1 00:03:18,407 --> 00:03:19,448 Sir. 2 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:20,783 General. 3 00:03:31,670 --> 00:03:32,795 Sir. 4 00:03:47,811 --> 00:03:49,478 Lean and hungry. 5 00:03:52,649 --> 00:03:55,359 -Still nothing? -Not a sign. 6 00:03:55,444 --> 00:03:58,321 -How long has he been gone? -Nearly two hours. 7 00:04:01,325 --> 00:04:03,075 Will they fight, sir? 8 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,660 We shall know soon enough. 9 00:04:04,745 --> 00:04:07,288 Soldier, I ordered you to move those catapults forward. 10 00:04:07,372 --> 00:04:09,665 -They're out of range. -Range is good. 11 00:04:11,335 --> 00:04:14,795 -The danger to the cavalry... -Is acceptable. Agreed? 12 00:04:24,473 --> 00:04:25,556 They say no. 13 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:54,043 People should know when they're conquered. 14 00:05:04,513 --> 00:05:06,305 Would you, Quintus? 15 00:05:07,224 --> 00:05:08,516 Would I? 16 00:05:25,242 --> 00:05:27,952 -Strength and honor. -Strength and honor. 17 00:05:33,583 --> 00:05:36,752 At my signal, unleash hell. 18 00:05:59,443 --> 00:06:00,985 Load the catapults. 19 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:03,821 Infantry form up for advance. 20 00:06:05,282 --> 00:06:07,700 -Archers ready. -Archers! 21 00:06:07,784 --> 00:06:09,285 -Nock! -Nock! 22 00:06:33,060 --> 00:06:34,435 Fratres! 23 00:06:34,519 --> 00:06:36,353 -Maximus! -Maximus! 24 00:06:37,814 --> 00:06:41,901 Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops. 25 00:06:41,985 --> 00:06:46,447 Imagine where you will be, and it will be so. 26 00:06:47,157 --> 00:06:50,493 Hold the line! Stay with me! 27 00:06:50,577 --> 00:06:53,245 If you find yourself alone, 28 00:06:53,330 --> 00:06:56,332 riding in green fields with the sun on your face, 29 00:06:57,542 --> 00:06:59,710 do not be troubled. 30 00:07:00,545 --> 00:07:04,173 For you are in Elysium, and you're already dead! 31 00:07:06,343 --> 00:07:08,010 Brothers, 32 00:07:09,387 --> 00:07:11,222 what we do in life 33 00:07:12,307 --> 00:07:13,933 echoes in eternity. 34 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:23,734 Pull! 35 00:07:39,376 --> 00:07:41,377 Cohorts ready, sir! 36 00:07:52,097 --> 00:07:54,390 Archers, ignite! 37 00:07:54,641 --> 00:07:57,268 -Ignite! -Ignite! 38 00:08:03,150 --> 00:08:05,818 Archers, draw! 39 00:08:09,281 --> 00:08:10,656 Loose! 40 00:08:39,811 --> 00:08:41,770 All right, men, ready! 41 00:08:47,652 --> 00:08:49,570 Hold the line! 42 00:08:57,829 --> 00:08:59,955 Loose! 43 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,498 Reload! 44 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,547 Hold the line! 45 00:09:08,632 --> 00:09:10,966 -Draw! -Loose! 46 00:09:13,511 --> 00:09:15,304 Stay with me! 47 00:09:20,644 --> 00:09:22,895 Stay with me! 48 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,759 Roma victor! 49 00:12:26,746 --> 00:12:28,705 Roma victor! 50 00:13:10,957 --> 00:13:13,041 Do you think he's really dying? 51 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:16,461 He's been dying for 10 years. 52 00:13:17,881 --> 00:13:20,966 If he weren't really dying, he wouldn't have sent for us. 53 00:13:21,050 --> 00:13:22,843 Maybe he just misses us. 54 00:13:22,927 --> 00:13:25,512 And the senators? He wouldn't have summoned them if... 55 00:13:25,597 --> 00:13:26,889 Peace, Commodus. 56 00:13:26,973 --> 00:13:28,265 After two weeks on the road, 57 00:13:28,349 --> 00:13:31,018 your incessant scheming is hurting my head. 58 00:13:38,443 --> 00:13:41,862 He's made his decision. He's going to announce it. 59 00:13:45,450 --> 00:13:47,409 He will name me. 60 00:13:50,246 --> 00:13:53,916 The first thing I shall do when... 61 00:13:56,711 --> 00:14:00,005 Is honor him with games worthy of His Majesty. 62 00:14:00,089 --> 00:14:04,927 For now, the first thing I shall do is have a hot bath. 63 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:08,430 Your Highness? 64 00:14:12,101 --> 00:14:14,228 We seem to be almost there, sir. 65 00:14:20,777 --> 00:14:22,611 -Sire. -Where's the Emperor? 66 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:26,365 He's at the front, sire. They've been gone for 19 days. 67 00:14:26,449 --> 00:14:28,659 The wounded are still coming in. 68 00:14:28,743 --> 00:14:30,369 My horse. 69 00:14:30,453 --> 00:14:32,120 My lord. 70 00:14:35,667 --> 00:14:36,750 Kiss? 71 00:15:12,704 --> 00:15:16,206 You have proved your valor yet again, Maximus. 72 00:15:18,376 --> 00:15:21,086 Let us hope, for the last time. 73 00:15:21,504 --> 00:15:23,755 There's no one left to fight, sire. 74 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,508 There is always someone left to fight. 75 00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:29,511 How can I reward Rome's greatest general? 76 00:15:34,976 --> 00:15:36,518 Let me go home. 77 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:40,314 Home. 78 00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:00,667 They honor you, Caesar. 79 00:16:00,752 --> 00:16:03,545 It's for you, Maximus. They honor you. 80 00:16:26,569 --> 00:16:29,237 Have I missed it? Have I missed the battle? 81 00:16:30,907 --> 00:16:32,699 You have missed the war. 82 00:16:32,784 --> 00:16:34,993 Father, congratulations. 83 00:16:35,620 --> 00:16:37,871 I shall sacrifice 100 bulls to honor your triumph. 84 00:16:37,955 --> 00:16:39,623 Save the bulls. 85 00:16:39,707 --> 00:16:42,167 Honor Maximus. He won the battle. 86 00:16:42,585 --> 00:16:44,920 -General. -Highness. 87 00:16:45,922 --> 00:16:49,508 Rome salutes you, and I embrace you as a brother. 88 00:16:49,592 --> 00:16:51,385 It has been too long, my old friend. 89 00:16:51,469 --> 00:16:52,928 Highness. 90 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:55,597 Here, Father. Take my arm. 91 00:16:57,183 --> 00:17:00,394 I think it is time for me to leave. 92 00:17:15,535 --> 00:17:18,870 So much for the glory of Rome. 93 00:18:48,044 --> 00:18:49,711 Magnificent battle. 94 00:19:13,653 --> 00:19:15,362 General. Still alive? 95 00:19:15,446 --> 00:19:16,738 Still alive. 96 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:18,448 The gods must have a sense of humor. 97 00:19:18,533 --> 00:19:21,201 -The gods must love you. -Valerius. 98 00:19:21,285 --> 00:19:24,162 Back to barracks, General? Or to Rome? 99 00:19:24,247 --> 00:19:27,332 Home. My wife, my son, the harvest. 100 00:19:27,959 --> 00:19:31,294 Maximus the farmer. I still have difficulty imagining that. 101 00:19:31,379 --> 00:19:35,006 You know, dirt cleans off a lot easier than blood, Quintus. 102 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:37,175 -Here he is. -Highness. 103 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:39,427 Senator Gaius, Senator Falco. 104 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:42,389 Beware of Gaius. He'll pour a honeyed potion in your ear, 105 00:19:42,473 --> 00:19:46,059 and you'll wake up one day and all you'll say is, "Republic, republic, republic." 106 00:19:46,143 --> 00:19:48,812 Well, why not? Rome was founded as a republic. 107 00:19:48,896 --> 00:19:51,773 Yes, and in a republic the senate has the power. 108 00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:54,067 But Senator Gaius isn't influenced by that, of course. 109 00:19:54,151 --> 00:19:57,153 Where do you stand, General? Emperor or Senate? 110 00:19:57,238 --> 00:19:58,488 A soldier has the advantage 111 00:19:58,573 --> 00:20:01,992 of being able to look his enemy in the eye, Senator. 112 00:20:02,076 --> 00:20:06,079 Well, with an army behind you, you could be extremely political. 113 00:20:06,163 --> 00:20:09,291 I warned you. Now I shall save you. Senators. 114 00:20:19,135 --> 00:20:20,552 Maximus. 115 00:20:21,637 --> 00:20:24,139 I'm going to need good men like you. 116 00:20:26,267 --> 00:20:28,810 How may I be of service, Highness? 117 00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:31,938 You're a man who knows what it is to command. 118 00:20:32,023 --> 00:20:35,358 You give your orders, the orders are obeyed, and the battle is won. 119 00:20:35,443 --> 00:20:40,238 But these senators scheme, squabble and flatter and deceive. 120 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:43,783 Maximus, we must save Rome from the politicians, my friend. 121 00:20:43,868 --> 00:20:46,995 Can I count on you when the time comes? 122 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,754 Highness, when your father releases me, I intend to return home. 123 00:20:55,838 --> 00:20:59,007 Home? Well, no one's earned it more. 124 00:21:00,551 --> 00:21:04,346 Don't get too comfortable. I may call on you before long. 125 00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:09,017 Lucilla's here. Did you know? 126 00:21:09,518 --> 00:21:11,436 She's not forgotten you. 127 00:21:12,730 --> 00:21:15,065 And now, you're the great man. 128 00:21:27,370 --> 00:21:29,871 If only you had been born a man, 129 00:21:30,915 --> 00:21:33,208 what a Caesar you would have made. 130 00:21:34,877 --> 00:21:36,336 Father. 131 00:21:42,385 --> 00:21:44,344 You would have been strong. 132 00:21:44,428 --> 00:21:47,681 I wonder, would you have been just? 133 00:21:48,432 --> 00:21:51,101 I would have been what you taught me to be. 134 00:21:53,104 --> 00:21:54,646 How was your journey? 135 00:21:54,730 --> 00:21:58,483 Long. Uncomfortable. Why have I come? 136 00:21:59,068 --> 00:22:01,653 I need your help. With your brother. 137 00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:03,780 Of course. 138 00:22:03,864 --> 00:22:05,990 He loves you. He always has. 139 00:22:07,076 --> 00:22:08,243 And 140 00:22:10,121 --> 00:22:13,289 he will need you now, more than ever. 141 00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:20,255 Enough of politics. 142 00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:23,466 Let us pretend that you are a loving daughter, 143 00:22:24,051 --> 00:22:26,428 and I am a good father. 144 00:22:31,976 --> 00:22:34,728 This is a pleasant fiction, isn't it? 145 00:22:47,742 --> 00:22:49,200 Good morning to you. 146 00:23:02,423 --> 00:23:04,883 I need three more horses. 147 00:23:13,517 --> 00:23:16,936 One! Two! Three! 148 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:18,938 Four! 149 00:23:19,023 --> 00:23:21,274 One! Two! 150 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:39,417 You sent for me, Caesar? 151 00:23:44,173 --> 00:23:47,050 -Caesar? -Tell me again, Maximus. 152 00:23:48,135 --> 00:23:49,844 Why are we here? 153 00:23:51,180 --> 00:23:53,681 For the glory of the empire, sire. 154 00:23:54,141 --> 00:23:55,183 Yes. 155 00:23:57,228 --> 00:23:59,187 Yes, I remember. 156 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:04,526 Do you see that map, Maximus? 157 00:24:05,361 --> 00:24:07,862 That is the world which I created. 158 00:24:08,739 --> 00:24:10,365 For 25 years, 159 00:24:10,866 --> 00:24:14,786 I have conquered, spilt blood, expanded the empire. 160 00:24:16,205 --> 00:24:19,958 Since I became Caesar, I've known four years without war. 161 00:24:20,042 --> 00:24:22,544 Four years of peace in 20. 162 00:24:22,878 --> 00:24:24,337 And for what? 163 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,557 I brought the sword. Nothing more. 164 00:24:36,851 --> 00:24:38,142 Caesar, your life... 165 00:24:38,227 --> 00:24:40,812 Please. Please don't call me that. 166 00:24:41,063 --> 00:24:43,356 Come. Please. 