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[screams]
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Sundered hand must be removed
before infection sets.
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You would see my champion crippled.
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[screams]
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Tarchon shall stand as champion
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until such day Achillia returns to form.
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[Cornelia] Let us witness
evidence of the divine.
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Offering falls short.
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She was in error.
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Your boasts proved true, in all regards.
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Cornelia, she conspires
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to see my only child
bonded to Quintus Thermus.
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I would plea... against it.
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Are we not friends?
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Ah! Gratitude!
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[Opiter] Turn from cold, uncaring arms
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in favor... of loving embrace.
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My villa and ludus
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and all men contained within
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in exchange for but one of yours.
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The man takes flight,
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his holdings falling
to deserving... hands.
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Opiter?
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[sinister laughter]
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[screams]
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[shouting, screaming]
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[blades ring]
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[rapid percussive music, vocalizing]
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[dark, eerie music]
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[sobs]
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[brooding music]
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Aargh!
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[thunder rumbles]
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[dramatic music]
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No, no, no!
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No! [sobs]
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Cilicians.
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[thunder booms]
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We must go, quickly.
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Let's go!
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[frenetic music]
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[groans]
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Aargh!
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He has barely taken food in seven days.
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Yet appetite for drink threatens
to drain pantry of wine.
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Loss of heart's desire
inflicts deepest wound.
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Is there nothing to be done for him?
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Time...
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stands only remedy.
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Then may it swiftly pass.
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See wine tempered with water
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in hope of dousing inflamed passions.
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And deny entry to villa, lest
he cause unwanted disturbance.
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I will see it so.
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There is one more thing
I would ask of you.
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Opiter's holdings are to fall to auction.
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Do they not spill to you, as promised?
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Agreement was not enshrined
in wax nor parchment
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prior to Opiter's passing.
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Come.
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I would have you gauge coin
towards purchase.
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[sobs]
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[sobs] Cilician shits!
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A fucking blight
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upon republic!
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Heart shatters at thought
of final moments.
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Opiter did not deserve such fate.
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You were right.
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- Towards?
- This world
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holding nothing
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but shadow.
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For there to be shadow,
there must also be light.
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Realization formed
by words of loving mother.
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He was my friend.
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[sobs]
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Oh, you must compose yourself.
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You wail and gnash teeth
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as if the man were cut
from your own flesh.
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Would that they had taken arm
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or fucking leg!
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Gladly given
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to have him yet among us.
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I know the worth he held towards you
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and services provided.
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Apologies.
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I do not glean...
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meaning.
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Let it pass from thought,
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carrying with it weight of such grief.
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It would hasten climb
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from depths of sorrow
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to see Opiter deservedly honored.
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In what manner?
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Funeral games
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presented by this house.
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Warmest gesture.
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To hold remembrance of him in the arena
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where he once presented
spectacle to all of Capua.
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We must fix intent upon
mounting Cilician threat
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in advance of additional lives claimed.
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- Father...
- He stood a lanista.
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A senator cannot be seen
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publicly honoring a man
of such low station.
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Your own image
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is all that consumes you.
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One of us must make attempt.
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[wails]
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Is there nothing you can do,
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striking balance between limits of title
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and compassion towards wife and mother?
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Games are removed from question.
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Yet Opiter's holdings
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fall to auction,
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in absence of family to claim them.
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I could preside over event,
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breaking measured words of
praise towards his memory.
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Gratitude.
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It would lend much comfort.
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[speaks Greek]
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[chuckles]
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It lifts spirits to see you rise again.
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- I'm too stubborn to die.
- Mm.
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On that we are in agreement.
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The name Achillia falls from every tongue
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in Capua,
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clamoring for your return to the arena.
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May the gods marshal patience,
for the wait fucking continues.
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But increases anticipation.
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Thoughts have turned towards you,
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in days confined to recovery.
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I admit, thoughts of you
lend distraction.
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A feast for the senses.
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[chuckles] I have been called
many things, yet never that.
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No, your words broken towards the arena.
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It stood just as you had described.
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There are few things more intoxicating.
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And I would drink my fill.
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Yet the champion,
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would begin day's training.
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Rest.
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Attend your recovery.
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Tarchon assumes mantle
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until such time you
are able to reclaim it.
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You stand his better in every regard.
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Why was title not bestowed
upon more worthy name?
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Because I no longer stand a gladiator.
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- Dominus strips you of honor?
- Oh, no. He but elevate it...
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to position of doctore.
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Doctore?
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What of Korris?
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Departed from this house,
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only to return haunted
by phantom of slain lover,
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grief twisting thought and purpose
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beyond concerns of ludus.
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Much has changed in brief absence.
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Some things have remained constant.
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I have been too long upon back.
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Let us to training for the moment,
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in promise of future glories.
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Doctore.
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[men grunt, swords clash]
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[slow, stirring string music]
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[wind whistles]
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[swords thud rhythmically]
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[dramatic music builds]
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Achillia!
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[all] Achillia!
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[music fades]
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Dacus!
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Swords.
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Hen returns, and with broken wing.
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She shall find cock crowing in her place.
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May the gods bless your return.
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And stay from fucking path
if they do not.
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Achillia.
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Pair with Salvius.
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I would train with
exalted champion, doctore.
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A thing equally desired.
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Then fall to fucking position.
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Begin!
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The Nubian,
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has learned much within
her short time at this house.
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Lessons I stand eager to impart.
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[both yell]
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Perhaps former champion requires a moment
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- to gather herself, doctore.
- [men laugh]
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[tense music]
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[both yell]
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[Achillia screams in agony]
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Yah!
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[pants]
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You tend to your hand,
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and return to training when you are able.
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As you command,
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Doctore.
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Father, I would break much-needed words.
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[Ashur] And use of fucking hand?
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[Celadus] But it proves a concern.
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Perhaps more days tended by medicus.
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The city clamors to lay eyes
upon the Goddess of Death,
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yet their interests shift
as fucking wind!
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Days must become hours if we
are to harvest victory's fruit
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in advance of fucking rival
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presenting imitations upon the sands.
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How fares Korris?
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His wisdom towards returning
Achillia to the arena
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would be of great benefit.
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His thoughts are his own until shared.
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You remain doctore.
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Return to your duties and
see Achillia rise once more
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to exalted position.
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Or all within this house shall
tumble with her towards abyss.
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Apologies, Dominus. I would...
I would petition towards favor.
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And what does newborn
doctore seek to wrest
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from generous fucking master?
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For myself, nothing.
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Yet son stands champion
in Achillia's absence
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and beseeches request
reflective of title.
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Break words
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and see considerations met.
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If coin
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presents no...
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burden.
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How do accounts stand?
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Towards villa and ludus, adequate.
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And towards purchase
of Opiter's holdings?
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- Purse falls short of ambition.
- [sighs] By what degree?
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If we reduce the men to half rations
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- and cease purchasing of wine...
- Mm-hm.
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...we are able to offer 5000 denarii.
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Barely.
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Even a house as lowly as Opiter's
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will command many times such
amount for the land alone.
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Then I fear holdings remain beyond grasp,
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absent intervention
from the gods themselves.
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Perhaps there is one less
close to the heavens
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who may be of assistance.
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Gratitude.
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Domina.
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Cornelia.
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I would break words.
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In private.
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- Leave us.
- Domina.
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You seem of a fucking mood.
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Apologies.
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Recent events weigh heavy upon thoughts.
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See worries lifted by
daughters of the field.
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The finest opium from Cyprus.
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Provided as tribute by Pompey
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upon meeting loving husband
in Sinuessa en Valle.
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I do not partake.
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It addles the senses,
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clouding vision with
apparitions of the mind.
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More for those of an
appreciative nature, then.
