1 00:01:41,643 --> 00:01:42,852 ...salute you. 2 00:03:57,737 --> 00:03:59,864 Be gentle, Hanno. 3 00:05:23,531 --> 00:05:26,284 We invoke you by your great names 4 00:05:26,367 --> 00:05:28,119 to come to our aid. 5 00:05:28,202 --> 00:05:29,871 Defeat the Romans. 6 00:05:29,954 --> 00:05:31,539 Destroy their ships, 7 00:05:31,622 --> 00:05:33,249 their engines of war, 8 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:35,209 and their soldiers. 9 00:05:35,293 --> 00:05:38,338 We will prevail. 10 00:05:43,259 --> 00:05:45,136 Ozalsces. 11 00:05:47,638 --> 00:05:49,265 Arishat. 12 00:06:03,571 --> 00:06:04,947 Hanno. 13 00:06:08,242 --> 00:06:11,287 You did not make an offering today. 14 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:13,790 I prefer to sacrifice a Roman. 15 00:06:29,555 --> 00:06:31,015 Where you are, 16 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:33,142 I am, too. 17 00:06:37,021 --> 00:06:38,689 And where you are, 18 00:06:38,773 --> 00:06:41,734 I am, too, forever. 19 00:06:41,818 --> 00:06:43,319 My wife. 20 00:07:18,938 --> 00:07:21,607 The wind is too strong. Furl sail and strike water. 21 00:07:21,691 --> 00:07:24,026 Furl sail, strike water! 22 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,112 Furl sail and strike water! 23 00:07:34,412 --> 00:07:36,539 Strike water! 24 00:08:03,774 --> 00:08:06,777 They have no lands but the ones they've stolen. 25 00:08:06,861 --> 00:08:09,572 Wherever they go, they leave destruction 26 00:08:09,655 --> 00:08:11,365 and call it peace. 27 00:08:13,201 --> 00:08:16,037 This is the last free city in Africa Nova. 28 00:08:17,121 --> 00:08:20,249 Today, we go into battle. 29 00:08:21,542 --> 00:08:26,130 Pray that your god is with you. If he is not, he is no god. 30 00:08:29,258 --> 00:08:31,469 We've nothing to fear. 31 00:08:31,552 --> 00:08:33,513 Where death is, we are not. 32 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:35,932 Where we are, 33 00:08:37,475 --> 00:08:38,768 death is not. 34 00:08:41,312 --> 00:08:42,939 Stay together and listen for my commands. 35 00:08:46,651 --> 00:08:49,403 Your eyes up and your head out. 36 00:09:24,647 --> 00:09:26,857 Fire! 37 00:09:31,612 --> 00:09:35,032 Ready your weapons! 38 00:09:35,116 --> 00:09:36,325 Again! 39 00:09:42,290 --> 00:09:44,250 We're ablaze on the right! 40 00:09:45,459 --> 00:09:47,336 Keep formation! 41 00:09:50,965 --> 00:09:52,675 Pull! 42 00:09:58,973 --> 00:10:00,600 Archers ready. 43 00:10:00,683 --> 00:10:02,310 Release! 44 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:10,526 Nock! 45 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:12,945 Draw! 46 00:10:13,029 --> 00:10:14,322 Loose! 47 00:10:21,329 --> 00:10:22,538 Archers! 48 00:10:30,588 --> 00:10:32,298 Fire! 49 00:10:43,726 --> 00:10:46,812 -Raise the tower! -Raise the tower! 50 00:11:02,745 --> 00:11:05,164 -Back astern! -Back astern! 51 00:11:12,254 --> 00:11:14,173 Keep cranking. 52 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:25,851 Drop drawbridge! 53 00:11:25,935 --> 00:11:27,520 The drawbridge is stuck! 54 00:11:37,154 --> 00:11:38,614 Sir! 55 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:42,284 Loose! 56 00:11:53,963 --> 00:11:55,631 Back. 57 00:12:58,319 --> 00:12:59,779 Archers! 58 00:12:59,862 --> 00:13:00,988 There! 59 00:13:01,071 --> 00:13:02,448 Kill her! 60 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:04,617 Arishat! 61 00:14:14,562 --> 00:14:16,647 Arishat. 62 00:14:27,908 --> 00:14:32,121 Arishat! 63 00:14:39,211 --> 00:14:41,213 I'll wait for you. 64 00:15:24,173 --> 00:15:26,008 Check all the bodies! 65 00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:28,010 Leave nothing! 66 00:17:16,785 --> 00:17:18,579 I claim this city... 67 00:17:21,290 --> 00:17:23,292 for the glory of Rome. 68 00:17:25,085 --> 00:17:26,879 Vae victis. 69 00:17:29,673 --> 00:17:31,383 Woe to the conquered. 70 00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:51,487 Next! 71 00:17:54,239 --> 00:17:55,365 Move it! 72 00:18:11,048 --> 00:18:14,301 -Down the stairs! -Downstairs! 73 00:19:01,390 --> 00:19:04,434 Hey. 74 00:19:04,518 --> 00:19:06,687 What damage have they done you, eh? 75 00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:21,535 Lift it up. Easy, easy. 76 00:19:21,618 --> 00:19:23,912 Hold that. 77 00:19:29,793 --> 00:19:31,211 Arishat? 78 00:19:34,464 --> 00:19:35,924 I am sorry, my son. 79 00:19:39,386 --> 00:19:41,096 I have not long. 80 00:19:42,389 --> 00:19:44,433 This galley 81 00:19:44,516 --> 00:19:46,894 is sailing us to something I cannot endure. 82 00:19:46,977 --> 00:19:50,105 I am ready... to be taken to another place. 83 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:52,316 Stay here a while longer. 84 00:19:55,652 --> 00:20:00,324 I remember well when you first were brought to us. 85 00:20:00,407 --> 00:20:03,493 A lonely boy from the desert. Guileless. 86 00:20:03,577 --> 00:20:04,870 Afraid. 87 00:20:05,913 --> 00:20:09,124 You embraced everything we taught you. 88 00:20:11,293 --> 00:20:15,505 You found Arishat's love. Your soul was replenished. 89 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:19,968 When I die, 90 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:22,971 my ancestors will meet me in the next world. 91 00:20:25,015 --> 00:20:26,308 Who will meet you? 92 00:20:26,391 --> 00:20:28,644 Hanno, 93 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:30,604 I am done. 94 00:20:30,687 --> 00:20:34,066 Do not let them change what you are. 95 00:21:05,639 --> 00:21:06,807 Have you seen this boy? 96 00:21:12,145 --> 00:21:14,439 Eama! Eama! 97 00:21:19,736 --> 00:21:22,239 You must go alone now, Hanno. 98 00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:27,828 Never let them find you. 99 00:21:32,416 --> 00:21:34,418 Go. Go. 100 00:23:27,364 --> 00:23:30,659 Acacius! Acacius! Acacius! 101 00:23:30,742 --> 00:23:32,077 Emperor Geta. 102 00:23:34,287 --> 00:23:36,039 Emperor Caracalla. 103 00:23:37,541 --> 00:23:39,167 General Acacius. 104 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:42,254 I have taken Numidia in your names 105 00:23:42,337 --> 00:23:44,172 that your dominion may eclipse that 106 00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:46,466 of every emperor that came before you. 107 00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:49,094 Crown him with laurels, brother. 108 00:23:57,936 --> 00:24:01,189 Acacius! Acacius! Acacius! 109 00:24:06,695 --> 00:24:08,697 In honor of your conquest, 110 00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:11,783 there will be games in the Colosseum. 111 00:24:12,909 --> 00:24:15,495 I require no games in my honor. 112 00:24:15,579 --> 00:24:19,166 Serving the Senate and the people of Rome 113 00:24:19,249 --> 00:24:20,959 is honor enough for me. 114 00:24:21,042 --> 00:24:23,837 You are too modest, Acacius. 115 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,132 It does not suit a general as accomplished as yourself. 116 00:24:29,259 --> 00:24:32,095 The glory is yours, not mine. 117 00:24:32,179 --> 00:24:35,307 I only ask for some respite from war 118 00:24:35,390 --> 00:24:36,892 to spend time with my wife. 119 00:24:36,975 --> 00:24:39,394 Your wife, yes. 120 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,188 Remember the privileges we have granted her? 121 00:24:42,689 --> 00:24:44,816 Where is she now to ignore such an occasion? 122 00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:47,694 There are victories yet still to come. 123 00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:50,864 Persia. 124 00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:53,116 India. 125 00:24:54,451 --> 00:24:57,996 Both... must be conquered. 126 00:24:59,831 --> 00:25:02,417 Rome has so many subjects. 127 00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:04,461 She must feed them. 128 00:25:05,629 --> 00:25:07,964 They can eat war. 129 00:25:10,759 --> 00:25:13,970 Your triumphs will be celebrated 130 00:25:14,721 --> 00:25:17,224 as a tribute to the greatness 131 00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:19,309 of the Roman people. 132 00:25:41,581 --> 00:25:42,749 Go to hell! 133 00:26:02,852 --> 00:26:05,272 Macrinus of Thysdrus, 134 00:26:05,355 --> 00:26:07,566 master of gladiators! 135 00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:31,965 Stay close. 136 00:26:48,315 --> 00:26:52,193 Aediles and the town councilors, 137 00:26:52,819 --> 00:26:55,488 distinguished guests, 138 00:26:56,489 --> 00:26:58,450 citizens of Antium, 139 00:27:02,078 --> 00:27:04,539 behold the fate 140 00:27:05,832 --> 00:27:08,501 of the conquered enemies of Rome: 141 00:27:09,753 --> 00:27:14,633 The barbarian Numidians and their chieftain, 142 00:27:15,342 --> 00:27:18,261 Jugurtha! 143 00:28:38,508 --> 00:28:39,843 This one is interesting. 144 00:29:06,619 --> 00:29:08,079 I'll buy him. 145 00:29:29,017 --> 00:29:32,353 Halt! Who goes there? 146 00:29:33,813 --> 00:29:35,148 General. 147 00:30:10,558 --> 00:30:12,227 My lady. 148 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,737 I thank the gods that brought you back home safe. 149 00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:25,990 Thank the Army. They protected me. 150 00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:28,910 Mm. 151 00:30:29,869 --> 00:30:31,621 Let me feed you. 152 00:30:59,232 --> 00:31:00,358 Go. 153 00:31:00,984 --> 00:31:02,443 To the wall. 154 00:31:13,162 --> 00:31:15,540 The arena is a sacred temple. 