1 00:00:02,575 --> 00:00:04,833 It is the second century after Christ: 2 00:00:05,737 --> 00:00:10,520 a huge empire, extending to the limits of the known world 3 00:00:10,593 --> 00:00:16,244 and its keystone in the cities spread across seven hills on the left banks of the Tiber. 4 00:00:16,374 --> 00:00:21,707 The voice of Rome was always feared in every town under its dominion. 5 00:00:21,780 --> 00:00:24,988 But the eternal city was an unobtainable myth 6 00:00:25,061 --> 00:00:30,530 for the peoples spread thinly from Britain to the distant reaches of Asia. 7 00:00:30,687 --> 00:00:34,163 The masters of the world and their villas on the terranean sea. 8 00:00:34,236 --> 00:00:38,007 rested from their lucrative wars, from their political efforts, 9 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,145 and from the boredom of having nothing more to conquer. 10 00:00:45,196 --> 00:00:48,155 Well then, how did the story of Appius Lucanus end? 11 00:00:49,775 --> 00:00:51,691 As soon as he received the petition, 12 00:00:51,764 --> 00:00:55,508 the Emperor replied he would arrange for him an excellent post with the fleet. 13 00:00:55,580 --> 00:00:57,803 As an oarsman on his triremes? 14 00:01:09,561 --> 00:01:10,700 Marcus! 15 00:01:11,935 --> 00:01:15,170 Greetings, Senator Lucidius. - Greetings. 16 00:01:17,475 --> 00:01:19,912 How that you're not at the palace, Fabricius? 17 00:01:19,985 --> 00:01:23,475 Aren't you afraid someone will steal your place beside the Empress? 18 00:01:23,723 --> 00:01:26,970 I understand. I suppose I must leave now. 19 00:01:27,043 --> 00:01:30,638 Courtiers have quick perceptions these days! - Good day, Senator. 20 00:01:30,826 --> 00:01:33,410 Good day, Marcus! - You're leaving me in danger. 21 00:01:33,483 --> 00:01:37,248 It's that very point I wanted to talk to you about, Marcus. - What's the rush? 22 00:01:37,321 --> 00:01:40,835 I've only been in Rome 3 months. Let me get rid of the stench of those barbarians. 23 00:01:40,908 --> 00:01:44,177 Marcus, I can still help you to obtain from the Emperor 24 00:01:44,249 --> 00:01:47,012 an appointment to a post that will be to your taste. 25 00:01:47,259 --> 00:01:51,178 Our wealth is no longer great enough to assure you a future. 26 00:01:51,431 --> 00:01:54,060 Very well. Let's hear where you want to send me. 27 00:01:54,133 --> 00:01:57,985 But not Britain, too foggy. - What do you say to Germany? 28 00:01:58,396 --> 00:02:02,602 No! Can you see me in a country where all the women put sheep's fat in their hair? 29 00:02:02,675 --> 00:02:06,742 Well... Illyria? - I've got creditors there. Far too risky. 30 00:02:07,145 --> 00:02:11,193 Not Syria. Palestine is at peace at the moment. 31 00:02:11,655 --> 00:02:15,954 Armenia? Yes, why not? Armenia! 32 00:02:16,026 --> 00:02:18,244 Armenia? And what I've to do there? 33 00:02:18,317 --> 00:02:20,428 Put down a revolt of gladiators. 34 00:02:20,501 --> 00:02:23,130 After a few days, you'll be a proconsul. 35 00:02:23,203 --> 00:02:25,648 It's a little country with a little war. 36 00:02:25,886 --> 00:02:28,860 Armenia is certainly the place for you. 37 00:02:29,510 --> 00:02:33,195 And I even like the name: Armenia. Sounds like the name of a lovely woman, eh? 38 00:02:33,268 --> 00:02:38,790 Oh, it's a wonderful place: lovely women, banquets... - Hunting? - Hunting! 39 00:02:38,862 --> 00:02:42,938 Rich plains, green and rolling, springs of cool fresh water, 40 00:02:43,011 --> 00:02:44,595 Everything you could want! 41 00:03:15,649 --> 00:03:19,018 Teeming forests, rich grassy plains, fresh cool springs! 42 00:03:19,091 --> 00:03:22,422 Right, Uncle Lucidius, your description fits perfectly. 43 00:03:22,754 --> 00:03:27,886 Write this, "Armenia is divided into three parts: rocks, rocks," 44 00:03:28,244 --> 00:03:29,369 "and rocks." 45 00:03:29,442 --> 00:03:31,965 Wasn't an escort to have come from Ctesiphon? 46 00:03:32,038 --> 00:03:36,496 I can't blame them for staying home. Come, we'll pitch camp among those rocks. 47 00:03:36,569 --> 00:03:39,478 The emperors have conquered some great territories! 48 00:03:40,317 --> 00:03:42,186 There's Tiburtius coming back. 49 00:03:43,421 --> 00:03:46,614 Marcus! The escort that was sent to Chrysippus! - What's happened? 50 00:03:46,687 --> 00:03:48,673 Down there among the rocks, captured! 51 00:03:48,746 --> 00:03:52,822 To horse! - Be careful, there are many. We won't be able to handle them alone! 52 00:03:55,831 --> 00:03:57,080 Hurry, let's go! 53 00:04:41,269 --> 00:04:45,981 Vinicius! I thought I saw something up there on those heights. Look! 54 00:04:49,875 --> 00:04:53,630 Asclepius! Asclepius! They'll only bring us misfortune. Set them free! 55 00:04:53,703 --> 00:04:57,085 Go back to your children, Ramnes. - I'm thinking of them! 56 00:04:57,158 --> 00:05:00,421 When you've executed these Romans, Rome will still be standing. 57 00:05:00,494 --> 00:05:02,416 I said go back inside. 58 00:05:07,230 --> 00:05:09,973 Your wife is wiser than you, Asclepius. 59 00:05:10,046 --> 00:05:15,028 And you more than she like all those about to die. - Jupiter decides when one dies. 60 00:05:15,209 --> 00:05:18,361 Then Jupiter has decided you'll be dead before nightfall. 61 00:05:41,019 --> 00:05:44,436 We must move on, Ramnes. Get the cart ready. 62 00:05:44,861 --> 00:05:49,039 When will this life be over? - When Armenia is free. 63 00:05:49,521 --> 00:05:51,825 And all its slaves set free. 64 00:05:54,747 --> 00:05:58,883 I know it's hard for you. - It's our children, Asclepius. 65 00:05:59,117 --> 00:06:02,860 They never had a home. They don't even know how to play. 66 00:06:03,481 --> 00:06:05,310 And they laugh so seldom. 67 00:06:05,990 --> 00:06:10,624 I'm afraid sometimes they've forgotten how. And then after all, 68 00:06:11,412 --> 00:06:13,373 what if we never win the victory? 69 00:06:13,446 --> 00:06:16,614 It'll still be better than killing gladiators in the arena. 70 00:06:16,842 --> 00:06:18,723 Men who are not enemies. 71 00:06:19,338 --> 00:06:21,336 You know I'm right, Ramnes. 72 00:06:22,769 --> 00:06:25,899 I'll follow you. See? 73 00:06:27,468 --> 00:06:30,361 Look what Aros is up to. 74 00:06:30,746 --> 00:06:33,240 What is it? Did you eat your meal? 75 00:06:33,539 --> 00:06:36,488 All of it? Ah! What? You want to play? 76 00:06:37,941 --> 00:06:39,406 Come here! 77 00:06:41,624 --> 00:06:46,143 Put that away. Now look at that face, you got it all dirty. 78 00:06:51,810 --> 00:06:54,562 Go around that side and wait for my signal. 79 00:07:16,588 --> 00:07:17,753 A Roman! 80 00:07:18,511 --> 00:07:19,741 A Roman! 81 00:07:58,499 --> 00:08:00,348 It's a legion! Get away, Ramnes! 82 00:08:00,421 --> 00:08:04,259 No, we'll stay with you! - Save the children! Hurry! Go! Go! 83 00:08:05,771 --> 00:08:08,497 Asclepius! Asclepius! 84 00:09:22,401 --> 00:09:23,915 Let's go! Hurry! 85 00:09:26,216 --> 00:09:28,728 Cowards! Cowards! 86 00:09:42,097 --> 00:09:45,435 Vinicius, start to break camp. - Good, Marcus. You there! 87 00:09:51,493 --> 00:09:54,721 Pretty one! - Don't you touch me! 88 00:09:56,954 --> 00:10:00,130 You shouldn't have done it. This is no place for you. 89 00:10:00,202 --> 00:10:02,863 I hate the Romans more than you do, Asclepius. 90 00:10:04,399 --> 00:10:07,744 Just try not to move it. You've lost much blood. 