167 00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:45,525 Come sit. 168 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:49,070 Let us talk together now, 169 00:24:49,947 --> 00:24:52,073 very simply, as men. 170 00:24:52,741 --> 00:24:54,576 Well, Maximus, 171 00:24:56,912 --> 00:24:58,121 talk. 172 00:25:01,083 --> 00:25:04,085 Five thousand of my men are out there in the freezing mud. 173 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:05,962 Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved. 174 00:25:06,046 --> 00:25:07,505 Two thousand will never leave this place. 175 00:25:07,590 --> 00:25:10,800 I will not believe that they fought and died for nothing. 176 00:25:10,885 --> 00:25:12,510 And what would you believe? 177 00:25:12,595 --> 00:25:16,431 They fought for you and for Rome. 178 00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:18,308 And what is Rome, Maximus? 179 00:25:20,477 --> 00:25:22,896 I've seen much of the rest of the world. 180 00:25:22,980 --> 00:25:26,983 It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light. 181 00:25:27,067 --> 00:25:28,985 Yet you have never been there. 182 00:25:29,069 --> 00:25:31,529 You have not seen what it has become. 183 00:25:31,614 --> 00:25:34,657 I am dying, Maximus. 184 00:25:35,284 --> 00:25:36,576 When a man sees his end, 185 00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:39,704 he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. 186 00:25:40,831 --> 00:25:44,000 How will the world speak my name in years to come? 187 00:25:44,084 --> 00:25:46,377 Will I be known as the philosopher? 188 00:25:46,462 --> 00:25:47,962 The warrior? 189 00:25:48,255 --> 00:25:49,672 The tyrant? 190 00:25:51,175 --> 00:25:55,803 Or will I be the Emperor who gave Rome back her true self? 191 00:25:56,805 --> 00:25:59,223 There was once a dream that was Rome. 192 00:25:59,308 --> 00:26:02,060 You could only whisper it. 193 00:26:02,144 --> 00:26:05,229 Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, 194 00:26:05,314 --> 00:26:07,148 it was so fragile. 195 00:26:07,441 --> 00:26:11,152 And I fear that it will not survive the winter. 196 00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:14,155 Maximus, 197 00:26:15,032 --> 00:26:17,992 let us whisper now, 198 00:26:18,202 --> 00:26:19,953 together, you and I. 199 00:26:20,663 --> 00:26:22,163 You have a son. 200 00:26:23,666 --> 00:26:25,541 Tell me about your home. 201 00:26:31,757 --> 00:26:34,676 My house is in the hills above Trujillo. 202 00:26:36,011 --> 00:26:37,804 A very simple place. 203 00:26:38,222 --> 00:26:41,140 Pink stones that warm in the sun. 204 00:26:41,225 --> 00:26:44,727 A kitchen garden that smells of herbs in the day, 205 00:26:45,521 --> 00:26:47,397 jasmine in the evening. 206 00:26:49,066 --> 00:26:51,651 Through the gate is a giant poplar. 207 00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:54,779 Figs, apples, pears. 208 00:26:54,863 --> 00:26:58,700 The soil, Marcus, black. Black like my wife's hair. 209 00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:01,911 Grapes on the south slopes, olives on the north. 210 00:27:01,996 --> 00:27:04,247 Wild ponies play near my house. They tease my son. 211 00:27:04,331 --> 00:27:05,957 He wants to be one of them. 212 00:27:06,041 --> 00:27:07,834 When was the last time you were home? 213 00:27:07,918 --> 00:27:11,045 Two years, 264 days and this morning. 214 00:27:12,673 --> 00:27:15,967 I envy you, Maximus. It's a good home. 215 00:27:17,678 --> 00:27:19,387 Worth fighting for. 216 00:27:22,224 --> 00:27:24,350 There is one more duty 217 00:27:24,893 --> 00:27:27,645 that I ask of you before you go home. 218 00:27:29,565 --> 00:27:31,691 What would you have me do, Caesar? 219 00:27:31,775 --> 00:27:35,403 I want you to become the protector of Rome after I die. 220 00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:39,574 I will empower you to one end alone, 221 00:27:40,117 --> 00:27:43,578 to give power back to the people of Rome, 222 00:27:43,912 --> 00:27:46,998 and end the corruption that has crippled it. 223 00:27:53,255 --> 00:27:56,924 Will you accept this great honor that I have offered you? 224 00:27:58,260 --> 00:28:00,219 With all my heart, no. 225 00:28:02,765 --> 00:28:04,515 Maximus, 226 00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:08,019 that is why it must be you. 227 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:10,188 But surely a prefect, a senator, 228 00:28:10,272 --> 00:28:12,982 somebody who knows the city, who understands her politics. 229 00:28:13,067 --> 00:28:16,027 But you have not been corrupted by her politics. 230 00:28:21,075 --> 00:28:24,660 -And Commodus? -Commodus is not a moral man. 231 00:28:25,621 --> 00:28:28,247 You have known that since you were young. 232 00:28:28,332 --> 00:28:30,291 Commodus cannot rule. 233 00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:32,752 He must not rule. 234 00:28:34,296 --> 00:28:37,090 You are the son that I should have had. 235 00:28:39,635 --> 00:28:42,637 Commodus will accept my decision. 236 00:28:44,932 --> 00:28:49,685 He knows that you command the loyalty of the army. 237 00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:56,150 I need some time, sire. 238 00:28:56,235 --> 00:28:57,693 Yes. 239 00:28:57,778 --> 00:29:01,322 By sunset, I hope you will have agreed. 240 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:04,575 Now embrace me as my son. 241 00:29:07,996 --> 00:29:10,706 And bring an old man another blanket. 242 00:29:26,974 --> 00:29:29,433 -My father favors you now. -My lady. 243 00:29:30,018 --> 00:29:33,020 -It was not always so. -Many things change. 244 00:29:33,313 --> 00:29:36,524 Many things. Not everything. 245 00:29:39,403 --> 00:29:41,070 Maximus, stop. 246 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:46,534 Let me see your face. 247 00:29:49,121 --> 00:29:51,789 -You seem upset. -I lost many men. 248 00:29:52,708 --> 00:29:55,042 What did my father want with you? 249 00:29:56,128 --> 00:29:59,088 To wish me well before I leave for home. 250 00:29:59,715 --> 00:30:01,215 You're lying. 251 00:30:01,550 --> 00:30:04,886 I could always tell when you were lying, because you were never any good at it. 252 00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:06,470 I never acquired your comfort with it. 253 00:30:06,555 --> 00:30:07,597 True. 254 00:30:07,681 --> 00:30:09,765 But then you never had to. 255 00:30:10,267 --> 00:30:12,977 Life is more simple for a soldier. 256 00:30:14,730 --> 00:30:16,981 Or do you think me heartless? 257 00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:20,735 I think you have a talent for survival. 258 00:30:26,742 --> 00:30:28,284 Maximus, stop. 259 00:30:30,579 --> 00:30:33,372 Is it really so terrible seeing me again? 260 00:30:33,457 --> 00:30:35,958 No. I'm tired from battle. 261 00:30:36,585 --> 00:30:39,378 It hurts you to see my father so fragile. 262 00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:46,928 Commodus expects that my father will announce his succession within days. 263 00:30:48,096 --> 00:30:51,474 Will you serve my brother as you served his father? 264 00:30:53,644 --> 00:30:55,811 I will always serve Rome. 265 00:30:57,731 --> 00:30:59,523 Do you know, 266 00:30:59,608 --> 00:31:02,109 I still remember you in my prayers. 267 00:31:03,153 --> 00:31:06,072 Oh, yes. I pray. 268 00:31:10,619 --> 00:31:13,955 I was sad to hear of your husband's death. I mourned him. 269 00:31:15,832 --> 00:31:18,668 -Thank you. -And I hear you have a son. 270 00:31:20,337 --> 00:31:22,755 Yes. Lucius. 271 00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:26,342 He'll be nearly eight years old. 272 00:31:26,426 --> 00:31:28,678 My son is also nearly eight. 273 00:31:31,473 --> 00:31:33,641 I thank you for your prayers. 274 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,943 Ancestors, I ask for your guidance. 275 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,823 Blessed Mother, come to me with the gods' desire for my future. 276 00:31:50,450 --> 00:31:54,245 Blessed Father, watch over my wife and son with a ready sword. 277 00:31:55,455 --> 00:31:58,332 Whisper to them, I live only to hold them again. 278 00:31:59,459 --> 00:32:01,669 Ancestors, I honor you, 279 00:32:02,838 --> 00:32:06,132 and will try to live with the dignity you have taught me. 280 00:32:29,031 --> 00:32:30,239 Cicero. 281 00:32:34,828 --> 00:32:35,953 Sir. 282 00:32:40,417 --> 00:32:42,960 Do you ever find it hard to do your duty? 283 00:32:45,714 --> 00:32:48,257 Sometimes I do what I want to do. 284 00:32:49,009 --> 00:32:51,552 The rest of the time, I do what I have to. 285 00:32:54,556 --> 00:32:57,433 We may not be able to go home, after all. 286 00:33:48,568 --> 00:33:51,362 Are you ready to do your duty for Rome? 287 00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:55,950 Yes, Father. 288 00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:59,120 You will not be emperor. 289 00:34:02,457 --> 00:34:04,792 Which wiser, older man is to take my place? 290 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:07,419 My powers will pass to Maximus, 291 00:34:08,630 --> 00:34:10,381 to hold in trust, 292 00:34:10,465 --> 00:34:14,176 until the Senate is ready to rule once more. 293 00:34:15,762 --> 00:34:19,181 Rome is to be a republic again. 294 00:34:21,143 --> 00:34:23,727 -Maximus. -Yes. 295 00:34:29,818 --> 00:34:32,069 My decision disappoints you? 296 00:34:35,615 --> 00:34:37,658 You wrote to me once, 297 00:34:39,536 --> 00:34:41,954 listing the four chief virtues. 298 00:34:43,707 --> 00:34:45,082 Wisdom, 299 00:34:45,167 --> 00:34:46,625 justice, 300 00:34:46,710 --> 00:34:48,169 fortitude, 301 00:34:48,587 --> 00:34:50,379 and temperance. 302 00:34:52,507 --> 00:34:55,676 As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. 303 00:34:56,636 --> 00:34:59,096 But I have other virtues, Father. 304 00:35:00,307 --> 00:35:01,640 Ambition. 305 00:35:02,851 --> 00:35:05,853 That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. 306 00:35:07,189 --> 00:35:10,274 Resourcefulness, courage. 307 00:35:11,359 --> 00:35:15,654 Perhaps not on the battlefield, but there are many forms of courage. 308 00:35:17,282 --> 00:35:20,534 Devotion to my family, 309 00:35:21,661 --> 00:35:23,037 to you. 310 00:35:24,539 --> 00:35:27,333 But none of my virtues were on your list. 311 00:35:29,586 --> 00:35:32,922 Even then it was as if you didn't want me for your son. 312 00:35:33,006 --> 00:35:34,381 Commodus, 313 00:35:35,258 --> 00:35:36,926 you go too far. 314 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,721 I searched the faces of the gods 315 00:35:41,473 --> 00:35:45,851 for ways to please you, to make you proud. 316 00:35:46,728 --> 00:35:48,729 One kind word, 317 00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:51,065 one full hug, 318 00:35:51,233 --> 00:35:54,902 where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight, 319 00:35:56,071 --> 00:35:59,573 would have been like the sun on my heart for 1,000 years. 320 00:36:02,244 --> 00:36:04,828 What is it in me you hate so much? 321 00:36:04,913 --> 00:36:06,121 Commodus. 