155 00:31:15,623 --> 00:31:17,250 For the bravest of you, 156 00:31:17,333 --> 00:31:20,211 the road to glory runs through the arena. 157 00:31:20,295 --> 00:31:22,338 The arena turns slaves into gladiators 158 00:31:22,422 --> 00:31:24,382 and gladiators into free men. 159 00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:33,224 You have worms. 160 00:31:37,103 --> 00:31:40,481 I know this one. He eats monkeys. 161 00:31:54,662 --> 00:31:57,040 Go. Sit. Eat. 162 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:58,726 You. 163 00:33:00,061 --> 00:33:02,522 Hanno, get up. 164 00:33:08,361 --> 00:33:12,573 What is your native language? I speak them all. 165 00:33:16,077 --> 00:33:19,372 You don't answer because you can't or because you won't? 166 00:33:21,457 --> 00:33:22,667 Mm, all right. 167 00:33:22,750 --> 00:33:26,546 Violence... is the universal language. 168 00:33:26,629 --> 00:33:29,298 Viggo, put him through his paces. 169 00:33:29,382 --> 00:33:33,344 He can fight an ape. Let's see if he can fight a man. 170 00:34:43,122 --> 00:34:44,332 Enough! 171 00:34:48,795 --> 00:34:50,046 Very good. 172 00:34:51,464 --> 00:34:52,924 Very good. 173 00:34:54,884 --> 00:34:56,344 Hose him down. 174 00:35:00,056 --> 00:35:01,557 Bring him to me. 175 00:35:08,481 --> 00:35:09,857 Ah! 176 00:35:12,735 --> 00:35:14,529 A strong jaw. 177 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:17,698 Good arms. 178 00:35:19,242 --> 00:35:20,535 Better smell. 179 00:35:23,579 --> 00:35:25,206 You will do well. 180 00:35:25,915 --> 00:35:27,792 It is an art, 181 00:35:27,875 --> 00:35:29,794 choosing gladiators. 182 00:35:31,170 --> 00:35:33,422 Some choose entertainers. 183 00:35:33,506 --> 00:35:35,591 Some choose brute force. 184 00:35:35,675 --> 00:35:37,218 I choose rage. 185 00:35:41,597 --> 00:35:43,141 Crowd loves blood. 186 00:35:43,224 --> 00:35:45,017 And they love those who love blood as much as they do. 187 00:35:45,101 --> 00:35:47,603 And you, my friend, rage 188 00:35:48,271 --> 00:35:50,565 pours out of you like... 189 00:35:51,941 --> 00:35:53,568 like milk... 190 00:35:55,111 --> 00:35:56,487 from a whore's tit. 191 00:35:57,446 --> 00:35:59,198 You will be quite the fighter. 192 00:35:59,282 --> 00:36:00,825 Not for you. 193 00:36:00,908 --> 00:36:02,994 You're right, you do not fight for me. 194 00:36:03,077 --> 00:36:05,454 I put you in the ring, you fight or you die. 195 00:36:05,538 --> 00:36:06,706 The choice is yours. 196 00:36:06,789 --> 00:36:09,750 But whose head could I give you 197 00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:13,462 that would satisfy this fury? 198 00:36:13,546 --> 00:36:15,464 The entire Roman Army's. 199 00:36:18,968 --> 00:36:20,094 Too much. 200 00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:21,804 Mm. 201 00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:23,973 The general will do. 202 00:36:24,056 --> 00:36:25,057 General? 203 00:36:26,392 --> 00:36:28,436 -General Acacius? -Mm. 204 00:36:30,688 --> 00:36:33,232 Use your rage in my service, 205 00:36:33,316 --> 00:36:37,236 and you will have his head ready for your sword. 206 00:36:38,404 --> 00:36:41,532 Serve me and I will serve you. Deny me... 207 00:36:42,825 --> 00:36:45,369 and you will die. 208 00:36:48,331 --> 00:36:50,124 There are times I wished you'd abandoned me 209 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:52,001 rather than fight their wars. 210 00:36:52,084 --> 00:36:54,128 I've made my choice. 211 00:36:56,088 --> 00:36:58,049 I can live with it. 212 00:37:02,094 --> 00:37:05,097 But my patience with those two is at an end. 213 00:37:07,850 --> 00:37:10,019 Leta? 214 00:37:10,102 --> 00:37:13,689 You may go to your quarters now. We need nothing more. 215 00:37:20,780 --> 00:37:22,406 To hear wives and mothers mourning their dead 216 00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:24,283 on that beach at Numidia... 217 00:37:26,744 --> 00:37:28,454 Lucilla. 218 00:37:33,501 --> 00:37:35,044 No more. 219 00:37:37,380 --> 00:37:39,465 I will not waste 220 00:37:39,548 --> 00:37:43,177 another generation of young men for their vanity. 221 00:37:45,304 --> 00:37:48,933 If I fight another campaign, it must be to depose them. 222 00:37:50,768 --> 00:37:52,937 When will your troops arrive? 223 00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:56,023 They land at Ostia in ten days. 224 00:37:56,107 --> 00:38:00,152 How many of them will be loyal to you alone? 225 00:38:01,737 --> 00:38:03,197 All of them. 226 00:38:05,199 --> 00:38:08,828 The emperors do not have the support of the people. 227 00:38:08,911 --> 00:38:13,708 The people are weary of the madness, the tyranny. 228 00:38:16,669 --> 00:38:20,840 What is the dream of Rome if her people are not free? 229 00:38:43,195 --> 00:38:45,698 Enjoy yourself, everyone, 230 00:38:45,781 --> 00:38:47,742 to excess! 231 00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:50,786 Thank you. Thank you. 232 00:39:02,757 --> 00:39:04,091 Oh! 233 00:39:04,759 --> 00:39:07,845 Please, drink. 234 00:39:07,928 --> 00:39:10,848 Ah! Excuse me. Macrinus! 235 00:39:12,099 --> 00:39:14,769 I knew the provinces were not enough for you. 236 00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:18,022 -I'm just here for the games. -Ah, well, 237 00:39:18,105 --> 00:39:19,732 you won't be disappointed. 238 00:39:19,815 --> 00:39:23,027 Rome has all the games that men like you like to play. 239 00:39:23,110 --> 00:39:25,363 Men like me, Thraex? Men like us. 240 00:39:25,446 --> 00:39:28,991 I know nothing happens in Rome unless you've tasted it first. 241 00:39:45,549 --> 00:39:47,093 What is my purpose here? 242 00:39:47,176 --> 00:39:48,677 You'll find out soon enough. 243 00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:55,393 What's this we hear about you being interested 244 00:39:55,476 --> 00:39:59,230 in standing for election to the Senate, Macrinus? 245 00:39:59,313 --> 00:40:01,816 Me? No, I'm, uh... 246 00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:04,402 I don't even know how to use an abacus. 247 00:40:04,485 --> 00:40:06,278 But I do understand that 248 00:40:07,446 --> 00:40:08,781 it's customary for your guests 249 00:40:08,864 --> 00:40:11,492 to make wagers at these affairs? 250 00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:13,869 How large a sum did you have in mind? 251 00:40:15,413 --> 00:40:16,914 A thousand gold denarii? 252 00:40:16,997 --> 00:40:18,374 Two. 253 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:21,544 Two? 254 00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:25,756 Denarii. 255 00:40:41,605 --> 00:40:44,400 Stand back! Stand back! 256 00:40:46,026 --> 00:40:47,445 My emperors. 257 00:40:47,528 --> 00:40:51,615 Lords, ladies and gentlemen, and senators. 258 00:40:51,699 --> 00:40:54,076 For your entertainment, 259 00:40:54,702 --> 00:40:57,037 the art of combat! 260 00:40:59,165 --> 00:41:00,875 May I present 261 00:41:00,958 --> 00:41:03,043 the barbarian versus, 262 00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:07,298 from my own stable, the mighty Vichek! 263 00:41:14,513 --> 00:41:17,183 -This is your gladiator? -It is. 264 00:41:20,561 --> 00:41:23,147 Three rounds, hand to hand. 265 00:41:23,230 --> 00:41:24,857 Swords! 266 00:41:24,940 --> 00:41:28,277 We want swords. A fight to the death. 267 00:41:29,528 --> 00:41:32,531 No quarter to be offered... or given. 268 00:41:32,615 --> 00:41:34,783 Fight now! 269 00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:41,373 Brother, 270 00:41:42,416 --> 00:41:44,210 let's not kill each other for their amusement. 271 00:42:50,484 --> 00:42:52,152 Remarkable! 272 00:42:54,572 --> 00:42:56,198 Remarkable! 273 00:42:57,324 --> 00:42:59,410 Thraex, he looked expensive. 274 00:43:00,661 --> 00:43:02,955 -Congratulations. -Thank you. 275 00:43:03,831 --> 00:43:05,291 Remarkable. 276 00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:11,380 From where do you hail? 277 00:43:17,052 --> 00:43:18,387 Speak. 278 00:43:21,974 --> 00:43:23,183 I said speak. 279 00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:24,977 He is from the colonies, Your Majesty. 280 00:43:25,060 --> 00:43:27,479 His native tongue is all he understands. 281 00:43:33,902 --> 00:43:36,989 "The gates of hell are open night and day. 282 00:43:38,449 --> 00:43:43,579 Smooth is the descent, and easy is the way. 283 00:43:46,248 --> 00:43:48,667 But... 284 00:43:50,836 --> 00:43:52,796 to come back from hell 285 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:54,715 and view the cheerful skies, 286 00:43:54,798 --> 00:43:59,428 in this the task and mighty labor lies." 287 00:44:05,893 --> 00:44:07,311 Virgil, Your Majesty. 288 00:44:08,354 --> 00:44:09,355 Poetry! 289 00:44:12,733 --> 00:44:15,402 -Very clever, Macrinus. -Thank you. 290 00:44:16,654 --> 00:44:18,989 I've grown so bored, but you surprise me. 291 00:44:19,073 --> 00:44:22,117 To amuse you is my only wish. 292 00:44:22,201 --> 00:44:24,078 We are amused, we are amused. 293 00:44:26,038 --> 00:44:27,414 We are amused. 294 00:44:28,749 --> 00:44:31,960 And we all look forward to seeing your poet 295 00:44:32,961 --> 00:44:34,296 perform in the arena. 296 00:44:34,380 --> 00:44:37,383 As do I, Your Majesties. 