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(Distant laughter)

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Sir.

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General.

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General.

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General.

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Sir.

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General.

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Sir.

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Lean and hungry.

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- Still nothing?
- Not a sign.

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- How long has he been gone?
- Nearly two hours.

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Will they fight, sir?

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We shall know soon enough.

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Soldier, I ordered you
to move those catapults fonnard.

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- They're out of range.
- Range is good.

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- The danger to the cavalry...
- Is acceptable. Agreed?

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(Man shouting in German)

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They say no.

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(Shouting in local language)

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People should know
when they're conquered.

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(All cheering)

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Would you, Quintus?

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Would I?

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- Strength and honor.
- Strength and honor.

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Strength and honor.

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At my signal, unleash hell.

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Load the catapults.

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Infantry form up for advance.

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- Archers ready.
- Archers!

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- Nock!
- Nock!

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(All yelling)

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Fratres!

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- Maximus!
- Maximus!

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Three weeks from now,
I will be harvesting my crops.

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Imagine where you will be,
and it will be so.

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Hold the line! Stay with me!

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If you find yourself alone,

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riding in green fields
with the sun on your face,

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do not be troubled.

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For you are in elysium,
and you're already dead!

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(All laughing)

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Brothers,

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what we do in life

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echoes in eternity.

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(All yelling)

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Pull!

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Soldier: Cohorts ready, sir!

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Archers, ignite!

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- Ignite!
- Ignite!

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Centurion: Archers, draw!

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Loose!

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(Grunting)

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(Screaming)

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Centurion: All right, men, ready!

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Maximus: Hold the line!

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Soldier 1: Loose!

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Soldier 2: Reload!

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Maximus: Hold the line!

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- Draw!
- Loose!

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Maximus: Stay with me!

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Stay with me!

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Roma Victor!

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Roma Victor!

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(All cheering)

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Do you think he's really dying?

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He's been dying for 10 years.

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If he weren't really dying,
he wouldn't have sent for us.

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Maybe he just misses us.

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And the senators?
He wouldn't have summoned them if...

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Peace, commodus.

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After two weeks on the road,

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your incessant scheming
is hurting my head.

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He's made his decision.
He's going to announce it.

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He will name me.

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The first thing I shall do when...

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Is honor him with games
worthy of his majesty.

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For now, the first thing I shall do
is have a hot bath.

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(Knocking at door)

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Soldier 1: Your highness?

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Soldier 2:
We seem to be almost there, sir.

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- Sire.
- Where's the emperor?

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He's at the front, sire.
They've been gone for 19 days.

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The wounded are still coming in.

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My horse.

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Soldier 3: My lord.

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Kiss?

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You have proved your valor
yet again, Maximus.

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Let us hope, for the last time.

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There's no one left to fight, sire.

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There is always someone left to fight.

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How can I reward
Rome's greatest general?

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Let me go home.

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Ah!

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Home.

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(All cheering)

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They honor you, Caesar.

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It's for you, Maximus. They honor you.

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Have I missed it?
Have I missed the battle?

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You have missed the war.

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Father, congratulations.

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I shall sacrifice 100 bulls
to honor your triumph.

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Save the bulls.

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Honor Maximus. He won the battle.

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- Commodus: General.
- Highness.

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Rome salutes you,
and I embrace you as a brother.

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It has been too long, my old friend.

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Highness.

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Here, father. Take my arm.

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I think it is time for me to leave.

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So much for the glory of Rome.

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(Man coughing)

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(Groaning)

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(Grunting in pain)

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(Men laughing)

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Magnificent battle.

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General. Still alive?

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Still alive.

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The gods must have a sense of humor.

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- Quintus: The gods must love you.
- Valerius.

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Back to barracks, general?
Or to Rome?

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Home. My wife, my son, the harvest.

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Maximus the farmer.
I still have difficulty imagining that.

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You know, dirt cleans off
a lot easier than blood, Quintus.

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- Here he is.
- Highness.

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Commodus:
Senator Gaius, senator Falco.

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Beware of Gaius. He'll pour
a honeyed potion in your ear,

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and you'll wake up one day and all you'll
say is, "republic, republic, republic."

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Well, why not?
Rome was founded as a republic.

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Yes, and in a republic
the senate has the power.

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But senator Gaius
isn't influenced by that, of course.

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Where do you stand, general?
Emperor or senate?

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A soldier has the advantage

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of being able to
look his enemy in the eye, senator.

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Well, with an army behind you,
you could be extremely political.

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I warned you. Now I shall save you.
Senators.

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Maximus.

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I'm going to need good men like you.

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How may I be of service, highness?

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You're a man who knows what it is
to command.

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You give your orders, the orders
are obeyed, and the battle is won.

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But these senators scheme, squabble
and flatter and deceive.

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Maximus, we must save Rome
from the politicians, my friend.

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Can I count on you
when the time comes?

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Highness, when your father releases
me, I intend to return home.

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Home? We”, no one's earned it more.

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Don't get too comfortable.
I may call on you before long.

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Lucilla's here. Did you know?

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She's not forgotten you.

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And now, you're the great man.

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If only you had been born a man,

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what a Caesar you would have made.

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Father.

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You would have been strong.

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I wonder, would you have been just?

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I would have been
what you taught me to be.

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How was your journey?

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Long. Uncomfortable.
Why have I come?

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I need your help. With your brother.

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(Chuckling) Of course.

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He loves you. He always has.

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And

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he will need you now, more than ever.

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Enough of politics.

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Let us pretend
that you are a loving daughter,

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and I am a good father.

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This is a pleasant fiction, isn't it?

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Man 1: Good morning to you.

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Man 2: I need three more horses.

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One! Two! Three!

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Foud

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one! Two!

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Maximus: You sent for me, Caesar?

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- Caesar?
- Tell me again, Maximus.

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Why are we here?

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For the glory of the empire, sire.

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Yes.

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(Sighing) Yes, I remember.

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Do you see that map, Maximus?

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That is the world which I created.

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For 25 years,

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I have conquered, spilt blood,
expanded the empire.

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Since I became Caesar,
I've known four years without war.

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Four years of peace in 20.

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And for what?

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I brought the sword. Nothing more.

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Caesar, your life...

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Please. Please don't call me that.

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Come. Please.

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Come sit.

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Let us talk together now,

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very simply, as men.

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Well, Maximus,

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talk.

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Five thousand of my men are out there
in the freezing mud.

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Three thousand of them
are bloodied and cleaved.

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Two thousand will
never leave this place.

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I will not believe that they fought
and died for nothing.

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And what would you believe?

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They fought for you and for Rome.

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And what is Rome, Maximus?

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I've seen much of the rest of the world.

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It is brutal and cruel and dark.
Rome is the light.

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Yet you have never been there.

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You have not seen what it has become.

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I am dying, Maximus.

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When a man sees his end,

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he wants to know there was
some purpose to his life.

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How will the world speak my name
in years to come?

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Will I be known as the philosopher?

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The warrior?

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The tyrant?

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Or will I be the emperor
who gave Rome back her true self?

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There was once a dream
that was Rome.

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You could only whisper it.

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Anything more than a whisper
and it would vanish,

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it was so fragile.

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And I fear that it will not survive
the winter.

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Maximus,

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let us whisper now,

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together, you and I.

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You have a son.

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Tell me about your home.

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My house is in the hills above trujillo.

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A very simple place.

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Pink stones that warm in the sun.

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A kitchen garden
that smells of herbs in the day,

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Jasmine in the evening.

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Through the gate is a giant poplar.

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Figs, apples, pears.

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The soil, Marcus, black.
Black like my wife's hair.

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(Chuckung)

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Grapes on the south slopes,
olives on the north.

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Wild ponies play near my house.
They tease my son.

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He wants to be one of them.

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When was the last time
you were home?

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Two years, 264 days and this morning.

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I envy you, Maximus. It's a good home.

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Worth fighting for.

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There is one more duty

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that I ask of you before you go home.

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What would you have me do, Caesar?

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I want you to become
the protector of Rome after I die.

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I will empower you to one end alone,

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to give power back
to the people of Rome,

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and end the corruption
that has crippled it.

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Will you accept this great honor
that I have offered you?

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With all my heart, no.

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Maximus,

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that is why it must be you.

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But surely a prefect, a senator,

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somebody who knows the city,
who understands her politics.

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But you have not been corrupted
by her politics.

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- And commodus?
- Commodus is not a moral man.

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You have known that
since you were young.

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Commodus cannot rule.

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He must not rule.

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You are the son that I should have had.

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Commodus will accept my decision.

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He knows that you command
the loyalty of the army.

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I need some time, sire.

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Yes.

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By sunset, I hope you will have agreed.

264
00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:03,575
Now embrace me as my son.

265
00:29:06,954 --> 00:29:09,706
And bring an old man another blanket.

266
00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:28,433
- My father favors you now.
- My lady.

267
00:29:29,017 --> 00:29:32,020
- It was not always so.
- Many things change.

268
00:29:32,271 --> 00:29:35,482
Many things. Not everything.

269
00:29:38,402 --> 00:29:40,070
Maximus, stop.

270
00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:45,534
Let me see your face.

271
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,789
- You seem upset.
- I lost many men.

272
00:29:51,665 --> 00:29:54,042
What did my father want with you?

273
00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:58,088
To wish me well before I leave for home.

274
00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:00,215
You're lying.

275
00:30:00,549 --> 00:30:03,885
I could always tell when you were lying,
because you were never any good at it.

276
00:30:03,969 --> 00:30:06,555
- I never acquired your comfort with it.
- True.

277
00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:08,765
But then you never had to.

278
00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:11,977
Life is more simple for a soldier.

279
00:30:13,729 --> 00:30:15,981
Or do you think me heartless?

280
00:30:16,982 --> 00:30:19,735
I think you have a talent for survival.

281
00:30:23,530 --> 00:30:24,656
(Laughing)

282
00:30:25,741 --> 00:30:27,284
Maximus, stop.

283
00:30:29,578 --> 00:30:32,372
Is it really so terrible seeing me again?

284
00:30:32,456 --> 00:30:34,958
No. I'm tired from battle.

285
00:30:35,584 --> 00:30:38,337
It hurts you to see my father so fragile.

286
00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:45,927
Commodus expects that my father will
announce his succession within days.

287
00:30:47,054 --> 00:30:50,474
Will you serve my brother
as you served his father?

288
00:30:52,642 --> 00:30:54,811
I will always serve Rome.

289
00:30:56,688 --> 00:30:58,523
Do you know,

290
00:30:58,607 --> 00:31:01,109
I still remember you in my prayers.

291
00:31:02,152 --> 00:31:05,030
Oh, yes. I pray.

292
00:31:09,618 --> 00:31:12,913
I was sad to hear of your husband's
death. I mourned him.

293
00:31:14,831 --> 00:31:17,667
- Thank you.
- And I hear you have a son.

294
00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:21,713
Yes. Lucius.

295
00:31:23,548 --> 00:31:25,300
He'll be nearly eight years old.

296
00:31:25,384 --> 00:31:27,677
My son is also nearly eight.

297
00:31:30,430 --> 00:31:32,599
I thank you for your prayers.

298
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:42,901
Ancestors, I ask for your guidance.

299
00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:47,781
Blessed mother, come to me
with the gods' desire for my future.

300
00:31:49,408 --> 00:31:53,203
Blessed father, watch over my wife
and son with a ready sword.

301
00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:57,249
Whisper to them,
I live only to hold them again.

302
00:31:58,417 --> 00:32:00,585
Ancestors, I honor you,

303
00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:05,090
and will try to live
with the dignity you have taught me.

304
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,197
Cicero.

305
00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:34,911
Sir.

306
00:32:39,374 --> 00:32:41,918
Do you ever find it hard to do your duty?

307
00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:47,215
Sometimes I do what I want to do.

308
00:32:47,966 --> 00:32:50,552
The rest of the time, I do what I have to.

309
00:32:53,472 --> 00:32:56,391
We may not be able to go home,
after all.

310
00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:50,362
Marcus aurelius:
Are you ready to do your duty for Rome?

311
00:33:53,532 --> 00:33:54,950
Yes, father.

312
00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:58,119
You will not be emperor.

313
00:34:01,456 --> 00:34:03,792
Which wiser, older man
is to take my place?

314
00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:06,419
My powers will pass to Maximus,

315
00:34:07,629 --> 00:34:09,381
to hold in trust,

316
00:34:09,464 --> 00:34:13,176
until the senate is ready to rule
once more.

317
00:34:14,761 --> 00:34:18,181
Rome is to be a republic again.

318
00:34:20,141 --> 00:34:22,727
- Maximus.
- Yes.

319
00:34:28,817 --> 00:34:31,069
My decision disappoints you?

320
00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:36,658
You wrote to me once,

321
00:34:38,535 --> 00:34:40,912
listing the four chief virtues.

322
00:34:42,706 --> 00:34:44,082
Wisdom,

323
00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:45,625
jusfice,

324
00:34:45,709 --> 00:34:47,168
fortitude,

325
00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:49,379
and temperance.

326
00:34:51,506 --> 00:34:54,634
As I read the list,
I knew I had none of them.

327
00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:58,096
But I have other virtues, father.