322 00:36:07,207 --> 00:36:09,291 All I've ever wanted 323 00:36:09,584 --> 00:36:13,837 was to live up to you, Caesar. 324 00:36:15,090 --> 00:36:17,758 -Father. -Commodus, 325 00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:24,265 your faults as a son 326 00:36:25,267 --> 00:36:28,602 is my failure as a father. 327 00:36:39,281 --> 00:36:40,781 Come. 328 00:36:44,327 --> 00:36:45,786 Father. 329 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:03,429 I would butcher the whole world, 330 00:37:04,306 --> 00:37:06,807 if you would only have loved me! 331 00:37:44,471 --> 00:37:47,556 Maximus, the Emperor needs you. It's urgent. 332 00:37:53,021 --> 00:37:54,855 Lament with me, brother. 333 00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:57,900 Our great father is dead. 334 00:38:24,636 --> 00:38:26,220 How did he die? 335 00:38:27,514 --> 00:38:30,182 The surgeons say there was no pain. 336 00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:32,393 His breath gave out as he slept. 337 00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:43,404 Father. 338 00:38:46,074 --> 00:38:48,742 Your emperor asks for your loyalty, Maximus. 339 00:38:50,078 --> 00:38:51,703 Take my hand. 340 00:38:54,416 --> 00:38:56,250 I only offer it once. 341 00:39:10,432 --> 00:39:11,765 Quintus. 342 00:40:01,983 --> 00:40:03,484 Hail, Caesar. 343 00:40:04,444 --> 00:40:07,070 I must talk to the senators. I need their counsel. 344 00:40:07,155 --> 00:40:09,740 -Wake Gaius and Falco. -Gaius and Falco. 345 00:40:09,824 --> 00:40:12,034 -Sword. -Sword. 346 00:40:14,537 --> 00:40:17,456 Maximus, please be careful. That was not prudent. 347 00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:20,334 Prudent? The Emperor has been slain. 348 00:40:20,793 --> 00:40:23,295 The emperor died of natural causes. 349 00:40:25,048 --> 00:40:27,299 -Why are you armed, Quintus? -Guards! 350 00:40:30,512 --> 00:40:32,679 Please don't fight, Maximus. 351 00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:36,725 I'm sorry. Caesar has spoken. 352 00:40:37,185 --> 00:40:38,977 Ride until dawn, 353 00:40:40,188 --> 00:40:41,772 and then execute him. 354 00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:44,274 Quintus, look at me. Look at me! 355 00:40:44,526 --> 00:40:47,444 Promise me that you will look after my family. 356 00:40:48,530 --> 00:40:51,198 Your family will meet you in the afterlife. 357 00:41:16,057 --> 00:41:17,307 Kneel. 358 00:41:20,853 --> 00:41:23,230 Blessed Father, watch over my wife and son. 359 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:26,400 Whisper to them that I live only to hold them again. 360 00:41:29,028 --> 00:41:31,405 At least give me a clean death. 361 00:41:33,116 --> 00:41:34,908 A soldier's death. 362 00:41:56,222 --> 00:41:59,391 The frost, sometimes it makes the blade stick. 363 00:42:20,038 --> 00:42:21,455 Praetorian! 364 00:43:41,202 --> 00:43:43,120 When was the last time you were home? 365 00:43:43,204 --> 00:43:46,206 Two years, 264 days and this morning. 366 00:43:47,792 --> 00:43:49,626 Blessed Father, watch over my wife and son with a ready sword. 367 00:43:49,711 --> 00:43:52,087 I will try to live with the dignity you have taught me. 368 00:43:52,171 --> 00:43:54,631 Whisper to them, I live only to hold them again. 369 00:43:54,716 --> 00:43:57,134 ...with a ready sword, for all else is dust and air. 370 00:43:57,218 --> 00:44:00,387 Whisper to them, I live only to hold them again. 371 00:44:00,471 --> 00:44:02,764 For all else is dust and air. 372 00:45:03,034 --> 00:45:05,035 Papa! 373 00:47:49,116 --> 00:47:50,617 Don't die. 374 00:47:56,916 --> 00:47:58,583 You'll meet them again. 375 00:48:00,628 --> 00:48:01,920 Not yet. 376 00:48:10,471 --> 00:48:14,224 No. They will clean it. Wait and see. 377 00:48:48,634 --> 00:48:50,010 Don't die. 378 00:48:50,803 --> 00:48:53,221 They'll feed you to the lions. 379 00:48:53,305 --> 00:48:55,598 They are worth more than we are. 380 00:49:05,609 --> 00:49:07,068 Better now? 381 00:49:08,195 --> 00:49:10,071 Clean. You see? 382 00:49:40,811 --> 00:49:43,646 Proximo! My old friend. 383 00:49:45,024 --> 00:49:48,109 Every day is a great day when you are here, 384 00:49:48,569 --> 00:49:52,739 but today is your most fortunate day. 385 00:49:55,367 --> 00:49:59,079 Those giraffes you sold me, they won't mate. 386 00:49:59,705 --> 00:50:03,625 They just walk around eating and not mating. 387 00:50:04,919 --> 00:50:07,837 You sold me queer giraffes. 388 00:50:08,714 --> 00:50:11,424 -I want my money back. -Not a chance. 389 00:50:15,012 --> 00:50:17,847 -I do special price for you. -On what? 390 00:50:19,934 --> 00:50:22,852 Have you seen my new stock? Come and see them. 391 00:50:36,784 --> 00:50:39,577 Do any of them fight? I've got a match coming up. 392 00:50:39,662 --> 00:50:42,455 Some are good for fighting, others for dying. 393 00:50:42,540 --> 00:50:44,874 You need both, I think. 394 00:50:44,959 --> 00:50:46,167 Get up. 395 00:50:54,135 --> 00:50:55,802 What's your trade? 396 00:50:56,470 --> 00:50:57,762 I was a hunter. 397 00:50:57,847 --> 00:51:01,558 No, I bought him from a salt mine in Carthage. 398 00:51:02,351 --> 00:51:03,726 Sit down. 399 00:51:07,857 --> 00:51:08,940 Mark of the legion. 400 00:51:10,109 --> 00:51:12,861 -Deserter. -Maybe so, but who cares? 401 00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:14,445 He's a Spaniard. 402 00:51:14,530 --> 00:51:16,489 I'll take six. For 1,000. 403 00:51:16,574 --> 00:51:20,076 1,000? The Numidian alone is worth 2,000. 404 00:51:20,161 --> 00:51:22,245 These slaves are rotten. 405 00:51:22,329 --> 00:51:25,498 It all adds to the flavor. No, no, no, wait! Wait! 406 00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:27,709 I can negotiate. 407 00:51:28,836 --> 00:51:33,006 I'll give you 2,000, and 4,000 for the beasts. 408 00:51:33,090 --> 00:51:35,216 That's 5,000 for an old friend. 409 00:51:52,860 --> 00:51:56,279 Come on! How long does it take to get into my own house? 410 00:51:56,363 --> 00:51:58,281 I am Proximo. 411 00:51:58,991 --> 00:52:01,534 I shall be closer to you for the next few days, 412 00:52:01,619 --> 00:52:03,828 which will be the last of your miserable lives, 413 00:52:03,913 --> 00:52:08,249 than that bitch of a mother that brought you screaming into this world. 414 00:52:08,542 --> 00:52:11,878 I did not pay good money for you for your company. 415 00:52:13,088 --> 00:52:16,299 I paid it so that I could profit from your death. 416 00:52:17,051 --> 00:52:20,803 And as your mother was there at your beginning, 417 00:52:21,805 --> 00:52:24,390 so I shall be there at your end. 418 00:52:25,893 --> 00:52:28,937 And when you die, and die you shall, 419 00:52:29,855 --> 00:52:32,774 your transition shall be to the sound of... 420 00:52:37,488 --> 00:52:38,947 Gladiators, 421 00:52:40,074 --> 00:52:41,616 I salute you. 422 00:52:46,372 --> 00:52:47,413 Red. 423 00:52:51,085 --> 00:52:52,418 Yellow. 424 00:52:53,545 --> 00:52:54,837 Yellow. 425 00:53:05,557 --> 00:53:06,683 Good. 426 00:53:07,476 --> 00:53:08,851 -Red. -Red. 427 00:53:13,774 --> 00:53:15,066 Spaniard. 428 00:53:48,434 --> 00:53:50,768 That's enough for the moment! 429 00:53:51,103 --> 00:53:52,729 His time will come. 430 00:53:55,774 --> 00:53:56,816 Next. 431 00:54:10,164 --> 00:54:11,497 Spaniard, 432 00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:14,792 why don't you fight? 433 00:54:15,169 --> 00:54:16,627 We all have to fight. 434 00:54:16,712 --> 00:54:18,421 Well, I don't fight. 435 00:54:19,089 --> 00:54:22,300 I shouldn't be here, I'm a scribe, I write down words, 436 00:54:22,384 --> 00:54:24,260 and speak seven languages. 437 00:54:24,345 --> 00:54:25,386 Good. 438 00:54:26,347 --> 00:54:29,349 Tomorrow, you can scream in seven languages. 439 00:54:37,649 --> 00:54:40,985 Perhaps the scribe will be the one who wins his freedom. 440 00:54:41,987 --> 00:54:43,279 Freedom? 441 00:54:44,365 --> 00:54:46,199 What do I have to do? 442 00:54:46,617 --> 00:54:48,910 You go in the arena and you kill me. 443 00:54:48,994 --> 00:54:50,370 And him, 444 00:54:51,372 --> 00:54:53,081 and the Numidian, 445 00:54:53,165 --> 00:54:54,749 and the deserter. 446 00:54:56,377 --> 00:54:57,794 And 100 more. 447 00:54:57,878 --> 00:55:00,713 And when there's no more to fight, you're free. 448 00:55:01,382 --> 00:55:03,132 I can't do that. 449 00:55:04,176 --> 00:55:05,385 No? 450 00:55:11,642 --> 00:55:13,059 But I can. 451 00:55:28,575 --> 00:55:30,785 Is that the sign of your gods? 452 00:55:35,999 --> 00:55:38,084 Will that not anger them? 453 00:55:59,398 --> 00:56:01,065 The gods favor you. 454 00:56:01,441 --> 00:56:03,609 Red is the gods' color. 455 00:56:04,987 --> 00:56:07,155 You will need their help today. 456 00:56:46,528 --> 00:56:48,154 Proximo! 457 00:56:53,493 --> 00:56:55,661 Still leading with the German? 458 00:56:55,746 --> 00:56:57,830 The crowd love a barbarian. 459 00:56:58,290 --> 00:57:00,208 Besides that, he's making me rich. 460 00:57:00,292 --> 00:57:02,919 Has that Numidian fought before? 461 00:57:03,754 --> 00:57:05,338 No, first time. 462 00:57:05,422 --> 00:57:08,382 And that one, laborer, soldier? 463 00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:10,051 He's a Spaniard. 464 00:57:10,135 --> 00:57:13,221 He might as well be a eunuch for what he brings to the ring. 465 00:57:14,181 --> 00:57:18,392 500 sestertii, the Numidian and Spaniard team makes it through. 466 00:57:18,477 --> 00:57:22,188 And 1,000, that the Numidian makes it through alone. 467 00:57:23,690 --> 00:57:26,817 Are you asking me to bet against my own man? 468 00:57:28,654 --> 00:57:30,154 It's unethical. 469 00:57:30,239 --> 00:57:32,114 What if I make it 2,000? 470 00:57:46,421 --> 00:57:49,465 Some of you are thinking you won't fight, 471 00:57:50,759 --> 00:57:52,051 some that you can't fight. 472 00:57:53,387 --> 00:57:56,889 They all say that until they're out there. 473 00:57:59,685 --> 00:58:00,851 Listen. 474 00:58:00,936 --> 00:58:03,854 -Kill! Kill! Kill! -Kill! Kill! Kill! 475 00:58:10,988 --> 00:58:13,698 Thrust this into another man's flesh, 476 00:58:14,116 --> 00:58:16,784 and they will applaud and love you for that. 477 00:58:16,868 --> 00:58:18,286 And you, 478 00:58:20,247 --> 00:58:22,206 you may begin to love them 479 00:58:23,041 --> 00:58:24,458 for that. 480 00:58:28,547 --> 00:58:32,049 Ultimately, we're all dead men. 481 00:58:34,594 --> 00:58:36,887 Sadly, we cannot choose how, 482 00:58:38,140 --> 00:58:40,933 but we can decide how we meet that end, 483 00:58:41,852 --> 00:58:44,353 in order that we are remembered 484 00:58:46,273 --> 00:58:47,523 as men. 485 00:58:47,607 --> 00:58:48,649 Come on! 486 00:58:51,611 --> 00:58:53,904 On the left, draw your shields! 487 00:58:54,948 --> 00:58:57,325 On the right, draw your swords! 488 00:58:57,617 --> 00:59:00,161 -Kill! Kill! Kill! -Kill! Kill! Kill! 489 00:59:01,288 --> 00:59:03,706 Pair them up, red with yellow. 490 00:59:08,754 --> 00:59:09,962 Next! 491 00:59:15,844 --> 00:59:16,927 Move! 492 01:02:34,292 --> 01:02:35,334 Usurper! 493 01:02:57,983 --> 01:03:00,693 -Go away! -You'll never rule us, Commodus! 494 01:03:31,099 --> 01:03:35,811 He enters Rome like a conquering hero. But what has he conquered? 495 01:03:36,104 --> 01:03:38,522 Give him time, Gracchus. He's young. 