297 00:44:38,092 --> 00:44:39,218 Thank you. 298 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:40,719 Viggo? 299 00:44:42,054 --> 00:44:43,514 Come with me. 300 00:45:01,573 --> 00:45:04,118 You fought well today, but you were lucky, too. 301 00:45:06,453 --> 00:45:08,914 The lines you recited. 302 00:45:08,997 --> 00:45:11,583 You didn't learn that in Africa, I know that. 303 00:45:12,459 --> 00:45:14,670 -A good verse travels far. -Mm. 304 00:45:14,753 --> 00:45:16,714 Who taught you poetry? 305 00:45:16,797 --> 00:45:18,966 A captured Roman officer. 306 00:45:19,049 --> 00:45:22,344 I was posted guard over him and he used to tell us tales 307 00:45:22,428 --> 00:45:24,346 to pass the time. 308 00:45:25,222 --> 00:45:26,473 And what became of this prisoner? 309 00:45:26,557 --> 00:45:28,100 Oh, we ate him. 310 00:45:29,393 --> 00:45:30,436 As barbarians do. 311 00:45:30,519 --> 00:45:32,896 As barbarians do. 312 00:45:32,980 --> 00:45:34,982 And where were you born? 313 00:45:35,065 --> 00:45:37,359 Why does my past matter if it is my future 314 00:45:37,443 --> 00:45:39,695 to die for you in the arena? 315 00:45:46,368 --> 00:45:48,579 Tell me what use have I for Roman money. 316 00:45:51,749 --> 00:45:53,375 A gladiator 317 00:45:54,209 --> 00:45:56,044 can buy his own freedom. 318 00:45:57,004 --> 00:45:58,922 His liberty. 319 00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:01,508 The Roman dream. 320 00:46:01,592 --> 00:46:03,635 No, the slave dreams not of freedom 321 00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:06,221 but of a slave to call his own. 322 00:46:07,014 --> 00:46:08,557 Cicero. 323 00:46:09,683 --> 00:46:12,144 Is that what you were raised on, Macrinus? 324 00:46:13,771 --> 00:46:16,398 What did you have to do for Roman money? 325 00:46:17,649 --> 00:46:19,193 You promised me a head. 326 00:46:19,276 --> 00:46:22,154 Earn your keep and you can have anyone's head. 327 00:46:46,303 --> 00:46:48,138 Father, 328 00:46:48,222 --> 00:46:50,766 protect us and guide us. 329 00:47:04,571 --> 00:47:06,031 Senators. 330 00:47:06,573 --> 00:47:07,866 My lady. 331 00:47:13,831 --> 00:47:17,417 My lady, I wish we were meeting in better times. 332 00:47:18,168 --> 00:47:20,295 Better times will come. 333 00:47:21,505 --> 00:47:23,882 And why are we here? 334 00:47:23,966 --> 00:47:25,926 To take back the city. 335 00:47:27,678 --> 00:47:31,348 And restore Rome to where she should be. 336 00:47:32,683 --> 00:47:34,643 An exciting venture. 337 00:47:35,811 --> 00:47:38,355 -When? -On the final day of the games. 338 00:47:39,231 --> 00:47:42,025 My army waits for my command at Ostia. 339 00:47:42,109 --> 00:47:44,903 Five thousand soldiers loyal to me... 340 00:47:46,321 --> 00:47:48,699 will enter Rome and then the Colosseum, 341 00:47:48,782 --> 00:47:50,701 where they will arrest the emperors 342 00:47:50,784 --> 00:47:52,494 for their crimes against the Senate 343 00:47:53,287 --> 00:47:54,913 and their people. 344 00:47:55,789 --> 00:48:00,794 Uh, this plan is ambitious and risky. 345 00:48:00,878 --> 00:48:03,630 Rome will be yours to administer and to-- 346 00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:08,385 Marcus Aurelius talked of restoring power to the Senate, 347 00:48:08,468 --> 00:48:12,806 but that was a generation ago. Much has changed. 348 00:48:12,890 --> 00:48:16,810 The people have not seen hope 349 00:48:16,894 --> 00:48:18,270 for many years. 350 00:48:18,353 --> 00:48:22,024 But with time... and guidance... 351 00:48:23,650 --> 00:48:27,070 Lucilla, you are the daughter of Marcus Aurelius. 352 00:48:27,154 --> 00:48:29,281 He had my loyalty. 353 00:48:30,949 --> 00:48:32,993 And so do you. 354 00:48:35,203 --> 00:48:36,747 Senator Thraex? 355 00:48:38,415 --> 00:48:41,877 Politics follows power, my lady. 356 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:46,048 Take back what is rightfully yours... 357 00:48:46,965 --> 00:48:49,092 and the Senate will support you. 358 00:48:50,093 --> 00:48:51,386 Thank you. 359 00:49:07,444 --> 00:49:08,904 Food! Food! 360 00:49:13,450 --> 00:49:15,869 When I was told of this place, 361 00:49:15,953 --> 00:49:18,205 they never mentioned the stink. 362 00:49:20,082 --> 00:49:21,291 That would be Hanno. 363 00:49:24,628 --> 00:49:27,464 Well, you'll have to put up with me as I am. 364 00:49:32,636 --> 00:49:35,806 And what's that up there? A wolf? 365 00:49:37,474 --> 00:49:40,727 The twins there, they were outcasts. 366 00:49:40,811 --> 00:49:42,562 Left in the hills to die. 367 00:49:43,981 --> 00:49:47,693 That wolf found them and she suckled them on her milk. 368 00:49:48,902 --> 00:49:51,238 Raised by an animal. It's in their blood. 369 00:49:51,321 --> 00:49:54,241 How do you know this place? 370 00:49:55,325 --> 00:49:57,411 I know the chaos they brought. 371 00:49:58,578 --> 00:50:01,373 This city infects everything it touches. 372 00:50:01,456 --> 00:50:03,542 I never dreamt it would be so big. 373 00:50:03,625 --> 00:50:05,377 Don't fall for it. 374 00:50:05,460 --> 00:50:07,546 This city is diseased. 375 00:50:08,797 --> 00:50:11,008 Food! Food! 376 00:50:34,656 --> 00:50:37,200 You! Barbarian scum! 377 00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:45,125 Help me. Please, help me! 378 00:51:21,828 --> 00:51:23,163 -Ah! -Thraex. 379 00:51:26,917 --> 00:51:27,959 About our wager. 380 00:51:28,043 --> 00:51:29,795 Ah. The barbarian. 381 00:51:29,878 --> 00:51:31,213 Yes, I haven't forgotten, I always repay my debts. 382 00:51:31,296 --> 00:51:33,173 I was merely going to suggest 383 00:51:33,256 --> 00:51:35,217 that perhaps your luck might change. 384 00:51:35,300 --> 00:51:37,761 Shall we say double or quits? 385 00:51:42,224 --> 00:51:43,391 -Ah. -Ah. 386 00:51:55,695 --> 00:51:57,155 Get back! 387 00:52:11,336 --> 00:52:12,963 Fresh meat. 388 00:52:16,925 --> 00:52:18,885 Line up! Line up! 389 00:52:49,416 --> 00:52:52,085 Play! Play! 390 00:53:07,225 --> 00:53:09,603 Emperor Caracalla. 391 00:53:10,228 --> 00:53:12,147 Emperor Geta. 392 00:53:12,230 --> 00:53:14,858 Citizens of Rome! 393 00:53:16,818 --> 00:53:19,863 These sacred games 394 00:53:19,946 --> 00:53:23,200 are held to honor the victory of Rome 395 00:53:23,283 --> 00:53:26,369 over the barbarians of Numidia. 396 00:53:27,662 --> 00:53:30,290 Go! Go! 397 00:53:33,084 --> 00:53:36,588 And to honor Rome's legionary commander, 398 00:53:36,671 --> 00:53:38,882 General Justus Acacius! 399 00:53:38,965 --> 00:53:41,635 Long live Acacius! 400 00:53:41,718 --> 00:53:43,178 And with him 401 00:53:43,261 --> 00:53:47,974 Lucilla, the daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. 402 00:53:49,768 --> 00:53:53,355 -Lucilla! -Mother of Rome! 403 00:53:54,231 --> 00:53:55,649 Acacius. 404 00:53:56,233 --> 00:53:57,359 General. 405 00:54:04,950 --> 00:54:08,286 Acacius! Acacius! Acacius! 406 00:54:08,370 --> 00:54:13,500 Acacius! Acacius! Acacius! 407 00:54:14,376 --> 00:54:15,418 Speak to them. 408 00:54:15,502 --> 00:54:18,004 Speak to us! 409 00:54:26,179 --> 00:54:28,974 I am not an orator 410 00:54:29,057 --> 00:54:30,684 or a politician. 411 00:54:31,893 --> 00:54:33,603 I am a soldier. 412 00:54:35,981 --> 00:54:41,278 I have seen bravery in men and women during war. 413 00:54:41,945 --> 00:54:43,822 And even once in this arena. 414 00:54:45,282 --> 00:54:47,075 So if you ask anything of the gods... 415 00:54:48,910 --> 00:54:51,371 ask for that same bravery. 416 00:54:53,581 --> 00:54:55,792 Because Rome needs it now. 417 00:54:59,838 --> 00:55:02,674 Acacius! Acacius! Acacius! 418 00:55:02,757 --> 00:55:06,052 Acacius! Acacius! Acacius! 419 00:55:18,606 --> 00:55:21,109 From the South Gate, 420 00:55:21,192 --> 00:55:26,323 fighters from the stable of Macrinus of Thysdrus! 421 00:55:38,793 --> 00:55:40,795 From the stables 422 00:55:40,879 --> 00:55:44,466 of Emperors Caracalla and Geta themselves, 423 00:55:44,549 --> 00:55:47,135 the undefeated champion: 424 00:55:47,218 --> 00:55:50,889 Glyceo the Destroyer! 425 00:55:57,479 --> 00:55:58,438 Hold. 426 00:56:21,294 --> 00:56:23,213 Hold. 427 00:56:24,422 --> 00:56:26,132 Hail Caesars! 428 00:56:27,675 --> 00:56:31,096 Glyceo! Glyceo! Glyceo! 429 00:56:42,732 --> 00:56:45,944 Hold together and when it charges, break for the wall. 430 00:56:46,027 --> 00:56:46,986 Why should I? 431 00:56:51,157 --> 00:56:52,117 Hold! 432 00:56:53,201 --> 00:56:54,327 Hold! 433 00:56:54,411 --> 00:56:55,370 Break! 434 00:56:56,371 --> 00:56:57,747 Cowards! 435 00:57:11,719 --> 00:57:13,888 To the wall! 436 00:57:25,817 --> 00:57:26,818 Come on! 437 00:59:10,129 --> 00:59:13,132 Brother, it's that poet, is it not? 438 00:59:13,841 --> 00:59:15,843 I can't remember. 439 00:59:15,927 --> 00:59:17,720 That night was a blur. 440 00:59:19,013 --> 00:59:21,683 "The gates of hell are open night and day. 441 00:59:21,766 --> 00:59:24,852 Smooth the desc--" I forget. 442 00:59:24,936 --> 00:59:26,771 "Smooth the descent..." 443 00:59:27,522 --> 00:59:29,649 "Smooth is the descent, 444 00:59:30,108 --> 00:59:31,901 easy is the way." 445 00:59:39,534 --> 00:59:40,618 Shield! 446 01:00:16,738 --> 01:00:20,325 Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! 447 01:00:22,076 --> 01:00:23,369 Blood. 448 01:00:26,331 --> 01:00:27,540 Lucilla, 449 01:00:28,124 --> 01:00:29,459 shall we show mercy? 450 01:00:29,542 --> 01:00:31,252 Mercy. 451 01:00:46,517 --> 01:00:48,519 No mercy! 