328
00:34:59,723 --> 00:35:01,057
Ambition.

329
00:35:01,850 --> 00:35:04,811
That can be a virtue
when it drives us to excel.

330
00:35:06,146 --> 00:35:09,274
Resourcefulness, courage.

331
00:35:10,317 --> 00:35:14,613
Perhaps not on the battlefield,
but there are many forms of courage.

332
00:35:16,281 --> 00:35:19,492
Devotion to my family,

333
00:35:20,619 --> 00:35:21,995
to you.

334
00:35:23,538 --> 00:35:26,291
But none of my virtues were on your list.

335
00:35:28,585 --> 00:35:31,880
Even then it was as if
you didn't want me for your son.

336
00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:33,340
Commodus,

337
00:35:34,257 --> 00:35:35,925
you go too far.

338
00:35:36,718 --> 00:35:39,679
I searched the faces of the gods

339
00:35:40,472 --> 00:35:44,809
for ways to please you,
to make you proud.

340
00:35:45,685 --> 00:35:47,729
One kind word,

341
00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:50,023
one full hug,

342
00:35:50,231 --> 00:35:53,860
where you pressed me to your chest
and held me tight,

343
00:35:55,028 --> 00:35:58,573
would have been like the sun
on my heart for 1,000 years.

344
00:36:01,201 --> 00:36:03,036
What is it in me you hate so much?

345
00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:05,121
Shh... commodus.

346
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,291
All I've ever wanted

347
00:36:08,583 --> 00:36:12,837
was to live up to you, Caesar.

348
00:36:14,089 --> 00:36:16,716
- Father.
- Commodus,

349
00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:23,264
your faults as a son

350
00:36:24,265 --> 00:36:27,560
is my failure as a father.

351
00:36:38,279 --> 00:36:39,739
Come.

352
00:36:43,326 --> 00:36:44,786
(Sobbing) Father.

353
00:36:59,718 --> 00:37:02,387
I would butcher the whole world,

354
00:37:03,304 --> 00:37:05,765
if you would only have loved me!

355
00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:12,230
(Crying)

356
00:37:43,428 --> 00:37:46,556
Maximus, the emperor needs you.
It's urgent.

357
00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:53,813
Lament with me, brother.

358
00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:56,900
Our great father is dead.

359
00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:25,220
Maximus: How did he die?

360
00:38:26,471 --> 00:38:29,182
Commodus:
The surgeons say there was no pain.

361
00:38:29,265 --> 00:38:31,351
His breath gave out as he slept.

362
00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:42,362
Maximus: Father.

363
00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:47,700
Your emperor asks for your loyalty,
Maximus.

364
00:38:49,035 --> 00:38:50,662
Take my hand.

365
00:38:53,373 --> 00:38:55,250
I only offer it once.

366
00:39:09,430 --> 00:39:10,723
Maximus: Quintus.

367
00:40:00,940 --> 00:40:02,483
Hail, Caesar.

368
00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:06,070
I must talk to the senators.
I need their counsel.

369
00:40:06,154 --> 00:40:08,740
- Wake Gaius and Falco.
- Gaius and Falco.

370
00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:11,034
- Swo rd.
- Swo rd.

371
00:40:13,536 --> 00:40:16,456
Maximus, please be careful.
That was not prudent.

372
00:40:16,539 --> 00:40:19,334
Prudent? The emperor has been slain.

373
00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:22,253
The emperor died of natural causes.

374
00:40:24,047 --> 00:40:26,257
- Why are you armed, Quintus?
- Quintus: Guards!

375
00:40:29,469 --> 00:40:31,679
Please don't fight, Maximus.

376
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:35,725
I'm sorry. Caesar has spoken.

377
00:40:36,184 --> 00:40:37,936
Ride until dawn,

378
00:40:39,187 --> 00:40:40,730
and then execute him.

379
00:40:40,813 --> 00:40:43,274
Quintus, look at me. Look at me!

380
00:40:43,524 --> 00:40:46,444
Promise me
that you will look after my family.

381
00:40:47,528 --> 00:40:50,198
Your family will meet you in the afterlife.

382
00:41:15,098 --> 00:41:16,307
Soldier: Kneel.

383
00:41:19,852 --> 00:41:22,230
Maximus: Blessed father,
watch over my wife and son.

384
00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:25,400
Whisper to them
that I live only to hold them again.

385
00:41:28,027 --> 00:41:30,446
At least give me a clean death.

386
00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:33,950
A soldier's death.

387
00:41:55,221 --> 00:41:58,391
The frost,
sometimes it makes the blade stick.

388
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:20,538
Praetorian!

389
00:43:40,284 --> 00:43:42,262
Marcus aurelius: When was
the last time you were home?

390
00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:45,289
Maximus:
Two years, 264 days and this morning.

391
00:43:46,874 --> 00:43:48,769
Blessed father, watch over my wife
and son with a ready sword.

392
00:43:48,793 --> 00:43:51,170
I will try to live
with the dignity you have taught me.

393
00:43:51,254 --> 00:43:53,714
Whisper to them,
I live only to hold them again.

394
00:43:53,798 --> 00:43:56,217
With a ready sword,
for all else is dust and air.

395
00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:59,470
Whisper to them,
I live only to hold them again.

396
00:43:59,554 --> 00:44:01,848
For all else is dust and air.

397
00:44:41,053 --> 00:44:42,722
(Speaking Italian)

398
00:45:01,699 --> 00:45:02,700
Papa!

399
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:30,978
(Horse neighing)

400
00:47:17,376 --> 00:47:18,669
(Bells tinkling)

401
00:47:21,047 --> 00:47:22,715
(Men speaking foreign language)

402
00:47:42,318 --> 00:47:43,652
(Child laughing)

403
00:47:48,199 --> 00:47:49,700
Man: Don't die.

404
00:47:52,787 --> 00:47:53,788
(Snarling)

405
00:47:55,998 --> 00:47:57,666
Juba: You'll meet them again.

406
00:47:59,710 --> 00:48:01,003
Not yet.

407
00:48:04,382 --> 00:48:05,800
(Monkey gibbering)

408
00:48:09,553 --> 00:48:13,307
No. They will clean it. Wait and see.

409
00:48:41,502 --> 00:48:42,711
(Lion snarling)

410
00:48:47,675 --> 00:48:49,093
Don't die.

411
00:48:49,844 --> 00:48:52,263
They'll feed you to the lions.

412
00:48:52,346 --> 00:48:54,640
They are worth more than we are.

413
00:49:04,650 --> 00:49:06,110
Better now?

414
00:49:07,236 --> 00:49:09,113
Clean. You see?

415
00:49:39,894 --> 00:49:42,730
Slave trader: Proximo! My old friend.

416
00:49:44,106 --> 00:49:47,193
Every day is a great day
when you are here,

417
00:49:47,610 --> 00:49:51,822
but today is your most fortunate day.

418
00:49:54,408 --> 00:49:58,162
Those giraffes you sold me,
they won't mate.

419
00:49:58,746 --> 00:50:02,666
They just walk around eating
and not mating.

420
00:50:03,959 --> 00:50:06,879
You sold me queer giraffes.

421
00:50:07,755 --> 00:50:10,299
- I want my money back.
- Not a chance.

422
00:50:10,382 --> 00:50:11,675
(Grunts in pain)

423
00:50:14,053 --> 00:50:16,889
- I do special price for you.
- On what?

424
00:50:18,974 --> 00:50:21,894
Have you seen my new stock?
Come and see them.

425
00:50:35,866 --> 00:50:38,661
Proximo: Do any of them fight?
I've got a match coming up.

426
00:50:38,744 --> 00:50:41,539
Some are good for fighting,
others for dying.

427
00:50:41,622 --> 00:50:43,958
You need both, I think.

428
00:50:44,041 --> 00:50:45,251
Get up.

429
00:50:53,217 --> 00:50:54,885
Proximo: What's your trade?

430
00:50:55,553 --> 00:50:56,845
I was a hunter.

431
00:50:56,929 --> 00:51:00,641
No, I bought him from a salt mine
in carthage.

432
00:51:01,433 --> 00:51:02,810
Sit down.

433
00:51:06,939 --> 00:51:09,108
Proximo: Mark of the legion.

434
00:51:09,191 --> 00:51:10,191
Deserter.

435
00:51:10,234 --> 00:51:11,944
Slave trader:
Maybe so, but who cares?

436
00:51:12,403 --> 00:51:13,529
He's a spaniard.

437
00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:15,573
I'll take six. For 1,000.

438
00:51:15,656 --> 00:51:19,159
1,000?
The numidian alone is worth 2,000.

439
00:51:19,243 --> 00:51:21,328
Proximo: These slaves are rotten.

440
00:51:21,412 --> 00:51:24,582
It all adds to the flavor.
No, no, no, wait! Wait!

441
00:51:25,082 --> 00:51:26,792
I can negotiate.

442
00:51:27,918 --> 00:51:32,089
I'll give you 2,000,
and 4,000 for the beasts.

443
00:51:32,172 --> 00:51:34,300
That's 5,000 for an old friend.

444
00:51:51,942 --> 00:51:55,362
Come on! How long does it take
to get into my own house?

445
00:51:55,446 --> 00:51:57,364
I am proximo.

446
00:51:58,073 --> 00:52:00,367
I shall be closer to you
for the next few days,

447
00:52:00,451 --> 00:52:02,911
which will be the last
of your miserable lives,

448
00:52:02,995 --> 00:52:07,333
than that bitch of a mother that
brought you screaming into this world.

449
00:52:07,625 --> 00:52:10,961
I did not pay good money for you
for your company.

450
00:52:12,171 --> 00:52:15,382
I paid it so that I could profit
from your death.

451
00:52:16,133 --> 00:52:19,845
And as your mother was there
at your beginning,

452
00:52:20,846 --> 00:52:23,474
so I shall be there at your end.

453
00:52:24,975 --> 00:52:27,978
And when you die, and die you shall,

454
00:52:28,896 --> 00:52:31,815
your transition shall be to the sound of...

455
00:52:33,317 --> 00:52:34,485
(Clapping)

456
00:52:36,570 --> 00:52:38,030
Gladiators,

457
00:52:39,156 --> 00:52:40,699
I salute you.

458
00:52:45,454 --> 00:52:46,497
Man: Red.

459
00:52:50,167 --> 00:52:51,502
Yellow.

460
00:52:52,628 --> 00:52:53,921
Yellow.

461
00:53:00,052 --> 00:53:01,178
(Exclaiming)

462
00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:05,766
Proximo: Good.

463
00:53:06,558 --> 00:53:07,935
-Red -man: Red.

464
00:53:12,856 --> 00:53:14,149
Spaniard.

465
00:53:31,166 --> 00:53:32,376
(Grunting)

466
00:53:47,516 --> 00:53:49,852
Proximo:
That's enough for the moment!

467
00:53:50,185 --> 00:53:51,812
His time will come.

468
00:53:54,857 --> 00:53:55,899
Next.

469
00:54:09,163 --> 00:54:10,497
Spaniard,

470
00:54:11,999 --> 00:54:13,792
why don't you fight?

471
00:54:14,168 --> 00:54:15,627
We all have to fight.

472
00:54:15,711 --> 00:54:17,421
Well, I don't fight.

473
00:54:18,088 --> 00:54:21,300
I shouldn't be here, I'm a scribe,
I write down words,

474
00:54:21,383 --> 00:54:23,260
and speak seven languages.

475
00:54:23,343 --> 00:54:24,386
Good.

476
00:54:25,345 --> 00:54:28,348
Tomorrow, you can scream
in seven languages.

477
00:54:28,432 --> 00:54:29,516
(Laughing)

478
00:54:36,648 --> 00:54:39,985
Hagen: Perhaps the scribe will be
the one who wins his freedom.

479
00:54:40,986 --> 00:54:42,279
Freedom?

480
00:54:43,363 --> 00:54:45,199
What do I have to do?

481
00:54:45,616 --> 00:54:47,910
You go in the arena and you kill me.

482
00:54:47,993 --> 00:54:49,369
And him,

483
00:54:50,370 --> 00:54:52,080
and the numidian,

484
00:54:52,164 --> 00:54:53,749
and the deserter.

485
00:54:55,375 --> 00:54:56,794
And 100 more.

486
00:54:56,877 --> 00:54:59,713
And when there's no more to fight,
you're free.

487
00:55:00,380 --> 00:55:02,132
I can't do that.

488
00:55:10,641 --> 00:55:12,059
But I can.

489
00:55:27,574 --> 00:55:29,785
Is that the sign of your gods?

490
00:55:34,998 --> 00:55:37,084
Will that not anger them?

491
00:55:46,385 --> 00:55:47,553
(People clamoring)

492
00:55:58,397 --> 00:56:00,065
The gods favor you.

493
00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:02,609
Red is the gods' color.

494
00:56:03,986 --> 00:56:06,154
You will need their help today.

495
00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:35,893
(Growling)

496
00:56:45,527 --> 00:56:47,154
Proximo!

497
00:56:52,492 --> 00:56:54,661
Still leading with the German?

498
00:56:54,745 --> 00:56:56,830
Proximo: The crowd love a barbarian.

499
00:56:57,289 --> 00:56:59,207
Besides that, he's making me rich.

