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and upon the blood of caligula there is a bitter� struggle between emperors and empresses in a

monstrous game of ambition violence and abuse of� power it is an age when men's lives are worthless

an age in which corruption and� treachery become the law of existence

and messalina with her hatreds and her� passions is the symbol of this epoch

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i've been waiting a long time. this place is� too dangerous for me. well tell me the news.

claudius. claudius is to be the new emperor.� that means our plan will be successful. did

you speak to him yet? the moment for that has not� arrived it wouldn't be important to reveal your name.

but don't worry you're the only� noble roman whom he does not suspect

rome will never again have a vestal as� beautiful as you. you will be the empress

and the destiny of rome will be in our hands.� i will be here in six days at the same hour.

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may all the gods grant you a happy rain claudius.

the soldiers and the people of� rome salute you their new emperor

the destiny of realm rests upon my shoulders i� wonder if i have acted wisely and accepting so

heavy in charge i know of no other hands but� yours able to guide the fate of the empire

i am not deceived the praetorians have placed me� upon the throne but the aristocrats will try to

overthrow me not one of them was here and perhaps� at this moment they are conspiring against me

senate pronounce to emperor by acclamation and� it will certainly defend your rights they can do

nothing against the legions to govern in the� face of intrigues is an arduous undertaking

don't concern yourself about it caesar the� aristocrats are ambitious but easily corruptable

your late tribune glorius arrived some time ago

by the gods i'm fearful of these� emperors who are too punctual

i got one talent on the tall� one two talents on the short one

five talents on the tall one ten talents on the� short one twenty talents upon me taken take it

with your permission divine claudius

hit him

uh

bad investment of good money huh

come on pay your debts i've earned my money

yeah ah that's much better by the gods they� were rough customers well let's not lose

any time my friends around us are gathering� too many flowers my opinion you bribed them

foreign

destroyed

marrying a member of the aristocracy would be� a wise policy indeed divine claudius the nobles

must give way sooner or later and one by one� they will come to court these are the advantages

now let's speak of the disadvantages who� is the woman i must put up with at my side

i was thinking of valyria malaria i assure you she� is a member of one of the noblest families in rome

she is soon to become a vessel within a� few months but if claudius asks for a hen

you have spoken before of this young vestal who� is she exactly she's the niece of augustus caesar

the most beautiful woman in the empire the niece� of augustus caesar i hope she is not as boring

as her illustrious ancestor do you know that i� would never give you bad advice are you deciding

the fate of rome the emperor is going to marry� valyria missolina the niece of augustus if this

is your desire divine claudius may the gods grant� you a peaceful life and a long reign to the great

roman empire and to the strong arms that defend it� i need some of those strong arms too to defend me

did those rascals leave you all alone may i help

oh you tear my peplum it's� true let's save the peplum

two of us will defend her too well to say such� things right here beside the temple of vesta oh

it's sacrilege by the way don't you� have to attend the senate tomorrow

i've come to this temple many times

is there another man who was keeping you from� marrying me no but i would make you unhappy

and you vamidia don't you have anything to say� malaria feels highly honored by your request

you are the most powerful of all the aristocrats� but valeria's destiny is dedicated to the goddess

vesta as you wish valeria for your sake i can only� say i do hope you will never regret your refusal

bestows the daughters of the gods and only� the gods can bestow power ambition becomes

you valeria to you it is a virtue that� is why i wanted you to be my wife come

the goddess vesta will never� give you love and love is the

only thing worth living and fighting for

it's very foolish of you to break into� the gardens of best if they catch you

they'll kill you go away perhaps� it'll be worth it what is your name

you're beautiful

my name is lucius maximus

and being a soldier i could� love you as nobody else

go away a soldier should die in battle not in the� gardens of vest when can i see you again valeria

in the morning those pinewoods are� deserted i'll be there waiting for you

you may refuse the emperor's offer by� accepting the cloistered life of the vestals

because you who must choose what if i wanted to� dispose of my life in another way it would cause

you unhappiness remain here in this temple valeria� the cruel voices of the world do not come here or

the ambitious passions of men no vibidia i can't� give up living and i can't give up loving and the

glory that i won't have from the gods i will have� from men i've decided may the gods protect you