452 01:00:48,603 --> 01:00:50,480 Your life has been spared by the gods-- 453 01:00:50,563 --> 01:00:54,692 I would sooner face your blade than accept Roman mercy! 454 01:01:10,708 --> 01:01:14,128 Kill! Kill! Kill! 455 01:01:14,212 --> 01:01:17,465 Kill! Kill! Kill! 456 01:01:28,851 --> 01:01:33,940 Hanno! Hanno! Hanno! 457 01:02:01,926 --> 01:02:04,721 The road to freedom doesn't run through the arena. 458 01:02:05,430 --> 01:02:07,056 It leads to this. 459 01:02:11,477 --> 01:02:13,479 Go to your cells. 460 01:02:17,275 --> 01:02:20,903 Hanno! Hanno! Hanno! 461 01:02:37,712 --> 01:02:39,172 Come on, let's go. 462 01:02:52,310 --> 01:02:55,646 "Gates of hell are open night and day. 463 01:02:56,564 --> 01:02:58,232 Smooth is the descent... 464 01:02:58,316 --> 01:03:00,318 ...easy is the way." 465 01:03:04,322 --> 01:03:06,741 There, there, there, there. 466 01:03:06,824 --> 01:03:08,159 And I've got you. 467 01:03:08,242 --> 01:03:10,953 I'm Maximus, the savior of Rome! 468 01:03:30,431 --> 01:03:32,558 Scatto and Argento. 469 01:03:46,197 --> 01:03:47,657 Lucius is safe? 470 01:04:05,383 --> 01:04:06,551 Lucius! 471 01:04:19,146 --> 01:04:21,065 Lucius, 472 01:04:21,148 --> 01:04:24,193 you're the sole heir to the throne now. 473 01:04:25,862 --> 01:04:27,196 There are men who want to kill you 474 01:04:27,280 --> 01:04:28,823 so they can take power. 475 01:04:30,408 --> 01:04:33,661 I promise I'll bring you back as soon as it's safe. 476 01:04:33,744 --> 01:04:37,373 Mother, why can't you come with me? 477 01:04:37,456 --> 01:04:39,917 I... I have to stay here for your sake. 478 01:04:40,001 --> 01:04:42,003 And for the sake of Rome. 479 01:04:42,086 --> 01:04:44,589 Remember who you are. 480 01:04:44,672 --> 01:04:46,632 And that I love you. 481 01:04:47,258 --> 01:04:48,718 I love you. 482 01:04:49,552 --> 01:04:50,678 Come. 483 01:04:53,848 --> 01:04:55,308 Give me your leg. 484 01:04:57,059 --> 01:04:58,811 Go. Go! 485 01:05:05,484 --> 01:05:07,069 So... 486 01:05:10,281 --> 01:05:11,824 What's your name? 487 01:05:14,535 --> 01:05:17,204 I'm Ravi. I'm a doctor. 488 01:05:18,331 --> 01:05:21,876 Because... more men die of infected wounds 489 01:05:21,959 --> 01:05:24,587 than out there, in the arena. 490 01:05:25,880 --> 01:05:28,758 This needs to be cleaned, it needs to be stitched and 491 01:05:28,841 --> 01:05:31,552 it is going to hurt. 492 01:05:31,636 --> 01:05:32,803 Mm. 493 01:05:32,887 --> 01:05:36,015 This is Devil's Breath and opium. 494 01:05:36,557 --> 01:05:38,184 It's for the pain. 495 01:05:39,060 --> 01:05:40,853 You should breathe in. 496 01:05:46,734 --> 01:05:48,277 I've been here so long now, 497 01:05:48,361 --> 01:05:50,821 I don't even notice anymore. 498 01:05:50,905 --> 01:05:53,741 I've done more amputations than I can count. 499 01:05:54,825 --> 01:05:57,453 -Where'd you learn your trade? -Why do you ask? 500 01:05:57,536 --> 01:05:59,288 You've got a heavy hand. 501 01:06:00,581 --> 01:06:02,083 I used to be a gladiator myself. 502 01:06:02,166 --> 01:06:03,542 Ah. 503 01:06:03,626 --> 01:06:05,753 And would you have bested me? 504 01:06:05,836 --> 01:06:07,421 In your prime, of course. 505 01:06:08,506 --> 01:06:11,217 In your current state, I could best you now. 506 01:06:12,969 --> 01:06:16,222 Luckily for you, I have put down my sword. 507 01:06:16,305 --> 01:06:18,516 So now I spend my days 508 01:06:18,599 --> 01:06:21,185 saving lives instead of taking them. 509 01:06:22,687 --> 01:06:25,272 And why such a change so late in life? 510 01:06:26,065 --> 01:06:28,275 What we do in life 511 01:06:28,359 --> 01:06:30,820 echoes in eternity. 512 01:06:34,448 --> 01:06:36,117 I feel like I know those words. 513 01:06:36,200 --> 01:06:38,744 I can't take credit. 514 01:06:38,828 --> 01:06:41,414 It's written on one of the tombs. 515 01:06:41,497 --> 01:06:44,166 Over the bones of a gladiator. 516 01:06:44,250 --> 01:06:45,584 My champion! 517 01:06:45,668 --> 01:06:47,878 I smell Devil's Breath! 518 01:06:50,297 --> 01:06:53,759 My... champion. 519 01:06:54,635 --> 01:06:56,470 Did you hear that crowd? 520 01:06:59,390 --> 01:07:01,684 -Did you hear that crowd? -Mm-hm. 521 01:07:03,102 --> 01:07:05,730 You have something. I knew it from the start. 522 01:07:05,813 --> 01:07:09,775 -Did you now? -Yes. The Greeks call it... 523 01:07:10,484 --> 01:07:12,028 thymos. 524 01:07:12,111 --> 01:07:13,529 Smoke. 525 01:07:14,155 --> 01:07:15,614 Rage. 526 01:07:16,490 --> 01:07:18,659 That rage is your gift. 527 01:07:19,243 --> 01:07:22,079 Like the great Achilles. 528 01:07:22,163 --> 01:07:24,498 Never let it go. 529 01:07:24,582 --> 01:07:27,460 It will carry you to greatness, 530 01:07:27,543 --> 01:07:29,420 my champion. 531 01:07:48,773 --> 01:07:50,858 Thank you 532 01:07:50,941 --> 01:07:52,902 for inviting me. 533 01:07:52,985 --> 01:07:55,071 This is truly an honor. 534 01:08:00,034 --> 01:08:01,994 I hear you are the talk of the court. 535 01:08:04,288 --> 01:08:05,414 Yes. 536 01:08:06,207 --> 01:08:07,750 We've met before. 537 01:08:08,375 --> 01:08:10,503 -Have we? -Long ago. 538 01:08:11,879 --> 01:08:13,464 Where? 539 01:08:13,547 --> 01:08:15,466 I was in the service of your father's army 540 01:08:15,549 --> 01:08:17,676 on his African campaign. 541 01:08:18,803 --> 01:08:20,930 You served with my father? 542 01:08:24,558 --> 01:08:25,768 Mm. 543 01:08:26,352 --> 01:08:28,479 I had the privilege 544 01:08:29,396 --> 01:08:31,023 of reading his "Meditations." 545 01:08:31,107 --> 01:08:32,441 Mm. 546 01:08:35,319 --> 01:08:37,363 "The best revenge 547 01:08:38,405 --> 01:08:41,742 is to be unlike him who performed the injury." 548 01:08:43,911 --> 01:08:46,497 I hear you've been arming half the legions 549 01:08:46,580 --> 01:08:51,710 in the entire empire, and here, now, in Rome... 550 01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:55,881 you're gaining influence by sponsoring gladiators. 551 01:08:55,965 --> 01:08:58,050 I do it for the love of the sport. 552 01:08:58,134 --> 01:09:01,220 And where did you find these gladiators? 553 01:09:02,096 --> 01:09:04,974 They're usually prisoners of war. 554 01:09:05,808 --> 01:09:09,311 Or vagrants. Why do you ask? 555 01:09:09,395 --> 01:09:12,231 A man can choose to fight... 556 01:09:14,024 --> 01:09:15,693 and stay alive. 557 01:09:15,776 --> 01:09:18,988 It's the same in life as it is in the arena, is it not? 558 01:09:21,365 --> 01:09:23,033 Who is this? 559 01:09:23,117 --> 01:09:25,578 That is my father as a youth. 560 01:09:28,664 --> 01:09:29,957 She had a child? 561 01:09:30,040 --> 01:09:31,792 Mm. 562 01:09:31,876 --> 01:09:34,295 It's common knowledge. When Commodus was killed, 563 01:09:34,378 --> 01:09:36,172 -the boy disappeared. -Mm. 564 01:09:36,255 --> 01:09:38,340 -But who would care? -Lucilla would care. 565 01:09:38,424 --> 01:09:41,177 -More wine! -More wine! 566 01:09:42,428 --> 01:09:46,015 He was of the royal bloodline, after all. 567 01:09:47,641 --> 01:09:48,976 And his father? 568 01:09:49,059 --> 01:09:53,814 Ostensibly, Lucius Verus. 569 01:09:53,898 --> 01:09:55,691 See, it was an arranged marriage. 570 01:09:55,774 --> 01:09:56,859 She was 14. 571 01:09:56,942 --> 01:10:00,321 -Mm. -Females were not his taste. 572 01:10:00,404 --> 01:10:01,780 -Nor mine, some days. -Nor yours! 573 01:10:03,407 --> 01:10:07,661 No, no, no. By rumor, you see, she took lovers. 574 01:10:07,745 --> 01:10:11,999 And by rumor, the real father... was Commodus. 575 01:10:12,875 --> 01:10:15,336 -Brotherly love, you see? -Yeah. 576 01:10:15,419 --> 01:10:17,171 If he died, 577 01:10:18,088 --> 01:10:20,549 -there has to be remains. -Mm. 578 01:10:20,633 --> 01:10:23,969 And if he lived, that would make him about... 579 01:10:24,053 --> 01:10:26,138 Um, well, let's work it out. 580 01:10:26,222 --> 01:10:29,642 -He was about 12 when he died? -Yes. 581 01:10:29,725 --> 01:10:34,104 So that would make him... 582 01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:10,599 My lady. 583 01:11:11,141 --> 01:11:12,101 Gracchus. 584 01:11:13,143 --> 01:11:15,104 -Please come. -Thank you. 585 01:11:33,831 --> 01:11:35,291 Gladiator... 586 01:11:36,709 --> 01:11:37,793 do you know me? 587 01:11:46,135 --> 01:11:47,553 Do you have a family? 588 01:11:49,972 --> 01:11:53,309 A wife. Arishat. 589 01:11:54,768 --> 01:11:56,186 Arishat. 590 01:11:56,270 --> 01:11:59,606 She was killed under your husband's command. 591 01:12:02,234 --> 01:12:04,403 Rome drowns in its own blood. 592 01:12:04,486 --> 01:12:06,905 And yet you enjoy the pleasures of the Colosseum. 593 01:12:08,115 --> 01:12:11,076 There is much you do not understand. 594 01:12:17,791 --> 01:12:18,917 Lucius. 595 01:12:19,001 --> 01:12:21,086 I do not know who you think I am. 596 01:12:23,422 --> 01:12:25,299 My name is Hanno, 597 01:12:25,382 --> 01:12:27,926 and I have no mother, or none that I can remember. 598 01:12:34,558 --> 01:12:36,560 I'm so sorry. 599 01:12:36,643 --> 01:12:38,771 If your son were here, I feel sure he would tell you 600 01:12:38,854 --> 01:12:40,773 not to grieve him. 601 01:12:40,856 --> 01:12:42,608 For he would not be the boy that you sent away. 602 01:12:42,691 --> 01:12:44,777 That boy is dead. 603 01:12:47,071 --> 01:12:49,281 You may think I have little worth. 604 01:12:50,824 --> 01:12:52,951 You may think I betrayed you. 605 01:12:54,828 --> 01:12:56,705 But I need you to know... 606 01:12:58,040 --> 01:13:01,001 if you will not have your mother's love, 607 01:13:01,085 --> 01:13:04,046 then take your father's strength. 