1 00:00:06,039 --> 00:00:07,574 Previously on Those About to Die... 2 00:00:07,674 --> 00:00:12,145 That's what happens to slaves when they don't accept their fate. 3 00:00:12,245 --> 00:00:14,647 Newly bought slaves, where would they be taken? 4 00:00:16,116 --> 00:00:17,283 You need money. 5 00:00:17,384 --> 00:00:19,586 - Lots of money. - You play a dangerous game here. 6 00:00:19,686 --> 00:00:22,022 Do you think Scorpus is leaving us for another faction? 7 00:00:22,122 --> 00:00:23,690 He's up to something. 8 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:25,025 This one is a virgin. 9 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:27,660 - Three thousand sesterces. - Mother! 10 00:00:28,495 --> 00:00:30,063 Five hundred. 11 00:00:30,163 --> 00:00:33,133 You seek to use this daughter as a go-between to spy on your enemy. 12 00:00:33,233 --> 00:00:35,068 I will be your go between. 13 00:00:35,168 --> 00:00:38,538 Titus, you will be Emperor. 14 00:00:54,587 --> 00:00:57,724 The trick with the yellow ash of Mount Vesuvius 15 00:00:57,824 --> 00:00:59,492 is not using too much. 16 00:00:59,592 --> 00:01:02,729 Too much, and the cure is worse than a curse. 17 00:01:02,829 --> 00:01:03,997 How much is too much? 18 00:01:04,097 --> 00:01:05,365 That's the art of it. 19 00:01:30,056 --> 00:01:31,591 The Gods reside within. 20 00:01:32,792 --> 00:01:34,260 Where do they stay there? 21 00:01:45,605 --> 00:01:48,441 You should change the positions of your middle two horses. 22 00:01:49,342 --> 00:01:51,811 You have your big horse left center, 23 00:01:51,911 --> 00:01:53,513 and he should be right center. 24 00:01:54,748 --> 00:01:55,648 I've done all right. 25 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:59,285 Of course, I'm... just saying. 26 00:02:01,087 --> 00:02:02,856 Do you drive, Andria? 27 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:04,391 Two horse gigs mostly. 28 00:02:04,491 --> 00:02:05,859 But I've driven fours, 29 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:07,560 and I once drove a six. 30 00:02:08,328 --> 00:02:09,496 Impressive. 31 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:11,698 I know I have a lot to learn. 32 00:02:12,766 --> 00:02:13,767 I'm a provincial boy, 33 00:02:15,101 --> 00:02:16,970 just as you once were. 34 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:20,507 But you learned, so will I. 35 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:23,410 And, one day, I, too, will drive in Circus Maximus, 36 00:02:24,277 --> 00:02:25,311 like you. 37 00:02:27,113 --> 00:02:28,615 Nobody drives like me. 38 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:31,584 Let's get back to Rome. 39 00:02:37,290 --> 00:02:41,661 Elia, the mottled one just died. 40 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:48,735 Lenno. The same mare and sire as Ferox, a season younger. 41 00:02:53,406 --> 00:02:56,743 He was never as fast as Ferox, but what a heart he had. 42 00:02:58,445 --> 00:03:00,580 He would have run until it exploded. 43 00:04:41,147 --> 00:04:43,350 Tell me of this man Tenax. 44 00:04:43,450 --> 00:04:47,220 Better than some, worse than others. 45 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,558 He does business betting at Circus Maximus. 46 00:04:51,658 --> 00:04:56,229 Buying, selling, doing things I don't see. 47 00:04:56,329 --> 00:04:58,865 I would not speak of, even if saw I them. 48 00:05:03,837 --> 00:05:07,507 Get her to the House of Consul Marsus, and make sure she contacts her daughter. 49 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:11,544 I need ears on Marsus and Antonia. 50 00:05:19,753 --> 00:05:22,789 Please. 51 00:05:22,889 --> 00:05:25,759 One moment. Please. 52 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:50,517 Are you intact? 53 00:06:01,161 --> 00:06:02,395 Come closer. 54 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:44,704 Good. Drusilla here will train you in what you need to know. 55 00:06:49,442 --> 00:06:50,877 Speak. 56 00:06:50,977 --> 00:06:54,481 You could not know her virginity from a single touch. 57 00:06:54,581 --> 00:06:56,816 It wasn't my touch that confirmed it. 58 00:06:57,417 --> 00:06:58,685 It was her tears. 59 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:11,965 - Drusilla. - Claudia. 60 00:07:12,065 --> 00:07:15,001 This is the mother of the new girl in your house. 61 00:07:29,015 --> 00:07:30,650 Go, to the kitchen. 62 00:07:40,827 --> 00:07:41,761 Jula. 63 00:07:42,696 --> 00:07:45,165 How can you be here? What are we to do? 64 00:07:45,265 --> 00:07:47,000 Quiet. 65 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:49,235 We don't have much time. 66 00:07:49,336 --> 00:07:51,638 There are things you need to do. 67 00:07:54,107 --> 00:07:55,709 Now listen carefully. 68 00:07:58,478 --> 00:08:00,980 My son is in Rome as well, 69 00:08:01,081 --> 00:08:02,782 taken to be a gladiator. 