496 01:03:38,607 --> 01:03:40,899 I think he could do very well. 497 01:03:41,234 --> 01:03:43,193 For Rome, or for you? 498 01:03:49,492 --> 01:03:52,578 Go to your mother, Lucius. It's what she'd like. 499 01:03:59,044 --> 01:04:01,086 -Lucius! -Mother! 500 01:04:03,381 --> 01:04:04,923 Hail, Caesar. 501 01:04:05,008 --> 01:04:06,508 Senators. 502 01:04:10,138 --> 01:04:13,057 Rome greets her new emperor. 503 01:04:13,141 --> 01:04:16,685 Your loyal subjects bid you welcome, Highness. 504 01:04:16,770 --> 01:04:18,604 Thank you, Falco. 505 01:04:18,688 --> 01:04:22,775 And for the loyal subjects, I trust they weren't too expensive. 506 01:04:22,859 --> 01:04:24,860 -Caesar. -Gracchus. 507 01:04:24,944 --> 01:04:27,446 All Rome rejoices in your return, Caesar. 508 01:04:27,530 --> 01:04:31,033 But there are many matters that require your attention. 509 01:04:33,495 --> 01:04:36,372 To order, please. To order. 510 01:04:36,831 --> 01:04:38,624 For your guidance, Caesar, 511 01:04:38,708 --> 01:04:41,502 the Senate has prepared a series of protocols 512 01:04:41,586 --> 01:04:44,672 to begin addressing the many problems in the city, 513 01:04:44,756 --> 01:04:48,842 beginning with basic sanitation for the Greek Quarter, 514 01:04:49,344 --> 01:04:52,971 to combat the plague which is already springing up there. 515 01:04:53,056 --> 01:04:54,848 So, if Caesar... 516 01:04:56,976 --> 01:04:58,894 Don't you see, Gracchus? 517 01:05:00,313 --> 01:05:02,606 That's the very problem, isn't it? 518 01:05:03,024 --> 01:05:05,693 My father spent all his time at study, 519 01:05:07,445 --> 01:05:10,823 at books of learning and philosophy. 520 01:05:11,825 --> 01:05:15,327 He spent his twilight hours reading scrolls from the Senate. 521 01:05:16,287 --> 01:05:19,498 And all the while, the people were forgotten. 522 01:05:20,125 --> 01:05:22,292 But the senate is the people, sire, 523 01:05:22,377 --> 01:05:25,921 chosen from among the people to speak for the people. 524 01:05:26,631 --> 01:05:30,217 I doubt many of the people eat so well as you do, Gracchus. 525 01:05:30,969 --> 01:05:33,429 Or have such splendid mistresses, Gaius. 526 01:05:33,513 --> 01:05:35,597 I think I understand my own people. 527 01:05:35,682 --> 01:05:39,184 Then perhaps Caesar will be so good as to teach us, 528 01:05:39,602 --> 01:05:42,229 out of his own extensive experience. 529 01:05:46,109 --> 01:05:47,651 I call it love. 530 01:05:48,236 --> 01:05:51,363 I am their father. The people are my children. 531 01:05:51,656 --> 01:05:54,158 And I shall hold them to my bosom and embrace them tightly. 532 01:05:54,242 --> 01:05:57,703 Have you ever embraced someone dying of plague, sire? 533 01:06:04,002 --> 01:06:06,628 No, but if you interrupt me again, 534 01:06:08,131 --> 01:06:09,465 I assure you that you shall. 535 01:06:09,549 --> 01:06:11,884 Senator, my brother is very tired. 536 01:06:12,886 --> 01:06:17,055 Leave your list with me. Caesar shall do all that Rome requires. 537 01:06:17,640 --> 01:06:22,561 My lady, as always, your lightest touch commands obedience. 538 01:06:29,694 --> 01:06:31,945 Who are they to lecture me? 539 01:06:32,238 --> 01:06:34,782 Commodus, the Senate has its uses. 540 01:06:34,866 --> 01:06:37,743 What uses? All they do is talk. 541 01:06:38,953 --> 01:06:43,499 It should be just you and me and Rome. 542 01:06:43,583 --> 01:06:46,919 Don't even think it. There's always been a Senate. 543 01:06:47,420 --> 01:06:49,087 Rome has changed. 544 01:06:49,172 --> 01:06:52,216 It takes an emperor to rule an empire. 545 01:06:52,550 --> 01:06:54,593 Of course, but leave the people their... 546 01:06:54,677 --> 01:06:56,053 Illusions? 547 01:06:57,680 --> 01:06:59,097 Traditions. 548 01:06:59,974 --> 01:07:02,768 My father's war against the barbarians. 549 01:07:03,353 --> 01:07:07,022 He said it himself, it achieved nothing. But the people loved him. 550 01:07:07,106 --> 01:07:08,982 The people always love victories. 551 01:07:09,067 --> 01:07:12,736 Why? They didn't see the battles. 552 01:07:14,072 --> 01:07:16,031 What do they care about Germania? 553 01:07:16,115 --> 01:07:18,450 They care about the greatness of Rome. 554 01:07:18,535 --> 01:07:20,452 "The greatness of Rome." 555 01:07:22,413 --> 01:07:24,206 Well, what is that? 556 01:07:26,918 --> 01:07:30,128 It's an idea. Greatness. 557 01:07:33,883 --> 01:07:37,302 -Greatness is a vision. -Exactly. A vision. 558 01:07:39,430 --> 01:07:41,348 Do you not see, Lucilla? 559 01:07:42,725 --> 01:07:46,687 I will give the people a vision of Rome, and they'll love me for it. 560 01:07:47,313 --> 01:07:51,733 And they'll soon forget the tedious sermonizing of a few dry old men. 561 01:08:03,121 --> 01:08:06,456 I will give the people the greatest vision of their lives. 562 01:08:57,675 --> 01:09:00,594 White and red wine for your drinking pleasure! 563 01:09:08,895 --> 01:09:10,062 Games. 564 01:09:12,357 --> 01:09:15,400 One hundred and fifty days of games. 565 01:09:15,902 --> 01:09:17,444 He's cleverer than I thought. 566 01:09:17,528 --> 01:09:21,073 Clever. The whole of Rome would be laughing at him, 567 01:09:21,908 --> 01:09:24,159 if they weren't so afraid of his Praetorians. 568 01:09:24,243 --> 01:09:27,037 Fear and wonder. A powerful combination. 569 01:09:28,456 --> 01:09:31,583 You really think the people are going to be seduced by that? 570 01:09:31,668 --> 01:09:34,753 I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. 571 01:09:35,421 --> 01:09:38,590 Conjure magic for them, and they'll be distracted. 572 01:09:39,175 --> 01:09:42,427 Take away their freedom, and still they'll roar. 573 01:09:42,971 --> 01:09:47,349 The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate. 574 01:09:47,433 --> 01:09:49,434 It's the sand of the Colosseum. 575 01:09:51,437 --> 01:09:53,480 He'll bring them death, 576 01:09:55,233 --> 01:09:57,609 and they will love him for it. 577 01:10:20,299 --> 01:10:22,384 All you do is kill, kill, kill. 578 01:10:22,468 --> 01:10:24,886 The crowd don't want a butcher, they want a hero. 579 01:10:24,971 --> 01:10:27,014 We want them to keep coming back. 580 01:10:27,098 --> 01:10:31,268 So don't just hack them to pieces, remember you are an entertainer. 581 01:10:33,855 --> 01:10:35,230 Spaniard. 582 01:10:43,031 --> 01:10:44,573 So entertain! 583 01:11:49,680 --> 01:11:53,809 Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? 584 01:11:56,103 --> 01:11:58,355 Is this not why you're here? 585 01:12:02,985 --> 01:12:05,987 Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard! 586 01:12:06,572 --> 01:12:10,450 -Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard! -Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard! 587 01:12:23,256 --> 01:12:25,006 What do you want? 588 01:12:27,552 --> 01:12:28,718 Girl? 589 01:12:29,762 --> 01:12:30,929 Boy? 590 01:12:31,848 --> 01:12:34,099 -You sent for me. -Yes, I did. 591 01:12:35,184 --> 01:12:38,270 You're good, Spaniard, but you're not that good. 592 01:12:38,354 --> 01:12:39,521 You could be magnificent. 593 01:12:39,605 --> 01:12:43,108 I'm required to kill, so I kill. That is enough. 594 01:12:43,943 --> 01:12:47,028 That's enough for the provinces, but not for Rome. 595 01:12:50,408 --> 01:12:54,327 The young emperor has arranged a series of spectacles 596 01:12:54,412 --> 01:12:58,582 to commemorate his father, Marcus Aurelius. 597 01:12:59,125 --> 01:13:01,084 I find that amusing, 598 01:13:01,419 --> 01:13:04,504 since it was Marcus Aurelius, the wise, 599 01:13:04,589 --> 01:13:08,049 the all-knowing Marcus Aurelius, that closed us down. 600 01:13:11,053 --> 01:13:15,181 So finally, after five years of scratching a living 601 01:13:15,266 --> 01:13:17,475 in flea-infested villages, 602 01:13:17,560 --> 01:13:20,604 we're finally going back to where we belong. 603 01:13:21,314 --> 01:13:22,898 The Colosseum. 604 01:13:25,151 --> 01:13:27,944 You should see the Colosseum, Spaniard. 605 01:13:29,280 --> 01:13:31,323 Fifty thousand Romans, 606 01:13:32,283 --> 01:13:36,119 watching every movement of your sword, 607 01:13:37,538 --> 01:13:40,040 willing you to make that killer blow. 608 01:13:41,208 --> 01:13:44,836 The silence before you strike and the noise afterwards. 609 01:13:45,838 --> 01:13:49,466 It rises. It rises up, 610 01:13:50,676 --> 01:13:52,302 like a storm. 611 01:13:53,095 --> 01:13:55,764 As if you were the thunder god himself. 612 01:13:55,848 --> 01:13:58,808 -You were a gladiator? -Yes, I was. 613 01:14:05,232 --> 01:14:07,442 You won your freedom? 614 01:14:07,526 --> 01:14:09,861 A long time ago, the Emperor 615 01:14:11,530 --> 01:14:13,615 presented me with a rudius. 616 01:14:13,699 --> 01:14:16,409 It's just a wooden sword. 617 01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:20,372 The symbol of your freedom. 618 01:14:22,541 --> 01:14:25,543 He touched me on the shoulder, and I was free. 619 01:14:26,921 --> 01:14:29,339 You knew Marcus Aurelius? 620 01:14:29,423 --> 01:14:33,677 I did not say I knew him. I said he touched me on the shoulder once. 621 01:14:34,303 --> 01:14:36,388 You asked me what I want. 622 01:14:37,723 --> 01:14:40,684 I, too, want to stand in front of the Emperor, 623 01:14:41,936 --> 01:14:43,353 as you did. 624 01:14:43,437 --> 01:14:46,856 Then listen to me. Learn from me. 625 01:14:47,733 --> 01:14:50,777 I wasn't the best because I killed quickly. 626 01:14:51,988 --> 01:14:54,656 I was the best because the crowd loved me. 627 01:14:55,741 --> 01:14:59,077 Win the crowd, and you'll win your freedom. 628 01:15:03,541 --> 01:15:05,417 I will win the crowd. 629 01:15:07,628 --> 01:15:11,089 I will give them something they've never seen before. 630 01:15:12,091 --> 01:15:15,093 So, Spaniard, we shall go to Rome together 631 01:15:15,761 --> 01:15:17,595 and have bloody adventures. 632 01:15:17,680 --> 01:15:19,472 And the great whore will suckle us 633 01:15:19,557 --> 01:15:22,142 until we are fat and happy and can suckle no more. 634 01:15:22,226 --> 01:15:23,685 And then, 635 01:15:24,770 --> 01:15:26,938 when enough men have died, 636 01:15:29,108 --> 01:15:31,568 perhaps you will have your freedom. 637 01:15:35,990 --> 01:15:38,324 Here. Use this. 638 01:16:02,058 --> 01:16:05,226 It's somewhere out there, my country. 639 01:16:06,312 --> 01:16:07,645 My home. 640 01:16:08,814 --> 01:16:10,982 My wife is preparing food. 641 01:16:11,942 --> 01:16:14,652 My daughters carry water from the river. 642 01:16:15,988 --> 01:16:18,031 Will I ever see them again? 643 01:16:19,325 --> 01:16:20,825 I think, no. 644 01:16:21,118 --> 01:16:23,578 Do you believe you'll see them again when you die? 645 01:16:23,662 --> 01:16:25,038 I think so. 646 01:16:25,664 --> 01:16:28,750 But then, I will die soon. 647 01:16:30,377 --> 01:16:32,837 They will not die for many years. 648 01:16:33,631 --> 01:16:35,298 I'll have to wait. 649 01:16:35,382 --> 01:16:37,550 But you would? Wait? 650 01:16:38,177 --> 01:16:39,552 Of course. 651 01:16:41,472 --> 01:16:42,847 You see, 652 01:16:44,016 --> 01:16:47,560 my wife and my son 653 01:16:49,271 --> 01:16:51,439 are already waiting for me. 654 01:16:51,524 --> 01:16:55,193 You'll meet them again. But not yet. 655 01:16:59,240 --> 01:17:00,615 Not yet. 656 01:17:02,201 --> 01:17:03,910 -Unless... -Not yet. 657 01:17:07,915 --> 01:17:09,207 Not yet. 658 01:17:22,096 --> 01:17:23,638 There he is. 659 01:18:12,771 --> 01:18:13,897 Out. 660 01:18:15,107 --> 01:18:17,025 Move, go, out! 661 01:18:29,747 --> 01:18:32,248 Good to see you again, old friend. 