608 01:13:05,172 --> 01:13:06,632 You need it. 609 01:13:08,842 --> 01:13:13,138 His name was Maximus Decimus Meridius. 610 01:13:14,431 --> 01:13:15,933 And I see him in you. 611 01:13:16,016 --> 01:13:17,476 Get out. 612 01:13:19,478 --> 01:13:22,064 My lady, we must go at once! 613 01:13:25,442 --> 01:13:27,861 Lucius, you were loved 614 01:13:27,945 --> 01:13:31,115 by myself and by your father. 615 01:13:32,282 --> 01:13:33,784 Your name was on his lips-- 616 01:13:33,867 --> 01:13:35,744 Get out! 617 01:14:01,687 --> 01:14:03,689 Lucius is alive. 618 01:14:05,941 --> 01:14:07,776 Are you certain? 619 01:14:07,860 --> 01:14:09,236 Yes. 620 01:14:10,112 --> 01:14:11,530 I know my son. 621 01:14:14,491 --> 01:14:16,452 I spoke to him tonight. 622 01:14:19,746 --> 01:14:22,916 He may be lost to me for what I did, 623 01:14:24,084 --> 01:14:25,836 but he lives. 624 01:14:26,962 --> 01:14:29,590 The third day of the games is tomorrow. 625 01:14:29,673 --> 01:14:31,258 Most fighters won't survive. 626 01:14:31,341 --> 01:14:32,801 Acacius, 627 01:14:34,094 --> 01:14:35,679 you must help him. 628 01:14:36,430 --> 01:14:38,390 -Help him? -Yes. 629 01:14:40,809 --> 01:14:43,395 I failed him then. 630 01:14:43,854 --> 01:14:45,481 I know I did. 631 01:14:47,191 --> 01:14:49,401 I cannot fail him now. 632 01:14:51,945 --> 01:14:53,405 The army is in Ostia. 633 01:14:53,489 --> 01:14:56,283 If we wait a few days... 634 01:14:56,366 --> 01:14:58,494 He could be dead by then. 635 01:15:00,454 --> 01:15:01,788 Acacius, 636 01:15:01,872 --> 01:15:05,584 I would willingly give my life for Rome, 637 01:15:06,668 --> 01:15:09,171 but I will not give my son's. 638 01:15:15,302 --> 01:15:17,638 And one. 639 01:15:18,388 --> 01:15:20,182 And two. 640 01:15:20,265 --> 01:15:22,976 And one. 641 01:15:23,060 --> 01:15:26,021 Together. Timing, timing, timing! 642 01:15:27,231 --> 01:15:30,359 And one. And two. 643 01:15:30,943 --> 01:15:32,903 And one. 644 01:15:32,986 --> 01:15:34,988 Pause, pause! 645 01:15:37,741 --> 01:15:39,034 We won't get far like this. 646 01:15:40,702 --> 01:15:43,121 Just him. You go. 647 01:15:43,205 --> 01:15:44,915 Go! 648 01:15:44,998 --> 01:15:48,585 Let's see how far you can go on your own without your team. 649 01:15:50,212 --> 01:15:51,713 Ready? 650 01:15:51,797 --> 01:15:53,131 One! 651 01:15:53,924 --> 01:15:54,883 And two! 652 01:15:54,967 --> 01:15:57,135 Timing, timing! 653 01:15:57,761 --> 01:15:59,221 Come on, more! 654 01:16:04,434 --> 01:16:06,061 More! 655 01:16:22,869 --> 01:16:24,079 Leave him. 656 01:16:42,973 --> 01:16:46,476 It's just vinegar, my friend. 657 01:16:48,395 --> 01:16:50,981 There will be no more opium for you. 658 01:16:52,232 --> 01:16:55,902 There is plenty of pain waiting for you in the next life. 659 01:16:55,986 --> 01:16:59,448 I don't know why you are so greedy for it in this one. 660 01:17:04,077 --> 01:17:05,537 Are you a free man, Ravi? 661 01:17:05,621 --> 01:17:07,539 "Free." 662 01:17:09,166 --> 01:17:11,585 I am. Mm. 663 01:17:11,668 --> 01:17:13,211 I laid down my sword 664 01:17:13,295 --> 01:17:15,297 and I swore never to pick it up again. 665 01:17:15,380 --> 01:17:16,965 And yet you choose this hell? 666 01:17:17,049 --> 01:17:18,675 Mm-hm. 667 01:17:18,759 --> 01:17:20,177 What was your home before? 668 01:17:21,345 --> 01:17:22,763 Varanasi. 669 01:17:22,846 --> 01:17:25,140 And why don't you go back? 670 01:17:25,223 --> 01:17:26,683 I wish I could. 671 01:17:26,767 --> 01:17:28,560 But... 672 01:17:31,021 --> 01:17:33,148 -I met a woman. -Ah. 673 01:17:33,940 --> 01:17:36,360 -It's always a woman. -Always. 674 01:17:36,443 --> 01:17:40,405 She is from Londinium. Britannia. You know. 675 01:17:40,489 --> 01:17:42,324 So now... 676 01:17:42,407 --> 01:17:45,369 our sons, they speak only Latin. 677 01:17:45,452 --> 01:17:47,871 My daughter's eyes, they are as blue as yours. 678 01:17:50,582 --> 01:17:52,167 We are Romans now. 679 01:17:52,250 --> 01:17:56,004 I grew up hearing stories at my grandfather's knee. 680 01:17:57,089 --> 01:18:00,509 He used to talk of the dream that was Rome. 681 01:18:02,719 --> 01:18:06,765 It was so fragile, you could only whisper it... 682 01:18:08,975 --> 01:18:10,852 or it would vanish. 683 01:18:11,645 --> 01:18:13,146 So, 684 01:18:13,230 --> 01:18:14,898 what was this dream? 685 01:18:14,981 --> 01:18:19,611 A Rome where all could live under fair law and be protected. 686 01:18:20,487 --> 01:18:22,447 A Rome of the Senate. 687 01:18:23,990 --> 01:18:25,617 A Rome of hope. 688 01:18:28,620 --> 01:18:32,999 Your grandfather, he sounds like a dangerous man. 689 01:18:33,083 --> 01:18:34,376 Hm. 690 01:18:37,003 --> 01:18:39,256 The odds are against you. 691 01:18:41,508 --> 01:18:43,635 The odds are always against me. 692 01:18:44,511 --> 01:18:45,721 Don't worry, old man. 693 01:18:45,804 --> 01:18:47,639 Eh? 694 01:18:51,101 --> 01:18:53,353 -You should get some rest. Hm? -Mm. 695 01:18:54,354 --> 01:18:56,898 Your men will need you to lead them tomorrow. 696 01:19:13,123 --> 01:19:14,958 This is about survival. 697 01:19:15,959 --> 01:19:17,335 Survive! 698 01:19:17,419 --> 01:19:21,214 In the name of Poseidon, 699 01:19:21,298 --> 01:19:25,469 we celebrate the glory of naval war. 700 01:19:25,552 --> 01:19:27,304 They have archers. 701 01:19:27,387 --> 01:19:29,848 Be ready. Listen for my commands. 702 01:19:29,931 --> 01:19:32,684 Stay together and pull as one, yes? 703 01:19:32,768 --> 01:19:33,643 Yes! 704 01:19:33,727 --> 01:19:36,146 -Yes? -Yes! 705 01:19:42,903 --> 01:19:45,655 Today we relive 706 01:19:45,739 --> 01:19:49,284 the Battle of Salamis! 707 01:19:50,535 --> 01:19:55,207 The Trojans versus the Persians! 708 01:19:59,669 --> 01:20:01,338 -Oars out! -Oars! 709 01:20:02,005 --> 01:20:04,132 And... pull! 710 01:20:23,735 --> 01:20:25,779 Archers! 711 01:20:25,862 --> 01:20:26,863 Archers! 712 01:20:28,907 --> 01:20:30,033 Pull! 713 01:20:38,834 --> 01:20:40,585 Pull! 714 01:20:43,338 --> 01:20:44,422 Pull! 715 01:20:57,602 --> 01:21:00,063 Pull! To my time! 716 01:21:00,730 --> 01:21:02,107 And... now! 717 01:21:04,651 --> 01:21:07,028 Left side! Ready, and 718 01:21:07,112 --> 01:21:09,072 ship oars now! 719 01:21:09,155 --> 01:21:11,324 Oars in! Oars in! 720 01:21:12,742 --> 01:21:13,702 Get down! 721 01:21:29,801 --> 01:21:33,763 And pull! And pull! 722 01:21:36,516 --> 01:21:38,727 Don't stop! 723 01:21:40,979 --> 01:21:42,230 Pull! 724 01:21:44,816 --> 01:21:46,318 And right! 725 01:21:51,865 --> 01:21:53,325 Ready to ram! 726 01:21:55,535 --> 01:21:58,079 And brace! Brace! 727 01:22:38,078 --> 01:22:39,579 Everyone regroup! 728 01:23:15,782 --> 01:23:17,867 Praetorians! 729 01:23:19,119 --> 01:23:21,621 Hanno! Hanno! Hanno! 730 01:23:21,705 --> 01:23:22,664 Move, move. 731 01:23:29,546 --> 01:23:32,757 In the name of the emperors... 732 01:23:32,841 --> 01:23:37,512 the victor is Hanno! 733 01:23:49,107 --> 01:23:51,109 Who did this? 734 01:23:53,778 --> 01:23:56,072 Who did this?! 735 01:23:56,656 --> 01:23:58,867 -It was me! -I did it! 736 01:23:58,950 --> 01:24:00,910 -I did it! I did it! I did it! -It was me! 737 01:24:05,373 --> 01:24:07,584 Geta will want retribution for all of you. 738 01:24:08,543 --> 01:24:09,794 Did you learn to shoot in the same place 739 01:24:09,878 --> 01:24:11,379 you learned to recite poetry? 740 01:24:11,463 --> 01:24:12,630 Be glad it wasn't me, 741 01:24:12,714 --> 01:24:14,090 or that arrow would have found you. 742 01:24:29,898 --> 01:24:31,441 Be seated. 743 01:24:33,860 --> 01:24:35,361 I have news for you. 744 01:24:39,783 --> 01:24:41,326 He's here, sir. 745 01:24:44,370 --> 01:24:46,456 Oh, still here. 746 01:24:48,541 --> 01:24:49,959 Macrinus. 747 01:24:50,043 --> 01:24:52,253 Welcome. 748 01:24:53,713 --> 01:24:56,049 Yes, I'm listening. 749 01:24:56,132 --> 01:24:58,718 You know this is my house now. 750 01:24:58,802 --> 01:25:01,137 Your debt to me is over 10,000 denarii. 751 01:25:01,221 --> 01:25:02,597 You know that. 752 01:25:02,680 --> 01:25:05,308 I have other things. Uh... 753 01:25:05,391 --> 01:25:07,185 Cattle. Art! 754 01:25:07,268 --> 01:25:08,895 Truth, then. 755 01:25:08,978 --> 01:25:10,563 What do you... want? 756 01:25:10,647 --> 01:25:13,316 Truth. That's what I want. 757 01:25:13,399 --> 01:25:17,946 Nothing happens in Rome without your knowledge. 758 01:25:18,988 --> 01:25:21,116 You have the senators' trust. 759 01:25:21,866 --> 01:25:24,077 You have Lucilla's trust. 760 01:25:24,160 --> 01:25:26,955 More importantly, you have my trust. 761 01:25:28,915 --> 01:25:32,877 You wish my... loyalty? 762 01:25:32,961 --> 01:25:34,712 I own... 763 01:25:36,047 --> 01:25:37,924 your house. 764 01:25:38,007 --> 01:25:40,718 I want your loyalty. 765 01:25:44,389 --> 01:25:45,890 I... 766 01:25:47,016 --> 01:25:48,810 -Tell me. -I have heard... 767 01:25:48,893 --> 01:25:51,646 of a plot... 768 01:25:52,438 --> 01:25:55,150 -to dethrone the emperors. -Yes. 769 01:25:55,233 --> 01:25:57,694 But the plan has been delayed, uh... 770 01:25:57,777 --> 01:26:00,947 A gladiator is to be rescued from the arena. 771 01:26:01,030 --> 01:26:02,448 -Tonight. -Mm. 772 01:26:02,532 --> 01:26:05,743 -I don't know why. -I know why. I know who. 773 01:26:08,037 --> 01:26:09,205 Pack. 774 01:26:12,750 --> 01:26:14,377 Quickly. 