70 00:08:03,216 --> 00:08:04,751 Where would he be? 71 00:08:04,851 --> 00:08:07,721 The Ludus Magnus. Come. 72 00:08:11,691 --> 00:08:14,127 This is madness. 73 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:15,695 I will have no part of this. 74 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:19,132 - Go then. - What? 75 00:08:22,669 --> 00:08:24,637 Wait. He said it could kill them. 76 00:08:25,238 --> 00:08:26,906 I mean, what else can we do? 77 00:08:27,007 --> 00:08:31,011 Put crows in their stalls, bells to scare away the spirits? 78 00:08:31,111 --> 00:08:32,545 Gavros? 79 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:35,582 They'll die, if we do nothing. 80 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:38,084 With this, perhaps they have a chance. 81 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:41,821 Let me do it. 82 00:08:49,963 --> 00:08:54,167 Easy, easy, easy, easy. Gently. Yes. 83 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:08,848 No. I saw that coming. 84 00:09:09,149 --> 00:09:10,717 Use the net. 85 00:09:10,817 --> 00:09:13,119 Forget the trident until I'm snared. 86 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:17,457 No. 87 00:09:17,957 --> 00:09:19,626 You have to trick me. 88 00:09:19,726 --> 00:09:21,661 Men are smarter than animals. 89 00:09:29,602 --> 00:09:32,138 Now you're learning. 90 00:09:32,706 --> 00:09:35,842 Reverse. Attackers, defend. 91 00:09:42,782 --> 00:09:43,917 Good. 92 00:09:48,288 --> 00:09:49,923 Move! Move! 93 00:09:50,023 --> 00:09:50,790 Confuse me. 94 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:54,094 If I move, you will learn. You will know. 95 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:58,865 If I'm still, you have to guess. 96 00:10:08,541 --> 00:10:09,909 Water. 97 00:10:17,083 --> 00:10:19,052 Who taught you the hunting of animals? 98 00:10:21,688 --> 00:10:22,889 Animals? 99 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:27,761 When I was a boy, 100 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:29,929 my father would say that and laugh. 101 00:10:32,065 --> 00:10:34,134 "Learn from the prey, not from me." 102 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:36,970 But I learn it all from him. 103 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:40,740 He was from Nubia, 104 00:10:41,775 --> 00:10:43,443 the land of the Black Pharaohs, 105 00:10:43,543 --> 00:10:47,480 where we have hunted with kings, since the dawn of time. 106 00:10:48,581 --> 00:10:53,086 When I could crawl, he taught me to catch mice and moles. 107 00:10:53,186 --> 00:10:57,824 When I could walk, it was lizards and hares and foxes. 108 00:10:59,125 --> 00:11:01,961 When I could run alongside him, we took all the worthy prey. 109 00:11:05,465 --> 00:11:06,733 How did he die? 110 00:11:11,638 --> 00:11:13,006 Romans killed him. 111 00:11:13,106 --> 00:11:14,107 Why? 112 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:17,143 Because they are Romans. 113 00:11:20,146 --> 00:11:23,216 It was what they called the Year of The Four Emperors. 114 00:11:23,316 --> 00:11:24,584 Romans fighting Romans. 115 00:11:25,285 --> 00:11:27,620 My father fought for the wrong Roman. 116 00:11:27,721 --> 00:11:30,857 Vespasian won and took his vengeance against the losers. 117 00:11:33,993 --> 00:11:36,129 The first of the Romans were twins. 118 00:11:37,297 --> 00:11:40,266 Romulus and Remus, abandoned by their mother, left to die. 119 00:11:41,568 --> 00:11:44,704 A she-wolf found them, suckled them and raised them as wolves 120 00:11:44,804 --> 00:11:47,107 in a cave on a hill called Palatine. 121 00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:51,311 Where the palace of Vespasian and his sons now stands. 122 00:11:51,411 --> 00:11:57,350 Dogs, even savage ones like Laconians and vulpines only kill when hungry. 123 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:00,887 Even hyenas. 124 00:12:02,122 --> 00:12:04,891 The nasty creatures they are, they only kill when hungry. 125 00:12:08,294 --> 00:12:09,162 Wolfs are different. 126 00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:13,099 Wolves kill for pleasure. 127 00:12:14,934 --> 00:12:16,069 Like the Romans. 128 00:12:18,972 --> 00:12:20,040 And what of you? 129 00:12:20,140 --> 00:12:21,641 Taken from a battlefield? 130 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:26,980 No, on a battlement, with our women and children behind us. 131 00:12:30,016 --> 00:12:33,520 In the north, there is shame and surrender. 132 00:12:33,620 --> 00:12:36,923 But it was the only way to keep our families alive. 133 00:12:37,023 --> 00:12:39,259 My wife and son are here in Rome. 134 00:12:39,359 --> 00:12:43,063 From the first to the 12th hour, she weaves for them. 135 00:12:45,298 --> 00:12:46,800 My son is seven. 136 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:53,006 He has spent the last two years hooking a rug, 137 00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:56,343 that will be walked on by the feet of rich Romans. 