500
00:56:59,291 --> 00:57:01,919
Has that numidian fought before?

501
00:57:02,753 --> 00:57:04,338
No, first time.

502
00:57:04,421 --> 00:57:07,382
Man: And that one, laborer, soldier?

503
00:57:07,799 --> 00:57:09,051
He's a spaniard.

504
00:57:09,134 --> 00:57:12,220
He might as well be a eunuch
for what he brings to the ring.

505
00:57:13,180 --> 00:57:17,392
500 sestertii, the numidian
and spaniard team makes it through.

506
00:57:17,476 --> 00:57:21,188
And 1,000, that the numidian
makes it through alone.

507
00:57:22,689 --> 00:57:25,817
Are you asking me
to bet against my own man?

508
00:57:27,653 --> 00:57:29,154
It's unethical.

509
00:57:29,237 --> 00:57:31,114
What it! Make it 2,000?

510
00:57:37,871 --> 00:57:39,539
(Crowd cheering)

511
00:57:45,420 --> 00:57:48,465
Some of you are thinking you won't fight,

512
00:57:49,758 --> 00:57:51,051
some that you can't fight.

513
00:57:52,386 --> 00:57:55,889
They all say that until they're out there.

514
00:57:58,684 --> 00:57:59,851
Listen.

515
00:57:59,935 --> 00:58:02,854
- Kill! Kill! Kill!
- Kill! Kill! Kill!

516
00:58:09,987 --> 00:58:12,698
Thrust this into another man's flesh,

517
00:58:13,115 --> 00:58:15,784
and they will applaud and love you
for that.

518
00:58:15,867 --> 00:58:17,285
And you,

519
00:58:19,246 --> 00:58:21,206
you may begin to love them

520
00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:23,458
for that.

521
00:58:27,546 --> 00:58:31,049
Ultimately, we're all dead men.

522
00:58:33,593 --> 00:58:35,887
Sadly, we cannot choose how,

523
00:58:37,139 --> 00:58:39,933
but we can decide
how we meet that end,

524
00:58:40,851 --> 00:58:43,353
in order that we are remembered

525
00:58:45,272 --> 00:58:46,523
as men.

526
00:58:46,732 --> 00:58:47,733
Man 1: Come on!

527
00:58:48,567 --> 00:58:50,610
(Speaking foreign language)

528
00:58:50,694 --> 00:58:52,946
Man 2: On the left, draw your shields!

529
00:58:54,031 --> 00:58:56,408
On the right, draw your swords!

530
00:58:56,700 --> 00:58:59,244
- Kill! Kill! Kill!
- Kill! Kill! Kill!

531
00:59:00,328 --> 00:59:02,789
Man 2: Pair them up, red with yellow.

532
00:59:07,794 --> 00:59:09,004
Next!

533
00:59:14,926 --> 00:59:15,969
Move!

534
01:00:37,717 --> 01:00:38,844
(Screaming)

535
01:00:58,321 --> 01:00:59,656
(Crowd cheering)

536
01:01:05,579 --> 01:01:06,746
(Screaming)

537
01:01:52,459 --> 01:01:53,919
(Crowd cheering louder)

538
01:02:33,291 --> 01:02:35,377
Man: Usurper!

539
01:02:55,689 --> 01:02:56,898
(Crowd shouting)

540
01:02:56,982 --> 01:02:59,693
- Go away!
- Man: You'll never rule us, commodus!

541
01:03:30,181 --> 01:03:34,894
He enters Rome like a conquering hero.
But what has he conquered?

542
01:03:35,186 --> 01:03:37,605
Give him time, gracchus. He's young.

543
01:03:37,689 --> 01:03:39,941
I think he could do very well.

544
01:03:40,317 --> 01:03:42,235
Gracchus: For Rome, or for you?

545
01:03:48,575 --> 01:03:51,661
Go to your mother, Lucius.
It's what she'd like.

546
01:03:58,084 --> 01:04:00,128
- Lucilla: Lucius!
- Mother!

547
01:04:02,422 --> 01:04:04,007
Hail, Caesar.

548
01:04:04,090 --> 01:04:05,592
Senators.

549
01:04:09,220 --> 01:04:12,098
Rome greets her new emperor.

550
01:04:12,223 --> 01:04:15,727
Your loyal subjects bid you welcome,
highness.

551
01:04:15,810 --> 01:04:17,687
Thank you, Falco.

552
01:04:17,771 --> 01:04:21,858
And for the loyal subjects,
I trust they weren't too expensive.

553
01:04:21,941 --> 01:04:23,943
- Caesar.
- Gracchus.

554
01:04:24,027 --> 01:04:26,529
All Rome rejoices in your return,
Caesar.

555
01:04:26,613 --> 01:04:30,116
There are many matters
that require your attention.

556
01:04:32,577 --> 01:04:35,455
Gracchus: To order, please. To order.

557
01:04:35,914 --> 01:04:37,707
For your guidance, Caesar,

558
01:04:37,791 --> 01:04:40,543
the senate has prepared
a series of protocols

559
01:04:40,627 --> 01:04:43,713
to begin addressing
the many problems in the city,

560
01:04:43,797 --> 01:04:47,926
beginning with basic sanitation
for the Greek quarter,

561
01:04:48,426 --> 01:04:52,055
to combat the plague
which is already springing up there.

562
01:04:52,138 --> 01:04:53,181
So, if Caesar...

563
01:04:53,264 --> 01:04:54,307
(Shushes)

564
01:04:56,059 --> 01:04:57,977
Don't you see, gracchus?

565
01:04:59,354 --> 01:05:01,648
That's the very problem, isn't it?

566
01:05:02,107 --> 01:05:04,776
My father spent all his time at study,

567
01:05:06,486 --> 01:05:09,864
at books of learning and philosophy.

568
01:05:10,865 --> 01:05:14,369
He spent his twilight hours
reading scrolls from the senate.

569
01:05:15,328 --> 01:05:18,540
And all the while,
the people were forgotten.

570
01:05:19,165 --> 01:05:21,376
But the senate is the people, sire,

571
01:05:21,459 --> 01:05:25,004
chosen from among the people
to speak for the people.

572
01:05:25,672 --> 01:05:29,300
I doubt many of the people
eat so well as you do, gracchus.

573
01:05:30,009 --> 01:05:32,512
Or have such splendid mistresses,
Gaius.

574
01:05:32,595 --> 01:05:34,681
I think I understand my own people.

575
01:05:34,764 --> 01:05:38,268
Then perhaps Caesar will be so good
as to teach us,

576
01:05:38,685 --> 01:05:41,312
out of his own extensive experience.

577
01:05:41,438 --> 01:05:42,522
(All chuckling)

578
01:05:45,191 --> 01:05:46,693
I call it love.

579
01:05:47,318 --> 01:05:50,447
I am their father.
The people are my children.

580
01:05:50,697 --> 01:05:53,241
And I shall hold them to my bosom
and embrace them tightly.

581
01:05:53,324 --> 01:05:56,786
Have you ever embraced
someone dying of plague, sire?

582
01:06:03,042 --> 01:06:05,712
No, but if you interrupt me again,

583
01:06:07,213 --> 01:06:08,548
I assure you that you shall.

584
01:06:08,631 --> 01:06:10,925
Senator, my brother is very tired.

585
01:06:11,968 --> 01:06:16,139
Leave your list with me.
Caesar shall do all that Rome requires.

586
01:06:16,723 --> 01:06:21,644
My lady, as always, your lightest
touch commands obedience.

587
01:06:28,735 --> 01:06:31,029
Who are they to lecture me?

588
01:06:31,321 --> 01:06:33,823
Commodus, the senate has its uses.

589
01:06:33,907 --> 01:06:36,826
What uses? All they do is talk.

590
01:06:38,036 --> 01:06:42,582
It should bejust you and me and Rome.

591
01:06:42,665 --> 01:06:45,960
Don't even think it.
There's always been a senate.

592
01:06:46,461 --> 01:06:48,171
Rome has changed.

593
01:06:48,254 --> 01:06:51,257
It takes an emperor to rule an empire.

594
01:06:51,591 --> 01:06:53,676
Of course, but leave the people their...

595
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:55,094
Illusions?

596
01:06:56,763 --> 01:06:58,139
Traditions.

597
01:06:59,057 --> 01:07:01,809
My father's war against the barbarians.

598
01:07:02,435 --> 01:07:06,064
He said it himself, it achieved nothing.
But the people loved him.

599
01:07:06,147 --> 01:07:08,024
The people always love victories.

600
01:07:08,107 --> 01:07:11,778
Why? They didn't see the battles.

601
01:07:13,112 --> 01:07:15,114
What do they care about germania?

602
01:07:15,198 --> 01:07:17,534
They care about the greatness of Rome.

603
01:07:17,617 --> 01:07:19,536
"The greatness of Rome."

604
01:07:21,454 --> 01:07:23,289
Well, what is that?

605
01:07:25,959 --> 01:07:29,212
It's an idea. Greatness.

606
01:07:32,966 --> 01:07:36,386
- Greatness is a vision.
- Exactly. A vision.

607
01:07:38,471 --> 01:07:40,431
Do you not see, lucilla?

608
01:07:41,808 --> 01:07:45,770
I will give the people a vision
of Rome, and they'll love me for it.

609
01:07:46,396 --> 01:07:50,817
And they'll soon forget the tedious
sermonizing of a few dry old men.

610
01:08:02,161 --> 01:08:05,498
I will give the people
the greatest vision of their lives.

611
01:08:41,492 --> 01:08:43,161
(Crowd cheering)

612
01:08:56,716 --> 01:08:59,677
Man: White and red wine
for your drinking pleasure!

613
01:09:07,935 --> 01:09:09,103
Games.

614
01:09:11,397 --> 01:09:14,484
One hundred and fifty days of games.

615
01:09:14,942 --> 01:09:16,486
He's cleverer than I thought.

616
01:09:16,569 --> 01:09:20,114
Clever. The whole of Rome
would be laughing at him,

617
01:09:20,948 --> 01:09:23,201
if they weren't so afraid
of his Praetorians.

618
01:09:23,284 --> 01:09:26,079
Fear and wonder.
A powerful combination.

619
01:09:27,538 --> 01:09:30,667
You really think the people
are going to be seduced by that?

620
01:09:30,750 --> 01:09:33,836
I think he knows what Rome is.
Rome is the mob.

621
01:09:34,504 --> 01:09:37,632
Conjure magic for them,
and they'll be distracted.

622
01:09:38,257 --> 01:09:41,511
Take away their freedom,
and still they'll roar.

623
01:09:42,053 --> 01:09:46,391
The beating heart of Rome
is not the marble of the senate.

624
01:09:46,474 --> 01:09:48,518
It's the sand of the colosseum.

625
01:09:50,478 --> 01:09:52,563
He'll bring them death,

626
01:09:54,273 --> 01:09:56,651
and they will love him for it.

627
01:10:01,114 --> 01:10:02,740
(Crowd chanting)

628
01:10:19,298 --> 01:10:21,384
All you do is kill, kill, kill.

629
01:10:21,467 --> 01:10:23,886
The crowd don't want a butcher,
they want a hero.

630
01:10:23,970 --> 01:10:26,013
We want them to keep coming back.

631
01:10:26,097 --> 01:10:30,268
So don't just hack them to pieces,
remember you are an entertainer.

632
01:10:32,854 --> 01:10:34,230
Spaniard.

633
01:10:42,029 --> 01:10:43,573
So entertain!

634
01:10:45,992 --> 01:10:47,660
(Crowd cheering)

635
01:11:46,969 --> 01:11:48,179
(Crowd exclaims)

636
01:11:48,721 --> 01:11:52,850
Are you not entertained?
Are you not entertained?

637
01:11:55,186 --> 01:11:57,396
Is this not why you're here?

638
01:12:02,026 --> 01:12:05,029
Crowd: (Chanting)
Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard!

639
01:12:05,655 --> 01:12:09,534
- Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard!
- Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard!

640
01:12:22,338 --> 01:12:24,048
What do you want?

641
01:12:26,592 --> 01:12:27,760
Girl?

642
01:12:28,845 --> 01:12:30,012
Boy?

643
01:12:30,888 --> 01:12:33,182
- You sent for me.
- Yes, I did.

644
01:12:34,225 --> 01:12:37,311
You're good, spaniard,
but you're not that good.

645
01:12:37,395 --> 01:12:38,604
You could be magnificent.

646
01:12:38,688 --> 01:12:42,149
I'm required to kill, so I kill.
That is enough.

647
01:12:42,984 --> 01:12:46,070
That's enough for the provinces,
but not for Rome.

648
01:12:49,448 --> 01:12:53,369
The young emperor has arranged
a series of spectacles

649
01:12:53,452 --> 01:12:57,623
to commemorate his father,
Marcus aurelius.

650
01:12:58,207 --> 01:13:00,126
I find that amusing,

651
01:13:00,459 --> 01:13:03,546
since it was Marcus aurelius, the wise,

652
01:13:03,629 --> 01:13:07,091
the all-knowing Marcus aurelius,
that closed us down.

