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PANTING

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SHE GASPS FOR BREATH

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SHE CRIES OUT

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HE GROWLS
Aaargh!

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Quick! Come back here!

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MUFFLED: I'll get you! You!

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BANGING
Hey! Hey!

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Thank you. You saved my life.

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- Who was that?
- I didn't stop to ask.

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My father says robbers
live in the graveyard.

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That's why I'm not allowed.

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You won't tell him, will you?
Tell him what?

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That I was out there, alone.

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Not when I saw you!

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My name's Jonathan Ben Mordecai.

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You're Flavia. Yes. But how...

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You've moved in next door.
I hear your mother.

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"Flavia, slow down.
Don't do that..."

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"Flavia, are you reading again?"

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That's Alma, my old nurse.
She keeps house now.

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My mother's buried out there.

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My mother died...

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when I was two. I was three.

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Catch anything? A big rabbit.

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Well, she's quite big
and she rabbits on.

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Sorry about my brother,
he's an idiot.

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He saved my life and I do talk
a lot. I'm Flavia Gemina.

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I'm Miriam. Welcome to our house.

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FLAVIA GASPS

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So, what was a well-born girl doing
running around a graveyard?

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I was taking an offering to
my mother's grave when this...

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when...I fell over and
Jonathan helped me.

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You should be careful out in
the graveyard. There are...

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Robbers and bad men, I know.

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I was going to say wild dogs.
The men are poor creatures.

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They steal from the graves. Should
the dead grudge food to the living?

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You have some funny ideas,
Dr Mordecai.

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JONATHAN SNIGGERS THEN COUGHS
Perhaps I do.

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There... Can you walk?

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Yes. Thank you. I've sent Miriam
to fetch your father.

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Don't you have a door slave?
That's another funny idea.

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No slaves. Really?

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I'm sure you could afford one.
HE COUGHS

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We don't believe one human being
should own another.

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Father! Flavia. What have
you been up to? Nothing.

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This is Dr Mordecai and Jonathan.

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They don't believe in slaves
or grave-robbers.

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Mordecai Ben Ezra.
Marcus Flavius Geminus.

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I hope my daughter hasn't been
a nuisance. She is very original.

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The gods willing, tomorrow we'll
have you safe in Pompeii for summer.

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MOANING

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Please! She's sick, she can't move.
Don't you jabber at me!

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Get down there.
MOANING

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Move yourself. Fish food.
Let's get this one up.

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Slaves, when I think of the trouble
and expense...

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Get over there.

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300 a head. Wash 'em down.

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Let's get ready for Ostia.

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CHILDREN SHOUT

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Please. Please, give an offering...
All right, all right.

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Worse than seagulls! Here you go.
Fetch those.

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FLAVIA CLAPS

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Couldn't you stay in Pompeii
for a few days?

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Don't you want to see Uncle Gaius?

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I use the sailing season
for trading.

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What would we live off in winter?

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Careful! Take me with you then.

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We've been through this before.
Please!

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A long sea voyage
is no place for a girl.

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ON THE FLOOR!

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Here, this should keep you
out of mischief.

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300. For the last scrolls
of Pliny's National History.

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It's what you wanted, isn't it?

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You're the best father
in the whole empire!

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By the time you come back...
If the gods are willing.

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I'll know everything.

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They say Pliny studies all the time,
even in the bath!

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You know Uncle Gaius
is your legal guardian?

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Just come back and don't worry.
Nothing ever happens on the farm.

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You did what?! Dung beetle.

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What if somebody saw you?

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I'd beat your brains out,
if you had any.

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Next time I'll sell you
to the pirates!

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Oh, Captain Geminus.

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This is a pleasure.
Who is that monster?

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Venalicius they call him.
The worst of a bad lot.

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Never buy a slave off him.

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Why not? He tries to break
their spirit.

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Take the fight out of them.

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And the hope.

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I don't want this gold any more.

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This is valuable selling time here!

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Move down.

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Come on, hurry it up.

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Forward now.

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The cream of North Africa,

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for your delectation. Oh yes!

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A lady's slave.

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Look at this, can work all day,
all night too...

