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You're the third
emperor of Rome
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whom I've served.
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First there was Caligula,
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then Claudius,
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and now you, Nero.
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You send General Lucius
Caesennius Paetus
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to defend Armenia against
the might of Parthia?
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I'm the one who invaded
Armenia in the first place.
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I don't goddamn believe it.
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I don't fucking believe it!
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What's goin' on?
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I should be the one
to repel the Parthians,
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not that cocksure Paetus.
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And you order me
to safeguard what, Syria?
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From who?
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Parthians are besieging
our legions in Armenia.
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And there's a heavy
winter coming.
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You better hope, Emperor,
that the power of Rome
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rests solely, not in the hands
of your appointed generals,
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but in the hearts of those
anonymous soldiers
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who make up your legions.
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Oh.
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Proceed, Marcus.
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What is the latest?
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A new message
from the Parthians.
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They demand we surrender.
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They give us three days.
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They guarantee we will not
be killed if...
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Burn it.
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Surrender is not an option.
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General... I said no!
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Damn it.
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The Parthians control
the pass.
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The Scythians have cut off
our supply route here.
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If we don't get help,
we'll die of starvation.
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Do you also think
that this is all my fault,
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for making camp
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in a place
that can easily be besieged?
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That this is all the result
of my incompetence?
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This is no time
to look back.
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We're in no position
to sustain a prolonged siege.
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Our own men remain loyal,
but the mercenaries
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have deserted. God damn mercenaries.
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Any word from Corbulo?
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I sent three of my best men
as emissaries.
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They all chose
separate routes.
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But the mountains are thick
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with enemies familiar
with our plans.
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They all failed.
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There is one final option.
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Take the only route the enemy
will not expect us to take.
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A handful
of well-prepared men
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could scale the ravine.
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Once in the forest,
it's a seven-day
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forest march to Syria
and Corbulo's scouts.
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Are you telling me, Marcus,
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that a few of our men,
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exhausted and starving to death,
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will be able
to scale a cliff,
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walk and run
through the forest,
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battle the enemy,
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and reach Syria
in just a few days?
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Precisely.
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I can see that I'm not the
only one who has lost his head.
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It's the only route
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that will not be crawling
with the enemy.
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Meanwhile,
we can make them believe
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we're contemplating
the terms of the surrender.
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Corbulo, that bastard.
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I never imagined that
my greatest political foe
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would one day be
my only hope for survival.
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And what if,
after all this...
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he refuses to come
to our aid?
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It's a risk we have to take.
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The route is impossible.
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Have you already considered
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whom to entrust
with this lunacy?
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He is a soldier,
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raised in the mountains
of North Hispania.
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Excellent climber and fighter.
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Highly revered
by the auxiliary cohorts.
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Auxiliary cohorts?
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He might desert.
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He is a soldier.
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Loyal to Rome.
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There are others,
younger, stronger.
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But none with his capacity
to endure.
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What's his name?
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They call him Noreno.
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Do you think he will do it?
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If it's an order,
he'll obey it to the end.
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Yes, an order.
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Duty.
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A soldier's lot is nothing
but to obey orders,
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to fight and sacrifice
one's life
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without thinking.
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What is hard
is to make decisions.
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They must leave tonight.
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We are all already dead, Marcus.
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Your plan is impossible.
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I can already see Corbulo
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as he hears the news
of my defeat,
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the outcome
of my strategic blunder.
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His smile.
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We are going to need
great assistance from the gods,
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if we are basing our hopes
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on a mountain man.
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But if the gods
are willing...
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so be it.
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Sir,
Noreno the soldier is here.
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Noreno.
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You called for me, sir.
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You've been selected
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to deliver a message
to General Corbulo.
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The others failed
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because they chose
a wrong route.
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You'll go by one
the enemy does not expect.
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Through the ravine.
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Sir,
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what you ask of me
is impossible.
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Impossible or not,
that's our only chance
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to survive.
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I am aware
of your qualities.
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I didn't select you
for your obvious skills.
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You were chosen because of
your rare capacity to endure.
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If anyone can succeed...
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it's you.
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We have provisions
for only two more days.
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If the enemy doesn't
kill us, then...
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the lack of food
or the cold will.
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The entire Roman legion
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destroyed, disgraced.
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You must succeed.
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When do I leave? Now.
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When you leave the camp,
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run straight for the ravine.
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Scale its walls. Once in
the forest, head southwest
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till you hit Syria
and Corbulo's scouts.
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Help me return to Rome.
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Help me see my son.
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I will do my best.
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When you reach Corbulo,
give him this.
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That parchment
bears Paetus' seal.
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Oh, may the gods
protect you.
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Go out from here and run
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as if Hades himself
were pursuing you.
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For Rome!
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I'm sorry, my friend!
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Go!
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Run!
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Come on.
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No!
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Si?
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Another idiotic Roman
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who believes he can cross
these terraces to seek help.
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What do I do with him, Saka?
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Damn proud Romans.
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When are they ever
going to stop?
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Their pride
is what makes them great.
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They can't go far.
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Look over there.
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Here.
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Here's the famous ravine.
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Go!
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Two of the Romans
are dead.
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The other scaled
the cliff face.
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That route is impossible.
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Nothing is impossible
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if you have the will
to survive.
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They're just deserters.
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They sacrificed themselves
so that he could succeed.
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He's making his way
to Corbulo.
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The Persians pay us to kill
Romans, not to let them escape.
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Madyes, you and Saulio
make your way to the river.
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He'll have to cross it
eventually.
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I'll send word
to the Persians.
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Yeah, for now.
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So Claudius, tell me,
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how far have you traveled
to arrive at the frontier?
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Hibernia.
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Hibernia?
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That's the edge
of the world.
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What's a Celt doing
at the Roman auxiliary?
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I heard the pay was good.
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Pay.
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Like most children...
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On the coast of Hibernia,
I was captured
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and taken to Britannia
as a slave.
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I was a game keeper's
ward but...
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they couldn't hold me.
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He says do you... did you
ever want to return home?
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I was away from home
too long.
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I wanted to see the world.
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So, I made my way to Gaul
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and joined the auxiliary.
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They've been the only family
I've ever known.
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And for that I'm thankful.
