them to the test. - What have you done? 404 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,073 Nothing. 405 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:36,750 But there's something I want to do and for which I must be frank. 406 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,190 And for which I must be kind and understanding? 407 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,273 Well, tell me. 408 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:49,956 Could you possibly allow me to sleep in a bedroom of my own for a while? 409 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,232 Oh, don't look like that or I shall hate myself forever! 410 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,955 Oh, I should never have suggested it. 411 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,157 D-do you not l-love me any more? 412 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,117 I could understand that. I am so much older than you. 413 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:10,956 Oh, my dear! I love you more than I aver did. 414 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,111 Don't you know that? 415 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,990 I just don't want to risk a third pregnancy in so short a time. 416 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,038 Don't you sea what it could do to our marriage? 417 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,191 To our love for one another? 418 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:27,069 My love, I would never force myself upon you. 419 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,348 Do we have to sleep apart? 420 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,318 Couldn't we at least s-share the same bed? 421 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,836 Don't you sea how much more it would hurt our marriage 422 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,629 if you felt passionate to me and I felt I had to refuse you? 423 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,634 And if I did not, then how remorseful you would feel after? 424 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:47,917 Oh, I've hurt you. 425 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,872 - I should never have mentioned it. - No, no, no. 426 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:54,959 Oh... 427 00:29:56,560 --> 00:30:01,793 How l-long would you want the s-separation to last? 428 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:05,236 Oh, not long. Well, let's sea how it goes. 429 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,198 You know I couldn't keep away from you forever. 430 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:13,916 I shall slip into your room now and then when you least expect it. 431 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,838 I think that could be even more fun, don't you? 432 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,399 Pardon me, Caesar, 433 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,439 but you asked me to let you know when Appius Junius Silanus arrived. 434 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,830 - He is here. - I'll sea him shortly. 435 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,833 No, wait. I'm leaving. Let him come in. 436 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,994 Well, he's had a long journey. 437 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,437 Very well. my love. 438 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:46,718 If you think it would be good for our m-marriage to be apart 439 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,075 for a little while. 440 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,632 Women know more about these matters than men. 441 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,519 I'll have the servants arrange another bedroom. 442 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,398 There's no need for that. 443 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:00,552 Since you've agreed that it's a sensible proposal. 444 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,359 let's do it properly and remove temptation. 445 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,035 I'll move into a suite next to my mother in the new palace. 446 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:11,079 My offices are there too. It'll be much more convenient. 447 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,792 The noble Appius Junius Silanus, Caesar. 448 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,268 - Hail. Caesar. - Did you have a good journey? 449 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,476 Excellent. The roads were good. 450 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,154 Do you know my wife, the Lady Messalina? 451 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,630 Only as a girl You are even more beautiful now. 452 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:31,237 I'm so glad you're here. You shall be a great help to my husband. 453 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,390 I'll tell my mother you've arrived. 454 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:41,669 - Perhaps we can all meat at dinner? - I would like to sea her again. 455 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:49,870 Your ayes are inflamed, but I'll give you a lotion to bathe them with. 456 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,952 Slight retraction of the eyeballs. 457 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:55,988 - You've had infantile paralysis? - Yes. 458 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,310 There's nothing I can do about that. 459 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,150 The rest of your body is fairly sound. 460 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,915 You've developed good strong arms to compensate for your legs. 461 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,071 - Were you a premature birth? - Yes. 462 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:11,836 I thought so. And you've had measles, colitis, erysipelas. 463 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,709 And scrofula. Can you tell all that just by looking at me? 464 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,598 And using my brains. 465 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,154 Your food is not digested from yesterday. 466 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:25,871 We had a wedding yesterday. Appius Silanus married my mother-in-law. 467 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,155 I probably ate too much. 468 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:33,359 You must stop that. Never get up from a table without wanting more. 469 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,556 - I suppose you get wind? - Well,. 470 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,235 If you do, let it out. It does great injury to the stomach. 471 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,868 I don't mind which end you let it out. 472 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:45,191 A man who puts good manners before good health is a fool 473 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,874 Is there any point in prescribing exercise? 474 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,235 No. What time do I get for exercise? 475 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,436 Massage will have to do. 476 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:54,871 You can get up now. 477 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,958 Now, Caesar, listen. You work too many hours. 478 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:03,636 I know that all important people think they�re indispensable, 479 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:07,839 but read as little as possible - get your secretaries to read to you. 480 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,514 Rest for an hour after your principal meal 481 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,831 Don't go rushing off to the law courts after dessert. 