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Hurry! You wouldn't have a lady's
slave because you weren't a lady!

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Girls grow up fast.
Leave this to me.

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Only the best quality. Fit for the
finest ladies in the empire, oh yeah.

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Fully trained...

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No time wasters.

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That one.

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Very special, that one. Nubia,
a princess among her own people.

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300 sesterces. To you, captain, 600.

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You can't do that. That's not fair!

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400. Don't insult me...
Home leave from Britannia, eh?

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400 now, 200 when I sell my cargo.

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When will that be, Captain? The
ides of never? Cash buyers only.

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I'm sorry, Flavia.

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HE SHOUTS
Vicious little...

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No, wait! Take this.

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It's worth more than 600.
- No, not that.

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That was your mother's.
- Done.

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Nice doing business with you,
Captain.

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HE LAUGHS
Come on, then.

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Venalicius, you hold on to it.

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By Castor and Pollux,
I swear I'll buy it back.

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One of these days I'll catch you
on your own, Flavia Gemina

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and when I do, then we'll see
what your father's made of.

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The cream of North Africa
for your delectation!

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Alma! Alma!

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You can drink. Alma!

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Wait here a minute,
I'll go and find her.

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Alma, where are you? >

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Where do you think you're going?

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I know what's in your head.
Forget it.

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You don't like being a slave.

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Who does? But a runaway's much worse.

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Believe you me.

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No food. No money.

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No-one to look out for you.

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You won't last a day out there.

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Alma! Alma! There you are at last.

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Lucky for you.

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She was all for running off,
your fine new body slave.

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She's frightened, that's all.

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Let's clean you up. You're safe.

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We're going to look after you.
She's a slave.

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The sooner she gets used
to it the better.

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What's your name? She's called Nubia.
This is Alma.

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I'll take you to the baths later.
Are you hungry?

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She can't understand a word!
Yes, she can.

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You do speak Latin, don't you?

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There! You see.

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Don't worry, I'm going to read you
lots of poetry. Poetry?!

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What good's poetry to her? So she
speaks the most beautiful Latin.

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Come on, Nubia,
we'll find you a tunic.

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It isn't easy raising children
by oneself - especially daughters.

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Stay here, ready to attend her.
No. Nubia, sit by me.

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QUIET CHATTING

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Sea snails,

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with garlic and oil.

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Father, is it allowed? Yes, Miriam.
God has made all things clean.

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Won't it be very crunchy?

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You don't eat the shell. Look!

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Miriam is a good girl
but I ask too much of her -

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with the house and my patients.
I like to help.

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Not bad at all. Can I have another?

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I worry about Flavia. I can lock her
in or she's out getting into scrapes.

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At least she's a scroll mite.
A reader! Good.

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Jonathan's asthma keeps him
indoors more than he likes.

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Did you buy this child as
a companion for your daughter?

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I thought it time
Flavia had a body slave.

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I was hoping the responsibility
might steady her.

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To own another person.

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It's a heavy weight to carry.

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Next course is going to be
my favourite -

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dormice with chopped sow's udders.
Flavia!

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Sorry, your faces!
Do you like chicken?

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Well, after this, I don't know what
you'll think of my proposal.

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What's your uncle's farm like?

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I've never been to a farm.
We've always lived in cities.

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After Jerusalem, Babylon,
Rome and now Ostia.

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You'll love it. There's lots to do.

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The Bay of Neapolis and Mount
Vesuvius. What a funny cloud.

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Where's your uncle's farm? You see
those red roofs? That's Pompeii.

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The farm's down the coast,
near Stabia.

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Pliny says this is the most
fertile region in the world.

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Isn't it beautiful?

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Behold! Unhappy man.

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Father! Man in the water.
Can you still see him, Nubia?

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No... Yes! Sextus, lower the skiff.

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Right, sir.

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Hey! Come here.

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Stowaway! We'll pick him up later.

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Behold, boy and man.

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MAN GROANS

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Too late. He tried his best.

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SPLUTTERING

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My... Don't try to speak.

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Let the air return.
Are you all right? What's your name?

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Have you got asthma? My bag!