775 01:26:42,155 --> 01:26:43,364 Open up! 776 01:27:03,426 --> 01:27:05,470 Open for the emperors' guard! 777 01:27:32,956 --> 01:27:36,501 My Lady, come with us. 778 01:28:21,754 --> 01:28:24,007 Thanks to the civic virtue 779 01:28:24,090 --> 01:28:26,801 of men like Thraex and Macrinus, 780 01:28:28,011 --> 01:28:29,804 your insurrection 781 01:28:30,430 --> 01:28:32,473 has been revealed. 782 01:28:34,267 --> 01:28:35,685 The honor, 783 01:28:36,686 --> 01:28:40,648 the dignitas that Rome has bestowed upon you... 784 01:28:43,026 --> 01:28:46,112 all this you have forfeited by your treachery. 785 01:28:46,195 --> 01:28:48,239 Please, Emperor Geta. 786 01:28:48,823 --> 01:28:50,783 Torture me if you want, 787 01:28:51,617 --> 01:28:52,994 but do not lecture me. 788 01:28:53,077 --> 01:28:56,622 Your name will be forgotten! 789 01:28:57,623 --> 01:29:00,752 Lost... to history. 790 01:29:02,628 --> 01:29:04,047 You are damned, General. 791 01:29:06,758 --> 01:29:08,801 -You laugh. -You damn me? 792 01:29:09,844 --> 01:29:11,554 I don't care. 793 01:29:11,637 --> 01:29:15,183 Everything is forgotten in time. Empires fall. So do emperors. 794 01:29:15,266 --> 01:29:16,976 Why wait? 795 01:29:17,060 --> 01:29:20,271 -I will gut him right now! -No, no, no! 796 01:29:20,355 --> 01:29:23,649 Let them be. Come! Come! 797 01:29:23,733 --> 01:29:25,568 His death must be public. 798 01:29:25,651 --> 01:29:27,153 Public? 799 01:29:27,236 --> 01:29:30,114 Hang his entrails from the city gates! 800 01:29:30,198 --> 01:29:31,866 And crucify her! 801 01:29:32,492 --> 01:29:33,993 Crucify her! 802 01:29:34,077 --> 01:29:35,995 Take them away! 803 01:29:36,079 --> 01:29:39,540 Shh! Shh! Shh! 804 01:29:52,595 --> 01:29:53,846 Thank you, Macrinus. 805 01:30:00,103 --> 01:30:01,521 Come on. 806 01:30:04,857 --> 01:30:06,734 In these last days, 807 01:30:06,818 --> 01:30:10,071 I have come to think of you not as a subject 808 01:30:10,154 --> 01:30:12,365 but as a true friend. 809 01:30:12,448 --> 01:30:14,117 Thank you. 810 01:30:14,200 --> 01:30:16,869 Thank you so much. But as a friend, 811 01:30:16,953 --> 01:30:19,705 I must counsel caution. 812 01:30:19,789 --> 01:30:22,875 Acacius is a hero of Rome. 813 01:30:23,626 --> 01:30:27,130 Crucifixion is for thieves. 814 01:30:27,213 --> 01:30:28,423 Christians. 815 01:30:29,465 --> 01:30:32,468 -It's too common. -He is a traitor. He must die. 816 01:30:32,552 --> 01:30:33,928 I agree. 817 01:30:34,011 --> 01:30:39,851 Let the gods decide his fate in the Colosseum. 818 01:30:46,149 --> 01:30:47,859 Let the gods decide. 819 01:30:50,570 --> 01:30:54,699 You know, last night I woke, dreaming of a dark river. 820 01:30:56,159 --> 01:30:58,119 This time, for the first time, 821 01:30:58,202 --> 01:30:59,787 I was crossing it. 822 01:31:00,496 --> 01:31:02,165 Hm. 823 01:31:02,248 --> 01:31:04,750 Well, you know, where I come from, 824 01:31:04,834 --> 01:31:07,837 crossing a river, it represents forgiveness. 825 01:31:07,920 --> 01:31:10,923 Represents... salvation. 826 01:31:11,007 --> 01:31:14,093 Where I come from, it means you're already dead. 827 01:31:22,351 --> 01:31:24,979 But as I saw it, I was not afraid. 828 01:31:26,606 --> 01:31:28,274 For... 829 01:31:28,357 --> 01:31:31,319 For someone was waiting for me on the other side. 830 01:31:32,862 --> 01:31:34,697 There. 831 01:31:44,874 --> 01:31:46,501 Who is this man? 832 01:31:47,752 --> 01:31:49,295 Scratched out? 833 01:31:50,129 --> 01:31:52,256 Maximus. 834 01:31:54,926 --> 01:31:57,011 I saw him fight once. 835 01:31:57,970 --> 01:31:59,555 -He was magnificent. -Mm. 836 01:31:59,639 --> 01:32:02,600 Yeah. My time in the arena, it was after his, 837 01:32:02,683 --> 01:32:06,979 but many still talked of him in whispers, you know? 838 01:32:07,063 --> 01:32:09,357 Spoke of him. 839 01:32:10,066 --> 01:32:11,776 What he did. 840 01:32:11,859 --> 01:32:13,861 I met him once. 841 01:32:15,571 --> 01:32:17,198 He was kind. 842 01:32:19,408 --> 01:32:21,369 He bowed to no one. 843 01:32:24,747 --> 01:32:26,415 Come with me. 844 01:32:26,499 --> 01:32:29,627 -Hmm? -Come. With me. 845 01:32:48,604 --> 01:32:52,817 When a rebel gladiator dies, we bury them here. 846 01:32:52,900 --> 01:32:57,405 "What we do in life echoes in eternity." 847 01:33:15,006 --> 01:33:16,882 This is Argento. 848 01:33:16,966 --> 01:33:18,593 This is Scatto. 849 01:33:58,883 --> 01:34:00,635 Cheers. 850 01:34:01,218 --> 01:34:02,720 And stop. 851 01:34:04,263 --> 01:34:08,351 For his treason against the lives 852 01:34:08,434 --> 01:34:12,521 of the emperors and the Roman state, 853 01:34:12,605 --> 01:34:16,067 General Justus Acacius, 854 01:34:17,360 --> 01:34:20,363 an enemy of the people! 855 01:34:20,446 --> 01:34:22,948 Acacius! Acacius! Acacius! 856 01:34:23,032 --> 01:34:25,493 -We love you, Acacius! -You are a hero! 857 01:34:26,702 --> 01:34:29,789 Acacius! Acacius! Acacius! 858 01:35:01,195 --> 01:35:03,906 -Vae victis. -General. 859 01:35:25,928 --> 01:35:27,972 Acacius! 860 01:35:29,098 --> 01:35:33,310 Acacius! Acacius! Acacius! 861 01:35:39,275 --> 01:35:43,404 From the vanquished city of Numidia, 862 01:35:44,488 --> 01:35:49,744 the victor of two conquests in the Colosseum... 863 01:35:49,827 --> 01:35:52,455 Go now. Vae victis. 864 01:35:56,667 --> 01:35:59,545 Hanno! Hanno! Hanno! 865 01:35:59,628 --> 01:36:01,964 Hanno! 866 01:36:02,047 --> 01:36:04,842 Oh, Lord, any honor I have, 867 01:36:04,925 --> 01:36:06,635 -I will give it to you! -It's too late. 868 01:36:06,719 --> 01:36:10,014 The Roman traitor or 869 01:36:10,097 --> 01:36:12,475 the barbarian hero. 870 01:36:13,142 --> 01:36:14,935 Let the gods decide. 871 01:36:15,019 --> 01:36:16,812 Lucius... wait. 872 01:36:18,189 --> 01:36:19,440 Wait! Wait! 873 01:36:29,408 --> 01:36:32,244 I am a vessel. 874 01:36:33,496 --> 01:36:35,831 Fill me with vengeance 875 01:36:36,707 --> 01:36:39,043 and vanquish the betrayer. 876 01:36:56,769 --> 01:36:59,146 -We love you, Acacius! -Move it! 877 01:37:03,150 --> 01:37:04,819 Pick it up! 878 01:37:04,902 --> 01:37:07,279 Bravo, Hanno! 879 01:37:07,363 --> 01:37:08,823 We love you, Acacius! 880 01:37:08,906 --> 01:37:09,907 What are you waiting for? 881 01:37:09,990 --> 01:37:11,033 You will die! 882 01:37:42,022 --> 01:37:43,399 I know who you are. 883 01:37:45,109 --> 01:37:47,236 Lucius Verus Aurelius. 884 01:38:00,457 --> 01:38:02,543 Acacius has raised his hand! 885 01:38:03,460 --> 01:38:05,796 He has surrendered. 886 01:38:13,345 --> 01:38:15,431 Let the gods decide. 887 01:38:32,907 --> 01:38:35,868 The gods have rendered their judgment. 888 01:38:38,913 --> 01:38:40,497 Do what you must. 889 01:38:41,498 --> 01:38:44,001 But on my death, you have to know... 890 01:38:45,753 --> 01:38:47,796 I love your mother, Lucilla. 891 01:38:49,173 --> 01:38:50,633 And your father... 892 01:38:53,302 --> 01:38:54,428 Maximus. 893 01:38:55,638 --> 01:38:57,806 I would have died for him. 894 01:38:57,890 --> 01:38:59,767 Kill him! 895 01:38:59,850 --> 01:39:02,645 Let him live! Please! 896 01:39:03,646 --> 01:39:06,815 Live! Live! Live! Live! 897 01:39:13,697 --> 01:39:15,491 Kill him! 898 01:39:17,368 --> 01:39:18,327 Kill him! 899 01:39:18,410 --> 01:39:19,662 Archers! 900 01:39:19,745 --> 01:39:21,580 -No! -Kill him! 901 01:39:21,664 --> 01:39:24,208 Acacius! Acacius! 902 01:39:24,291 --> 01:39:26,001 Kill him! 903 01:39:26,085 --> 01:39:27,503 Kill him! 904 01:39:27,586 --> 01:39:29,046 Kill him! Kill him! 905 01:39:31,215 --> 01:39:32,633 Acacius! 906 01:39:42,685 --> 01:39:43,769 No! 907 01:39:44,311 --> 01:39:45,813 No! 908 01:39:45,896 --> 01:39:47,606 Acacius! 909 01:39:50,067 --> 01:39:52,069 Damn you! 910 01:39:53,988 --> 01:39:55,948 Death will be too good for you! 911 01:40:01,412 --> 01:40:04,665 Is this how Rome treats its heroes? 912 01:40:08,585 --> 01:40:10,170 Tell me! 913 01:40:12,172 --> 01:40:16,760 If his life has no value, what are yours worth? 914 01:40:16,844 --> 01:40:21,890 The gods have spoken! 915 01:40:35,821 --> 01:40:39,575 Hanno! Hanno! Hanno! Hanno! 916 01:40:54,923 --> 01:40:58,052 For our own safety, we should return to the palace. 917 01:41:06,310 --> 01:41:09,605 Hanno! Hanno! Hanno! 918 01:41:19,239 --> 01:41:21,700 Stay back! Stay back! 919 01:42:09,832 --> 01:42:14,336 Arishat! 920 01:42:31,812 --> 01:42:33,438 We had a bargain. 921 01:42:36,984 --> 01:42:40,279 I gave him to you. You let him live. 922 01:42:40,362 --> 01:42:42,030 And you got what you wanted. 923 01:42:42,114 --> 01:42:44,741 I always get what I want. Why did you let him live? 924 01:42:44,825 --> 01:42:47,786 You bought a gladiator, not a slave. 925 01:42:49,413 --> 01:42:51,290 My will is my own. 926 01:42:53,417 --> 01:42:54,835 Ah... 927 01:42:54,918 --> 01:42:57,588 How blue is your blood? 928 01:42:57,671 --> 01:43:00,257 Perhaps the heart of a Roman 929 01:43:00,340 --> 01:43:02,676 beats in that chest. 930 01:43:08,265 --> 01:43:11,143 The greatest temple Rome ever built. 931 01:43:11,226 --> 01:43:12,769 The Colosseum. 932 01:43:12,853 --> 01:43:15,189 Because this is what they believe in. 933 01:43:15,272 --> 01:43:16,899 Power. 934 01:43:16,982 --> 01:43:19,693 They gather here to watch the strong strike down the weak. 935 01:43:19,776 --> 01:43:21,612 -There has to be something else. -There is nothing else. 936 01:43:21,695 --> 01:43:24,615 -There has to be another Rome. -There is no other Rome. 937 01:43:26,033 --> 01:43:27,618 -The "dream"? -Mm. 938 01:43:27,701 --> 01:43:29,620 The dream of Rome? 939 01:43:29,703 --> 01:43:31,330 It's an old man's fantasy. 