ď»ż1
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- Up on your end.
- Back this way.

2
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Keep in line.

3
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Mommy, help me!

4
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Can't catch me.

5
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This way.

6
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Net and trident?

7
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The man appears more common
fisherman than gladiator.

8
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The style is called retiarius,
carried from the outer regions.

9
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They should carry it back.
I favor the murmillo.

10
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The crowd is of the opposite opinion.

11
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Aah!

12
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Soon there will be a retiarius
in the sands in every game.

13
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And the Ludus absent them
tragically lacking.

14
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Very well.

15
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Yet place net and trident in the hands
of one of our lesser men.

16
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Oh!

17
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Did I not tell you?
Listen to them.

18
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A spectacle to be sure.

19
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All the more thrilling if viewed
from the pulvinus.

20
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- Invitation was extended.
- And refused?

21
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The pulvinus is too far removed.

22
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I would witness the games here
among the people

23
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with son beside me.

24
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Your hour is upon you.

25
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A fine blade.

26
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To be wielded with deadly purpose.

27
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Reform my words in manner
Dagan understands.

28
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You bear the mark
of the brotherhood.

29
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An honor you have not earned.

30
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Your true test awaits you.

31
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Live and count yourself
among us.

32
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Die and prove yourselves
as unworthy as I suspect.

33
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Dagan says he will honor the House
of Batiatus with gifts of blood.

34
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As will the mighty Ashur.

35
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Then do not die too quickly.

36
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Go on, Ashur!

37
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Come on. Yes!

38
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Yes!

39
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Come on!

40
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No!

41
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Fucking yes!

42
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Show them no mercy!

43
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Yes!

44
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Hasdrubal falls!

45
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As all men who face Ashur!

46
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The man assumes credit
owed his betters.

47
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He is but swollen by the moment.

48
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Perhaps he will turn
greater performance next time.

49
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You speak of what
may never pass.

50
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Now the lesser matches
have passed,

51
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let us see something of note.

52
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Vettius, make presentation.

53
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I give the good people
of Capua this day

54
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my latest acquisition,

55
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certain to inflame passion

56
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and ignite fear in all who oppose him.

57
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From the darkest lands
east of the Rhine,

58
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behold Caburus Murmillo.

59
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The crowd favors Vettius' offering.

60
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They greet Gannicus with louder voice,
yet he stands removed from the games.

61
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Enter Drappes Thraex.

62
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Crixus shows promise,
yet again the same fate.

63
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Our men see victory
only to be awarded exclusion.

64
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The fruits reaped when you offend a man
beyond our station.

65
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Begin.

66
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I but stood ground to protect
our house as any Lanista would.

67
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Yet ambition beyond the title
clouds your judgment.

68
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We must be humble
if I am to repair relations

69
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with Tullius and see all our
men returned to the sands.

70
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Quickly I pray if we are
to place our men

71
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in the opening games
of the new arena.

72
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Reaching for such heights is what
sent you tumbling from favor.

73
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Strike it from your thoughts.

74
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Place mind and effort towards
more reasonable pursuits.

75
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Caburus! Caburus!

76
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Perhaps the procuring of a man
as worthy as Caburus.

77
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Fleeting opportunity
to enjoy the old arena

78
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and yet we're swept aside,
absent even casual regard.

79
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I consider it a blessing

80
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to be so reprieved
from condemning presence.

81
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The manner Titus glares at us, it is
a shock we do not burst into flame.

82
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He is but an old man
set upon his ways.

83
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He is a gorgon with a cock
turning all around him to stone.

84
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Titus does not fare well
in the dust and the heat.

85
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His health will prompt return
to the coast of Sicilia very soon.

86
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Until such glorious event, I would fade
from beneath his oppressive roof.

87
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You would leave me?

88
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You are with husband.

89
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A man who would never see you
harmed by whim or circumstance.

90
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I stand alone,

91
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severed from such protection.

92
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A perilous condition
that must be attended.

93
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You are never alone
while I draw breath.

94
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Words of much comfort.

95
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Though a husband with heavy purse
would be more so.

96
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Then we must find one
suitable to cause.

97
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A possibility presents itself
in most pleasing form.

98
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You know the man?

99
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I've seen him about in Rome
absent encumbrance of a wife.

100
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Well, how fortunate that we should come
upon him at this time and place.

101
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In desperate times fortune must
give way to more assertive hands.

102
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Petronius.

103
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Would the gods have me so blessed?

104
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Gaia. We were introduced
at one of Varus's affairs.

105
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Oh yes.

106
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- Yes yes, of course. Apologies.
- None required.

107
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Seeing you so unexpected
has lifted questionable spirits.

108
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Oh.

109
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- Lucretia can attest...
- You're Lucretia?

110
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Wife to the Lanista Batiatus?

111
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I do call him husband, yes.

112
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I have heard
your house spoken of

113
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and the, um, pleasures
contained within.

114
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Barca has lost form
since Auctus fell.

115
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His cock will find
another hole to fuck.

116
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Ah, we return anointed
in the blood

117
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of our enemies.

118
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Hasdrubal and Kleitos
met their end.

119
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The first of many to fall
beneath our swords in the arena.

120
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See yourselves to the baths.

121
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Gannicus. Pair with Rhaskos.

122
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To what end?

123
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If I am not to fight in the arena
I'll remain here in the shade.

124
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Doctore.

125
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Send the man up.
I would have words.

126
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Magnetius.

127
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One of the finest champions
this house has ever forged.

128
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He stood a titan.

129
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As all my champions.

130
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The culmination
of years of training,

131
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dedication, sacrifice.

132
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You would hold
yourself their equal?

133
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In the arena
I am every man's equal.

134
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Hmm.

135
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The champion is more than
his victories upon the sands.

136
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He is the sum of his actions.

137
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Every decision, no matter how small,
speaks to the man

138
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in the balance of his heart.

139
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In his breast beats the heart of a lion.