662 01:18:37,588 --> 01:18:39,297 Bring me fortune. 663 01:18:43,886 --> 01:18:46,763 Have you ever seen anything like that before? 664 01:18:47,848 --> 01:18:50,433 I didn't know men could build such things. 665 01:19:00,402 --> 01:19:01,986 Win the crowd. 666 01:19:02,196 --> 01:19:04,530 Get inside. Move. 667 01:19:04,615 --> 01:19:05,907 Inside. 668 01:19:55,124 --> 01:19:57,875 He sleeps so well because he's loved. 669 01:20:00,796 --> 01:20:02,880 Come, brother. It's late. 670 01:20:06,468 --> 01:20:09,304 I will make Rome the wonder of the ages. 671 01:20:12,099 --> 01:20:15,435 That is what Gracchus and his friends don't understand. 672 01:20:15,853 --> 01:20:19,063 All my desires are splitting my head to pieces. 673 01:20:26,113 --> 01:20:28,865 Commodus, drink this tonic. 674 01:20:38,417 --> 01:20:40,877 I think the time is almost right. 675 01:20:41,253 --> 01:20:44,172 I could announce the dissolution of the Senate 676 01:20:44,256 --> 01:20:46,341 at the celebration to honor our father. 677 01:20:46,425 --> 01:20:48,384 Do you think I should? 678 01:20:49,136 --> 01:20:51,054 Are the people ready? 679 01:20:53,182 --> 01:20:55,558 I think you need your rest now. 680 01:21:01,482 --> 01:21:03,316 Will you stay with me? 681 01:21:03,400 --> 01:21:05,818 Still afraid of the dark, brother? 682 01:21:12,576 --> 01:21:13,785 Still. 683 01:21:15,621 --> 01:21:16,913 Always. 684 01:21:18,624 --> 01:21:21,501 -Stay with me tonight. -You know I won't. 685 01:21:25,964 --> 01:21:27,507 Then kiss me. 686 01:21:36,308 --> 01:21:37,850 Sleep, brother. 687 01:22:30,654 --> 01:22:32,780 Having servants who are deaf and mute 688 01:22:32,865 --> 01:22:35,616 at least ensures I live a little longer. 689 01:22:37,411 --> 01:22:39,745 They're arresting scholars now. 690 01:22:39,830 --> 01:22:43,666 Anyone who dare speak out. Even satirists and chroniclers. 691 01:22:44,293 --> 01:22:46,210 And mathematicians. 692 01:22:47,421 --> 01:22:49,547 And all to feed the arena. 693 01:22:51,216 --> 01:22:53,634 The Senate did not approve martial law. 694 01:22:53,719 --> 01:22:56,554 This reign of terror is entirely the Praetorians. 695 01:22:57,723 --> 01:22:59,849 I'm afraid to go out after dark. 696 01:22:59,933 --> 01:23:03,478 You should be more afraid of your activities during the day. 697 01:23:03,562 --> 01:23:08,274 The Senate is full of his spies, led by that whore master, Falco. 698 01:23:09,610 --> 01:23:14,030 But what is in his mind? That's what I trouble myself with. 699 01:23:14,823 --> 01:23:17,742 He spends all his days singularly obsessed, 700 01:23:17,826 --> 01:23:20,661 planning the festival to honor your father. 701 01:23:20,746 --> 01:23:24,332 He neglects even the most fundamental task of government. 702 01:23:25,083 --> 01:23:27,293 So just what is he planning? 703 01:23:27,669 --> 01:23:29,295 And what pays for it? 704 01:23:29,379 --> 01:23:33,591 These daily games are costing a fortune, yet we have no new taxes. 705 01:23:34,343 --> 01:23:35,760 The future. 706 01:23:37,137 --> 01:23:39,180 The future pays for it. 707 01:23:40,641 --> 01:23:43,518 He's started selling the grain reserves. 708 01:23:43,602 --> 01:23:45,436 This can't be true. 709 01:23:46,063 --> 01:23:48,564 He's selling Rome's reserves of grain. 710 01:23:49,149 --> 01:23:52,068 The people will be starving in two years. 711 01:23:52,611 --> 01:23:54,111 I hope they're enjoying the games, 712 01:23:54,196 --> 01:23:57,573 because soon enough they'll be dead because of them. 713 01:23:57,908 --> 01:24:00,243 -Rome must know this. -And how? 714 01:24:00,744 --> 01:24:03,120 He's going to dissolve the Senate. 715 01:24:03,705 --> 01:24:07,291 And who will tell them before it's too late? You, Gracchus? 716 01:24:08,627 --> 01:24:10,127 You, Gaius. 717 01:24:10,212 --> 01:24:11,921 Will you make a speech on the floor of the Senate, 718 01:24:12,005 --> 01:24:13,756 denouncing my brother? 719 01:24:14,299 --> 01:24:16,842 And then see your family in the Colosseum? 720 01:24:17,803 --> 01:24:19,178 Who'd dare? 721 01:24:28,355 --> 01:24:31,399 I have been living in a prison of fear every day, 722 01:24:31,483 --> 01:24:34,068 because my son is heir to the throne. 723 01:24:39,658 --> 01:24:41,158 He must die. 724 01:24:45,497 --> 01:24:49,292 Quintus and the Praetorians would simply seize control for themselves. 725 01:24:49,376 --> 01:24:53,254 No. Cut off the head and the snake cannot strike. 726 01:24:53,338 --> 01:24:55,381 Lucilla, Gaius is right. 727 01:24:55,465 --> 01:24:59,594 Until we can neutralize the Praetorians, we can achieve nothing. 728 01:25:01,138 --> 01:25:02,638 So we do nothing? 729 01:25:02,723 --> 01:25:05,516 No, child. We keep our counsel. 730 01:25:06,518 --> 01:25:07,852 We prepare. 731 01:25:08,687 --> 01:25:13,482 As long as the people support him, we are voices without steel. 732 01:25:14,276 --> 01:25:15,693 We are air. 733 01:25:18,697 --> 01:25:21,490 But with every day that passes, he makes enemies. 734 01:25:21,575 --> 01:25:24,452 One day, he'll have more enemies than friends. 735 01:25:24,870 --> 01:25:27,830 And on that day, we will act. 736 01:25:28,415 --> 01:25:30,291 Then we will strike. 737 01:25:31,209 --> 01:25:32,960 But until then, 738 01:25:34,129 --> 01:25:35,713 we are docile. 739 01:25:36,173 --> 01:25:38,341 We are obedient. 740 01:25:39,926 --> 01:25:41,927 And we are treacherous. 741 01:25:50,562 --> 01:25:51,729 Come on! 742 01:26:00,572 --> 01:26:02,615 All right, that's enough. 743 01:26:25,180 --> 01:26:26,514 The Emperor wants battles, 744 01:26:26,598 --> 01:26:28,766 and I don't want to sacrifice my best fighters. 745 01:26:28,850 --> 01:26:32,186 The crowd wants battles, so the Emperor gives them battles. 746 01:26:32,270 --> 01:26:35,856 -You get the battle of Carthage. -Massacre of Carthage. 747 01:26:37,818 --> 01:26:39,235 Well, why don't you go down to the prison, 748 01:26:39,319 --> 01:26:41,320 round up all the beggars and thieves? 749 01:26:41,405 --> 01:26:42,571 We've done that. 750 01:26:42,656 --> 01:26:45,032 If you want to give away the best gladiators 751 01:26:45,117 --> 01:26:46,283 in the whole of the empire, 752 01:26:46,368 --> 01:26:48,494 then I want double the rates. 753 01:26:48,578 --> 01:26:52,373 You'll get your contract rates, or you'll get your contract canceled. 754 01:26:52,457 --> 01:26:53,874 You don't like it? 755 01:26:53,959 --> 01:26:57,920 Then you can crawl back down that shit hole that you came from. 756 01:27:01,007 --> 01:27:03,175 Cassius, please. You can free us. 757 01:27:32,998 --> 01:27:36,125 Gladiator, are you the one they call the Spaniard? 758 01:27:36,209 --> 01:27:37,334 Yes. 759 01:27:38,128 --> 01:27:40,337 They said you were a giant. 760 01:27:40,422 --> 01:27:43,591 They said you could crush a man's skull with one hand. 761 01:27:43,675 --> 01:27:45,426 A man's? No. 762 01:27:46,762 --> 01:27:48,095 A boy's. 763 01:27:50,098 --> 01:27:53,642 -Do they have good horses in Spain? -Some of the best. 764 01:27:54,686 --> 01:27:57,772 This is Argento and this is Scarto. 765 01:27:59,191 --> 01:28:00,983 They were my horses. 766 01:28:01,902 --> 01:28:03,986 They were taken from me. 767 01:28:04,279 --> 01:28:07,573 I like you, Spaniard. I shall cheer for you. 768 01:28:08,116 --> 01:28:11,452 -They let you watch the games? -My uncle says it makes me strong. 769 01:28:11,536 --> 01:28:14,830 -And what does your father say? -My father is dead. 770 01:28:16,583 --> 01:28:18,667 Master Lucius, it is time. 771 01:28:19,920 --> 01:28:21,295 I have to go. 772 01:28:21,379 --> 01:28:22,963 Your name is Lucius? 773 01:28:25,091 --> 01:28:27,760 Lucius Verus, after my father. 774 01:28:58,416 --> 01:29:00,125 Lower! 775 01:29:05,257 --> 01:29:08,175 -Claudius! -Yes? 776 01:29:08,260 --> 01:29:10,678 -More shields! -All right. 777 01:29:29,781 --> 01:29:34,535 When the Emperor enters, raise your weapons, salute him, 778 01:29:34,619 --> 01:29:36,662 and then speak together. 779 01:29:37,455 --> 01:29:40,958 Face the Emperor and don't turn your back on him. 780 01:29:42,043 --> 01:29:44,920 Go, and die with honor. 781 01:30:39,976 --> 01:30:42,061 Hail, mighty Caesar! 782 01:30:45,273 --> 01:30:49,526 -Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! -Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! 783 01:30:52,530 --> 01:30:55,532 -We who are about to die salute you! -We who are about to die salute you! 784 01:30:57,243 --> 01:30:58,827 On this day 785 01:30:59,537 --> 01:31:02,539 we reach back to hallowed antiquity 786 01:31:03,416 --> 01:31:07,086 to bring you a re-creation of the second fall 787 01:31:07,170 --> 01:31:09,213 of mighty Carthage! 788 01:31:12,926 --> 01:31:17,346 On the barren plain of Zama 789 01:31:17,973 --> 01:31:21,058 there stood the invincible armies 790 01:31:21,434 --> 01:31:24,061 of the barbarian Hannibal. 791 01:31:24,771 --> 01:31:27,940 Ferocious mercenaries and warriors 792 01:31:28,024 --> 01:31:30,401 from all brute nations, 793 01:31:30,485 --> 01:31:34,780 bent on merciless destruction, 794 01:31:35,657 --> 01:31:37,032 conquest. 795 01:31:37,951 --> 01:31:41,996 Your emperor is pleased to give you 796 01:31:42,080 --> 01:31:45,124 the barbarian horde! 797 01:31:53,466 --> 01:31:55,467 Anyone here been in the army? 798 01:31:55,552 --> 01:31:58,470 Yes. I served with you at Vindobona. 799 01:31:59,431 --> 01:32:01,098 You can help me. 800 01:32:02,392 --> 01:32:04,935 Whatever comes out of these gates, 801 01:32:05,687 --> 01:32:09,481 we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. 802 01:32:09,566 --> 01:32:11,275 Do you understand? 803 01:32:13,403 --> 01:32:15,446 If we stay together, we survive. 804 01:32:15,530 --> 01:32:18,657 The Emperor is pleased to bring you the legionnaires 805 01:32:18,742 --> 01:32:22,327 of Scipio Africanus! 806 01:32:33,131 --> 01:32:34,840 To the death! 807 01:32:38,636 --> 01:32:41,221 -Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! -Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! 808 01:32:45,101 --> 01:32:46,643 Stay close. 809 01:32:52,650 --> 01:32:54,526 Come together! 810 01:32:55,820 --> 01:32:59,907 Stay close. Staggered columns! 811 01:33:13,129 --> 01:33:15,172 You don't have a chance. 812 01:33:26,518 --> 01:33:29,061 Lock your shields. Stay as one. 813 01:33:30,563 --> 01:33:32,147 Hold! 814 01:33:34,192 --> 01:33:37,194 Hold! As one! 815 01:33:40,115 --> 01:33:41,448 Well done. 816 01:33:53,336 --> 01:33:57,172 Hold. Down low! 817 01:34:02,971 --> 01:34:04,179 Yes! 818 01:34:16,276 --> 01:34:17,526 Hagen! 819 01:34:41,634 --> 01:34:45,179 This column to the chariot! This column stay with me! 820 01:34:48,808 --> 01:34:50,184 Quickly! 821 01:34:50,852 --> 01:34:53,604 -Get out there. -Hurry! 822 01:35:34,812 --> 01:35:35,979 Maximus! 823 01:35:48,201 --> 01:35:50,619 Single column! Single column! 824 01:36:35,915 --> 01:36:37,332 We win! 825 01:36:42,714 --> 01:36:45,215 My history's a little hazy, Cassius, 826 01:36:46,050 --> 01:36:48,969 but shouldn't the barbarians lose the battle of Carthage? 827 01:36:49,053 --> 01:36:50,804 Yes, sire. 828 01:36:52,724 --> 01:36:54,099 Forgive me, sire. 829 01:36:54,183 --> 01:36:56,893 No, I rather enjoy surprises. 