1 00:00:08,508 --> 00:00:11,411 For the first time in history, 2 00:00:11,511 --> 00:00:13,279 the Gold Faction! 3 00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:14,447 Hyah! 4 00:00:17,517 --> 00:00:21,287 Two thousand sesterces for my daughter Aura's freedom. 5 00:00:22,055 --> 00:00:23,456 By the Gods. 6 00:00:23,556 --> 00:00:28,328 An Emperor of Rome must die standing to become divine. 7 00:00:54,187 --> 00:00:56,289 How many dead? 8 00:00:56,389 --> 00:01:00,627 About 200. Fighting still continues in the Suburra. 9 00:01:02,028 --> 00:01:03,463 My father's funeral? 10 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:05,632 Safe to go ahead tomorrow. 11 00:01:12,806 --> 00:01:14,140 Senators. 12 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,942 I thought the intention of these games 13 00:01:16,042 --> 00:01:18,211 was to calm the citizens, not inflame them. 14 00:01:18,311 --> 00:01:20,547 The problem is this new Gold Faction. 15 00:01:20,647 --> 00:01:24,017 Things were stable when we were just the four of us. 16 00:01:24,117 --> 00:01:25,514 What do you expect when a new faction 17 00:01:25,518 --> 00:01:27,921 is owned by a plebeian and a damned Syrian. 18 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:29,823 It gives the lower orders ideas. 19 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:32,192 So, what do you counsel? 20 00:01:32,292 --> 00:01:34,260 Simple, end the Gold Faction. 21 00:01:34,961 --> 00:01:36,262 Interesting. 22 00:01:39,065 --> 00:01:40,465 Let's put that aside for one moment. 23 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:43,370 I have a greater concern about which I would welcome your input. 24 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:45,238 This is since the time of the kings 25 00:01:45,338 --> 00:01:50,710 only three Romans, Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus and Claudius have been 26 00:01:50,810 --> 00:01:53,513 deified, declared Gods. 27 00:01:56,016 --> 00:02:01,154 My father, the Great Emperor Vespasian, should, too, be deified, 28 00:02:02,889 --> 00:02:04,290 and join them as a God. 29 00:02:07,494 --> 00:02:09,829 That's a bold request. 30 00:02:09,929 --> 00:02:13,667 The priests and augers tell us that he has earned his rightful place 31 00:02:13,767 --> 00:02:15,301 among the Immortals. 32 00:02:17,170 --> 00:02:19,105 Just as your four factions have earned you 33 00:02:19,205 --> 00:02:23,309 the exclusive right to run at Circus Maximus. 34 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,215 I bow to the priests. 35 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:32,185 And we'll move in the Senate 36 00:02:32,285 --> 00:02:34,387 to deify the Emperor Vespasian. 37 00:02:35,689 --> 00:02:36,656 As will I. 38 00:02:41,094 --> 00:02:42,195 How does it look? 39 00:02:42,295 --> 00:02:43,763 - Gold! - A flag! 40 00:02:51,104 --> 00:02:52,472 Down with those! 41 00:02:55,308 --> 00:02:57,410 By order of Emperor Titus Caesar Vespasianus, 42 00:02:57,510 --> 00:02:59,646 permission to run in Circus Maximus 43 00:02:59,746 --> 00:03:02,549 is hereby withdrawn from the Gold Faction. 44 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:05,385 Let's go. 45 00:03:08,722 --> 00:03:09,689 Fonsoa, wait! 46 00:03:15,895 --> 00:03:17,564 - Calm down. - Calm down? 47 00:03:18,431 --> 00:03:19,632 I quit the Blue. 48 00:03:20,633 --> 00:03:24,170 I told Marsus and Antonia to go fuck themselves. 49 00:03:24,270 --> 00:03:26,035 Better they fuck themselves than you fuck her. 50 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:28,241 No, no, don't make jokes. 51 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:30,610 I am the one being fucked by you. 52 00:03:31,678 --> 00:03:36,349 Atargatis, why did I listen to this Roman fool? 53 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:39,819 Scorpus is the best driver in Rome, best ever, 54 00:03:40,587 --> 00:03:42,322 highest paid in history. 55 00:03:42,422 --> 00:03:45,225 And I threw it all away for this "golden shitshow"? 56 00:03:45,325 --> 00:03:48,261 Scorpus, settle yourself. 57 00:03:48,361 --> 00:03:50,797 Your greatness goes unquestioned. 58 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:51,831 I can fix this. 59 00:03:51,931 --> 00:03:53,633 I believe these are my chariots. 60 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:00,407 Gavros? 61 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:07,714 Ah, White! 62 00:04:09,215 --> 00:04:10,750 Take them out immediately. 63 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:13,753 Wait. No, no! 64 00:04:14,220 --> 00:04:18,124 Elia! Peace! Peace! 65 00:04:18,224 --> 00:04:21,428 You're nothing more than common thieves! 66 00:04:21,528 --> 00:04:23,763 - I paid for those. - So did I. 67 00:04:30,970 --> 00:04:32,672 Well, I didn't actually pay for them. 68 00:04:33,306 --> 00:04:34,841 But I was thinking about it. 69 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:37,777 I'm done. 70 00:04:38,845 --> 00:04:41,648 No more Gold Faction for Scorpus. 71 00:04:41,748 --> 00:04:43,616 I'm out. 72 00:04:44,084 --> 00:04:45,518 Out! 73 00:06:55,548 --> 00:06:58,685 By the grace and power of the Gods, 74 00:06:58,785 --> 00:07:03,323 we crown Titus Flavius Vespasianus, 75 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:05,859 Leader and Emperor of Rome. 76 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:10,296 Who are those women? 77 00:07:10,397 --> 00:07:12,465 The Vestal Virgins, 78 00:07:12,565 --> 00:07:15,669 guardians of Rome's eternal flame, 79 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:20,807 untouched, unmarried, loved only by the city itself. 80 00:07:21,374 --> 00:07:24,210 They have great powers. 