91 00:10:09,596 --> 00:10:13,179 Perhaps when we capture Asclepius, we'll finish this war. 92 00:10:14,386 --> 00:10:17,549 You, hurry up with that bandaging. We're moving. 93 00:10:18,344 --> 00:10:21,955 He can't move! He'll die! - If he dies, there'll be one less. 94 00:10:26,165 --> 00:10:27,675 Where are you going? 95 00:10:30,986 --> 00:10:32,027 Marcus! 96 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,050 You! Tie her up with the others. 97 00:10:41,603 --> 00:10:43,861 Don't you have another place for this? 98 00:10:45,667 --> 00:10:47,340 Hey, you! Tie her up. 99 00:10:47,413 --> 00:10:50,937 A lot of women fight for Asclepius, eh? - I don't get the strategy. 100 00:10:51,010 --> 00:10:54,211 Women always had a good game with the Romans. - Where is she from? 101 00:10:54,341 --> 00:10:57,107 Her father was a great physician in Ctesiphon. 102 00:10:58,845 --> 00:11:00,827 Why do you fight with Asclepius? 103 00:11:01,009 --> 00:11:05,182 Because I hate you. It was the first thing I learned when I was baby. 104 00:11:06,288 --> 00:11:09,028 Let's move! Your horses! - Hurry! 105 00:12:19,332 --> 00:12:22,364 For an outlaw and a bandit, he seems to be liked much by people. 106 00:12:22,437 --> 00:12:27,646 I don't think we're so loved. - Sadly, we've done nothing to win their trust. 107 00:12:27,719 --> 00:12:30,109 Indeed, we're still enemies, invaders. 108 00:12:30,182 --> 00:12:32,915 You there! Bring the prisoners to prison! 109 00:12:34,997 --> 00:12:39,878 Asclepius mustn't hear me but those Romans don't seem as bad as the others. 110 00:12:39,951 --> 00:12:43,679 Yes, but they're Romans all the same. - Move! Move on you two! 111 00:12:44,417 --> 00:12:45,467 Let's go! 112 00:13:16,319 --> 00:13:18,784 Come on, lazybones, a little more energy! 113 00:13:18,857 --> 00:13:21,395 That's right, Astarte, make me handsome! 114 00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:24,179 I don't want this Marcus Numidius to say in Rome 115 00:13:24,252 --> 00:13:27,581 about finding me all unkempt and slovenly like some provincial. 116 00:13:27,654 --> 00:13:30,535 What do you think? He'll be one of those Romans with the law in his toga 117 00:13:30,608 --> 00:13:33,932 who only fight, kill and get drunk? Or will he be like you? 118 00:13:34,005 --> 00:13:38,225 I don't know this new generation. I hope he won't be boring. 119 00:13:52,793 --> 00:13:55,013 Marcus, here we are. 120 00:14:04,350 --> 00:14:07,292 I present the tribune from Rome, Marcus Numidius. 121 00:14:07,514 --> 00:14:11,899 All hail, Crysippus! Rome salutes you in the person of my fine uncle, Lucidius. 122 00:14:11,972 --> 00:14:15,290 You, my dear boy! Let me look at you. 123 00:14:15,362 --> 00:14:17,009 What's old Lucidius up to? 124 00:14:17,172 --> 00:14:19,326 Do you know what you put me in mind of? 125 00:14:19,491 --> 00:14:23,861 Why, the face of the girl we quarreled over when we were young. 126 00:14:23,934 --> 00:14:26,620 Youth is not only question of years. - It is! It is! 127 00:14:26,693 --> 00:14:29,463 You'll find out when the time comes. Come, Marcus. 128 00:14:44,191 --> 00:14:47,872 Amira, princess of Armenia. And this is Borcalla. 129 00:14:48,119 --> 00:14:51,079 Her counselor and minister. - Hail to you, mighty lord! 130 00:14:51,152 --> 00:14:54,608 Imperial Rome shines from your eyes and I bow before it. 131 00:14:56,212 --> 00:14:59,186 I'm afraid he'll break his spine. Tell him to get up. 132 00:15:00,917 --> 00:15:03,397 You are witty and handsome, Roman. 133 00:15:03,816 --> 00:15:07,268 Two rare gifts which are almost never to be found together. 134 00:15:07,341 --> 00:15:11,541 It's a compliment I was expecting but it's always pleasing from a woman like you. 135 00:15:11,769 --> 00:15:13,161 Don't you agree? 136 00:15:15,999 --> 00:15:19,486 You're not upset by surprises. - That's why we'll get along. 137 00:15:19,668 --> 00:15:21,715 And now only the king is missing. 138 00:15:21,788 --> 00:15:24,494 Come and meet the supreme ruler of the Armenians. 139 00:15:24,566 --> 00:15:27,866 I've already met the king: I'm looking into her eyes. 140 00:15:48,627 --> 00:15:51,939 Osroe, king of the Armenians. - Hail to you, oh, King! 141 00:15:52,183 --> 00:15:53,839 Hail to you, soldier! 142 00:15:54,401 --> 00:16:00,208 Osroe! Marcus Numidius is not just a soldier, he's a powerful Roman. 143 00:16:00,281 --> 00:16:05,479 Then if he's a Roman, he's a friend, Amira? - Yes. All Romans are our friends. 144 00:16:05,697 --> 00:16:09,970 How long are you staying in Ctesiphon? - That's up to you, you're the king. 145 00:16:11,037 --> 00:16:12,676 We must withdraw now. 146 00:16:12,748 --> 00:16:17,135 Yet, if you wish to see the king again, tomorrow night there will be a feast. 147 00:16:17,208 --> 00:16:20,603 I'll be there. - Until tomorrow, tribune. - Tomorrow. 148 00:16:22,364 --> 00:16:23,594 Amira... 149 00:16:25,117 --> 00:16:28,781 I didn't want you to leave without looking at you one more time. 150 00:16:29,975 --> 00:16:35,013 And you called me by name. A sign of friendship, Marcus Numidius. 151 00:16:44,021 --> 00:16:47,093 Ah, Lucidius! The old fox. 152 00:16:47,166 --> 00:16:50,716 He should've come to. We would've made a fine trio. 153 00:16:50,789 --> 00:16:55,361 Tell me the latest gossip. How is old Rome these days? - It's very boring. - Tell me! 154 00:16:55,549 --> 00:16:59,145 Is the tavern of the Nesce still behind the temple of Vesta? - Demolished. 155 00:16:59,218 --> 00:17:03,776 The Emperor is cleaning up Rome as he says. Razing old houses and building new palaces. 156 00:17:03,848 --> 00:17:06,021 These manias of modern times! 157 00:17:06,197 --> 00:17:08,811 Excuse me, but there's something I don't understand. 158 00:17:08,883 --> 00:17:13,121 How can a man like you with your ties in Rome live amidst all this desolation? 159 00:17:13,194 --> 00:17:15,213 Think of your uncle Lucidius. 160 00:17:15,286 --> 00:17:18,590 In Rome, I would still be sunk in the same state of his mediocrity. 161 00:17:18,864 --> 00:17:22,300 In this Armenia that you disdain so, on the other hand, I'm rich, 162 00:17:22,373 --> 00:17:25,131 feared, respected, even considered wise. 163 00:17:25,543 --> 00:17:27,711 What has Caesar that I don't have? 164 00:17:28,122 --> 00:17:32,238 We have the same enemies. But I've the advantage of knowing who mine are. 165 00:17:32,311 --> 00:17:37,552 I know they live outside of these walls, but he has his as guests in his own palace. 166 00:17:38,014 --> 00:17:40,408 We both have an army and a kingdom. 167 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:45,762 And I have more horses than I can use, as well as slaves and servants. 168 00:17:46,141 --> 00:17:50,156 And I also have my stadium and my gladiators like him. 169 00:17:50,430 --> 00:17:51,653 Look there! 170 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:26,089 Is this the great feast you promised me? The palace is deserted. 171 00:18:26,162 --> 00:18:29,172 It can't be now that you are here, Marcus Numidius. 172 00:18:30,059 --> 00:18:32,025 Isn't it better just us two? 173 00:18:32,098 --> 00:18:35,116 Don't you consider it dangerous if you’re truly alone? 174 00:18:45,388 --> 00:18:47,848 As you see, I am not alone. 