138 00:13:00,814 --> 00:13:05,819 I get to see them on the Kalends and, sometimes, the Nones of each month. 139 00:13:09,856 --> 00:13:13,927 And so you dream of gaining the Wooden Sword. 140 00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:18,798 Maybe one day. 141 00:13:18,898 --> 00:13:22,302 Colon, Flamma, come here. 142 00:13:26,473 --> 00:13:30,744 Colon, you will fight Flamma in two days in Circus Maximus 143 00:13:30,844 --> 00:13:32,412 before the chariot races. 144 00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:34,414 Viggo, 145 00:13:34,514 --> 00:13:37,717 you and Kwame will be Colon's weapons men. 146 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:40,920 Make sure you get a good price for his body. 147 00:14:10,083 --> 00:14:11,951 Is there a way to enter? 148 00:14:12,052 --> 00:14:16,556 Easy. Be a well-muscled, manly slave ready to be butchered for the glory of Rome. 149 00:14:16,656 --> 00:14:17,991 Be off. 150 00:14:18,925 --> 00:14:20,193 You are not Roman. 151 00:14:20,927 --> 00:14:22,328 You're Syrian. 152 00:14:36,710 --> 00:14:37,577 Please. 153 00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:42,282 My son is in there. 154 00:15:24,724 --> 00:15:26,192 Hey, wait! 155 00:15:28,828 --> 00:15:30,163 Kwame! 156 00:15:37,303 --> 00:15:38,872 What of Jula and Aura? 157 00:15:38,972 --> 00:15:40,770 Jula is a slave in the house of Consul Marsus, 158 00:15:40,774 --> 00:15:44,444 and Aura, she is owned by a criminal, a man called Tenax. 159 00:15:44,544 --> 00:15:46,146 Are they well? 160 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:47,647 They're alive. 161 00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:53,586 - Watch out. - Hold your anger. 162 00:15:53,687 --> 00:15:54,688 Don't make more trouble. 163 00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:55,822 I'll free you from here. 164 00:15:55,922 --> 00:15:58,324 - I don't believe so. - I will. I promise. 165 00:15:58,425 --> 00:15:59,392 You must go. 166 00:16:01,895 --> 00:16:03,296 What are you doing? Huh? 167 00:16:13,106 --> 00:16:15,041 Why do you hate your brother so much? 168 00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:18,411 I don't know whether I love you in spite of your stupidity or because of it. 169 00:16:19,212 --> 00:16:21,114 It's not a stupid question. 170 00:16:21,214 --> 00:16:22,882 Why aspire to be Emperor? 171 00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:25,985 Without it, you can still have everything once could possibly want. 172 00:16:26,086 --> 00:16:28,355 I am a danger to Titus. 173 00:16:28,455 --> 00:16:32,158 That's why he convinced my father to deny me military command. 174 00:16:32,258 --> 00:16:34,828 It's why I've been kept on such a tight leash, 175 00:16:34,928 --> 00:16:36,830 begging for enough money to live, 176 00:16:36,930 --> 00:16:38,932 even after cajoling the Senate, 177 00:16:39,032 --> 00:16:40,867 winning them over to my father's cause, 178 00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:42,535 giving him the curule chair. 179 00:16:43,703 --> 00:16:44,604 I've been made what? 180 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:47,474 Aedile Ludi? 181 00:16:47,574 --> 00:16:50,677 - Aedile Ludi is a position of respect. - I'm a showman. 182 00:16:52,178 --> 00:16:55,749 My brother, the soldier, is respected. 183 00:16:57,283 --> 00:16:59,252 When I was a boy, he tormented me. 184 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:02,422 It amused him. 185 00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:05,625 He'd strike me in front of his soldier friends and make me cry. 186 00:17:06,860 --> 00:17:08,261 On the training field, 187 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:10,642 he would put a sword in my hand and dare me to attack him. 188 00:17:10,697 --> 00:17:13,433 But when I did, he would strike me again and again. 189 00:17:14,834 --> 00:17:16,703 Laughing. 190 00:17:16,803 --> 00:17:19,673 - Humiliating me before all of them. - He was young. 191 00:17:19,773 --> 00:17:20,707 He was cruel! 192 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:29,382 Eventually, that torment turned to tolerance. 193 00:17:31,351 --> 00:17:34,587 But when my father dies, that tolerance will become fear. 194 00:17:35,755 --> 00:17:36,690 And he will kill me. 195 00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:40,293 And unless I've disposed of you already, 196 00:17:41,928 --> 00:17:43,396 he'll kill you along with me. 197 00:17:45,932 --> 00:17:48,768 If I'm not ambitious, I'm dead. 198 00:18:06,886 --> 00:18:07,821 I'm sorry. 199 00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:24,771 No reason to stay now, I suppose. 200 00:18:54,668 --> 00:18:55,702 Elia! 201 00:18:56,736 --> 00:18:57,671 Come. 202 00:18:59,172 --> 00:19:00,974 Hurry. Hurry. Hurry. 203 00:19:01,074 --> 00:19:02,642 Quickly, quickly. 