940 01:43:33,040 --> 01:43:34,499 Who are you? 941 01:43:37,461 --> 01:43:40,589 What was your name before you traded it for a Roman one? 942 01:43:41,548 --> 01:43:43,091 You'll never know. 943 01:43:45,802 --> 01:43:47,512 I have a destiny. 944 01:43:50,891 --> 01:43:53,352 The gods delivered you to me. 945 01:43:56,271 --> 01:43:57,981 You will be my instrument. 946 01:43:58,065 --> 01:44:01,485 I will never be your instrument, in this life or the next. 947 01:44:09,660 --> 01:44:12,955 That will not be my destiny. 948 01:44:14,873 --> 01:44:16,541 But I will see your end. 949 01:44:37,562 --> 01:44:39,439 What else could I do? 950 01:44:39,523 --> 01:44:41,316 He and his bitch were plotting to kill us. 951 01:44:41,400 --> 01:44:44,069 Don't you hear them? They're calling for our heads! 952 01:44:44,152 --> 01:44:46,196 The Praetorians will put down this crowd. 953 01:44:46,280 --> 01:44:48,031 -Like they have every other. -You brought this on us. 954 01:44:48,115 --> 01:44:50,659 Filthy ape! 955 01:44:54,204 --> 01:44:56,957 Perhaps you should, uh, 956 01:44:57,040 --> 01:45:01,503 take Dondus elsewhere to comfort him? 957 01:45:10,971 --> 01:45:13,348 Forgive my brother's outburst. 958 01:45:15,142 --> 01:45:16,685 The disease that infects his loins 959 01:45:16,768 --> 01:45:18,729 has spread to his brain. 960 01:45:18,812 --> 01:45:21,940 -Every day he gets worse. -I will reason with him. 961 01:45:38,206 --> 01:45:41,335 I see you. 962 01:45:41,418 --> 01:45:43,545 I see you. 963 01:45:44,838 --> 01:45:47,049 Caracalla, Caracalla! 964 01:45:47,132 --> 01:45:48,759 Come on, stand up. 965 01:45:48,842 --> 01:45:50,927 Get up, get up. Not you. 966 01:45:51,011 --> 01:45:52,888 All right, there you go. 967 01:45:54,514 --> 01:45:56,850 Now, listen to me. 968 01:45:56,933 --> 01:45:58,518 What's the matter? 969 01:45:58,602 --> 01:46:01,271 Nothing's ever mine. 970 01:46:01,355 --> 01:46:03,690 Everything is ours, always. 971 01:46:03,774 --> 01:46:07,069 Even in the womb... he tried... 972 01:46:07,819 --> 01:46:11,156 to cut my umbilicus 973 01:46:11,239 --> 01:46:13,075 so that I couldn't have any more air. 974 01:46:13,158 --> 01:46:15,452 -You remember that, do you? -Certainly. 975 01:46:15,535 --> 01:46:17,871 -Come, sit. -One cannot forget. 976 01:46:17,954 --> 01:46:20,207 My conscience compels me. 977 01:46:20,290 --> 01:46:21,750 What? 978 01:46:21,833 --> 01:46:23,043 Sit. 979 01:46:23,126 --> 01:46:24,586 Your brother 980 01:46:25,379 --> 01:46:26,963 means to blame you 981 01:46:27,881 --> 01:46:30,300 in front of the entire Senate... 982 01:46:30,384 --> 01:46:31,760 But I did not do it! 983 01:46:31,843 --> 01:46:33,428 ...for what's happening in the streets. 984 01:46:33,512 --> 01:46:35,889 -The chaos! -He's lying! 985 01:46:35,972 --> 01:46:37,808 No testimony can be more damning 986 01:46:37,891 --> 01:46:41,353 than one brother against another. 987 01:46:41,436 --> 01:46:44,106 That's a lie! He always lies! 988 01:46:44,189 --> 01:46:46,650 He can be very persuasive. 989 01:46:46,733 --> 01:46:49,444 So? What will they do to me? 990 01:46:49,528 --> 01:46:52,322 Oh, I don't dare imagine. But imagine this: 991 01:46:52,406 --> 01:46:54,533 What will they do to Dondus? 992 01:46:57,577 --> 01:47:00,414 What will they do 993 01:47:00,497 --> 01:47:01,873 to Dondus? 994 01:47:04,251 --> 01:47:05,627 It's your decision. 995 01:47:43,373 --> 01:47:44,332 Brother. 996 01:47:47,878 --> 01:47:49,671 Put down the blade. 997 01:47:49,754 --> 01:47:50,881 You lie. 998 01:47:50,964 --> 01:47:52,757 -Give it to me. -You always lie! 999 01:47:52,841 --> 01:47:53,800 Give it-- 1000 01:47:57,721 --> 01:47:59,973 Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. 1001 01:48:00,056 --> 01:48:02,476 -Lie! -Listen to me. Break the spell. 1002 01:48:02,559 --> 01:48:04,561 -Lie! -Break the spell! 1003 01:48:04,644 --> 01:48:07,898 I've always protected you. Because I love you. 1004 01:48:08,482 --> 01:48:10,609 Come back. Help me. 1005 01:48:33,173 --> 01:48:34,633 Lucius. 1006 01:48:56,279 --> 01:48:58,907 Never could have imagined the fates would lead us here. 1007 01:49:01,034 --> 01:49:02,911 And yet here we are. 1008 01:49:04,496 --> 01:49:06,248 Everything has brought us full circle. 1009 01:49:06,331 --> 01:49:09,417 You sent me away and yet fate 1010 01:49:09,501 --> 01:49:12,087 brought me back to the very ground where he died. 1011 01:49:15,006 --> 01:49:16,091 This ring... 1012 01:49:17,884 --> 01:49:19,678 belonged to my father. 1013 01:49:23,640 --> 01:49:26,726 He gave it to your father, Maximus, 1014 01:49:26,810 --> 01:49:28,770 as a token of trust. 1015 01:49:30,063 --> 01:49:33,149 I gave it to Acacius for his valor. 1016 01:49:37,571 --> 01:49:39,864 This ring belonged to my wife. 1017 01:49:42,742 --> 01:49:44,327 I shall wear it next to yours. 1018 01:49:58,508 --> 01:50:01,052 I am truly sorry for Acacius. 1019 01:50:02,262 --> 01:50:05,056 I could not see the man. 1020 01:50:07,267 --> 01:50:09,227 He was a soldier of Rome. 1021 01:50:11,104 --> 01:50:12,564 There was a plan. 1022 01:50:13,773 --> 01:50:15,150 He was readying troops at Ostia 1023 01:50:15,233 --> 01:50:18,278 under the command of Darius Sextus. 1024 01:50:18,361 --> 01:50:21,489 Troops he was to lead against the emperors. 1025 01:50:23,450 --> 01:50:27,912 Acacius. Maximus. Marcus Aurelius. 1026 01:50:28,955 --> 01:50:31,416 They lived and died for Rome. 1027 01:50:32,042 --> 01:50:33,585 We all do. 1028 01:50:35,545 --> 01:50:38,006 Is it true they intend to kill you? 1029 01:50:40,884 --> 01:50:42,927 One man or another has had a sword against my neck 1030 01:50:43,011 --> 01:50:45,430 since the day my father died. 1031 01:50:48,558 --> 01:50:50,644 But now that I've found you, 1032 01:50:51,394 --> 01:50:53,271 it doesn't matter. 1033 01:50:54,564 --> 01:50:56,316 I am not afraid. 1034 01:50:56,399 --> 01:50:59,569 I've become well versed in losing the things that I love. 1035 01:51:02,322 --> 01:51:03,573 But now that I've found you, 1036 01:51:03,657 --> 01:51:05,450 I have no desire to lose you again. 1037 01:51:08,536 --> 01:51:10,830 -You stand like him. -Mm. 1038 01:51:11,498 --> 01:51:12,957 Alert. 1039 01:51:13,750 --> 01:51:14,959 Proud. 1040 01:51:17,087 --> 01:51:19,756 I do not have his strength. 1041 01:51:20,590 --> 01:51:22,801 I wish that were true. 1042 01:51:24,094 --> 01:51:27,263 I wish I were telling you to flee this place. 1043 01:51:36,022 --> 01:51:37,232 Go now. 1044 01:51:45,448 --> 01:51:46,700 Strength and honor. 1045 01:51:49,119 --> 01:51:50,870 Strength and honor. 1046 01:52:03,425 --> 01:52:05,552 As Emperor, 1047 01:52:05,635 --> 01:52:07,345 I have convened 1048 01:52:08,221 --> 01:52:11,474 the Senate to appoint my First Consul 1049 01:52:11,558 --> 01:52:14,894 and bestow upon him the power to administer the military 1050 01:52:14,978 --> 01:52:18,314 and civic functions of the Empire. 1051 01:52:22,068 --> 01:52:23,528 I name... 1052 01:52:24,571 --> 01:52:27,031 Citizen Dondus! 1053 01:52:33,997 --> 01:52:35,749 Hail Dondus! 1054 01:52:39,085 --> 01:52:40,670 Hail Dondus! 1055 01:52:42,589 --> 01:52:45,300 -Hail Dondus. -Hail Dondus! 1056 01:52:45,383 --> 01:52:47,969 Hail Dondus! 1057 01:52:52,098 --> 01:52:54,058 As Second Consul... 1058 01:52:55,894 --> 01:52:57,479 I name... 1059 01:52:59,773 --> 01:53:01,149 Citizen... 1060 01:53:03,359 --> 01:53:04,861 Macrinus! 1061 01:53:07,155 --> 01:53:08,865 Hail Macrinus! 1062 01:53:08,948 --> 01:53:10,450 Hail Macrinus! 1063 01:53:10,533 --> 01:53:12,535 Hail Macrinus! 1064 01:53:14,287 --> 01:53:16,873 There will be a triumphal parade to celebrate. 1065 01:53:16,956 --> 01:53:18,583 There will be games 1066 01:53:19,250 --> 01:53:21,252 and mass executions. 1067 01:53:24,380 --> 01:53:27,175 Long live the Empire! 1068 01:53:28,635 --> 01:53:30,428 Long live the Empire! 1069 01:53:30,512 --> 01:53:32,263 Long live the Empire! 1070 01:53:38,561 --> 01:53:39,854 Sit down. 1071 01:53:43,149 --> 01:53:45,944 I happen to have... 1072 01:53:49,405 --> 01:53:53,201 with good fortune and not a little skill... 1073 01:53:54,828 --> 01:53:58,081 the remaining emperor's ear. 1074 01:54:05,171 --> 01:54:07,549 I can speak logic to it... 1075 01:54:12,220 --> 01:54:14,806 and tame the madness in the street. But... 1076 01:54:17,684 --> 01:54:19,394 to restore order... 1077 01:54:21,354 --> 01:54:23,314 I must have power... 1078 01:54:26,943 --> 01:54:29,070 and command 1079 01:54:29,696 --> 01:54:31,739 over the Praetorian Army. 1080 01:54:37,537 --> 01:54:39,372 Ballot... 1081 01:54:41,457 --> 01:54:42,917 or hand? 1082 01:54:44,961 --> 01:54:47,589 -Aye! -Aye! 1083 01:54:50,800 --> 01:54:52,510 Your humble servant. 1084 01:54:56,556 --> 01:54:58,182 Put your hands down. 1085 01:55:00,768 --> 01:55:02,353 You can sit down. 1086 01:55:15,825 --> 01:55:17,535 Rome must fall. 1087 01:55:20,163 --> 01:55:22,290 I need only give it a push. 1088 01:55:25,251 --> 01:55:27,545 And after Rome falls... 1089 01:55:28,379 --> 01:55:30,882 ...what then? 1090 01:55:32,926 --> 01:55:35,053 You are your father's child. 1091 01:55:36,930 --> 01:55:40,433 His dream of Rome was never a dream. 1092 01:55:40,516 --> 01:55:42,560 It was a fiction. 