653
01:13:10,094 --> 01:13:14,223
So finally, after five years
of scratching a living

654
01:13:14,307 --> 01:13:16,517
in flea-infested villages,

655
01:13:16,601 --> 01:13:19,645
we're finally going back
to where we belong.

656
01:13:20,396 --> 01:13:21,939
The colosseum.

657
01:13:22,690 --> 01:13:24,150
(Inhaling deeply)

658
01:13:24,233 --> 01:13:26,986
You should see the colosseum,
spaniard.

659
01:13:28,321 --> 01:13:30,406
Fifty thousand romans,

660
01:13:31,324 --> 01:13:35,161
watching every movement of your sword,

661
01:13:36,621 --> 01:13:39,123
willing you to make that killer blow.

662
01:13:40,291 --> 01:13:43,920
The silence before you strike
and the noise aftennards.

663
01:13:44,921 --> 01:13:48,507
It rises. It rises up,

664
01:13:49,759 --> 01:13:51,344
like a storm.

665
01:13:52,136 --> 01:13:54,805
As if you were the thunder god himself.

666
01:13:54,889 --> 01:13:57,850
- You were a gladiator?
- Yes, I was.

667
01:14:04,315 --> 01:14:06,484
You won your freedom?

668
01:14:06,567 --> 01:14:08,945
Along time ago, the emperor

669
01:14:10,571 --> 01:14:12,698
presented me with a rudius.

670
01:14:12,782 --> 01:14:15,493
It's just a wooden sword.

671
01:14:17,161 --> 01:14:19,413
The symbol of your freedom.

672
01:14:21,624 --> 01:14:24,585
He touched me on the shoulder,
and I was free.

673
01:14:24,669 --> 01:14:25,920
(Laughing)

674
01:14:26,003 --> 01:14:28,422
You knew Marcus aurelius?

675
01:14:28,506 --> 01:14:32,718
I did not say I knew him. I said
he touched me on the shoulder once.

676
01:14:33,344 --> 01:14:35,429
You asked me what I want.

677
01:14:36,806 --> 01:14:39,725
I, too, want to stand
in front of the emperor,

678
01:14:41,018 --> 01:14:42,436
as you did.

679
01:14:42,520 --> 01:14:45,898
Then listen to me. Learn from me.

680
01:14:46,816 --> 01:14:49,860
I wasn't the best because I killed quickly.

681
01:14:51,028 --> 01:14:53,698
I was the best
because the crowd loved me.

682
01:14:54,824 --> 01:14:58,119
Win the crowd,
and you'll win your freedom.

683
01:15:01,914 --> 01:15:03,040
I will win the crowd.

684
01:15:06,711 --> 01:15:10,131
I will give them something
they've never seen before.

685
01:15:11,132 --> 01:15:14,176
So, spaniard,
we shall go to Rome together

686
01:15:14,844 --> 01:15:16,637
and have bloody adventures.

687
01:15:16,721 --> 01:15:18,514
And the great whore will suckle us

688
01:15:18,597 --> 01:15:21,183
until we are fat and happy
and can suckle no more.

689
01:15:21,267 --> 01:15:22,727
And then,

690
01:15:23,853 --> 01:15:26,022
when enough men have died,

691
01:15:28,149 --> 01:15:30,609
perhaps you will have your freedom.

692
01:15:35,072 --> 01:15:37,408
Here. Use this.

693
01:16:01,098 --> 01:16:04,268
It's somewhere out there, my country.

694
01:16:05,352 --> 01:16:06,687
My home.

695
01:16:07,855 --> 01:16:10,024
My wife is preparing food.

696
01:16:10,983 --> 01:16:13,694
My daughters carry water from the river.

697
01:16:15,071 --> 01:16:17,114
Will I ever see them again?

698
01:16:18,365 --> 01:16:19,867
I think, no.

699
01:16:20,159 --> 01:16:22,661
Do you believe you'll see them again
when you die?

700
01:16:22,745 --> 01:16:24,121
I think so.

701
01:16:24,705 --> 01:16:27,792
But then, I will die soon.

702
01:16:29,460 --> 01:16:31,921
They will not die for many years.

703
01:16:32,671 --> 01:16:34,381
I'll have to wait.

704
01:16:34,465 --> 01:16:36,634
But you would? Wait?

705
01:16:37,259 --> 01:16:38,636
Of course.

706
01:16:40,513 --> 01:16:41,931
You see,

707
01:16:43,057 --> 01:16:46,644
my wife and my son

708
01:16:48,312 --> 01:16:50,523
are already waiting for me.

709
01:16:50,606 --> 01:16:54,276
You'll meet them again. But not yet.

710
01:16:58,322 --> 01:16:59,657
Not yet.

711
01:17:01,242 --> 01:17:02,993
- Unless...
- Not yet.

712
01:17:06,997 --> 01:17:08,249
Not yet.

713
01:17:09,792 --> 01:17:11,460
(Thunder cracking)

714
01:17:21,178 --> 01:17:22,680
Child: There he is.

715
01:17:44,869 --> 01:17:46,078
(Crowd chattering)

716
01:18:11,854 --> 01:18:12,938
Man: Out.

717
01:18:14,148 --> 01:18:16,066
Move, go, out!

718
01:18:28,787 --> 01:18:31,290
Good to see you again, old friend.

719
01:18:36,629 --> 01:18:38,339
Bring me fortune.

720
01:18:42,927 --> 01:18:45,804
Have you ever seen anything
like that before?

721
01:18:46,931 --> 01:18:49,475
I didn't know men
could build such things.

722
01:18:59,443 --> 01:19:01,028
Win the crowd.

723
01:19:01,278 --> 01:19:03,572
Man: Get inside. Move.

724
01:19:03,656 --> 01:19:04,949
Inside.

725
01:19:54,164 --> 01:19:56,917
He sleeps so well because he's loved.

726
01:19:59,837 --> 01:20:01,964
Come, brother. It's late.

727
01:20:05,509 --> 01:20:08,345
Commodus: I will make Rome
the wonder of the ages.

728
01:20:11,181 --> 01:20:14,518
That is what gracchus
and his friends don't understand.

729
01:20:14,893 --> 01:20:18,105
All my desires
are splitting my head to pieces.

730
01:20:25,195 --> 01:20:27,906
Commodus, drink this tonic.

731
01:20:37,499 --> 01:20:39,918
I think the time is almost right.

732
01:20:40,294 --> 01:20:43,213
I could announce
the dissolution of the senate

733
01:20:43,297 --> 01:20:45,382
at the celebration to honor our father.

734
01:20:45,507 --> 01:20:47,426
Do you think I should?

735
01:20:48,218 --> 01:20:50,095
Are the people ready?

736
01:20:52,222 --> 01:20:54,600
I think you need your rest now.

737
01:21:00,564 --> 01:21:02,358
Will you stay with me?

738
01:21:02,441 --> 01:21:04,902
Still afraid of the dark, brother?

739
01:21:11,617 --> 01:21:12,868
Still.

740
01:21:14,703 --> 01:21:15,954
Always.

741
01:21:17,664 --> 01:21:20,584
- Stay with me tonight.
- You know I won't.

742
01:21:25,047 --> 01:21:26,590
Then kiss me.

743
01:21:35,391 --> 01:21:36,934
Sleep, brother.

744
01:22:12,511 --> 01:22:13,637
(Knocking at door)

745
01:22:29,653 --> 01:22:31,780
Having servants who are deaf and mute

746
01:22:31,864 --> 01:22:34,616
at least ensures I live a little longer.

747
01:22:36,410 --> 01:22:38,745
Lucilla:
They're arresting scholars now.

748
01:22:38,829 --> 01:22:42,666
Anyone who dare speak out.
Even satirists and chroniclers.

749
01:22:43,292 --> 01:22:45,210
And mathematicians.

750
01:22:46,420 --> 01:22:48,547
And all to feed the arena.

751
01:22:50,215 --> 01:22:52,634
The senate did not approve martial law.

752
01:22:52,718 --> 01:22:55,554
This reign of terror
is entirely the Praetorians.

753
01:22:56,722 --> 01:22:58,849
I'm afraid to go out after dark.

754
01:22:58,932 --> 01:23:02,478
You should be more afraid
of your activities during the day.

755
01:23:02,561 --> 01:23:07,274
The senate is full of his spies,
led by that whore master, Falco.

756
01:23:08,609 --> 01:23:13,030
But what is in his mind?
That's what I trouble myself with.

757
01:23:13,822 --> 01:23:16,742
He spends all his days
singularly obsessed,

758
01:23:16,825 --> 01:23:19,661
planning the festival
to honor your father.

759
01:23:19,745 --> 01:23:23,332
He neglects even the most
fundamental task of government.

760
01:23:24,082 --> 01:23:26,293
So just what is he planning?

761
01:23:26,668 --> 01:23:28,295
Gaius: And what pays for it?

762
01:23:28,378 --> 01:23:32,591
These daily games are costing
a fortune, yet we have no new taxes.

763
01:23:33,342 --> 01:23:34,760
The future.

764
01:23:36,136 --> 01:23:38,180
The future pays for it.

765
01:23:39,640 --> 01:23:42,518
He's started selling the grain reserves.

766
01:23:42,601 --> 01:23:44,436
Gaius: This can't be true.

767
01:23:45,062 --> 01:23:47,564
Lucilla:
He's selling Rome's reserves of grain.

768
01:23:48,148 --> 01:23:51,068
The people will be starving in two years.

769
01:23:51,610 --> 01:23:53,111
I hope they're enjoying the games,

770
01:23:53,195 --> 01:23:56,573
because soon enough
they'll be dead because of them.

771
01:23:56,907 --> 01:23:59,243
- Rome must know this.
- And how?

772
01:23:59,743 --> 01:24:02,120
He's going to dissolve the senate.

773
01:24:02,704 --> 01:24:06,291
And who will tell them
before it's too late? You, gracchus?

774
01:24:07,626 --> 01:24:09,127
You, Gaius.

775
01:24:09,211 --> 01:24:10,980
Will you make a speech
on the floor of the senate,

776
01:24:11,004 --> 01:24:12,756
denouncing my brother?

777
01:24:13,298 --> 01:24:15,842
And then see your family
in the colosseum?

778
01:24:16,802 --> 01:24:18,178
Who'd dare?

779
01:24:27,354 --> 01:24:30,399
I have been living
in a prison of fear every day,

780
01:24:30,482 --> 01:24:33,068
because my son is heir to the throne.

781
01:24:38,657 --> 01:24:40,158
He must die.

782
01:24:44,496 --> 01:24:45,723
Gaius:
Quintus and the Praetorians

783
01:24:45,747 --> 01:24:48,292
would simply seize control
for themselves.

784
01:24:48,375 --> 01:24:52,254
No. Cut off the head
and the snake cannot strike.

785
01:24:52,337 --> 01:24:54,381
Gracchus: Lucilla, Gaius is right.

786
01:24:54,464 --> 01:24:58,594
Until we can neutralize the Praetorians,
we can achieve nothing.

787
01:25:00,137 --> 01:25:01,638
So we do nothing?

788
01:25:01,722 --> 01:25:04,516
Gracchus:
No, child. We keep our counsel.

789
01:25:05,517 --> 01:25:06,852
We prepare.

790
01:25:07,686 --> 01:25:12,482
As long as the people support him,
we are voices without steel.

791
01:25:13,275 --> 01:25:14,693
We are air.

792
01:25:17,696 --> 01:25:20,490
But with every day that passes,
he makes enemies.

793
01:25:20,574 --> 01:25:23,452
One day, he'll have more enemies
than friends.

794
01:25:23,869 --> 01:25:26,830
And on that day, we will act.

795
01:25:27,414 --> 01:25:29,291
Then we will strike.

796
01:25:30,208 --> 01:25:31,960
But until then,

797
01:25:33,128 --> 01:25:34,713
we are docile.

798
01:25:35,172 --> 01:25:37,341
We are obedient.

799
01:25:38,925 --> 01:25:40,927
And we are treacherous.

800
01:25:49,561 --> 01:25:50,729
Man: Come on!

801
01:25:59,571 --> 01:26:01,615
All right, that's enough.

802
01:26:18,215 --> 01:26:19,299
(All clamoring)

803
01:26:24,179 --> 01:26:25,573
Proximo: The emperor wants battles,

804
01:26:25,597 --> 01:26:27,766
and I don't want to sacrifice
my best fighters.

805
01:26:27,849 --> 01:26:31,186
The crowd wants battles,
so the emperor gives them battles.

806
01:26:31,269 --> 01:26:34,856
- You get the battle of carthage.
- Massacre of carthage.

807
01:26:34,940 --> 01:26:36,191
(Speaking foreign language)

808
01:26:36,817 --> 01:26:38,294
Well, why don't you go down
to the prison,

809
01:26:38,318 --> 01:26:40,320
round up all the beggars and thieves?

810
01:26:40,404 --> 01:26:41,571
We've done that.

811
01:26:41,655 --> 01:26:44,032
If you want to give away
the best gladiators

812
01:26:44,116 --> 01:26:45,283
in the whole of the empire,

813
01:26:45,367 --> 01:26:47,494
then I want double the rates.

814
01:26:47,577 --> 01:26:51,373
You'll get your contract rates,
or you'll get your contract canceled.