valeria it's the third morning� i've come to the pine woods at

dawn and there have been only the� swallows there to keep me company

did you really think that i would have� come did you forget i was a vessel

no but the mother of romulus� and remus was a festival too

why did you come back because i love you valeria

we were only playing a game the other� evening but afterwards i realized that

it's a game that can cause suffering go now go� away and tomorrow i won't make you wait so long

foreign

i've been counting the hours

until i can see you

let's again down

you're very brave to defy death for a vest

in my life i dreamed of a man who'd� rarely love me no matter who i was

was that man very different from� me he was you now let death come

if i didn't know you i'd say you were worried� about what's waiting for you on armenia yes i

am war can be rather unpleasant oh maximus you're� worried about what you're leaving behind in rome

what is her name do i know it no perhaps i don't� know her very well either come along you must be

so gloomy about it do like me and don't give� it a thought and yet i'm leaving my family in

rome my wife and two children and you can act� so happy surely i'm going to find my family

in armenia well how many families do you have� one in every country where i've been stationed

losers we've come to take you with us your friends� want to celebrate you're going away no i can't

i see what you mean when you refuse a friend's� invitation that means you're going to meet a

woman women where you're going don't have the� charms ours do no it's not what you think jada

so it's serious perhaps it's really serious i'm� afraid that the armenian campaign and 100 others

won't be enough to make me forget it has wronged� no other soldiers she can send to armenia it seems

surely you're not going to� accept it without protesting

a roman soldier would never think of� opposing the wishes of his emperor

will you wait for me i've spent the most wonderful� days of my life with you how could i forget you

i will count the days and the hours and� every evening we will look up at the same sky

so

divine claudius here is the bride whom you have� chosen the gods could do nothing against your

imperial her place is by my side perhaps fate� itself has written it thus from this day you

will share with me the honors and the burden of� the empire and those who come after us will judge

whether we have been worthy of such great power� our descendants will never be able to judge us

they remember only illustrious men they turn them� into gods as they did with julius caesar serenity

of reflection is the prerogative of the world of� the future julius caesar has not yet been judged

well claudius is bright as young� and beautiful a little too young

for him but it was a clever political� move did you notice there wasn't a

single aristocrat why should they� come to celebrate their own defeat

leave me

your wish has been faithfully carried out divine� miscellaneous the tribune lucius maximus is now on

his way to armenia where i am sure he will cover� himself with glory and where he will forget about

valeria but when he comes back he will love i made� you empress because of your beauty and our love

now we will govern rome despite� claudius and his flatterers

glorius expects the gift of the first� night but for you i am the emperor

wait a moment listen to me carefully i� know you remember to play games with me

could be dangerous you so sure that you� know me i couldn't have chosen better

you have every one of the qualities i've dreamed� of you the emperor no me the empress that's enough

don't dare to challenge me anymore i am your� emperor don't forget that i won't forget it

let's drink to our love and to our power

we will make history because� history is made by courageous men

i give you the finest wine in the empire

god call me lucius jeter

i was obliged to defend my honor

but don't tell claudius until� tomorrow because tonight

is my wedding night

listen listen to that plebeian scum shouting� and enjoying themselves the news caesar

has been generous with cistercies for the� celebration in honor of his pride and then

you know before like a beautiful empress she� will satisfy them with a plate of bees beasts

they are nothing but wild beasts� celebrating their own ruin

valeria messalina has betrayed the� cause of all the nobles of rome

hear me marcellus the cause to which� we are dedicated need your arm today

we must act now before the people� proclaim the triumph of the empress

but you've been ordered to kill me� haven't you then what are you waiting for

i know what you're thinking� that it'll be madness to kill me

what's the good of hating when you can love

hmm

huh

there are many dangers in rome you are still� young and inexperienced i wouldn't want you

to have any illusions about your new situation

you need an ally and a powerful friend at� court last night that man tried to murder me

but i knew how to defend myself alone i am� caesar's wife and i intend to wield my power alone

how many times have you turned that hourglass� chiacillus be patient marcellus is clever strong

and courageous but the imperial rooms are� well guarded she's here the selena is here

are the roman aristocrats really afraid of� a young defenseless woman no none of us is

afraid we are only worried about rome don't� be concerned rome is in good hands in mine