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Opiter's holding to fall to auction
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in wake of untimely demise.
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Who?
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The lanista who shared
the pulvinus with us
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at the games of the Ludi Apollinares.
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Oh, yes. A pity.
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Yet not unexpected for
a man of his profession.
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His passing was severest
blow to my doctore,
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who held feelings towards the man.
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And this concerns me how?
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Opiter was to leave Capua
for warmer climes of Sicilia
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and wished to see Korris
fall by his side.
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I agreed to release him
from his duties as doctore
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in exchange for Opiter's
holdings within the city.
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Unfortunately, deal was not concluded
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in advance of Opiter's death
at the hands of the Cilicians.
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Perhaps the same one who
descended upon Cossutia
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and noble daughter
in advance of your arrival.
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Speak plainly, so we may come
to fucking understanding.
274
00:16:27,602 --> 00:16:28,978
Plainly, then.
275
00:16:29,562 --> 00:16:33,233
Your noble husband orchestrated
attack on Viridia and Cossutia,
276
00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,778
disguising his men
as Cilician cutthroats.
277
00:16:36,945 --> 00:16:39,447
And now good Opiter succumbs
278
00:16:39,614 --> 00:16:41,032
to similar fate.
279
00:16:41,157 --> 00:16:43,368
You suspect his hand in this.
280
00:16:44,077 --> 00:16:47,872
Or one more delicate,
in Caesar's absence.
281
00:16:49,958 --> 00:16:53,044
Loss of Opiter is a thing of no matter.
282
00:16:53,628 --> 00:16:56,798
Yet that of his holding afflicts
more grievous injury.
283
00:16:56,965 --> 00:16:58,758
I will see coffers balanced
towards purchase
284
00:16:58,925 --> 00:17:01,177
of what should have freely been given.
285
00:17:01,344 --> 00:17:04,097
You seek redress upon
erroneous assumption.
286
00:17:04,848 --> 00:17:06,474
You claim no knowledge of the deed?
287
00:17:06,641 --> 00:17:08,560
I but bestow veracity upon the ignorant.
288
00:17:08,727 --> 00:17:09,602
Ha!
289
00:17:09,978 --> 00:17:11,730
Your machinations hold little interest
290
00:17:11,896 --> 00:17:13,940
within sphere of your betters.
291
00:17:14,441 --> 00:17:17,110
Perhaps look towards
one of lower breeding
292
00:17:17,235 --> 00:17:18,987
as cause of current distress.
293
00:17:19,154 --> 00:17:22,031
No one knew of my agreement
with Opiter beyond Korris
294
00:17:22,198 --> 00:17:24,367
and the man himself.
295
00:17:25,952 --> 00:17:28,329
Tongue seizes within mouth.
296
00:17:28,872 --> 00:17:30,665
Thing to be nurtured.
297
00:17:34,711 --> 00:17:38,214
I have broached accusation absent...
298
00:17:39,424 --> 00:17:41,176
proper consideration.
299
00:17:43,219 --> 00:17:44,971
- Apologies.
- None required.
300
00:17:45,138 --> 00:17:47,849
I so enjoy our little talks.
301
00:17:48,308 --> 00:17:50,518
[chuckles]
302
00:17:55,356 --> 00:17:57,650
[tense music]
303
00:17:59,778 --> 00:18:02,822
You resumed training absent
consideration of counsel.
304
00:18:02,989 --> 00:18:05,158
Did you instruct son
towards victory against me?
305
00:18:05,325 --> 00:18:08,578
He did not require such
to see you so easily dispatched.
306
00:18:08,912 --> 00:18:10,413
You hold such little faith in me?
307
00:18:10,580 --> 00:18:13,583
I hold more faith in you
than in Jupiter himself.
308
00:18:15,418 --> 00:18:16,503
This.
309
00:18:17,962 --> 00:18:19,547
This is but obstacle
310
00:18:19,964 --> 00:18:21,090
on your path.
311
00:18:22,091 --> 00:18:25,970
You - you will regain position
one fight upon another.
312
00:18:27,555 --> 00:18:28,807
How is obstacle to be surmounted
313
00:18:28,932 --> 00:18:30,391
if I cannot cling to fucking sword?
314
00:18:30,558 --> 00:18:33,228
Dimachaerus is but one style among many.
315
00:18:34,062 --> 00:18:36,523
We shall find you a new one,
316
00:18:36,898 --> 00:18:40,568
offering opportunity
in place of disadvantage.
317
00:18:43,363 --> 00:18:45,573
I would know your thoughts
upon my form, Doctore.
318
00:18:45,740 --> 00:18:49,452
Hoplomachus favors
one hand towards weapon,
319
00:18:50,286 --> 00:18:51,788
with small shield strapped to the other,
320
00:18:51,913 --> 00:18:53,832
absent need for heavy grip.
321
00:18:54,415 --> 00:18:56,751
- The spear?
- Yes.
322
00:18:56,918 --> 00:18:59,254
I would consider retiarius instead.
323
00:19:00,088 --> 00:19:01,589
Trident and net
324
00:19:01,714 --> 00:19:03,967
require fast grip of both hands.
325
00:19:04,133 --> 00:19:06,094
- Thraex, then.
- Sword and medium shield.
326
00:19:06,219 --> 00:19:07,887
Once again, two hands
with the firmest grip.
327
00:19:08,054 --> 00:19:10,974
Hoplomachus stands only path
to overcome present injury.
328
00:19:11,140 --> 00:19:14,143
- I will not take up spear.
- And what is the reason?
329
00:19:15,895 --> 00:19:17,689
My fucking own.
330
00:19:19,107 --> 00:19:23,653
As is cause why you will never
again grace sands of the arena.
331
00:19:30,493 --> 00:19:32,036
[sniffs]
332
00:19:35,290 --> 00:19:37,709
[both grunt]
333
00:19:38,459 --> 00:19:40,712
[fighters shout]
334
00:19:42,463 --> 00:19:44,883
[spectators laugh]
335
00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:46,634
[Tarchon] Well fought, brother.
336
00:19:51,472 --> 00:19:52,724
[spits]
337
00:19:56,477 --> 00:19:58,730
[tense music]
338
00:20:00,940 --> 00:20:03,860
Return to training, you fucking cunts!
339
00:20:07,780 --> 00:20:08,740
Hmm.
340
00:20:09,282 --> 00:20:12,201
Your father's position
as doctore appears secure.
341
00:20:14,162 --> 00:20:15,204
Give way!
342
00:20:15,788 --> 00:20:18,291
I would break words
with honored fucking guest.
343
00:20:18,458 --> 00:20:19,751
You are denied entry.
344
00:20:19,876 --> 00:20:22,128
- By whose command?
- Dominus himself.
345
00:20:22,545 --> 00:20:23,630
So be it.
346
00:20:26,591 --> 00:20:28,760
[grunts]
347
00:20:35,850 --> 00:20:37,310
Open the fucking gate!
348
00:20:37,477 --> 00:20:40,271
[grunts] Fuck off!
349
00:20:40,438 --> 00:20:41,773
- Bastard!
- [thud]
350
00:20:42,774 --> 00:20:45,318
- Open the gate, you bastards!
- Korris!
351
00:20:46,069 --> 00:20:49,739
- Come to fucking sense!
- Get off me, you-[grunts]
352
00:20:50,698 --> 00:20:52,408
Get off me, you bastards!
353
00:20:52,533 --> 00:20:54,118
[grunts]
354
00:20:54,285 --> 00:20:56,162
Fucking cunt!
355
00:21:11,469 --> 00:21:14,263
[brooding atmospheric music]
356
00:21:15,556 --> 00:21:17,809
[gate creaks]
357
00:21:21,479 --> 00:21:23,147
[gate clanks]
358
00:21:24,357 --> 00:21:27,068
You deny entry to fucking villa?