175 00:18:51,729 --> 00:18:53,240 I prefer you. 176 00:18:59,368 --> 00:19:02,954 For a soldier there is no true enemy if he's not powerful in battle, 177 00:19:03,111 --> 00:19:07,647 doesn't have beautiful women on every street and riches to carry home. 178 00:19:08,451 --> 00:19:12,910 There is nothing of all this in Armenia except myself. 179 00:19:17,444 --> 00:19:19,877 Must we go on talking? - Yes. 180 00:19:19,950 --> 00:19:24,459 Because when you return to Rome, you'll tell your friends the usual soldier stuff. 181 00:19:24,817 --> 00:19:28,338 No. I don't want you to remember me that way. 182 00:19:29,444 --> 00:19:33,531 Would you like to come to Rome with me? A woman like you should experience it. 183 00:19:34,266 --> 00:19:37,586 It's a curious invitation. I'll think it over. 184 00:19:38,497 --> 00:19:39,948 Rome! 185 00:19:40,862 --> 00:19:43,699 One day I'll tell you how I imagine it. 186 00:19:44,234 --> 00:19:48,222 But here there's a great deal more, I assure you. 187 00:19:51,837 --> 00:19:55,834 Wouldn't your patrician ladies go out of their minds for a jewel like this one? 188 00:19:57,258 --> 00:19:59,198 Look at what I can do with it. 189 00:20:03,638 --> 00:20:05,414 Ask, Marcus Numidius. 190 00:20:05,648 --> 00:20:09,260 Ask whatever you wish and your every desire will be satisfied. 191 00:20:09,332 --> 00:20:13,319 My every desire, Princess? - Amira! Amira! 192 00:20:13,886 --> 00:20:18,268 I feel sick, Amira. I called but nobody answered. 193 00:20:18,987 --> 00:20:21,485 You're right, Osroe. You're right! 194 00:20:21,558 --> 00:20:23,834 Tomorrow I'll have the servants whipped. 195 00:20:24,043 --> 00:20:26,739 A king should never be left alone, should he? 196 00:20:26,812 --> 00:20:29,510 A king is very important even if he's little like you. 197 00:20:29,582 --> 00:20:33,909 Since he was a few months old he has had sudden illnesses and fainting spells. 198 00:20:33,982 --> 00:20:37,713 I'm cold, Amira! - I'd better take him to his own room. 199 00:20:40,136 --> 00:20:41,730 Will you wait, Marcus? 200 00:20:41,802 --> 00:20:44,685 No, stay with me, Amira, don't leave me alone! 201 00:20:45,615 --> 00:20:49,422 Perhaps you should stay with him, Amira. Good night, King. Get better. 202 00:20:50,086 --> 00:20:51,902 Good night, soldier. 203 00:21:04,727 --> 00:21:06,991 Stop here! I want to walk. 204 00:21:09,921 --> 00:21:11,436 Go back to the palace. 205 00:21:19,592 --> 00:21:22,898 Ah, Lucanus! Out for a walk too? - You mind if I come along? 206 00:21:22,971 --> 00:21:27,110 Sure. Why do you want to come? - I don't trust letting you go alone. 207 00:21:27,183 --> 00:21:30,883 Why? - Marcus Numidius, here in the Orient, it's just like anthills: 208 00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:34,439 you become aware of their existence as soon as you step on one. 209 00:21:34,512 --> 00:21:37,647 I never felt more completely tranquil in my entire life. 210 00:21:38,199 --> 00:21:41,544 In Ctesiphon, everyone outside the palace has a double face. 211 00:21:41,617 --> 00:21:45,658 You should get to know them. I'd like you to get about the people a bit 212 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,013 as I do from time to time. 213 00:21:48,352 --> 00:21:51,726 It's good advice, Marcus. You should follow it. 214 00:21:55,888 --> 00:21:58,049 Where are you going? - Wherever you say! 215 00:21:58,122 --> 00:22:02,032 What's that? - Stuff to sell. - That little bit? 216 00:22:02,902 --> 00:22:06,327 My garden doesn't produce very much but I'm happy all the same. 217 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,612 I don't protest neither against the government nor the gods. 218 00:22:09,685 --> 00:22:13,069 And I'm happy to be able to live in this beautiful city. 219 00:22:16,138 --> 00:22:18,670 Don't let him fool you. He's lying. 220 00:22:25,223 --> 00:22:27,729 Let me go! Help! 221 00:22:28,113 --> 00:22:30,976 You're hurting me! Stop! 222 00:22:31,367 --> 00:22:33,219 Get out! Out! 223 00:22:33,444 --> 00:22:35,446 Why did you do? Why did they beat you? 224 00:22:35,519 --> 00:22:38,746 They hate me 'cause I work for Chrysippus: a poor, ugly, Armenian dwarf! 225 00:22:38,819 --> 00:22:42,715 If I don't find a rich man to protect me... - Don't worry, we'll protect you now. 226 00:22:46,501 --> 00:22:48,063 My lord! 227 00:22:50,494 --> 00:22:52,602 You are a Roman, aren't you? - Yes. 228 00:22:52,674 --> 00:22:56,092 Have you been away from Rome long? - Only a few days. 229 00:22:56,225 --> 00:22:58,480 Have you heard of Tessus? 230 00:22:58,553 --> 00:23:01,890 A young man, tall and blonde. He's my son. 231 00:23:01,963 --> 00:23:04,597 Tessus? Well, what does he do in Rome? - He's a gladiator. 232 00:23:04,670 --> 00:23:09,260 They took him away from me 7 years ago. And I haven't heard a word since. 233 00:23:09,443 --> 00:23:11,506 Did you ever happen to see him? 234 00:23:12,179 --> 00:23:16,878 No, I'm very sorry. - You haven't either. Nobody. Nobody. 235 00:23:17,406 --> 00:23:20,406 What is my life now without you? 236 00:23:24,479 --> 00:23:26,212 And this is still nothing. 237 00:23:26,374 --> 00:23:30,041 Now, I'll take to you a place where you'll see something different. Let's go. 238 00:23:32,234 --> 00:23:35,532 I don't understand, people suffer but don't protest. - Come, Marcus. 239 00:23:35,605 --> 00:23:37,682 Perhaps you'll find your answer inside. 240 00:23:42,742 --> 00:23:46,797 You can't go in there! - Who said so? - If you go in, you won't get out! 241 00:23:49,460 --> 00:23:50,644 Come back here! 242 00:24:21,992 --> 00:24:26,684 Hold! - Forgive me. The gods have taken away his senses. 243 00:24:29,028 --> 00:24:31,222 I told you once to hold off! 244 00:24:38,615 --> 00:24:41,261 They're quicker to fight each other than to bite us. 245 00:24:41,635 --> 00:24:43,614 You there! Roman! 246 00:24:43,874 --> 00:24:46,779 Shut up! - No, let him speak. 247 00:24:47,658 --> 00:24:50,417 If you're hunting for popularity, 248 00:24:50,561 --> 00:24:54,217 you do well to look it for here. These are the true people of Ctesiphon! 249 00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:57,147 An unhappy people, as far as I see! 250 00:24:57,308 --> 00:25:00,510 You have brought us to this state! See its nobility! 251 00:25:00,583 --> 00:25:03,953 What do you pretend? To be set free among your rebels? 252 00:25:04,539 --> 00:25:08,945 And do you think we should receive you like some famous conquering hero? 253 00:25:12,682 --> 00:25:14,830 You hear that ovation? 254 00:25:15,064 --> 00:25:18,219 Now, I'll present you to some of the most enthusiastic. 255 00:25:18,292 --> 00:25:21,319 You've already won over crazy old Carabet! 256 00:25:22,936 --> 00:25:27,285 Another so happy to meet you: Teki, guilty of giving one sack of wheat less 257 00:25:27,358 --> 00:25:30,967 to the men who exact your tribute! See that man with his hand in the air? 258 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,734 It's his way of cursing. His name is Burdick! 259 00:25:33,807 --> 00:25:37,261 They tore out his tongue when he was 12 years old! 260 00:25:38,339 --> 00:25:41,659 And every one of these men has a different story to tell. 261 00:25:46,966 --> 00:25:50,917 If what you said is true, I'll show you the true meaning of the justice of Rome. 262 00:25:50,990 --> 00:25:53,302 But if it's not true, you'll regret it! 263 00:25:55,938 --> 00:25:59,966 Come, is Asclepius telling the truth? - Why do you think I brought you here? 264 00:26:04,209 --> 00:26:06,758 Set all these men free! - Wait, tribune. 