not one of you came to render homage to messalina

but messalina knows how to treat her friends

and so i've come to see you myself and i've

i've brought you my gift

how old are you seven that's fine literally miss� alina by that gods from the moment i said foot in

rome i've heard nothing but people talking� about messalina there's never been so much

grain distributed as in these days and you want� to see the spectacles in the circus don't look for

her again here you know the law no one may ever� see her go lucious maximus forget about valeria

come messalina

i don't see you smiling tribune you promised� me you'd be happy when you got to rome

i can't believe she shut herself up in the� temple of vesta now stop thinking about her

every moment come on give us a smile lucious� there are a thousand ways and all of them

pleasant to forget about your valeria women� like valeria never forgot come on let's go

to the health of messilina to the health of� messalina the empress will live a hundred years

if your invocations are sincere since here is this� good wine they've broached a hundred gasks tonight

ten of the forum twenty at the circus i'm going� to run and see if they're all of the same quality

where's my donkey free right now no what� a shame this is having an ox roast i've

never stranded wrong what happens when the� oxygen give out i will roast all the earth

all rome seems to have lost its head over� messalina all this pump up for a woman

who said something against mercelina he did

thank you

uh

not bad

hey you

come along with us

even the scythians come to rome� because the women in armenia take

off their clothes during the feast of� time i don't know he's the one who knows

the habits of the women of everything from� every point of view armenia has progressed

far beyond rome there's always either a� holiday or a war the women are the best

my shield must live more brightly than the� rays of the sun when the sky is cloudless

it is my desire that it needs in the� midst of battle it shall dazzle the

i do not want it to give way to lamentation� or suffer greatly if it must rest too long

lazily in my side poor unfortunate it dies� of desire to make sausage beat of its enemies

by the side of a mighty and lucky� hero of glory as a royal candidate

that elephant for example there go there

by pollock's pyramid niseis how did you� manage to break his leg with a single blow

i do not desire to speak of these battles at� this moment but in armenia do you remember 810

was the number of men i killed in cripples 980� in chitlapronia 40 in felicia 80 macedonians are

get out of the way legionary lucius� maximus by all the gods your friends

have been searching for you ever since� you got back to celebrate your return

but you disappeared i understand the great� general the victorious hero no longer likes

the company of our simple mortals i'm glad� to see you jason and i you the glory of your

triumphs has spread everything i only had a� little luck praetorian a horse for the tribune

hurry come with me we'll enjoy ourselves we'll� celebrate your return the manner it deserves

monsters monsters

leave my fingers

oh they're trying to kill me� they're robbing me they're taking

stop stop stop all this and let those� people go go back all of you to your houses

do not go away the soldiers will not harm you in� any way if you do not act afraid of them there

is no law in rome that obliges you to leave this� land go back to your house you've been subjected

to this treatment for too long now the law is on� your side and it roamed the law it's sovereign

not even the emperor can break it all is celsius� what are you doing here and at this hour i have

chosen the hour and the place best adapted for� opening the people's eyes this is just one more

abuse in the name of messily see they missed us� because of the weakest get on with the evacuations

you are taking advantage of our friendship no� other man would still be alive if he had talked

to me like that these lands are being confiscated� so they may be sold tomorrow to vitellius who will

pay 3 000 sisters for them into the purse� of mesolina where do you think she gets the

money that great empress of yours to keep the� favor of the common people be careful celsius

i won't allow this kind of talk another word from� you and i shall have to have you arrested all

is kelsey's jesus it's impossible it's not right� the two old friends like you should speak to each

other in this way it's unbearable to see a friend� blind himself to the monstrous actions of masoline

all roma claims the empress not all wrong but� only part of the plebeians who don't know the

heavy price they will have to pay for the few� hands full of grain that messelina scatters with

such a dramatic gesture you don't know her but� i know jada the rights of the empire can't be

constrained by wonderful community of miserable� wretches now speak to the emperor he is sure

to listen to me i want you to become friends� again just as the three of us were years ago

am i right jayda it's difficult maximus� for a dead branch to sprout again

a friendship between kelsis and me is finished� i've learned from my experience as a soldier if

the greater part of the troops complain there is� something really wrong but if it's only a few you

may punish them without worry the malcontents are� almost always in the wrong you said almost always

but this time it's not only a few who� complain about a rome that is so utterly happy