359
00:21:27,568 --> 00:21:29,612
A decision well-founded.
360
00:21:30,154 --> 00:21:32,740
You stand not yourself.
361
00:21:34,283 --> 00:21:35,910
[winces]
362
00:21:36,452 --> 00:21:37,662
You...
363
00:21:38,496 --> 00:21:40,581
do not know me, Syrian.
364
00:21:44,502 --> 00:21:48,172
Once more, you treat me
like your fucking slaves!
365
00:21:48,339 --> 00:21:51,342
A temporary measure taken in
consideration for well-being.
366
00:21:51,509 --> 00:21:52,635
I need no such consideration.
367
00:21:52,802 --> 00:21:55,596
It is not yours that lends pause.
368
00:21:58,433 --> 00:22:00,935
Why did you seek entry to the villa?
369
00:22:02,937 --> 00:22:05,773
To break words with Caesar's bitch.
370
00:22:07,066 --> 00:22:09,235
Words alone?
371
00:22:10,403 --> 00:22:12,530
Caesar threatened Opiter,
372
00:22:12,697 --> 00:22:14,657
and now the man lies...
373
00:22:14,824 --> 00:22:15,950
dead,
374
00:22:17,368 --> 00:22:20,872
breath stilled by
the same Cilician phantoms
375
00:22:20,997 --> 00:22:23,916
that assaulted Cossutia
and her fucking daughter
376
00:22:24,083 --> 00:22:27,795
that you hold such
obvious affection towards.
377
00:22:28,504 --> 00:22:30,048
Years etched upon visage
378
00:22:30,214 --> 00:22:33,134
outweighs briefest moment
in Opiter's embrace.
379
00:22:34,052 --> 00:22:35,470
I will not see you fall from this world
380
00:22:35,636 --> 00:22:36,971
seized by fit
381
00:22:37,138 --> 00:22:38,639
of passion.
382
00:22:41,768 --> 00:22:44,145
What care you if I live or die?
383
00:22:44,729 --> 00:22:46,856
We do not stand as friends.
384
00:22:47,774 --> 00:22:48,649
No,
385
00:22:49,108 --> 00:22:50,234
we do not.
386
00:22:51,152 --> 00:22:54,906
Yet I have come to know the
value of your presence and...
387
00:22:55,531 --> 00:22:57,492
would have you tarry among the living.
388
00:22:57,658 --> 00:22:59,410
[chuckles]
389
00:22:59,577 --> 00:23:01,913
You season words with flattery.
390
00:23:02,663 --> 00:23:05,500
In hope it might aid digesting truth.
391
00:23:06,751 --> 00:23:08,044
Well received.
392
00:23:08,544 --> 00:23:10,963
Yet I would take leave of this place.
393
00:23:13,716 --> 00:23:16,594
- Where would you go?
- Sinuessa en Valle.
394
00:23:16,719 --> 00:23:18,346
If I'm denied words with Cornelia,
395
00:23:18,513 --> 00:23:20,181
I'd have some with that bastard, Caesar.
396
00:23:20,348 --> 00:23:23,309
Caesar's hand in this has proven...
397
00:23:28,731 --> 00:23:30,233
uncertain.
398
00:23:35,404 --> 00:23:37,990
What leads to such revelation?
399
00:23:39,075 --> 00:23:41,494
My own reflection towards event.
400
00:23:43,454 --> 00:23:45,414
I am but captive audience.
401
00:23:51,629 --> 00:23:52,755
[exhales]
402
00:23:52,922 --> 00:23:55,466
I was moved towards boastful humors
403
00:23:55,633 --> 00:23:58,177
upon meeting Proculus in the street
404
00:23:58,803 --> 00:24:00,388
and let slip
405
00:24:00,513 --> 00:24:03,224
Opiter was to release his holdings
406
00:24:03,599 --> 00:24:05,226
to the house of Ashur.
407
00:24:06,644 --> 00:24:07,728
You fucking...
408
00:24:07,895 --> 00:24:09,730
It was not intent to see harm befall him.
409
00:24:09,897 --> 00:24:11,691
Do not feign sympathy
410
00:24:11,816 --> 00:24:13,860
for a man that you slighted
411
00:24:14,026 --> 00:24:15,736
at every turn!
412
00:24:15,903 --> 00:24:17,405
You did not
413
00:24:17,780 --> 00:24:19,365
fucking care for him!
414
00:24:19,532 --> 00:24:22,201
In your welfare I hold the utmost.
415
00:24:23,035 --> 00:24:25,204
- [chains rattle]
- Unchain me. Hmm?
416
00:24:25,580 --> 00:24:26,914
Hmm?
417
00:24:27,748 --> 00:24:29,959
[growls]
418
00:24:34,589 --> 00:24:38,217
Opiter's holdings are put to auction.
419
00:24:38,551 --> 00:24:40,052
I would have you fall by my side
420
00:24:40,219 --> 00:24:43,556
and together let us unearth
truth about his untimely fate
421
00:24:43,723 --> 00:24:45,099
and only then,
422
00:24:45,641 --> 00:24:49,937
be spurred towards mutual purpose.
423
00:24:58,779 --> 00:25:00,656
[sighs]
424
00:25:06,746 --> 00:25:08,247
Your will,
425
00:25:09,332 --> 00:25:11,125
my hands.
426
00:25:13,669 --> 00:25:16,714
[dark, dramatic music]
427
00:25:23,346 --> 00:25:26,891
Have eyes ever beheld
such enticing wonder?
428
00:25:27,058 --> 00:25:28,351
No, Domina.
429
00:25:28,476 --> 00:25:30,144
You are familiar with the
ecstasy that lies within?
430
00:25:30,311 --> 00:25:31,938
I have never been afforded opportunity
431
00:25:32,104 --> 00:25:33,522
to embrace such pleasures.
432
00:25:33,689 --> 00:25:36,484
Not unsurprising within
the house of the Syrian.
433
00:25:37,235 --> 00:25:39,320
The man does not seek elevated pleasures,
434
00:25:39,946 --> 00:25:41,280
content as those of his station
435
00:25:41,447 --> 00:25:45,034
to wallow in common pursuits
of wine and fucking.
436
00:25:45,743 --> 00:25:47,662
You are very perceptive, Domina.
437
00:25:48,079 --> 00:25:49,664
Do you believe I require a slave
438
00:25:49,789 --> 00:25:52,541
to impart such wisdom of observation?
439
00:25:53,751 --> 00:25:57,255
- No, Domina, I only meant-
- Do not look so stricken.
440
00:25:57,421 --> 00:26:01,259
Your presence brightens
otherwise grim surroundings.
441
00:26:02,093 --> 00:26:03,427
I value it.
442
00:26:03,970 --> 00:26:05,805
And the lay of your thoughts-
443
00:26:06,472 --> 00:26:08,057
when so requested.
444
00:26:08,224 --> 00:26:09,600
Gratitude, Domina.
445
00:26:09,767 --> 00:26:12,395
Tell me, how long have you
toiled beneath the Syrian?
446
00:26:12,561 --> 00:26:14,355
Since Crassus granted him freedom,
447
00:26:14,522 --> 00:26:16,857
blessing him with villa and ludus.
448
00:26:17,024 --> 00:26:18,484
I fear the richest man in the republic
449
00:26:18,651 --> 00:26:20,653
overestimates the worth of his pet.
450
00:26:20,820 --> 00:26:22,363
Sentiment deeply shared.
451
00:26:22,863 --> 00:26:24,573
You do not care for the Syrian?
452
00:26:24,740 --> 00:26:26,158
I serve as commanded.