265 00:26:06,831 --> 00:26:09,159 You're taking on a great responsibility. 266 00:26:09,232 --> 00:26:11,712 I won't admit that our Romans laws so can far miscarry. 267 00:26:11,785 --> 00:26:14,371 As for the responsibility I'm ready to accept it! 268 00:26:14,868 --> 00:26:17,441 You heard what he said! Carry out the orders! 269 00:26:45,861 --> 00:26:47,963 How did they put you among the women? 270 00:26:48,237 --> 00:26:52,552 Let me talk! You're well with the women. They don't have to stay with the dogs. 271 00:26:53,417 --> 00:26:55,933 Listen, tribute! Listen to that tongue! 272 00:26:56,006 --> 00:27:00,159 What a pity, such a pretty face holds nothing but vinegar! 273 00:27:02,289 --> 00:27:05,426 That girl... I want brought to my palace room. 274 00:27:05,608 --> 00:27:09,985 It'll be done. - I prefer to be whipped to death in here! - Silence! 275 00:27:11,364 --> 00:27:14,510 The shepherd girl seems to be a friend. Why don't you set her free too? 276 00:27:14,583 --> 00:27:16,528 That way then can help one another. 277 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:21,540 If you have some design on me... Ugly beast! You can forget it! 278 00:27:21,776 --> 00:27:24,077 Really, I... - Women... 279 00:27:24,530 --> 00:27:29,349 I like them a little more... you understand? - Very well. 280 00:27:29,951 --> 00:27:31,692 Bring both to the palace. 281 00:27:37,827 --> 00:27:42,071 Let go! - Be careful! You're hurting her! - I'll kill you! 282 00:27:47,518 --> 00:27:49,288 Set all these women free. 283 00:27:55,508 --> 00:27:59,796 A strong man, entirely without ambition. - Well? 284 00:27:59,869 --> 00:28:04,577 They tend to be honest. You can never guess what they'll do next. 285 00:28:04,650 --> 00:28:09,200 Marcus Numidius is a soldier. What counts are his important relations with Rome. 286 00:28:09,273 --> 00:28:11,707 That's where your thoughts run to, Princess? 287 00:28:11,780 --> 00:28:13,440 Rome is not Ctesiphon. 288 00:28:13,513 --> 00:28:16,825 He's invited me to go with him. - Be careful. 289 00:28:16,898 --> 00:28:19,710 Rome will tarnish even beauty like yours. 290 00:28:19,783 --> 00:28:22,014 It'll destroy you with indifference. 291 00:28:22,087 --> 00:28:25,773 After a few months of success, you'll be quickly forgotten. 292 00:28:31,223 --> 00:28:33,963 What you've done is inconceivable: setting free the prisoners. 293 00:28:34,036 --> 00:28:35,844 Why do you think they were there? 294 00:28:35,917 --> 00:28:38,769 I don't know. They hadn't done anything. - That's what you say. 295 00:28:38,842 --> 00:28:41,951 Malcontents are like rotten pears. It takes only 1 to spoil a 100. 296 00:28:42,023 --> 00:28:45,899 Can't you understand that for 30 years I've been wasting away in this country, 297 00:28:45,972 --> 00:28:49,689 building upon the sands, playing a game of hatred, factions and attachments! 298 00:28:50,054 --> 00:28:52,806 If so much is a pebble of this construction to be touched, 299 00:28:52,879 --> 00:28:56,423 or even 1 small twig should be removed, it'll all come tumbling down. 300 00:28:56,496 --> 00:28:59,150 You know what would happen if a revolt should break out? 301 00:28:59,352 --> 00:29:01,428 You've a garrison that could put it down. 302 00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:05,616 My garrison is useless except acting as my escort in an official ceremony. 303 00:29:05,688 --> 00:29:09,027 And what about the 17th legion? - It's 3 days march from here. 304 00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:12,436 It would barely arrive in time to render us our funerary honors. 305 00:29:12,508 --> 00:29:15,680 What do you expect? Close my eyes and accept injustice! 306 00:29:15,753 --> 00:29:18,877 This is a very mysterious country and difficult to govern. 307 00:29:18,950 --> 00:29:21,605 Here smiles and hatred become merged. 308 00:29:27,243 --> 00:29:28,902 Drink! 309 00:29:29,775 --> 00:29:32,924 You first. - Me? - Yes. 310 00:29:32,997 --> 00:29:36,920 In Rome we use cats for this when we have our suspicions. - Very well. 311 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,513 Are you insane? Wait here! 312 00:29:48,311 --> 00:29:51,731 You see? It was poison and she would've drunk it. 313 00:29:52,442 --> 00:29:56,002 Now, do you see what the Orient is? - I don't like your Orient, Chrysippus. 314 00:29:56,075 --> 00:29:57,970 I'll make you change mind. 315 00:29:58,043 --> 00:30:02,076 A Roman gladiatorial show! You'll see how Asclepius fights. 316 00:30:02,149 --> 00:30:05,103 But he's a rebel. You either kill an enemy or free him! 317 00:30:05,325 --> 00:30:08,697 And why should I make a martyr or keep alive a rebel? 318 00:30:08,895 --> 00:30:12,415 The death of a gladiator is the most anonymous and the least provocative. 319 00:30:12,488 --> 00:30:15,352 And then, when you think of it, it's the most fitting. 320 00:30:15,425 --> 00:30:17,701 Death as a spectacle! 321 00:30:17,929 --> 00:30:20,094 The men who die in battle are wasted: 322 00:30:20,166 --> 00:30:24,214 No one ever sees them dying all alone in a battlefield with no spectators. 323 00:30:24,287 --> 00:30:29,164 Believe me, the world will appear different if you look at it this way. 324 00:30:30,203 --> 00:30:33,992 Well then, Marcus. I leave you to tame your little serpent. 325 00:30:34,649 --> 00:30:37,974 Only be careful, now you know she's poison. 326 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,233 I've decided what to do with you. - With me? No! 327 00:30:43,554 --> 00:30:48,031 What were you supposing? I decided to use you where you'll be useful. 328 00:30:48,564 --> 00:30:51,412 They tell me you understand about medicines, is it true? 329 00:30:52,984 --> 00:30:55,685 Would you like to care for a child who's greatly ill? 330 00:30:56,024 --> 00:30:59,675 If it's a Roman child, no! - Then, if it's your king? 331 00:31:00,274 --> 00:31:04,236 I don't believe you. - Your eyes will when you see him. 332 00:31:05,237 --> 00:31:09,467 Asclepius is strong and cunning. He may very well pass the first trial. 333 00:31:09,650 --> 00:31:11,515 And upset our plans. 334 00:31:11,901 --> 00:31:17,510 Should that happen, Bart, he mustn't come out of the arena alive! 335 00:31:17,583 --> 00:31:19,514 You may consider the man dead. 336 00:31:20,162 --> 00:31:23,703 And you, may consider this yours. 337 00:31:28,195 --> 00:31:32,855 Osroe! You took all of your medicine, didn't you? - Yes, but it was nasty. 338 00:31:37,199 --> 00:31:38,795 I don't want anymore. 339 00:31:38,868 --> 00:31:42,696 You're pretty, Zahar. I like you. Do you like me? - Certainly. 340 00:31:42,996 --> 00:31:44,766 Have some of this. 341 00:31:45,039 --> 00:31:48,294 Why doesn't Aunt Amira ever play with me? 342 00:31:48,692 --> 00:31:51,283 Because the princess is busy governing. 343 00:31:51,754 --> 00:31:55,281 What does governing mean? - Osroe! - Governing means trying to... 344 00:31:56,844 --> 00:32:00,289 Shall we play some more? - Please, don't call me king! 345 00:32:00,362 --> 00:32:03,510 Marcus never says king. Only Osroe or little boy. 346 00:32:03,583 --> 00:32:05,965 I like that better, it means we're friends. 