140
00:12:17,971 --> 00:12:20,389
And what does it beat for?

141
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The House of Batiatus.

142
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Return him to the Ludus.

143
00:12:34,571 --> 00:12:38,031
See? The man fights for the honor
of this house

144
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as all your champions
have in the past.

145
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Gannicus speaks but words
he knows I seek to hear.

146
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He is no champion of my house.

147
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I stand before Petronius
with obvious charms

148
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and all he can do is prattle
about the House of Batiatus.

149
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I fear I've lost delicate touch.

150
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Your touch is many things,
delicate not among them.

151
00:13:06,436 --> 00:13:07,644
You're of a mood.

152
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If word of what we have offered
has spread to Petronius,

153
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how long before it lights
on Titus' ear?

154
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Perhaps it should.

155
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The shock would no doubt
end the old goat.

156
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You jest while all around us
threatens to fucking crumble.

157
00:13:20,617 --> 00:13:23,452
The only threat is of you and Quintus
becoming favored among the elite.

158
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As a whore is favored
by the man atop her.

159
00:13:26,414 --> 00:13:29,625
It is not as if all of Rome knows.

160
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Only the most privileged tongues

161
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whisper of the delights
offered within these walls.

162
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Delights Petronius and his friends
long to witness for themselves.

163
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To even consider it
is beyond reason.

164
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If Titus were to...

165
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What joys does my father
prevent now?

166
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None of note.

167
00:13:55,610 --> 00:13:58,362
We came across Petronius
in the market.

168
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You are familiar with the name?

169
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As any man with their mind towards
business and the procuring of it.

170
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He is familiar with yours as well
and spoke with great interest

171
00:14:06,537 --> 00:14:09,039
of sampling of your more
exotic offerings

172
00:14:09,207 --> 00:14:12,000
with acquaintances
of equal position.

173
00:14:12,168 --> 00:14:14,503
And how did good Petronius
come to hear of such things?

174
00:14:14,671 --> 00:14:16,713
Varus and Cossutius.

175
00:14:16,881 --> 00:14:19,007
Their tongues are looser
than their cocks.

176
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Petronius departs for Rome
the day after next.

177
00:14:21,469 --> 00:14:25,097
Decision must be given quick birth
or see opportunity aborted.

178
00:14:26,891 --> 00:14:29,267
With the support of Petronius
we may yet find position

179
00:14:29,435 --> 00:14:31,019
in the opening games
of the new arena.

180
00:14:31,187 --> 00:14:32,854
- Quintus, your father...
- Make the arrangements.

181
00:14:33,022 --> 00:14:34,481
I'll attend to my father.

182
00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,878
Melitta. A word.

183
00:14:57,046 --> 00:14:58,422
I have none to give.

184
00:14:58,589 --> 00:15:01,133
It is a matter of some importance.

185
00:15:02,135 --> 00:15:03,510
A moment.

186
00:15:10,601 --> 00:15:12,686
You avoid my gaze.

187
00:15:12,854 --> 00:15:17,232
As you should mine
lest suspicions be aroused.

188
00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,484
Should they not also be aroused

189
00:15:19,652 --> 00:15:22,738
if two friends are no longer
seen to speak?

190
00:15:22,905 --> 00:15:25,365
What happened between us...

191
00:15:25,533 --> 00:15:27,284
Was not of our choosing.

192
00:15:27,452 --> 00:15:31,079
We must turn it from thought
and never give it voice.

193
00:15:31,247 --> 00:15:35,000
My tongue, it bends
to such warning.

194
00:15:36,085 --> 00:15:38,211
Yet the thought of you,

195
00:15:38,379 --> 00:15:40,464
it proves troublesome.

196
00:15:40,631 --> 00:15:43,550
The memory will fade with time,

197
00:15:43,718 --> 00:15:45,969
as do all things born
of misfortune.

198
00:15:50,224 --> 00:15:53,351
We were as brothers once
but no more.

199
00:15:55,313 --> 00:15:58,482
The men no longer accept me
as a gladiator

200
00:15:58,649 --> 00:16:01,401
and do not yet give respect
as doctore.

201
00:16:01,569 --> 00:16:05,322
Even Gannicus refuses
to heed my instruction.

202
00:16:07,450 --> 00:16:11,036
Gannicus heeds nothing
but his own desires

203
00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:13,413
beyond all reason.

204
00:16:13,581 --> 00:16:18,335
You must teach him that you alone
are in command.

205
00:16:18,503 --> 00:16:22,589
And by firm hand erase all doubts.

206
00:16:24,801 --> 00:16:28,011
Show them all the man
that I've given my heart to.

207
00:17:08,636 --> 00:17:10,345
Gnaeus.

208
00:17:10,513 --> 00:17:12,931
Your mastery of the sword
falls to question.

209
00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:15,684
The net and trident
are your weapons now.

210
00:17:15,852 --> 00:17:18,353
A fucking net, Oenomaus?

211
00:17:31,117 --> 00:17:34,411
You will do as commanded
absent complaint

212
00:17:34,579 --> 00:17:37,164
or see flesh stripped from bone.

213
00:17:38,875 --> 00:17:41,126
Yes, Doctore.

214
00:17:44,964 --> 00:17:47,174
Return to training.

215
00:17:50,261 --> 00:17:52,429
You speak as Jupiter hurling bolts
from the heavens.

216
00:17:52,597 --> 00:17:56,308
Raised there by words
and touch of loving wife.

217
00:17:57,518 --> 00:18:02,189
Now pair with Barca
and remain far from the shade.

218
00:18:09,655 --> 00:18:13,325
Barca.
Bring fucking spear to purpose.

219
00:18:15,578 --> 00:18:16,870
Again.

220
00:18:21,542 --> 00:18:24,294
Your man shows fire today.

221
00:18:24,462 --> 00:18:26,463
Ignited by your words I'm sure.

222
00:18:28,883 --> 00:18:31,301
- Honeyed wine, quickly.
- I'm fine.