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He says you should've gone
to Hispania.
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It's his land.
Very beautiful there.
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Um, I was raised by
my grandfather in Hispania.
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And, uh, when he joined
the auxiliary,
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he was stationed
in Britannia.
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So I followed him
and fought alongside him.
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However, when he died,
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I decided I would return
to Hispania.
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I carried his body
to the top of the mountain
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and there I laid him down
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so the vultures could carry
his soul to the afterlife.
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However, when I returned
to the auxiliary,
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I met Marcus.
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He recognized
my ability and...
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well he gave me
a purpose.
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Oh, oh, I think he means,
uh, for Rome.
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Si? Si? Uh, for Rome.
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Yes. For Rome?
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For Rome. Rome!
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For Rome!
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Let her go!
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Get out.
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Do you live here alone?
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Where is your family?
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Noreno.
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Duria.
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I wouldn't do it!
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Look! Let me go.
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I don't have anything
to give you.
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I know that you're
a deserter but...
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believe me when I say...
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I will not tell anyone
where you are.
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I will not betray you.
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Do you think
I'm actually afraid
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you'll tell someone
where I am?
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I'm not that important
that in...
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They'll need
to send soldiers after me.
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I have no interest
in what made you desert.
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But let me go.
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You will have helped save
an isolated legion
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that has no chance
of survival.
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I don't care about you
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or your damn legion.
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Now let's see what
you've got in the bag.
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A message with a
Roman general's seal on it.
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I should be able to get
something nice for this.
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You take what you like,
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but you leave me that.
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Try to remember
that you were
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a legionnaire, too.
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Rome and all her glory
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can burn in hell,
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for all I care.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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♪ You can run
For a long time ♪
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♪ You can run ♪
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♪ For a long time ♪
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♪ You can run ♪
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♪ For a long time ♪
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♪ Sooner or later
They'll cut you down ♪
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♪ Sooner or later
God'll cut you down ♪
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♪ Tell them God's gonna cut them down ♪
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♪ Tell them
God's gonna cut them... ♪
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A soldier's life is lived outdoors,
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in every damn
imaginable weather.
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I'm sure that's something
you can't imagine, Nero.
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But when you're
a Roman soldier...
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you get used
to your hardships...
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00:44:42,101 --> 00:44:43,189
and what doesn't kill you
269
00:44:43,364 --> 00:44:44,974
only makes you stronger.
270
00:45:40,116 --> 00:45:41,335
Look over there.
271
00:49:50,627 --> 00:49:51,627
Who the hell are you?
272
00:49:54,326 --> 00:49:55,414
Let me go.
273
00:50:36,499 --> 00:50:38,066
Please. I beg of you.
274
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:40,024
I'm a Roman soldier.
275
00:50:40,198 --> 00:50:41,635
I'm on a mission of mercy.
276
00:50:41,809 --> 00:50:43,941
My men have no food
and no water.
277
00:50:44,115 --> 00:50:45,943
Nobody cares.
278
00:50:46,117 --> 00:50:47,423
Least of all me.
279
00:50:47,597 --> 00:50:48,946
I just wanna sell you.
280
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:50,644
Scyles.
281
00:50:53,951 --> 00:50:56,432
How the hell did you get all
the way out here with just this?
282
00:50:57,215 --> 00:50:58,521
Scyles!
283
00:50:58,695 --> 00:51:00,044
Shit.
284
00:51:00,218 --> 00:51:02,568
That man belongs to me!
285
00:51:02,743 --> 00:51:05,615
Yeah? Well these
bonds say otherwise!
286
00:51:06,921 --> 00:51:09,010
You're getting old
and slow, Medea.
287
00:51:10,707 --> 00:51:12,535
Turn around.
288
00:51:12,709 --> 00:51:14,450
Go back to your woman,
Solias.
289
00:51:16,670 --> 00:51:17,801
Oh, wait...
290
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:21,109
You can't.
291
00:51:22,110 --> 00:51:23,154
I killed her.
292
00:51:26,070 --> 00:51:27,985
This world is mine.
293
00:51:28,159 --> 00:51:29,726
Anyone who comes
across this patch
294
00:51:29,900 --> 00:51:31,510
belongs to me.
295
00:51:32,424 --> 00:51:35,079
She wandered too far!
296
00:51:35,253 --> 00:51:37,821
And now,
she paid the price.
297
00:51:39,301 --> 00:51:41,956
This bounty is mine.
298
00:51:42,130 --> 00:51:44,523
And I am claiming my reward!
299
00:54:16,197 --> 00:54:17,807
Take my hand.
300
00:54:20,114 --> 00:54:21,550
Take it!
301
00:55:57,515 --> 00:55:59,648
Steady, soldier.
302
00:55:59,822 --> 00:56:01,128
Stay calm.
303
00:56:01,302 --> 00:56:02,956
You're safe.
304
00:56:04,305 --> 00:56:06,133
Rest.
305
00:56:06,307 --> 00:56:08,570
No, I cannot rest.
306
00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:11,051
Where am I?
307
00:56:12,139 --> 00:56:13,357
How long have I been here?
308
00:56:13,531 --> 00:56:15,446
No one is following you.
309
00:56:17,100 --> 00:56:18,319
Stay still.
310
00:56:19,059 --> 00:56:21,452
You are safe here.
311
00:56:21,626 --> 00:56:22,626
Shh.
312
00:56:22,714 --> 00:56:23,889
You are safe.
313
00:56:25,413 --> 00:56:27,154
"There was
nothing to animate
314
00:56:27,328 --> 00:56:29,156
the drooping spirits
of the army
315
00:56:29,330 --> 00:56:30,940
but the example
of their general,
316
00:56:31,114 --> 00:56:32,289
who endured even more
317
00:56:32,463 --> 00:56:33,899
"than the common
soldiers did."
318
00:56:35,510 --> 00:56:37,120
That was written about me,
319
00:56:37,294 --> 00:56:39,862
about my conquests
of Armenia,
320
00:56:40,036 --> 00:56:43,039
whose future Paetus
now holds in the...
321
00:56:43,213 --> 00:56:45,650
In the palm
of his grubby little hand.
