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It is a heavy thing,

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to see a father
so strong in life unable to rise.

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The weight of it keenly felt.

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Titus was much loved by this city.

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Hold comfort in the knowledge.

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The magistrate himself pays respects?

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It's a great honor.

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For my father.

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Years I wished
for blistering tongue to cool,

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only to long for it
to scorch ear once more.

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I know you did not
wish him gone in such a manner.

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Nor did I,
despite our many differences.

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And yet the gods have willed it.

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The gods had no fucking hand in this.

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Tullius alone inflicts injury.

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And how shall it be answered?

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Apologies. Unwelcome guest
makes appearance.

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Vettius.

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Temper emotion and greet him
with measured voice.

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It would serve no purpose
to have confrontation

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here in front of the magistrate.

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Good Batiatus.

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My sympathies
for the passing of your father.

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A titan, standing far above
all who follow.

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You come absent Tullius?

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I thought nothing could keep the man
from observance of such a tragedy.

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Well, he confers with dignitaries
from Antioch.

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- Antioch?
- He's engaged in business there,

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to the further glory of the Republic.

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He sends his regrets
that he could not be present,

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and a reminder

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that a bargain was struck
with your father before he passed

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concerning the sale of Gannicus.

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You dare broach subject
on such a fucking day?

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We have respectfully waited
for eight of them to pass.

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Your period of mourning
comes to conclusion.

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Tomorrow the sun greets a ninth day

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and with it we expect
delivery of Gannicus.

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Turn desire to piss and shit

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and see yourself well satisfied.

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Then Tullius will be forced to withdraw
offer to include your men

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in the opening games
of the new arena.

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And all that follow.

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Titus condemns
our brothers to the mines.

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Now we fucking honor him?

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He was the dominus of this house

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and deserves no less.

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Spoken as a true champion.

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Apologies.

50
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Batiatus summons the men.

51
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You will see her ashes
beneath the ground?

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As is her people's custom.

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I did not know of them.

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There are many things
that I did not pause to ask of her.

55
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Now I'm but filled with questions.

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Speak of her in quiet moments

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and see them answered.

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Oenomaus...

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she was the rarest of women,

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a flower of beauty and compassion
in a world full of shit.

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I would assume her place, so that her
laugh may once again fill solemn air.

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She would not wish it.

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She loved you.

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As a brother.

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As I loved her.

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We stand upon sacred ground,
watered with tears of blood.

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Words I have often heard in my youth...
by my father,

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by his father before him.

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Yet only now
do I truly understand them.

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We've all felt
the bitter sting of loss.

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Yet here we stand.

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We have known the agony of heart
ripped yet beating from sundered chest.

73
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And yet here we stand.

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The House of Batiatus
is no stranger to misfortune,

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to the cruel whims of the gods

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and base men who would position
themselves as such.

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And yet here we stand!

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This house is built
atop unshakable foundations

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of honor and respect.

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And in no man were
these qualities more evident

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than Titus Lentulus Batiatus.

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I will laud my father's memory

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by seeing the House of Batiatus

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elevated beyond the imaginings
of my ancestors.

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I will need all of you to see it done...

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men of hard purpose and desire.

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Let previous decisions fall aside.

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None of you will be sent to the mines,
regardless of standing!

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The sun has set on an era.

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Let us celebrate the name
Titus Lentulus Batiatus

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with drink and the clash of swords
to carry my father to the afterlife!

92
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Take position!

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Will you fight your man to conclusion
or drop your defense

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and allow for hollow victory,
as you did with me before Titus?

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You are champion now.
Do not broach fucking subject again.

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Spill blood upon the sands, but live

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to one day die with glory
and honor in the arena!

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Begin.

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This is all that remains...

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when the smoke clears
and the embers die...

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the sum total of a man's life.

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This was my father's last act
before his death:

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A bill of sale transferring
your ownership.

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The cause that moved you
to seek audience on the day

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- I watched my father burn?
- Apologies, Dominus.