453
00:26:26,826 --> 00:26:30,079
That is not the question
put to you, is it?
454
00:26:31,372 --> 00:26:32,665
He is a serpent,
455
00:26:33,249 --> 00:26:35,751
venomous of fang and not to be trusted.
456
00:26:36,210 --> 00:26:38,754
You would speak of your
dominus in such manner?
457
00:26:38,921 --> 00:26:40,840
He stands unworthy of title,
458
00:26:41,841 --> 00:26:45,428
and affections misplaced
by those who serve him.
459
00:26:47,847 --> 00:26:49,473
And what of your domina?
460
00:26:50,016 --> 00:26:51,892
How gauge you her worth?
461
00:26:53,686 --> 00:26:56,022
Beyond measure of words to describe.
462
00:26:56,147 --> 00:26:58,858
You are a treasure, are you not?
463
00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:01,527
A precious jewel,
464
00:27:01,652 --> 00:27:05,323
exhumed from muck and mire
of unfortunate environ,
465
00:27:05,740 --> 00:27:08,409
to be polished until made dazzling
466
00:27:08,909 --> 00:27:11,954
to all who gaze upon such rarity.
467
00:27:12,538 --> 00:27:15,207
It shall be saddest of days, Domina,
468
00:27:15,958 --> 00:27:17,835
when you depart from Capua.
469
00:27:18,002 --> 00:27:21,797
Perhaps we shall find place
among my possessions
470
00:27:22,548 --> 00:27:24,383
for nearest acquisition.
471
00:27:24,884 --> 00:27:27,136
[sultry choral music]
472
00:27:33,601 --> 00:27:35,061
Apologies.
473
00:27:35,686 --> 00:27:38,064
A word eternally upon lips.
474
00:27:38,230 --> 00:27:41,317
In this moment one sharply required.
475
00:27:41,609 --> 00:27:43,319
Forever intruded upon.
476
00:27:44,070 --> 00:27:45,529
Prepare bath,
477
00:27:45,654 --> 00:27:49,492
and let us continue conversation
within soothing waters.
478
00:27:50,326 --> 00:27:52,119
Yes, Domina.
479
00:28:06,425 --> 00:28:08,219
Make whatever bleatings brief in nature,
480
00:28:08,386 --> 00:28:11,138
if such a thing is within
your limited powers.
481
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:12,890
I approach but to confess
482
00:28:13,057 --> 00:28:14,809
previous accusation towards Opiter
483
00:28:14,975 --> 00:28:17,019
was perhaps built upon...
484
00:28:18,187 --> 00:28:19,438
unsteady grounds.
485
00:28:19,605 --> 00:28:21,023
- Perhaps?
- A thing I would move beyond,
486
00:28:21,190 --> 00:28:23,901
in consideration of
more pressing concerns.
487
00:28:24,026 --> 00:28:25,903
[chuckles]
488
00:28:26,070 --> 00:28:28,864
You vibrate from one calamity to another.
489
00:28:29,281 --> 00:28:31,826
It stands a wonder you yet remain whole.
490
00:28:31,992 --> 00:28:34,537
You light upon reason of my interruption.
491
00:28:35,037 --> 00:28:37,706
Opiter's holding,
which slipped from grasp.
492
00:28:37,873 --> 00:28:39,041
To be put to auction, yes.
493
00:28:39,208 --> 00:28:40,709
You trod well-worn ground
of conversation.
494
00:28:40,876 --> 00:28:43,295
Entertain but few more steps.
495
00:28:43,754 --> 00:28:46,757
Opportunity presents itself
to secure what was lost.
496
00:28:47,383 --> 00:28:49,093
Yet I...
497
00:28:49,593 --> 00:28:53,514
regrettably stand shy of coin required.
498
00:28:54,598 --> 00:28:56,475
You seek warm embrace
from the house of Caesar?
499
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,019
The rise of my own would benefit Crassus.
500
00:28:59,478 --> 00:29:01,730
A man we all admire, I suppose.
501
00:29:01,897 --> 00:29:04,817
Yet what benefit would
such expenditure grant Caesar
502
00:29:04,984 --> 00:29:06,694
and deserving wife?
503
00:29:07,820 --> 00:29:10,281
Continued effort towards
desire of matrimony
504
00:29:10,448 --> 00:29:13,325
between Viridia and your husband's man,
505
00:29:13,492 --> 00:29:15,327
Quintus Thermus.
506
00:29:15,453 --> 00:29:16,996
You judge goal within grasp?
507
00:29:17,163 --> 00:29:18,914
Gabinius appeared...
508
00:29:19,081 --> 00:29:21,000
moved by my counsel
509
00:29:21,250 --> 00:29:22,751
towards the matter.
510
00:29:23,919 --> 00:29:26,755
Surely Caesar will incline
towards generosity,
511
00:29:26,922 --> 00:29:28,799
given such favorable news.
512
00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:31,218
What gauge you worth
of Opiter's holdings?
513
00:29:31,677 --> 00:29:34,722
25,000 denarii-
a balance that may ebb or rise
514
00:29:34,889 --> 00:29:36,557
with egos of challengers towards goal.
515
00:29:36,724 --> 00:29:38,100
That stands all?
516
00:29:39,101 --> 00:29:40,769
A sum hardly to be noticed.
517
00:29:41,145 --> 00:29:42,521
Ah.
518
00:29:42,646 --> 00:29:45,357
Let us take wine in celebration
of common purpose.
519
00:29:49,612 --> 00:29:50,988
[chuckles]
520
00:29:51,405 --> 00:29:52,823
Gratitude.
521
00:29:52,990 --> 00:29:56,535
Although I fear word falls
short of adequate expression.
522
00:29:57,036 --> 00:29:59,038
Yet gratefully accepted.
523
00:30:04,210 --> 00:30:06,921
To future promising mutual gain.
524
00:30:12,259 --> 00:30:14,303
[laughs]
525
00:30:15,137 --> 00:30:16,347
[laughs]
526
00:30:16,514 --> 00:30:17,723
Mood takes hold.
527
00:30:17,890 --> 00:30:20,684
Its grip to strengthen in coming moments.
528
00:30:24,063 --> 00:30:26,398
[tense music]
529
00:30:29,151 --> 00:30:30,736
You tainted fucking wine?
530
00:30:30,861 --> 00:30:35,074
The Syrian accepts one gift,
yet refuses another?
531
00:30:43,290 --> 00:30:44,667
[clears throat]
532
00:30:51,090 --> 00:30:54,260
[ethereal choral music]
533
00:30:54,426 --> 00:30:56,387
Ohh...
534
00:31:04,144 --> 00:31:06,397
[chuckles]
535
00:31:08,774 --> 00:31:10,693
[laughs]
536
00:31:17,116 --> 00:31:19,368
[sighs]
537
00:31:29,378 --> 00:31:30,754
Dominus?
538
00:31:34,633 --> 00:31:36,468
[sighs]
539
00:31:37,219 --> 00:31:38,596
A vision,
540
00:31:39,013 --> 00:31:42,474
descended from unworthy heaven.
541
00:31:44,768 --> 00:31:45,811
Come.
542
00:31:57,698 --> 00:31:58,616
You honor me.
543
00:31:58,782 --> 00:32:00,951
I am the one who stands so,
544
00:32:01,076 --> 00:32:03,370
in such glorious,
545
00:32:04,913 --> 00:32:06,957
unexpected presence.
546
00:32:09,918 --> 00:32:11,462
- Dominus.
- No.
547
00:32:12,046 --> 00:32:13,756
I would have my name
548
00:32:14,173 --> 00:32:15,591
upon your lips.
549
00:32:15,758 --> 00:32:16,967
Speak it.