482 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,753 And have 20 minutes massage twice a day. 483 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,229 - I've got a good masseur. - Get rid of him. 484 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:23,075 The only good masseurs in Rome are mine. I'll send one to you. 485 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,231 What about the cramps in my stomach? 486 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:30,235 If you will eat large meals quickly in a state of nervous excitement, 487 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,231 you must expect cramp. 488 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,391 I'll give you some medicine for them. 489 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,791 Ah, medicine. Some secret preparation, I suppose? 490 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,474 Can I get that here or shall I have to send away? 491 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,916 You can find it on any piece of waste ground. It's bryony. 492 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,877 What, common bryony? 493 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,918 I'll leave instructions on how to prepare it. 494 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,833 - What about the prayers? - What prayers? 495 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:57,310 Don't you prescribe special prayers to be used when taking medicine? 496 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,916 Caesar, as High Pontiff and the author of a book on religion, 497 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,992 you are more qualified to prescribe prayers than I. 498 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,151 Do you Greeks believe in nothing? 499 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,788 I've told you what I believe in - bryony. 500 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:10,958 Hail. Caesar. 501 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,113 - You asked to sea me? - Yes. 502 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:43,552 I too wished to sea you. I've not spoken to you since the wedding. 503 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:46,951 Which, I understand, I owe to your good offices. 504 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,239 Yes. 505 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:53,473 You have done me a kindness and, I hope, your mother. 506 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,396 Let me speak with you for a moment. 507 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,076 Come and sit beside me. 508 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:10,958 I love you. I've always loved you, aver since I was a girl 509 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,590 No. No...don't say anything. 510 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:19,551 In all the years since you stopped coming to our house, 511 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:23,838 I have never once gone to sleep at night without thinking of you. 512 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,119 Not once. 513 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,877 Can you understand that? 514 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:36,235 Not one night have I slept without thinking of your arms about me. 515 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,714 I've burned inside thinking of you. 516 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,556 And now you're here. 517 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:44,233 Here. 518 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,350 I don't understand. 519 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:57,877 Oh, my darling. I've arranged all this to have you near me. 520 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,315 I've dreamed of nothing else. 521 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:08,790 Then I must tell you that these are the fantasies of a young girl 522 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:13,679 They�re the sort of dreams we put aside when we grow up. 523 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:20,951 But I have not put them aside, nor will I. 524 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:29,399 Am I to understand that my marriage to your mother - 525 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,835 which you brought me here to... 526 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,037 That was a farce? 527 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:37,749 It was in order that you and I could sleep together? 528 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:41,230 - My mother is not important. - And your husband? 529 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:42,799 Claudius? 530 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:46,999 Why, do you think I'd arrange all this without his consent? 531 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,355 Why do you think we sleep apart? 532 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,309 Those are his arrangements, not mine. 533 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:57,270 Not that I mind. His sexual practices are abhorrent to me. 534 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,159 Why has he agreed to your sleeping apart? 535 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:04,359 Because he now wishes to practise them with the wives of Senators. 536 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:09,275 He wants me kept amused while he does, and he expects you to do it. 537 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,670 That's why you're here. 538 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,476 Then let him tell me that himself! 539 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,710 Oh, you simpleton! 540 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,269 Do you think he would tell you himself? 541 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,352 He'll deny it, of course he will 542 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,630 You disappoint me. 543 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:30,476 I thought you more sophisticated 544 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,757 than to confront him with an arrangement he agrees to, 545 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,990 but would proffer not to discuss. 546 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,232 Are you all so brutally obvious in Spain? 547 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:44,989 Everything is arranged, my darling. 548 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,593 You're right. I am a simpleton! 549 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,118 Having lived through the reigns of three Caesars, 550 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,909 and seen the depths to which Rome has sunk beneath them, 551 00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:00,119 I should have known better than to believe a fourth could be different. 552 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,751 I have a granddaughter nearly your age. 553 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:12,559 I won't deny that I'm of an amorous disposition - 554 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,517 I have bean all my life. 555 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,237 But I wouldn't touch you, Lady, for all your beauty... 556 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,198 with a ten-foot pole! 557 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:28,670 You forget who I am! 558 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:34,119 Not the girl you once teased and joked with, but the Emperor's wife! 559 00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:41,156 I have only to raise my voice and tear my clothes 560 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,959 for you to be executed on the spot! 561 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:51,473 I give you one weak to come to me of your own accord and on your knees! 