well what if you decided can we go back home or� do we have to go away and who are you i'm one

of those that you're crawling over and i want� to tell you my opinion very well let's hear it

if you look at me like that i can't talk do� you always stare at women like that and why

not do you consider yourself a woman by chance� come along calcius let's go back to rome but

please tell me what's going to happen to us don't� worry about it you will remain in your village

you said we could stay pernicious� finishes give me your armor

master it's hot today what are you stammering� about oh slammering it's just stumbling over

my words man either you've broken something� or you've been robbing me more than usual

oh master how could you say such a thing about me� why would it be for the first time oh yes master

valeria you haven't forgotten me

how did you know i'd come back she told me that

you were looking for me in the� temple so i hurried a vester

so

four years a long time would you still love me� if the vestal you once knew no longer existed

i would always love you would you still love� me no matter what happened during these years

your kisses wipe out the past no� matter what happened then kiss me

kiss me and love me because i need you

i shall very well hail lucius well which of us� have you chosen as a friend me or owless calcius i

only want to know how an honorable man like kelsis� and an honorable man like you are not in agreement

announce me to the emperor and i'll ask� the empress to see you i cannot complain

to the empress of an act committed in her� name you don't know messalina come with me

the perfume flavia

divinity i announce the tribune lucius� maximus at your service divine messelina

do maximus come here come closer

you messalina

wait come back

it's not caesar's wife who commands� you it's valeria who begs you please

you valeria it's impossible for four years� i have desired a woman who no longer exists

for you i'll always be valerian

if only you knew how much i� longed for you to come back

in the arms of claudius don't you know� that a vessel has no choice in love

especially when it's the will of the emperor

i could never live without you

what was it you wanted to ask the empress about� was it about those lands that were confiscated yes

the praetorian gods are slaughtering people in� your name they want to burn and to destroy an

entire village where poor people are living your� friend jeter is an honorable man but as a soldier

he knows no gentleness there are a� great many honorable men who hate you

i know whom you mean that owless� chelsea's is not the only one

caiosilius is against me too

the aristocrats and half the senator against me

they're annoyed with me for� trying to help the people

i had those lands confiscated because i wanted to� give them to the soldiers of the armenian walls

i wanted to give them to your soldiers

that's why you must stay with me you love� valerie and now i make you love my celina too

so

who are you what is your name you do not� need a dagger to receive me i am silliest

forgive me for coming into your house� in this way but rome is full of spies

no one feels secure anymore not even in his own� bed what is the matter celius i must give you

some bad news all is calcius i have heard that� you hope to have lucius maximus on your side in

fighting against messalina i must disillusion you� lucius maximus has been named counsel by messalina

is that possible a man of his type jaden� jaina has persuaded him no not jaita messalina

she manages to convince everybody all men seem to� be afraid of her her fascination overwhelms them

when a man like lucius maximus succumbs to� the voluptuousness of a woman like messalina

and one begins to have doubts of himself and lose� faith in the things he has always believed in

your honesty and your loyalty are of no use� against nessalina an act of force must be planned

these are my weapons my speeches my reports i've� never believed that justice can come from violence

when they cut your throat on the dramonian stairs� your justice won't save you no but violence never

i will be on your side but my field of� action will be the senate and the tribunal

farewell celsius you are an honorable man all that� you will do when say will be for the good of rome

but be on guard against messalina if� you want to see the day of freedom

away if you will observe the events of the� past listen arias i'm speaking to you too

making a comparison with those of today you� will arrive at the certainty that no matter

what happens nothing nothing whatever can change� the events in the great framework of history

what's the matter concert� there's glorious chatter over you

no i'm worried about the empress the empress� there is the emperor whose business it is to

rule for the administration there is a troop� of professionals and the faithful narcissists

the empress is a woman think only of the� woman don't leave her alone to be bored by

the historical fantasies of an old man glorious� is an excellent emperor but a miserable husband

if rome is destined to triumph it is� because history has made that decision

i know that my lectures are boring but you are� all paid to listen to them so try to pretend

at least a minimum of attention instead of� being bewitched by the sensuous movements

of a dancer this evening you've sent your twins� who doesn't happen how could you doubt my love

let's drink to us and to have power

burn down everything destroy all of these hovels

quickly burn down everything

i insulted the person who came to tell me that� you would betrayed rome please forgive me sylvia i