81 00:07:24,310 --> 00:07:30,083 A mere look from one of them can save a condemned man. 82 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:33,653 A touch can set a slave free. 83 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:41,661 That one, I was her witness. 84 00:07:41,761 --> 00:07:44,597 She's the daughter of my mistress Antonia. 85 00:07:45,065 --> 00:07:46,766 She was only seven 86 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:49,569 when the Vestals took her. 87 00:07:49,669 --> 00:07:53,973 She cried, begging her parents not to give her away. 88 00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:58,044 How could a mother do that? 89 00:08:13,660 --> 00:08:15,795 Father, I don't wish to offend you. But are you mad? 90 00:08:16,262 --> 00:08:17,764 A tax on urine? 91 00:08:17,864 --> 00:08:19,866 It's not a tax on urine, 92 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:24,104 it is a tax on the sale of urine. 93 00:08:24,204 --> 00:08:26,406 Urine bleaches white, 94 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:29,609 the clothes that we wear. Do you understand? 95 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:34,681 Money, smell it. 96 00:08:36,282 --> 00:08:37,584 Smell it. 97 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:42,455 Do you find that smell offensive? 98 00:08:42,555 --> 00:08:44,624 - It has no smell. - Precisely. 99 00:08:45,792 --> 00:08:48,795 Money, it pays for our legions. 100 00:08:48,895 --> 00:08:51,898 It helps us supply our citizens with baths for their health, 101 00:08:51,998 --> 00:08:55,969 so that they don't rise up and slit our throats. 102 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:00,974 Money. 103 00:09:01,841 --> 00:09:04,711 An emperor, even a prospective one, 104 00:09:05,345 --> 00:09:09,082 knows that money does not stink. 105 00:09:09,182 --> 00:09:10,817 It can build your legacy. 106 00:09:17,090 --> 00:09:18,725 Brother. Brother. 107 00:09:32,205 --> 00:09:33,673 Romans, 108 00:09:34,541 --> 00:09:37,344 I, Titus Flavius Vespasian, 109 00:09:37,444 --> 00:09:40,613 stand before you, an emperor, 110 00:09:42,215 --> 00:09:43,216 general, 111 00:09:44,284 --> 00:09:45,785 and a grieving son. 112 00:09:46,753 --> 00:09:49,489 My father gave you the Flavian Amphitheater 113 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:52,025 to hold the greatest games on Earth. 114 00:09:54,994 --> 00:09:56,029 My legacy, 115 00:09:57,797 --> 00:10:02,235 I shall reconstruct the Aqueduct Virgo now in ruin. 116 00:10:03,336 --> 00:10:06,873 Water will flow for the benefit of every Roman. 117 00:10:06,973 --> 00:10:11,077 And once more, I will give you the greatest public baths 118 00:10:12,145 --> 00:10:14,080 ever seen by man. 119 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:27,527 Move everything in. 120 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:28,762 Yes, my queen. 121 00:10:28,862 --> 00:10:30,764 Yes, bring that one and this one, women. 122 00:10:30,864 --> 00:10:32,899 Yes, this one first, go on, go ahead, go ahead. 123 00:10:36,269 --> 00:10:39,072 - May I have a word, my love? - Can it wait? 124 00:10:42,442 --> 00:10:47,247 Tell me, who is going to build these baths and remake Rome for you? 125 00:10:47,347 --> 00:10:48,915 We'll talk about that later. 126 00:10:49,015 --> 00:10:52,752 You promised you would free my people after you became Emperor, 127 00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:57,223 but I see now you had no intention of doing so. 128 00:10:58,091 --> 00:11:01,127 You sought such a promise, I never gave it. 129 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:03,697 Not in so many words. 130 00:11:03,797 --> 00:11:05,398 My words were precise. 131 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:06,833 I told you I would do it 132 00:11:06,933 --> 00:11:08,702 if it was in the interest of Rome. 133 00:11:08,802 --> 00:11:10,203 A vision has told me otherwise. 134 00:11:10,303 --> 00:11:11,671 A vision? 135 00:11:11,771 --> 00:11:13,569 Yes, my father spoke to me from the Elysian Fields, 136 00:11:13,573 --> 00:11:15,571 told me to build these baths for the glory of Rome. 137 00:11:15,575 --> 00:11:18,244 As such, it pleases me to use your people to that end. 138 00:11:18,345 --> 00:11:19,245 You lied to me. 139 00:11:28,388 --> 00:11:31,024 As you said. Later. 140 00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:44,504 The rioting has been quelled. 141 00:11:44,604 --> 00:11:48,908 But there is now fear that the granaries will be empty again, 142 00:11:49,009 --> 00:11:52,846 that the grain was delayed intentionally. 143 00:11:52,946 --> 00:11:56,850 And rumors that a Flavian was behind the food shortages. 144 00:11:56,950 --> 00:11:58,651 A... A Flavian? 145 00:11:59,853 --> 00:12:02,922 That's impossible that it was Father, and certainly not me, 146 00:12:03,656 --> 00:12:05,091 and that leaves... 147 00:12:08,862 --> 00:12:10,163 You're holding something back. 148 00:12:11,698 --> 00:12:13,466 You have two faults. 149 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:15,035 What, only two? 150 00:12:15,935 --> 00:12:17,203 Two that matter. 151 00:12:17,303 --> 00:12:20,707 You love your mistress more than you should, 152 00:12:20,807 --> 00:12:23,777 and you trust your brother more than you ought. 153 00:12:26,479 --> 00:12:29,783 The first fault, um... 154 00:12:31,317 --> 00:12:32,285 that is my affair. 155 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:37,424 As for my brother, well, I love him, true, but I am no fool. 156 00:12:38,658 --> 00:12:42,328 You think him behind the grain delays, behind the riots? 157 00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:43,797 There are rumors. 158 00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:52,238 Find out if there's substance to them. 159 00:13:32,479 --> 00:13:33,980 We have a problem. 