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I could wait no longer.

107
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We again find ourselves
in unpleasant position.

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To honor my father's wishes sees you
fall to control of a man most hated,

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to defy them sees this house
forever excluded from the new arena.

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A cock in the ass,
from either direction.

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Speak, and give reason to see
this join my father's ashes.

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I have no words towards such an end.

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I come to see agreement honored.

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You wish to leave this house?

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I wish to see blood.

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See me delivered to Tullius's care

117
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and I will see his life
for your father's.

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Noble offer.

119
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Yet I fear your life would be
forfeit in such attempt.

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A small price to pay.

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My father never aimed
a favored word towards you,

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yet you entreat to be the instrument
of his vengeance?

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Or is it another you seek it for?

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You would sacrifice your life
in the memory of hers?

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I would sacrifice a thousand,
if I'd but had them.

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If you had such
stirrings for Melitta,

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why did you not fight harder
in the contest before my father?

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You could have taken Crixus
and remained here,

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close to your heart's desires.

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The match was lost
before sword was ever raised.

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The same could be said
of your plans against Tullius.

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He is forever surrounded
not only by his own men,

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but by good citizens who would quickly
come to the aid of such a "noble" Roman.

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- Then they too shall fall.
- You do not fucking think!

135
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This grants ownership
to Tullius' lapdog Vettius.

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You'll be sent to the boy's Ludus
in fucking Nola.

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A year could pass before you find
yourself close enough to Tullius.

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I would suffer a lifetime
but to have the chance to strike.

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This house would be
the one that suffers!

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A year of the greatest gladiator
in the Republic

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fighting for those shits!?
A year of you needing to win

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each fight against my fucking men

143
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in the hopes of gaining
an audience with Tullius.

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Will he not wish to see the man
he has fought so hard to gain

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- when so delivered?
- In chains, absent weapons.

146
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Then I will use my hands!

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Your desires are well noted.

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I will weigh argument and come
to an answer in the balance.

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Dominus.

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Fetch more wine.

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Vettius's appearance was ill-timed.

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He is a dog,
untrained where not to shit.

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The hand that grips his leash
is of greater concern.

154
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Has Quintus voiced thought
towards Tullius?

155
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He has not.

156
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Yet what would any of us do to see
the death of one so loved avenged?

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The very heart of my concern.

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To take action against Tullius is
to invite mortal consequence.

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He has made repeated attacks against
this house. You'd have us do nothing?

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I would have you live.

161
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If the situation with Tullius turns
to further disadvantage,

162
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know that you may always
seek refuge beneath my roof.

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- As friend.
- Where is the fucking wine?

164
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Naevia brings more.

165
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I should take my leave.

166
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No stay.
I would have your counsel.

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Gannicus presses to honor
terms towards his sale.

168
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- Then the matter is resolved.
- Fuck resolution.

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The man only desires
close proximity to Tullius

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and the villain's throat
beneath his hands.

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He would kill Tullius for us?
Do you believe it possible?

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You speak of madness!

173
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Tullius is far too cautious
to ever lower guard,

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especially in the presence of a man
loyal to the House of Batiatus.

175
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And what would brave Solonius
do in my fucking position?!

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Turn blind eye towards
the murder of his father?

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He would be certain
to strike appropriate target.

178
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What if Tullius had no hand in this?

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His gift of wine was tainted with death.

180
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But was it by Tullius's hand?
Or another moved by equal grievance?

181
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What if Vettius is
the true cause of this?

182
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The boy's hatred for you
is well known.

183
00:14:10,815 --> 00:14:11,982
You are right.

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Vengeance would stand a hollow vessel
were it not filled with retribution

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against all who have injured this house,
including young Vettius.

186
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- You twist my intention.
- He but straightens purpose.

187
00:14:21,534 --> 00:14:23,868
Is this not what set tragedy in motion?

188
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Arrogance and impatience?
You're forever reaching beyond grasp,

189
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and dragging those beside you
as you fall.