204 00:19:08,248 --> 00:19:10,583 Ferox. Ferox! 205 00:19:12,886 --> 00:19:14,320 Good boy. 206 00:19:39,179 --> 00:19:40,547 African. 207 00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:45,585 I need work. 208 00:19:46,252 --> 00:19:47,587 And a wage. 209 00:19:50,123 --> 00:19:53,326 I have a betting tavern at the Circus Maximus. 210 00:19:53,426 --> 00:19:55,328 You two could work there. 211 00:19:55,762 --> 00:19:56,996 Pay? 212 00:19:57,097 --> 00:19:58,898 - We'll see about that. - The horses! 213 00:20:10,944 --> 00:20:11,878 Back from the dead. 214 00:20:13,179 --> 00:20:15,782 I owe Neptune a sacrifice. 215 00:20:15,882 --> 00:20:18,151 - They are weak. - But getting stronger. 216 00:20:18,251 --> 00:20:20,220 How much stronger? We race tomorrow. 217 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,255 Stronger than the nags we bought. 218 00:20:22,355 --> 00:20:24,224 Did you find me a second driver? 219 00:20:24,324 --> 00:20:26,126 No one else is as foolish as you and I. 220 00:20:26,226 --> 00:20:27,527 No one wants to shove their thumb 221 00:20:27,627 --> 00:20:30,463 in the eye of tradition and join a fifth faction. 222 00:20:33,299 --> 00:20:35,869 - Two horse gigs? - And fours. 223 00:20:41,775 --> 00:20:42,909 You're in. 224 00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:07,901 Come. 225 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:22,716 Pretend. It won't go easier. 226 00:21:31,691 --> 00:21:34,861 Have I ever told you how highly I think of you as a husband? 227 00:21:34,961 --> 00:21:37,530 No, not that I can remember. Have you ever had such a thought? 228 00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:39,532 More times than you might think. 229 00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:43,670 So Scorpus told us he's leaving the Blues for good. 230 00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:46,606 - Hmm. - But he didn't even know it was me 231 00:21:46,706 --> 00:21:48,708 who ordered his horses poisoned. 232 00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:51,311 - What? That was you? - Of course. 233 00:21:51,411 --> 00:21:54,714 You regain controlling interest of our faction, and I protect it. 234 00:21:54,814 --> 00:21:56,850 I suddenly remember why I married you. 235 00:21:56,950 --> 00:21:59,919 - To what do I owe this expression of... - Respect? 236 00:22:00,453 --> 00:22:02,155 - And love? - Love as well. 237 00:22:02,255 --> 00:22:03,590 Mm-hmm. 238 00:22:07,894 --> 00:22:11,564 Scorpus is too good a driver to let him take the truck against us. 239 00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:14,768 Do you mind if I arrange his death? 240 00:22:14,868 --> 00:22:16,970 No, I don't. 241 00:22:18,004 --> 00:22:19,005 Come. 242 00:22:27,113 --> 00:22:28,148 What's this? 243 00:22:28,248 --> 00:22:29,382 A gift. 244 00:22:32,285 --> 00:22:33,687 She's intact. 245 00:22:35,522 --> 00:22:36,652 It's the same scent you used to wear. 246 00:22:36,656 --> 00:22:38,591 I thought you might enjoy that. 247 00:22:48,201 --> 00:22:49,736 Go. Go! 248 00:23:20,467 --> 00:23:21,735 Where is he? 249 00:23:25,105 --> 00:23:26,039 Jula's here. 250 00:23:26,439 --> 00:23:27,874 Come. 251 00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:30,744 Did anyone see you leave? 252 00:23:30,844 --> 00:23:32,779 - No. - Good. What do you have for me? 253 00:23:32,879 --> 00:23:34,714 - They said they're gonna kill someone. - Who? 254 00:23:34,814 --> 00:23:37,083 - It could be something with an S. - Scorpus? 255 00:23:37,617 --> 00:23:39,185 Yes. Scorpus. 256 00:23:41,021 --> 00:23:43,156 Get her back, make sure no one sees her. 257 00:23:46,192 --> 00:23:47,794 Oh, Jula. 258 00:23:48,862 --> 00:23:51,097 How are you? Do they treat you well? 259 00:23:51,197 --> 00:23:52,198 I'm fine. 260 00:23:52,565 --> 00:23:54,234 Come. Quickly. 261 00:24:16,189 --> 00:24:19,025 I wanted to see what the running surface is like. 262 00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:22,829 Yeah, they switched the coarser grain sand on the turns. 263 00:24:22,929 --> 00:24:25,131 We have to pull hard left to hold the line. 264 00:24:29,102 --> 00:24:31,037 People think I'm a gifted, drunken fool. 265 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:36,242 That I win because Fortuna touched me in my mother's womb. 266 00:24:38,178 --> 00:24:41,214 My mother was a whore. Fortuna never came to visit us. 267 00:24:41,314 --> 00:24:42,849 I win, because, like you, 268 00:24:42,949 --> 00:24:47,020 the night before a race, I come to the oval and I test the sand. 269 00:25:09,109 --> 00:25:10,176 Tomorrow, I die. 270 00:25:11,277 --> 00:25:12,245 Yes. 271 00:25:14,914 --> 00:25:16,916 When Flamma killed the Gauls, 272 00:25:17,017 --> 00:25:20,553 I helped carry what was left of them to the animal pens. 273 00:25:21,454 --> 00:25:23,556 No one came for their bodies, 274 00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:27,027 and Atticus got 20 sesterces for the meat. 275 00:25:28,661 --> 00:25:33,433 I'm a warrior, son of a warrior, 276 00:25:33,533 --> 00:25:35,969 the last of the Cimbri people. 