347 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,292 Osroe! - Osroe! 348 00:32:15,034 --> 00:32:16,231 Osroe! 349 00:32:17,239 --> 00:32:20,051 Harmonia! Eunay! Careful! 350 00:32:20,124 --> 00:32:23,182 Take him back to the palace. Hurry! 351 00:32:34,307 --> 00:32:36,715 Why, this is monstrous! 352 00:32:43,253 --> 00:32:45,095 Harmonia! - What is it? 353 00:32:45,167 --> 00:32:47,854 Osroe, the king! They're poisoning him! 354 00:32:47,927 --> 00:32:50,910 What are you saying? Are you mad? - I've proof, I'm certain! 355 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:55,455 I need a special filter to save the boy, it's necessary. You can help me! 356 00:32:55,527 --> 00:32:59,259 I? I'm only poor ignorant slave. - But you're allowed outside the walls. 357 00:32:59,545 --> 00:33:02,255 I'm being watched too closely. - Tell me what to do. 358 00:33:02,328 --> 00:33:06,573 You know Zarbaszed? That old man collects herbs and makes medicines. - Yes. 359 00:33:06,646 --> 00:33:08,521 Tell him I sent you and that I... 360 00:33:23,078 --> 00:33:25,359 Ramnes! The rest are here. 361 00:33:28,289 --> 00:33:32,096 Hurry! Get those trenches done! They're are only defense! 362 00:33:32,346 --> 00:33:36,315 Not a single Roman must escape or we'll have the whole legion on our backs! 363 00:34:00,254 --> 00:34:02,336 Asclepius and Bart, your turn! 364 00:34:02,408 --> 00:34:05,016 I know your fame, Asclepius, but mine is as great. 365 00:34:05,089 --> 00:34:07,160 Pray to your gods. 366 00:34:07,233 --> 00:34:10,661 I won't lose today. Too many people have their bets on me. 367 00:34:10,734 --> 00:34:14,840 And I will never betray the trust of Caesar and my new patron, Chrysippus. 368 00:34:14,912 --> 00:34:18,199 I'll hack your head off in the third attack. 369 00:34:24,226 --> 00:34:27,963 Good luck, Asclepius. If you live, I'll see you afterward. 370 00:34:51,821 --> 00:34:53,825 Why, what's happened? Where is Bart? 371 00:34:53,897 --> 00:34:57,292 I've included a slight variation in your spectacle. I hope you like it. 372 00:35:15,829 --> 00:35:18,690 But this is murder! - Sit down! 373 00:36:46,419 --> 00:36:49,495 A magnificent fight! Magnificent! 374 00:36:49,956 --> 00:36:54,277 I needed a dead gladiator, Amira. Not a hero. 375 00:36:54,496 --> 00:36:57,210 We better go back to hand-to-hand fighting. 376 00:37:27,710 --> 00:37:30,854 You murderer! Your skin is worth a 100 sesterces! 377 00:38:13,986 --> 00:38:17,869 Listen to those jackass shout. You hear? They're hunting for a carcass! 378 00:38:17,942 --> 00:38:19,479 Still no sign of them. 379 00:38:20,456 --> 00:38:22,584 Well? - Nothing yet. 380 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,056 Why? - You see, Marcus, 381 00:38:44,343 --> 00:38:48,885 I spoke to you about death as a spectacle. But Ctesiphon isn't Rome. 382 00:38:49,094 --> 00:38:51,158 All these men belong to me. 383 00:38:57,611 --> 00:39:02,844 You're here. There's the sentinel. Be quick. - Wait for me here. 384 00:39:06,337 --> 00:39:09,168 What are you up to, cutie? - The games bore me. 385 00:39:09,241 --> 00:39:11,804 So you decided to find some other amusement, eh? 386 00:39:12,033 --> 00:39:15,638 If you have a little time, Roman. - I always have for a pretty girl like you. 387 00:39:15,711 --> 00:39:18,083 I wonder how many others you said that to. 388 00:39:24,923 --> 00:39:27,487 Let me go! Let me go! 389 00:39:47,627 --> 00:39:50,510 This way! Follow me! 390 00:40:13,578 --> 00:40:16,020 Look! Look! He's gonna kill him! 391 00:40:16,321 --> 00:40:19,767 Why do you cry, Zahar? You should be content. 392 00:40:19,839 --> 00:40:24,087 Asclepius is a rebel. - He's not a rebel! He's one of your subjects! 393 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:28,298 A soldier who had to die not defending you but amusing the Romans! 394 00:40:28,371 --> 00:40:29,472 Zahar! Wait! 395 00:40:59,714 --> 00:41:01,537 No, Lucanus! No! 396 00:41:20,808 --> 00:41:24,710 Asclepius! - Ramnes! - You're safe! Your sword. 397 00:41:52,066 --> 00:41:54,642 Marcus! Marcus! The governor is dying! 398 00:41:56,774 --> 00:42:00,516 Look at them, Marcus. They're the same ones you set free. 399 00:42:00,802 --> 00:42:02,187 You were right. 400 00:42:02,356 --> 00:42:07,108 After all, it's fine to die like a hero before all these people. 401 00:42:07,181 --> 00:42:10,666 I don't know who's to blame, but I swear to you... - The legion, Marcus! 402 00:42:10,738 --> 00:42:12,346 Only the legion is left. 403 00:42:12,418 --> 00:42:16,218 Don't speak. I'll move you from here. - It's too late now. 404 00:42:16,427 --> 00:42:18,907 Everything is getting dark... 405 00:42:25,641 --> 00:42:28,782 Onward! Quickly! Follow me! 406 00:42:28,855 --> 00:42:31,441 Get out of the city! 407 00:42:31,514 --> 00:42:34,656 Withdraw before the reinforcements come! 408 00:42:35,251 --> 00:42:39,117 Hurry! Hurry! Forward! 409 00:42:39,930 --> 00:42:41,505 Away! Away! 410 00:42:51,321 --> 00:42:55,531 Chase this mob out of here! Take charge of the troop, I'll go for the legion! 411 00:43:03,191 --> 00:43:04,545 Stride! 412 00:43:22,915 --> 00:43:26,046 Marcus, fly, it's a trap! - Warn the legion! 413 00:44:03,472 --> 00:44:04,851 So then it's true? 414 00:44:05,339 --> 00:44:08,881 You're leaving? - Yes, we are going: me and my gold. 415 00:44:08,953 --> 00:44:11,907 You'll leave me at a time like this? - It's the best time to. 416 00:44:11,980 --> 00:44:15,739 Without Marcus Numidius and the Roman legion, Asclepius will tear us to pieces. 417 00:44:15,812 --> 00:44:18,852 What a coward you are! - Yes, I don't deny it. 418 00:44:19,044 --> 00:44:23,650 Well, if you don't want to accept the aid offered to help you... - The Scythians? 419 00:44:23,723 --> 00:44:27,318 They'll come if you wish. - And never leave. 420 00:44:27,391 --> 00:44:30,606 I see you've no faith in me. And in my people. 421 00:44:30,678 --> 00:44:34,993 Besides, they're so far away. - Not as far away as you'd think. 422 00:44:35,382 --> 00:44:36,775 Rastes! 423 00:44:38,727 --> 00:44:39,869 Who is he? 424 00:44:41,174 --> 00:44:44,555 A man always ready to sell enemies or friends upon request. 425 00:44:44,628 --> 00:44:47,943 It's Rastes. He can procure as many men as you want. 426 00:44:48,015 --> 00:44:52,846 Enough to cover the entire plain, Princess, as long as our pact is clear. 427 00:44:53,008 --> 00:44:55,424 Every dead man will cost twice the living. 428 00:44:55,497 --> 00:44:59,116 And the horses and mules... - Payment must be made in gold, Amira. 429 00:44:59,189 --> 00:45:02,204 With certain guarantees which we'll call... official. 430 00:45:02,551 --> 00:45:04,762 Isn't my word enough? 431 00:45:04,834 --> 00:45:09,131 Try to understand me, Princess: There's a king in Armenia. 432 00:45:09,625 --> 00:45:14,018 And Rome decides for him, now that the governor Chrysippus is dead. 433 00:45:14,278 --> 00:45:16,494 Who will the Romans send you? 434 00:45:16,630 --> 00:45:19,764 Will he be your friend? Or your enemy? 435 00:45:20,207 --> 00:45:25,089 In the second case, little Osroe might even repudiate the princess Amira. 436 00:45:25,494 --> 00:45:27,115 Then what of us? 437 00:45:27,188 --> 00:45:30,962 Who would pay us for our dead? - Well, are you still undecided? 438 00:45:31,035 --> 00:45:35,134 Asclepius isn't a criminal seeking a day's liberty. He's a rebel! 