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HE GASPS

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Neptune be praised.

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Safe! What is it?

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My notes. Is that all? I must write
this down. In some sources it is said

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that when a man drowns,
his whole life passes before him.

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All I was aware of was a growing
darkness. I know who you are!

202
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You're Pliny! What?

203
00:14:49,557 --> 00:14:54,717
How do you recognise me? You have
a suntanned face, like my father,

204
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but soft white hands.
As commander of your fleet

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you spend a lot of time on deck but
don't work. I wouldn't say that...

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Then there's where we found you...

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the Bay of Naples,
where the fleet is.

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And finally there's your bag.
Pliny is famous for writing notes.

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So when I saw your most prized
possessions were your notes...

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Excellent reasoning. You know a great
deal more about me than I do of you.

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Sorry, I'm Flavia Gemina
and this is my father's ship.

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That's him steering. This is
Jonathan and his father Dr Mordecai,

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Nubia and Miriam.

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What about this young fellow here?

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Don't be shy.

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If it wasn't for you, I'd be feeding
the fish. What's your name?

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May I?

218
00:15:52,837 --> 00:15:56,637
Please, open your mouth for me.

219
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So you can hear me
but you don't speak.

220
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We found him on board.

221
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I think he's a stowaway.

222
00:16:08,637 --> 00:16:10,357
I'm sure I recognise you.

223
00:16:10,357 --> 00:16:13,797
Maybe he's an escaped slave.
I'll buy his freedom.

224
00:16:13,797 --> 00:16:17,797
Say, boy, what's your purchase price?
There is no slave brand.

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He's been living rough
but he's healthy.

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God might have struck him dumb
or maybe he never learned to speak.

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Nubia.

228
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Name is Dog? He can't be called Dog.

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Fierce. Fang. Growler.

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Fox. Howler.

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Savage.

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Wolf! Brilliant, Nubia.

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Your name is Lupus.
SHE LAUGHS

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That's our word for wolf.

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SHOUTING

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00:17:06,637 --> 00:17:09,037
THE SAILORS SHOUT

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Flavia. There's your father back
from the harbourmaster already.

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His hair's different. He's changed
his clothes. That's not my father.

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It's my uncle Gaius.

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You could have warned us.
I forgot you didn't know.

241
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Anyway, the name should have told
you. Gaius? Geminus, twins.

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My family is full of twins.
My little brothers who died...

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My grandfather and his father.

244
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What's that? A vase?

245
00:17:55,517 --> 00:17:58,757
Two faces, twin faces.

246
00:17:58,757 --> 00:18:00,397
That's clever.

247
00:18:00,397 --> 00:18:02,237
Do you have a family, Lupus?

248
00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:07,837
May I ask why you were in the water?

249
00:18:07,837 --> 00:18:12,077
I was getting reports about dead
fish washed up at Herculaneum.

250
00:18:12,077 --> 00:18:13,637
Hot water in the sea.

251
00:18:13,637 --> 00:18:16,437
All sorts of superstitious nonsense

252
00:18:16,437 --> 00:18:21,357
about the anger of the gods and the
end of the world. So, I went along

253
00:18:21,357 --> 00:18:24,997
and tried to scoop up some water.

254
00:18:24,997 --> 00:18:29,357
My idiot of a slave panicked and
capsized the boat. Scrawny fellow.

255
00:18:29,357 --> 00:18:33,237
Just sank like a stone.

256
00:18:33,237 --> 00:18:37,717
I, on the other hand,
am more of a floater.

257
00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:39,757
Poor scrawny.

258
00:18:39,757 --> 00:18:44,237
The Pliny is not sorrow.
He's only a slave.

259
00:18:44,237 --> 00:18:47,317
Judgment day. Judgment day!

260
00:18:47,317 --> 00:18:49,757
Repent, before it's too late.

261
00:18:49,757 --> 00:18:55,277
God's judgment is upon us.
The end of the world.

262
00:18:55,277 --> 00:18:57,197
You know it, don't you, boy?

263
00:18:57,197 --> 00:19:00,797
Tell them fire and brimstone
will destroy us all.