815
01:26:51,456 --> 01:26:52,874
You don't like it?

816
01:26:52,958 --> 01:26:56,920
Then you can crawl back down
that shit hole that you came from.

817
01:27:00,006 --> 01:27:01,675
Man: Cassius, please. You can free us.

818
01:27:32,080 --> 01:27:35,208
Gladiator, are you the one
they call the spaniard?

819
01:27:35,292 --> 01:27:36,376
Yes.

820
01:27:37,169 --> 01:27:39,421
They said you were a giant.

821
01:27:39,504 --> 01:27:42,632
They said you could crush
a man's skull with one hand.

822
01:27:42,716 --> 01:27:44,509
A man's? No.

823
01:27:45,844 --> 01:27:47,179
A boy's.

824
01:27:49,181 --> 01:27:52,684
- Do they have good horses in Spain?
- Some of the best.

825
01:27:53,727 --> 01:27:56,855
This is argento and this is scarto.

826
01:27:58,231 --> 01:28:00,025
They were my horses.

827
01:28:00,984 --> 01:28:03,028
They were taken from me.

828
01:28:03,361 --> 01:28:06,656
I like you, spaniard.
I shall cheer for you.

829
01:28:07,199 --> 01:28:10,494
- They let you watch the games?
- My uncle says it makes me strong.

830
01:28:10,577 --> 01:28:13,872
- And what does your father say?
- My father is dead.

831
01:28:15,665 --> 01:28:17,709
Master Lucius, it is time.

832
01:28:19,002 --> 01:28:20,337
I have to go.

833
01:28:20,420 --> 01:28:22,047
Your name is Lucius?

834
01:28:24,174 --> 01:28:26,843
Lucius verus, after my father.

835
01:28:57,457 --> 01:28:59,209
Man: Lower!

836
01:29:04,339 --> 01:29:07,259
Man 1: Claudius! Claudius: Yes?

837
01:29:07,342 --> 01:29:09,761
Man 1: More shields!
Claudius: All right.

838
01:29:28,822 --> 01:29:33,577
Man 2: When the emperor enters,
raise your weapons, salute him,

839
01:29:33,660 --> 01:29:35,745
and then speak together.

840
01:29:36,496 --> 01:29:40,041
Face the emperor
and don't turn your back on him.

841
01:29:41,126 --> 01:29:43,962
Go, and die with honor.

842
01:29:44,045 --> 01:29:45,171
(All cheering)

843
01:30:02,647 --> 01:30:05,150
(Crowd cheering)

844
01:30:29,799 --> 01:30:31,676
(Playing fan fare)

845
01:30:39,017 --> 01:30:41,144
Man: Hail, mighty Caesar!

846
01:30:44,147 --> 01:30:47,192
Crowd: (Chanting)
Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!

847
01:30:47,484 --> 01:30:50,862
Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!

848
01:30:51,613 --> 01:30:54,574
- We who are about to die salute you!
- We who are about to die salute you!

849
01:30:56,326 --> 01:30:57,869
Cassius: On this day

850
01:30:58,620 --> 01:31:01,623
we reach back to hallowed antiquity

851
01:31:02,499 --> 01:31:06,127
to bring you a re-creation
of the second fall

852
01:31:06,211 --> 01:31:08,296
of mighty carthage!

853
01:31:08,380 --> 01:31:09,798
(Crowd cheering)

854
01:31:12,008 --> 01:31:16,388
On the barren plain of zama

855
01:31:17,055 --> 01:31:20,100
there stood the invincible armies

856
01:31:20,517 --> 01:31:23,103
of the barbarian Hannibal.

857
01:31:23,853 --> 01:31:26,982
Ferocious mercenaries and warriors

858
01:31:27,065 --> 01:31:29,484
from all brute nations,

859
01:31:29,567 --> 01:31:33,863
bent on merciless destruction,

860
01:31:34,739 --> 01:31:36,074
conquest.

861
01:31:37,033 --> 01:31:41,079
Your emperor is pleased to give you

862
01:31:41,162 --> 01:31:44,207
the barbarian horde!

863
01:31:44,582 --> 01:31:45,709
(Crowd cheering)

864
01:31:52,549 --> 01:31:54,509
Anyone here been in the army?

865
01:31:54,592 --> 01:31:57,554
Hagen:
Yes. I served with you at Vindobona.

866
01:31:58,513 --> 01:32:00,140
You can help me.

867
01:32:01,433 --> 01:32:03,977
Whatever comes out of these gates,

868
01:32:04,769 --> 01:32:08,523
we've got a better chance
of survival if we work together.

869
01:32:08,606 --> 01:32:10,358
Do you understand?

870
01:32:12,444 --> 01:32:14,529
If we stay together, we survive.

871
01:32:14,612 --> 01:32:17,699
The emperor is pleased to bring you
the legionnaires

872
01:32:17,782 --> 01:32:21,411
of scipio africanus!

873
01:32:32,172 --> 01:32:33,923
To the death!

874
01:32:37,719 --> 01:32:40,305
- Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
- Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

875
01:32:44,142 --> 01:32:45,727
Maximus: Stay close.

876
01:32:51,691 --> 01:32:53,610
Come together!

877
01:32:54,903 --> 01:32:58,990
Stay close. Staggered columns!

878
01:33:12,170 --> 01:33:14,255
Man: You don't have a chance.

879
01:33:25,558 --> 01:33:28,144
Maximus:
Lock your shields. Stay as one.

880
01:33:29,646 --> 01:33:31,189
Hold!

881
01:33:33,274 --> 01:33:36,277
Hold! As one!

882
01:33:39,197 --> 01:33:40,532
Well done.

883
01:33:52,377 --> 01:33:56,214
Hold. Down low!

884
01:34:02,053 --> 01:34:03,221
Yes!

885
01:34:15,358 --> 01:34:16,568
Hagen!

886
01:34:40,717 --> 01:34:44,262
This column to the chariot!
This column stay with me!

887
01:34:47,891 --> 01:34:49,267
Quickly!

888
01:34:49,934 --> 01:34:52,645
- Get out there.
- Hurry!

889
01:35:33,895 --> 01:35:35,063
Maximus!

890
01:35:47,283 --> 01:35:49,661
Single column! Single column!

891
01:36:26,489 --> 01:36:27,573
(Crowd cheering)

892
01:36:34,998 --> 01:36:36,374
We win!

893
01:36:41,754 --> 01:36:44,299
My history's a little hazy, Cassius,

894
01:36:45,091 --> 01:36:48,052
but shouldn't the barbarians
lose the battle of carthage?

895
01:36:48,136 --> 01:36:49,887
Yes, sire.

896
01:36:51,806 --> 01:36:53,141
Forgive me, sire.

897
01:36:53,224 --> 01:36:55,935
Commodus:
No, I rather enjoy surprises.

898
01:36:56,728 --> 01:36:57,895
Who is he?

899
01:36:57,979 --> 01:37:00,940
They call him the spaniard, sire.

900
01:37:03,443 --> 01:37:05,403
I think I'll meet him.

901
01:37:05,486 --> 01:37:06,821
Yes, sire.

902
01:37:09,032 --> 01:37:10,908
Hail to the barbarians!

903
01:37:25,882 --> 01:37:29,260
Man: Fonivard! Arms at ready!

904
01:37:42,815 --> 01:37:44,484
Drop your weapons.

905
01:37:48,488 --> 01:37:51,449
Gladiator, the emperor
has asked for you.

906
01:37:52,075 --> 01:37:54,285
I am at the emperor's service.

907
01:37:59,999 --> 01:38:01,292
(Crowd cheering)

908
01:38:20,978 --> 01:38:23,147
Rise. Rise.

909
01:38:32,490 --> 01:38:34,742
Your fame is well deserved, spaniard.

910
01:38:34,826 --> 01:38:37,286
I don't think there's ever been
a gladiator to match you.

911
01:38:37,370 --> 01:38:40,331
As for this young man,
he insists you are Hector reborn.

912
01:38:40,415 --> 01:38:41,999
Or was it Hercules?

913
01:38:43,376 --> 01:38:47,213
Why doesn't the hero reveal himself
and tell us all your real name?

914
01:38:49,298 --> 01:38:50,883
You do have a name.

915
01:38:51,676 --> 01:38:53,553
My name is gladiator.

916
01:38:56,848 --> 01:39:00,017
How dare you show your back
to me? Slave!

917
01:39:01,394 --> 01:39:04,730
You will remove your helmet
and tell me your name.

918
01:39:16,534 --> 01:39:19,036
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius,

919
01:39:19,370 --> 01:39:21,330
commander of the armies of the north,

920
01:39:21,414 --> 01:39:23,791
general of the Felix legions,

921
01:39:23,875 --> 01:39:27,170
loyal servant to the true emperor,
Marcus aurelius,

922
01:39:28,546 --> 01:39:30,715
father to a murdered son,

923
01:39:31,215 --> 01:39:33,509
husband to a murdered wife,

924
01:39:33,843 --> 01:39:37,555
and I will have my vengeance,
in this life or the next.

925
01:39:44,562 --> 01:39:45,938
Arms!

926
01:39:47,356 --> 01:39:48,691
(Crowd protesting)

927
01:39:57,241 --> 01:39:58,743
(Crowd booing)

928
01:39:59,076 --> 01:40:02,371
Man: Live! Live! Live! Live!

929
01:40:02,455 --> 01:40:05,708
- Live! Live! Live! Live!
- Live! Live! Live! Live!

930
01:40:45,248 --> 01:40:46,582
(Crowd applauding)

931
01:40:49,669 --> 01:40:52,421
Soldier: Arms, at rest!

932
01:41:44,890 --> 01:41:49,353
- Maximus! Maximus! Maximus!
- Maximus! Maximus! Maximus!

933
01:42:37,401 --> 01:42:38,569
Father.

934
01:43:24,448 --> 01:43:25,616
(Sobbing)

935
01:43:52,935 --> 01:43:54,812
Why is he still alive?

936
01:43:56,063 --> 01:43:57,565
I don't know.

937
01:43:58,065 --> 01:43:59,650
He shouldn't be alive.

938
01:44:00,484 --> 01:44:01,902
It vexes me.

939
01:44:03,654 --> 01:44:05,448
I'm terribly vexed.

940
01:44:16,667 --> 01:44:18,586
I did what I had to do.

941
01:44:19,336 --> 01:44:23,382
If father had had his way,
the empire would have been torn apart.

942
01:44:23,466 --> 01:44:25,134
You do see that.

943
01:44:25,509 --> 01:44:26,677
Yes.

944
01:44:31,474 --> 01:44:34,685
What did you feel when you saw him?

945
01:44:36,812 --> 01:44:38,439
I felt nothing.

946
01:44:40,399 --> 01:44:42,943
He wounded you deeply, didn't he?

947
01:44:43,986 --> 01:44:46,197
No more than iwounded him.

948
01:44:50,701 --> 01:44:52,995
They lied to me in germania.

949
01:44:54,622 --> 01:44:56,707
They told me he was dead.

950
01:44:58,709 --> 01:45:01,295
If they lie to me, they don't respect me.

951
01:45:01,378 --> 01:45:04,715
If they don't respect me,
how can they ever love me?

952
01:45:06,050 --> 01:45:08,427
Then you must let the legions know

953
01:45:08,511 --> 01:45:11,597
their treachery will not go unpunished.

954
01:45:12,431 --> 01:45:13,891
Poor sister.

955
01:45:14,308 --> 01:45:16,769
I wouldn't want to be your enemy.

956
01:45:17,978 --> 01:45:19,730
What will you do?

957
01:45:32,701 --> 01:45:34,036
This way.

958
01:46:09,405 --> 01:46:12,867
Rich matrons pay well to be
pleasured by the bravest champions.

959
01:46:12,950 --> 01:46:15,452
I knew your brother
would send assassins.

960
01:46:15,953 --> 01:46:17,580
I didn't realize he would send his best.

961
01:46:17,663 --> 01:46:18,747
(Chains clanking)

962
01:46:20,207 --> 01:46:22,293
Maximus, he doesn't know.

963
01:46:23,252 --> 01:46:26,380
My family was burnt and crucified
while they were still alive.

964
01:46:26,463 --> 01:46:29,008
- I knew nothing...
- Don't lie to me!

965
01:46:35,472 --> 01:46:37,224
I wept for them.

966
01:46:37,308 --> 01:46:41,145
As you wept for your father?
As you wept for your father?

967
01:46:41,228 --> 01:46:44,815
I have been living
in a prison of fear since that day.

968
01:46:45,316 --> 01:46:49,153
To be unable to mourn your father
for fear of your brother.

969
01:46:50,029 --> 01:46:53,240
To live in terror
every moment of every day,

970
01:46:53,324 --> 01:46:56,118
because your son is heir to the throne.

971
01:46:57,995 --> 01:46:59,455
I have wept.

972
01:47:00,789 --> 01:47:03,626
My son was innocent.

973
01:47:04,460 --> 01:47:06,503
So is mine.

974
01:47:08,505 --> 01:47:11,592
Must my son die, too,
before you'll trust me?

975
01:47:13,052 --> 01:47:16,013
What does it matter if I trust you or not?

976
01:47:16,889 --> 01:47:19,934
The gods have spared you.
Don't you understand?

