All language subtitles for Gladiator.2.2024.WEB.x264-Slartibartfast_track3_[eng]

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Be gentle, Hannah.

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Invoke you by your great
names to come to our aid.

Defeat the Romans, destroy their ships,
their engines of war, and their soldiers.

We will prevail.

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I know.

You did not make
an offering today.

I prefer to
sacrifice a Roman.

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Where you are, I am too.

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And where you are, I am
too, forever, my wife.

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The wind is too strong.

Furl sail and strike water.

Furl sail, strike water.

Furl sail and strike water.

Strike water.

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They have no lands but
the ones they've stolen.

Wherever they go,
they leave destruction and call it peace.

This is the last free
city in Africa, Nova.

Today, we go into battle.

Pray that your God is with you,
if he is not, he is no God.

[LAUGHTER]

We've nothing to fear,
but death is, we are not.

But we are.

Death is not.

Stay together and
listen for my command.

Rise up and you're head out.

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[INAUDIBLE]

Release.

Raise the tower.

Raise the tower.

Back to stone.

Back to stone.

Drop, drop range.

The drop range is stuck.

I'll wait for you.

What damage have
they done you?

Lift up.

Easy, easy.

Hold that.

Alley shots.

I am sorry my son.

Hmm.

I have not long.

This galley is sailing us to
something I cannot endure.

I am ready to be taken
to another place.

Stay here a while longer.

I remember well when you
first were brought to us.

A lonely boy from the
desert, guileless, afraid.

You embraced everything
we taught you.

You found that he shut love.

Your soul was replenished.

When I die, my ancestors will
meet me in the next world.

Who will meet you?

I know.

I am done.

Do not let them
change what you are.

[LAUGHTER]

[ Dolores screaming]
[ LalOLLE screaming]

[ALARM beeps]

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[Me to the don't power]
(thunder rumbling)

You seen this boy?

(dramatic music)

Imo, Imo!

You must go alone now, Hano.

Never let them find you.

Go, go.

(dramatic music)

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(singing in foreign language)

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(crowd chanting)

In Brigata.

(crowd chanting)

Emperor Caracol.

General Acasis.

I have taken Numidia
in your names,

but your dominion may
eclipse that of every emperor

that came before you.

Crown him with
laurels, brother.

(crowd cheering)

(crowd cheering)

In honor of your conquest,

there will be games
in the Colosseum.

I require no
games in my honor.

Serving the Senate
and the people of Rome

is honor enough for me.

You are too modest, Acasis.

Does not suit a general as
accomplished as yourself.

Your glory is
yours, not mine.

I only ask for some
respite from war

to spend time with my wife.

Your wife, yes.

Remember the privileges
we have granted her?

Where is she now to
ignore such an occasion?

There are victories
yet still to come.

Persia.

India.

Both must be conquered.

Rome has so many subjects.

She must feed them.

They can eat war.

(horn blaring)

Your triumphs
will be celebrated

as a tribute to the greatness
of the Roman people.

(crowd cheering)

(intense music)

Macrinus of Fisters,
master of gladiators.

(crowd cheering)

(intense music)

No mistake votes.

(intense music)

(crowd cheering)

You go out of the
town councilors.

Distinguished guests.

You gotta write a pack,
citizens of Antia.

Behold the fate of the
conquered enemies of Rome.

The barbarian, you
idiots, and their chief,

their new god, Lord.

(intense music)

(crowd cheering)

(intense music)

(screaming)

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[screaming]

Which one is interesting?

[screaming] [screaming]

I'll fire.

[screaming]

Hold.

Here goes there.

General.

[music playing]

My lady.

I thank the gods that
brought you back home safe.

Thank the army
they protected me.

Let me feed you.

[screaming]

Go.

To the wall.

The arena is a sacred temple.

For the bravest of you,
the road to glory runs through the arena.

The arena turns slaves into gladiators
and gladiators into free men.

You have worms.

I know this one.

He eats monkeys.

[thunder]

Go. Sit. Eat.

[thunder]

[whimpering]

[screaming]

[screaming]

You.

I know. Get up.

What is your native language?
I speak them all.

You don't answer because you
can't or because you won't.

All right.

Violence is the
universal language.