277 00:25:36,069 --> 00:25:39,773 And I do not wish to end up as shit from a tiger. 278 00:25:39,873 --> 00:25:43,476 I wish to end as my father and grandfather did, 279 00:25:43,576 --> 00:25:48,314 as smoke rising from a warrior's pyre, ascending to the stars. 280 00:25:50,784 --> 00:25:52,318 I will see to your pyre. 281 00:25:53,253 --> 00:25:54,187 Thank you. 282 00:25:58,058 --> 00:26:00,794 I don't wanna end up as shit from a tiger either. 283 00:26:00,894 --> 00:26:04,397 If I'm still alive, I'll see to it. 284 00:26:04,497 --> 00:26:05,598 What of you? 285 00:26:05,699 --> 00:26:07,300 Who will attend to your pyre? 286 00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:12,072 I like tigers. 287 00:26:12,172 --> 00:26:16,142 I wouldn't mind ending up as shit from a tiger. 288 00:26:22,415 --> 00:26:23,817 - Scorpus. - Ladies. 289 00:26:28,555 --> 00:26:29,856 What? 290 00:26:30,657 --> 00:26:33,626 Huh? 291 00:26:36,629 --> 00:26:38,898 Huh? 292 00:26:38,998 --> 00:26:40,633 What are they doing? 293 00:26:40,734 --> 00:26:43,003 - It's Scorpus! - It's Scorpus! 294 00:26:58,018 --> 00:27:00,053 They're attacking Scorpus. 295 00:27:10,296 --> 00:27:11,197 Out. 296 00:27:15,335 --> 00:27:17,470 You astonish me. 297 00:27:17,570 --> 00:27:18,672 What are you talking about? 298 00:27:18,772 --> 00:27:21,107 All of Rome knows, Scorpus is dead. 299 00:27:21,207 --> 00:27:24,177 A street crime with no hint of who did it. 300 00:27:24,477 --> 00:27:25,612 Well done. 301 00:27:25,712 --> 00:27:27,147 It wasn't me. 302 00:27:27,247 --> 00:27:29,749 - What? - I wanted to kill him in the early morning, 303 00:27:29,849 --> 00:27:31,718 so there will be no time to replace him. 304 00:27:31,818 --> 00:27:33,787 Oh, well, all the better for us. 305 00:27:33,887 --> 00:27:35,021 Our hands are clean. 306 00:27:35,121 --> 00:27:36,419 Add to that, that the new faction's horses 307 00:27:36,423 --> 00:27:38,792 can barely run and they're being driven by nobodies. 308 00:27:38,892 --> 00:27:40,026 A pair of Spanish grooms. 309 00:27:40,126 --> 00:27:42,362 There's one thing we need to take care of. 310 00:27:43,663 --> 00:27:45,198 We need a new driver. 311 00:27:46,399 --> 00:27:47,399 Do you have any thoughts? 312 00:27:48,268 --> 00:27:49,202 I do. 313 00:28:02,315 --> 00:28:04,217 We are here to tally the Imperial Accounts. 314 00:28:09,622 --> 00:28:10,724 Some light. 315 00:28:12,792 --> 00:28:14,260 Maybe some privacy? 316 00:28:23,803 --> 00:28:25,438 Each of you. Five of these. 317 00:28:29,142 --> 00:28:31,011 Why the intrigue? It's yours. 318 00:28:32,512 --> 00:28:33,480 Well... 319 00:28:34,647 --> 00:28:35,782 in a sense. 320 00:28:45,625 --> 00:28:46,760 Halt. 321 00:28:53,566 --> 00:28:55,402 Lucius. 322 00:28:55,502 --> 00:28:59,305 Spread the bets. No more than 10,000 sesterces each. 323 00:28:59,673 --> 00:29:01,741 All to lose. 324 00:29:01,841 --> 00:29:05,345 Your Highness, with respect, that makes no sense. 325 00:29:05,445 --> 00:29:07,347 You can't win betting against everyone. 326 00:29:07,447 --> 00:29:08,481 Do as I say. 327 00:29:09,582 --> 00:29:11,685 All of this, quiet bets, 328 00:29:11,785 --> 00:29:15,055 that Green, Red, Blue and White shall lose. 329 00:29:17,624 --> 00:29:19,325 I expect excellent odds. 330 00:29:20,427 --> 00:29:21,428 Hermes. 331 00:29:38,611 --> 00:29:39,813 My Queen. 332 00:29:41,348 --> 00:29:44,084 What have you brought me, Goldsmith? 333 00:29:44,184 --> 00:29:46,386 The mark of the Imperial Treasury. 334 00:29:46,486 --> 00:29:49,589 We've recast 40 gold bars for Domitian. 335 00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:11,111 Praying to your one, lonely God? 336 00:30:11,911 --> 00:30:14,414 - Yes. - What do you ask him for? 337 00:30:14,948 --> 00:30:16,249 Forgiveness. 338 00:30:18,518 --> 00:30:21,087 There are some things only God can forgive. 339 00:30:21,187 --> 00:30:22,555 Try me. 340 00:30:22,655 --> 00:30:23,523 I pray for my family. 341 00:30:24,157 --> 00:30:25,892 Families are dangerous. 342 00:30:25,992 --> 00:30:29,496 They can ensnare you more completely than your retiarius in the Circus. 343 00:30:30,797 --> 00:30:32,999 Oh, so you mean my family. 344 00:30:33,099 --> 00:30:37,303 Well, Domitian is a boy, and I am a soldier. 345 00:30:37,404 --> 00:30:39,539 You think your sword will protect you? 346 00:30:40,507 --> 00:30:42,809 That and those of the Praetorian Guards, yes. 347 00:30:46,179 --> 00:30:48,481 My grandfather, Herod the Great, always said, 348 00:30:48,581 --> 00:30:52,152 "It is not easy to kill a scorpion with a sword." 349 00:30:56,456 --> 00:31:00,427 Your brother grows more open in his ambition. 350 00:31:06,066 --> 00:31:08,101 What's this? 351 00:31:08,201 --> 00:31:11,304 Appears to be a gold bar with an Imperial Stamp. 