322
00:56:51,091 --> 00:56:53,789
When our long
arduous march
323
00:56:53,963 --> 00:56:55,182
took us through
hot, desolate
324
00:56:55,356 --> 00:56:57,010
and rugged countryside,
325
00:56:58,489 --> 00:57:02,189
with food
and water scarce,
326
00:57:02,363 --> 00:57:05,061
and the Armenians
likely to launch
327
00:57:05,235 --> 00:57:07,629
an obstinate defense...
328
00:57:09,631 --> 00:57:10,980
do you know what I did?
329
00:57:14,984 --> 00:57:18,031
I executed Vadandus,
330
00:57:18,205 --> 00:57:19,945
one of the nobles
I had captured,
331
00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:22,296
and I cut off
his fucking head.
332
00:57:24,254 --> 00:57:26,996
And then I took his head
333
00:57:28,258 --> 00:57:30,565
and I put it in
the ballista,
334
00:57:30,739 --> 00:57:32,349
and I sent it catapulting
335
00:57:32,523 --> 00:57:34,830
into the enemy's
fortifications.
336
00:57:36,484 --> 00:57:38,225
And they took it as a...
337
00:57:38,399 --> 00:57:39,530
a portent.
338
00:57:39,704 --> 00:57:41,141
They hastened to surrender.
339
00:57:47,234 --> 00:57:48,844
That's a true story.
340
00:57:50,672 --> 00:57:52,630
Would you have had
the wiles to act as I have?
341
00:57:56,634 --> 00:57:58,114
No.
342
00:57:58,288 --> 00:58:01,552
Only a true soldier
has such an imagination.
343
00:58:03,989 --> 00:58:05,078
Ah.
344
00:58:05,817 --> 00:58:06,992
You are awake.
345
00:58:11,736 --> 00:58:13,086
How long was I out?
346
00:58:13,782 --> 00:58:14,826
Almost a day.
347
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:16,611
A day?
348
00:58:16,785 --> 00:58:18,221
I really must...
349
00:58:19,701 --> 00:58:22,095
Go. Yes.
350
00:58:26,360 --> 00:58:27,883
I heard a few mumblings.
351
00:58:28,057 --> 00:58:30,668
A name. Duria?
352
00:58:31,887 --> 00:58:34,194
Tell me,
from what do you run?
353
00:58:34,368 --> 00:58:35,369
Bandits?
354
00:58:35,543 --> 00:58:36,935
Other Romans, perhaps?
355
00:58:38,633 --> 00:58:40,374
Did you desert
your legion?
356
00:58:41,157 --> 00:58:42,376
I'm no deserter.
357
00:58:42,550 --> 00:58:44,421
I, too,
was a soldier of Rome.
358
00:58:46,554 --> 00:58:47,946
But that was
a long time ago.
359
00:58:50,035 --> 00:58:51,341
I have a mission
to complete.
360
00:58:51,515 --> 00:58:53,822
We each have
a mission to complete.
361
00:58:56,172 --> 00:58:57,332
Where are you headed,
soldier?
362
00:58:58,131 --> 00:58:59,567
To the Euphrates frontier.
363
00:59:01,003 --> 00:59:03,223
I carry a message
for General Corbulo.
364
00:59:05,268 --> 00:59:07,575
The lives of an entire
legion depend on my success.
365
00:59:07,749 --> 00:59:10,404
I see I am in the presence
of an uncommon man.
366
00:59:12,014 --> 00:59:13,363
Did you come across
the mountains
367
00:59:13,537 --> 00:59:14,799
from Paetus' encampment?
368
00:59:16,801 --> 00:59:17,933
Yes.
369
00:59:23,243 --> 00:59:24,940
And where did you serve Rome?
370
00:59:26,550 --> 00:59:28,900
In another life.
371
00:59:29,074 --> 00:59:30,293
A distant life.
372
00:59:32,687 --> 00:59:35,385
I served under
General Vespasian in Judea.
373
00:59:35,559 --> 00:59:37,518
Vespasian? Mm-hmm.
374
00:59:38,649 --> 00:59:39,911
But, he was the only leader
375
00:59:40,085 --> 00:59:42,044
capable of putting down
the Jewish revolt
376
00:59:42,218 --> 00:59:43,306
against Nero.
377
00:59:44,438 --> 00:59:46,483
And his practice
of rewarding
378
00:59:46,657 --> 00:59:48,485
and releasing his oldest
379
00:59:48,659 --> 00:59:52,272
and most loyal
of soldiers is...
380
00:59:52,446 --> 00:59:53,664
Well it's known by all.
381
00:59:54,535 --> 00:59:55,535
He's legendary, sir.
382
00:59:58,191 --> 00:59:59,832
I would have very much
liked to have served under
383
00:59:59,844 --> 01:00:00,889
such a great general.
384
01:00:01,063 --> 01:00:04,109
Now, I serve a great king.
385
01:00:05,328 --> 01:00:07,025
I do not understand.
386
01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:08,462
Come.
387
01:00:08,636 --> 01:00:10,159
Drink and eat.
388
01:00:11,291 --> 01:00:12,814
You need to regain
your strength.
389
01:00:40,668 --> 01:00:42,452
I know this country well.
390
01:00:43,801 --> 01:00:45,934
Your destination
is not far.
391
01:00:46,108 --> 01:00:48,850
The most direct route
is across a span of desert
392
01:00:49,024 --> 01:00:51,287
that lies between here
and the Euphrates River.
393
01:00:51,461 --> 01:00:53,681
I recommend staying out
of the sun,
394
01:00:53,855 --> 01:00:55,552
if you can,
395
01:00:55,726 --> 01:00:58,468
and stick to
the dry river gullies.
396
01:00:58,642 --> 01:01:01,515
Perhaps not the most direct
route across the desert, but...
397
01:01:01,689 --> 01:01:03,168
they will protect you.
398
01:01:03,343 --> 01:01:05,127
Sir, without knowing it,
399
01:01:05,301 --> 01:01:07,347
you've not only
saved my life,
400
01:01:07,521 --> 01:01:09,392
but the lives
of an entire legion.
401
01:01:10,393 --> 01:01:11,481
I am forever in your debt.
402
01:01:11,655 --> 01:01:12,917
Do not thank me.