977
01:47:20,017 --> 01:47:23,479
Today I saw a slave become more
powerful than the emperor of Rome.

978
01:47:23,562 --> 01:47:25,356
The gods have spared me?

979
01:47:25,439 --> 01:47:28,901
I am at their mercy,
with the power only to amuse a mob.

980
01:47:28,984 --> 01:47:30,527
That is power.

981
01:47:31,028 --> 01:47:32,154
The mob is Rome.

982
01:47:32,237 --> 01:47:35,866
And while commodus controls them,
he controls everything.

983
01:47:36,200 --> 01:47:37,743
Listen to me.

984
01:47:38,285 --> 01:47:41,413
My brother has enemies,
most of all in the senate.

985
01:47:41,497 --> 01:47:43,749
But while the people follow him,

986
01:47:43,832 --> 01:47:46,877
no one would dare stand up to him
until you.

987
01:47:47,836 --> 01:47:50,130
They oppose him, yet they do nothing.

988
01:47:50,214 --> 01:47:53,968
There are some politicians who have
dedicated their lives to Rome.

989
01:47:54,051 --> 01:47:55,803
One man above all.

990
01:47:56,887 --> 01:47:59,974
If I can arrange it, will you meet him?

991
01:48:00,307 --> 01:48:02,226
Do you not understand?

992
01:48:02,476 --> 01:48:06,689
I may die in this cell tonight,
or in the arena tomorrow. I am a slave!

993
01:48:06,772 --> 01:48:09,441
What possible difference can I make?

994
01:48:09,733 --> 01:48:11,986
This man wants what you want.

995
01:48:12,069 --> 01:48:14,279
Then have him kill commodus!

996
01:48:16,907 --> 01:48:18,701
I knew a man once,

997
01:48:19,618 --> 01:48:20,911
a noble man.

998
01:48:21,912 --> 01:48:24,790
A man of principle who loved my father,

999
01:48:25,749 --> 01:48:27,835
and my father loved him.

1000
01:48:29,795 --> 01:48:31,964
This man served Rome well.

1001
01:48:36,301 --> 01:48:38,012
That man is gone.

1002
01:48:39,179 --> 01:48:41,306
Your brother did his work well.

1003
01:48:41,390 --> 01:48:43,058
Let me help you.

1004
01:48:48,981 --> 01:48:52,067
Yes, you can help me.

1005
01:48:55,404 --> 01:48:59,116
Forget you ever knew me,
never come here again.

1006
01:49:02,786 --> 01:49:05,539
Guard! The lady is finished with me.

1007
01:49:07,332 --> 01:49:08,459
(Door opening)

1008
01:49:33,984 --> 01:49:35,652
What's your name?

1009
01:49:38,655 --> 01:49:40,240
Julian crassus.

1010
01:49:45,746 --> 01:49:46,997
Name?

1011
01:49:48,290 --> 01:49:49,792
Marcus, sire.

1012
01:49:50,709 --> 01:49:52,419
Commodus: My father's name.

1013
01:49:59,927 --> 01:50:02,096
They must have known
of Maximus' escape,

1014
01:50:02,179 --> 01:50:05,015
when they found
the bodies of the four men.

1015
01:50:05,474 --> 01:50:08,060
They thought it was a barbarian raid.

1016
01:50:09,103 --> 01:50:12,272
These are good men, sire.
Loyal to the emperor.

1017
01:50:19,613 --> 01:50:21,323
Soldier: Load your arrows!

1018
01:50:22,366 --> 01:50:23,534
(Drum beating)

1019
01:50:28,956 --> 01:50:30,874
Prepare to fire!

1020
01:50:51,395 --> 01:50:54,690
Then perhaps it was you who knew,

1021
01:50:55,524 --> 01:50:57,234
and never told me.

1022
01:50:57,484 --> 01:50:59,736
- I didn't know.
- You didn't know?

1023
01:51:01,238 --> 01:51:04,074
But a general is always in control.

1024
01:51:05,450 --> 01:51:09,121
Always in command, isn't he?

1025
01:51:10,664 --> 01:51:12,124
Yes, Caesar.

1026
01:51:26,054 --> 01:51:28,765
Then give the command. Say it.

1027
01:51:45,657 --> 01:51:46,783
Fire.

1028
01:52:04,176 --> 01:52:05,260
(Snake hissing)

1029
01:52:22,027 --> 01:52:23,362
Hagen: Maximus.

1030
01:52:24,112 --> 01:52:27,241
You commanded legions?
You had many victories?

1031
01:52:28,116 --> 01:52:30,327
- Yes.
- In germania?

1032
01:52:32,246 --> 01:52:33,997
In many countries.

1033
01:52:35,582 --> 01:52:36,917
Man: General.

1034
01:53:04,361 --> 01:53:05,487
(Choking)

1035
01:53:08,490 --> 01:53:09,825
(Laughing)

1036
01:53:25,841 --> 01:53:27,718
You have a great name.

1037
01:53:29,261 --> 01:53:32,306
He must kill your name
before he kills you.

1038
01:53:41,273 --> 01:53:42,607
Yes, at the far end.

1039
01:53:42,691 --> 01:53:44,609
- Senator Gaius.
- Hello.

1040
01:53:45,068 --> 01:53:47,029
Senator gracchus.

1041
01:53:48,655 --> 01:53:52,075
Don't often see you enjoying
the pleasures of the vulgar crowd.

1042
01:53:52,159 --> 01:53:55,287
I don't pretend to be
a man of the people, senator,

1043
01:53:55,370 --> 01:53:57,873
but I do try to be a man for the people.

1044
01:53:57,956 --> 01:53:59,207
(All cheering)

1045
01:54:14,097 --> 01:54:16,641
Crowd: (Chanting)
Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!

1046
01:54:16,725 --> 01:54:19,394
Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!

1047
01:54:23,899 --> 01:54:25,525
Cassius: People of Rome!

1048
01:54:27,819 --> 01:54:30,238
On the fourth day of antioch,

1049
01:54:30,906 --> 01:54:35,243
we can celebrate
the 64th day of the games.

1050
01:54:35,911 --> 01:54:40,123
And in his majestic charity,

1051
01:54:40,916 --> 01:54:45,087
the emperor has deigned this day
to favor the people of Rome

1052
01:54:45,712 --> 01:54:49,091
with an historical final match.

1053
01:54:49,925 --> 01:54:54,471
Returning to the colosseum today,
after five years in retirement,

1054
01:54:55,931 --> 01:54:59,351
Caesar is pleased to bring you

1055
01:54:59,434 --> 01:55:03,230
the only undefeated champion

1056
01:55:03,313 --> 01:55:05,315
in Roman history,

1057
01:55:05,399 --> 01:55:10,278
the legendary tigris of Gaul!

1058
01:55:31,883 --> 01:55:35,053
He knows too well
how to manipulate the mob.

1059
01:55:35,137 --> 01:55:37,848
Marcus aurelius had a dream
that was Rome, proximo.

1060
01:55:37,931 --> 01:55:40,725
This is not it. This is not it!

1061
01:55:40,809 --> 01:55:43,645
Marcus aurelius is dead, Maximus.

1062
01:55:44,479 --> 01:55:47,065
We mortals are but shadows and dust.

1063
01:55:47,732 --> 01:55:49,818
Shadows and dust, Maximus!

1064
01:55:49,943 --> 01:55:53,822
Cassius: Representing the training
lyceum of Antonius proximo,

1065
01:55:53,905 --> 01:55:57,576
Caesar is proud to give you

1066
01:55:57,659 --> 01:56:01,496
aelius Maximus!

1067
01:56:01,872 --> 01:56:03,498
(Crowd cheering)

1068
01:56:14,301 --> 01:56:16,636
They embrace him
like he's one of their own.

1069
01:56:16,720 --> 01:56:20,682
The mob is fickle, brother.
He'll be forgotten in a month.

1070
01:56:23,393 --> 01:56:26,229
No, much sooner than that.

1071
01:56:28,190 --> 01:56:29,983
It's been arranged.

1072
01:56:48,502 --> 01:56:51,463
We who are about to die salute you.

1073
01:56:54,758 --> 01:56:56,551
Man 1: We're with you, Maximus!

1074
01:57:23,370 --> 01:57:24,454
(Tiger growling)

1075
01:57:39,177 --> 01:57:40,929
Man 2: Fight on, finish it!

1076
01:58:09,207 --> 01:58:10,875
Pull, pull!

1077
01:58:43,241 --> 01:58:44,784
Loose! Loose!

1078
01:59:12,854 --> 01:59:14,981
- Gut him!
- Kill!

1079
01:59:16,399 --> 01:59:20,028
- Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
- Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

1080
01:59:40,465 --> 01:59:42,509
- Kill!
- Kill!

1081
01:59:44,260 --> 01:59:45,887
(Crowd chanting)

1082
02:00:04,989 --> 02:00:06,157
(Crowd cheering)

1083
02:00:18,712 --> 02:00:19,921
(Cheering stops)

1084
02:00:20,380 --> 02:00:22,590
Man: Maximus the merciful!

1085
02:00:22,757 --> 02:00:24,008
(Crowd cheering)

1086
02:00:31,766 --> 02:00:35,228
Crowd: (Chanting) Maximus!
Maximus! Maximus!

1087
02:00:35,311 --> 02:00:38,231
Maximus! Maximus! Maximus!

1088
02:00:43,445 --> 02:00:46,823
Soldier: Fonivard, arms at ready!

1089
02:01:17,312 --> 02:01:19,689
What am I going to do with you?

1090
02:01:20,857 --> 02:01:24,319
You simply won't die.

1091
02:01:29,115 --> 02:01:31,493
Are we so different, you and I?

1092
02:01:32,619 --> 02:01:35,497
You take life when you have to, as I do.

1093
02:01:36,915 --> 02:01:40,585
I have only one more life to take.
Then it is done.

1094
02:01:41,127 --> 02:01:42,837
Then take it now.

1095
02:01:55,892 --> 02:01:57,894
They tell me your son

1096
02:01:58,686 --> 02:02:02,649
squealed like a girl
when they nailed him to the cross.

1097
02:02:04,776 --> 02:02:06,444
And your wife

1098
02:02:07,695 --> 02:02:09,572
moaned like a whore

1099
02:02:10,698 --> 02:02:15,286
when they ravaged her again and again

1100
02:02:16,621 --> 02:02:18,039
and again.

1101
02:02:23,253 --> 02:02:27,048
The time for honoring yourself
will soon be at an end,

1102
02:02:31,636 --> 02:02:33,012
highness.

1103
02:02:47,235 --> 02:02:50,238
Crowd: (Chanting) Maximus!
Maximus! Maximus!

1104
02:03:00,540 --> 02:03:03,418
General! General!

1105
02:03:04,919 --> 02:03:07,463
General! General! General!

1106
02:03:08,381 --> 02:03:10,174
- General!
- Cicero!

1107
02:03:17,599 --> 02:03:19,142
- General!
- Where are you camped?

1108
02:03:19,225 --> 02:03:20,476
Ostia.

1109
02:03:26,941 --> 02:03:29,903
- We love you, Maximus!
- Praise the Victor!

1110
02:03:29,986 --> 02:03:32,530
Tell the men their general lives.
Find me.

1111
02:03:32,655 --> 02:03:34,449
- Move along!
- Find me!

1112
02:04:00,308 --> 02:04:02,310
Juba: Can they hear you?

1113
02:04:05,855 --> 02:04:09,400
- Who?
- Your family, in the afterlife.

1114
02:04:11,861 --> 02:04:14,238
- Yes.
- What do you say to them?

1115
02:04:18,117 --> 02:04:19,577
To my boy,

1116
02:04:21,371 --> 02:04:23,915
I tell him I will see him again soon,

1117
02:04:23,998 --> 02:04:26,167
and to keep his heels down
when he's riding his horse.

1118
02:04:28,878 --> 02:04:30,421
To my wife,

1119
02:04:32,924 --> 02:04:35,009
that is not your business.

1120
02:04:35,218 --> 02:04:36,511
(Laughing)

1121
02:04:42,684 --> 02:04:45,561
And now they love Maximus
for his mercy.

1122
02:04:46,980 --> 02:04:50,525
So I can't just kill him,
or it makes me even more unmerciful.

1123
02:04:51,859 --> 02:04:56,072
The whole thing
is like some great nightmare.

1124
02:04:57,365 --> 02:04:59,158
Falco: He is defying you.

1125
02:04:59,242 --> 02:05:02,620
His every victory is an act of defiance.

1126
02:05:02,704 --> 02:05:06,332
The mob sees this,
and so do the senate.

1127
02:05:07,083 --> 02:05:10,003
Every day he lives, they grow bolder.

1128
02:05:11,546 --> 02:05:12,588
- Kill him.
- No.

1129
02:05:15,299 --> 02:05:17,760
I will not make a martyr of him.

1130
02:05:24,892 --> 02:05:27,353
When I went to the senate today,

1131
02:05:27,437 --> 02:05:31,899
I purposefully told them about using
the grain reserves to pay for the games.

1132
02:05:33,818 --> 02:05:35,987
And did you note what happened?

1133
02:05:36,070 --> 02:05:39,282
- Nothing.
- Exactly. Nothing.