160 00:13:44,491 --> 00:13:46,393 - Next, come on. - Two hundred on Red. 161 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:47,994 We got 20 at least. 162 00:13:48,361 --> 00:13:49,963 Saranta Leuko. 163 00:13:54,668 --> 00:13:56,202 - Sorenkto! - Saranta? 164 00:13:56,302 --> 00:13:57,537 Saranta Leuko? 165 00:13:57,637 --> 00:13:58,972 Forty on white. 166 00:13:59,072 --> 00:14:01,541 Move! Shout your bets. I said move! 167 00:14:01,641 --> 00:14:03,109 Move. 168 00:14:03,576 --> 00:14:05,278 Shout out your bets! 169 00:14:05,378 --> 00:14:06,579 I said move. 170 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,948 Give me 50. 171 00:14:13,019 --> 00:14:14,454 One hundred on blue. 172 00:14:18,992 --> 00:14:20,360 Fifty on blue. 173 00:15:03,837 --> 00:15:05,805 Your Highness. 174 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:08,104 It was the other owners that convinced my brother to get rid of the Gold Faction. 175 00:15:08,108 --> 00:15:11,211 I thought as much. Can you get us reinstated? 176 00:15:11,311 --> 00:15:12,278 Perhaps. 177 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,315 There is something I need you to do first. 178 00:15:16,149 --> 00:15:19,619 Your predecessor, my doer of dark deeds. 179 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:24,357 - A certain Lucius. - I've had the misfortune of meeting him. 180 00:15:24,457 --> 00:15:27,127 He was not as deep in the shadows as we might have hoped. 181 00:15:27,227 --> 00:15:29,529 I need you to obscure his tracks. 182 00:15:30,997 --> 00:15:34,167 They blame you for the grain shortages and the food riots. 183 00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:41,107 Not yet, but suspicion is a short step from blame. 184 00:15:42,042 --> 00:15:45,111 I'll take care of it. It'll be my pleasure. 185 00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:49,549 And do what you can to get our Gold Faction reinstated again. 186 00:15:51,184 --> 00:15:53,286 That sounded rather like a command. 187 00:15:54,854 --> 00:15:57,657 You're my client, not my partner. 188 00:15:58,925 --> 00:16:02,328 You serve my interests in the hope I deign to serve yours. 189 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,370 Forgive me. I'll do what you ask. 190 00:16:22,849 --> 00:16:24,351 Who was that man with Domitian? 191 00:16:24,818 --> 00:16:26,186 His name is Tenax. 192 00:16:26,286 --> 00:16:29,189 He's from the Suburra. And a criminal. 193 00:16:29,756 --> 00:16:31,424 I need to know more about him. 194 00:16:43,136 --> 00:16:44,738 Come for me! Come for me! 195 00:17:18,238 --> 00:17:20,407 Is there anyone else, Lucius? 196 00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:25,145 No. I told you everything. I swear. 197 00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:42,529 Come on, 198 00:17:42,962 --> 00:17:44,664 isn't going to break. 199 00:17:44,764 --> 00:17:45,765 Give it to him harder. 200 00:17:51,538 --> 00:17:53,606 Something that is of great concern. 201 00:18:07,787 --> 00:18:11,558 Brother, I expect you to be busy with the Queen of Jews 202 00:18:11,658 --> 00:18:12,692 this time of night. 203 00:18:12,792 --> 00:18:15,829 Careful now. The ice you walk on is not so thick. 204 00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:19,833 There's a man, said to have led the recent food riots, Lucius. 205 00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:21,735 - Do you know of him? - No. 206 00:18:23,970 --> 00:18:25,405 Well, some say he's of your employ. 207 00:18:25,505 --> 00:18:28,408 Some say Titus beds monkeys and dogs. 208 00:18:28,508 --> 00:18:30,610 Does that make it true? 209 00:18:33,980 --> 00:18:36,249 I do not know him, My Emperor. 210 00:18:36,349 --> 00:18:38,685 Then you will not care that this Lucius is dead. 211 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:41,488 Beaten first, 212 00:18:42,222 --> 00:18:43,857 perhaps for information. 213 00:18:43,957 --> 00:18:46,026 Perhaps for pleasure. 214 00:18:46,126 --> 00:18:48,261 Men seen with Lucius are dead also. 215 00:18:48,895 --> 00:18:50,797 The Harbor Master at Ostia, 216 00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:53,400 all were involved in grain delivery. 217 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:55,635 As if they were covering their tracks. 218 00:18:57,237 --> 00:18:59,472 Brother, look me in the eye. 219 00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:05,512 Did you delay the grain delivery to embarrass me? 220 00:19:08,515 --> 00:19:10,650 You think I would embarrass Father? 221 00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:13,753 That I'd have the mob call for Flavian blood, simply to embarrass you? 222 00:19:18,191 --> 00:19:19,826 - Did you? - No. 223 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:22,462 My brother is to be confined to his chambers. 224 00:19:22,562 --> 00:19:23,793 - He will not leave without my permission. - But brother... 225 00:19:23,797 --> 00:19:27,701 And he shall remain, until I've found the truth of the matter. 226 00:19:27,801 --> 00:19:28,835 Leave me. 227 00:19:48,088 --> 00:19:49,789 Do you believe him? 228 00:19:49,889 --> 00:19:51,157 I can't yet decide. 229 00:19:51,257 --> 00:19:53,693 The riot would have been a risk for him also. 230 00:19:56,996 --> 00:20:01,434 There are still the fleet captains, but they are at sea. 231 00:20:04,371 --> 00:20:06,740 Once they make landfall, bring them before me. 232 00:20:18,852 --> 00:20:21,154 - Are you all right? - Barely. 233 00:20:21,688 --> 00:20:23,289 I just came close to death. 234 00:20:23,390 --> 00:20:25,959 Do you think Berenice is advising him? 235 00:20:26,059 --> 00:20:30,330 Of course. She knows my ire towards her and her people. 