couldn't believe you were telling what do you want� here i have no time to listen to sermons today

i don't intend to make a sermon but just look at� these people here they don't believe in our gods

in which by now neither you nor i believe� anymore but in a god of justice and mercy

is that why you want to drive them from their land� in the name of home or what lucius maximus are you

willing to defile yourself with his infamy in the� name of a vile cautious and whose crimes have made

her emphasis don't preserve upon our friendship� monster look at the results of your head

messalina can be proud take care kelses you� may threaten but you will never stop me i have

enough troops to accuse myself in the senate� all of wrong will listen to my voice and lust

god hates all violence don't do a thing� that afterwards you might have to regret

for the rest of your life you can� thank her she has saved your life

why are such women ever born they're� the product of a period in those times

when the lives of men have no value the� messalinas have their day tomorrow the

center will have to decide whether rome will� go on living or seal the beginning of its end

you're looking worried what are you thinking� about about what happened this morning anyway

i know that you defended me alice kelsey hates� you i'm not afraid of him tribunes always try to

build up that power by running down the empire� did you know it's not just the common people he

wants to impress he's going to denounce you before� the senate he says he has proof of your mistakes

i am not afraid of him truth doesn't fear the� lies of alice chelsea's he's a very young man

and he's a senate and the time in which the� senate could govern is finished the republic

is dead because julius caesar finished it and� the republicans have all been killed at philippi

but let's not talk about that

but you can't come in are you insane do� you want to get me with a good idea what's

going on out there i told you can't come in� help master stop making so much noise and

help me with these things hold this and� be careful not to break it do you hear

good day will you explain what you are doing in� my house i'm a master right now be quiet be quiet

i'll explain myself well then i'm waiting for� an answer they drove me out of my village and

they burned down my house so now i've come to� stay with you i didn't have anywhere else to go

have you gone crazy no and your house is very nice� too i think i like it here now you listen to me

young woman if this is a bad joke and has gone on� too long but if it was all the skeletons who sent

you here i'll leave all this kelsey knows nothing� about it he was terribly upset about what happened

between you two the other day he's a fine man� and he's very fond of you and i'm fond of him too

but that has nothing to do with it it's you that� we're discussing now oh you must worry about me

i'll arrange things somehow and i won't bother� you at all i look after your clothes and help this

poor old man take care of the household i noticed� some weeds about i have a very definite suspicion

that sometimes he robs you uh a master i swear� by don't swear because it's a sin oh it doesn't

matter anyhow euros don't count will you tell me� what i have done to bring down a catastrophe like

this upon my head why you burned my house down may� the gods help me where are you going i stumbled

stand back stand back get out of the way get back

busy easy stand back stop pushing

he has had his throat cut whoever did it� must have fought it out with him to the death

it might be a suicide

senator orders kelsis has committed� suicide he committed suicide

stand back stand back silence silence back stop� pushing pick me quickly let's go stand back

senator orlis celsius has committed suicide

he was murdered by you he was the only� honest one god will punish you and back down

are you preparing to celebrate� honest kelse's death leave me

are you mad not anymore i was mad before mad� to believe you mad to silence my conscience

you have had all his kelses murdered now i� know why you were so calm when i came and

warned you against him i didn't raise you� up to this position to have you insult me

on the country i wanted� you at my side to defend me

i have so many enemies here in� rome especially here in the palace

who killed celsius

look into my eyes

would you believe me if i told� you that he took his own life

kelsey was going to speak� against you in the senate

there's somebody else who saw� him somebody who you respect

lucious jetta he's your friend and he was� his friend ask him how alice chelsea's died

no come back when you've spoken to jet

i was frightened i was afraid missolina� had put you in prison why did you think

so i saw you go out and there was hatred and� vengeance in your face alaska committed suicide

massalina had nothing to do with it nothing� to do with it when you went to the palace i

was afraid of what might happen to you and i pray� to god to help you conduct yourself as a just man

and a merciful one because your anger frightened� me and didn't think quiet you can't understand

oh yes i understand all too well all your� indignation died away in the arms of the empress

she gave you a smile and you fell out� of feet you've profaned the memory of

all the skeletons in an embrace will your� cowardice you betrayed the victory as i say