403
01:01:13,091 --> 01:01:14,615
I would do this
for any man,
404
01:01:14,789 --> 01:01:17,313
Roman, Persian, Scythian.
405
01:01:17,487 --> 01:01:19,327
I'm glad I'm the only one
to hear you say this.
406
01:01:21,056 --> 01:01:23,754
It could be your death sentence
for betrayal against Rome.
407
01:01:24,929 --> 01:01:26,757
In the name of Rome,
408
01:01:27,758 --> 01:01:29,107
I killed many men.
409
01:01:31,109 --> 01:01:33,373
Now in my wildest
nightmares I recall
410
01:01:33,547 --> 01:01:37,551
how sometimes
I even enjoyed it.
411
01:01:37,725 --> 01:01:39,292
But I was the one
who died.
412
01:01:39,988 --> 01:01:41,555
Enemies?
413
01:01:41,729 --> 01:01:42,860
No.
414
01:01:43,034 --> 01:01:44,297
Men.
415
01:01:45,428 --> 01:01:47,169
In truth,
all of them equal.
416
01:01:47,343 --> 01:01:49,519
All of them
children of God.
417
01:01:49,693 --> 01:01:50,738
Equal?
418
01:01:53,741 --> 01:01:55,438
And how, may I ask,
419
01:01:55,612 --> 01:01:58,746
did you return to life
after being dead?
420
01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:02,315
By listening to the words
of a crucified man.
421
01:02:02,489 --> 01:02:04,665
You should not speak
this way to anyone,
422
01:02:04,839 --> 01:02:06,319
least of all
a Roman soldier.
423
01:02:07,755 --> 01:02:09,355
Are you not aware
that Nero has sentenced
424
01:02:09,409 --> 01:02:11,411
all Christians to death?
425
01:02:11,585 --> 01:02:13,630
I no longer fear anything.
426
01:02:13,804 --> 01:02:16,416
Not death.
427
01:02:16,590 --> 01:02:19,157
And, least of all, Nero.
428
01:02:19,332 --> 01:02:21,290
Without fear,
429
01:02:21,464 --> 01:02:22,770
we are free.
430
01:02:25,120 --> 01:02:27,775
Would you still be free
in a prison cell,
431
01:02:27,949 --> 01:02:29,907
condemned to the gallows,
432
01:02:30,081 --> 01:02:32,127
or in the Coliseum
facing wild beasts?
433
01:02:32,301 --> 01:02:33,694
More free than ever.
434
01:02:35,260 --> 01:02:38,176
And you, do you not
want to be free?
435
01:02:38,351 --> 01:02:39,439
Well...
436
01:02:40,831 --> 01:02:42,790
Well, as strange
as it may sound, sir...
437
01:02:44,966 --> 01:02:46,924
these last few days,
438
01:02:47,098 --> 01:02:49,449
I think I felt freedom
for the first time.
439
01:02:51,886 --> 01:02:54,062
Although I was pursued
by my enemies and...
440
01:02:55,846 --> 01:02:58,022
quickly chased down, and
they were ready to kill me,
441
01:03:00,155 --> 01:03:02,287
I've never felt so alive.
442
01:03:02,462 --> 01:03:05,508
I've really reveled in these last
few days, away from the army.
443
01:03:05,682 --> 01:03:08,337
Then it may be that one day
you will know real freedom,
444
01:03:08,511 --> 01:03:11,296
like me,
without killing.
445
01:03:12,341 --> 01:03:13,603
And perhaps someday,
446
01:03:14,952 --> 01:03:17,694
you will explain to me
this truth of yours,
447
01:03:17,868 --> 01:03:20,044
that makes all men equal,
and free.
448
01:03:22,351 --> 01:03:23,744
But for now I must go.
449
01:03:26,007 --> 01:03:27,835
I am very grateful
for your help.
450
01:03:29,140 --> 01:03:30,359
Saul.
451
01:03:31,229 --> 01:03:32,492
My name is Saul.
452
01:03:34,189 --> 01:03:35,364
I am Noreno.
453
01:03:45,766 --> 01:03:47,637
I packed
some provisions for you.
454
01:03:54,252 --> 01:03:56,211
You said that in life,
455
01:03:56,385 --> 01:03:57,995
we all have a mission
to complete.
456
01:04:00,041 --> 01:04:01,434
Have you completed yours?
457
01:04:04,132 --> 01:04:05,699
No.
458
01:04:08,658 --> 01:04:09,877
Wait.
459
01:04:11,226 --> 01:04:12,836
Here.
460
01:04:13,010 --> 01:04:14,359
Take this.
461
01:04:20,975 --> 01:04:22,542
God go with you, soldier.
462
01:04:25,545 --> 01:04:27,808
You are a good man, Saul.
463
01:04:27,982 --> 01:04:29,592
I will not forget you.
464
01:10:47,665 --> 01:10:49,102
I dream that your...
465
01:10:50,712 --> 01:10:53,236
Your precious fool
of a general,
466
01:10:53,410 --> 01:10:56,413
Paetus, is close
to surrender.
467
01:10:59,286 --> 01:11:00,635
His men are starving.
468
01:11:03,594 --> 01:11:06,293
His mercenaries
are deserting.
469
01:11:06,467 --> 01:11:08,164
The enemies of Rome
470
01:11:08,338 --> 01:11:10,427
have surrounded him
471
01:11:10,601 --> 01:11:13,866
and have cut off
his supply of lines.
472
01:11:14,562 --> 01:11:15,998
Emperor,
473
01:11:16,172 --> 01:11:18,566
had I led the legion
to reclaim Armenia,
474
01:11:18,740 --> 01:11:20,046
for Rome,
475
01:11:20,220 --> 01:11:22,178
we would've been
victorious by now.
476
01:11:26,400 --> 01:11:29,011
Why hasn't he sent
for me for help?
477
01:11:30,970 --> 01:11:31,971
Too proud?
478
01:11:34,451 --> 01:11:35,888
Too vain?
479
01:11:37,019 --> 01:11:38,760
Too stupid?
480
01:11:45,723 --> 01:11:47,116
Yet I hear nothing.
481
01:11:48,770 --> 01:11:50,424
I hear nothing.