236 00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:34,534 Killers of how many, five thousand sons of Rome? 237 00:20:35,535 --> 00:20:37,337 Why not have Tenax attend to her? 238 00:20:37,437 --> 00:20:39,673 And incite a lover's vengeance in my brother? 239 00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:44,077 Not all the Judeans are comfortable 240 00:20:44,177 --> 00:20:47,380 with the idea of their queen spreading her legs for your brother. 241 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:51,484 And how would you know that? 242 00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:54,187 I have ears at the construction site. 243 00:20:54,287 --> 00:20:56,756 There are rumors of meetings in secret, 244 00:20:56,856 --> 00:21:00,393 where the possibility of a Spartacan revolt is being discussed... 245 00:21:00,860 --> 00:21:02,095 One of their elders, 246 00:21:02,195 --> 00:21:07,667 the architect, Azariah, has been heard to call her Titus's whore. 247 00:21:11,071 --> 00:21:12,372 Well done. 248 00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:13,907 See, 249 00:21:15,542 --> 00:21:19,512 I am more than an ass and a mouth. 250 00:21:21,414 --> 00:21:23,383 We'll drive a wedge between them, 251 00:21:24,284 --> 00:21:25,585 my brother 252 00:21:26,286 --> 00:21:27,620 and his whore. 253 00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:31,691 Out! 254 00:21:54,581 --> 00:21:56,016 I need to speak with my daughter, 255 00:21:56,683 --> 00:21:57,684 please. 256 00:22:04,024 --> 00:22:05,525 Mother. 257 00:22:07,327 --> 00:22:09,696 - I cannot stay long. - I know, I know. 258 00:22:12,098 --> 00:22:15,669 What do you know about their daughter? The priestess? 259 00:22:15,769 --> 00:22:17,671 I have never heard about a daughter. 260 00:22:18,905 --> 00:22:19,973 They have a son. 261 00:22:21,374 --> 00:22:22,642 They often speak about him. 262 00:22:23,176 --> 00:22:25,578 Julius. Why? 263 00:22:26,579 --> 00:22:27,814 And Drusilla? 264 00:22:27,914 --> 00:22:31,551 Have you noticed any routines in her outings? 265 00:22:31,651 --> 00:22:35,255 One time, she went out at sundown with some paltry goods. 266 00:22:35,355 --> 00:22:38,091 Good. Watch her and let me know. 267 00:22:38,191 --> 00:22:39,492 Hmm? 268 00:22:40,326 --> 00:22:41,594 Jula! 269 00:22:43,430 --> 00:22:44,764 Go now. Go. 270 00:22:55,375 --> 00:22:58,945 The charioteer, Scorpus, Consul. 271 00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:00,780 Ah, Scorpus! 272 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,817 To what do I owe the honor of this visit? 273 00:23:03,917 --> 00:23:08,922 I've decided that our partnership is too valuable to end. 274 00:23:09,022 --> 00:23:13,693 Scorpus is willing, for the right price, 275 00:23:13,793 --> 00:23:17,564 yes, to return triumphantly to the Blue Faction. 276 00:23:17,664 --> 00:23:20,767 That's very generous of you, Scorpus. 277 00:23:20,867 --> 00:23:22,902 But what of Xenon? We've hired him in your stead. 278 00:23:23,003 --> 00:23:27,540 Xenon is, uh... You know, he's a good driver, I admit, 279 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,176 but he is no Scorpus. 280 00:23:30,276 --> 00:23:31,845 He's more loyal than Scorpus. 281 00:23:33,546 --> 00:23:35,949 Perhaps I owe you an apology. 282 00:23:38,351 --> 00:23:39,719 For? 283 00:23:40,387 --> 00:23:43,590 - Uh, for... - Fucking his wife? 284 00:23:47,127 --> 00:23:48,595 In a word, yes. 285 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,136 May I speak for the two of us, my love? 286 00:23:56,703 --> 00:23:58,738 Of course, we speak as one. 287 00:23:59,372 --> 00:24:00,840 Always. 288 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:03,810 We're paying Xenon three times what we paid you. 289 00:24:09,816 --> 00:24:12,686 We wouldn't hire you back even if you showed up 290 00:24:12,786 --> 00:24:15,889 with your mouth full of pearls and an Indian ruby 291 00:24:15,989 --> 00:24:19,359 the size of a hen's egg falling out of your ass. 292 00:24:23,163 --> 00:24:24,097 Go fuck yourselves. 293 00:24:25,265 --> 00:24:27,200 Fucking Romans. 294 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:29,302 I'd happily fuck my husband. 295 00:24:32,739 --> 00:24:36,109 Anyone, as long as it's not you. 296 00:24:42,515 --> 00:24:44,050 Right this way. 297 00:24:45,318 --> 00:24:47,087 You continue to amaze me. 298 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:48,688 Thank you. 299 00:25:01,134 --> 00:25:02,102 Ugh. 300 00:25:24,157 --> 00:25:27,994 I warned your father to forbid you from marrying that man. 301 00:25:30,997 --> 00:25:32,065 Caltonia. 302 00:25:35,669 --> 00:25:37,537 I'm so ashamed. 303 00:25:37,637 --> 00:25:38,905 Does your family know? 304 00:25:42,008 --> 00:25:44,844 Since my mother's death, my uncles have abandoned us. 305 00:25:47,380 --> 00:25:48,982 Father's turned to wine, 306 00:25:49,516 --> 00:25:50,950 and our estates are gone. 307 00:25:53,019 --> 00:25:55,255 All I had were those shares in the Blue Faction. 308 00:25:55,355 --> 00:25:57,123 I've spoken to my advocates. 309 00:25:57,991 --> 00:26:00,960 Those shares were stolen by your husband. 310 00:26:01,461 --> 00:26:03,096 You will leave this place, 311 00:26:03,563 --> 00:26:05,165 live under my roof, 312 00:26:05,265 --> 00:26:08,702 and together, we will enter the courts and get back what is yours. 313 00:26:08,802 --> 00:26:10,236 You would do that for me? 314 00:26:12,272 --> 00:26:13,340 I love you, child. 315 00:26:16,009 --> 00:26:17,877 We will get them back. 316 00:26:21,181 --> 00:26:25,018 And I will buy them from you at an exorbitant price. 317 00:26:25,118 --> 00:26:27,887 And then you and I, we will celebrate our... 318 00:26:29,522 --> 00:26:31,024 Our partnership. 