562 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:57,198 If you do not, I shall tell my husband that you refused me... 563 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:03,034 and in refusing his wife, you will have insulted him. 564 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,474 He's become very vain, you know. 565 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:08,835 You're wasting your time, Lady. 566 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:14,509 I've lived too long to become the bedtime toy of a 17-year-old girl 567 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:16,636 Your threats are wasted on me. 568 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,478 - We shall sea. - Yes, we shall sea. 569 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,349 And Rome shall sea how easy it is to straighten one's back 570 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,717 and hold one's head high when the will is there. 571 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,311 Well, w=what is it? 572 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,874 A plan for rebuilding the harbour at Ostia. 573 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,998 Of course it is! Whose is it? 574 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:54,440 It was made in the time of the Divine Julius. 575 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,717 - Where did you find it, Caesar? - In the archives. 576 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:02,556 It's identical to the one Tortius has just produced. Look, Silanus. 577 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:08,034 What's the matter with you? Are you ill? 578 00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,829 - No, Caesar. - What relevance have these plans? 579 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:16,073 Well, the engineers working under the D-Divine Julius 580 00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:18,993 estimated this rebuilding would take four years 581 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,276 and cost four million gold pieces. 582 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:25,149 The estimates presented to me are for t-ten years 583 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,788 and 15 million gold pieces. 584 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:33,119 But those estimates are 90 years old. 585 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:36,955 Are there less days in a year now than there were then? 586 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,190 There's bean an increase in costs. 587 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,113 Prices have risen by no more than a quarter. 588 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:45,795 How, then, do you explain my chief engineer's estimate? 589 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,636 - Well,. - I will explain. 590 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,997 Everywhere you underestimate the amount of earth 591 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,390 that one hundred men can move in a day. 592 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:59,518 I mean, are men weaker now than they were then? 593 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:01,671 The topography remains unchanged, 594 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:05,879 yet on the Divine Julius' plan they were cutting through earth. 595 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:11,076 In yours, you claim we were cutting through r-r-rock. 596 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:16,712 - I can't understand it. - Let me explain it. 597 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:20,668 Your surveyors have bean taking bribes from the corn factors. 598 00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:24,310 - Caesar! - Sh-sh-shocking, isn't it? 599 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,392 Well, I-I can't think why they should. 600 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,791 I can. To keep up the price of corn. 601 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,476 Wouldn't you agree, Silanus? 602 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:35,599 Yes, Caesar. 603 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:40,553 Well, Tortius. You will begin work on the basis of these estimates, 604 00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:43,314 revised for the difference in prices. 605 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:46,358 Even so, Caesar, where is the money to come from? 606 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:50,115 We shall get the first million on loan from the corn factors. 607 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,635 A million? They can't raise that much. 608 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,553 You'll be amazed, Pallas, at what they can raise 609 00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:58,553 in return for my agreement not to begin an inquiry 610 00:41:58,720 --> 00:42:02,235 into allegations of b-bribing my officials. 611 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,230 Yes. It's very late. You may all go. 612 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,760 We'll visit the harbour tomorrow. 613 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,639 I should like a word with you alone, Caesar. 614 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,997 Oh, very well Come and look at these plans, Silanus. 615 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,196 You didn't take much notice of them. 616 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,079 The Divine Julius knew what he was about. 617 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:33,231 Yes. They are remarkable. 618 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,915 In many ways, better than the ones T-Tortius has produced. 619 00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:38,957 The only thing they leave out 620 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:42,999 is the building of the island between the two moles. 621 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:44,639 Come and look... 622 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,275 Help! Get off me! 623 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:49,998 Help me! 624 00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,720 Help me! Help me! Help me! 625 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:00,831 Wait! Wait! 626 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:04,868 Get up! Get up! 627 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:08,032 What happened? Caesar! You're hurt! 628 00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:12,113 - I'll fetch the doctor. - Silanus tried to kill me. 629 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,714 Why? Why? 630 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,110 Let me have him, Caesar. He'll talk. 631 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,475 Why, Silanus, why? 632 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,119 Tyrant! 633 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:26,676 Tyrant? I don't understand. What harm have I aver done you? 634 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:31,553 I brought you back from Spain, I made you a minister. 635 00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:34,359 I connected you by marriage with my family. 636 00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:39,071 Yes! To put me in bed with your wife and service her like a bull! 637 00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,310 What do you mean? 638 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:56,277 - W-what do you mean? - You're all the same. 639 00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,432 Don't toy with me, Caesar. Do what you have to do. 640 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:03,479 I ask you again, w=what do you mean? 641 00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,631 You know what I mean! 642 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,080 How predictable you Emperors are. 643 00:44:09,240 --> 00:44:11,708 All your reigns begin and end the same. 644 00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:16,032 From vices timidly concealed to vices openly displayed. 645 00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:19,749 One follows the other as sure as decay follows death. 646 00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:22,514 Fetch the Lady M-Messalina, and her mother! 