550
00:32:17,676 --> 00:32:19,053
[whispers] Ashur.
551
00:32:19,637 --> 00:32:21,013
Again.
552
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:23,057
Ashur.
553
00:32:32,191 --> 00:32:34,068
Shall we fall to bedchambers?
554
00:32:34,401 --> 00:32:37,029
So long a wait an eternity.
555
00:32:37,446 --> 00:32:39,281
I must have you now,
556
00:32:39,448 --> 00:32:41,116
upon this moment.
557
00:32:42,076 --> 00:32:44,578
[sultry percussive music]
558
00:32:56,215 --> 00:32:58,509
[ethereal choral music]
559
00:33:13,315 --> 00:33:15,567
[both moan]
560
00:33:33,293 --> 00:33:35,504
[grunts]
561
00:33:40,259 --> 00:33:45,055
I would have you look at me
and know that my heart is yours.
562
00:34:09,163 --> 00:34:11,290
[Gabinius] Citizens of Capua,
563
00:34:11,832 --> 00:34:14,877
we gather this day upon solemn occasion.
564
00:34:15,627 --> 00:34:19,006
The Cilician scourge that has
so plagued beloved republic
565
00:34:19,173 --> 00:34:22,634
has yet again cleaved close to the bone.
566
00:34:23,051 --> 00:34:24,303
Good Opiter,
567
00:34:25,012 --> 00:34:29,475
cherished by many among you
for his offerings in the arena,
568
00:34:30,392 --> 00:34:33,604
has fallen from this life
by their barbaric hands.
569
00:34:33,771 --> 00:34:37,691
Yet we must marshal fortitude
towards coming days.
570
00:34:37,858 --> 00:34:42,196
Absent family to lay claim
to property and holdings,
571
00:34:42,738 --> 00:34:47,826
all that Opiter possessed within
Capua is presented for auction.
572
00:34:48,744 --> 00:34:50,746
Tradition dictates coin from such
573
00:34:50,913 --> 00:34:53,957
be administered by aedile
as he would see fit.
574
00:34:54,541 --> 00:34:56,126
However, in these
575
00:34:56,293 --> 00:34:57,669
extraordinary days,
576
00:34:57,795 --> 00:35:01,715
extraordinary measures
must be appropriated.
577
00:35:01,882 --> 00:35:03,050
Beyond a...
578
00:35:03,175 --> 00:35:04,760
cursory fee,
579
00:35:05,886 --> 00:35:08,972
all coin shall be reallocated
580
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,016
to strengthen defense
581
00:35:11,141 --> 00:35:14,812
against mounting threat
of Cilician incursion.
582
00:35:14,978 --> 00:35:17,689
[all cheer]
583
00:35:23,654 --> 00:35:25,489
Gratitude!
584
00:35:28,075 --> 00:35:29,618
You fall to drink as well?
585
00:35:29,785 --> 00:35:31,870
Would that only wine had parted lips.
586
00:35:32,037 --> 00:35:33,497
Twenty three gladiators,
587
00:35:33,622 --> 00:35:34,665
one doctore,
588
00:35:34,832 --> 00:35:37,459
one medicus of foreign tongue,
589
00:35:37,626 --> 00:35:39,294
fourteen house slaves,
590
00:35:39,461 --> 00:35:42,673
one villa, one ludus,
and all contained within,
591
00:35:42,798 --> 00:35:46,051
inclusive of furnishings,
statuary of minor origin,
592
00:35:46,218 --> 00:35:48,554
jewelry and adornments
befitting a citizen...
593
00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:50,430
The jackal appears.
594
00:35:51,348 --> 00:35:53,517
Remove hand from fucking sword!
595
00:35:53,684 --> 00:35:56,728
This stands neither time nor
place for bloodied conflict.
596
00:35:57,187 --> 00:36:00,232
Nor can we move against him,
absent proof of deed.
597
00:36:00,399 --> 00:36:01,650
[Uvidius] Ten stallions
598
00:36:01,817 --> 00:36:03,443
of moderate and pleasing countenance,
599
00:36:03,610 --> 00:36:07,281
as well as four ponies believed
to be of Galician origin.
600
00:36:08,782 --> 00:36:10,033
Ashur.
601
00:36:12,202 --> 00:36:13,203
Ah.
602
00:36:13,370 --> 00:36:15,330
You have been in my thoughts.
603
00:36:16,415 --> 00:36:18,667
As you have in mine.
604
00:36:20,085 --> 00:36:21,378
How fares Achillia?
605
00:36:21,545 --> 00:36:22,880
She clawed way from darkness
606
00:36:23,046 --> 00:36:25,132
and makes progress
towards return to arena.
607
00:36:25,257 --> 00:36:27,175
Oh, heart soars at such news.
608
00:36:27,926 --> 00:36:30,429
Secured by the power of your prayers.
609
00:36:31,388 --> 00:36:33,223
My own accompanying them.
610
00:36:34,516 --> 00:36:38,270
- You made offering to the gods?
- Upon your urging.
611
00:36:38,812 --> 00:36:40,564
And they have heard you.
612
00:36:42,441 --> 00:36:45,110
- You wander astray.
- Apologies.
613
00:36:47,696 --> 00:36:49,156
I would have you close by my side,
614
00:36:49,323 --> 00:36:52,868
lest you fall to less savory
elements within crowd.
615
00:36:55,329 --> 00:36:56,705
[sighs heavily]
616
00:36:56,830 --> 00:36:59,583
Turn thoughts towards
possession more attainable.
617
00:37:00,292 --> 00:37:03,378
[Uvidius] He has been torn
from breast far too soon.
618
00:37:04,004 --> 00:37:06,340
It's unseemly to associate
with a man in public,
619
00:37:06,465 --> 00:37:09,301
especially one with such meager esteem.
620
00:37:09,426 --> 00:37:11,595
I merely broached subject
of his champion.
621
00:37:12,220 --> 00:37:14,514
A woman in the arena-
an affront to the gods.
622
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,391
I find her a welcome provocation.
623
00:37:16,516 --> 00:37:19,353
Bidding commences at 10,000 denarii.
624
00:37:19,519 --> 00:37:23,106
Who would light intent of first offering?
625
00:37:23,690 --> 00:37:25,192
10,000 denarii.
626
00:37:25,317 --> 00:37:27,945
Good Proculus ignites the flame.
627
00:37:29,071 --> 00:37:30,113
Eleven.
628
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,366
[Uvidius] 11,000 from the Syrian!
629
00:37:33,575 --> 00:37:35,494
Glorious mother and radiant daughter
630
00:37:35,661 --> 00:37:37,287
of the house of Gabinius.
631
00:37:37,454 --> 00:37:38,789
[Bidder] 12,000!
632
00:37:40,457 --> 00:37:42,876
I did not expect to find
such delightful company
633
00:37:43,043 --> 00:37:44,711
in midst of base proceedings.
634
00:37:44,878 --> 00:37:46,755
15,000 denarii.
635
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:48,256
Sixteen.
636
00:37:48,423 --> 00:37:50,759
Opiter was much loved by the city
637
00:37:51,093 --> 00:37:52,511
and held
638
00:37:52,678 --> 00:37:55,055
personally as trusted friend.
639
00:37:55,305 --> 00:37:56,682
Deepest sympathies.
640
00:37:56,848 --> 00:37:58,266
I but knew him for an instant,
641
00:37:58,433 --> 00:38:00,060
yet he left indelible impression.
642
00:38:01,228 --> 00:38:02,646
Apologies.
643
00:38:02,813 --> 00:38:04,898
I would break privileged words
with loving mother.
644
00:38:05,315 --> 00:38:07,067
See her to her father.