did i hurt you forgive me it's you� who must forgive me i talk too much

and see things that i shouldn't� even think of now go along to bed

i have to stay alone

did you send for me i hope i didn't wake you those� who fear the vengeance of the dead don't sleep

i thought you were a courageous man look� at my hands they are burning as if i were

holding them over a flame it's the blood of� a friend these hands are precious to my life

you and i share the same secret and the� same blood you and i need each other

if lucius maximus asks you how alice chelsea's� died tell him alice chelsea took his own life

you know that i i've always loved you� i have always obeyed your every wish

please stop stop yourself� now while there's still time

why should i stop myself now� now that i know that you love me

now that a new life starts for us

easy easy lord that's right let's go bear will� construct a magnificent stairway and here we'll

build a charming fish pond and over there we'll� plant the grove of trees the stone quarry is

nearby you'll have the villa of assatra and it'll� cost you very little if the land hadn't cost a

hundred times its true value the empress always� gets high prices oh who has mentioned messalina

you see where the land is going that was supposed� to be given to us veterans you believed that story

maximus said the lands were going to be� turned over to us they're all alike and

lucious maximus more than any what do� you have to say vipulinas ah stop your

chat didn't lucious maximus desert you too� you'll keep your nose in your own business

how stupid animals are just look at that pigeon� instead of flying away it prefers to stay and be

a prisoner in a house so we're sure of getting� fed every day uh look don't you have anything

else to do but water me like a flowerbed oh� what did you do about a few little drops of

water why did you build a fountain if you're so� afraid of getting wet jason i'm glad to see you

what's the matter are you ill now it's nothing� i have to speak with you lucious maximus

i ordered all the skeletons to be killed� what are you saying well that's nothing

under my command violence has� been committed and i allowed it

i put myself against everyone� disregarding every principle

she stunned me with her beauty she destroyed� my honor with her lasciviousness you should

take care of your life i don't need� anything i only need your pardons

the poison i have taken is� already burning my life out

listen lucious my celina wanted me to convince� you that all us celsius had committed suicide

i hope you will forgive me and� when they speak badly about jada

at least one person will� know that i knew i was wrong

the gods have been generous allowing� me to see you and speak with you

i implore you my lord tribune messalina� doesn't want to see anyone she'll punish

me i brought her please please tell the� palestinians you mustn't go please please

what

let him go forgive me lucious maximus if i was� obliged to borrow from our mutual enemy such

an uncivil system i know why you have come� to the palace and i also know what you have

brought missalina i too had great respect for� lucius she must see the man she drove to suicide

you would probably never leave here� alive after showing her that corpse

your hands are clean lucious maximus you're a� soldier and rome needs you now more than ever

your legionaries are scattered gather them� together and see that they are held in readiness

go lucius maximus and do not hesitate you� know that what i am asking you is for the good

of claudius and the empire i will� speak to missalina in your place

forgive me august lady if� i have dared to disturb you

but the sight i have to show you is worth� a few seconds of your precious time i never

appreciated irony what is it you want� here august lady history repeats itself

history repeats itself even� if the signs are different

do you remember one morning you� called me to look at a corpse

it was the sign that messalina was born now� the body of lucius jeter who because of you

has committed suicide could mean that your� reign august lady is about to end how dare

you i'll make you paid dearly for those words no� messalina you don't even believe that yourself

do you know who brought this corpse here lucious� maximus it's not true i don't believe you yes he

he asked me to tell you that this is a gift worthy� of you he said that women like you messelina don't

deserve to live or be loved and that you will� be obliged to live out the rest of your days

surrounded by hatred and scorn he said that� every memory he has of you makes him ashamed

he regrets not having fallen in battle� like a soldier you've said enough narcissus

you will know my vengeance� for this and that of caesar

you cannot allow me to be insulted in this way� what do you want me to do kill narcissus yes

do you think that will settle everything you� must do something you must defend yourself

there is only one way to handle this however i� must always be certain of having you at my side

give up all in trees leave behind you all your� crimes hatreds conspiracies and treachery you want

to give up your throne and the empire of what uses� this power are you able to grasp with your hand

water or the air that you breathe it's something� that you seek after continually and which always

eludes you but you cannot give up like this� now the jetter is dead the praetorian gods

will be without a leader it'll be easy for the� nobility to win them over you must do something