352 00:31:11,404 --> 00:31:14,174 - Where did you get it? - No, the question is, where did you get it? 353 00:31:14,274 --> 00:31:17,577 - Well, I'm not the one who has it, you are. - Do not toy with me! 354 00:31:20,046 --> 00:31:21,614 You took it from the Imperial Treasury. 355 00:31:21,715 --> 00:31:22,782 I did no such thing. 356 00:31:22,882 --> 00:31:24,751 And whoever told you I did, they're lying. 357 00:31:24,851 --> 00:31:26,920 Why would they do that? 358 00:31:27,020 --> 00:31:30,457 There are many who would benefit from driving a wedge between us. 359 00:31:32,959 --> 00:31:34,156 If you wish, I'll look into it. 360 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:35,462 I've already done so. 361 00:31:36,329 --> 00:31:38,298 I've ordered an accounting of the Treasury. 362 00:31:38,398 --> 00:31:40,467 Well, forgive me, but that is my domain. 363 00:31:42,035 --> 00:31:43,336 Not for long. 364 00:31:54,014 --> 00:31:55,281 He will kill you. 365 00:31:59,619 --> 00:32:00,620 He may. 366 00:32:01,121 --> 00:32:02,589 What are you going to do? 367 00:32:06,726 --> 00:32:09,996 The Treasury is large, an inventory will take time. 368 00:32:11,865 --> 00:32:15,935 When I win today, I'll return what I borrowed and fill my coffers. 369 00:32:16,036 --> 00:32:17,637 Hopefully enough to buy some Praetorians. 370 00:32:19,639 --> 00:32:23,243 - They're expensive, Praetorians. - And if you don't win? 371 00:32:26,246 --> 00:32:28,248 Then I expect I'll die. 372 00:32:30,517 --> 00:32:32,285 You can die with me. 373 00:32:36,990 --> 00:32:40,093 Are you mad? I can't drive for Blue. 374 00:32:40,193 --> 00:32:41,327 White has made me rich. 375 00:32:41,428 --> 00:32:43,963 And besides, Leto would kill me. 376 00:32:44,064 --> 00:32:45,398 He may try. 377 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,468 We will protect you. 378 00:32:50,370 --> 00:32:52,505 How much does Leto pay you now? 379 00:32:53,740 --> 00:32:55,442 All Rome knows. 380 00:32:55,542 --> 00:32:59,245 600,000 sesterces a season, equal to what you pay Scorpus. 381 00:32:59,346 --> 00:33:01,448 - We will triple that. - Antonia... 382 00:33:03,983 --> 00:33:06,019 1,600,000 a season? 383 00:33:06,119 --> 00:33:11,691 I believe it's 1,800,000 a season. 384 00:33:14,294 --> 00:33:16,129 Right now, today, for today's race? 385 00:33:16,229 --> 00:33:17,997 Right now, or no deal. 386 00:33:18,098 --> 00:33:19,766 I get to drive Incitatus. 387 00:33:19,866 --> 00:33:21,034 Of course. 388 00:33:25,305 --> 00:33:26,573 I'll drive for you. 389 00:33:28,241 --> 00:33:30,276 But you have to keep Leto from killing me. 390 00:33:30,377 --> 00:33:31,711 We'll try our very best. 391 00:33:48,862 --> 00:33:49,862 Father, you're not ready. 392 00:33:54,868 --> 00:33:56,369 - Father? - Huh? 393 00:33:58,238 --> 00:33:59,606 I made a mistake. 394 00:34:00,140 --> 00:34:01,741 I made a terrible mistake. 395 00:34:03,643 --> 00:34:05,512 - A mistake? - Yeah. 396 00:34:07,047 --> 00:34:09,449 Our infantry is too far away. 397 00:34:09,549 --> 00:34:12,752 I should have kept six cohorts of infantry in reserve. 398 00:34:13,319 --> 00:34:15,088 - You should rest. - Huh? 399 00:34:15,188 --> 00:34:17,023 - You should rest. - Who? 400 00:34:17,123 --> 00:34:19,626 - Come. - Oi. 401 00:34:28,668 --> 00:34:29,602 Thank you. 402 00:34:30,370 --> 00:34:34,774 I know I can always rely on you... 403 00:34:38,712 --> 00:34:39,779 Titus. 404 00:34:43,883 --> 00:34:45,652 Titus. 405 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:47,854 Yes, Father. 406 00:34:51,124 --> 00:34:52,525 Do what needs to be done. 407 00:35:31,664 --> 00:35:33,299 You should trust me more, brother. 408 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,635 There's nothing I'd like more. 409 00:35:35,735 --> 00:35:38,171 I'll wait for the count of the Treasury to tell me if I can. 410 00:35:38,271 --> 00:35:40,640 Well, I'll accept your apology when the time comes. 411 00:35:42,075 --> 00:35:45,045 Father is, uh, indisposed. 412 00:35:45,145 --> 00:35:46,713 He won't be joining us today. 413 00:36:02,228 --> 00:36:03,830 By the Gods, I'll kill them all! 414 00:36:04,431 --> 00:36:08,034 Marsus, Antonia, Caltonia! 415 00:36:08,134 --> 00:36:09,536 Most of all, Xenon! 416 00:36:14,507 --> 00:36:16,372 Where are the new special chariots from Lentullus? 417 00:36:16,376 --> 00:36:19,913 He claims that they were stolen. 418 00:36:20,013 --> 00:36:22,449 - Stolen? - Yes. 419 00:36:22,549 --> 00:36:24,751 What should I do? 420 00:36:26,853 --> 00:36:28,655 Bring up a reserve driver! 421 00:36:30,290 --> 00:36:32,625 And use the old chariots! 422 00:36:32,726 --> 00:36:36,296 - Dear Gods! - You three, prepare this chariot. 423 00:36:37,163 --> 00:36:38,698 You, prepare the horses. 424 00:36:38,798 --> 00:36:39,766 Come on! 425 00:36:44,170 --> 00:36:48,208 Citizens of Rome! 426 00:36:48,308 --> 00:36:53,780 I present you, our first bout of today. 