439 00:45:35,303 --> 00:45:37,557 Who'd like the throne of Armenia. 440 00:45:37,825 --> 00:45:39,972 That throne could easily be yours. 441 00:45:40,192 --> 00:45:43,875 The only obstacle to your safety and to your triumph 442 00:45:43,948 --> 00:45:45,867 is only one boy. 443 00:45:49,688 --> 00:45:51,769 Take a good look around, Roman. 444 00:45:51,842 --> 00:45:54,816 This is the last chance you'll get to see the sun. 445 00:46:29,206 --> 00:46:32,232 Stop! Stop that horse! 446 00:46:41,412 --> 00:46:43,175 Go on! Untie him! 447 00:46:54,674 --> 00:46:56,884 Do you still want to laugh? 448 00:46:57,690 --> 00:46:59,818 It's the only weapon I have left. 449 00:47:00,202 --> 00:47:03,257 You're a cruel man and dangerous to your own people. 450 00:47:03,329 --> 00:47:05,600 I was mistaken in not having you killed! 451 00:47:05,673 --> 00:47:08,321 You talk not from courage but ignorance. 452 00:47:08,393 --> 00:47:11,480 What do you know of me? - Enough to know you. 453 00:47:11,624 --> 00:47:14,621 You deserve the death Chrysippus had chosen for you. 454 00:47:15,094 --> 00:47:16,883 The death of a slave! 455 00:47:18,348 --> 00:47:21,911 No, no, Asclepius! He freed the prisoners, you mustn't forget that! 456 00:47:21,983 --> 00:47:25,891 What can you gain by killing him? When he's dead, he'll be of no use. - Quiet! 457 00:47:25,964 --> 00:47:28,898 Don't you understand that only he can save us? 458 00:47:29,159 --> 00:47:32,014 If the legion comes it'll be a terrible massacre. 459 00:47:32,087 --> 00:47:35,354 And we'll have gained nothing but blood by our revolt. 460 00:47:36,031 --> 00:47:38,947 Amira is sure to triumph one way or another. 461 00:47:41,347 --> 00:47:43,769 Perhaps this Roman will treat us justly. 462 00:47:45,084 --> 00:47:47,525 If you could win him over to our cause. 463 00:47:48,729 --> 00:47:49,913 Let him go. 464 00:47:51,390 --> 00:47:53,779 I warn you, you're wasting your time. 465 00:47:53,961 --> 00:47:55,883 Wait before you judge. 466 00:47:55,955 --> 00:47:58,923 The fate of a people is at stake, Marcus Numidius. 467 00:47:58,996 --> 00:48:01,347 And you'll listen to us to the very end. 468 00:48:05,701 --> 00:48:09,059 Why is it so dark? Give me your hand. Light a lamp! 469 00:48:09,187 --> 00:48:10,866 Help me get up. 470 00:48:10,938 --> 00:48:14,946 You know I love you, don't you, Amira? I love you so much. 471 00:48:15,018 --> 00:48:18,135 And you love me too, don't you? - Yes, Osroe. 472 00:48:18,313 --> 00:48:20,370 I'm not afraid when I'm with you. 473 00:48:20,442 --> 00:48:24,090 Cold! Just like it's winter. Amira! 474 00:48:24,946 --> 00:48:26,332 Take care of him! 475 00:48:29,700 --> 00:48:31,923 Amira, I feel so cold! 476 00:48:31,996 --> 00:48:34,231 Get Zahar! Let me see her! 477 00:48:34,701 --> 00:48:35,996 I can't! 478 00:48:36,198 --> 00:48:39,683 I can't stand it anymore! It's terrible this thing I've done! 479 00:48:39,756 --> 00:48:41,709 If he keeps calling me I'll go mad! 480 00:48:41,781 --> 00:48:45,367 Courage, my queen, a few moments separate you from the throne. 481 00:48:48,312 --> 00:48:51,956 It's time to end forever the tears of that child. 482 00:48:52,762 --> 00:48:57,345 I hate him! I hate him for making me suffer so! I'm afraid of him! 483 00:49:00,831 --> 00:49:03,296 Osroe! What happened to him? 484 00:49:03,369 --> 00:49:07,395 He was very well. He was playing when suddenly he began to tremble and moan. 485 00:49:07,661 --> 00:49:11,760 We brought him here. - Why didn't you call me? - Amira was with him. 486 00:49:11,833 --> 00:49:15,946 Bring the Tyrian unguent and warm cover. And a flagon full of water. 487 00:49:16,395 --> 00:49:17,762 Zahar! 488 00:49:18,263 --> 00:49:21,854 Is that you, Zahar? I feel so sick! 489 00:49:21,926 --> 00:49:25,818 What did you take? What did they give you? - Nothing, Zahar. 490 00:49:26,222 --> 00:49:28,063 Osroe, I'm here. 491 00:49:28,511 --> 00:49:31,649 Here close to you. Feel my hands in yours. 492 00:49:31,806 --> 00:49:33,907 Tell me a nice story. 493 00:49:34,975 --> 00:49:37,413 That will make me go to sleep. 494 00:50:05,902 --> 00:50:08,319 Call, Amira, at once. The king is dying! 495 00:50:13,185 --> 00:50:16,635 Don't leave me alone! I'm afraid! 496 00:50:17,233 --> 00:50:19,134 No, Osroe, I won't leave you alone. 497 00:50:19,207 --> 00:50:22,888 If the gods are kind to us, you'll have a nice long sleep and a happy awakening. 498 00:50:22,961 --> 00:50:24,909 You must drink this now. 499 00:50:25,492 --> 00:50:26,599 It burns! 500 00:50:26,852 --> 00:50:30,939 Why? It's burns! - Your life is burning away. Drink it! 501 00:50:33,629 --> 00:50:35,940 Osroe! Osroe! 502 00:50:37,166 --> 00:50:40,661 Help me! Don't leave me alone, Zahar! 503 00:50:40,734 --> 00:50:43,929 It burns... it burns! 504 00:50:51,666 --> 00:50:53,423 And how old were you then? 505 00:50:53,496 --> 00:50:57,055 17. And since then I've done nothing but kill. 506 00:50:57,128 --> 00:51:00,943 In all the arenas in the empire. A different man every day. 507 00:51:01,317 --> 00:51:03,705 A total stranger behind a mask of iron. 508 00:51:04,886 --> 00:51:08,879 I became accustomed to killing like a scythe that mows down the grape. 509 00:51:09,832 --> 00:51:11,759 Then I met Ramnes. 510 00:51:12,256 --> 00:51:14,629 She had been a slave sold to Lybia. 511 00:51:15,790 --> 00:51:18,004 I'm from a village around here. 512 00:51:18,076 --> 00:51:20,616 One day Amira's troops came to our gates. 513 00:51:20,689 --> 00:51:24,741 And we welcomed them with bread and salt according to our customs. 514 00:51:24,814 --> 00:51:29,940 They burned down the entire village. They killed the old and deported the young. 515 00:51:30,013 --> 00:51:33,377 It was then that I escaped and began the struggle against Amira. 516 00:51:33,450 --> 00:51:36,349 I didn't want our people to continue to sacrifice themselves 517 00:51:36,422 --> 00:51:40,615 for the caprices of a corrupt woman and a minister of no Armenian blood. 518 00:51:40,688 --> 00:51:44,016 It's terrible. I've never believed it could be like this. 519 00:51:44,340 --> 00:51:47,282 Neither you nor Rome could know what has been going on here. 520 00:51:47,355 --> 00:51:51,216 But remember: justice is on our side! 521 00:51:52,712 --> 00:51:54,873 Maybe I can still do something. 522 00:51:55,061 --> 00:51:58,790 But you'll have to have complete faith in me, Asclepius. - What do you want? 523 00:51:58,863 --> 00:52:01,166 Only one thing: my liberty. 524 00:52:01,702 --> 00:52:04,401 That is a very serious request. - I know. 525 00:52:04,473 --> 00:52:07,713 But that's the only way I can resolve your safety and this war. 526 00:52:18,209 --> 00:52:19,919 What are your intentions? 527 00:52:19,992 --> 00:52:22,371 To speak to Amira with the authority of Rome. 528 00:52:22,444 --> 00:52:25,307 I've more than one cohort in Ctesiphon led by Lucanus. 529 00:52:25,380 --> 00:52:27,332 That'll suffice to guarantee my decisions. 530 00:52:27,405 --> 00:52:30,534 Do you think I can trust a Roman who has fought against us? 531 00:52:30,607 --> 00:52:35,715 A Roman you've convinced, Asclepius. By my word and Rome's, I won't betray you. 532 00:52:42,130 --> 00:52:43,965 I'm going to let you go. 533 00:52:44,350 --> 00:52:49,303 But if you don't return in 3 days, their blood will be on your head. 534 00:52:49,442 --> 00:52:52,671 Because I shall kill them with my own hands, one by one. 535 00:52:53,457 --> 00:52:55,844 This is the sword of iron and of gold. 536 00:52:55,917 --> 00:52:59,067 Even thus may your reign be mighty and prosperous. 