1134
02:05:40,283 --> 02:05:42,618
Not a single word of protest.

1135
02:05:42,702 --> 02:05:46,330
Even the insolent senator gracchus
was silent as a mouse.

1136
02:05:49,292 --> 02:05:53,004
I have been told of a certain sea snake

1137
02:05:53,087 --> 02:05:57,133
which has a very unusual method
of attracting its prey.

1138
02:05:57,592 --> 02:06:01,304
It will lie at the bottom
of the ocean as if wounded.

1139
02:06:02,221 --> 02:06:04,432
Then its enemies will approach,

1140
02:06:04,515 --> 02:06:07,602
and yet it will lie quite still.

1141
02:06:07,935 --> 02:06:11,731
And then its enemies
will take little bites of it,

1142
02:06:11,814 --> 02:06:15,109
and yet it remains still.

1143
02:06:20,782 --> 02:06:22,617
We will lie still,

1144
02:06:23,326 --> 02:06:26,662
and let our enemies come to us
and nibble.

1145
02:06:27,830 --> 02:06:30,083
Have every senator followed.

1146
02:06:47,725 --> 02:06:49,477
Cicero, my old friend.

1147
02:06:49,560 --> 02:06:51,480
I thought perhaps I'd seen you
for the last time.

1148
02:06:51,521 --> 02:06:54,065
- I thought you were dead.
- Close.

1149
02:06:54,148 --> 02:06:55,775
How long have the men been in ostia?

1150
02:06:55,858 --> 02:06:57,151
All winter.

1151
02:06:57,527 --> 02:07:00,822
- And how do they look?
- Fat and bored.

1152
02:07:01,489 --> 02:07:04,575
- Who's in command?
- Some fool from Rome.

1153
02:07:06,202 --> 02:07:08,097
How soon do you think
they could be ready to fight?

1154
02:07:08,121 --> 02:07:09,914
For you, tomorrow.

1155
02:07:11,374 --> 02:07:13,876
I need you to do something for me.

1156
02:07:18,506 --> 02:07:19,924
Man: Come, see, witness.

1157
02:07:20,007 --> 02:07:23,052
If you haven't been in the arena,
you can see the show here.

1158
02:07:23,136 --> 02:07:26,764
Giant Maximus
is defeating our emperor, commodus.

1159
02:07:26,848 --> 02:07:29,433
What are we to do?
He's just defying everyone,

1160
02:07:29,517 --> 02:07:31,185
by doing this to him, they do...

1161
02:07:32,478 --> 02:07:33,771
My goodness!

1162
02:07:33,855 --> 02:07:35,022
(Crowd laughing)

1163
02:07:35,606 --> 02:07:39,193
Man: He got him, he's defeated.
Soldier: Give way!

1164
02:07:45,283 --> 02:07:47,869
My lady?
I served your father at Vindobona.

1165
02:07:47,952 --> 02:07:49,495
Soldier: Back. Cicero: My lady.

1166
02:07:49,579 --> 02:07:51,998
Cicero:
I served your father at Vindobona.

1167
02:07:52,081 --> 02:07:53,124
Back!

1168
02:07:53,207 --> 02:07:56,460
And I served general Maximus.
I serve him still.

1169
02:07:57,962 --> 02:07:59,547
Stop. Stop.

1170
02:08:00,089 --> 02:08:01,382
Soldier: Stop!

1171
02:08:02,175 --> 02:08:03,551
Lucilla: Stand back.

1172
02:08:04,886 --> 02:08:07,930
The general sends word,
he will meet your politician.

1173
02:08:09,640 --> 02:08:12,894
- For your loyalty, soldier.
- Thank you, my lady.

1174
02:08:22,695 --> 02:08:24,030
Lucilla: Leave us.

1175
02:08:29,744 --> 02:08:31,454
Senator gracchus.

1176
02:08:45,259 --> 02:08:46,552
General.

1177
02:08:47,595 --> 02:08:50,348
I hope my coming here today
is evidence enough

1178
02:08:50,431 --> 02:08:53,559
that you can trust me.

1179
02:08:57,855 --> 02:09:00,358
- The senate is with you?
- The senate?

1180
02:09:01,859 --> 02:09:04,570
Yes. I can speak for them.

1181
02:09:05,154 --> 02:09:08,532
You can buy my freedom
and smuggle me out of Rome?

1182
02:09:08,908 --> 02:09:10,326
Gracchus: To what end?

1183
02:09:11,786 --> 02:09:14,121
Get me outside the city walls.

1184
02:09:14,747 --> 02:09:18,626
Have fresh horses ready to take me
to ostia. My army is encamped there.

1185
02:09:18,709 --> 02:09:22,046
By nightfall of the second day,
I shall return at the head of 5,000 men.

1186
02:09:22,129 --> 02:09:24,382
But the legions
all have new commanders,

1187
02:09:24,465 --> 02:09:25,883
loyal to commodus.

1188
02:09:25,967 --> 02:09:29,136
Let my men see me alive, and
you shall see where their loyalties lie.

1189
02:09:29,220 --> 02:09:30,888
This is madness.

1190
02:09:31,555 --> 02:09:34,892
No Roman army has entered
the capital in 100 years.

1191
02:09:34,976 --> 02:09:37,228
I will not trade one dictatorship
for another!

1192
02:09:37,311 --> 02:09:40,815
The time for half measures
and talk is over, senator.

1193
02:09:41,357 --> 02:09:44,485
And after your glorious coup, what then?

1194
02:09:45,653 --> 02:09:49,323
You'll take your 5,000 warriors
and leave?

1195
02:09:49,407 --> 02:09:50,950
I will leave.

1196
02:09:51,450 --> 02:09:53,452
The soldiers will stay
for your protection,

1197
02:09:53,536 --> 02:09:55,246
under the command of the senate.

1198
02:09:56,831 --> 02:10:01,085
Once all of Rome is yours,
you'll just give it back to the people?

1199
02:10:02,586 --> 02:10:03,671
Tell me why.

1200
02:10:09,719 --> 02:10:12,888
Because that was the last wish
of a dying man.

1201
02:10:15,933 --> 02:10:17,810
I will kill commodus.

1202
02:10:19,729 --> 02:10:22,815
The fate of Rome I leave to you.

1203
02:10:24,567 --> 02:10:26,861
Marcus aurelius trusted you.

1204
02:10:28,696 --> 02:10:30,740
His daughter trusts you.

1205
02:10:34,744 --> 02:10:36,412
I will trust you.

1206
02:10:36,829 --> 02:10:38,873
But we have little time.

1207
02:10:39,415 --> 02:10:41,167
Give me two days,

1208
02:10:41,959 --> 02:10:44,211
and I will buy your freedom.

1209
02:10:44,837 --> 02:10:46,172
And you,

1210
02:10:47,715 --> 02:10:49,300
you stay alive,

1211
02:10:50,801 --> 02:10:52,470
or I'll be dead.

1212
02:10:54,430 --> 02:10:56,015
Now we must go.

1213
02:11:23,084 --> 02:11:26,670
Proximo: He'll be waiting for you.
Stand at the foot of the colossus.

1214
02:11:26,754 --> 02:11:28,339
He'll find you.

1215
02:12:12,508 --> 02:12:13,968
It won't work.

1216
02:12:14,927 --> 02:12:17,054
The emperor knows too much.

1217
02:12:17,805 --> 02:12:18,806
And as for me,

1218
02:12:21,142 --> 02:12:23,185
it's becoming dangerous.

1219
02:12:24,478 --> 02:12:26,730
You'll be paid on my return.

1220
02:12:28,816 --> 02:12:30,609
I give you my word.

1221
02:12:30,860 --> 02:12:33,946
Your word? What if you don't return?

1222
02:12:35,197 --> 02:12:38,159
Do you remember what it was
to have trust, proximo?

1223
02:12:38,242 --> 02:12:39,493
Trust?

1224
02:12:43,747 --> 02:12:45,499
Who am I to trust?

1225
02:12:46,083 --> 02:12:49,253
- I will kill commodus.
- Why would I want that?

1226
02:12:50,045 --> 02:12:51,755
He makes me rich.

1227
02:12:56,886 --> 02:12:59,722
I know that you are a man
of your word, general.

1228
02:13:01,474 --> 02:13:04,059
I know that you would die for honor.

1229
02:13:05,394 --> 02:13:07,354
You would die for Rome.

1230
02:13:08,397 --> 02:13:11,525
You would die for the memory
of your ancestors.

1231
02:13:11,609 --> 02:13:13,903
But I, on the other hand,

1232
02:13:16,614 --> 02:13:18,449
I'm an entertainer.

1233
02:13:21,952 --> 02:13:23,162
Guard!

1234
02:13:28,000 --> 02:13:30,586
He killed the man who set you free.

1235
02:13:39,762 --> 02:13:41,597
Praetorians, master.

1236
02:13:47,770 --> 02:13:48,938
Halt!

1237
02:14:14,547 --> 02:14:15,714
(Man laughing)

1238
02:14:23,764 --> 02:14:24,974
(Men whispering)

1239
02:14:29,353 --> 02:14:30,604
(Laughing)

1240
02:14:54,086 --> 02:14:55,879
Commodus: Where have you been?

1241
02:14:56,338 --> 02:14:57,923
I sent for you.

1242
02:14:59,508 --> 02:15:01,176
Please, brother.

1243
02:15:06,932 --> 02:15:08,809
What's troubling you?

1244
02:15:11,228 --> 02:15:13,606
Does gracchus have a new lover?

1245
02:15:15,399 --> 02:15:16,900
I don't know.

1246
02:15:18,902 --> 02:15:21,030
I thought you'd seen him.

1247
02:15:21,864 --> 02:15:24,366
He infects everyone like a putrid fever.

1248
02:15:26,201 --> 02:15:29,413
For the health of Rome,
the senate must be bled.

1249
02:15:29,830 --> 02:15:31,874
And he will bleed, too.

1250
02:15:32,750 --> 02:15:34,126
Very soon.

1251
02:15:35,628 --> 02:15:37,296
But not tonight.

1252
02:15:52,186 --> 02:15:55,105
Do you remember
what our father said once?

1253
02:15:56,440 --> 02:15:58,108
"It's a dream,

1254
02:15:59,985 --> 02:16:01,862
"a frightful dream,

1255
02:16:04,448 --> 02:16:05,783
"life is."

1256
02:16:08,494 --> 02:16:10,537
Do you think that's true?

1257
02:16:11,330 --> 02:16:12,831
I don't know.

1258
02:16:16,377 --> 02:16:17,920
I think it is.

1259
02:16:20,714 --> 02:16:23,425
And I have only you to share it with.

1260
02:17:01,046 --> 02:17:02,631
Open your mouth.

1261
02:17:39,960 --> 02:17:41,754
You know I love you.

1262
02:17:43,797 --> 02:17:45,424
And I love you.

1263
02:18:14,828 --> 02:18:16,038
(Door opening)

1264
02:18:22,085 --> 02:18:23,629
Out. Get out!

1265
02:18:24,838 --> 02:18:26,048
Move!

1266
02:18:30,761 --> 02:18:32,763
Congratulations, general.

1267
02:18:32,846 --> 02:18:35,682
You've got very persuasive friends.

1268
02:18:41,688 --> 02:18:44,149
My brother has had gracchus arrested.

1269
02:18:44,233 --> 02:18:47,736
We daren't wait any longer.
We must leave tonight.

1270
02:18:47,820 --> 02:18:51,406
Proximo will come at midnight
and take you to the gate.

1271
02:18:52,115 --> 02:18:55,744
Your servant, Cicero,
will be waiting there with horses.

1272
02:18:57,788 --> 02:19:00,040
- You have done all this?
- Yes.

1273
02:19:01,291 --> 02:19:03,001
You risk too much.

1274
02:19:03,919 --> 02:19:05,921
I have much to pay for.

1275
02:19:08,382 --> 02:19:10,592
You have nothing to pay for.

1276
02:19:10,676 --> 02:19:13,720
You love your son.
You're strong for him.

1277
02:19:16,932 --> 02:19:19,309
I am tired of being strong.

1278
02:19:21,228 --> 02:19:25,440
My brother hates all the world,
and you most of all.

1279
02:19:25,941 --> 02:19:29,069
- Because your father chose me.
- No.

1280
02:19:30,404 --> 02:19:32,656
Because my father loved you.

1281
02:19:36,577 --> 02:19:38,245
And because I loved you.

1282
02:19:41,582 --> 02:19:43,250
Along time ago.

1283
02:19:48,005 --> 02:19:50,090
Was I very different then?

1284
02:19:56,680 --> 02:19:58,432
You laughed more.

1285
02:20:02,477 --> 02:20:04,938
I have felt alone all my life,

1286
02:20:06,231 --> 02:20:07,900
except with you.

1287
02:20:10,944 --> 02:20:12,321
I must go.

1288
02:20:13,030 --> 02:20:14,114
Yes.

1289
02:20:42,643 --> 02:20:43,810
Lucius: There.

1290
02:20:55,405 --> 02:20:56,907
And I got you.

1291
02:20:59,952 --> 02:21:01,870
Isn't it late to be playing legionnaire?