Vigo,
put him through his paces.

He can fight an ape.
Let's see if he can fight a man.

[sighing]

[laughing]

[laughing]

[grunting]

The arena!

Very good.

Very good.

Close him down.

Bring him to me.

Ah!

Strong jaw.

Good arms.

Better smell.

Ah, you would do well.

It is an art.

Choosing gladiators.

Some choose entertainers.

Some choose brute force.

I choose rage.

Crowd loves blood and they love those
who love blood as much as they do.

And you, my friend, rage,

pours out of you like...

like milk.

From a horse tit.

You will be quite
the fighter.

Not for you.

You're right.
You do not fight for me.

I put you in the ring. You fight or you die.
The choice is yours.

But whose head could I give you
that would satisfy this fury?

The entire Roman armies.

[laughing]

Too much.

The general will do.

General?

General Acacis?

Use your rage in my service,
then you will have his head ready for your sword.

Serve me and host serve you.
Deny me.

And you will die.

At times I will wish you'd abandon
me rather than fight their wars.

I've made my choice.

I can live with it.

But my patience with
those two is at an end.

Letter.

You may go to
your quarters now.

We need nothing more.

To hear wives and mothers mourning
their dead on that beach at Numidia.

Silla.

No more.

I will not waste another generation
of young men for their vanity.

If I fight another campaign,
it must be to depose them.

When will your troops arrive?

We landed Austrian ten days.

How many of them will
be loyal to you alone?

All of them.

The empress do not have
the support of the people.

The people are weary of the
madness, of the tyranny.

What is the dream of Rome?

That people are not free.

Enjoy yourselves, everyone.

To excess.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Wow.

Please.

Drink.

Ah!

Excuse me.

I knew the provinces
were not enough for you.

I'm just here for the games.

Ah, well.

You won't be disappointed.

Rome has all the games that
men like you like to play.

Men like me,
Thrax, men like us.

I know nothing happens in Rome
unless you've tasted it first.

[crowd cheering]

How's my purpose here?

We'll find out.
It's only now.

What's this we hear about
you being interested

in standing for election to the
Senate, Macalus?

Me? No. No, I'm not.

I don't even know
how to use an abacus.

But I do understand that it's customary
for your guests to make wages.

How large a sum did
you have in mind?

A thousand gold denarii?

Two.

Two?

Denarii.

Mmm.

Stand back!

Stand back!

My emperors, lords,
ladies and gentlemen, and senators,

for your entertainment,
the art of combat.

May I present the barbarian versus
from my own stable, the mighty Vitek!

[crowd cheering]

This is your radiator.

It is.

Three rounds, hand to hand.
Swords!

We want swords to
fight to the death.

No quarter to be offered or given.
Fight now.

Brother,
I am the king of the gods.

Let's not kill each other
for their amusement.

[crowd cheering]

[yelling]

[crash]

[crowd cheering]

[crash]

[crowd cheering] [crash]

[CRASHING]

[GUNSHOT]

[CROWD CHEERING]

[CROWD CHEERING]

Remarkable!

[CROWD CHEERING]

Remarkable!

Drex,
you looked expensive for her.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Remarkable.

From where do you hail?

Speak.

I said speak.

He is from the colonies.

Your Majesty, his native
tongue is all he understands.

The gates of hell are
open night and day.

Smooth is the descent
and easiest away.

But to come back from hell and
view the cheerful skies in this,

the task and
mighty labor lies.

[PANTING]

Virgil, your Majesty.

Poetry!

[LAUGHTER]

Very clever, my goodness.

Thank you.

I've grown so bored,
but you surprised me.

To amuse you is my only wish.

We are amused. We are amused.

We are amused.

And we all look forward to seeing
your poet perform in the arena.

As do I, your Majesties.

Thank you.

Vigo, come with me.

[PANTING]

You fought well today,
but you were lucky too.

The lines you recited.

You didn't learn that in Africa.
I know that.

A good verse travels far.

Who taught you poetry?

A captioned Roman officer.

I was posted guard over him,
and he used to tell us tales to pass the time.

And what became
of this prison?

How we ate him.

As barbarians do.

As barbarians do.

And where were you born?

Why does my past matter if it is my
future to die for you in the arena?