537 00:52:59,721 --> 00:53:01,937 This is water of the sacred spring. 538 00:53:02,010 --> 00:53:04,797 Even thus limpid be your deeds upon the throne. 539 00:53:09,389 --> 00:53:11,804 This is the earth of your empire. 540 00:53:11,877 --> 00:53:14,754 Protect it and defend it as long as you live. 541 00:53:23,453 --> 00:53:28,477 And this is the crown that I place upon you in the name of the Armenian people. 542 00:53:30,872 --> 00:53:33,040 Away with that crown, priest! 543 00:53:34,797 --> 00:53:36,593 Welcome back, Roman! 544 00:53:36,666 --> 00:53:39,228 You perhaps do not know that King Osroe is dead. 545 00:53:39,301 --> 00:53:41,311 I'm not speaking to you but to Amira! 546 00:53:41,384 --> 00:53:44,897 In this name of Rome, I order you to leave this land and this throne! 547 00:53:45,091 --> 00:53:48,391 I fear that your trust in Rome is somewhat exaggerated. 548 00:53:48,464 --> 00:53:50,762 I shall assume all responsibilities and powers 549 00:53:50,835 --> 00:53:53,663 until there has been constituted a legitimate government! 550 00:53:53,913 --> 00:53:56,383 But my government is already legitimate. 551 00:53:56,630 --> 00:53:59,734 That is not for you to decide. The following are my orders: 552 00:53:59,807 --> 00:54:04,193 Burcalla's immediate arrest and your exile! Let's end this farce! 553 00:54:04,266 --> 00:54:07,993 You're right. Let's put an end to it. But not in the way you would like. 554 00:54:08,140 --> 00:54:10,463 The last scene has been changed. 555 00:54:14,433 --> 00:54:16,607 Scythians! Arrest that man! 556 00:54:21,729 --> 00:54:25,002 Poor Marcus, among all your other gifts, you've that of artlessness. 557 00:54:25,075 --> 00:54:28,221 A very dangerous thing whether in war or in politics. 558 00:54:28,834 --> 00:54:32,427 It's a pity. But I shall be compelled to have you executed. 559 00:54:32,987 --> 00:54:35,119 You've betrayed your own country! 560 00:54:35,529 --> 00:54:37,865 It's futile to argue with a dying man. 561 00:54:37,938 --> 00:54:42,311 You'll execute him before dawn and hang him on the walls with an arrow in his chest. 562 00:54:42,727 --> 00:54:45,139 It's too bad Asclepius didn't kill you. 563 00:54:45,292 --> 00:54:48,374 In that case, we could've given you a fine funeral. 564 00:54:49,978 --> 00:54:52,523 Aren't you pleased, Marcus Numidius? 565 00:54:52,758 --> 00:54:58,354 Rome will be highly pleased at having a new hero. And a new martyr. 566 00:54:58,757 --> 00:55:00,287 Take him away! 567 00:55:01,254 --> 00:55:03,001 Don't execute him right away. 568 00:55:03,074 --> 00:55:06,638 If things should go badly, we can offer his head in exchange. 569 00:55:19,941 --> 00:55:22,179 Harmonia! It's me, Zahar! 570 00:55:22,251 --> 00:55:25,146 Hurry, open up! Open up, for heaven's sake! 571 00:55:25,884 --> 00:55:27,037 Zahar! 572 00:55:27,109 --> 00:55:29,298 You here at this hour? What is it? 573 00:55:29,371 --> 00:55:32,228 Marcus Numidius has been captured! Amira will kill him! 574 00:55:32,300 --> 00:55:35,599 How? - Marcus Numidius has been captured! 575 00:55:35,672 --> 00:55:37,593 What's happened? - Lucanus alive! 576 00:55:37,666 --> 00:55:40,063 I kept him hidden here. They would've killed him. 577 00:55:40,136 --> 00:55:44,011 Marcus is at the palace! - What's happened to Marcus? - They're going to kill him! 578 00:55:44,474 --> 00:55:47,122 What are you going to do? - I can't desert him! 579 00:55:47,195 --> 00:55:50,790 But you're alone! - Send Zahar back! Her absence mustn't be noticed. 580 00:55:51,066 --> 00:55:53,323 Lucanus is right. You better go now. 581 00:55:53,396 --> 00:55:58,095 I'll follow the funeral to the tomb of the kings. Find me there. Be quick! 582 00:55:59,914 --> 00:56:02,003 Then you really mean to go? - Yes. 583 00:56:03,764 --> 00:56:05,800 Aren’t you glad to get rid of me? 584 00:56:05,873 --> 00:56:09,895 I'll be back, you needn't worry. Weeds can never be killed! 585 00:56:17,645 --> 00:56:18,829 Lucanus! 586 00:56:43,741 --> 00:56:46,631 What are you doing here? - The same thing you are. 587 00:56:49,195 --> 00:56:51,427 Good. Go and draw in a little closer. 588 00:57:32,422 --> 00:57:34,153 Good, it's my turn. 589 00:57:35,380 --> 00:57:36,617 7! 590 00:58:25,637 --> 00:58:26,740 Come on! 591 00:58:32,513 --> 00:58:33,854 Marcus! 592 00:58:35,905 --> 00:58:37,747 Marcus! - Here! 593 00:58:37,820 --> 00:58:39,824 I'm here, Lucanus! 594 00:59:01,739 --> 00:59:04,856 He's dead! - Hurry, inside the prison! 595 00:59:18,174 --> 00:59:20,915 Lucanus! Lucanus! 596 00:59:22,354 --> 00:59:25,713 Reinforcements are arriving! - Is there another way out? - This way! 597 01:01:28,542 --> 01:01:31,374 Lucanus, let's go! - Yes! 598 01:01:54,697 --> 01:01:58,565 Marcus! You go out through the eastern gate. 599 01:01:58,638 --> 01:02:00,928 And I through here. It'll be harder to take us. 600 01:02:01,001 --> 01:02:03,902 Good. Where shall we meet again? - At the tomb of the kings. 601 01:02:04,110 --> 01:02:07,515 At the oasis of Akkerzhan. - Agreed. May the gods help us! 602 01:02:25,343 --> 01:02:26,533 Harmonia! 603 01:02:44,500 --> 01:02:47,262 You see? I've come back. 604 01:02:47,623 --> 01:02:50,021 I never fail to keep my promises. 605 01:02:56,981 --> 01:02:59,956 I want to leave with a smile. 606 01:03:00,083 --> 01:03:01,956 That's why I came back to you. 607 01:03:02,373 --> 01:03:04,924 You mustn't cry. - I can't help it. 608 01:03:05,311 --> 01:03:08,239 If you love me, you won't. - Love you? 609 01:03:08,312 --> 01:03:11,129 I loved you more than anyone in my life. 610 01:03:11,424 --> 01:03:14,632 You see, we're sincere in the presence of death. 611 01:03:14,705 --> 01:03:16,925 You've never spoken to me like that. 612 01:03:18,855 --> 01:03:22,668 I'm sure we'd have had a happy life if we could've been together, right? 613 01:03:23,654 --> 01:03:25,327 We would've had a house, 614 01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:28,880 and children... Beautiful like you and strong like me. 615 01:03:29,223 --> 01:03:31,742 In the evening, sitting there, 616 01:03:32,677 --> 01:03:37,819 before our door, waiting for me. It's that evening, Harmonia. 617 01:03:39,849 --> 01:03:41,626 See there, Harmonia! 618 01:03:41,951 --> 01:03:45,157 I'm coming home... to you. 619 01:03:45,684 --> 01:03:47,152 Here I am. 620 01:03:47,480 --> 01:03:51,352 Yes. And I run to your side when I see you. 621 01:03:51,727 --> 01:03:55,183 You laugh and we begin to squabble just as we always do. 622 01:04:00,125 --> 01:04:02,937 You see? He's breathing, he's alive! 623 01:04:04,134 --> 01:04:06,035 He's alive! He's alive! 624 01:04:06,164 --> 01:04:09,542 He is saved! The king is saved! 625 01:04:31,102 --> 01:04:32,241 Marcus! 626 01:04:36,781 --> 01:04:37,946 Marcus! 627 01:04:49,399 --> 01:04:53,031 You see how simple it all is? You love me. 628 01:04:53,104 --> 01:04:57,736 I know nothing anymore. There's always been a struggle inside me. 629 01:04:57,809 --> 01:05:02,315 I ought to hate you. - But that's all done. Now that you're sure of me and of you. 630 01:05:03,453 --> 01:05:05,885 I have to explain so many things to you. 631 01:05:06,187 --> 01:05:09,978 But you've been wounded! - It's nothing. - I'll cure you myself. 