482
01:11:50,598 --> 01:11:51,860
Do you, Emperor?
483
01:11:55,124 --> 01:11:56,473
Nothing.
484
01:11:57,822 --> 01:11:59,259
No galloping hooves.
485
01:12:00,564 --> 01:12:03,002
No... there's no insistent
footsteps.
486
01:12:04,612 --> 01:12:07,049
No one... no one has come.
487
01:12:09,008 --> 01:12:10,705
No one, no one to help,
488
01:12:10,879 --> 01:12:13,012
not a single damn messenger.
489
01:12:16,276 --> 01:12:18,234
You ordered me here to...
490
01:12:20,062 --> 01:12:22,847
not to marshal my forces
unless Paetus himself
491
01:12:24,110 --> 01:12:26,590
sends word that I must
come to his aid.
492
01:12:30,638 --> 01:12:33,510
Three legions are at risk
of annihilation
493
01:12:35,817 --> 01:12:37,558
because of your poor judgment.
494
01:12:41,866 --> 01:12:45,914
And you've condemned
your most able general to wait.
495
01:12:47,089 --> 01:12:49,222
Well, I'm waiting.
496
01:13:15,074 --> 01:13:16,292
Not good enough.
497
01:13:46,540 --> 01:13:48,063
Get up!
498
01:14:09,345 --> 01:14:10,607
That's the spirit.
499
01:14:13,088 --> 01:14:14,916
Show me, Roman!
500
01:14:39,332 --> 01:14:40,669
You've done well,
better than anyone
501
01:14:40,681 --> 01:14:42,281
could've imagined.
But there comes a time
502
01:14:42,378 --> 01:14:45,294
between hunter and prey when
they both know it must end.
503
01:14:52,910 --> 01:14:54,347
You're better than this.
504
01:14:55,478 --> 01:14:57,045
Sand?
505
01:15:01,484 --> 01:15:02,746
I'm not done with you!
506
01:15:02,920 --> 01:15:04,922
Have my fun. Get up!
507
01:15:05,097 --> 01:15:06,937
You're gonna tell me
who taught you how to run.
508
01:15:24,681 --> 01:15:26,596
That's it!
509
01:15:26,770 --> 01:15:28,076
That's the fight
I'm looking for!
510
01:15:32,689 --> 01:15:35,257
We each have
a mission to complete.
511
01:15:54,929 --> 01:15:56,583
Do you not want to be free?
512
01:16:10,814 --> 01:16:12,076
Your mission is over.
513
01:16:12,251 --> 01:16:14,601
I will give you
the sweet release of death.
514
01:16:14,775 --> 01:16:17,343
Now tell me,
what is your name?
515
01:16:17,517 --> 01:16:19,910
I like to know the names
of things I'm going to kill.
516
01:16:36,449 --> 01:16:37,537
Do it!
517
01:16:38,538 --> 01:16:40,104
No.
518
01:16:40,279 --> 01:16:42,455
Your life
is meaningless to me.
519
01:16:44,283 --> 01:16:46,285
Now, you end
this macabre chase...
520
01:16:46,459 --> 01:16:48,635
or I swear,
it'll be your last!
521
01:17:42,602 --> 01:17:44,038
Permission to speak,
General.
522
01:17:51,393 --> 01:17:55,092
Well, what do we have today?
Is it urgent?
523
01:17:55,267 --> 01:17:58,313
Some of the patrolmen found
a legionnaire in the Euphrates.
524
01:17:58,487 --> 01:18:01,185
He claims to be
one of Paetus' men.
525
01:18:01,360 --> 01:18:02,752
Wow.
526
01:18:02,926 --> 01:18:05,189
Paetus.
527
01:18:05,364 --> 01:18:07,366
Well, he must be a deserter.
528
01:18:07,540 --> 01:18:09,672
It doesn't seem
to be the case.
529
01:18:09,846 --> 01:18:11,065
He says he's a messenger.
530
01:18:14,329 --> 01:18:16,505
Paetus dares
to send me a messenger?
531
01:18:18,290 --> 01:18:19,856
Where the fuck is he?
532
01:18:20,030 --> 01:18:21,815
Outside, waiting.
533
01:18:21,989 --> 01:18:23,512
He was armed only
with this.
534
01:18:25,427 --> 01:18:28,082
He insists that he alone
will hand you the message.
535
01:18:35,916 --> 01:18:37,265
Make him come in.
536
01:18:59,896 --> 01:19:01,376
What's your name, soldier?
537
01:19:02,595 --> 01:19:06,642
Legionnaire Quintus
Laberius Surus.
538
01:19:06,816 --> 01:19:08,470
Second cohort,
539
01:19:08,644 --> 01:19:10,254
fourth Scythia Legion, sir.
540
01:19:12,256 --> 01:19:14,476
I carry a message, sir...
541
01:19:14,650 --> 01:19:17,436
from General Paetus
to General Corbulo.
542
01:19:17,610 --> 01:19:19,873
So you're bringing me
a message from Paetus?
543
01:19:20,047 --> 01:19:21,047
Yes, sir.
544
01:19:38,413 --> 01:19:39,675
Oh, I'm sorry,
545
01:19:39,849 --> 01:19:41,851
but you've come here
for nothing.
546
01:19:42,025 --> 01:19:44,680
Valerius, see to it
that this man eats well,
547
01:19:44,854 --> 01:19:47,074
and reward his efforts.
548
01:19:47,248 --> 01:19:48,467
No, no, don't,
please, sir.
549
01:19:48,641 --> 01:19:49,642
You must help us.
550
01:19:51,905 --> 01:19:53,646
I'll not allow that tone,
soldier.
551
01:19:55,299 --> 01:19:57,389
That useless
fucking Paetus...
552
01:19:59,869 --> 01:20:01,741
the situation
is all his fault.
553
01:20:04,570 --> 01:20:07,007
Settling on such
a mountainous area
554
01:20:07,181 --> 01:20:09,096
so goddamned
easy to attack.
555
01:20:09,270 --> 01:20:11,141
But sir,
556
01:20:11,315 --> 01:20:13,666
won't you do it
for the soldiers' sake?