1292
02:21:01,954 --> 02:21:03,997
I'm not a legionnaire.

1293
02:21:04,331 --> 02:21:06,959
- Not a legionnaire?
- I'm a gladiator.

1294
02:21:08,210 --> 02:21:09,670
A gladiator?

1295
02:21:10,420 --> 02:21:13,090
Gladiators only fight in the games.

1296
02:21:13,173 --> 02:21:16,593
Wouldn't you rather be a great
Roman warrior like Julius Caesar?

1297
02:21:16,677 --> 02:21:19,221
I'm Maximus, the savior of Rome!

1298
02:21:22,099 --> 02:21:23,934
The savior of Rome?

1299
02:21:31,900 --> 02:21:33,652
And who said that?

1300
02:21:42,494 --> 02:21:44,037
Where's Lucius?

1301
02:21:45,288 --> 02:21:47,708
He's with the emperor, my lady.

1302
02:21:50,627 --> 02:21:52,355
Lucius: She couldn't.
Commodus: Yes, she did.

1303
02:21:52,379 --> 02:21:54,589
She took it from a basket,

1304
02:21:56,049 --> 02:21:59,803
and pressed it to her breast,
right here above her heart.

1305
02:22:01,388 --> 02:22:04,641
- Lucius: It bit her in the breast?
- Yes.

1306
02:22:05,308 --> 02:22:09,229
You see, Lucius, sometimes royal ladies

1307
02:22:09,730 --> 02:22:13,734
behave very strangely and do
very odd things in the name of love.

1308
02:22:13,817 --> 02:22:16,403
- I think it's silly.
- So do I.

1309
02:22:18,488 --> 02:22:19,781
So do I.

1310
02:22:20,365 --> 02:22:22,409
Sister, join us.

1311
02:22:23,076 --> 02:22:24,828
I've been reading to dear Lucius.

1312
02:22:24,911 --> 02:22:26,913
Lucius: I've been reading, too.
Commodus: Yes.

1313
02:22:26,997 --> 02:22:31,293
He's a very clever little boy.
He'll make a grand emperor one day.

1314
02:22:32,878 --> 02:22:35,297
We've been reading about
the great Mark Antony,

1315
02:22:35,380 --> 02:22:36,673
and his adventures in Egypt.

1316
02:22:36,757 --> 02:22:39,342
And the queen killed herself
with a snake.

1317
02:22:39,426 --> 02:22:42,763
And just wait until you hear
what happened to our ancestors.

1318
02:22:42,846 --> 02:22:44,681
If you're very good,

1319
02:22:44,765 --> 02:22:48,518
tomorrow night, I'll tell you
the story of emperor claudius.

1320
02:22:48,602 --> 02:22:50,353
He was betrayed

1321
02:22:51,563 --> 02:22:53,648
by those closest to him.

1322
02:22:55,567 --> 02:22:57,277
By his own blood.

1323
02:22:58,612 --> 02:23:01,114
They whispered in dark corners

1324
02:23:01,198 --> 02:23:03,658
and went out late at night,

1325
02:23:03,742 --> 02:23:07,079
and conspired, and conspired.

1326
02:23:09,664 --> 02:23:13,543
But the emperor claudius knew
that they were up to something.

1327
02:23:13,627 --> 02:23:16,213
He knew they were busy little bees.

1328
02:23:18,131 --> 02:23:21,218
And one night he sat down
with one of them,

1329
02:23:21,968 --> 02:23:23,970
and he looked at her,

1330
02:23:24,763 --> 02:23:26,306
and he said,

1331
02:23:27,474 --> 02:23:30,018
"tell me what you've been doing,

1332
02:23:30,685 --> 02:23:32,437
"busy little bee.

1333
02:23:34,689 --> 02:23:37,818
"Or I shall strike down
those dearest to you.

1334
02:23:38,985 --> 02:23:41,988
"You shall watch
as I bathe in their blood."

1335
02:23:45,867 --> 02:23:48,286
And the emperor was heartbroken.

1336
02:23:50,372 --> 02:23:52,582
The little bee
had wounded him more deeply

1337
02:23:52,666 --> 02:23:55,377
than anyone else could ever have done.

1338
02:23:57,504 --> 02:24:00,382
What do you think happened then,
Lucius?

1339
02:24:01,007 --> 02:24:02,843
I don't know, uncle.

1340
02:24:09,349 --> 02:24:11,935
The little bee told him everything.

1341
02:25:09,826 --> 02:25:12,829
Soldier:
Open, in the name of the emperor!

1342
02:25:13,663 --> 02:25:14,956
Proximo!

1343
02:25:15,832 --> 02:25:18,960
Open the gates,
in the name of the emperor!

1344
02:25:19,794 --> 02:25:21,129
Proximo!

1345
02:25:23,340 --> 02:25:24,799
Open the gates!

1346
02:25:30,639 --> 02:25:32,933
Open the gates, proximo.

1347
02:25:33,391 --> 02:25:35,644
Do you want to die, old man?

1348
02:25:36,686 --> 02:25:37,812
Here.

1349
02:25:38,396 --> 02:25:40,565
Everything is prepared.

1350
02:25:40,649 --> 02:25:43,109
It seems you have won your freedom.

1351
02:25:43,193 --> 02:25:46,780
Proximo, are you in danger
of becoming a good man?

1352
02:25:51,868 --> 02:25:55,705
- Juba.
- All enemies of the emperor die!

1353
02:25:56,248 --> 02:25:58,416
Open the gates!

1354
02:26:03,922 --> 02:26:05,882
Pull!

1355
02:26:08,009 --> 02:26:10,887
Move! Form a column on the left!

1356
02:26:14,683 --> 02:26:17,894
I only need moments, so do not
be careless with your lives.

1357
02:26:17,978 --> 02:26:20,438
If you don't want any part of this,
go back to your cells.

1358
02:26:20,522 --> 02:26:22,774
We'll wait here for you, Maximus.

1359
02:26:22,857 --> 02:26:24,651
- Strength and honor.
- Strength and honor.

1360
02:26:24,734 --> 02:26:25,777
Hagen: Go.

1361
02:26:26,653 --> 02:26:28,488
Strength and honor.

1362
02:26:31,116 --> 02:26:33,952
Soldier: Aim. Arch your bows!

1363
02:27:41,061 --> 02:27:42,354
Shadows and dust.

1364
02:27:42,771 --> 02:27:44,105
(Groaning)

1365
02:28:20,934 --> 02:28:23,812
(Imitates birdcall)

1366
02:28:24,270 --> 02:28:25,522
Maximus!

1367
02:28:30,985 --> 02:28:32,404
I'm sorry.

1368
02:28:58,805 --> 02:29:00,181
It's done.

1369
02:29:07,147 --> 02:29:09,023
And what of my nephew?

1370
02:29:10,108 --> 02:29:12,110
And what of his mother?

1371
02:29:14,195 --> 02:29:16,739
Should they share her lover's fate?

1372
02:29:18,450 --> 02:29:20,493
Or should I be merciful?

1373
02:29:23,204 --> 02:29:25,123
Commodus the merciful.

1374
02:29:31,546 --> 02:29:33,882
Lucius will stay with me now.

1375
02:29:35,049 --> 02:29:36,843
And if his mother

1376
02:29:38,219 --> 02:29:40,346
so much as looks at me

1377
02:29:41,514 --> 02:29:44,017
in a manner that displeases me,

1378
02:29:45,977 --> 02:29:47,395
he will die.

1379
02:29:50,899 --> 02:29:54,152
If she decides to be noble,

1380
02:29:55,904 --> 02:29:57,989
and takes her own life,

1381
02:29:59,574 --> 02:30:01,034
he will die.

1382
02:30:04,662 --> 02:30:06,372
And as for you,

1383
02:30:09,167 --> 02:30:10,919
you will love me,

1384
02:30:11,753 --> 02:30:13,546
as I have loved you.

1385
02:30:15,131 --> 02:30:18,801
You will provide me with an heir
of pure blood,

1386
02:30:19,761 --> 02:30:21,596
so that commodus

1387
02:30:22,180 --> 02:30:25,141
and his progeny will rule for 1,000 years.

1388
02:30:29,771 --> 02:30:31,523
Am I not merciful?

1389
02:30:53,378 --> 02:30:56,005
Am I not merciful!

1390
02:31:08,226 --> 02:31:12,230
- Maximus! Maximus! Maximus!
- Maximus! Maximus! Maximus!

1391
02:31:39,841 --> 02:31:42,594
I'm a soldier. I obey.

1392
02:31:45,346 --> 02:31:49,601
Nothing happens to anyone that
he is not fitted by nature to bear.

1393
02:32:22,550 --> 02:32:23,843
Maximus.

1394
02:32:24,886 --> 02:32:26,220
Maximus.

1395
02:32:27,221 --> 02:32:28,514
Maximus.

1396
02:32:30,224 --> 02:32:32,060
They call for you.

1397
02:32:34,020 --> 02:32:37,273
The general who became a slave.

1398
02:32:38,524 --> 02:32:40,902
The slave who became a gladiator.

1399
02:32:42,278 --> 02:32:45,073
The gladiator who defied an emperor.

1400
02:32:47,075 --> 02:32:48,743
A striking story.

1401
02:32:49,911 --> 02:32:53,122
Now the people want to know
how the story ends.

1402
02:32:55,500 --> 02:32:57,752
Only a famous death will do.

1403
02:32:59,671 --> 02:33:02,215
And what could be more glorious

1404
02:33:02,590 --> 02:33:06,344
than to challenge the emperor
himself in the great arena?

1405
02:33:08,680 --> 02:33:11,724
- You would fight me?
- Why not?

1406
02:33:12,809 --> 02:33:14,852
Do you think I'm afraid?

1407
02:33:15,770 --> 02:33:18,815
I think you have been afraid all your life.

1408
02:33:18,898 --> 02:33:22,610
Unlike Maximus the invincible,
who knows no fear?

1409
02:33:28,366 --> 02:33:31,744
I knew a man who once said,
"death smiles at us all.

1410
02:33:32,620 --> 02:33:35,123
"All a man can do is smile back."

1411
02:33:36,916 --> 02:33:38,334
I wonder,

1412
02:33:38,960 --> 02:33:41,754
did your friend smile at his own death?

1413
02:33:42,130 --> 02:33:43,631
You must know.

1414
02:33:46,551 --> 02:33:48,344
He was your father.

1415
02:33:52,223 --> 02:33:54,559
You loved my father, I know,

1416
02:33:56,060 --> 02:33:57,562
but so did I.

1417
02:33:59,188 --> 02:34:01,774
That makes us brothers, doesn't it?

1418
02:34:04,402 --> 02:34:05,987
Smile for me now, brother.

1419
02:34:11,826 --> 02:34:14,662
Strap on his armor.
Conceal the wound.

1420
02:34:20,793 --> 02:34:22,336
(Crowd chanting)

1421
02:35:09,091 --> 02:35:11,052
Soldier: Ring formation!

1422
02:35:52,760 --> 02:35:54,011
(Crowd cheering)

1423
02:37:02,830 --> 02:37:04,457
Commodus: Quintus, sword.

1424
02:37:05,958 --> 02:37:07,752
Give me your sword.

1425
02:37:11,172 --> 02:37:13,174
Sword! Give me a sword!

1426
02:37:14,675 --> 02:37:18,179
Sheathe your swords.
Sheathe your swords!

1427
02:37:35,613 --> 02:37:36,781
(Crowd exclaiming)

1428
02:39:33,647 --> 02:39:34,982
Quintus: Maximus.

1429
02:39:40,362 --> 02:39:41,655
Maximus.

1430
02:39:42,239 --> 02:39:43,574
Quintus.

1431
02:39:45,242 --> 02:39:46,702
Free my men.

1432
02:39:48,079 --> 02:39:50,790
Senator gracchus is to be reinstated.

1433
02:39:52,083 --> 02:39:54,168
There was a dream that was Rome.

1434
02:39:54,835 --> 02:39:56,712
It shall be realized.

1435
02:39:57,254 --> 02:39:59,840
These are the wishes
of Marcus aurelius.

1436
02:40:00,925 --> 02:40:02,927
Free the prisoners. Go!

1437
02:40:27,701 --> 02:40:29,036
Maximus.

1438
02:40:30,913 --> 02:40:32,498
Lucius is safe.

1439
02:40:48,806 --> 02:40:50,224
Go to them.

1440
02:41:40,024 --> 02:41:41,442
You're home.

1441
02:42:08,093 --> 02:42:10,638
Is Rome worth one good man's life?

1442
02:42:14,516 --> 02:42:16,310
We believed it once.

1443
02:42:19,521 --> 02:42:21,649
Make us believe it again.

1444
02:42:25,152 --> 02:42:27,238
He was a soldier of Rome.

1445
02:42:31,075 --> 02:42:32,493
Honor him.

1446
02:42:32,952 --> 02:42:35,120
Who will help me carry him?

1447
02:43:19,873 --> 02:43:21,542
Now we are free.

1448
02:43:27,923 --> 02:43:29,800
I will see you again.

1449
02:43:32,678 --> 02:43:34,138
But not yet.

1450
02:43:35,139 --> 02:43:36,473
Not yet.