Tell me what you
survive for Roman money.

A gladiator can buy
his own freedom.

His liberty.

The Roman dream.

The slave dreams not of freedom,
but of a slave to call his own.

Cicero.

Is that what you were raised
on, Maccrelas?

What did you have to
do for Roman money?

You promised me a head.

Earn your keep and you
can have anyone's head.

Father,
protect us and guide us.

Senators.

My lady.

I wish we were meeting
in better times.

Better times will come.

And why are we here?

To take back the city.

And restore Rome to
where she should be.

An exciting venture.

When?

On the final day
of the games.

My army waits for
my command at Ostia.

Five thousand
soldiers loyal to me.

We'll enter Rome and then the Colosseum
where they will arrest the emperors for

their crimes against the
Senate and their people.

This plan is
ambitious and risky.

Rome will be yours to
administer and to...

Marcus Aurelius talked of
restoring power to the Senate.

But that was a generation ago.
Much has changed.

The people have
not seen hope.

For many years.

But with time.

And guidance.

Lucilla, you are the
daughter of Marcus Aurelius.

He had my loyalty.

And so do you.

Senator Thraxx.

Politics follows
power, my lady.

Take back what is
rightfully yours.

And the Senate
will support you.

Thank you.

When I was told of this place,
you never mentioned the stink.

That would be Hanos.

Well, you'll have to
put up with me as I am.

And what's that up there?
A wolf?

The twins there,
they were outcasts.

Left in the hills to die.

That wolf found them.
She suckled them on her milk.

Raised by an animal
that's in their blood.

How do you know this place?

I know the chaos
they brought.

This city infects
everything it touches.

I never dreamt it
would be so big.

Don't fall for it.
This city is diseased.

Ah!

Stare speakers and
happy honeyfuckers.

Ah, the barbarian. I haven't forgotten.
I always repay my debts.

I was merely going to suggest that
perhaps your luck might change,

shall we say
double of things.

(laughing)

(dramatic music)

(yelling)

Light up, light up.

(dramatic music)

Lay, lay.

(horn blaring)

(cheering)

Emperor Katicala,

Emperor Gator,

citizens of Rome.

These sacred games are held
to honor the victory of Rome

over the barbarians
of Numidia.

(yelling)

And honor Rome's
legionary commander,

General Eustace Acacius.

(cheering)

And with him, Lucilla,

the daughter of Emperor
Marcus Aurelius.

(cheering)

Acacius.

General.

(cheering)

Speak to them.

(cheering)

I am not an orator
or a politician.

I am a soldier.

I've seen bravery in men
and women during war,

and even once in this arena.

So if you ask
anything of the gods,

ask for that same bravery.

(dramatic music)

Because Rome needs it now.

(cheering)

(cheering)

From the South Gate,

bakers from the stable
of Matronos of Vistrus.

(cheering)

From the stables of Emperors
Calicalla and Gator themselves,

the undefeated champion,
Glissero the Destroyer.

(explosions)

(dramatic music)

Oh!

(cheering)

(explosions)

(cheering) (explosions)

Oh!

Help, Jesus!

(explosions)

(cheering)

Hold together and when the
charges break for the wall.

Why should I?

(explosions) Hold, hold!

Cows!

(explosions)

(cheering)

(explosions)

(yelling)

(explosions)

(groaning)

(explosions)

(yelling)

(yelling)

(explosions)

(laughing)

(growling)

(cheering)

(explosion)

(growling)

(explosions)

(yelling)

(explosions)

(yelling) (yelling)

(explosions)

(yelling)

Brother, is that
poet, is it not?

I can't remember.

That night was a blur.

The gates of hell are
open night and day.

Smooth as I forget.

Smooth as the scent.

Smooth as the scent.

Easy as the way.

Kill!

(explosions)

(yelling)

(explosions)

(yelling)

(yelling)

(yelling)

(explosions)

(yelling)

(yelling)

Brother.

(yelling)

You sit.

Shall we show mercy?

Mercy.

(yelling)

(explosion)

No mercy!

Your life has been
spared by the gods.

I would sooner
face your blade

than accept Roman mercy.