427 00:36:57,517 --> 00:37:01,788 The Great Flamma, killer of killers, 428 00:37:04,190 --> 00:37:07,927 colossus, will do battle 429 00:37:09,329 --> 00:37:11,931 with the mighty Colon! 430 00:37:23,710 --> 00:37:25,745 We who are about to die, 431 00:37:26,112 --> 00:37:27,580 salute you. 432 00:37:31,651 --> 00:37:35,288 Gladiators, ready! 433 00:37:38,158 --> 00:37:41,061 Engage! 434 00:38:25,572 --> 00:38:28,408 You, a soldier, finding blood distasteful? 435 00:38:28,508 --> 00:38:30,343 Not distasteful. 436 00:38:32,045 --> 00:38:32,979 Wasteful. 437 00:38:40,620 --> 00:38:43,757 Whether it is shed, defending or expanding our frontier, 438 00:38:43,857 --> 00:38:45,825 that's where blood serves a purpose. 439 00:38:45,925 --> 00:38:47,694 It serves a purpose here as well, brother. 440 00:39:09,783 --> 00:39:11,584 Flamma! Flamma! Flamma! 441 00:39:15,722 --> 00:39:18,825 Flamma! Flamma! Flamma! 442 00:40:11,978 --> 00:40:13,847 Hurry. Come. 443 00:40:23,723 --> 00:40:25,892 - ...sentimental. - What is this? 444 00:40:26,893 --> 00:40:28,561 Caltonia. 445 00:40:28,661 --> 00:40:30,296 Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you knew. 446 00:40:30,397 --> 00:40:31,998 We've acquired another 500 shares. 447 00:40:32,098 --> 00:40:34,200 I believe that makes us the leading shareholders. 448 00:40:34,300 --> 00:40:36,836 I'm sure you'll find those seats quite comfortable. 449 00:40:40,540 --> 00:40:42,609 Oh, and by the way, although we all mourn 450 00:40:42,709 --> 00:40:44,377 the passing of our beloved Scorpus, 451 00:40:44,477 --> 00:40:47,480 we've taken it upon ourselves to hire Xenon. 452 00:40:47,580 --> 00:40:49,049 He'll be driving for us today. 453 00:40:49,149 --> 00:40:52,585 Marsus, how dare you? 454 00:40:52,686 --> 00:40:54,320 Xenon is my driver. 455 00:40:54,421 --> 00:40:57,257 Then you should pay your people better, Senator. Enjoy the race. 456 00:41:23,083 --> 00:41:26,186 By the name of Atargatis, where am I? 457 00:41:26,286 --> 00:41:29,622 Oh, shit. I'm bleeding. 458 00:41:29,723 --> 00:41:31,391 We had to make it look real. 459 00:41:31,725 --> 00:41:33,059 That was you? 460 00:41:33,526 --> 00:41:35,028 You filthy Roman. 461 00:41:38,231 --> 00:41:40,700 So, you tried to kill the great Scorpus, huh? 462 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:42,202 No, of course not. 463 00:41:42,302 --> 00:41:43,970 Antonia ordered your death. 464 00:41:44,070 --> 00:41:45,972 - What? - I'm trying to keep you safe. 465 00:41:46,072 --> 00:41:48,241 If you're dead, no one will try to kill you. 466 00:41:49,376 --> 00:41:50,577 Antonia? 467 00:41:52,612 --> 00:41:54,547 No, she loves me. 468 00:41:54,647 --> 00:41:56,950 She has a very particular way of showing it. 469 00:41:58,084 --> 00:41:59,552 And one other thing. 470 00:42:00,887 --> 00:42:02,922 A delivery from your tailor. 471 00:42:21,408 --> 00:42:27,180 Today, just literally four factions are running for victory. 472 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:31,751 For the first time in history, we present you... 473 00:42:37,490 --> 00:42:39,459 The Gold Faction! 474 00:42:45,532 --> 00:42:48,635 With driver, none other than 475 00:42:48,735 --> 00:42:51,171 the great Scorpus! 476 00:42:51,271 --> 00:42:52,706 I thought he was dead. 477 00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:01,281 Those are ours! 478 00:43:02,315 --> 00:43:03,249 They're ours! 479 00:43:05,652 --> 00:43:07,921 - Scorpus is alive? - Worse. 480 00:43:08,021 --> 00:43:10,290 Look, Xenon is driving for the Blues. 481 00:43:16,229 --> 00:43:17,597 Scorpus is alive! 482 00:43:17,697 --> 00:43:20,667 - Three hundred on Scorpus! - Gold Faction. 483 00:43:30,477 --> 00:43:34,280 A plebeian, called Tenax somehow raised enough money 484 00:43:34,381 --> 00:43:37,083 to form a new faction and hire Scorpus away from the Blue. 485 00:43:37,717 --> 00:43:39,719 That's him, over there. 486 00:43:39,819 --> 00:43:41,521 As Aedile Ludi, 487 00:43:41,621 --> 00:43:44,301 I thought it might please the crowd to see one of their own up here. 488 00:43:45,792 --> 00:43:47,227 Apparently, I was right. 489 00:43:58,438 --> 00:43:59,973 Remember, no whip. 490 00:44:00,073 --> 00:44:01,574 - Just a snapper. Where is he? - Boy, 491 00:44:01,908 --> 00:44:03,276 get out of there. 492 00:44:07,881 --> 00:44:10,717 Chariots! 493 00:44:11,418 --> 00:44:13,353 Ready! 494 00:44:16,656 --> 00:44:17,757 Wait. Wait. 495 00:44:18,458 --> 00:44:19,693 On Scorpus. 496 00:44:40,780 --> 00:44:42,082 Come on! 497 00:44:44,818 --> 00:44:46,853 Yah! Yah! 498 00:44:55,395 --> 00:44:57,097 I placed the bet on Scorpus. 499 00:45:02,102 --> 00:45:03,503 - Come on! Come on! - Come on! 500 00:45:04,137 --> 00:45:05,338 Come on! 501 00:45:05,438 --> 00:45:06,439 Yeah. Yeah. 502 00:45:17,417 --> 00:45:21,521 Come on, let's go. The race is on. Come on, let's go. 503 00:45:22,722 --> 00:45:24,124 Mother. 504 00:45:26,626 --> 00:45:27,827 Yah! 505 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:55,221 Now! 506 00:46:21,848 --> 00:46:23,183 How have we bet? 507 00:46:23,650 --> 00:46:24,584 Heavily. 