632 01:05:17,938 --> 01:05:19,025 My love. 633 01:05:20,684 --> 01:05:24,732 Are you sure the philter will really work? - I am. Don't worry. 634 01:05:24,805 --> 01:05:26,590 It almost seems impossible. 635 01:05:29,037 --> 01:05:30,084 Marcus. 636 01:05:34,389 --> 01:05:36,523 Lie down here. You must rest. 637 01:05:36,596 --> 01:05:38,635 Yes. I have to wait til nightfall. 638 01:05:42,526 --> 01:05:44,087 I must be successful. 639 01:05:44,502 --> 01:05:48,895 If I don't call the legion in time, it will be a massacre for Asclepius. 640 01:05:48,968 --> 01:05:51,014 Yes, I'll call you at sunset. 641 01:05:51,087 --> 01:05:54,753 I've got a long way to go tonight. - Yes, Marcus. 642 01:06:07,246 --> 01:06:10,799 I believe that in my heart, I've always loved you, dear Marcus. 643 01:06:21,551 --> 01:06:23,003 Dear! 644 01:06:23,990 --> 01:06:27,224 Zahar! There is a platoon of Scythians down in the valley! 645 01:06:27,297 --> 01:06:29,725 Suppose they should come up this way? 646 01:07:02,250 --> 01:07:03,838 This way! Capture her! 647 01:07:34,588 --> 01:07:35,739 Osroe! 648 01:07:37,106 --> 01:07:38,805 Marcus! You here? 649 01:07:39,648 --> 01:07:43,176 Zahar was outside and a lot of men grabbed her and dragged her away! 650 01:07:43,249 --> 01:07:46,833 Quick, Osroe! We've got to get to the Roman legion cost what it may! 651 01:08:11,091 --> 01:08:13,901 98... 99... 652 01:08:14,362 --> 01:08:17,066 100. - That's correct. 653 01:08:24,387 --> 01:08:27,590 That man looks at my gold as though it were already his. 654 01:08:27,720 --> 01:08:31,193 Would you have preferred to leave Ctesiphon without protection? 655 01:08:34,258 --> 01:08:35,332 Stop! 656 01:08:36,846 --> 01:08:40,561 Here's a pretty prisoner. - Let her come forward! 657 01:08:45,783 --> 01:08:48,757 Well, it's the faithful friend of Osroe. 658 01:09:11,736 --> 01:09:13,906 Come on, try! Don't give up! 659 01:09:15,013 --> 01:09:18,501 I can't go any further, Marcus. I can't. 660 01:09:18,976 --> 01:09:20,649 Come! I'll carry you. 661 01:09:40,386 --> 01:09:42,739 Speak! If you don't want to be whipped! 662 01:09:42,912 --> 01:09:46,039 I have nothing to say to you, Princess. 663 01:09:46,403 --> 01:09:48,681 This woman is not the queen of Armenia! 664 01:09:48,754 --> 01:09:52,176 Osroe the King is still alive and in Roman hands! - The king alive? 665 01:09:52,248 --> 01:09:55,691 And whoever betrays him will pay for his treachery with his life! 666 01:09:55,763 --> 01:09:59,926 Take away this lying madwoman! Let her speak to no one! - Take her away! 667 01:10:05,070 --> 01:10:06,683 The king is alive. 668 01:10:07,575 --> 01:10:09,403 What do you suppose this means? 669 01:10:09,879 --> 01:10:11,565 I think I can guess. 670 01:10:11,906 --> 01:10:15,711 The legion is very far away and no ones says the Roman can reach it. 671 01:10:15,783 --> 01:10:19,039 We do well to begin by eliminating our weakest enemy. 672 01:10:19,231 --> 01:10:20,585 Asclepius? - Yes. 673 01:10:21,304 --> 01:10:24,601 But we're not able to afford the wasteful expenditures of forces. 674 01:10:25,473 --> 01:10:31,294 We'll work it so that Asclepius will come and give himself up voluntarily. 675 01:10:47,140 --> 01:10:51,853 The best thing for us would be to go away from here. You are free now. 676 01:10:53,112 --> 01:10:55,440 Even if the Roman can settle everything, 677 01:10:55,512 --> 01:10:58,428 it'll always be better for you to avoid Ctesiphon. 678 01:10:58,619 --> 01:11:02,726 What do you fear? - Too many people hate you. 679 01:11:16,239 --> 01:11:19,161 What's the matter? - A troop of mercenaries! 680 01:11:19,234 --> 01:11:20,860 They're coming up here! 681 01:11:21,876 --> 01:11:23,149 The Scythians! 682 01:11:28,970 --> 01:11:32,608 Are you Asclepius the chief? - Yes, I am. What do you want? 683 01:11:32,946 --> 01:11:34,235 Recognize this? 684 01:11:40,845 --> 01:11:43,513 What has happened to the tribune? - He's dead. 685 01:11:45,007 --> 01:11:46,871 Speak! - Osroe is dead too 686 01:11:46,944 --> 01:11:50,652 Amira wants your end, Asclepius and all the heads of the chiefs with you. 687 01:11:50,725 --> 01:11:53,460 The poorest part of the city is surrounded by Scythians. 688 01:11:53,533 --> 01:11:57,297 If you don't surrender, they'll put it to flames. Everyone will die! 689 01:11:57,370 --> 01:12:00,813 But you mustn't go, Asclepius! - Shut up! 690 01:12:00,886 --> 01:12:04,002 We're ready to die! You must fight! 691 01:12:04,074 --> 01:12:05,698 Quiet, dog! 692 01:12:07,508 --> 01:12:08,794 You have one day. 693 01:12:09,202 --> 01:12:12,313 If you don't give yourself up, you'll see flames from the mountains. 694 01:12:35,992 --> 01:12:38,335 Where are you going, Asclepius? - To Ctesiphon. 695 01:12:38,407 --> 01:12:40,732 I can't allow them to massacre so many people. 696 01:12:40,805 --> 01:12:43,783 We'll call up the mountain tribes. - What can we attempt now? 697 01:12:43,856 --> 01:12:46,571 Asclepius! - Give this to my son. 698 01:12:46,738 --> 01:12:48,351 To remember me by. 699 01:13:17,604 --> 01:13:20,437 No! He can't go to die like that! 700 01:14:16,764 --> 01:14:19,527 The tribune Marcus Numidius! 701 01:14:31,547 --> 01:14:32,927 The legion! 702 01:14:43,348 --> 01:14:45,340 If I keep on, I'll kill her. 703 01:14:47,608 --> 01:14:51,957 I'll burn you alive! You saved the king but won't save yourself! 704 01:14:52,030 --> 01:14:54,128 Asclepius has given himself up! 705 01:15:16,898 --> 01:15:18,626 Quick! Follow me! 706 01:15:19,560 --> 01:15:21,207 They've taken Asclepius! 707 01:15:36,912 --> 01:15:41,793 Come on! Block the road! Come on! 708 01:15:50,724 --> 01:15:53,724 Stop them! Don't let them pass! 709 01:15:54,111 --> 01:15:59,352 Drive the jackals out of our land! Get out! Out! 710 01:16:18,619 --> 01:16:21,703 The people have revolted! They've liberated Asclepius! 711 01:16:21,776 --> 01:16:23,851 Dogs! We'll finish them all! 712 01:16:23,924 --> 01:16:26,191 Forward! Forward! 713 01:16:44,394 --> 01:16:46,210 The Scythians are coming! 714 01:19:40,812 --> 01:19:44,573 Fly! The Roman legion! Keesla is dead! 715 01:19:45,285 --> 01:19:46,391 No! 716 01:19:47,861 --> 01:19:50,635 Stop! Stop! 717 01:19:51,737 --> 01:19:53,729 Cowards! Stop! 718 01:19:59,049 --> 01:20:00,072 No! 719 01:20:02,947 --> 01:20:04,001 No! 720 01:20:09,274 --> 01:20:11,643 Get off my gold! - Come and get it! 721 01:20:11,716 --> 01:20:13,266 Curse you! 722 01:20:37,458 --> 01:20:39,696 No! - Zahar! 723 01:20:47,230 --> 01:20:48,317 Zahar! 724 01:21:16,023 --> 01:21:18,749 Beloved, why did you want to sacrifice yourself? 725 01:21:19,118 --> 01:21:21,974 Because I still hate you, Marcus Numidius. 726 01:21:34,924 --> 01:21:36,329 Asclepius! 727 01:21:39,425 --> 01:21:43,141 Marcus, I entrust Ramnes to you. 728 01:21:43,460 --> 01:21:47,073 I entrust my children and my entire people to you. 729 01:21:47,392 --> 01:21:52,486 Only you can... give them back their liberty! 730 01:22:15,516 --> 01:22:17,788 Let Rome pay honor to this hero. 731 01:22:18,756 --> 01:22:21,671 Let him be buried as the leader of his people. 732 01:23:37,343 --> 01:23:39,498 English subtitles by sineintegral@KG