223
00:18:31,469 --> 00:18:34,137
Sound and pallor
threaten disagreement.

224
00:18:34,305 --> 00:18:37,265
You are too long
from the salt air of the coast.

225
00:18:37,433 --> 00:18:39,434
And shall remain
from Sicilia longer still.

226
00:18:39,602 --> 00:18:42,687
- Do not waste breath on the matter.
- I would not see you so far removed.

227
00:18:42,855 --> 00:18:45,482
But a day or more
by the waters of Neapolis?

228
00:18:45,650 --> 00:18:47,359
- Oh.
- Yes, to revive color.

229
00:18:49,278 --> 00:18:52,447
My concern lies only
with this Ludus

230
00:18:52,615 --> 00:18:54,574
and seeing it to former glories.

231
00:18:54,742 --> 00:18:56,952
Well, then let our journey
serve dual cause.

232
00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,579
We can review the latest
shipment of slaves

233
00:18:59,747 --> 00:19:02,874
with mind towards procuring
a champion favored by us both.

234
00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:04,918
Someone to rival
Vettius' new man.

235
00:19:08,005 --> 00:19:10,006
Drink.

236
00:19:17,014 --> 00:19:20,558
You conspire against an old man.

237
00:19:22,645 --> 00:19:25,855
To your advantage.
Make preparation.

238
00:19:26,023 --> 00:19:28,483
We leave for Neapolis.

239
00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:32,570
See to my father.

240
00:19:35,658 --> 00:19:37,325
He is attended to as promised.

241
00:19:37,493 --> 00:19:40,203
Have Gaia send word to Petronius.
You entertain tonight.

242
00:19:40,371 --> 00:19:42,580
If he and his circle overreach?

243
00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:46,209
The appetites of men are not easily
set aside by the words of a woman.

244
00:19:46,377 --> 00:19:48,086
We'll send message to Solonius.

245
00:19:48,254 --> 00:19:50,574
He can stand in my place,
speak for the house if so needed.

246
00:19:50,631 --> 00:19:53,633
- Quintus.
- The risk outweighs concern.

247
00:19:53,801 --> 00:19:56,094
See to Petronius and his guests.

248
00:19:56,262 --> 00:19:59,848
And with their satisfaction our position
in the opening games is secured.

249
00:20:12,153 --> 00:20:14,571
Snare any fish today
in your little net?

250
00:20:17,992 --> 00:20:19,951
Reward for victory in the arena.

251
00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,204
Continue and see more weigh palm.

252
00:20:27,168 --> 00:20:29,836
Dagan questions receiving
the greater sum.

253
00:20:30,004 --> 00:20:32,380
We stood equally upon the sands.

254
00:20:32,548 --> 00:20:35,258
Tell him he receives twice the coin

255
00:20:35,426 --> 00:20:36,885
because you are half the man.

256
00:20:38,220 --> 00:20:42,557
I am a gladiator as he is.

257
00:20:42,725 --> 00:20:45,977
If we did not need you to exchange
our words for his,

258
00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:49,856
you would never have been given
chance to take up sword.

259
00:21:09,085 --> 00:21:12,212
Bread for your pets.

260
00:21:20,346 --> 00:21:24,474
Doiros was the brother
I held closest to me.

261
00:21:24,642 --> 00:21:27,394
He was a fierce warrior,

262
00:21:27,561 --> 00:21:29,771
as was my father
and all before us.

263
00:21:29,939 --> 00:21:34,192
I would sit at their feet and listen
to their many stories of battle,

264
00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:36,694
longing for the day
when I could pick up arms

265
00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,613
and stand beside them in glory.

266
00:21:38,781 --> 00:21:41,866
My father, my brothers,

267
00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:46,204
Doiros... I watched as they all fell
beneath the spears of the Arverni.

268
00:21:48,416 --> 00:21:50,959
My hand yet too small
to pick up sword,

269
00:21:51,127 --> 00:21:55,255
I was forced to serve,
to bow and scrape.

270
00:21:55,423 --> 00:21:57,715
First of all to the shits
who took my family

271
00:21:57,883 --> 00:22:00,760
and then to the Romans
they sold me to.

272
00:22:00,928 --> 00:22:05,557
Not a day passes where I do not dream
of honoring the dead,

273
00:22:05,724 --> 00:22:08,560
of proving myself worthy to them

274
00:22:08,727 --> 00:22:11,271
in blood and victory.

275
00:22:11,439 --> 00:22:14,899
Auctus is the first life
I've ever taken in battle.

276
00:22:17,570 --> 00:22:19,529
He will not be forgotten.

277
00:22:22,741 --> 00:22:24,451
They were Auctus' pets.

278
00:22:26,829 --> 00:22:29,664
I never favored them.

279
00:22:34,879 --> 00:22:37,255
Now they are all that's left.

280
00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:55,440
Line 'em up.
Make 'em stand up straight.

281
00:22:57,526 --> 00:22:58,902
What of this one?

282
00:22:59,069 --> 00:23:02,447
See how his form is carved with each
muscle building on to the next?

283
00:23:02,615 --> 00:23:05,158
A worthy addition to any Ludus.

284
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:07,869
A fine offering, is he not?

285
00:23:08,037 --> 00:23:09,621
I would not waste coin.

286
00:23:09,788 --> 00:23:12,790
The man favors his left
revealing injury to the leg.

287
00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:16,044
Unsuitable for men of discerning eye.

288
00:23:16,212 --> 00:23:19,839
Let us turn to something
of rarer quality.

289
00:23:20,007 --> 00:23:23,843
I have a Thracian of the Maedi tribe,

290
00:23:24,011 --> 00:23:25,887
the likes of which you have...

291
00:23:26,055 --> 00:23:29,182
Thracians are too difficult to control
and aggravate the Gauls beyond reason.

292
00:23:29,350 --> 00:23:31,559
My son speaks truth.