557
01:20:13,840 --> 01:20:15,494
They have no fault
in the poor decisions
558
01:20:15,668 --> 01:20:17,539
of their general. Who do you think you are,
559
01:20:18,497 --> 01:20:19,846
talking to me like that?
560
01:20:23,806 --> 01:20:25,025
You speak insolently.
561
01:20:29,421 --> 01:20:30,422
Yes...
562
01:20:32,380 --> 01:20:33,816
you're right.
563
01:20:33,990 --> 01:20:36,863
The general's bad decisions
are not the men's fault.
564
01:20:37,864 --> 01:20:39,953
That's what war is like.
565
01:20:40,127 --> 01:20:42,738
I'm not gonna help Paetus.
566
01:20:43,870 --> 01:20:45,437
Valerius.
567
01:20:46,220 --> 01:20:47,569
Come on.No.
568
01:20:50,093 --> 01:20:51,878
I'm sorry, soldier.
569
01:20:57,840 --> 01:20:59,189
Why won't he help us?
570
01:20:59,363 --> 01:21:01,061
Thousands of my men
will die.
571
01:21:19,209 --> 01:21:21,124
Oh, what is it, Amariah?
572
01:21:21,298 --> 01:21:22,648
What have I done now?
573
01:21:22,822 --> 01:21:24,867
I gather you've heard
my reply
574
01:21:25,041 --> 01:21:26,913
to the messenger,
didn't you?
575
01:21:27,087 --> 01:21:28,915
I have told you
that business of Rome...
576
01:21:29,089 --> 01:21:30,394
Is not my concern.
577
01:21:32,527 --> 01:21:34,007
Yes, you have.
578
01:21:34,181 --> 01:21:35,835
Especially as I am
your mistress,
579
01:21:36,009 --> 01:21:37,489
not your wife.
580
01:21:37,663 --> 01:21:39,752
Especially as
I'm not Roman-born.
581
01:21:41,057 --> 01:21:42,189
Amariah.
582
01:21:44,408 --> 01:21:47,020
Although
I was not born here,
583
01:21:47,194 --> 01:21:48,500
but this is my country.
584
01:21:48,674 --> 01:21:49,849
Your country,
585
01:21:50,023 --> 01:21:52,504
which is a claim
of the State of Rome.
586
01:21:53,896 --> 01:21:56,116
That should unite us,
not divide us.
587
01:21:59,032 --> 01:22:00,555
Well, all right,
it's true.
588
01:22:00,729 --> 01:22:02,775
I've refused
General Paetus'
589
01:22:02,949 --> 01:22:04,472
plea for help.
590
01:22:04,646 --> 01:22:06,343
And I've sent
his messenger back
591
01:22:06,518 --> 01:22:08,041
on his way, empty-handed.
592
01:22:08,215 --> 01:22:11,000
My orders from Emperor Nero
are clear.
593
01:22:11,174 --> 01:22:14,221
I'm to remain here on
the banks of the Euphrates
594
01:22:14,395 --> 01:22:18,399
to safeground the...
Syria on behalf of Rome.
595
01:22:18,573 --> 01:22:20,880
I do
not understand you, Gnaeus.
596
01:22:21,054 --> 01:22:24,231
For weeks you prowled the
halls of this palace at night...
597
01:22:24,405 --> 01:22:26,929
sleepless, agitated...
598
01:22:27,103 --> 01:22:30,193
awaiting General Paetus
to swallow his pride
599
01:22:30,367 --> 01:22:31,978
and ask for your help.
600
01:22:32,892 --> 01:22:34,633
No.
601
01:22:34,807 --> 01:22:36,156
Beg for your help.
602
01:22:37,244 --> 01:22:38,811
Then, when he finally does so?
603
01:22:41,335 --> 01:22:44,773
There's no glory in arriving
too late, Amariah.
604
01:22:51,693 --> 01:22:52,912
Oh.
605
01:23:00,789 --> 01:23:04,401
The young soldier boy,
he should be admired.
606
01:23:04,576 --> 01:23:07,013
I mean, look at the distance
that he traveled all alone,
607
01:23:07,187 --> 01:23:09,319
through no-man's-land,
wilderness,
608
01:23:09,493 --> 01:23:11,321
amuck with cutthroats
609
01:23:11,495 --> 01:23:13,889
and Parthian assassins...
610
01:23:14,063 --> 01:23:15,674
poor guy
went over mountains,
611
01:23:15,848 --> 01:23:18,372
through forests,
across desert land.
612
01:23:20,374 --> 01:23:22,245
It's astonishing
that he managed
613
01:23:22,419 --> 01:23:23,769
to make it at all.
614
01:23:23,943 --> 01:23:25,771
He was desperate. No.
615
01:23:25,945 --> 01:23:27,599
He's a soldier
in service to Rome.
616
01:23:27,773 --> 01:23:30,123
He fulfilled his duty.
617
01:23:30,297 --> 01:23:32,038
I have been
always impressed
618
01:23:32,212 --> 01:23:34,562
by the willpower
certain men exhibit
619
01:23:34,736 --> 01:23:37,043
when faced
with an impossible mission.
620
01:23:37,217 --> 01:23:40,350
Well, which is why history
will be remembered
621
01:23:40,524 --> 01:23:42,701
such as generals
as great men.
622
01:23:42,875 --> 01:23:44,137
Generals?
623
01:23:44,311 --> 01:23:45,660
I'm talking about
simple soldiers
624
01:23:45,834 --> 01:23:47,749
like that messenger
who you dismissed
625
01:23:47,923 --> 01:23:49,316
without a second thought.
626
01:23:52,275 --> 01:23:53,537
He did his duty.
627
01:23:54,887 --> 01:23:56,062
You have told me many times
628
01:23:56,236 --> 01:23:58,891
of how you, above all
the other generals,
629
01:23:59,065 --> 01:24:00,588
particularly Paetus,
630
01:24:00,762 --> 01:24:03,199
appreciated the value
of good soldiers.
631
01:24:03,373 --> 01:24:06,202
And without them
and their stalwart strength,
632
01:24:06,376 --> 01:24:10,119
even the most...
Best military commanders
633
01:24:10,293 --> 01:24:12,339
would have no chance
of victory.