645
00:38:07,567 --> 00:38:09,194
[Uvidus] Who shall offer counter?
646
00:38:09,361 --> 00:38:11,279
[Proculus] 19,000.
647
00:38:12,447 --> 00:38:15,367
- 20.
- [crowd mutter approvingly]
648
00:38:15,534 --> 00:38:16,660
21,000.
649
00:38:16,785 --> 00:38:18,787
Men battle for dominance beyond arena.
650
00:38:18,954 --> 00:38:21,248
They clash over insignificant meal.
651
00:38:21,790 --> 00:38:24,334
Let us see bellies sated
towards hunt for larger prey.
652
00:38:24,501 --> 00:38:26,837
Word reaches ear your
husband favors union
653
00:38:26,962 --> 00:38:29,881
towards Quintus Thermus
and beloved daughter.
654
00:38:30,048 --> 00:38:33,677
I fear such has been received in error.
655
00:38:34,261 --> 00:38:37,347
Thoughts towards matter
soured considerably
656
00:38:37,514 --> 00:38:39,850
in wake of the Syrian's visit.
657
00:38:40,350 --> 00:38:41,560
Really?
658
00:38:43,562 --> 00:38:44,521
How unfortunate.
659
00:38:44,646 --> 00:38:47,315
21,500.
660
00:38:47,816 --> 00:38:49,234
Twenty two.
661
00:38:51,069 --> 00:38:53,280
23,000 denarii.
662
00:38:53,447 --> 00:38:57,242
- 27,000 denarii.
- [crowd cheer, applaud]
663
00:38:58,952 --> 00:39:01,329
27,000 denarii
664
00:39:01,496 --> 00:39:02,873
from the Syrian!
665
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,292
How counters the house of Proculus?
666
00:39:07,294 --> 00:39:09,421
Cost floats beyond reason.
667
00:39:09,588 --> 00:39:11,923
[crowd laugh]
668
00:39:12,090 --> 00:39:13,467
To the victor the spoils.
669
00:39:13,633 --> 00:39:16,219
Opiter's holdings fall to the Syrian.
670
00:39:16,595 --> 00:39:18,889
[cheering, applause]
671
00:39:24,394 --> 00:39:26,772
[Man in crowd]
Glory to the house of Ashur!
672
00:39:27,689 --> 00:39:29,649
Let us arrange payment.
673
00:39:29,816 --> 00:39:32,861
The house of Caesar shall
stand for me in such regard.
674
00:39:32,986 --> 00:39:34,738
I fear you are mistaken.
675
00:39:35,822 --> 00:39:37,616
The house of Caesar
does not involve itself
676
00:39:37,741 --> 00:39:39,451
in the affairs of lesser men.
677
00:39:39,618 --> 00:39:41,870
[crowd mutters]
678
00:39:43,371 --> 00:39:47,459
Are you able to produce
sum required, Syrian?
679
00:39:47,584 --> 00:39:49,878
[ominous music]
680
00:39:53,799 --> 00:39:55,717
Apologies, Senator.
681
00:39:58,095 --> 00:39:59,930
It appears I am not.
682
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:03,475
[Proculus chuckles]
683
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,519
[Man in crowd] Fucking shit!
684
00:40:05,685 --> 00:40:07,521
[crowd laughs]
685
00:40:07,687 --> 00:40:09,231
Promises unkept,
686
00:40:09,731 --> 00:40:10,941
prove vexing,
687
00:40:11,483 --> 00:40:12,484
do they not?
688
00:40:12,818 --> 00:40:15,153
If there stand no other bids,
689
00:40:17,656 --> 00:40:20,450
Opiter's holdings fall
to the house of Proculus.
690
00:40:20,617 --> 00:40:22,911
[cheering, applause]
691
00:40:29,876 --> 00:40:33,922
Gods grant favor to those
deemed fucking worthy!
692
00:40:40,303 --> 00:40:41,680
Satyrus!
693
00:40:42,264 --> 00:40:44,307
What seizes fucking mind?
694
00:40:44,474 --> 00:40:47,102
He wears Opiter's pendant
on his fucking belt.
695
00:40:47,269 --> 00:40:49,729
We cannot move upon him now,
you simple fuck.
696
00:40:49,855 --> 00:40:51,773
Let us give pause and consider path.
697
00:40:51,940 --> 00:40:55,569
The house of the Syrian succumbs
to public disagreement.
698
00:40:55,735 --> 00:40:58,238
A blessing dearest friend
Opiter's holdings
699
00:40:58,363 --> 00:41:02,284
did not forth to such ill-mannered hands.
700
00:41:02,701 --> 00:41:03,952
A blessing, indeed.
701
00:41:04,119 --> 00:41:05,704
[Man in crowd]
The Syrian shits on his memory!
702
00:41:05,829 --> 00:41:07,831
[sighs heavily] Counsel holding
cock in fucking hand?
703
00:41:07,956 --> 00:41:10,167
I but suggest a moment of
reflection towards course
704
00:41:10,292 --> 00:41:12,711
that sees our enemies to fucking grass,
705
00:41:12,836 --> 00:41:14,921
with us not among them!
706
00:41:22,679 --> 00:41:23,597
[crowd mutters]
707
00:41:23,763 --> 00:41:25,473
[chuckles]
708
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:26,766
Gather husband and daughter.
709
00:41:26,933 --> 00:41:28,185
I would return to villa
710
00:41:28,351 --> 00:41:30,478
in advance of further unpleasantness.
711
00:41:32,939 --> 00:41:34,733
I would have words, Cossutia.
712
00:41:35,150 --> 00:41:36,526
Break them with noble husband.
713
00:41:36,693 --> 00:41:38,195
Perhaps they will bend him
towards your will,
714
00:41:38,361 --> 00:41:40,572
as they did in denial of
suitable match for my daughter.
715
00:41:40,739 --> 00:41:43,325
He appears unreceptive
towards my presence.
716
00:41:43,450 --> 00:41:45,035
Spurred by overreach of your purse
717
00:41:45,202 --> 00:41:47,412
and your man's unbalanced
display, one would imagine.
718
00:41:47,579 --> 00:41:49,456
Korris was but moved by passions shared,
719
00:41:49,623 --> 00:41:52,375
towards untimely passing of Opiter.
720
00:41:53,001 --> 00:41:54,878
I did not know there stood
a bond between them.
721
00:41:55,045 --> 00:41:58,798
One that promised to lead
them far from Capua and fate...
722
00:41:59,341 --> 00:42:00,884
Opiter feared.
723
00:42:02,135 --> 00:42:03,887
He feared Cilician assault.
724
00:42:04,012 --> 00:42:05,138
No.
725
00:42:05,805 --> 00:42:07,891
Nor do I believe he fell by their hands.
726
00:42:08,225 --> 00:42:09,559
Whose, then?
727
00:42:11,102 --> 00:42:14,022
One I would enlist aid in holding
728
00:42:14,314 --> 00:42:16,691
to deserved account.
729
00:42:16,858 --> 00:42:19,069
[dramatic music]
730
00:42:26,785 --> 00:42:29,037
[grunts angrily]
731
00:42:32,499 --> 00:42:33,750
Aargh!
732
00:42:34,834 --> 00:42:37,545
[groans]
733
00:42:37,712 --> 00:42:41,424
The Nubian believes herself
deserving of highest mantle,
734
00:42:41,591 --> 00:42:42,759
yet...
735
00:42:43,718 --> 00:42:44,761
cannot best
736
00:42:44,886 --> 00:42:46,680
idle log.
737
00:42:46,846 --> 00:42:49,099
[men laugh]
738
00:42:55,063 --> 00:42:56,481
Doctore.