319 00:26:33,927 --> 00:26:35,528 Morning, Lentullus. 320 00:26:35,628 --> 00:26:37,964 I need two chariots by the week's end. 321 00:26:38,064 --> 00:26:40,367 - No, that's impossible. - Nothing's impossible. 322 00:26:42,569 --> 00:26:44,170 - What about these? - Oh. 323 00:26:44,804 --> 00:26:46,940 Well, a year ago, 324 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,242 I experimented with the lightest of woods, 325 00:26:49,342 --> 00:26:52,312 and shaved the struts, made them as thin as my finger. 326 00:26:52,779 --> 00:26:55,115 They were fast, so fast, 327 00:26:55,215 --> 00:26:58,885 but too light to get past the weight restrictions. 328 00:26:58,985 --> 00:27:00,854 Can they be ready by the end of the week? 329 00:27:00,954 --> 00:27:03,289 Yes, but you'll never get them past inspection. 330 00:27:05,458 --> 00:27:06,826 Let that be my problem. 331 00:27:08,028 --> 00:27:11,531 Oh, and the, uh, golden paint, 332 00:27:11,631 --> 00:27:13,333 give it less shine. More tasteful. 333 00:27:16,903 --> 00:27:18,938 Thank you all for coming. 334 00:27:19,039 --> 00:27:22,776 We do this all together, just like you Romans. 335 00:27:22,876 --> 00:27:25,378 Yes? Much more efficient. 336 00:27:25,478 --> 00:27:30,050 Yes, well, it's no secret that we'd all be fortunate to have you driving for us. 337 00:27:30,150 --> 00:27:32,419 And it's no secret that you're expensive. 338 00:27:33,486 --> 00:27:35,021 That goes without saying. 339 00:27:35,121 --> 00:27:38,892 Yes, well, having lost Xenon, clearly, I'm interested. 340 00:27:38,992 --> 00:27:41,361 - What do you need? - Simple. 341 00:27:41,461 --> 00:27:45,298 If Scorpus is to hold his head high in the Circus, 342 00:27:46,533 --> 00:27:48,668 he must be paid more than Xenon. 343 00:27:48,768 --> 00:27:51,338 A million eight? No, too rich for my blood. 344 00:27:52,639 --> 00:27:53,940 I'm out. 345 00:27:54,507 --> 00:27:56,009 Good luck to you all. 346 00:27:56,276 --> 00:27:57,277 Come, boys. 347 00:28:00,513 --> 00:28:01,781 And I'm out, too. 348 00:28:01,881 --> 00:28:03,983 No, no, wait. No. 349 00:28:04,084 --> 00:28:06,119 You can't leave me with one bidder. 350 00:28:06,219 --> 00:28:08,755 - I can win for you. - I don't want to win. 351 00:28:08,855 --> 00:28:12,292 - Of course you do. - I can't afford to win. 352 00:28:12,392 --> 00:28:14,027 I profit by being smart. 353 00:28:14,127 --> 00:28:16,896 I cut my costs down and let my competitors 354 00:28:16,996 --> 00:28:20,100 thank me with gold for helping them win. 355 00:28:21,167 --> 00:28:22,168 Good luck. 356 00:28:27,674 --> 00:28:29,009 So, here we are. 357 00:28:30,643 --> 00:28:32,245 A million eight. 358 00:28:32,345 --> 00:28:35,815 No, a million nine, because Xenon is being paid a million eight. 359 00:28:35,915 --> 00:28:38,418 Hmm. I don't see anyone else bidding here. 360 00:28:41,121 --> 00:28:45,091 It will add to your dignitas... 361 00:28:45,191 --> 00:28:47,961 ...to pay me more than Marsus is paying Xenon. 362 00:28:48,061 --> 00:28:50,463 Yes. Well, I have sufficient dignitas. 363 00:28:50,563 --> 00:28:51,898 Thank you, Scorpus. 364 00:28:53,833 --> 00:28:55,201 Six hundred thousand. 365 00:29:00,807 --> 00:29:04,944 Such an opening offer hurts my feelings. 366 00:29:05,378 --> 00:29:06,446 Not an opening offer. 367 00:29:07,547 --> 00:29:08,448 It's my final one. 368 00:29:09,449 --> 00:29:11,651 I am Scorpus. 369 00:29:11,751 --> 00:29:13,920 Yes, and I'm paying. 370 00:29:16,656 --> 00:29:21,227 Look, if it will soothe your feelings, we can always, uh, 371 00:29:21,327 --> 00:29:23,329 tell the world it was a million nine. 372 00:29:29,269 --> 00:29:30,236 Good boy. 373 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,115 Scorpus? 374 00:29:47,253 --> 00:29:48,188 Not now. 375 00:29:49,122 --> 00:29:51,157 But you wanted to celebrate. 376 00:30:07,674 --> 00:30:12,979 Hmm, make sure that he gets some attention. 377 00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:15,248 He just signed with the Whites. 378 00:30:27,761 --> 00:30:29,129 Oh, dear. 379 00:30:30,930 --> 00:30:32,532 I remember it being bigger. 380 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:34,901 And firmer. 381 00:30:35,001 --> 00:30:37,671 We all get older, I suppose. No way around it. 382 00:30:37,771 --> 00:30:39,139 Who let you in? 383 00:30:43,943 --> 00:30:45,378 I met with the Aedile Ludi. 384 00:30:45,478 --> 00:30:49,382 Good news. He'll soon be reinstating our Gold Faction. 385 00:30:49,482 --> 00:30:52,852 New rigs ordered, the lightest the Circus has ever seen. 386 00:30:52,952 --> 00:30:55,355 You'll be flying like the wind, my friend. 387 00:30:56,423 --> 00:30:59,025 Soon is not now. 388 00:30:59,125 --> 00:31:01,761 I have just signed for the Whites. 389 00:31:01,861 --> 00:31:03,496 You ungrateful little bastard. 390 00:31:03,596 --> 00:31:06,466 I pulled you from the clutches of your mother's pimp. 391 00:31:06,566 --> 00:31:07,967 For that, I thank you. 392 00:31:08,068 --> 00:31:13,239 You, whose first three wins were all from my fixes. 393 00:31:13,340 --> 00:31:17,577 Yes, yes, yes, yes. You did a lot, but so did I. 394 00:31:21,881 --> 00:31:23,183 You're right. 395 00:31:23,750 --> 00:31:26,453 My temper overtook me. 396 00:31:28,455 --> 00:31:30,423 Perhaps we should go our separate ways. 397 00:31:33,426 --> 00:31:35,161 Get some sleep. 398 00:31:35,261 --> 00:31:37,564 You'll need it when you drive against my Spaniards. 399 00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:43,236 They remind me of you, 400 00:31:43,336 --> 00:31:45,238 you know, when you were in your prime. 401 00:31:45,872 --> 00:31:47,340 Especially that Andria. 402 00:31:49,042 --> 00:31:51,311 Yeah, I see a day when your body 403 00:31:51,411 --> 00:31:53,580 is rotting in the spin a of the Circus, 404 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:57,150 and he's making all of Rome forget you ever existed. 