1093 01:55:42,644 --> 01:55:44,938 "The best revenge is 1094 01:55:45,021 --> 01:55:48,900 to become unlike the one who did the injury." 1095 01:55:48,983 --> 01:55:53,988 I have made myself unlike your father. 1096 01:55:54,072 --> 01:55:57,617 He spoke of dreams, I speak of truth. 1097 01:55:57,700 --> 01:56:00,244 And the only truth in my Rome 1098 01:56:01,704 --> 01:56:03,831 is the law of the strongest. 1099 01:56:06,042 --> 01:56:07,502 I was owned 1100 01:56:08,878 --> 01:56:10,505 by an emperor. 1101 01:56:13,383 --> 01:56:15,593 Now I control an empire. 1102 01:56:16,552 --> 01:56:19,931 Where else but in Rome can a man do that? 1103 01:56:25,103 --> 01:56:29,732 Do you recognize your father's mark on me? 1104 01:56:34,445 --> 01:56:35,863 If there is anything 1105 01:56:36,489 --> 01:56:37,949 you need... 1106 01:56:39,575 --> 01:56:41,369 in these last hours, 1107 01:56:42,245 --> 01:56:44,038 we will provide. 1108 01:56:49,627 --> 01:56:52,463 Your death will clear my path to the throne. 1109 01:56:54,257 --> 01:56:57,260 Tomorrow there will be games. 1110 01:56:57,343 --> 01:56:59,053 And at them... 1111 01:56:59,846 --> 01:57:01,639 I will prevail. 1112 01:57:15,194 --> 01:57:16,779 Ravi! 1113 01:57:23,244 --> 01:57:25,538 Can you get me a message to Ostia by morning? 1114 01:57:25,621 --> 01:57:27,373 What is in Ostia? 1115 01:57:27,457 --> 01:57:29,000 There is an army. 1116 01:57:31,127 --> 01:57:32,837 I'm asking you to risk yourself, my friend, 1117 01:57:32,920 --> 01:57:35,173 in the service of something greater. 1118 01:57:37,967 --> 01:57:39,469 Ride to Ostia. 1119 01:57:40,636 --> 01:57:42,764 Take this ring to General Darius Sextus. 1120 01:57:42,847 --> 01:57:44,348 Are you listening? 1121 01:57:44,891 --> 01:57:47,560 Darius Sextus. 1122 01:57:47,643 --> 01:57:49,771 He will know it as Acacius's ring. 1123 01:57:52,607 --> 01:57:54,859 And, uh, 1124 01:57:55,651 --> 01:57:57,111 who shall I say has 1125 01:57:57,695 --> 01:57:59,489 sent me with this ring? 1126 01:58:02,742 --> 01:58:05,203 I am Lucius Verus Aurelius. 1127 01:58:06,329 --> 01:58:07,955 The Prince of Rome. 1128 01:58:09,082 --> 01:58:10,583 Tell him I am summoning the army 1129 01:58:10,666 --> 01:58:13,044 to the defense of a new Republic. 1130 01:58:21,594 --> 01:58:22,845 -Should I trust you? -Yes. 1131 01:58:22,929 --> 01:58:25,098 -Should I? -Yes. 1132 01:58:31,896 --> 01:58:34,690 Ravi! I need your keys. 1133 01:58:40,696 --> 01:58:42,490 Thank you. 1134 01:59:20,236 --> 01:59:22,780 Stop! Come back! 1135 01:59:53,436 --> 01:59:54,687 Who gave you this? 1136 01:59:55,563 --> 01:59:57,815 Lucius Verus Aurelius. 1137 01:59:58,941 --> 02:00:00,276 The Prince of Rome. 1138 02:00:53,329 --> 02:00:56,499 Must we kill Lucilla? 1139 02:00:58,000 --> 02:01:01,879 Until she dies, you will never know peace. 1140 02:01:03,673 --> 02:01:04,799 Ever. 1141 02:01:15,559 --> 02:01:18,187 The people love her. Her death will incite the mob. 1142 02:01:18,271 --> 02:01:20,856 If she dies and the streets rise up in anger, 1143 02:01:20,940 --> 02:01:22,441 I shall deliver them Caracalla's head 1144 02:01:22,525 --> 02:01:23,943 and the people shall acclaim me. 1145 02:01:24,026 --> 02:01:27,738 That, my friend, is politics. 1146 02:01:30,449 --> 02:01:32,410 -Shall we? -Yes. 1147 02:01:47,550 --> 02:01:49,760 Today will be your last fight, champion. 1148 02:01:50,761 --> 02:01:52,513 And our master has bestowed on you... 1149 02:01:54,765 --> 02:01:57,268 the wooden sword of freedom. 1150 02:02:01,147 --> 02:02:03,190 But you have to earn it first. 1151 02:02:03,274 --> 02:02:05,735 Today, you're gonna defend your mother. 1152 02:02:28,549 --> 02:02:31,510 Wood or steel, a point is still a point! 1153 02:02:58,662 --> 02:03:00,289 Wait for me. 1154 02:03:19,016 --> 02:03:20,768 In honor 1155 02:03:20,851 --> 02:03:25,189 of the acclamation of Emperor Caracalla, 1156 02:03:25,272 --> 02:03:31,237 First Consul Dondus and Second Consul Macrinus, 1157 02:03:31,320 --> 02:03:35,866 and as punishment for her conspiracy against the empire, 1158 02:03:35,950 --> 02:03:40,454 for her calumnies against the emperor's imperial bloodline 1159 02:03:40,538 --> 02:03:42,790 and for fomenting military mutiny 1160 02:03:42,873 --> 02:03:44,375 along with her husband, 1161 02:03:44,458 --> 02:03:48,129 the queen will face divine justice 1162 02:03:48,212 --> 02:03:52,425 at the hands of the Praetorian Guard. 1163 02:04:16,782 --> 02:04:18,409 I am not a general. 1164 02:04:19,994 --> 02:04:23,622 But we are all soldiers. 1165 02:04:25,499 --> 02:04:27,293 And up until now, 1166 02:04:27,376 --> 02:04:31,672 we have fought for nothing more than another day's survival. 1167 02:04:31,755 --> 02:04:33,716 What will you have us do? 1168 02:04:34,925 --> 02:04:36,177 Well, you can return to your cells 1169 02:04:36,260 --> 02:04:38,304 if you do not wish to fight this battle. 1170 02:04:38,387 --> 02:04:40,806 Or... 1171 02:04:42,433 --> 02:04:43,893 you can join me. 1172 02:04:45,060 --> 02:04:47,480 And fight for a freedom far beyond these walls. 1173 02:04:47,563 --> 02:04:49,148 Aye! 1174 02:04:49,231 --> 02:04:53,527 There once was a time when honor meant something in Rome. 1175 02:04:55,112 --> 02:04:56,739 In this Rome 1176 02:04:57,531 --> 02:04:59,700 I no longer believe that exists. 1177 02:04:59,783 --> 02:05:01,785 We must find it! 1178 02:05:04,038 --> 02:05:05,831 And know this: 1179 02:05:07,041 --> 02:05:10,920 Where death is, we are not. 1180 02:05:12,796 --> 02:05:14,840 Where we are, 1181 02:05:15,466 --> 02:05:17,301 death is not! 1182 02:05:20,221 --> 02:05:21,597 By my sword. 1183 02:05:23,390 --> 02:05:25,142 Strength and honor. 1184 02:05:25,226 --> 02:05:27,186 Strength and honor! 1185 02:05:27,269 --> 02:05:28,938 Strength and honor! 1186 02:05:29,021 --> 02:05:30,981 Strength and honor! 1187 02:05:55,589 --> 02:05:57,716 Let it not be said 1188 02:05:57,800 --> 02:06:00,928 that the emperor is not merciful. 1189 02:06:01,011 --> 02:06:06,517 The queen will be granted a single gladiator 1190 02:06:06,600 --> 02:06:10,396 to defend her against the Praetorian Guard. 1191 02:06:20,364 --> 02:06:24,368 The champion, Hanno! 1192 02:06:28,205 --> 02:06:31,834 Hanno! Hanno! Hanno! 1193 02:07:37,358 --> 02:07:39,193 Yes! 1194 02:07:43,280 --> 02:07:45,240 Summon the cavalry. Put this down at once. 1195 02:07:46,659 --> 02:07:49,161 This is war! Real war! 1196 02:07:53,999 --> 02:07:57,503 The army of Acacius is advancing just outside of Rome, sir. 1197 02:08:00,047 --> 02:08:01,507 We can still outflank them. 1198 02:08:01,590 --> 02:08:04,051 They have only 5,000 troops, no more. 1199 02:08:05,302 --> 02:08:06,804 How many are we? 1200 02:08:06,887 --> 02:08:08,263 Six thousand. Perhaps more. 1201 02:08:08,347 --> 02:08:10,015 Ride to the gate and hold them. 1202 02:09:01,775 --> 02:09:02,943 Filthy scum! 1203 02:09:16,707 --> 02:09:18,333 Lucius! 1204 02:09:20,002 --> 02:09:21,170 Give me the bow. 1205 02:09:44,860 --> 02:09:47,404 Go, my son. Lucius-- 1206 02:09:47,488 --> 02:09:48,614 Shh-sh-sh-sh... 1207 02:09:48,697 --> 02:09:50,157 Horse! 1208 02:11:22,875 --> 02:11:25,002 Will nothing kill this barbarian? 1209 02:11:25,085 --> 02:11:27,629 My name is Lucius Verus Aurelius! 1210 02:11:27,713 --> 02:11:30,090 A man does not become emperor by bloodline alone. 1211 02:11:30,173 --> 02:11:32,926 It must be taken by force and kept by force. 1212 02:11:33,010 --> 02:11:34,845 Are you such a man as this? 1213 02:11:34,928 --> 02:11:36,388 I don't fight for power. 1214 02:11:36,471 --> 02:11:39,224 I fight to free Rome from men like you 1215 02:11:39,308 --> 02:11:40,809 and to return it to them. 1216 02:11:40,893 --> 02:11:43,729 The gods themselves want Rome reborn. 1217 02:11:43,812 --> 02:11:46,773 They sent me... to fulfill that task. 1218 02:11:46,857 --> 02:11:50,444 And what if your gods sent me here to kill you? 1219 02:11:50,527 --> 02:11:51,653 Huh? 1220 02:11:52,696 --> 02:11:54,990 It's time to end this, Macrinus! 1221 02:12:30,984 --> 02:12:33,320 Hah! 1222 02:13:03,100 --> 02:13:04,685 Strength and honor, 1223 02:13:05,185 --> 02:13:06,812 my son. 1224 02:14:40,072 --> 02:14:41,907 You look to me to speak. 1225 02:14:43,992 --> 02:14:45,702 I know not what to say other than 1226 02:14:45,786 --> 02:14:47,913 we have all known too much death. 1227 02:14:49,039 --> 02:14:52,667 Let no more blood be spilt in the name of tyranny. 1228 02:14:56,505 --> 02:14:59,049 My grandfather, Marcus Aurelius, 1229 02:14:59,132 --> 02:15:02,094 talked of a dream that would be Rome. 1230 02:15:03,011 --> 02:15:05,013 A dream that my father, 1231 02:15:06,139 --> 02:15:08,975 Maximus Decimus Meridius, 1232 02:15:09,059 --> 02:15:10,685 died for. 1233 02:15:11,812 --> 02:15:13,522 An ideal. 1234 02:15:16,149 --> 02:15:20,529 A city for the many and a refuge for those in need. 1235 02:15:20,612 --> 02:15:23,198 A home worth fighting for. 1236 02:15:24,199 --> 02:15:28,620 A home that Maximus spent his life defending. 1237 02:15:30,580 --> 02:15:32,541 That dream is lost. 1238 02:15:38,380 --> 02:15:40,132 But dare we... 1239 02:15:41,550 --> 02:15:44,302 rebuild that dream together? 1240 02:15:56,106 --> 02:15:57,983 What say you? 1241 02:16:04,239 --> 02:16:06,199 Aye! 1242 02:16:07,242 --> 02:16:08,660 Aye! 1243 02:16:09,286 --> 02:16:10,537 Aye! 1244 02:16:10,620 --> 02:16:15,083 Aye! Aye! Aye! Aye! 1245 02:17:19,689 --> 02:17:20,982 Mother. 1246 02:18:13,451 --> 02:18:15,745 Speak to me, Father.