739
00:42:57,816 --> 00:43:00,485
I would take up fucking spear.
740
00:43:02,946 --> 00:43:07,659
Dacus! Spear and small shield,
towards style of hoplomachus.
741
00:43:07,784 --> 00:43:09,160
Yes, Doctore.
742
00:43:16,167 --> 00:43:18,044
Decision wisely made.
743
00:43:19,379 --> 00:43:20,922
We shall see.
744
00:43:28,763 --> 00:43:31,683
[suspenseful music builds]
745
00:43:31,850 --> 00:43:34,102
[screams echo]
746
00:43:46,948 --> 00:43:48,700
Tarchon, take position.
747
00:43:56,791 --> 00:43:59,127
I now stand champion, Nubian.
748
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:04,341
- And you but a fading memory.
- [whip cracks]
749
00:44:04,883 --> 00:44:06,217
[Celadus] Begin!
750
00:44:08,887 --> 00:44:11,681
[tense music]
751
00:44:11,848 --> 00:44:14,142
- [grunts]
- Yah!
752
00:44:15,852 --> 00:44:18,897
[dramatic percussive music]
753
00:44:19,064 --> 00:44:21,232
Yah!
754
00:44:23,026 --> 00:44:25,153
[grunts]
755
00:44:29,866 --> 00:44:32,118
[both grunt]
756
00:44:35,914 --> 00:44:37,791
Yah!
757
00:44:40,835 --> 00:44:43,129
[intense choral music]
758
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,174
[Tarchon growls]
759
00:44:52,013 --> 00:44:53,765
[grunts]
760
00:44:55,141 --> 00:44:58,561
Perhaps idle log stands
more formidable opponent.
761
00:44:58,978 --> 00:45:01,272
[gladiators chuckle]
762
00:45:05,026 --> 00:45:07,237
[yells furiously]
763
00:45:20,875 --> 00:45:23,169
[intense music builds]
764
00:45:24,838 --> 00:45:26,214
Yah!
765
00:45:32,804 --> 00:45:33,638
[yells]
766
00:45:33,805 --> 00:45:35,098
Tarchon!
767
00:45:35,265 --> 00:45:37,892
Contest is ended! You stand victor!
768
00:45:39,352 --> 00:45:40,395
[spits]
769
00:45:40,979 --> 00:45:43,314
[gentle music]
770
00:45:46,609 --> 00:45:48,945
- Was there ever doubt?
- Tarchon.
771
00:45:49,571 --> 00:45:50,989
Well fought.
772
00:45:52,991 --> 00:45:54,451
You fall from training.
773
00:45:57,078 --> 00:45:59,164
See yourself to deserved reward.
774
00:46:03,251 --> 00:46:05,211
Gratitude, Doctore.
775
00:46:15,054 --> 00:46:16,306
One fight.
776
00:46:19,642 --> 00:46:20,852
One fight.
777
00:46:22,061 --> 00:46:24,397
[dramatic music]
778
00:46:24,564 --> 00:46:28,276
How did sufficient coin grace
palm to see me to the ludus?
779
00:46:28,860 --> 00:46:31,696
With title of champion
comes many rewards.
780
00:46:32,489 --> 00:46:33,781
Champion?
781
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,662
No one is more deserving of the mantle.
782
00:46:40,413 --> 00:46:42,790
Well, my father may hold
differing opinion.
783
00:46:43,249 --> 00:46:44,292
Hmm.
784
00:46:44,792 --> 00:46:46,419
You are not a boy.
785
00:46:47,045 --> 00:46:49,297
[sultry music]
786
00:46:52,008 --> 00:46:54,427
Nor should you be treated as such.
787
00:46:57,931 --> 00:47:00,225
You stood as a god upon the sands.
788
00:47:00,934 --> 00:47:02,602
And my Elysium...
789
00:47:04,354 --> 00:47:06,731
is nestled but paces away.
790
00:47:20,328 --> 00:47:22,330
What fucking hand laid marks upon you?
791
00:47:24,457 --> 00:47:25,500
The fat one,
792
00:47:26,167 --> 00:47:28,253
short of humor and shorter of cock.
793
00:47:28,419 --> 00:47:32,465
Unintended laugh escaped lips
when he unsheathed tiny weapon.
794
00:47:34,300 --> 00:47:35,969
I will have his fucking life.
795
00:47:36,302 --> 00:47:37,428
He's a Roman
796
00:47:38,346 --> 00:47:41,683
and we but slaves, to be used
towards ends not our own.
797
00:47:47,397 --> 00:47:49,232
He favors the games, does he not?
798
00:47:49,399 --> 00:47:51,025
And I by his side.
799
00:47:52,110 --> 00:47:54,988
Petition for seat towards
very front next I fight.
800
00:47:56,781 --> 00:47:59,534
And I will give him spectacle
not soon forgotten.
801
00:48:00,243 --> 00:48:01,869
What is of your planning?
802
00:48:03,663 --> 00:48:06,165
Let us fall into discussion after.
803
00:48:07,542 --> 00:48:09,294
Tending to rising...
804
00:48:10,378 --> 00:48:11,796
necessity.
805
00:48:15,174 --> 00:48:16,843
I will gain my freedom
806
00:48:17,552 --> 00:48:19,178
in the arena upon a day
807
00:48:21,806 --> 00:48:26,644
and purchase yours from coin
won in blood and battle.
808
00:48:41,993 --> 00:48:43,911
I must attend recent acquisition.
809
00:48:44,078 --> 00:48:46,914
What is so pressing words
desired cannot be delayed?
810
00:48:47,081 --> 00:48:49,375
Your life and the forfeit of it.
811
00:48:54,756 --> 00:48:56,799
The Syrian claims proof it is your hand
812
00:48:56,966 --> 00:48:59,510
that struck Opiter down,
not the Cilicians.
813
00:49:00,053 --> 00:49:02,555
- He moves against you presently.
- Hm.
814
00:49:03,139 --> 00:49:05,808
How did you come by such absurd notion?
815
00:49:05,975 --> 00:49:06,934
He approached,
816
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:10,688
in attempt to gain aid in
swaying husband and aedile
817
00:49:10,855 --> 00:49:13,107
towards your hand in the deed.
818
00:49:14,067 --> 00:49:17,278
You and Opiter stood inseparable.
819
00:49:17,945 --> 00:49:21,199
Even if fanciful accusation proved true,
820
00:49:21,658 --> 00:49:23,493
why reveal the Syrian's plan?
821
00:49:23,660 --> 00:49:25,787
My love for Opiter,
822
00:49:25,953 --> 00:49:28,289
is eclipsed by hatred for the Syrian.
823
00:49:28,456 --> 00:49:31,584
A loathsome creature, eyes
slithering across my daughter.
824
00:49:31,751 --> 00:49:33,336
I would see him...
825
00:49:34,003 --> 00:49:36,464
to quick and unfortunate end.
826
00:49:38,174 --> 00:49:39,050
Hmm.
827
00:49:39,217 --> 00:49:41,761
In that we stand in agreement.
828
00:49:45,014 --> 00:49:49,185
But how best to rid ourselves
of such annoyance?
829
00:49:51,145 --> 00:49:52,855
I will send counterfeit message
830
00:49:53,815 --> 00:49:57,443
confirming meeting with
esteemed husband and aedile
831
00:49:58,111 --> 00:50:00,947
in place far removed from view,
832
00:50:01,864 --> 00:50:03,741
under condition he move alone,
833
00:50:03,908 --> 00:50:07,495
due to delicate nature of the accusation.
834
00:50:08,037 --> 00:50:10,498
- Hm.
- The rest...
835
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:12,709
falls to your...
836
00:50:12,875 --> 00:50:14,085
discretion.