293
00:23:31,727 --> 00:23:35,188
You offer us piss
and claim it wine.

294
00:23:35,356 --> 00:23:37,524
You'll find none better in Neapolis.

295
00:23:37,691 --> 00:23:40,443
I would hope your city's drink
holds higher standard.

296
00:23:40,611 --> 00:23:42,862
Come, let us seek libation

297
00:23:43,030 --> 00:23:45,198
to wash the taste of shit
from mouth.

298
00:23:57,753 --> 00:24:00,046
- Diona.
- It does not hurt.

299
00:24:00,214 --> 00:24:04,425
Wait. We haven't spoken
or laughed as we usually do.

300
00:24:04,593 --> 00:24:06,427
I have no time for childish things.

301
00:24:07,638 --> 00:24:10,682
Domina wishes me bathed
for tonight.

302
00:24:14,311 --> 00:24:16,604
Take this to Oenomaus. These men
are to be brought to the villa

303
00:24:16,772 --> 00:24:19,274
- properly oiled and scented.
- Yes, Domina.

304
00:24:19,441 --> 00:24:23,111
There is much I will need
attended to tonight.

305
00:24:23,279 --> 00:24:25,488
I would have you by my side,

306
00:24:25,656 --> 00:24:28,324
not be dislodged by any request.

307
00:24:28,492 --> 00:24:30,243
Gratitude.

308
00:24:30,411 --> 00:24:34,914
There is one thing
that I would ask you in return.

309
00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:39,836
It is well known that your husband's
allegiance lies with Titus.

310
00:24:40,004 --> 00:24:43,464
Sway him to keep what we do here
confined to shadow,

311
00:24:43,632 --> 00:24:46,551
or I fear that other secrets

312
00:24:46,719 --> 00:24:48,303
will find their way into the light.

313
00:24:51,181 --> 00:24:52,515
Am I understood?

314
00:24:52,683 --> 00:24:54,809
Yes, Domina.

315
00:24:54,977 --> 00:24:56,728
See it done.

316
00:25:08,616 --> 00:25:10,658
Venus blushes in her garden,

317
00:25:10,826 --> 00:25:13,077
shamed by such beauty.

318
00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:17,165
Would that she stood in my place
and I among the roots and leaves.

319
00:25:18,667 --> 00:25:21,794
These hands were not meant
for common earth.

320
00:25:21,962 --> 00:25:25,006
They have held me close
as dearest friend,

321
00:25:25,174 --> 00:25:26,966
as sister.

322
00:25:28,552 --> 00:25:30,803
Tonight mine shall return favor

323
00:25:30,971 --> 00:25:34,849
and aid yours in seizing position
so richly deserved.

324
00:25:36,226 --> 00:25:38,561
Oh.

325
00:25:46,153 --> 00:25:49,030
Solonius arrives.

326
00:25:49,198 --> 00:25:51,991
Let us greet him

327
00:25:52,159 --> 00:25:55,536
and forge memory of a night
not soon forgotten.

328
00:26:21,021 --> 00:26:22,939
The man is no Gannicus,

329
00:26:23,107 --> 00:26:25,983
yet he surpasses in enthusiasm.

330
00:26:26,151 --> 00:26:28,444
They are well received.

331
00:26:28,612 --> 00:26:31,030
As are all things born of base desire.

332
00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:35,034
Apologies.

333
00:26:35,202 --> 00:26:37,453
We ask too much of you in this.

334
00:26:37,621 --> 00:26:40,331
But your presence is of great comfort.

335
00:26:40,499 --> 00:26:44,043
Situation forces us all to actions
otherwise never considered.

336
00:26:44,211 --> 00:26:48,464
Blame lies in the Fates
absolving weighted heart.

337
00:27:00,352 --> 00:27:03,104
See this to the pantry

338
00:27:03,272 --> 00:27:06,983
and remain there until I call upon you
after all have left.

339
00:27:13,991 --> 00:27:16,325
We dishonor this house.

340
00:27:16,493 --> 00:27:18,828
We but do as commanded.

341
00:27:18,996 --> 00:27:20,913
Cause does not alter result.

342
00:27:21,081 --> 00:27:25,126
No, yet me must move beyond it
or be driven to madness.

343
00:27:31,049 --> 00:27:35,845
The man fucks as a
bull horns to purpose.

344
00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:44,103
Gratitude for gracing
the House of Batiatus

345
00:27:44,271 --> 00:27:47,732
with esteemed presence,
one which my husband

346
00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:50,735
regrets he cannot share
due to pressing business.

347
00:27:50,903 --> 00:27:54,405
Oh, I had not noticed his absence.

348
00:27:54,573 --> 00:27:56,824
What you have seen
is but a taste of the pleasures

349
00:27:56,992 --> 00:27:58,785
afforded you beneath humble roof.

350
00:27:58,952 --> 00:28:02,789
Our gladiators, our slaves,

351
00:28:02,956 --> 00:28:06,876
everything within these walls I place
at the whims of your desire.

352
00:28:07,044 --> 00:28:10,880
For a single night
you are the masters of this house.

353
00:28:11,048 --> 00:28:13,007
An enticing offer.

354
00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:17,929
One I would see to full advantage.

355
00:28:20,891 --> 00:28:22,350
Tullius.

356
00:28:31,944 --> 00:28:35,196
I have never cared for surprises.

357
00:28:35,364 --> 00:28:39,033
And you have provided many
in your day.

358
00:28:39,201 --> 00:28:41,828
Your disappointment
has often been given a voice.

359
00:28:41,995 --> 00:28:43,830
A loud and clear one.

360
00:28:43,997 --> 00:28:47,208
Disappointment can only exist
upon expectation.

361
00:28:47,376 --> 00:28:49,293
You proved from tender age

362
00:28:49,461 --> 00:28:52,505
that you would listen to no one's
counsel save your own.

363
00:28:53,924 --> 00:28:57,176
When did I ever turn from iron advice?