405 00:32:06,726 --> 00:32:08,094 Good luck with the Whites. 406 00:32:17,704 --> 00:32:20,607 And then we are bringing in 50 Brigantine midgets. 407 00:32:20,707 --> 00:32:23,343 And pit them against an equal number of bull-hounds. 408 00:32:23,443 --> 00:32:28,081 I mean, is there any finer way to honor Titus Flavius' ascent? 409 00:32:28,181 --> 00:32:30,450 Dwarfs versus dogs, 410 00:32:31,384 --> 00:32:32,504 is that the best you can do? 411 00:32:32,552 --> 00:32:34,392 No. I mean, have you... Have you seen the dogs? 412 00:32:34,454 --> 00:32:37,557 Come, come. What else do you have? 413 00:32:37,657 --> 00:32:39,459 Oh. 414 00:32:39,559 --> 00:32:44,397 Ludus Beastius has received an interesting number of red-assed monkeys, 415 00:32:44,497 --> 00:32:49,235 and they're all males, and we could build an encasement, 416 00:32:50,070 --> 00:32:52,706 a forest in the wild, fence not too high. 417 00:32:52,806 --> 00:32:56,343 Because the females should not escape... 418 00:32:57,243 --> 00:32:58,978 I mean, the females should not escape. 419 00:32:59,079 --> 00:33:00,599 I thought you said they were all males. 420 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,149 I'm not talking about monkey females. 421 00:33:03,249 --> 00:33:05,285 I'm talking about human females. 422 00:33:06,553 --> 00:33:10,523 Yes, because they would like to fuck everything that moves. 423 00:33:10,623 --> 00:33:12,992 I don't think that's to my brother's taste. 424 00:33:13,093 --> 00:33:15,762 Well, just hear me out. 425 00:33:18,365 --> 00:33:20,400 There is a grande finale. 426 00:33:21,034 --> 00:33:23,403 An absolute wonder of nature. 427 00:33:25,038 --> 00:33:27,574 The Gigantic Ghost Lion. 428 00:33:30,110 --> 00:33:32,412 White from head to tail, 429 00:33:32,512 --> 00:33:34,881 paler than the clouds over Vesuvius. 430 00:33:34,981 --> 00:33:40,787 This fierce beast will arise from Hades, and devour them all. 431 00:33:40,887 --> 00:33:42,889 You're a sick man, Passus. 432 00:33:42,989 --> 00:33:44,791 Hmm. Well... 433 00:33:44,891 --> 00:33:46,359 But a white lion. Interesting. 434 00:33:46,793 --> 00:33:48,395 I wish to see it myself. 435 00:33:48,495 --> 00:33:50,230 I have to escape my own cage first. 436 00:33:50,330 --> 00:33:52,699 Meet me at the Ludus Beastius at midnight. 437 00:33:52,799 --> 00:33:53,767 Go. 438 00:33:54,934 --> 00:33:56,269 Go now. 439 00:33:58,772 --> 00:34:00,073 Door. 440 00:34:04,944 --> 00:34:06,312 I need to urinate. 441 00:34:51,024 --> 00:34:52,459 Domitian. 442 00:34:52,559 --> 00:34:54,561 I hope you didn't over promise. Where is it? 443 00:34:54,661 --> 00:34:55,695 Right over here. 444 00:35:19,219 --> 00:35:21,254 How beautiful you are. 445 00:35:21,354 --> 00:35:24,624 So very beautiful, so very deadly. 446 00:35:26,126 --> 00:35:27,761 I know exactly how I'll use you. 447 00:35:29,963 --> 00:35:30,897 You'll be my brother... 448 00:35:33,299 --> 00:35:36,670 Titus Flavius, Emperor of Rome, 449 00:35:38,905 --> 00:35:42,709 Conqueror of Jerusalem. 450 00:35:42,809 --> 00:35:46,079 I want this beast to be a symbol of our glorious Titus Flavianus. 451 00:35:46,179 --> 00:35:49,049 - Of course. - A beast with an unquenchable thirst for blood. 452 00:35:49,149 --> 00:35:54,220 Have your builders reconstruct a replica of Jerusalem, fit for the Circus. 453 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,523 We shall celebrate the sacking of that city! 454 00:35:57,824 --> 00:35:58,792 Allow me to ask. 455 00:35:59,392 --> 00:36:02,028 Who will the white lion attack? 456 00:36:02,128 --> 00:36:03,396 Do you have to be so dim? 457 00:36:03,496 --> 00:36:06,032 - No. - Who do you think lives in Jerusalem? 458 00:36:06,132 --> 00:36:07,567 - Gauls? - Uh-uh. 459 00:36:08,768 --> 00:36:09,769 Judeans. 460 00:36:09,869 --> 00:36:10,937 Judeans. 461 00:36:16,710 --> 00:36:20,413 A cat, even one as fierce as this, 462 00:36:20,513 --> 00:36:23,049 are terrified by the sight and sounds of the crowd. 463 00:36:23,149 --> 00:36:25,752 Without training, it will freeze. 464 00:36:25,852 --> 00:36:28,555 Would you like to spoil Domitian's vision? 465 00:36:28,655 --> 00:36:30,590 Would you like to excite his anger? 466 00:36:30,957 --> 00:36:31,891 No. 467 00:36:55,048 --> 00:36:55,949 Manilius, 468 00:36:57,450 --> 00:36:59,586 my Greek boy has seen you betting at the Circus. 469 00:37:01,421 --> 00:37:05,025 You think removing your military garb is sufficient to hide what you do? 470 00:37:05,992 --> 00:37:07,861 Your betting, your debts, 471 00:37:09,396 --> 00:37:11,498 your skimming from the Praetorian payroll 472 00:37:11,598 --> 00:37:13,767 to pay those debts has put you at risk. 473 00:37:15,568 --> 00:37:18,471 Mortal risk, but never fear, 474 00:37:19,339 --> 00:37:20,740 I have need of your service, 475 00:37:22,976 --> 00:37:25,879 for which there will be a substantial reward. 476 00:37:33,486 --> 00:37:38,024 There's a plot amongst Judeans to kill their queen, my brother's consort. 477 00:37:38,124 --> 00:37:41,895 One of the architects, Azariah, appears to be the leader of this plot. 478 00:37:44,698 --> 00:37:47,500 I need you to arrest some rebellious Judeans. 479 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,270 - Out! Out! - What is the meaning of this? 480 00:37:50,370 --> 00:37:52,172 - All of you, out! - Get out of here! 481 00:37:52,272 --> 00:37:54,240 Why are you doing this? 482 00:38:23,436 --> 00:38:24,704 What do you want? 483 00:38:26,606 --> 00:38:28,074 Why are we arrested? 484 00:38:28,174 --> 00:38:32,045 I was told for sedition and plotting to kill your Queen. 