508 00:46:26,853 --> 00:46:28,093 Last round! Last round! Go now! 509 00:46:37,630 --> 00:46:38,598 Yah! 510 00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:41,468 Yah! 511 00:46:44,204 --> 00:46:45,438 Go now! Go! 512 00:46:59,786 --> 00:47:01,454 Come on. Come on. Come on. 513 00:47:02,922 --> 00:47:05,859 Go. Go. Go! 514 00:47:05,959 --> 00:47:07,627 Come on. Faster. 515 00:47:07,727 --> 00:47:10,363 More. Give Scorpus more! 516 00:47:14,134 --> 00:47:15,802 Stay strong, Ferox. 517 00:47:19,039 --> 00:47:21,641 Incitatus, hold. 518 00:47:23,343 --> 00:47:25,378 - Hold, Incitatus. - What are you doing? 519 00:47:26,613 --> 00:47:27,580 Yah! 520 00:47:33,687 --> 00:47:34,688 Yes! 521 00:47:36,723 --> 00:47:38,258 Oh, thank you! 522 00:47:52,272 --> 00:47:54,192 You're not going to stay and present the laurels? 523 00:47:54,841 --> 00:47:56,543 No. 524 00:47:56,643 --> 00:47:59,412 Because I have an accounting of the Imperial Treasury to attend. 525 00:48:07,153 --> 00:48:08,588 Quite a day. 526 00:48:08,688 --> 00:48:12,559 I can only guess what's next for our faction under your stewardship. 527 00:48:13,860 --> 00:48:15,395 I shudder to think. 528 00:48:26,606 --> 00:48:28,875 Damn the Gold Faction! Go to hell! 529 00:48:28,975 --> 00:48:31,244 There's only ever been four factions! 530 00:48:31,344 --> 00:48:33,947 It has been that way for centuries! 531 00:48:34,047 --> 00:48:36,649 Scorpus! Where's that bastard? 532 00:48:39,486 --> 00:48:41,921 I'm gonna report everything you did to the faction owners. 533 00:48:42,022 --> 00:48:43,390 Leave Incitatus alone. 534 00:48:43,490 --> 00:48:48,061 Well, me and Incitatus are old friends. 535 00:48:48,795 --> 00:48:50,864 Friends, my ass. 536 00:48:50,964 --> 00:48:53,199 Just leave him alone and stop playing dirty. 537 00:49:00,907 --> 00:49:02,075 Go. 538 00:49:02,175 --> 00:49:03,476 What was your name? 539 00:49:03,576 --> 00:49:04,878 Sofia. 540 00:49:04,978 --> 00:49:06,613 We should do this again. 541 00:49:13,286 --> 00:49:15,321 You can't just add another faction. 542 00:49:15,422 --> 00:49:17,090 Absolutely ridiculous! 543 00:50:16,349 --> 00:50:20,320 Two thousand sesterces for my daughter Aura's freedom. 544 00:50:22,188 --> 00:50:23,188 Where did that come from? 545 00:50:23,256 --> 00:50:24,524 I won it here, 546 00:50:25,058 --> 00:50:26,226 from you. 547 00:50:29,162 --> 00:50:30,964 We agreed. 548 00:50:31,064 --> 00:50:33,333 I decide the price when my troubles are over. 549 00:50:33,433 --> 00:50:37,771 From what I've seen of you, your troubles will never be over. 550 00:50:39,139 --> 00:50:40,707 One thousand. 551 00:50:40,807 --> 00:50:44,377 You owe me for the secrets I shared with you from Jula. 552 00:50:47,914 --> 00:50:50,350 - Fifteen hundred. - One thousand. 553 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:02,128 Fine. 554 00:51:05,999 --> 00:51:07,100 You are free. 555 00:51:09,602 --> 00:51:10,970 Why me? 556 00:51:11,071 --> 00:51:12,706 Mother, what about Jula and Kwame? 557 00:51:12,806 --> 00:51:14,274 One step at a time, daughter. 558 00:51:17,010 --> 00:51:18,178 Tenax! 559 00:51:20,113 --> 00:51:23,216 It's four factions. You hear me? Four! 560 00:51:23,316 --> 00:51:24,517 This is your tradition. 561 00:51:24,617 --> 00:51:26,953 Who are you to change everything? 562 00:51:29,189 --> 00:51:32,359 Boys, we need to close up. 563 00:51:32,459 --> 00:51:35,428 - There's only four factions! - The rules were broken! 564 00:53:05,919 --> 00:53:07,787 I hear it, the Emperor. 565 00:53:11,024 --> 00:53:12,492 What took you so long? 566 00:53:13,259 --> 00:53:14,427 Huh? 567 00:53:17,731 --> 00:53:18,832 I'm dying. 568 00:53:25,472 --> 00:53:27,340 After the accounting is done, 569 00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:29,175 send more troops to quell the riot. 570 00:53:29,275 --> 00:53:30,377 Yes, my lord. 571 00:53:39,586 --> 00:53:42,355 It is all here, to the last denarii. 572 00:53:42,455 --> 00:53:43,990 So, she deceived me. 573 00:53:46,226 --> 00:53:47,327 General Titus. 574 00:53:48,061 --> 00:53:49,295 The Emperor. 575 00:53:50,830 --> 00:53:51,865 Lift me up. 576 00:53:53,733 --> 00:53:54,934 Yeah. 577 00:53:57,804 --> 00:53:59,506 Take me to the middle of the room. 578 00:54:01,608 --> 00:54:02,842 - Bosa! - Yes. 579 00:54:02,942 --> 00:54:04,010 My laurel. 580 00:54:11,317 --> 00:54:13,319 An Emperor of Rome 581 00:54:14,654 --> 00:54:16,056 must die 582 00:54:17,023 --> 00:54:18,758 standing 583 00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:21,928 to become divine. 584 00:54:26,032 --> 00:54:27,000 Yeah. 585 00:54:30,203 --> 00:54:31,938 Now I am ready... 586 00:54:35,742 --> 00:54:37,310 to become... 587 00:54:39,279 --> 00:54:40,914 a God. 588 00:54:44,684 --> 00:54:46,052 A God. 589 00:55:08,908 --> 00:55:10,010 Your father. 590 00:55:30,030 --> 00:55:31,131 Take him to the bed.