(yelling)

(explosion) (yelling)

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

(yelling)

(yelling)

(explosion)

(yelling)

The road to freedom doesn't
run through the arena.

It leads to this.

Go to yourself.

(yelling)

(panting)

Now let's go.

(panting)

Gates of hell are
open night and day.

Smooth as the descent.

Easiest away.

Dad, Dad.

And I bought you an
maximus, the single road.

(somber music)

It's got to end of gentle.

(explosion)

(somber music)

Lucius is safe.

(somber music)

Lucius.

(somber music)

(somber music)

(screaming)

Lucius.

You're the sole heir
to the throne now.

There are men who want to kill
you so they can take power.

I promise I'll bring you
back as soon as I'm safe.

Mother,
why can't you come with me?

I have to stay
here for your sake.

I'm here for the
sake of room.

Remember who you are
and that I love you.

I love you.

Come.

Give me your leg.

Go, go.

(screaming)

So.

(somber music)

What's your name?

I'm Ravi.

I'm Doctor.

Because more men die
of infected wounds

than out there in the arena.

This needs to be cleaned,
needs to be stitched,

and it is going to hurt.

This is devil's
breath and opium.

It's for the pain you
should breathe in.

I've been here so long now.

They don't even
notice anymore.

I've done more amputations
than I can count.

Where do you
learn your trade?

Why do you ask?

You've got a heavy hand.

I used to be a
gladiator myself.

Yeah.

What would you have bested
me in your prime course?

In your current state,
I could best you now.

Luckily for you,
I have put down my sword

so now I spend my
days saving lives

instead of taking them.

Why such a change
so late in life?

What we do in life
echoes in eternity.

I feel like I
know those words.

I can't take credit.

It's written on
one of the tombs.

With the bones
of a gladiator.

My champion,
I smell devil's breath.

My.

Champion,
did you hear that crowd?

Did you hear that crowd?

You have something.

I knew it from the start.

Did you now?

Yes, the Greeks call it
thymos, smoke, rage.

That rage is your gift.

Like the great Achilles,
never let it go.

It will carry you to
greatness, my champion.

(fire crackling)

(screaming)

(growling)

Thank you for inviting me.

This is truly an honor.

(water splashing)

I hear you are the
talk of the court.

Yes.

We met before.

Have we?

Long ago.

Where?

I was in the service
of your father's army

on this African campaign.

You served with my father.

(groaning)

Hmm.

I had the privilege of
reading his meditations.

Hmm.

The best revenge
is to be unlike him

who performed the injury.

I hear you've been
arming half the legions

in the entire empire,
and here, now, in Rome,

you're gaining influence
by sponsoring gladiators.

I do it for the
love of the sport.

And where did you
find these gladiators?

They're usually prisoners
of war or vagrants.

Why do you ask?

A man can choose to
fight and stay alive.

It's the same in life as it
is in the arena, is it not?

Who is this?

That is my father as a youth.

She had a child.

Hmm.

It's common knowledge
when comatose was killed,

the boy disappeared.

Hmm.

Well, he would care.

Silla would care.

More wine!

More wine.

He was of the royal
bloodline, after all.

And his father?

Ostensibly.

Lucius Verus.

You see,
it was an arranged marriage.

She was 14.

Females were not his taste.

Not mine, some days.

Not yours.

(laughing)

No, no, no.

By rumor, you see,
she took lovers,

and by rumor,
the real father was comatose.

Brotherly love, you see.

If he died,
there has to be remains.

And if he lived,
that would make him about...

Well, let's work it out.

He was about 12 when he died.

Yes.

So that would make him...

(dramatic music)

My lady.

Crackers.

Here's the cold.

Thank you.

(dramatic music)

Gladiator.

Do you know me?

Hmm.

Do you have a family?

A wife?

Arishat?

Arishat?

She was killed under
your husband's commands.

For all drowns
in its own blood.

And yet you enjoy the
pleasures of the Colosseum.

There's much you
do not understand.

(dramatic music)

Duchess.

I do not know who
you think I am.

My name is Hano, and I have no
mother or none that I can remember.

(dramatic music)

I'm so sorry.

If you're somewhere here,

I would tell you
not to grieve him,

for he would not be the
boy that you sent away.

That boy is dead.

You may think I
have little worth.