264
00:19:00,797 --> 00:19:02,477
Tell them what you see.

265
00:19:03,957 --> 00:19:08,237
The end of the world. Tell them,
tell them about your dreams.

266
00:19:10,357 --> 00:19:11,997
Aaah!

267
00:19:11,997 --> 00:19:14,117
HE GROANS IN PAIN

268
00:19:16,717 --> 00:19:21,597
Quite mad of course. Tell them, boy!
Tell them about your dreams!

269
00:19:21,597 --> 00:19:24,037
Why did he pick on you?

270
00:19:24,037 --> 00:19:26,637
Search me.

271
00:19:26,637 --> 00:19:29,757
What did he mean by dreams?

272
00:19:29,757 --> 00:19:35,597
Superstition and credulity
are all around us.

273
00:19:35,597 --> 00:19:38,117
Better safe than sorry, I say.

274
00:19:38,117 --> 00:19:41,117
We farmers look to the gods
for protection.

275
00:19:41,117 --> 00:19:43,557
Soon we'll celebrate the Vulcanalia.

276
00:19:43,557 --> 00:19:46,717
Why don't you come and watch,
Admiral?

277
00:19:46,717 --> 00:19:53,237
Well...I have other duties. Perhaps
YOU might like to take notes for me.

278
00:19:53,237 --> 00:19:58,037
My more pressing concern
is fighting the pirates.

279
00:19:58,037 --> 00:20:04,317
We've been getting reports they've
started kidnapping freeborn children.

280
00:20:11,637 --> 00:20:16,437
The final scroll of Pliny's Natural
History... What did he give you?

281
00:20:16,437 --> 00:20:20,997
A herb bag for my asthma.
I recognise most, except one...

282
00:20:20,997 --> 00:20:23,357
I'll ask my father.

283
00:20:25,437 --> 00:20:28,837
That's just like Pliny.
Superstitious nonsense!

284
00:20:30,357 --> 00:20:33,117
What will you buy, Nubia?

285
00:20:34,837 --> 00:20:39,637
No, it's for you.
Buy something you like.

286
00:20:43,797 --> 00:20:46,237
< ..I don't pay you to think. Nubia?

287
00:20:46,237 --> 00:20:47,517
Nubia, what is it?

288
00:20:47,517 --> 00:20:51,477
Flavia, isn't that the man
who chased you?

289
00:20:51,477 --> 00:20:54,797
Yes, with Venalicius - here.

290
00:20:54,797 --> 00:20:58,157
Father, what was Pliny
saying about pirates?

291
00:20:58,157 --> 00:21:01,797
Venalicius is cruel,
but he's no pirate. But...

292
00:21:01,797 --> 00:21:05,157
don't you think it's suspicious,
him turning up here?

293
00:21:05,157 --> 00:21:12,157
Flavia, whatever you do, you keep
away from him. Do you understand?

294
00:21:12,157 --> 00:21:16,557
I will, father. You're my only
treasure in this world.

295
00:21:16,557 --> 00:21:18,757
I need to know you are safe.

296
00:21:18,757 --> 00:21:21,757
Don't worry, brother.
I'll take care of her.

297
00:21:21,757 --> 00:21:24,117
She'll be safe at the farm.

298
00:21:26,557 --> 00:21:28,597
Now, do what Uncle Gaius says

299
00:21:28,597 --> 00:21:32,397
and do not set a foot off
the farm without him. I promise.

300
00:21:32,397 --> 00:21:35,757
Bye, Father. Keep safe.
Come back quickly.

301
00:21:42,837 --> 00:21:47,837
Come on, Lupus... You are
coming with us, aren't you?

302
00:22:11,277 --> 00:22:14,877
That man at the docks. Wasn't
he the one that chased you?

303
00:22:14,877 --> 00:22:16,717
He works for Venalicius.

304
00:22:16,717 --> 00:22:18,957
Venalicius is trying to catch you!

305
00:22:18,957 --> 00:22:21,677
If Venalicius is capturing children,

306
00:22:21,677 --> 00:22:25,397
I wouldn't be surprised
if he's in with the pirates.