634
01:24:16,038 --> 01:24:17,779
Are you saying
635
01:24:17,953 --> 01:24:19,868
I risk being forgotten
because I didn't come
636
01:24:20,042 --> 01:24:23,655
to the aid of a general
who's no better than a cur?
637
01:24:23,829 --> 01:24:25,439
No, my darling.
638
01:24:25,613 --> 01:24:28,660
Your place in history
is more than guaranteed
639
01:24:28,834 --> 01:24:32,576
in your celebrated
single-handed military victories.
640
01:24:32,751 --> 01:24:34,753
General Paetus
cannot fall further
641
01:24:34,927 --> 01:24:36,929
in esteem
than he already has.
642
01:24:37,103 --> 01:24:39,845
He's humiliated himself
in front of his men
643
01:24:40,019 --> 01:24:41,368
and, most importantly,
644
01:24:41,542 --> 01:24:43,631
in the eyes
of the Roman emperor.
645
01:24:44,719 --> 01:24:47,374
But, if he dies
646
01:24:47,548 --> 01:24:49,245
all alone in mountains
of Armenia...
647
01:24:49,419 --> 01:24:51,421
Then, good riddance.
648
01:24:51,595 --> 01:24:55,208
If he dies holed up
in the barren cold,
649
01:24:55,382 --> 01:24:56,949
under vicious attack,
650
01:24:57,123 --> 01:24:58,385
besieged,
651
01:24:58,559 --> 01:25:00,169
possibly fighting
for his life
652
01:25:00,343 --> 01:25:01,475
with his last breath...
653
01:25:01,649 --> 01:25:03,520
No. That's unlikely.
654
01:25:03,695 --> 01:25:05,392
There's always
the possibility
655
01:25:05,566 --> 01:25:07,655
he will become a martyr,
656
01:25:07,829 --> 01:25:09,788
even a posthumous hero.
657
01:25:09,962 --> 01:25:11,790
Paetus?
658
01:25:11,964 --> 01:25:14,009
A hero? Yes.
659
01:25:14,183 --> 01:25:16,055
A martyr's hero,
660
01:25:16,229 --> 01:25:18,187
who gave his life for Rome.
661
01:25:20,189 --> 01:25:21,582
Legends, my love,
662
01:25:21,756 --> 01:25:23,062
do not necessarily rise
663
01:25:23,236 --> 01:25:25,368
from the facts of an event
664
01:25:25,542 --> 01:25:29,198
but from the most
romanticized version of a story...
665
01:25:29,372 --> 01:25:31,331
the story that people
most wanted to hear...
666
01:25:32,636 --> 01:25:34,987
the hero they wanted
to believe in.
667
01:25:36,771 --> 01:25:38,991
Oh, well,
668
01:25:39,165 --> 01:25:40,688
what would you have me do?
669
01:26:01,230 --> 01:26:03,537
Deny Paetus
his immortality.
670
01:26:05,582 --> 01:26:06,975
March to his aid.
671
01:26:07,149 --> 01:26:09,369
Do not grant him
a martyr's death.
672
01:26:11,937 --> 01:26:14,940
If Paetus returns
to Rome,
673
01:26:15,114 --> 01:26:18,117
he'll continue
his campaign to slander me.
674
01:26:18,291 --> 01:26:20,206
And the fucker
has the emperor's ear.
675
01:26:21,773 --> 01:26:23,949
Slander the man
who rescued him?
676
01:26:24,123 --> 01:26:25,994
Uh-huh. His savior?
677
01:26:26,168 --> 01:26:27,300
The general
who liberated him
678
01:26:27,474 --> 01:26:29,693
from the jaws
of a certain death?
679
01:26:30,303 --> 01:26:32,131
No.
680
01:26:32,305 --> 01:26:34,786
Not even Paetus
is that stupid.
681
01:26:35,787 --> 01:26:36,918
And of me?
682
01:26:38,790 --> 01:26:41,444
What will be whispered
about me behind my back?
683
01:26:42,794 --> 01:26:44,665
They will say...
684
01:26:44,839 --> 01:26:46,754
"There goes..."
685
01:26:46,928 --> 01:26:49,409
The great and honorable
General Corbulo,
686
01:26:49,583 --> 01:26:51,324
who was so moved
687
01:26:51,498 --> 01:26:53,805
by the courage
of a single soldier
688
01:26:53,979 --> 01:26:55,458
a messenger
who weathered
689
01:26:55,632 --> 01:26:57,069
an impossible journey
690
01:26:57,243 --> 01:26:59,027
"to plead for help."
691
01:27:00,246 --> 01:27:02,509
My advice to you, General,
692
01:27:02,683 --> 01:27:05,642
is to praise this faithful
servant of Rome.
693
01:27:05,817 --> 01:27:07,557
Say nothing of Paetus.
694
01:27:07,731 --> 01:27:08,776
Instead...
695
01:27:11,170 --> 01:27:14,303
speak in complimentary terms
of unsung heroes.
696
01:27:14,477 --> 01:27:15,609
Do this.
697
01:27:15,783 --> 01:27:17,916
The legions will love you.
698
01:27:18,090 --> 01:27:20,092
No one will speak
a bad word against you.
699
01:27:21,571 --> 01:27:23,835
You have condemned
your political rival
700
01:27:24,009 --> 01:27:26,881
in a life sentence
of public gratitude
701
01:27:27,055 --> 01:27:29,405
of singing your praises
702
01:27:29,579 --> 01:27:31,277
through clenched teeth.
703
01:27:35,324 --> 01:27:36,804
Are you sure
704
01:27:36,978 --> 01:27:39,111
you're not secretly
Roman-born, Amariah?
705
01:27:41,026 --> 01:27:43,550
You speak with the wisdom
706
01:27:43,724 --> 01:27:45,291
of one with intimate knowledge
707
01:27:45,465 --> 01:27:48,860
of this political
machinations of the capital.
708
01:27:51,340 --> 01:27:54,387
Politics are the same
everywhere
709
01:27:54,561 --> 01:27:57,172
as is the quest for power,
710
01:27:57,346 --> 01:27:59,871
internal and universal.
711
01:28:00,045 --> 01:28:03,787
The only thing
that ever changes
712
01:28:03,962 --> 01:28:07,313
is the names of those
who wield the scepter
713
01:28:07,487 --> 01:28:08,836
or the sword.