i should have the strength to abandon� everything and return to the enjoyment

of the spectacle of the sun as it rises� behind a hill or a flower as it blooms

down in capri there is the villa which was left� by tiberius perhaps there we could find comfort

for the torments of our spirits listen to me� messalina why won't you come with me to capri

you're mad caesar but i won't� follow you in your madness

yes

yes it's me you're not dreaming and what� does caesar's wife bring with her this time

what new gift this time my gift is rome you and i� together can obtain the support of all the people

and glorious to capri no to the country� no miss selena exiles are dangerous

they can reawaken nostalgia give birth to regret

raise hopes and desires for restorations� well then what do you want me to do with him

the dead are less dangerous if claudius was killed� the people would revolt that is what must happen

his death will become the symbol of our� rebellion we perform an act of justice

we don't plot to conquer the� world it's too dangerous wait

there must be another solution glorious must die� only this way will i unite my forces with yours

when you have decided light the great� brazier on the terrace of your apartment

that will be the signal i will expect at last we� will march ahead together as i have always desired

he wouldn't be able to do without me now we've� been keeping his house in order you understand

he's never had things kept in such good condition

his weapons are shiny and his� servants have stopped robbing him

you know i'm so happy that the master set for� your fibulanus sometimes i don't understand him

but you've been a friend of his for so many years� and with you maybe the master i'd like to know why

you always insist on calling him master you're� not his slave listen all men are divided up into

masters and husbands and i'm afraid lucius maximus� will always be only a master to me why should he

be you're a little trying but taking everything� into consideration you're not so bad but have you

ever seen messalina she's the kind of woman man� like though you couldn't persuade me to change

places with her for all the gold in the world� forget about missalina that was an ugly business

but now it's over and done with and then it's up� to you to make him forget it out there no one can

pass here you can't go in there but it's my own� house this is the house of the constitution's

maximus well it's all the same nothing's� happened to you nothing up to now come back here

don't do anything foolish an official visit she's� even brought along an escort miscellane i might

have known it naturally she couldn't leave him in� peace he'll end up by falling for her tricks again

let's hope not lucius please come back with� me please don't leave me alone now i'll do

something desperate lucius you're the only person� who can help me it's not possible it's no longer

possible i have always loved you but it's a sin� i hope will be forgiven me now i cannot have pity

isn't it enough for you that i come� here to drag myself at your feet like

the lowest of superior women even� there the women are better than you

remember i'm still caesar's� wife well then have me killed

what are we to do do you want us to arrest him� kill him too now tell your men to turn back

i think it might be wiser if you would lucious� maximus isn't it enough that you've ruined his

life okay you speak to me like that who are you� and what are you to him i don't know us yet but

i know that i love him more than i've ever loved� anyone else i would gladly give my life for him

i'll give you the opportunity to satisfy� your desires sooner than you think

the rest this stupid little� girl let me go let me go

what are you waiting for follow them follow them

for the present we've reached safety� ah what a splendid gallop we had

i've never had such a wonderful� horseback riding all my life

you can't forget her can you it's true she's very� beautiful not like me but there's no telling how

much vermilion from tyrus and oriental tints� helped make her beautiful on the other hand if

i jump into a fountain i come out just the same� you're right sylvia you have much more than she

does maybe i have but she's the one you're in� love with do you think that's nothing for a

woman in love it's everything sylvia you don't� know what you're saying i don't love messelina

now you're a sweet child capricious and often� trying but more than anything else a child oh

maximus i'm so tired of everyone always calling me� a child i'm 17 years old and i'm in love with you

but life is not as simple as that you can't solve� everything with a couple of words and your tender

girly sentimentality yes you can things must be� solved that way because that's the only right way

listen to me a moment only a moment my people� are about to leave for mount cersei's we're going

to board shift there and go far away from this� terrible city that's so corrupt you can come with

us we'll be together and we'll be happy always� happy happy no sylvia i can't leave rome now

still more intrigues perhaps more vengeance� and bloodshed how can i marry a man who thinks

of nothing else but killing people who� said anything about getting married i did

why what did you expect that i fall in love� with a man without thinking of marrying him

but i'm an unlucky girl if you want to know� the truth of it and you you're a soldier a

girl should never trust a soldier my grandfather� always said something he was absolutely right