307
00:22:25,397 --> 00:22:28,757
We have to do something.
Your father said to keep away.

308
00:22:28,757 --> 00:22:30,837
I'm not planning to go near him.

309
00:22:30,837 --> 00:22:33,437
From the farm,
we can watch the coast.

310
00:22:33,437 --> 00:22:36,637
If he sails, we can tell Pliny
who will catch him.

311
00:22:36,637 --> 00:22:41,797
How can we tell Pliny? He's across
in Misenum. I'm working on it.

312
00:22:41,797 --> 00:22:44,637
Until then, do we all
agree to keep watch?

313
00:22:50,397 --> 00:22:55,517
Whoa! Whoa.
HORSES NEIGH

314
00:22:58,037 --> 00:23:02,957
Xanthus! Frustilla!
Is the bath house ready?

315
00:23:02,957 --> 00:23:04,957
It's small but you can wash.

316
00:23:04,957 --> 00:23:06,997
Oh, master, back already?

317
00:23:06,997 --> 00:23:09,997
It's a disaster.
The field well's run dry.

318
00:23:09,997 --> 00:23:12,677
The field well? Are you sure?

319
00:23:12,677 --> 00:23:16,517
I'm sorry, this has never happened
before. Don't worry.

320
00:23:16,517 --> 00:23:19,437
What a year!
Someone's offended the gods.

321
00:23:19,437 --> 00:23:22,037
Hello, Frustilla.

322
00:23:22,037 --> 00:23:27,437
Flavia Gemina! You've grown.

323
00:23:27,437 --> 00:23:30,117
Getting more like your mother,
aren't you?

324
00:23:30,117 --> 00:23:34,397
We're observing ancient customs. I
bet you know lots. Not so ancient,

325
00:23:34,397 --> 00:23:36,877
thank you very much.
Go on, run along.

326
00:23:36,877 --> 00:23:40,997
Your meal will be ready soon. Come
on, I've something to show you.

327
00:23:40,997 --> 00:23:45,277
It's the watchtower, to raise
the alarm in case there's a fire.

328
00:23:45,277 --> 00:23:48,077
You can see for miles from up there.

329
00:23:52,717 --> 00:23:57,317
That's the pirate coast. If
Venalicius sails south, we'll see.

330
00:23:57,317 --> 00:24:00,117
Where is Pliny? Over there.

331
00:24:00,117 --> 00:24:03,397
Misenum is at the end
of the headland and...

332
00:24:03,397 --> 00:24:05,077
Pompeii's just there.

333
00:24:09,237 --> 00:24:11,237
I'll show you around.

334
00:24:15,477 --> 00:24:18,717
Slave quarters. Wagon shed.

335
00:24:18,717 --> 00:24:22,957
Tool store. Don't let Xanthus
the Steward catch you in there!

336
00:24:22,957 --> 00:24:25,117
Wine cellar...

337
00:24:25,117 --> 00:24:26,877
Nubia!

338
00:24:26,877 --> 00:24:29,757
Come on.

339
00:24:30,757 --> 00:24:36,877
I get a hint of woodsmoke,
some grass under...and...

340
00:24:38,877 --> 00:24:41,397
leather?
HE SNIFFS

341
00:24:41,397 --> 00:24:44,797
Yes, I think shoe leather.
Good shoes, mind you,

342
00:24:44,797 --> 00:24:47,117
not an old boot.

343
00:24:47,117 --> 00:24:49,957
So you'll take it for
the Vulcanalia? Yes.

344
00:24:49,957 --> 00:24:53,357
There's a problem,
it's too good! Tascius,

345
00:24:53,357 --> 00:24:57,557
this is my niece,
Flavia and her companions, Lupus,

346
00:24:57,557 --> 00:25:00,277
Nubia and Jonathan.

347
00:25:00,277 --> 00:25:04,357
Are you the Flavia that fell
into the Vulcanalia jar?

348
00:25:04,357 --> 00:25:09,397
She went head first, plop!
Chubby little legs waving in the air.

349
00:25:09,397 --> 00:25:12,677
There were fish all over the place.
HE GUFFAWS

350
00:25:19,397 --> 00:25:20,957
What's wrong?