You may think I betrayed you.

But I need you to know,

if you will not have
your mother's love

and take your
father's strength,

you need it.

His name was Maximus
Decimus Mervidius.

And I see him in you.

Get out.

My lady, we must go at once.

It's just you were loved.

By myself and by your father.

Your name was on his lips.

Get out!

(dramatic music)

(dramatic music)

Lucius is alive.

Are you certain?

Yes.

I know my son.

I spoke to him tonight.

He may be lost to
me for what I did.

But he lives.

The third day of the
games is tomorrow.

Most fighters won't survive.

The cases.

You must help him.

Help him? Yes.

I failed him then.

I know I did.

I cannot fail him now.

The army is in Ostia.

If we wait a few days.

He could be dead by then.

The cases.

I would willingly
give my life for Rome.

But I will not give my sons.

And one!

And two!

And one!

And one!

And two!

And one!

You won't get far like this.

Just him.

You go.

Go.

Let's see how far you can go
on your own without your team.

Ready?

One!

And two!

Diamond, diamond!

Come on, more!

More!

Leave it.

Just vinegar, my friend. Ah.

There will be no
more opium for you.

There is plenty of pain waiting
for you in the next life.

Are you a free man, Ravi?

Free.

I am.

I laid down my sword and I
swore never to pick it up again.

And yet you choose this home.

Mm-hmm.

What was your home before?

But I'm Asi.

And why don't you go back?

I wish I could.

Asi.

I met a woman.

It's always a woman.
Afterwards.

She's from Lomdinium,
Britannia.

So now, our sons,
they speak only Latin.

My daughter's eyes,
they are as blue as yours.

We are Romans now.

I grew up hearing stories
at my grandfather's knee.

He used to talk the
dream that was Rome.

It was so fragile,
you could only whisper it.

Or it would vanish.

So...

What was this dream?

A Rome where all could live
under fair law and be protected.

A Rome with the Senate.

A Rome with hope.

Your grandfather,
he sounds like a...

Like a dangerous man.

The odds are against you.

The odds are
always against me.

Don't worry old man.

You should get some rest.

Your men will need you
to lead them to me.

[dramatic music]

It's about survival!

Survive!

In the name of Poseidon,
we celebrate the glory of naval war.

May your marches be ready
to listen for my command.

We are together as cool as
one, yes?

Yes!

Yes!

Today,
we relive the Battle of Salamis!

The Trojans versus
the Persians!

[crowd cheering]

Pose out!

And pull!

Pull!

Order on!

Order!

[screaming]

Pull!

[screaming]

Pull!

[screaming]

Pull!

On time!

On time!

Let's die! Ready?

And two more down!

Push in! Push in!

Get down!

[explosions]

Pull!

Pull!

Pull!

Don't shoot!

Don't shoot!

Pull!

Pull!

Ready to ram!

And run!

Freeze!

[screaming]

Get him off!

[screaming]

Everybody, be free!

[screaming]

[explosion]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[screaming]
[screaming] [explosion]

[screaming]

[screaming]

Just don't react!

[screaming]

Pull, pull.

[screaming]

In the name of the
Emperor, the victor is...

Hanno!

Forget this!

Who did this?

It was me!

I did it!

I did it!

[screaming]

Gaeta will want
retribution for all of you.

Did you learn to shoot the same
place you learned to recite poetry?

Be glad it wasn't me or that
arrow would have found you.

Be seated.

I have news for you.

[music playing]

He's here, sir.

Oh, you're here.

Back in the...

work.

Yes, I'm listening.

You know this
is my house now.

Your debt to me is
over 10,000 denarii.

You know that.

I have other things.
Cattle. Art!

Truth, then.

What do you want?

Truth. That's what I want.

Nothing happens in Rome
without your knowledge.

You have the senator's trust.

You have Lucilla's trust.

More importantly,
you have my trust.

You wish my loyalty.

I own your house.

I want your loyalty.

I...

I have heard of a plot
to dethrone the emperors.

Yes.

But the plan has
been delayed.

Our gladiator is to be rescued
from the arena tonight.

I know not why.

I know why. I know who.

Pac.

Quickly.

[ROARING]

Open for the emperor's guard.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

My lady.