830 01:36:57,687 --> 01:36:58,812 Who is he? 831 01:36:58,896 --> 01:37:01,898 They call him the Spaniard, sire. 832 01:37:04,402 --> 01:37:06,320 I think I'll meet him. 833 01:37:06,404 --> 01:37:07,738 Yes, sire. 834 01:37:09,949 --> 01:37:11,867 Hail to the barbarians! 835 01:37:26,799 --> 01:37:30,218 Forward! Arms at ready! 836 01:37:43,775 --> 01:37:45,442 Drop your weapons. 837 01:37:49,447 --> 01:37:52,407 Gladiator, the Emperor has asked for you. 838 01:37:52,992 --> 01:37:55,243 I am at the Emperor's service. 839 01:38:21,938 --> 01:38:24,064 Rise. Rise. 840 01:38:33,408 --> 01:38:35,659 Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. 841 01:38:35,743 --> 01:38:38,245 I don't think there's ever been a gladiator to match you. 842 01:38:38,329 --> 01:38:41,248 As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. 843 01:38:41,332 --> 01:38:42,916 Or was it Hercules? 844 01:38:44,335 --> 01:38:48,171 Why doesn't the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? 845 01:38:50,216 --> 01:38:51,842 You do have a name. 846 01:38:52,635 --> 01:38:54,511 My name is Gladiator. 847 01:38:57,807 --> 01:39:00,976 How dare you show your back to me? Slave! 848 01:39:02,353 --> 01:39:05,689 You will remove your helmet and tell me your name. 849 01:39:17,452 --> 01:39:19,953 My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, 850 01:39:20,329 --> 01:39:22,289 commander of the armies of the north, 851 01:39:22,373 --> 01:39:24,708 general of the Felix Legions, 852 01:39:24,792 --> 01:39:28,086 loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius, 853 01:39:29,505 --> 01:39:31,673 father to a murdered son, 854 01:39:32,133 --> 01:39:34,426 husband to a murdered wife, 855 01:39:34,760 --> 01:39:38,513 and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next. 856 01:39:45,521 --> 01:39:46,897 Arms! 857 01:39:59,994 --> 01:40:03,330 Live! Live! Live! Live! 858 01:40:03,414 --> 01:40:06,625 -Live! Live! Live! Live! -Live! Live! Live! Live! 859 01:40:50,628 --> 01:40:53,338 Arms, at rest! 860 01:41:45,850 --> 01:41:50,312 -Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! -Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! 861 01:42:38,402 --> 01:42:39,569 Father. 862 01:43:53,936 --> 01:43:55,812 Why is he still alive? 863 01:43:57,064 --> 01:43:58,565 I don't know. 864 01:43:59,066 --> 01:44:00,650 He shouldn't be alive. 865 01:44:01,485 --> 01:44:02,902 It vexes me. 866 01:44:04,655 --> 01:44:06,448 I'm terribly vexed. 867 01:44:17,668 --> 01:44:19,586 I did what I had to do. 868 01:44:20,337 --> 01:44:24,382 If Father had had his way, the empire would have been torn apart. 869 01:44:24,467 --> 01:44:26,134 You do see that. 870 01:44:26,510 --> 01:44:27,677 Yes. 871 01:44:32,475 --> 01:44:35,685 What did you feel when you saw him? 872 01:44:37,813 --> 01:44:39,439 I felt nothing. 873 01:44:41,400 --> 01:44:43,943 He wounded you deeply, didn't he? 874 01:44:44,987 --> 01:44:47,197 No more than I wounded him. 875 01:44:51,702 --> 01:44:53,995 They lied to me in Germania. 876 01:44:55,623 --> 01:44:57,707 They told me he was dead. 877 01:44:59,710 --> 01:45:02,295 If they lie to me, they don't respect me. 878 01:45:02,379 --> 01:45:05,715 If they don't respect me, how can they ever love me? 879 01:45:07,051 --> 01:45:09,427 Then you must let the legions know 880 01:45:09,512 --> 01:45:12,597 their treachery will not go unpunished. 881 01:45:13,432 --> 01:45:14,891 Poor sister. 882 01:45:15,309 --> 01:45:17,769 I wouldn't want to be your enemy. 883 01:45:18,979 --> 01:45:20,730 What will you do? 884 01:45:33,702 --> 01:45:35,036 This way. 885 01:46:10,406 --> 01:46:13,866 Rich matrons pay well to be pleasured by the bravest champions. 886 01:46:13,951 --> 01:46:16,452 I knew your brother would send assassins. 887 01:46:16,954 --> 01:46:19,581 I didn't realize he would send his best. 888 01:46:21,208 --> 01:46:23,293 Maximus, he doesn't know. 889 01:46:24,253 --> 01:46:27,380 My family was burnt and crucified while they were still alive. 890 01:46:27,464 --> 01:46:30,008 -I knew nothing... -Don't lie to me! 891 01:46:36,473 --> 01:46:38,224 I wept for them. 892 01:46:38,309 --> 01:46:42,145 As you wept for your father? As you wept for your father? 893 01:46:42,229 --> 01:46:45,815 I have been living in a prison of fear since that day. 894 01:46:46,317 --> 01:46:50,153 To be unable to mourn your father for fear of your brother. 895 01:46:51,030 --> 01:46:54,240 To live in terror every moment of every day, 896 01:46:54,325 --> 01:46:57,118 because your son is heir to the throne. 897 01:46:58,996 --> 01:47:00,455 I have wept. 898 01:47:01,790 --> 01:47:04,626 My son was innocent. 899 01:47:05,461 --> 01:47:07,503 So is mine. 900 01:47:09,506 --> 01:47:12,592 Must my son die, too, before you'll trust me? 901 01:47:14,053 --> 01:47:17,013 What does it matter if I trust you or not? 902 01:47:17,890 --> 01:47:20,933 The gods have spared you. Don't you understand? 903 01:47:21,018 --> 01:47:24,479 Today I saw a slave become more powerful than the emperor of Rome. 904 01:47:24,563 --> 01:47:26,356 The gods have spared me? 905 01:47:26,440 --> 01:47:29,901 I am at their mercy, with the power only to amuse a mob. 906 01:47:29,985 --> 01:47:31,527 That is power. 907 01:47:32,029 --> 01:47:33,154 The mob is Rome. 908 01:47:33,238 --> 01:47:36,866 And while Commodus controls them, he controls everything. 909 01:47:37,201 --> 01:47:38,743 Listen to me. 910 01:47:39,286 --> 01:47:42,413 My brother has enemies, most of all in the Senate. 911 01:47:42,498 --> 01:47:44,749 But while the people follow him, 912 01:47:44,833 --> 01:47:47,877 no one would dare stand up to him until you. 913 01:47:48,837 --> 01:47:51,130 They oppose him, yet they do nothing. 914 01:47:51,215 --> 01:47:54,967 There are some politicians who have dedicated their lives to Rome. 915 01:47:55,052 --> 01:47:56,803 One man above all. 916 01:47:57,888 --> 01:48:00,973 If I can arrange it, will you meet him? 917 01:48:01,308 --> 01:48:03,226 Do you not understand? 918 01:48:03,477 --> 01:48:07,689 I may die in this cell tonight, or in the arena tomorrow. I am a slave! 919 01:48:07,773 --> 01:48:10,441 What possible difference can I make? 920 01:48:10,734 --> 01:48:12,985 This man wants what you want. 921 01:48:13,070 --> 01:48:15,279 Then have him kill Commodus! 922 01:48:17,908 --> 01:48:19,701 I knew a man once, 923 01:48:20,619 --> 01:48:21,911 a noble man. 924 01:48:22,913 --> 01:48:25,790 A man of principle who loved my father, 925 01:48:26,750 --> 01:48:28,835 and my father loved him. 926 01:48:30,796 --> 01:48:32,964 This man served Rome well. 927 01:48:37,302 --> 01:48:39,011 That man is gone. 928 01:48:40,180 --> 01:48:42,306 Your brother did his work well. 929 01:48:42,391 --> 01:48:44,058 Let me help you. 930 01:48:49,982 --> 01:48:53,067 Yes, you can help me. 931 01:48:56,405 --> 01:49:00,116 Forget you ever knew me, never come here again. 932 01:49:03,787 --> 01:49:06,539 Guard! The lady is finished with me. 933 01:49:34,985 --> 01:49:36,652 What's your name? 934 01:49:39,656 --> 01:49:41,240 Julian Crassus. 935 01:49:46,747 --> 01:49:47,997 Name? 936 01:49:49,291 --> 01:49:50,792 Marcus, sire. 937 01:49:51,710 --> 01:49:53,419 My father's name. 938 01:50:00,928 --> 01:50:03,095 They must have known of Maximus' escape, 939 01:50:03,180 --> 01:50:06,015 when they found the bodies of the four men. 940 01:50:06,475 --> 01:50:09,060 They thought it was a barbarian raid. 941 01:50:10,103 --> 01:50:13,272 These are good men, sire. Loyal to the Emperor. 942 01:50:20,614 --> 01:50:22,323 Load your arrows! 943 01:50:29,957 --> 01:50:31,874 Prepare to fire! 944 01:50:52,396 --> 01:50:55,690 Then perhaps it was you who knew, 945 01:50:56,525 --> 01:50:58,234 and never told me. 946 01:50:58,485 --> 01:51:00,736 -I didn't know. -You didn't know? 947 01:51:02,239 --> 01:51:05,074 But a general is always in control. 948 01:51:06,451 --> 01:51:10,121 Always in command, isn't he? 949 01:51:11,665 --> 01:51:13,124 Yes, Caesar. 950 01:51:27,055 --> 01:51:29,765 Then give the command. Say it. 951 01:51:46,658 --> 01:51:47,783 Fire. 952 01:52:23,028 --> 01:52:24,362 Maximus. 953 01:52:25,113 --> 01:52:28,240 You commanded legions? You had many victories? 954 01:52:29,117 --> 01:52:31,327 -Yes. -In Germania? 955 01:52:33,246 --> 01:52:34,997 In many countries. 956 01:52:36,583 --> 01:52:37,917 General. 957 01:53:27,008 --> 01:53:28,884 You have a great name. 958 01:53:30,387 --> 01:53:33,431 He must kill your name before he kills you. 959 01:53:42,399 --> 01:53:43,733 Yes, at the far end. 960 01:53:43,817 --> 01:53:45,735 -Senator Gaius. -Hello. 961 01:53:46,236 --> 01:53:48,195 Senator Gracchus. 962 01:53:49,781 --> 01:53:53,200 Don't often see you enjoying the pleasures of the vulgar crowd. 963 01:53:53,285 --> 01:53:56,412 I don't pretend to be a man of the people, Senator, 964 01:53:56,496 --> 01:53:59,039 but I do try to be a man for the people. 965 01:54:15,265 --> 01:54:20,519 -Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! -Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! 966 01:54:25,025 --> 01:54:26,650 People of Rome! 967 01:54:28,945 --> 01:54:31,405 On the fourth day of Antioch, 968 01:54:32,032 --> 01:54:36,410 we can celebrate the 64th day of the games. 969 01:54:37,037 --> 01:54:41,290 And in his majestic charity, 970 01:54:42,042 --> 01:54:46,253 the Emperor has deigned this day to favor the people of Rome 971 01:54:46,838 --> 01:54:50,257 with an historical final match. 972 01:54:51,051 --> 01:54:55,638 Returning to the Colosseum today, after five years in retirement, 973 01:54:57,057 --> 01:55:00,518 Caesar is pleased to bring you 974 01:55:00,602 --> 01:55:04,396 the only undefeated champion 975 01:55:04,481 --> 01:55:06,440 in Roman history, 976 01:55:06,525 --> 01:55:11,445 the legendary Tigris of Gaul! 977 01:55:33,009 --> 01:55:36,178 He knows too well how to manipulate the mob. 978 01:55:36,263 --> 01:55:38,973 Marcus Aurelius had a dream that was Rome, Proximo. 979 01:55:39,057 --> 01:55:41,851 This is not it. This is not it! 980 01:55:41,935 --> 01:55:44,770 Marcus Aurelius is dead, Maximus. 981 01:55:45,605 --> 01:55:48,190 We mortals are but shadows and dust. 982 01:55:48,859 --> 01:55:50,985 Shadows and dust, Maximus! 983 01:55:51,069 --> 01:55:54,947 Representing the training lyceum of Antonius Proximo, 984 01:55:55,031 --> 01:55:58,701 Caesar is proud to give you 985 01:55:58,785 --> 01:56:02,621 Aelius Maximus! 986 01:56:15,427 --> 01:56:17,803 They embrace him like he's one of their own. 987 01:56:17,888 --> 01:56:21,807 The mob is fickle, brother. He'll be forgotten in a month. 988 01:56:24,561 --> 01:56:27,396 No, much sooner than that. 989 01:56:29,316 --> 01:56:31,108 It's been arranged. 990 01:56:49,628 --> 01:56:52,588 We who are about to die salute you. 991 01:56:55,926 --> 01:56:57,718 We're with you, Maximus! 992 01:57:40,303 --> 01:57:42,096 Fight on, finish it! 993 01:58:10,333 --> 01:58:12,001 Pull, pull! 994 01:58:44,367 --> 01:58:45,909 Loose! Loose! 995 01:59:14,022 --> 01:59:16,106 -Gut him! -Kill! 996 01:59:17,567 --> 01:59:21,153 -Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! -Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! 997 01:59:41,591 --> 01:59:43,634 -Kill! -Kill! 998 02:00:21,506 --> 02:00:23,715 Maximus the Merciful! 999 02:00:32,892 --> 02:00:38,647 -Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! -Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! 