485 00:38:32,145 --> 00:38:34,948 What? Lies, both of them. 486 00:38:35,048 --> 00:38:36,449 It doesn't matter to me. 487 00:38:36,549 --> 00:38:39,085 Tomorrow you will die. All of you. 488 00:38:40,420 --> 00:38:41,921 Killed by a lion. 489 00:38:48,028 --> 00:38:51,865 This particular lion will likely not attack 490 00:38:52,565 --> 00:38:55,035 unless somebody charges the beast. 491 00:38:55,602 --> 00:38:57,037 That's where you come in. 492 00:38:58,338 --> 00:39:01,841 And why should I throw my life away 493 00:39:02,609 --> 00:39:04,077 for your convenience? 494 00:39:05,845 --> 00:39:09,416 If you do, I'll ask Passus, the Master of Games, 495 00:39:09,516 --> 00:39:12,986 to spare your women and children. 496 00:39:45,051 --> 00:39:46,486 By the Gods. 497 00:39:46,586 --> 00:39:48,488 I hate being held a prisoner here. 498 00:39:50,223 --> 00:39:51,424 Hail Emperor Titus. 499 00:40:07,507 --> 00:40:10,143 I so wish I could see 500 00:40:10,243 --> 00:40:13,980 the venom the Roman people have for the Judeans, up close. 501 00:40:17,017 --> 00:40:17,951 Come. 502 00:40:22,789 --> 00:40:24,991 She's not our queen! 503 00:40:31,498 --> 00:40:32,999 Shame! 504 00:40:37,604 --> 00:40:40,407 Already a chink in Titus's armor. 505 00:40:43,309 --> 00:40:44,511 Come back. 506 00:40:44,611 --> 00:40:46,813 My brother never ceases to amaze me. 507 00:40:46,913 --> 00:40:49,082 How can he allow Berenice to sit next to him? 508 00:40:49,983 --> 00:40:51,584 How could he have not seen this coming? 509 00:40:51,685 --> 00:40:53,520 - For the glory of Rome... - Come. 510 00:40:53,620 --> 00:40:56,856 ...and to honor the conquest of Jerusalem! 511 00:40:59,592 --> 00:41:01,428 What is this? 512 00:41:01,528 --> 00:41:05,031 You said this pageant was to celebrate your accession to the throne. 513 00:41:16,009 --> 00:41:18,478 As the city burns, 514 00:41:18,578 --> 00:41:22,015 behold the barbaric Judeans, 515 00:41:24,651 --> 00:41:27,454 led by Berenice, their Judean Queen. 516 00:41:38,765 --> 00:41:41,968 And now, the barbaric Judeans 517 00:41:42,068 --> 00:41:46,106 will face the unparalleled might of Rome. 518 00:41:46,206 --> 00:41:52,012 It is the very powerful Titus Flavianus. 519 00:41:52,345 --> 00:41:53,313 Now! 520 00:42:07,327 --> 00:42:08,561 Open the gate! 521 00:42:41,161 --> 00:42:45,165 For the sake of my God, or your Gods, do something! 522 00:42:46,733 --> 00:42:48,201 These are my people. 523 00:42:48,635 --> 00:42:49,969 Do it. 524 00:42:51,604 --> 00:42:52,972 Do it. 525 00:42:54,074 --> 00:42:55,041 Do it! 526 00:42:57,477 --> 00:42:58,678 Do it! 527 00:43:18,598 --> 00:43:20,066 End this! 528 00:43:28,808 --> 00:43:30,310 End this now! 529 00:43:37,550 --> 00:43:39,052 Do you think he's seen me? 530 00:43:41,388 --> 00:43:42,422 Yes. 531 00:43:44,424 --> 00:43:45,392 He has. 532 00:43:56,069 --> 00:43:58,938 This time, you've gone too far. 533 00:44:01,041 --> 00:44:02,281 Hear me out before you kill me. 534 00:44:02,308 --> 00:44:04,177 Weave a justification for such effrontery? 535 00:44:04,277 --> 00:44:07,347 Yes, are you too afraid to hear it? 536 00:44:09,482 --> 00:44:10,450 You must speak quickly. 537 00:44:10,850 --> 00:44:12,152 Speak well! 538 00:44:12,252 --> 00:44:15,288 Or this sword will be struck right through your heart. 539 00:44:15,388 --> 00:44:17,824 I merely killed two birds with a single stone for you. 540 00:44:17,924 --> 00:44:23,129 Those who died in the arena were plotting to kill your precious Queen and supplant her. 541 00:44:23,830 --> 00:44:25,432 I saved her life. 542 00:44:25,532 --> 00:44:28,001 And let the mob vent their hatred for the Judeans. 543 00:44:28,101 --> 00:44:30,236 You see, I've heard nothing of such a plot. 544 00:44:32,772 --> 00:44:34,140 That is your failing, 545 00:44:36,576 --> 00:44:37,811 not mine. 546 00:44:37,911 --> 00:44:40,113 I can provide witnesses, 547 00:44:40,213 --> 00:44:42,782 - and proof. - See, witnesses, they can be bought. 548 00:44:44,084 --> 00:44:45,785 And proof, it can be crafted. 549 00:44:54,828 --> 00:44:56,229 Well, if you think that of me, 550 00:44:57,931 --> 00:44:59,366 then use your sword. 551 00:45:28,795 --> 00:45:30,096 If I needed to, 552 00:45:31,464 --> 00:45:32,766 I would. 553 00:45:46,980 --> 00:45:49,749 - Why do you provoke him so much? - I know. 554 00:45:49,849 --> 00:45:52,185 I should've stayed away from that damn balcony. 555 00:45:54,054 --> 00:45:56,089 But it was just too good of a show to miss. 556 00:46:21,181 --> 00:46:25,752 I blame myself for allowing you to talk me into joining you on the Imperial platform. 557 00:46:25,852 --> 00:46:30,557 For what? To watch a hideous travesty of myself being torn apart? 558 00:46:32,258 --> 00:46:34,561 - I didn't know that was planned. - You are Emperor. 559 00:46:36,396 --> 00:46:38,631 You should have known. 560 00:46:38,732 --> 00:46:43,169 The gold of the Emperor's coffers spent on games you did not approve, 561 00:46:44,104 --> 00:46:45,572 under your very nose. 562 00:46:47,607 --> 00:46:51,378 I've been told that those that were killed were plotting against you. 563 00:46:51,745 --> 00:46:53,013 Told by whom? 564 00:46:53,113 --> 00:46:54,948 Let me guess. Your viper brother? 565 00:46:55,048 --> 00:46:56,449 He says that he has proof. 566 00:46:56,549 --> 00:46:58,952 He says many things, but how many of them are true? 567 00:47:02,956 --> 00:47:04,324 I can't let you leave. 568 00:47:04,424 --> 00:47:07,127 If you have me dragged back, I will take my own life. 569 00:47:07,227 --> 00:47:08,495 No, you... 570 00:47:14,668 --> 00:47:15,902 I beg you. 571 00:47:17,270 --> 00:47:18,471 Please stay. 572 00:47:20,073 --> 00:47:21,474 Let me protect you. 573 00:47:24,544 --> 00:47:26,012 Let me prove that to you. 574 00:47:29,683 --> 00:47:30,617 On one condition. 575 00:47:33,553 --> 00:47:35,622 Now you let me protect you. 576 00:47:37,357 --> 00:47:40,326 They will never accept me as your consort. 