837
00:50:14,502 --> 00:50:15,503
Gratitude.
838
00:50:16,170 --> 00:50:19,132
I shall see the matter properly attended.
839
00:50:22,260 --> 00:50:24,554
[suspenseful music]
840
00:50:28,891 --> 00:50:30,309
[whispering] Gabinius?
841
00:50:30,727 --> 00:50:32,270
Aedile?
842
00:50:41,279 --> 00:50:43,531
[whistling]
843
00:50:47,285 --> 00:50:49,495
Someone has lost his way.
844
00:50:51,622 --> 00:50:53,541
We will help him find it.
845
00:50:54,292 --> 00:50:55,918
[laughter]
846
00:50:56,085 --> 00:50:58,629
Thought he could turn
Cossutia to his cause.
847
00:50:58,796 --> 00:51:00,673
Thought we wouldn't know.
848
00:51:01,966 --> 00:51:04,177
Thought he could fuck us.
849
00:51:04,886 --> 00:51:08,139
You are the one who
stands fucked, Syrian!
850
00:51:08,306 --> 00:51:11,184
[ominous music]
851
00:51:11,350 --> 00:51:13,561
[gladiators laugh]
852
00:51:14,896 --> 00:51:17,398
Your dominus once swore if
he were to move against me,
853
00:51:17,523 --> 00:51:20,651
it would be his hand grasping blade.
854
00:51:20,818 --> 00:51:22,987
He attends to Opiter's holdings.
855
00:51:23,112 --> 00:51:28,201
Yet I shall report your screams
in exquisite detail!
856
00:51:28,326 --> 00:51:29,202
[chortles]
857
00:51:29,368 --> 00:51:31,621
[gladiators laugh]
858
00:51:41,380 --> 00:51:43,633
[laughs]
859
00:51:45,426 --> 00:51:46,886
Aargh!
860
00:51:47,053 --> 00:51:48,930
It shall not be the cries of Ashur
861
00:51:49,096 --> 00:51:51,474
that fill the air this night.
862
00:51:51,641 --> 00:51:53,643
[ominous music]
863
00:51:56,604 --> 00:51:58,231
That fucking cunt!
864
00:51:58,397 --> 00:52:01,400
Never place trust in
a woman of a certain age.
865
00:52:08,616 --> 00:52:10,993
Come, let us embrace.
866
00:52:11,494 --> 00:52:12,745
[Korris] Hold!
867
00:52:15,873 --> 00:52:18,584
I alone would repay debt of blood.
868
00:52:26,342 --> 00:52:27,593
That appears unwise.
869
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,763
Intercede and find us at
cross purpose once more.
870
00:52:30,888 --> 00:52:35,434
I should not stand surprised,
yet here we fucking are.
871
00:52:36,853 --> 00:52:38,688
No one leaves arena.
872
00:52:40,439 --> 00:52:42,733
[suspenseful music]
873
00:52:43,526 --> 00:52:45,695
[grunts]
874
00:52:54,829 --> 00:52:57,331
That does not belong to you.
875
00:53:00,042 --> 00:53:02,128
[Satyrus chuckles]
876
00:53:03,629 --> 00:53:06,048
Come, then, and retrieve it!
877
00:53:07,383 --> 00:53:10,386
[fighters grunt, swords clash]
878
00:53:10,511 --> 00:53:12,388
[screams]
879
00:53:12,555 --> 00:53:14,682
Yah!
880
00:53:15,391 --> 00:53:17,727
[dramatic action music]
881
00:53:20,563 --> 00:53:22,940
- Yah!
- [gurgles]
882
00:53:25,026 --> 00:53:26,736
[yells]
883
00:53:27,486 --> 00:53:29,322
[weapons clash]
884
00:53:29,447 --> 00:53:31,699
[Korris groans]
885
00:53:34,535 --> 00:53:36,746
[all yell]
886
00:53:39,373 --> 00:53:41,542
- [Korris groans]
- Dominus.
887
00:53:42,001 --> 00:53:42,919
Yah!
888
00:53:43,044 --> 00:53:44,295
Ugh!
889
00:53:45,755 --> 00:53:47,798
Yah!
890
00:53:49,425 --> 00:53:51,802
- [splat!]
- [screams]
891
00:53:52,553 --> 00:53:54,805
Musicus!
892
00:53:55,556 --> 00:53:57,350
[groans]
893
00:53:57,516 --> 00:53:59,769
[blood trickles]
894
00:54:00,561 --> 00:54:02,438
Aargh!
895
00:54:02,605 --> 00:54:04,815
[screams]
896
00:54:08,569 --> 00:54:10,780
[screams]
897
00:54:12,531 --> 00:54:13,407
[splat]
898
00:54:13,574 --> 00:54:15,034
No!
899
00:54:15,534 --> 00:54:16,410
[laughs]
900
00:54:16,577 --> 00:54:17,995
No!
901
00:54:18,371 --> 00:54:19,580
Aargh!
902
00:54:20,122 --> 00:54:21,749
You stand alone,
903
00:54:22,208 --> 00:54:23,668
little man.
904
00:54:27,546 --> 00:54:29,131
As Opiter did
905
00:54:29,674 --> 00:54:32,218
when you claimed his fucking life.
906
00:54:32,385 --> 00:54:33,719
I but did as commanded
907
00:54:33,886 --> 00:54:35,513
by my dominus!
908
00:54:36,263 --> 00:54:38,766
Then I would see message
delivered to him.
909
00:54:40,518 --> 00:54:42,812
[both yell]
910
00:54:44,522 --> 00:54:46,816
[Satyrus groans]
911
00:54:48,609 --> 00:54:51,529
Yah!
912
00:54:53,572 --> 00:54:55,783
[pants]
913
00:54:58,536 --> 00:55:01,539
[whimpers]
914
00:55:01,706 --> 00:55:04,166
Carry a message to your master.
915
00:55:08,587 --> 00:55:09,714
[groans]
916
00:55:09,839 --> 00:55:13,551
The house of Ashur shall see his fall...
917
00:55:14,593 --> 00:55:15,761
[whimpers]
918
00:55:15,928 --> 00:55:18,472
...upon the sands of the arena.
919
00:55:26,689 --> 00:55:28,899
[groans]
920
00:55:30,651 --> 00:55:32,445
Aargh!
921
00:55:41,078 --> 00:55:42,955
I would not have let him live.
922
00:55:43,497 --> 00:55:46,250
- And I am not you.
- And I thank the gods...
923
00:55:46,751 --> 00:55:48,252
for it.
924
00:55:51,088 --> 00:55:53,966
See bodies beneath ground. Quickly!
925
00:55:56,343 --> 00:55:57,428
Ashur.
926
00:55:58,012 --> 00:55:59,722
I would reclaim title,
927
00:56:00,514 --> 00:56:02,475
and resume my labors.
928
00:56:05,561 --> 00:56:07,897
[dramatic choral music]
929
00:56:09,273 --> 00:56:11,233
You honor this house.
930
00:56:13,736 --> 00:56:15,446
Doctore.
931
00:56:18,616 --> 00:56:22,161
[dramatic music deepens]
932
00:56:22,186 --> 00:56:25,194
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933
00:56:25,741 --> 00:56:28,375
[percussive, foreboding music]
934
00:56:39,512 --> 00:56:43,057
[foreboding music continues, builds]
935
00:56:49,605 --> 00:56:51,982
[music becomes ominous]
936
00:57:01,367 --> 00:57:03,911
[music continues]
937
00:57:06,622 --> 00:57:09,166
[music becomes intriguing]
938
00:57:19,510 --> 00:57:23,055
[music becomes dramatic, percussive]
939
00:57:31,647 --> 00:57:33,983
[music intensifies]