364
00:28:57,344 --> 00:29:00,513
A desire to gain military experience
raised your objection,

365
00:29:00,681 --> 00:29:02,265
I turned from it.

366
00:29:02,432 --> 00:29:04,432
You commanded that I run
the Ludus in your absence,

367
00:29:04,434 --> 00:29:07,520
I obeyed abandoning my own desires
long since forgotten.

368
00:29:07,688 --> 00:29:09,939
When has son
even denied the father?

369
00:29:11,108 --> 00:29:13,192
When he married a woman beneath him.

370
00:29:17,114 --> 00:29:20,783
You were wrong about her
as you have been of many things.

371
00:29:23,912 --> 00:29:27,248
An old man's mistakes
swell in the breast

372
00:29:27,416 --> 00:29:30,376
as remaining days shrink.

373
00:29:30,544 --> 00:29:32,753
You will outlive us all.

374
00:29:32,921 --> 00:29:34,964
You're too stubborn to die.

375
00:29:35,132 --> 00:29:37,133
Do you think me a fool, Quintus?

376
00:29:38,802 --> 00:29:41,554
There are many words I would use
towards your description,

377
00:29:41,722 --> 00:29:43,890
fool lives not amongst them.

378
00:29:44,057 --> 00:29:45,474
No it's not.

379
00:29:45,642 --> 00:29:48,728
You knew those slaves were shit
before we ever set foot to path.

380
00:29:48,896 --> 00:29:53,399
Purchase of men was not the reason
you parted me from the Ludus, was it?

381
00:29:57,863 --> 00:30:01,490
You wish to find common ground

382
00:30:01,658 --> 00:30:05,745
far from the site
of former disagreements.

383
00:30:08,248 --> 00:30:13,002
My deception meant only to strengthen
the bond between father and son.

384
00:30:17,257 --> 00:30:19,842
This surprise is one most welcome.

385
00:30:20,010 --> 00:30:23,387
And long overdue.

386
00:30:23,555 --> 00:30:26,515
Yet we did not need to travel
so far from comfort.

387
00:30:26,683 --> 00:30:30,102
I would return home and continue
in warmer surroundings.

388
00:30:30,270 --> 00:30:32,605
- What, now?
- Yes.

389
00:30:32,773 --> 00:30:34,523
Should we not wait
until the break of day?

390
00:30:34,691 --> 00:30:37,902
A few hours upon the road
and our own beds to fall to.

391
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:41,822
Come. Let us put this wretched city
behind us

392
00:30:41,990 --> 00:30:44,367
and embrace closer future.

393
00:30:57,297 --> 00:31:00,257
How does that man find himself here?

394
00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:03,678
Petronius or perhaps loose tongue
of his confederates.

395
00:31:03,845 --> 00:31:05,596
His presence changes nothing.

396
00:31:05,764 --> 00:31:07,306
It upends the fucking earth.

397
00:31:07,474 --> 00:31:10,559
I will break words and gauge intent.

398
00:31:12,646 --> 00:31:15,398
To stand with a smile
in our fucking house

399
00:31:15,565 --> 00:31:17,483
after the injury
put to my husband...

400
00:31:17,651 --> 00:31:21,779
Force him from thought or see effort
and risk fall short of reward.

401
00:31:22,864 --> 00:31:26,283
Petronius and his guests
stand erect with expectation.

402
00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:29,370
Let us see them to climax.

403
00:31:29,538 --> 00:31:31,455
Bring them in.

404
00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:44,969
Good Tullius, seeing you here
comes as surprise.

405
00:31:45,137 --> 00:31:47,888
Surely not to you.

406
00:31:49,599 --> 00:31:52,351
I warned you of
Batiatus' maneuverings

407
00:31:52,519 --> 00:31:55,980
not as invitation, but in hopes you
would prevent such foolishness

408
00:31:56,148 --> 00:31:59,608
and the retribution to valued friend
that it would bring.

409
00:31:59,776 --> 00:32:03,112
You warned me to grow favor.

410
00:32:04,406 --> 00:32:07,074
Continue speaking
and see it wither.

411
00:32:16,543 --> 00:32:19,712
You have shared drink, food,

412
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,674
distractions of the eye and ear.

413
00:32:23,842 --> 00:32:27,178
Yet these are common things
enjoyed by men

414
00:32:27,345 --> 00:32:30,431
bound by accusing morality
of their deeds.

415
00:32:30,599 --> 00:32:34,310
I would see you freed
from such human constraints.

416
00:32:36,063 --> 00:32:38,856
Touch these to flesh.

417
00:32:39,024 --> 00:32:41,484
Sever all ties from the mortal world

418
00:32:41,651 --> 00:32:45,946
and rise as gods
in the House of Batiatus.

419
00:32:50,410 --> 00:32:52,620
Oh, Jupiter.

420
00:32:52,788 --> 00:32:55,623
Never in our dealings, Tullius,

421
00:32:55,791 --> 00:32:58,417
have I been so elevated.

422
00:32:58,585 --> 00:33:01,420
This house truly is a marvel.

423
00:33:02,589 --> 00:33:06,425
If I am to assume the mantle of a god,
I would first prove myself

424
00:33:06,593 --> 00:33:08,427
against one.

425
00:33:08,595 --> 00:33:10,679
You would challenge Gannicus?

426
00:33:10,847 --> 00:33:12,431
A harmless exhibition

427
00:33:12,599 --> 00:33:15,935
to measure humble skill
against vaunted prowess.

428
00:33:16,103 --> 00:33:18,813
I would poison my desires
to witness such a thing.

429
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,441
Gather the practice swords.

430
00:33:22,609 --> 00:33:23,901
Wood?

431
00:33:24,069 --> 00:33:28,489
But the clash of steel rings through
the halls of Olympus, does it not?

432
00:33:30,033 --> 00:33:31,826
Give them your swords.

433
00:33:31,993 --> 00:33:34,328
Let us clear space and have contest.