Come with us.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Thanks to the civic virtue of
men like Thrax and Macronus,

your insurrection
has been revealed.

The honor, the dignitas that
Rome has bestowed upon you,

all this you have forfeited
by your treachery.

Please, the embracada, torture me if you
want, but do not lecture me.

Your name will be forgotten!

Lost to history!

You are damned, Jimmy.

You laugh.

You damn me.

I don't care.

Everything is forgotten in time,
empires fall, so do emperors.

Why wait?

I will guard him!

Come, come!

His death must be public.

Public?

Hang his entrails from the
city gates and crucify her!

Crucify her!

Take them away!

Thank you, Macronus.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

In these last days,
I have come to think of you not as a subject,

but as a true friend.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, but as a
friend, I must counsel caution.

Akatas is a hero of Rome,

crucifixion is for
thieves, Christians.

He's too common.

He is a traitor. He must die.

I agree.

Let the gods decide his
fate in the Colosseum.

Let the gods decide.

You know, last night I woke
dreaming of the dark river.

This time, the first
time, I was crossing it.

You know where I come from?

Crossing a river, it represents
forgiveness, it represents salvation.

Oh, where I come from,
it means you're already dead.

As I saw it,
I was not afraid.

For someone who was waiting
for me on the other side.

Who is this man?

Scratched out? I'm sorry. What the hell? Who is this man? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Who is this man?
Who is this man? Who is this man? Who is this man? What is he? Who is this man? Scratched out.

Maximus.

I saw him fight once.

He was magnificent.

My time in the arena, it was after his,
but many still talked of him in with Faz.

Spoke of him.

What he did.

I met him once.

He was kind.

He bowed to no one.

Come with me.

Come with me.

When a rebel gladiator
dies, we bury them.

Here.

What we do in life
echoes an eternity.

(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

This is Argento, Mrs. Scato.

There.

And stop.

For his treason against
the lives of the

emperors and the Roman state,
General Eustace Acacia,

an enemy of the people.

We are your ancestors!

(CHANTING)

(CHANTING)

Ray Victus. General.

Get in!

(CHANTING)

(CHANTING)

From the vanquished
city of Numidia,

the victor of two conquests
in the Colosseum...

Go now. Vay Victus.

(CHANTING)

Hello!

Oh, Lord, any honour I
have, I will give it to you.

It's too late.

The Roman traitor or
the barbarian hero?

Let the gods decide.

Vay Victus, wait.

Wait! Wait!

(CHANTING)

(CHANTING)

I am a vessel.

Fill me with vengeance.

Invite with the betrayal.

(CHANTING)

(CHANTING)

(CHANTING)

Pick it up!

No, no, no, no!

We love you, Acacia!

What are you waiting for?
He was nice!

(CHANTING)

(CHANTING)

I know who you are.

Lucius Varys Aurelius.

(CHANTING)

Acacia has raised his hand!

He has surrendered!

Let the gods decide!

(CHANTING)

The gods have rented
their judgement.

Do what you must.

But on my death
you have to know...

I love your mother, Lucilla.

And your father.

(CHANTING)

Maximus...

I would have died for him.

Kill him!

That's it, babe!

(CHANTING)

Kill him!

Don't kill him!

I can't!

No!

Kill him!

Kill him!

Kill him!

Kill him!

Kill him!

Acacia!

Acacia!

Acacia!

(CHANTING)

No!

No!

Acacia!

I'll damn you!

Death will be
too good for you!

Is this how Rome
treats its hero?

Tell me!

If his life has no value,
what do yours want?

The gods have spoken!

(CHANTING)

(CHANTING)

For our own safety,
we should return to the palace.

Stay back! Stay back!

(CHANTING)

(CHANTING)

We had a bargain.

I gave him to you.

You let him live.

And you got what you wanted.

I always get what I want.

Why did you let him live?

You bought a
gladiator, not a slave.

My will is my own.

Ah.

How blue is your blood?

Perhaps the heart of a
Roman beats in that chest.

The greatest temple Rome ever
built, the Colosseum,

because this is what they believe
in, power.

They gather here to watch the
strong strike down of the...

There has to be
something else.

There is nothing else.

There has to be another Rome.