714
01:28:10,098 --> 01:28:11,098
Go.
715
01:28:12,753 --> 01:28:13,753
Go.
716
01:28:18,367 --> 01:28:19,368
Valerius!
717
01:28:21,675 --> 01:28:23,720
Summon the tribunes!
718
01:28:23,895 --> 01:28:25,679
I want to see them immediately.
719
01:28:25,853 --> 01:28:28,856
The troops must be ready
to march at dawn.
720
01:28:46,221 --> 01:28:47,919
Congratulations, soldier.
721
01:28:49,268 --> 01:28:51,879
Do you know
what you're going to do now?
722
01:28:52,053 --> 01:28:55,013
Well, I'm going to return
to Armenia.
723
01:28:55,187 --> 01:28:57,058
You're gonna go back?
724
01:28:58,233 --> 01:29:00,018
But your mission
was a success.
725
01:29:00,670 --> 01:29:01,933
Yes.
726
01:29:02,107 --> 01:29:04,022
But when I was
on my way here,
727
01:29:04,196 --> 01:29:06,154
I met a man,
728
01:29:06,328 --> 01:29:09,331
and he said to me
that in life
729
01:29:09,505 --> 01:29:11,638
we all have a mission
that needs to be fulfilled.
730
01:29:13,205 --> 01:29:15,045
And I feel like I still
haven't fulfilled mine.
731
01:29:16,686 --> 01:29:19,907
And I'd like to think
that maybe...
732
01:29:20,081 --> 01:29:21,474
somewhere out there,
733
01:29:21,648 --> 01:29:23,258
there's a woman
waiting for me.
734
01:29:25,913 --> 01:29:27,654
And I can live a life
in peace.
735
01:29:28,872 --> 01:29:30,570
Well...
736
01:29:30,744 --> 01:29:33,312
may the gods help you
in your new life, soldier.
737
01:29:34,324 --> 01:29:39,324
Subtitles by explosiveskull
738
01:30:40,988 --> 01:30:44,687
♪ Won't somebody tell me ♪
739
01:30:44,861 --> 01:30:48,604
♪ Answer if you can ♪
740
01:30:48,778 --> 01:30:52,434
♪ I'm going to ask a question ♪
741
01:30:52,608 --> 01:30:55,524
♪ What is the soul of a man? ♪
742
01:31:02,270 --> 01:31:06,100
♪ Can anybody here help me? ♪
743
01:31:06,274 --> 01:31:09,930
♪ Please answer if you can ♪
744
01:31:10,104 --> 01:31:14,021
♪ I need to ask the question ♪
745
01:31:14,195 --> 01:31:17,024
♪ What is the soul of a man? ♪
746
01:31:19,940 --> 01:31:22,682
♪ Ooh ♪
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01:31:27,730 --> 01:31:30,429
♪ Ooh ♪
748
01:31:35,564 --> 01:31:38,306
♪ Ooh ♪
749
01:31:43,398 --> 01:31:46,097
♪ Ooh ♪
750
01:31:51,189 --> 01:31:54,627
♪ I try my best ♪
751
01:31:54,801 --> 01:31:58,848
♪ My best to understand ♪
752
01:31:59,022 --> 01:32:02,635
♪ If I can't love
The skin I'm in ♪
753
01:32:02,809 --> 01:32:05,899
♪ Then what is the soul
Of a man? ♪
754
01:32:08,554 --> 01:32:12,558
♪ I've been lost
Inside the ocean ♪
755
01:32:12,732 --> 01:32:16,388
♪ Battled through the lands ♪
756
01:32:16,562 --> 01:32:20,261
♪ If I can't be
The color I am ♪
757
01:32:20,435 --> 01:32:24,309
♪ Then where is the soul
Of a man? ♪
758
01:32:24,483 --> 01:32:28,269
♪ Where is the soul
Of a man? ♪
759
01:32:28,443 --> 01:32:31,577
♪ Where is the soul
Of a man? ♪
760
01:32:34,057 --> 01:32:36,756
♪ Ooh ♪
761
01:32:41,978 --> 01:32:44,764
♪ Ooh ♪
762
01:32:49,595 --> 01:32:52,293
♪ Ooh ♪
763
01:32:57,429 --> 01:33:00,127
♪ Ooh ♪
764
01:33:05,263 --> 01:33:08,875
♪ I try my best ♪
765
01:33:09,049 --> 01:33:13,009
♪ My best to understand ♪
766
01:33:13,184 --> 01:33:16,796
♪ If I can't love
The skin I'm in ♪
767
01:33:16,970 --> 01:33:20,016
♪ Then what is the soul
Of a man? ♪
768
01:33:22,715 --> 01:33:26,762
♪ I've been lost
Inside the ocean ♪
769
01:33:26,936 --> 01:33:30,462
♪ Battled through the lands ♪
770
01:33:30,636 --> 01:33:34,335
♪ If I can't be
The color I am ♪
771
01:33:34,509 --> 01:33:38,470
♪ Then where is the soul
Of a man? ♪
772
01:33:38,644 --> 01:33:42,387
♪ Where is the soul
Of a man? ♪
773
01:33:42,561 --> 01:33:45,564
♪ Where is the soul
Of a man? ♪
774
01:33:48,175 --> 01:33:50,917
♪ Ooh ♪
775
01:33:56,052 --> 01:33:58,838
♪ Ooh ♪
776
01:34:03,886 --> 01:34:06,585
♪ Ooh ♪
777
01:34:11,894 --> 01:34:14,593
♪ Ooh ♪
778
01:34:54,807 --> 01:34:58,332
♪ If any of you hear me ♪
779
01:34:58,506 --> 01:35:02,205
♪ Please you have
To understand ♪
780
01:35:02,380 --> 01:35:04,207
♪ I've climbed high ♪
781
01:35:04,382 --> 01:35:06,079
♪ I've reached the top ♪
782
01:35:06,253 --> 01:35:10,301
♪ But still no soul
Of a man ♪
783
01:35:10,475 --> 01:35:14,000
♪ Still no soul of a man ♪
784
01:35:14,174 --> 01:35:17,308
♪ Still no soul of a man ♪