434
00:33:41,586 --> 00:33:43,921
See grin removed.

435
00:33:44,089 --> 00:33:47,007
You are to indulge him,
allow a show of blood.

436
00:33:47,175 --> 00:33:50,094
But level no insult
nor injury in return.

437
00:33:50,262 --> 00:33:53,013
Such action would bear
unfortunate consequence.

438
00:33:53,181 --> 00:33:56,809
- I am to lose?
- And win your life.

439
00:33:56,977 --> 00:33:58,894
Come.

440
00:33:59,062 --> 00:34:01,522
Let us see if I recall what I learned

441
00:34:01,690 --> 00:34:05,234
years ago in service to the Republic.

442
00:34:47,611 --> 00:34:49,278
It begins to return to me.

443
00:35:01,458 --> 00:35:04,168
I stand unscathed.

444
00:35:04,336 --> 00:35:06,921
Perhaps you are not
the champion I believed.

445
00:35:07,088 --> 00:35:08,964
This goes too far.

446
00:35:43,833 --> 00:35:45,960
Tullius!

447
00:35:46,127 --> 00:35:49,338
The man gives the missio.

448
00:35:50,799 --> 00:35:53,259
The match is yours.

449
00:35:57,597 --> 00:36:02,393
God of the arena
saved by a woman.

450
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,980
See him to the medicus.

451
00:36:06,147 --> 00:36:08,691
An excellent diversion.

452
00:36:10,735 --> 00:36:13,028
Gratitude for allowing it.

453
00:36:13,196 --> 00:36:17,533
Ah, I have delayed
proceedings past reason.

454
00:36:17,701 --> 00:36:21,620
Come, let us explore
what other pleasures

455
00:36:21,788 --> 00:36:25,040
may be mined
from the House of Batiatus.

456
00:36:30,964 --> 00:36:32,923
That fucking animal,

457
00:36:33,091 --> 00:36:35,175
to turn simple exhibition
to blood.

458
00:36:35,343 --> 00:36:37,303
I could have ended
the man in half a breath.

459
00:36:37,470 --> 00:36:40,055
Yet you allowed him
to nearly kill you.

460
00:36:40,223 --> 00:36:43,392
I was ordered not to raise hand.

461
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:46,186
Other commands
have been more pleasurable.

462
00:36:46,354 --> 00:36:49,023
Are you never serious?

463
00:36:54,154 --> 00:36:55,946
On occasion.

464
00:36:58,658 --> 00:37:01,368
I should return to the villa.

465
00:37:01,536 --> 00:37:03,078
You should.

466
00:37:04,247 --> 00:37:07,374
Why are you doing this?

467
00:37:07,542 --> 00:37:09,460
Because to not would be a lie

468
00:37:09,627 --> 00:37:11,628
much deeper than the one
we tell Oenomaus.

469
00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:14,423
I did not want this.

470
00:37:14,591 --> 00:37:17,718
I love that man like a brother.

471
00:37:18,845 --> 00:37:20,596
Yet what I feel for you...

472
00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:26,185
Tell me it does not stir
in your breast as well.

473
00:37:26,353 --> 00:37:27,853
What I feel means nothing.

474
00:37:28,021 --> 00:37:29,855
It holds the world.

475
00:37:30,023 --> 00:37:33,233
What would you do if you were my husband
and you learned of such a thing?

476
00:37:33,401 --> 00:37:35,194
I would kill us both.

477
00:38:26,621 --> 00:38:29,123
You are an imposing brute.

478
00:38:29,290 --> 00:38:32,876
Tell me, giant,
where do your tastes lie?

479
00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:35,587
Toward cock or cunt?

480
00:38:35,755 --> 00:38:38,757
Uh, apologies.
He does not grasp your language.

481
00:38:38,925 --> 00:38:41,260
Are you able to form words
so that he may?

482
00:38:45,598 --> 00:38:47,349
I serve but to do so.

483
00:38:47,517 --> 00:38:51,687
I do not care
for struggle nor complaint.

484
00:38:51,855 --> 00:38:53,981
Will you submit to all I ask for?

485
00:39:03,783 --> 00:39:06,326
- He's agreeable.
- Come then.

486
00:39:06,494 --> 00:39:08,245
I'll have your ass quickly.

487
00:39:15,253 --> 00:39:17,796
He tells me he hopes you're not
of a gentle nature.

488
00:39:17,964 --> 00:39:20,799
A brute such as this
craves rough hands

489
00:39:20,967 --> 00:39:23,010
and cock their equal.

490
00:39:23,178 --> 00:39:25,929
Then he shall be well satisfied.
Come.

491
00:39:36,149 --> 00:39:37,900
How does he fare?

492
00:39:38,067 --> 00:39:39,651
Painfully, yet he lives.

493
00:39:39,819 --> 00:39:41,487
It should not have happened.

494
00:39:41,654 --> 00:39:43,530
To be said
of many things this night.

495
00:39:51,206 --> 00:39:53,457
He does not drink,
he does not fuck.

496
00:39:53,625 --> 00:39:56,627
- Why does he remain?
- The man is a mystery.

497
00:39:56,794 --> 00:40:00,756
One I would have forever solved.
You could gauge nothing of his intent?

498
00:40:00,924 --> 00:40:03,175
He fears your husband
attempts maneuver.

499
00:40:03,343 --> 00:40:06,470
I believe his presence is meant
only to rattle nerves.

500
00:40:09,682 --> 00:40:13,268
Tullius will give voice of this
until the din reaches Titus's ears.

501
00:40:13,436 --> 00:40:16,396
Then we must keep
his tongue occupied.

502
00:40:16,564 --> 00:40:19,024
You believe your charms
will sway him?

503
00:40:19,192 --> 00:40:21,109
You know nothing of women, Solonius.

504
00:40:21,277 --> 00:40:24,530
And even less of their charms.