351
00:25:22,357 --> 00:25:25,437
Fizzy. Tastes like rusted nails.

352
00:25:25,437 --> 00:25:26,597
I got leather.

353
00:25:28,317 --> 00:25:32,357
Maybe rust. It was fine a moment ago.
It's not your wine, Gaius.

354
00:25:32,357 --> 00:25:34,917
It's the water.

355
00:25:34,917 --> 00:25:37,237
Is the kitchen well
drying up too?

356
00:25:37,237 --> 00:25:39,957
Lupus, stick out your tongue.

357
00:25:41,597 --> 00:25:45,917
It's gone orange. So's yours.
Has it?!

358
00:25:45,917 --> 00:25:47,877
GARBLED: Can you see.

359
00:25:47,877 --> 00:25:51,357
GARBLED: What is it? Minerals.

360
00:25:51,357 --> 00:25:53,117
In the water.

361
00:25:53,117 --> 00:25:56,157
Perhaps because the level is so low.

362
00:25:56,157 --> 00:25:57,957
Why are the wells drying up?

363
00:26:01,477 --> 00:26:05,037
It's all going wrong.
LAUGHTER

364
00:26:05,037 --> 00:26:09,677
You can laugh... I'm telling you
the god Vulcan is not happy.

365
00:26:09,677 --> 00:26:13,717
Isn't that why we're doing
the Vulcanalia? To appease the gods?

366
00:26:13,717 --> 00:26:18,357
Exactly. Vulcan wants his fish. His
stomach is rumbling and so is mine.

367
00:26:18,357 --> 00:26:22,837
Who is Vulcan? He's the son of
Jupiter and Juno, queen of the gods.

368
00:26:22,837 --> 00:26:25,677
He was so ugly,
she threw him into the sea.

369
00:26:25,677 --> 00:26:27,637
He drown like Pliny? Nearly.

370
00:26:27,637 --> 00:26:30,637
But a sea nymph pitied him
and cared for him.

371
00:26:30,637 --> 00:26:32,357
Ah, who's an ugly baby!

372
00:26:32,357 --> 00:26:36,317
He became the world's first
underwater blacksmith.

373
00:26:36,317 --> 00:26:38,557
He made gold necklaces

374
00:26:38,557 --> 00:26:42,477
and rings set with pearls for
the sea nymph and her friends.

375
00:26:42,477 --> 00:26:44,597
Juno demanded to see the jeweller.

376
00:26:44,597 --> 00:26:47,237
Where did you get
these divine pearls?

377
00:26:47,237 --> 00:26:53,917
So, he wrought her a magnificent
throne. Gold! My favourite.

378
00:26:53,917 --> 00:26:58,877
Trapped! Vulcan refused to set her
free unless she offered him Venus

379
00:26:58,877 --> 00:27:00,957
the goddess of love for his wife.

380
00:27:00,957 --> 00:27:04,677
Every time Venus is unfaithful,
he goes to his forge,

381
00:27:04,677 --> 00:27:07,597
blows on his bellows
and bangs his hammers.

382
00:27:07,597 --> 00:27:10,117
And we get earthquakes
and volcanoes.

383
00:27:10,117 --> 00:27:12,277
DEEP RUMBLING

384
00:27:17,197 --> 00:27:19,197
It's all right!

385
00:27:19,197 --> 00:27:22,077
It's all right. It's only a tremor.

386
00:27:22,077 --> 00:27:24,037
That is the worst it gets.

387
00:27:33,397 --> 00:27:35,837
Many strange things have happened.

388
00:27:35,837 --> 00:27:37,517
Superstition. No.

389
00:27:37,517 --> 00:27:40,477
The evidence points to
a volcanic eruption.

390
00:27:40,997 --> 00:27:43,997
Flavia's stories upset us.
Everyone's in danger!

391
00:27:43,997 --> 00:27:47,197
There's no volcano on Mount Vesuvius.

392
00:27:49,197 --> 00:27:51,917
RUN - FOR YOUR LIVES!

393
00:27:51,967 --> 00:27:56,517
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