647 00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:27,231 We've seen this play before, don't make us sit through it till the end. 648 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:31,109 You will explain that calumny on my wife and on her mother. 649 00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:34,352 And if you do not or will not to my satisfaction, 650 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:38,229 you will surely die for this attempt on my life! 651 00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,391 What is it? What's the matter? 652 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,711 Appius Silanus has tried to kill the Emperor. 653 00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:48,358 Silanus? But why? Why would he do such a thing? 654 00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:52,035 I don't know. I thought perhaps you could tell me. 655 00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:02,750 What have you done? What do you know about this? 656 00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:12,272 I know nothing. Nothing! Do you think I plot to kill my own husband? 657 00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,635 There's no time to discuss it now. 658 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:18,236 You must support everything I say, do you understand? 659 00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:19,753 Mother! 660 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,469 I will do nothing to incriminate Silanus. He's my husband. 661 00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:27,474 Oh, you fool! Do you think I brought him back from Spain for you?! 662 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:30,029 I love him. I've always loved him. 663 00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:32,437 You are monstrous! 664 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:33,953 (KNOCKING) 665 00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:42,834 You will tell my husband what I tell him, understand? 666 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:47,275 If you do not, I shall say you were part of it all 667 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,189 I'll say you agreed to it. 668 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:03,590 Oh, my dear. What's happened? Are you all right? 669 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,149 Yes, yes. I'm all right. 670 00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:09,676 Silanus tried to assassinate me, but I'm all right. 671 00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,554 I want you to look at him. 672 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,560 I want you to look into his face. 673 00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:23,189 Now, repeat to her what you said to me. 674 00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,749 Let's finish with this. Get it over. 675 00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,036 - Repeat it. - For whom? 676 00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,430 For her, who told me what I told you? 677 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,512 - Or for you, who knew it all? - Repeat it! 678 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,309 I told your husband what you told me. 679 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:41,553 That he had arranged my marriage so that you could become my mistress. 680 00:46:41,720 --> 00:46:44,553 That he had done it so you could be kept amused 681 00:46:44,720 --> 00:46:47,996 while he took his own perverted pleasures elsewhere. 682 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,799 It was there and then that I decided to kill him. 683 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:54,669 To strike a last blow for Rome and end this plague of Emperors! 684 00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:58,633 Well? 685 00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:05,391 Oh, Silanus... 686 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,118 How could you? 687 00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:11,472 How could you? 688 00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:21,238 He is sick with love, my dear, for me. 689 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,273 I should have told you. 690 00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:28,513 I should have come to you at once but I thought it would pass. 691 00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:35,319 Apparently, he has loved me aver since I was a little girl 692 00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,040 I had no idea. How could I? 693 00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:44,230 Since he returned, he has pestered me day and night. 694 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:49,632 Sometimes pleading and sometimes angry and violent. 695 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:55,188 I think, perhaps, in his mind, 696 00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:58,477 he does in some way believe what he told you. 697 00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,990 That I had arranged his marriage for our convenience. 698 00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:16,231 You poor deluded man. 699 00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:22,194 How could you think there was anyone dearer to me than my husband? 700 00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:28,549 When he came to me today, he was so violent 701 00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:32,235 that I said I would come to you and have you send him away. 702 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:34,914 That's when he threatened to kill you! 703 00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:39,551 I never in my wildest dreams imagined he would carry out such a threat! 704 00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:42,109 Bravo! Beautifully played! 705 00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:45,397 That performance should be enshrined in drama. 706 00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,116 Is this t-true? 707 00:48:56,440 --> 00:49:01,230 Yes. His passion for my daughter has turned his wits. 708 00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:09,035 Have you anything to say? 709 00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:13,557 Only that what I did I'd do again. 710 00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:16,154 Then you leave me no choice! 711 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:18,515 No! Oh, no! 712 00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:21,877 Please, my dearest, I beg you! 713 00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:25,919 I couldn't bear for him to die because of his love for me. 714 00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:30,835 No, no. Banish him. Banish him. But let him live. 715 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,434 (PALLAS) He must die, Caesar. 716 00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:36,273 No! NO!! 717 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,993 An attempted assassination cannot be punished with banishment. 718 00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:45,550 Such a precedent would serve only to encourage others. 719 00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:48,075 What a soft heart you have. 720 00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:52,511 Even after all the lies he's told about you. 721 00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:55,471 But P-Pallas is right. 722 00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:59,189 The heart cannot rule the head in these matters. 723 00:49:59,720 --> 00:50:03,679 I cannot do it, even for you. 724 00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:16,798 I sentence you to die, as you sentenced me. 725 00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:20,918 - Take him away. - May you rot in hell! 726 00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:23,834 And that she-wolf with you! 727 00:50:24,520 --> 00:50:27,193 Now, leave me, all of you. 728 00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:30,918 I'm tired. Vtg