505
00:40:25,907 --> 00:40:28,283
Oh, I would not ask you to do this.

506
00:40:28,451 --> 00:40:31,119
- That is why I offer.
- The only reason?

507
00:40:31,287 --> 00:40:33,872
The man proves troublesome thorn.

508
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,124
Who better to remove it
than trusted friend?

509
00:40:36,292 --> 00:40:37,459
Gaia...

510
00:40:37,627 --> 00:40:40,003
Keep thoughts
towards elevating this house.

511
00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:42,089
I will see to Tullius.

512
00:40:42,257 --> 00:40:45,217
And in the act secure
elevation of my own

513
00:40:45,385 --> 00:40:47,719
to the benefit of all.

514
00:40:54,102 --> 00:40:57,062
The woman thinks highly of herself.

515
00:40:57,230 --> 00:41:00,816
An estimation deeply shared.

516
00:41:00,984 --> 00:41:04,236
You've become a difficult man
to gain private audience with.

517
00:41:04,404 --> 00:41:07,614
It was not always so.

518
00:41:08,908 --> 00:41:11,368
Much has changed
since our youth.

519
00:41:14,497 --> 00:41:16,206
Not everything, I hope.

520
00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:21,253
I remember a time when it was you

521
00:41:21,421 --> 00:41:23,922
who was impossible to trap alone.

522
00:41:25,174 --> 00:41:27,926
Every man in Capua was at your feet.

523
00:41:30,263 --> 00:41:33,348
Now I would have but one

524
00:41:33,516 --> 00:41:35,934
standing beside me.

525
00:41:45,403 --> 00:41:48,947
I was saddened to hear
of your husband's passing.

526
00:41:49,115 --> 00:41:51,491
Were you?

527
00:41:55,288 --> 00:41:57,164
Only with thoughts toward you

528
00:41:57,332 --> 00:42:00,500
once again
with no family to speak of.

529
00:42:02,128 --> 00:42:04,004
No one to care for you.

530
00:42:07,133 --> 00:42:09,635
It is a difficult thing

531
00:42:09,802 --> 00:42:12,638
to find a man of my standing.

532
00:42:16,643 --> 00:42:19,061
I always favored this color.

533
00:42:21,564 --> 00:42:23,273
I know.

534
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,778
The gods smile upon me

535
00:42:27,945 --> 00:42:30,906
having had word
of this night reach my ears.

536
00:42:31,074 --> 00:42:32,658
The fortune is mine.

537
00:42:32,825 --> 00:42:35,994
Yet I would have word of it
travel no further.

538
00:42:40,833 --> 00:42:43,543
You petition this for yourself?

539
00:42:46,547 --> 00:42:49,966
Or for the House of Batiatus?

540
00:42:52,178 --> 00:42:54,763
Lucretia is as a sister to me.

541
00:42:54,931 --> 00:42:57,349
Mmm.

542
00:42:57,517 --> 00:43:00,769
I would not see her injured
by wagging tongue.

543
00:43:02,230 --> 00:43:05,190
You ask much.

544
00:43:05,358 --> 00:43:07,275
I offer more.

545
00:43:20,790 --> 00:43:23,875
I swear never to speak of what
has happened this night...

546
00:43:25,253 --> 00:43:28,255
if you would deliver
a message to your friend...

547
00:43:29,716 --> 00:43:31,508
and her husband.

548
00:43:31,676 --> 00:43:34,052
One they would take to heart...

549
00:43:36,472 --> 00:43:37,848
coming from you.

550
00:43:59,579 --> 00:44:02,581
Words have not inflated beyond truth.

551
00:44:02,749 --> 00:44:07,461
The offerings of the House of Batiatus
are truly to be admired.

552
00:44:07,628 --> 00:44:10,839
Well, even more so upon the sands.

553
00:44:11,007 --> 00:44:13,717
Imagine the excitement
our wares would cause

554
00:44:13,885 --> 00:44:16,678
if included in the opening celebration
of the new arena.

555
00:44:16,846 --> 00:44:19,681
Capua would be blessed
by such appearance.

556
00:44:19,849 --> 00:44:22,517
I'll send word to your husband
to discuss the matter.

557
00:44:28,441 --> 00:44:31,568
Oh, I thought this night
would never end.

558
00:44:31,736 --> 00:44:35,614
It concludes with this house
soaring to the heavens upon your wings.

559
00:44:35,782 --> 00:44:38,200
A feat aided by your presence.

560
00:44:38,367 --> 00:44:40,744
The evening would have gone
as well had I never known.

561
00:44:40,912 --> 00:44:42,120
Perhaps more so.

562
00:44:43,456 --> 00:44:45,499
The hour is late.

563
00:44:45,666 --> 00:44:48,585
Take to your bed
and carry with you my gratitude.

564
00:44:48,753 --> 00:44:52,088
I would linger until all guests
have departed.

565
00:44:52,256 --> 00:44:56,134
Well, Gaia is a woman
of great appetite.

566
00:44:56,302 --> 00:44:59,679
Dawn will threaten
before she has had her fill.

567
00:45:01,432 --> 00:45:03,141
- Lucretia.
- Hmm?

568
00:45:03,309 --> 00:45:07,187
This house is pale shadow
absent your light.

569
00:45:25,039 --> 00:45:27,249
See everything restored
to proper place.

570
00:45:27,416 --> 00:45:30,418
- Nothing must be suspected.
- Yes, Domina.

571
00:45:32,046 --> 00:45:34,798
I know you feel it's betrayal.

572
00:45:34,966 --> 00:45:38,802
But there are times
when truth is more hurtful.

573
00:45:38,970 --> 00:45:40,804
Titus must never know.

574
00:45:40,972 --> 00:45:42,430
Domina.

575
00:45:48,855 --> 00:45:50,856
Apollo.

576
00:45:51,023 --> 00:45:53,191
God of the sun.

577
00:45:54,944 --> 00:45:56,695
And truth.