1000 02:00:45,864 --> 02:00:48,490 Forward, arms at ready! 1001 02:01:18,479 --> 02:01:20,856 What am I going to do with you? 1002 02:01:22,025 --> 02:01:25,485 You simply won't die. 1003 02:01:30,241 --> 02:01:32,618 Are we so different, you and I? 1004 02:01:33,745 --> 02:01:36,663 You take life when you have to, as I do. 1005 02:01:38,041 --> 02:01:41,710 I have only one more life to take. Then it is done. 1006 02:01:42,253 --> 02:01:44,004 Then take it now. 1007 02:01:57,060 --> 02:01:59,061 They tell me your son 1008 02:01:59,854 --> 02:02:03,774 squealed like a girl when they nailed him to the cross. 1009 02:02:05,902 --> 02:02:07,569 And your wife 1010 02:02:08,821 --> 02:02:10,739 moaned like a whore 1011 02:02:11,866 --> 02:02:16,411 when they ravaged her again and again 1012 02:02:17,747 --> 02:02:19,164 and again. 1013 02:02:24,420 --> 02:02:28,173 The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end, 1014 02:02:32,762 --> 02:02:34,137 Highness. 1015 02:03:01,666 --> 02:03:04,543 General! General! 1016 02:03:06,045 --> 02:03:07,462 General! General! 1017 02:03:09,507 --> 02:03:11,300 -General! -Cicero! 1018 02:03:18,766 --> 02:03:20,267 -General! -Where are you camped? 1019 02:03:20,351 --> 02:03:21,643 Ostia. 1020 02:03:28,109 --> 02:03:31,069 -We love you, Maximus! -Praise the victor! 1021 02:03:31,154 --> 02:03:33,655 Tell the men their general lives. Find me. 1022 02:03:33,823 --> 02:03:35,615 -Move along! -Find me! 1023 02:04:01,476 --> 02:04:03,435 Can they hear you? 1024 02:04:07,023 --> 02:04:10,525 -Who? -Your family, in the afterlife. 1025 02:04:13,029 --> 02:04:15,364 -Yes. -What do you say to them? 1026 02:04:19,243 --> 02:04:20,702 To my boy, 1027 02:04:22,538 --> 02:04:25,082 I tell him I will see him again soon, 1028 02:04:25,166 --> 02:04:28,752 and to keep his heels down when he's riding his horse. 1029 02:04:30,046 --> 02:04:31,546 To my wife, 1030 02:04:34,050 --> 02:04:36,176 that is not your business. 1031 02:04:43,851 --> 02:04:46,728 And now they love Maximus for his mercy. 1032 02:04:48,106 --> 02:04:51,650 So I can't just kill him, or it makes me even more unmerciful. 1033 02:04:52,985 --> 02:04:57,239 The whole thing is like some great nightmare. 1034 02:04:58,491 --> 02:05:00,325 He is defying you. 1035 02:05:00,410 --> 02:05:03,787 His every victory is an act of defiance. 1036 02:05:03,871 --> 02:05:07,457 The mob sees this, and so do the Senate. 1037 02:05:08,251 --> 02:05:11,128 Every day he lives, they grow bolder. 1038 02:05:12,672 --> 02:05:14,423 -Kill him. -No. 1039 02:05:16,300 --> 02:05:18,760 I will not make a martyr of him. 1040 02:05:25,893 --> 02:05:28,353 When I went to the Senate today, 1041 02:05:28,438 --> 02:05:32,899 I purposefully told them about using the grain reserves to pay for the games. 1042 02:05:34,819 --> 02:05:36,987 And did you note what happened? 1043 02:05:37,071 --> 02:05:40,282 -Nothing. -Exactly. Nothing. 1044 02:05:41,284 --> 02:05:43,618 Not a single word of protest. 1045 02:05:43,703 --> 02:05:47,330 Even the insolent Senator Gracchus was silent as a mouse. 1046 02:05:47,415 --> 02:05:48,582 Why? 1047 02:05:50,293 --> 02:05:54,004 I have been told of a certain sea snake 1048 02:05:54,088 --> 02:05:58,133 which has a very unusual method of attracting its prey. 1049 02:05:58,593 --> 02:06:02,304 It will lie at the bottom of the ocean as if wounded. 1050 02:06:03,264 --> 02:06:05,599 Then its enemies will approach, 1051 02:06:05,683 --> 02:06:08,768 and yet it will lie quite still. 1052 02:06:09,103 --> 02:06:12,898 And then its enemies will take little bites of it, 1053 02:06:12,982 --> 02:06:16,276 and yet it remains still. 1054 02:06:19,489 --> 02:06:20,655 So, 1055 02:06:21,991 --> 02:06:23,783 we will lie still, 1056 02:06:24,494 --> 02:06:27,829 and let our enemies come to us and nibble. 1057 02:06:28,998 --> 02:06:31,249 Have every senator followed. 1058 02:06:48,893 --> 02:06:50,644 Cicero, my old friend. 1059 02:06:50,728 --> 02:06:52,604 I thought perhaps I'd seen you for the last time. 1060 02:06:52,688 --> 02:06:55,232 -I thought you were dead. -Close. 1061 02:06:55,316 --> 02:06:56,942 How long have the men been in Ostia? 1062 02:06:57,026 --> 02:06:58,360 All winter. 1063 02:06:58,694 --> 02:07:01,988 -And how do they look? -Fat and bored. 1064 02:07:02,698 --> 02:07:05,742 -Who's in command? -Some fool from Rome. 1065 02:07:07,370 --> 02:07:09,204 How soon do you think they could be ready to fight? 1066 02:07:09,288 --> 02:07:11,081 For you, tomorrow. 1067 02:07:12,542 --> 02:07:15,043 I need you to do something for me. 1068 02:07:19,674 --> 02:07:21,091 Come, see, witness. 1069 02:07:21,175 --> 02:07:24,219 If you haven't been in the arena, you can see the show here. 1070 02:07:24,303 --> 02:07:27,931 Giant Maximus is defeating our emperor, Commodus. 1071 02:07:28,015 --> 02:07:30,642 What are we to do? He's just defying everyone, 1072 02:07:30,726 --> 02:07:32,394 by doing this to him, they do... 1073 02:07:33,646 --> 02:07:34,980 My goodness! 1074 02:07:36,774 --> 02:07:40,360 -He got him, he's defeated. -Give way! 1075 02:07:46,450 --> 02:07:49,035 My lady? I served your father at Vindobona. 1076 02:07:49,120 --> 02:07:50,662 -Back. -My lady. 1077 02:07:50,746 --> 02:07:53,164 I served your father at Vindobona. 1078 02:07:53,249 --> 02:07:54,332 Back! 1079 02:07:54,417 --> 02:07:57,627 And I served General Maximus. I serve him still. 1080 02:07:59,130 --> 02:08:00,714 Stop. Stop. 1081 02:08:01,257 --> 02:08:02,424 Stop! 1082 02:08:03,342 --> 02:08:04,759 Stand back. 1083 02:08:06,053 --> 02:08:09,097 The general sends word, he will meet your politician. 1084 02:08:10,808 --> 02:08:14,102 -For your loyalty, soldier. -Thank you, my lady. 1085 02:08:23,863 --> 02:08:25,196 Leave us. 1086 02:08:30,911 --> 02:08:32,621 Senator Gracchus. 1087 02:08:46,427 --> 02:08:47,719 General. 1088 02:08:48,804 --> 02:08:51,556 I hope my coming here today is evidence enough 1089 02:08:51,641 --> 02:08:54,726 that you can trust me. 1090 02:08:59,023 --> 02:09:01,483 -The Senate is with you? -The Senate? 1091 02:09:02,985 --> 02:09:05,695 Yes. I can speak for them. 1092 02:09:06,322 --> 02:09:09,658 You can buy my freedom and smuggle me out of Rome? 1093 02:09:10,034 --> 02:09:11,493 To what end? 1094 02:09:12,953 --> 02:09:15,288 Get me outside the city walls. 1095 02:09:15,873 --> 02:09:19,751 Have fresh horses ready to take me to Ostia. My army is encamped there. 1096 02:09:19,835 --> 02:09:23,171 By nightfall of the second day, I shall return at the head of 5,000 men. 1097 02:09:23,255 --> 02:09:25,507 But the legions all have new commanders, 1098 02:09:25,591 --> 02:09:27,008 loyal to Commodus. 1099 02:09:27,093 --> 02:09:30,261 Let my men see me alive, and you shall see where their loyalties lie. 1100 02:09:30,346 --> 02:09:32,013 This is madness. 1101 02:09:32,682 --> 02:09:36,017 No Roman army has entered the capital in 100 years. 1102 02:09:36,102 --> 02:09:38,353 I will not trade one dictatorship for another! 1103 02:09:38,437 --> 02:09:41,981 The time for half measures and talk is over, Senator. 1104 02:09:42,525 --> 02:09:45,610 And after your glorious coup, what then? 1105 02:09:46,821 --> 02:09:50,448 You'll take your 5,000 warriors and leave? 1106 02:09:50,533 --> 02:09:52,075 I will leave. 1107 02:09:52,576 --> 02:09:54,619 The soldiers will stay for your protection, 1108 02:09:54,704 --> 02:09:56,371 under the command of the Senate. 1109 02:09:56,497 --> 02:09:57,664 So, 1110 02:09:57,998 --> 02:10:02,210 once all of Rome is yours, you'll just give it back to the people? 1111 02:10:03,587 --> 02:10:04,587 Tell me why. 1112 02:10:10,719 --> 02:10:13,888 Because that was the last wish of a dying man. 1113 02:10:16,934 --> 02:10:18,810 I will kill Commodus. 1114 02:10:20,729 --> 02:10:23,815 The fate of Rome I leave to you. 1115 02:10:25,568 --> 02:10:27,861 Marcus Aurelius trusted you. 1116 02:10:29,697 --> 02:10:31,739 His daughter trusts you. 1117 02:10:35,744 --> 02:10:37,412 I will trust you. 1118 02:10:37,830 --> 02:10:39,873 But we have little time. 1119 02:10:40,416 --> 02:10:42,167 Give me two days, 1120 02:10:42,960 --> 02:10:45,211 and I will buy your freedom. 1121 02:10:45,838 --> 02:10:47,172 And you, 1122 02:10:48,716 --> 02:10:50,300 you stay alive, 1123 02:10:51,802 --> 02:10:53,470 or I'll be dead. 1124 02:10:55,431 --> 02:10:57,015 Now we must go. 1125 02:11:24,084 --> 02:11:27,670 He'll be waiting for you. Stand at the foot of the colossus. 1126 02:11:27,755 --> 02:11:29,339 He'll find you. 1127 02:12:13,509 --> 02:12:14,968 It won't work. 1128 02:12:15,928 --> 02:12:18,054 The Emperor knows too much. 1129 02:12:18,806 --> 02:12:19,806 And as for me, 1130 02:12:22,142 --> 02:12:24,185 it's becoming dangerous. 1131 02:12:25,479 --> 02:12:27,730 You'll be paid on my return. 1132 02:12:29,817 --> 02:12:31,609 I give you my word. 1133 02:12:31,860 --> 02:12:34,946 Your word? What if you don't return? 1134 02:12:36,198 --> 02:12:39,158 Do you remember what it was to have trust, Proximo? 1135 02:12:39,243 --> 02:12:40,493 Trust? 1136 02:12:44,748 --> 02:12:46,499 Who am I to trust? 1137 02:12:47,084 --> 02:12:50,253 -I will kill Commodus. -Why would I want that? 1138 02:12:51,046 --> 02:12:52,755 He makes me rich. 1139 02:12:57,886 --> 02:13:00,722 I know that you are a man of your word, General. 1140 02:13:02,474 --> 02:13:05,059 I know that you would die for honor. 1141 02:13:06,395 --> 02:13:08,354 You would die for Rome. 1142 02:13:09,398 --> 02:13:12,525 You would die for the memory of your ancestors. 1143 02:13:12,610 --> 02:13:14,902 But I, on the other hand, 1144 02:13:17,615 --> 02:13:19,449 I'm an entertainer. 1145 02:13:22,953 --> 02:13:24,162 Guard! 1146 02:13:29,001 --> 02:13:31,586 He killed the man who set you free. 1147 02:13:40,763 --> 02:13:42,597 Praetorians, master. 1148 02:13:48,771 --> 02:13:49,937 Halt! 1149 02:14:55,087 --> 02:14:56,879 Where have you been? 1150 02:14:57,339 --> 02:14:58,923 I sent for you. 1151 02:15:00,509 --> 02:15:02,176 Please, brother. 1152 02:15:07,933 --> 02:15:09,809 What's troubling you? 1153 02:15:12,229 --> 02:15:14,605 Does Gracchus have a new lover? 1154 02:15:16,400 --> 02:15:17,900 I don't know. 1155 02:15:19,903 --> 02:15:22,029 I thought you'd seen him. 1156 02:15:22,865 --> 02:15:25,366 He infects everyone like a putrid fever. 1157 02:15:27,202 --> 02:15:30,413 For the health of Rome, the Senate must be bled. 1158 02:15:30,831 --> 02:15:32,874 And he will bleed, too. 1159 02:15:33,751 --> 02:15:35,126 Very soon. 1160 02:15:36,628 --> 02:15:38,296 But not tonight. 1161 02:15:53,312 --> 02:15:56,230 Do you remember what our father said once? 1162 02:15:57,566 --> 02:15:59,233 "It's a dream, 1163 02:16:01,111 --> 02:16:03,029 "a frightful dream, 1164 02:16:05,574 --> 02:16:06,908 "life is." 1165 02:16:09,620 --> 02:16:11,704 Do you think that's true? 1166 02:16:12,456 --> 02:16:13,956 I don't know. 1167 02:16:17,544 --> 02:16:19,086 I think it is. 1168 02:16:21,840 --> 02:16:24,592 And I have only you to share it with. 1169 02:17:02,172 --> 02:17:03,798 Open your mouth. 1170 02:17:41,086 --> 02:17:42,879 You know I love you. 1171 02:17:44,965 --> 02:17:46,549 And I love you. 1172 02:18:23,211 --> 02:18:24,754 Out. Get out! 1173 02:18:25,964 --> 02:18:27,214 Move! 1174 02:18:31,887 --> 02:18:33,930 Congratulations, General. 