There is no other Rome.

The dream?

The dream of Rome?

It's an old man's fantasy.

Who are you?

What was your name before you
traded it for a Roman one?

You'll never know.

I have a destiny.

The gods delivered you to me.

You will be my instrument.

I will never be your instrument
in this life for the next.

That will not be my destiny.

But I will see your end.

What else could I do?

He and his pigs were
plotting to kill us.

Don't you hear them?
They're calling for our heads.

The Platorians will put down this
crowd like they have every other.

You brought this on us.

Filthy rats!

Perhaps you should take Dondys
elsewhere to comfort him.

Forgive my brother's
outburst.

The disease that infects his
loins has spread to his brain.

Every day gets worse.

I will reason with him.

I see you.

I see you.

Gotta get on, gotta get on.

Come on, stand up.

Get up, get up, not you.

All right, here you go.

Now, listen to me.

What's the matter?

Nothing's ever mine.

Everything is ours always.

Even in the womb, you try it.

Do I get my umbilicus so that
I couldn't have any more hair?

You remember that, do you?

Certainly.

Sit.
One cannot forget.

My conscience compels me.

What?

Sit.

Your brother means to blame you
in front of the entire Senate.

But I did not do it.

Well, what's happening in the streets?
The chaos.

He's lying. No testimony can be more
damning than one brother against another.

That's a lie. He always lies.

He can be very persuasive.

So, what will they do to me?

I don't dare imagine,
but imagine this.

What will they do to Dondys?

What will they do...

To Dondys?

It's your decision.

(Crowd cheers)

Help me, young man!

Brother.

Put down the blade.

You lie.

Give it to me.

You always lie.

Give it to me.

Look at me.

Look at me.
Lie!

Let me break this spell.

Lie!
Break this spell.

I've always protected you.

Because I love you.

Come back.

Help me.

Help me.

(Door opens)

Never could have imagined
the fates would lead us here.

And yet here we are.

Everything has brought
us full circle.

You sent me away
and you had fate.

Brought me back to the
very ground where he died.

This ring belonged
to my father.

He gave it to your father,
Maximus, as a token of trust.

I gave it to Cacius
for his valor.

This ring belonged
to my wife.

I shall wear it
next to yours.

(Chuckles)

I'm truly sorry for Cacius.

I could not see the man.

He was a soldier from...

There was a plan.

He was readying troops at Ostia
under the command of Darius Cixtus.

Troops he was to lead
against the emperors.

Acacius, Maximus,
Marcus Aurelius.

They lived and died for Rome.

We all do.

Is it true they
intend to kill you?

One man or another has had a sword against
my neck since the day my father died.

But now that I've found
you, it doesn't matter.

I am not afraid.

I've become well versed in
losing the things that I love.

But now that I've found you,
I have no desire to lose you again.

You stand like him.

Alert.

Proud.

I do not have his strength.

I wish that were true.

I wish I were telling
you to free this place.

(Door creaks)

Go now.

Strength and honor.

Strength and honor.

(Door creaks)

As emperor, I have convened the
Senate to appoint my first consul

and bestow upon him
the power to administer

the military and civic
functions of the empire.

I name...

Citizen Dardas!

(Crowd exclaims)

Hail Dardas!

Hail Dardas!

Hail Dardas.

Hail Dardas!

Hail Dardas!

As second consul,

I name.

Citizen...

Macronus.

Hail Macronus!

Hail Macronus!

Hail Macronus!

There will be a triumphal
parade to celebrate.

There will be games

and mass executions!

Long live the empire.

Long live the empire.

Sit down.

I happen to have,

with good fortune and
not a little skill,

the remaining emperors here.

I can speak logic to it.

And tame the madness in the street.
But...

to instill order...

I must have power

and command over
the Platorian army.

Ballot?

Or hand?

(screams)

Your humble servant.

Put your hands down.

You can sit down.

Rome must fall.

I need to only
give it a push.

And after Rome falls,

what then?

You are your father's child.

His dream of Rome
was never a dream.

It was a fiction.

The best revenge is to become
unlike the one who did the injury.

I have made myself
unlike your father.

He spoke of dreams,

I speak of truth,

and the only truth in my Rome

is the law of the strongest.