578
00:46:00,324 --> 00:46:04,160
Something often obscured
by the masks we wear.

579
00:46:06,414 --> 00:46:08,832
Your guests have abandoned you.

580
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,793
I thought the toad Solonius
would at least remain.

581
00:46:11,961 --> 00:46:15,046
The hour is late.

582
00:46:15,214 --> 00:46:17,507
He believed you occupied
for the night.

583
00:46:17,675 --> 00:46:20,051
They say Apollo brings warmth
and prosperity

584
00:46:20,219 --> 00:46:21,678
to those who would pray to him.

585
00:46:21,846 --> 00:46:25,807
Those who understand their place
on their knees.

586
00:46:27,226 --> 00:46:28,560
Tullius...

587
00:46:28,728 --> 00:46:30,770
You know, I often dreamt
of Gaia's touch

588
00:46:30,938 --> 00:46:33,231
when I was a younger man.

589
00:46:33,399 --> 00:46:35,734
The taste of her lips.

590
00:46:35,902 --> 00:46:39,362
Now they form words in my ear
asking favor for this house

591
00:46:39,530 --> 00:46:41,823
placing me in difficult position.

592
00:46:41,991 --> 00:46:45,660
Gaia's affections for this house
are genuine.

593
00:46:45,828 --> 00:46:48,121
As are her feelings for you.

594
00:46:48,289 --> 00:46:50,457
Returned in kind.

595
00:46:52,501 --> 00:46:54,461
She holds my reply.

596
00:46:54,629 --> 00:46:57,589
Go to her and see it delivered.

597
00:47:14,273 --> 00:47:16,191
Gaia?

598
00:47:17,193 --> 00:47:18,693
Gaia.

599
00:47:42,093 --> 00:47:44,594
Have you lost mind?

600
00:47:44,762 --> 00:47:47,180
Again attempting to maneuver
around Tullius.

601
00:47:47,348 --> 00:47:49,683
I only sought
to elevate our position.

602
00:47:49,850 --> 00:47:52,352
By plunging the good name
of this house into muck and shit?

603
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:54,312
What would you have me do?

604
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:56,815
Bow and scrape
to the fucking lunatic?

605
00:47:56,983 --> 00:47:58,817
He is above our station!

606
00:47:58,985 --> 00:48:00,860
I gave warning
not to provoke the man.

607
00:48:01,028 --> 00:48:03,279
You ignore it
and here are the results...

608
00:48:03,447 --> 00:48:06,408
a Roman citizen
dead in my house.

609
00:48:06,575 --> 00:48:09,536
By the hands of the very man
you defend.

610
00:48:09,704 --> 00:48:12,122
You helped set this in motion

611
00:48:12,289 --> 00:48:15,000
and now claim innocence
in the outcome?

612
00:48:16,335 --> 00:48:18,628
I claim vengeance.

613
00:48:18,796 --> 00:48:21,464
His life for hers.

614
00:48:21,632 --> 00:48:25,427
Blood and brains
on the fucking floor.

615
00:48:25,594 --> 00:48:27,762
- Reward well deserved.
- No.

616
00:48:27,930 --> 00:48:30,432
There will be no retribution.

617
00:48:30,599 --> 00:48:34,269
- I will see him dead.
- You will do as fucking commanded.

618
00:48:38,149 --> 00:48:40,025
And what of Gaia?

619
00:48:45,281 --> 00:48:47,449
She partook of too much wine...

620
00:48:48,492 --> 00:48:50,994
as she was often known to do.

621
00:48:51,162 --> 00:48:53,705
In the night she lost footing

622
00:48:53,873 --> 00:48:56,166
and fell to her death
at the bottom of the cliff.

623
00:48:58,294 --> 00:49:01,629
Do not look to him.
I am the dominus of this fucking house.

624
00:49:01,797 --> 00:49:04,299
See it done. Quintus.

625
00:49:20,191 --> 00:49:22,358
So this is why you spirited me
to Neapolis.

626
00:49:22,526 --> 00:49:24,569
Not to find common ground
but to bury your father.

627
00:49:24,737 --> 00:49:27,405
- That was not my intent.
- You knew nothing of this?

628
00:49:27,573 --> 00:49:29,908
It was all that woman's doing?
Huh?

629
00:49:30,076 --> 00:49:33,244
The two of you feed off each other,

630
00:49:33,412 --> 00:49:35,705
fattening yourselves with lies.

631
00:49:35,873 --> 00:49:38,208
Well, I would see the feast at an end.

632
00:49:38,375 --> 00:49:41,211
- What is your meaning?
- You know my fucking meaning.

633
00:49:41,378 --> 00:49:44,297
That ill-bred woman has brought
this family nothing but shame.

634
00:49:44,465 --> 00:49:47,634
- She is my wife!
- Because I foolishly allowed it.

635
00:49:49,053 --> 00:49:51,554
I wanted you to have
something of your own,

636
00:49:51,722 --> 00:49:54,641
something that held meaning to you
even if no one else saw it.

637
00:49:54,809 --> 00:49:57,102
Yet what has she given you?

638
00:49:57,269 --> 00:50:01,147
No dowry to speak of,
no name to elevate status,

639
00:50:01,315 --> 00:50:04,609
and no heir
to carry the name Batiatus.

640
00:50:08,906 --> 00:50:13,326
Every choice you make
shapes your fate, Quintus.

641
00:50:13,494 --> 00:50:15,995
I cannot change
missteps of the past,

642
00:50:16,163 --> 00:50:17,914
but I will see you
on proper path.

643
00:50:18,082 --> 00:50:20,542
And Lucretia
must be swept from it.

644
00:50:20,709 --> 00:50:22,252
You would dissolve my marriage?

645
00:50:22,419 --> 00:50:25,713
No, you will make that choice
for yourself

646
00:50:25,881 --> 00:50:28,091
or be gone from this
house with her.

647
00:50:56,162 --> 00:50:57,996
Wait!