577 00:47:40,927 --> 00:47:43,096 The Romans hate foreign queens. 578 00:47:43,196 --> 00:47:45,076 Then they will just have to learn to accept you. 579 00:47:45,665 --> 00:47:46,666 Cleopatra? 580 00:47:47,834 --> 00:47:50,370 Candace of Kush? Boudicca? 581 00:47:51,971 --> 00:47:53,573 Were they accepted? 582 00:47:53,673 --> 00:47:57,277 To be with a foreign queen only weakens you in their eyes. 583 00:47:58,712 --> 00:47:59,946 To be strong, 584 00:48:01,848 --> 00:48:03,383 you must do the opposite. 585 00:48:05,585 --> 00:48:07,487 You must take a Roman wife 586 00:48:08,588 --> 00:48:12,292 of a good and august family of wealth and power, 587 00:48:12,392 --> 00:48:13,993 of long standing. 588 00:48:16,129 --> 00:48:17,497 Put me in the shadows. 589 00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:21,634 It is best for you. 590 00:48:26,206 --> 00:48:27,974 And what do you think is best for you? 591 00:48:29,776 --> 00:48:33,980 I am a conquered queen. My place is in the shadows. 592 00:49:03,576 --> 00:49:06,312 You are not as heartless as you pretend. 593 00:49:07,047 --> 00:49:08,481 Don't be so sure. 594 00:49:09,115 --> 00:49:11,584 The children look up to you. 595 00:49:11,685 --> 00:49:13,386 That's because they're children. 596 00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:15,488 They look up to anyone 597 00:49:15,588 --> 00:49:18,391 who will give them a few scraps of food and an occasional coin. 598 00:49:18,858 --> 00:49:19,959 I did. 599 00:49:32,539 --> 00:49:34,507 How many languages do you speak? 600 00:49:36,443 --> 00:49:37,577 Not enough. 601 00:49:38,144 --> 00:49:39,746 You use them to great effect. 602 00:49:40,747 --> 00:49:41,781 Really? 603 00:49:42,215 --> 00:49:43,683 You disarm people. 604 00:49:44,384 --> 00:49:46,353 Get them to do what you want. 605 00:49:47,220 --> 00:49:48,621 That's how you see it. 606 00:49:53,093 --> 00:49:54,594 Good day. 607 00:49:55,895 --> 00:49:58,465 -Which you owe to me -To some degree. 608 00:49:58,565 --> 00:50:01,835 And to that degree, you will pay me and my daughter more. 609 00:50:01,935 --> 00:50:03,470 - Will I? - Mm-hmm. 610 00:50:03,570 --> 00:50:06,773 Aura's salary up by half, and mine tripled. 611 00:50:08,742 --> 00:50:09,676 You overreach. 612 00:50:10,744 --> 00:50:12,045 Fine. 613 00:50:12,145 --> 00:50:14,414 We'll leave your rat-infested insula 614 00:50:14,514 --> 00:50:16,783 and find work at another betting tavern. 615 00:50:28,595 --> 00:50:31,064 I'll increase Aura's by a quarter, and double yours. 616 00:50:31,164 --> 00:50:35,301 Keep bringing in the revenue like you did today for a month, and we'll talk again. 617 00:50:35,402 --> 00:50:36,903 That's too long. One week. 618 00:50:37,003 --> 00:50:38,438 - Two. - Agreed. 619 00:50:42,742 --> 00:50:44,144 You'll do well in Rome. 620 00:50:45,311 --> 00:50:47,514 I am not here for that. 621 00:50:47,614 --> 00:50:50,617 It will take a lot more money to buy Jula's freedom. 622 00:50:50,717 --> 00:50:54,521 And Kwame, a gladiator, probably impossible. 623 00:50:55,588 --> 00:50:57,123 I will find a way. 624 00:52:09,963 --> 00:52:10,897 Please. 625 00:52:12,832 --> 00:52:13,900 Please wait. 626 00:52:15,368 --> 00:52:16,636 I have an entreaty. 627 00:52:19,406 --> 00:52:21,641 As does every other person in Rome. 628 00:52:21,741 --> 00:52:24,644 I beg of you. My children have been taken from me. 629 00:52:26,946 --> 00:52:30,283 My... My son is a gladiator at the Ludus Magnus, 630 00:52:30,383 --> 00:52:32,786 and my daughter, 631 00:52:33,153 --> 00:52:34,454 she's a slave 632 00:52:34,554 --> 00:52:36,589 in the house of your parents. 633 00:52:42,462 --> 00:52:44,931 I am told that you have it in your power 634 00:52:45,031 --> 00:52:48,601 to free those condemned and those held as slaves. 635 00:52:50,303 --> 00:52:51,671 No, not me. 636 00:52:53,406 --> 00:52:54,741 But my matron. 637 00:52:56,443 --> 00:52:57,877 Could you help me? 638 00:52:59,979 --> 00:53:04,284 Would that my mother had had tears for her daughter, as you do for yours. 639 00:53:10,423 --> 00:53:11,725 I will speak to my matron. 640 00:53:14,027 --> 00:53:15,295 Return on the Ides, 641 00:53:15,395 --> 00:53:17,864 I will give you an answer by then. Now, go. 642 00:54:02,042 --> 00:54:03,743 Quintus. 643 00:54:05,845 --> 00:54:07,080 It's been a while. 644 00:54:07,881 --> 00:54:10,083 Keep your hands where I can see 'em. 645 00:54:10,183 --> 00:54:12,419 Or I'll sever your spine at the root. 646 00:54:14,921 --> 00:54:15,889 Ursus? 647 00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:22,896 The boy you left to burn. 648 00:54:25,765 --> 00:54:28,168 It was me who suffered the consequences. 649 00:54:28,268 --> 00:54:29,436 I thought you were dead. 650 00:54:29,536 --> 00:54:31,771 Worse! 651 00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:38,244 I was sold as a galley slave. Endless years in hell. 652 00:54:38,345 --> 00:54:41,481 Luckily, I was drafted into the Roman Army, 653 00:54:41,581 --> 00:54:43,450 and fought for them for years. 654 00:54:43,550 --> 00:54:45,685 It was easy to find you. 655 00:54:45,785 --> 00:54:49,756 After all the endless talk about going to Rome 656 00:54:49,856 --> 00:54:54,060 and work in the famous Circus Maximus. 657 00:55:00,033 --> 00:55:03,703 You know the punishment for a slave killing his master 658 00:55:04,337 --> 00:55:06,706 is crucifixion. 659 00:55:07,307 --> 00:55:09,075 But that's too quick for you. 660 00:56:06,933 --> 00:56:09,202 I'm gonna drown you in your own piss! 661 00:56:38,798 --> 00:56:41,034 I'm not gonna kill you. 662 00:56:41,134 --> 00:56:44,170 I'm gonna squeeze all the money out of you. 663 00:56:44,270 --> 00:56:46,773 I'm gonna take everything from you. 664 00:56:52,512 --> 00:56:54,914 I'm not going to let you get away with this!