1175 02:18:34,014 --> 02:18:36,807 You've got very persuasive friends. 1176 02:18:42,814 --> 02:18:45,316 My brother has had Gracchus arrested. 1177 02:18:45,400 --> 02:18:48,861 We daren't wait any longer. We must leave tonight. 1178 02:18:48,946 --> 02:18:52,573 Proximo will come at midnight and take you to the gate. 1179 02:18:53,241 --> 02:18:56,911 Your servant, Cicero, will be waiting there with horses. 1180 02:18:58,914 --> 02:19:01,207 -You have done all this? -Yes. 1181 02:19:02,417 --> 02:19:04,126 You risk too much. 1182 02:19:05,087 --> 02:19:07,088 I have much to pay for. 1183 02:19:09,508 --> 02:19:11,717 You have nothing to pay for. 1184 02:19:11,802 --> 02:19:14,887 You love your son. You're strong for him. 1185 02:19:18,100 --> 02:19:20,434 I am tired of being strong. 1186 02:19:22,396 --> 02:19:26,607 My brother hates all the world, and you most of all. 1187 02:19:27,109 --> 02:19:30,236 -Because your father chose me. -No. 1188 02:19:31,530 --> 02:19:33,781 Because my father loved you. 1189 02:19:37,703 --> 02:19:40,121 And because I loved you. 1190 02:19:42,708 --> 02:19:44,375 A long time ago. 1191 02:19:49,131 --> 02:19:51,257 Was I very different then? 1192 02:19:57,806 --> 02:19:59,557 You laughed more. 1193 02:20:03,645 --> 02:20:06,063 I have felt alone all my life, 1194 02:20:07,357 --> 02:20:09,025 except with you. 1195 02:20:12,112 --> 02:20:13,487 I must go. 1196 02:20:14,156 --> 02:20:15,281 Yes. 1197 02:20:43,769 --> 02:20:44,977 There. 1198 02:20:56,531 --> 02:20:58,032 And I got you. 1199 02:21:01,078 --> 02:21:02,995 Isn't it late to be playing legionnaire? 1200 02:21:03,080 --> 02:21:05,164 I'm not a legionnaire. 1201 02:21:05,499 --> 02:21:08,084 -Not a legionnaire? -I'm a gladiator. 1202 02:21:09,377 --> 02:21:10,836 A gladiator? 1203 02:21:11,546 --> 02:21:14,215 Gladiators only fight in the games. 1204 02:21:14,299 --> 02:21:17,718 Wouldn't you rather be a great Roman warrior like Julius Caesar? 1205 02:21:17,803 --> 02:21:20,387 I'm Maximus, the savior of Rome! 1206 02:21:23,225 --> 02:21:25,059 The savior of Rome? 1207 02:21:33,068 --> 02:21:34,777 And who said that? 1208 02:21:43,620 --> 02:21:45,204 Where's Lucius? 1209 02:21:46,414 --> 02:21:48,833 He's with the Emperor, my lady. 1210 02:21:51,753 --> 02:21:53,462 -She couldn't. -Yes, she did. 1211 02:21:53,547 --> 02:21:55,756 She took it from a basket, 1212 02:21:57,175 --> 02:22:00,928 and pressed it to her breast, right here above her heart. 1213 02:22:02,556 --> 02:22:05,766 -It bit her in the breast? -Yes. 1214 02:22:06,434 --> 02:22:10,396 You see, Lucius, sometimes royal ladies 1215 02:22:10,897 --> 02:22:14,859 behave very strangely and do very odd things in the name of love. 1216 02:22:14,943 --> 02:22:17,528 -I think it's silly. -So do I. 1217 02:22:19,614 --> 02:22:20,948 So do I. 1218 02:22:21,491 --> 02:22:23,576 Sister, join us. 1219 02:22:24,202 --> 02:22:25,953 I've been reading to dear Lucius. 1220 02:22:26,037 --> 02:22:28,038 -I've been reading, too. -Yes. 1221 02:22:28,123 --> 02:22:32,459 He's a very clever little boy. He'll make a grand emperor one day. 1222 02:22:34,004 --> 02:22:36,422 We've been reading about the great Mark Antony, 1223 02:22:36,506 --> 02:22:37,840 and his adventures in Egypt. 1224 02:22:37,924 --> 02:22:40,467 And the queen killed herself with a snake. 1225 02:22:40,552 --> 02:22:43,888 And just wait until you hear what happened to our ancestors. 1226 02:22:43,972 --> 02:22:45,806 If you're very good, 1227 02:22:45,891 --> 02:22:49,685 tomorrow night, I'll tell you the story of Emperor Claudius. 1228 02:22:49,769 --> 02:22:51,478 He was betrayed 1229 02:22:52,689 --> 02:22:54,815 by those closest to him. 1230 02:22:56,693 --> 02:22:58,444 By his own blood. 1231 02:22:59,779 --> 02:23:02,239 They whispered in dark corners 1232 02:23:02,324 --> 02:23:04,783 and went out late at night, 1233 02:23:04,868 --> 02:23:08,204 and conspired, and conspired. 1234 02:23:10,832 --> 02:23:14,668 But the Emperor Claudius knew that they were up to something. 1235 02:23:14,794 --> 02:23:17,338 He knew they were busy little bees. 1236 02:23:19,299 --> 02:23:22,343 And one night he sat down with one of them, 1237 02:23:23,136 --> 02:23:25,137 and he looked at her, 1238 02:23:25,889 --> 02:23:27,431 and he said, 1239 02:23:28,600 --> 02:23:31,185 "Tell me what you've been doing, 1240 02:23:31,853 --> 02:23:33,562 "busy little bee. 1241 02:23:35,857 --> 02:23:38,943 "Or I shall strike down those dearest to you. 1242 02:23:40,111 --> 02:23:43,155 "You shall watch as I bathe in their blood." 1243 02:23:46,868 --> 02:23:49,286 And the Emperor was heartbroken. 1244 02:23:51,373 --> 02:23:53,582 The little bee had wounded him more deeply 1245 02:23:53,667 --> 02:23:56,377 than anyone else could ever have done. 1246 02:23:58,505 --> 02:24:01,382 What do you think happened then, Lucius? 1247 02:24:02,008 --> 02:24:03,842 I don't know, Uncle. 1248 02:24:10,350 --> 02:24:12,935 The little bee told him everything. 1249 02:25:10,827 --> 02:25:13,829 Open, in the name of the Emperor! 1250 02:25:14,664 --> 02:25:15,956 Proximo! 1251 02:25:16,833 --> 02:25:19,960 Open the gates, in the name of the Emperor! 1252 02:25:20,795 --> 02:25:22,129 Proximo! 1253 02:25:24,340 --> 02:25:25,799 Open the gates! 1254 02:25:31,639 --> 02:25:33,932 Open the gates, Proximo. 1255 02:25:34,392 --> 02:25:36,643 Do you want to die, old man? 1256 02:25:37,854 --> 02:25:38,979 Here. 1257 02:25:39,564 --> 02:25:41,732 Everything is prepared. 1258 02:25:41,816 --> 02:25:44,276 It seems you have won your freedom. 1259 02:25:44,360 --> 02:25:47,946 Proximo, are you in danger of becoming a good man? 1260 02:25:53,036 --> 02:25:56,872 -Juba. -All enemies of the Emperor die! 1261 02:25:57,415 --> 02:25:59,583 Open the gates! 1262 02:26:05,090 --> 02:26:07,049 Pull! 1263 02:26:09,177 --> 02:26:12,054 Move! Form a column on the left! 1264 02:26:15,850 --> 02:26:19,061 I only need moments, so do not be careless with your lives. 1265 02:26:19,145 --> 02:26:21,605 If you don't want any part of this, go back to your cells. 1266 02:26:21,689 --> 02:26:23,941 We'll wait here for you, Maximus. 1267 02:26:24,025 --> 02:26:25,818 -Strength and honor. -Strength and honor. 1268 02:26:25,902 --> 02:26:26,944 Go. 1269 02:26:27,821 --> 02:26:29,655 Strength and honor. 1270 02:26:32,283 --> 02:26:35,119 Aim. Arch your bows! 1271 02:27:42,228 --> 02:27:43,520 Shadows and dust. 1272 02:28:25,438 --> 02:28:26,688 Maximus! 1273 02:28:32,153 --> 02:28:33,570 I'm sorry. 1274 02:28:59,973 --> 02:29:01,348 It's done. 1275 02:29:08,314 --> 02:29:10,190 And what of my nephew? 1276 02:29:11,276 --> 02:29:13,277 And what of his mother? 1277 02:29:15,363 --> 02:29:17,906 Should they share her lover's fate? 1278 02:29:19,617 --> 02:29:21,660 Or should I be merciful? 1279 02:29:24,372 --> 02:29:26,290 Commodus the Merciful. 1280 02:29:32,714 --> 02:29:35,048 Lucius will stay with me now. 1281 02:29:36,217 --> 02:29:38,010 And if his mother 1282 02:29:39,387 --> 02:29:41,513 so much as looks at me 1283 02:29:42,682 --> 02:29:45,183 in a manner that displeases me, 1284 02:29:47,145 --> 02:29:48,562 he will die. 1285 02:29:52,066 --> 02:29:55,319 If she decides to be noble, 1286 02:29:57,071 --> 02:29:59,156 and takes her own life, 1287 02:30:00,742 --> 02:30:02,200 he will die. 1288 02:30:05,830 --> 02:30:07,539 And as for you, 1289 02:30:10,335 --> 02:30:12,085 you will love me, 1290 02:30:12,920 --> 02:30:14,713 as I have loved you. 1291 02:30:16,299 --> 02:30:19,968 You will provide me with an heir of pure blood, 1292 02:30:20,928 --> 02:30:22,763 so that Commodus 1293 02:30:23,348 --> 02:30:26,308 and his progeny will rule for 1,000 years. 1294 02:30:30,938 --> 02:30:32,689 Am I not merciful? 1295 02:30:54,545 --> 02:30:57,172 Am I not merciful! 1296 02:31:09,394 --> 02:31:13,397 -Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! -Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! 1297 02:31:40,842 --> 02:31:43,593 I'm a soldier. I obey. 1298 02:31:46,347 --> 02:31:50,600 Nothing happens to anyone that he is not fitted by nature to bear. 1299 02:32:23,551 --> 02:32:24,843 Maximus. 1300 02:32:25,887 --> 02:32:27,220 Maximus. 1301 02:32:28,222 --> 02:32:29,514 Maximus. 1302 02:32:31,225 --> 02:32:33,059 They call for you. 1303 02:32:35,021 --> 02:32:38,273 The general who became a slave. 1304 02:32:39,525 --> 02:32:41,902 The slave who became a gladiator. 1305 02:32:43,279 --> 02:32:46,072 The gladiator who defied an emperor. 1306 02:32:48,075 --> 02:32:49,743 A striking story. 1307 02:32:50,912 --> 02:32:54,122 Now the people want to know how the story ends. 1308 02:32:56,501 --> 02:32:58,752 Only a famous death will do. 1309 02:33:00,671 --> 02:33:03,215 And what could be more glorious 1310 02:33:03,591 --> 02:33:07,344 than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena? 1311 02:33:09,680 --> 02:33:12,724 -You would fight me? -Why not? 1312 02:33:13,809 --> 02:33:15,852 Do you think I'm afraid? 1313 02:33:16,771 --> 02:33:19,814 I think you have been afraid all your life. 1314 02:33:19,899 --> 02:33:23,610 Unlike Maximus the Invincible, who knows no fear? 1315 02:33:29,367 --> 02:33:32,744 I knew a man who once said, "Death smiles at us all. 1316 02:33:33,621 --> 02:33:36,122 "All a man can do is smile back." 1317 02:33:37,917 --> 02:33:39,334 I wonder, 1318 02:33:39,961 --> 02:33:42,754 did your friend smile at his own death? 1319 02:33:43,130 --> 02:33:44,631 You must know. 1320 02:33:47,552 --> 02:33:49,344 He was your father. 1321 02:33:53,224 --> 02:33:55,559 You loved my father, I know, 1322 02:33:57,061 --> 02:33:58,562 but so did I. 1323 02:34:00,189 --> 02:34:02,774 That makes us brothers, doesn't it? 1324 02:34:05,403 --> 02:34:06,987 Smile for me now, brother. 1325 02:34:12,994 --> 02:34:15,829 Strap on his armor. Conceal the wound. 1326 02:35:10,259 --> 02:35:12,218 Ring formation! 1327 02:37:03,998 --> 02:37:05,623 Quintus, sword. 1328 02:37:07,126 --> 02:37:08,918 Give me your sword. 1329 02:37:12,339 --> 02:37:14,340 Sword! Give me a sword! 1330 02:37:15,843 --> 02:37:19,345 Sheathe your swords. Sheathe your swords! 1331 02:39:34,815 --> 02:39:36,149 Maximus. 1332 02:39:41,530 --> 02:39:42,822 Maximus. 1333 02:39:43,407 --> 02:39:44,741 Quintus. 1334 02:39:46,410 --> 02:39:47,869 Free my men. 1335 02:39:49,246 --> 02:39:51,956 Senator Gracchus is to be reinstated. 1336 02:39:53,250 --> 02:39:55,335 There was a dream that was Rome. 1337 02:39:56,003 --> 02:39:57,879 It shall be realized. 1338 02:39:58,422 --> 02:40:01,007 These are the wishes of Marcus Aurelius. 1339 02:40:02,092 --> 02:40:04,093 Free the prisoners. Go! 1340 02:40:28,869 --> 02:40:30,203 Maximus. 1341 02:40:32,081 --> 02:40:33,665 Lucius is safe. 1342 02:40:49,974 --> 02:40:51,391 Go to them. 1343 02:41:41,191 --> 02:41:42,608 You're home. 1344 02:42:09,261 --> 02:42:11,804 Is Rome worth one good man's life? 1345 02:42:15,684 --> 02:42:17,477 We believed it once. 1346 02:42:20,689 --> 02:42:22,815 Make us believe it again. 1347 02:42:26,320 --> 02:42:28,404 He was a soldier of Rome. 1348 02:42:32,242 --> 02:42:33,659 Honor him. 1349 02:42:34,119 --> 02:42:36,287 Who will help me carry him? 1350 02:43:21,041 --> 02:43:22,708 Now we are free. 1351 02:43:29,091 --> 02:43:30,967 I will see you again. 1352 02:43:33,846 --> 02:43:35,304 But not yet. 1353 02:43:36,306 --> 02:43:42,311 Not yet.