never trust a soldier never trust me and never� trust anyone who only thinks of killing now wait

for me here very well clockus marcias maximus� has arrived i didn't expect you to come today

it must have been the gods who sent you but now� just to spot the weapons and he wants to talk to

you about the horses and who is that the witching� them a little christian cousin of mine uh i'm

going to trust her to you take her back to her own� people good you come with me we must warn all the

others to hold themselves in readiness events they� come to a crisis from one day to the next i want

to stay with you i can help you no little one you� stay here difficult times lie ahead of us farewell

so take this to valeria messalina

during my absence rome is entrusted to your care� be on your gout to see that the state and the

lives of its citizens are respected we shall not� rest caesar however rome shall anxiously await

your return go to messalina narcissus talk to� her ask her forgiveness and try to convince her

of the futility of her plans perhaps we might� still be able to find happiness together

claudius is leaving divine messelina he's� going to achille with a small escort to

inspect the work upon the aqueduct are you� ready i'm taking the most trusted praetorian

guards we'll take his retinue by surprise the� waterfall before evening it'll be all over

here your men will fight better with� this for me there could be no greater

reward than the joy of gaining your favor� you'll have that two frontiers i've already

asked that you be appointed leader of the� guards now go and may fortune be with you

so stop where are you going i'm going back to� my mistress tell me who ordered that razor to

be lighted i don't know anything you give me too� much importance i'm just a humble maid servant

i don't know anything you're� a liar and you're tricky

what's that you're hiding behind� your back oh what are you doing

feet

speak speak where were you coming from it was a� message for messalina wasn't it who wrote it who

gave it to you the preacher the sudden departure� frontier's praetorian guards what do you know

speak no

i'll tell everything the praetorian guards� are going to attack claudius at the river

lucius maximus must be warned at once

what's the matter we're being attacked� hurry everyone to the waterfall

praetorians forward

take the litter over there

forward everyone dismount ma'am

let me see who they are the praetorian they put� me on the throne and now they've come to put me

to death uh how true to be contradictory� is quite characteristic of human nature

read on i was taking a stroll along� there via soccer thinking like forward

uh

forward attacking us we're� surrounded get to your horses

hurry make a retreat

wow

huh

ah

uh uh

we arrived in time claudius we've won you are safe

hey you floppers

quickly put on the uniform of one of� those praetorians and race to rome to

silvia's house you will say that you are� bringing an important message tell them

it was fontes essential very well what are� you doing have confidence in me once more

i thank you lucius maximus i� owe you my life and the empire

we will return to rome this day� will see much before it is finished

it was a short but violent battle claudius offered� his throat without fear to the sword that struck

him and he did not suffer fantastic on� to run down the last of the survivors

no one will ever know the origin of this� massacre rome is ours divine messalina

from this moment a new era will open up for rome� and the fame of julius caesar will be eclipsed

do your triumph messalina to the nobility at last� we have an emperor who is young to the new emperor

i always imagined the day of� our triumph like this messelina

now thanks to us the aristocrats and the people� will march together for the first time in the

history of rome for a drink to the prosperity� of rome i give you the best wine in the empire

we were massacred at achillea pontes� is dead and claudius is alive alive

leave the hall and go to your rooms

keep calm go and get your arms don't stand� there like statues prepare yourselves to

resist and attack praetorians range yourselves� at all the entrances and allow no one to come in

you run down to the main gate see that the� gods resist to the last man and go instantly

god

uh

here fight like a man whom do you want� to kill lucius maximus your sword is

already dripping with blood you too� have killed for valeria messalina

here we are not on the field of battle where� he who kills is a hero here it's the tyrant who

killed the tyrant so it will always be as long as� in rome there's an emperor it's finished lucious

maximus it is finished for me who am dying� and also for all of you who must go on living

(Dramatic Music)

what are you waiting for kill me� you must die as you have lived no

no... my death is your responsibility you must� kill me yourself i'm not going to help you do it

come on take your vengeance. don't kill her!

(Dramatic Music)

you're the only one who really loved me

i loved only you

she had to die because rome must live

at this price it would be better for Rome to die!

(Dramatic Music)

(Choir Singing)

sylvia sylvia

sylvia

(Choir Singing)

my prayers have all been answered now� i have nothing else to ask for you

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