I was owned...

by an emperor.

Now I control an empire.

Where else but in Rome
can a man do that?

Do you recognize your
father's mark on me?

If there is anything,

if there is
anything you need,

in these last hours,

we will provide.

Your death will clear
my path to the throne.

Tomorrow,
there will be games,

and at them,

I will prevail.

Robbie!

Can you get me a message
to Ostia by morning?

What is in Ostia?

There is an army.

I'm asking you to risk yourself, my friend,
in the service of something greater.

Ride to Ostia.

Take this ring to General Darius
Sextus, are you listening?

Darius Sextus?

He will know it
is Acasius's ring.

And, uh,

who shall I say is...

sent me with this ring?

I am Lucius Verus Eradius,

the Prince of Rome.

Tell him I am summoning the army
to the defense of a new republic.

Should I trust you?
Yes.

Should I?
Yes.

Robbie, I need your keys.

Thank you.

No!

Come back!

Who gave you this?

Lucius Verus Eradius?

The Prince of Rome?

A street kill, Lucerne.

Until she dies,
you will never know peace.

Ever.

If the people love her,
her death will incite the mob.

If she dies and the
streets rise up in anger,

I shall deliver them
Caracalla's head,

and the people shall acclaim
me that my friend is...

politics.

Shall we?
Yes.

Today will be your last
fight, Champion.

And our master has
bestowed on you...

The wooden sword of freedom.

But you have to
earn it first.

Today, you're going
to defend your mother.

Would all steal a point?
There's still a point!

Wait for me.

In honor of the acclimation
of Emperor Caracalla,

the first council,
dondus and second council, macronus,

and as punishment for her
conspiracy against the empire,

for her calamities,
against the emperor's imperial bloodline,

and for fermenting
military mutiny.

Along with her husband,
the queen will face divine justice

at the hands of the
praetorian guard.

I'm not a general,
but we are all soldiers.

And up until now, we have fought for
nothing more than another day's survival.

What will you have us do?

Well, you can return to yourselves if
you do not wish to fight this battle.

Or,

you can join me...

and fight for a freedom
far beyond these walls.

There once was a time when
honor meant something in Rome.

In this Rome...

I no longer believe
that exists.

We must find it.

And know this...

where death is...

we are not.

Where we are...

death is not.

By my sword.

Strength another!

Strength another! Strength another!
Strength another!

Get up, guys!

Let it not be said that the
Emperor is not merciful.

The Queen will be granted
a single gladiator

to defend her against
the Praetorian Guard...

The champion, Hano!

Summon the cavalry.
Put this down at once.

This is war! Real war!

The army of Arcasius is advancing
just outside of Rome, sir.

We can still out-flank them.
They have only 5,000 troops. No more.

How many are we?

6,000, perhaps more.

Ride to the gate
and hold them.

(yelling)

Go, please, go!

Delicious.

Gimme the bowl.

Go, my son.

Losers.

Pause.

(yelling)

(yelling)

(yelling)

Will nothing kill
this barbarian?

Name is Lucius
Ferris Aurelius.

The man does not become
emperor by bloodline alone.

He must be taken by
force and kept by force.

Are you such a man as this?

I don't fight for power.

I fight to free Rome
from men like you

and to return it to them.

The gods themselves
want Rome reborn.

They sent me to
fulfill that task.

And what if your gods
sent me here to kill you?

Ha!

It's time to end
this, Maconess.

(Yells)

(yelling)

[screaming]

Strength and honor... my son.

[grunting]

[grunting]

[screaming]

[screaming] [gasping]

[grunting]

[grunting]

You look to me to speak.

I know not what to say other than
we have all known too much death.

Let no more blood be spilled
in the name of tyranny.

My grandfather Marcus Aurelius talked
of the dream that would be Rome.

The dream that my father...

Maximus Decimus
Meridius, died for.

An ideal.

A city for the many and a
refuge for those in need.

A home worth fighting for.

A home that Maximus
spent his life defending.

That dream is lost.

But dare we...

rebuild that dream together?

What say you?

Aye!

Aye!

Aye!

[Mass chanting]

Aye!
Aye!

[Whispers] Mother.

[Breathing heavily]

Speak to me, Father.