190
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And you have never had
the stomach to do what it takes

191
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to make a fucking
name in this world!

192
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Good Solonius, forever bowing
and scraping in the shit of his betters.

193
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Is it any wonder no woman
would have you?

194
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Emotion carries us beyond reason.

195
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Solonius has been as a brother to us.

196
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It has been a trying day
in a long succession of many.

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Apologies.

198
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I have asked much of our friendship,
with little reward.

199
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Yet I must seek more

200
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if we are to see injuries
against our house redressed.

201
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What are your thoughts?

202
00:15:06,495 --> 00:15:08,913
They yet stand clouded.

203
00:15:09,081 --> 00:15:12,083
Come. Let us put our minds together
and see them cleared.

204
00:15:33,939 --> 00:15:36,941
This mark carries great honor,

205
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and even greater responsibility.

206
00:15:41,572 --> 00:15:45,116
Melitta held many years
as my body slave...

207
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and shall be missed
beyond the measure of words.

208
00:15:53,959 --> 00:15:57,253
I expect equal loyalty from you now.

209
00:15:57,421 --> 00:16:01,633
You are always to stand by my side,
never to leave it.

210
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Or this house, as Diona chose.

211
00:16:06,430 --> 00:16:08,890
Oh, I understand why she fled.

212
00:16:10,476 --> 00:16:15,063
It was an unfortunate thing to be
so used by men for base entertainment.

213
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I understand it,
yet cannot forgive.

214
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Yes, Domina.

215
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What I can do is make promise

216
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that no one will ever
lay hands upon you for sport.

217
00:16:31,831 --> 00:16:35,542
Your maidenhood will be
preserved as a precious gift

218
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and given only to the most worthy,

219
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as Melitta was given to Oenomaus.

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There.

221
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We are forever
bound to each other.

222
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Bring oil and a sharpened blade.

223
00:16:57,106 --> 00:16:59,149
I would be rid
of this fucking beard.

224
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Solonius?

225
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Courage hardened
and hands set to task.

226
00:17:03,112 --> 00:17:04,821
Then you've come to decision.

227
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One that not even good Tullius
will see coming.

228
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Gather my father's ashes
and tell Oenomaus

229
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to prepare Gannicus
to leave these walls.

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00:17:31,724 --> 00:17:33,767
Brother.

231
00:17:33,934 --> 00:17:36,352
You are too late.

232
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I have finished the wine.

233
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Would that I had enough
to sink to the fucking bottom.

234
00:17:47,198 --> 00:17:50,492
Dominus orders you
prepared for transport.

235
00:17:50,659 --> 00:17:52,702
I am to be sold then?

236
00:17:52,870 --> 00:17:54,954
What seizes Batiatus...

237
00:17:55,122 --> 00:17:57,540
to give you to Tullius
after what he has done?

238
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The man has lost fucking sense.

239
00:18:00,461 --> 00:18:02,170
Then question mine as well.

240
00:18:02,338 --> 00:18:04,714
You wish this?

241
00:18:04,882 --> 00:18:07,383
I wish to stand before Tullius

242
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and have his fucking life.

243
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You would have better chance
flinging yourself from the cliff

244
00:18:13,182 --> 00:18:14,974
and praying to land upon him.

245
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It was his fucking wine.

246
00:18:17,186 --> 00:18:18,895
If she had...

247
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all those who had hand
in her passing must pay,

248
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regardless of cost.

249
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It was a gift for
Titus... Tullius's wine.

250
00:18:36,247 --> 00:18:39,123
How did it come to pass her lips?
She was no thief.

251
00:18:39,291 --> 00:18:41,668
What answer would matter now?

252
00:18:41,836 --> 00:18:44,295
She is gone and the men
that took her soon to follow.

253
00:18:44,463 --> 00:18:48,049
I would rather you join her now than see
another so close to me fall to Tullius.

254
00:18:48,217 --> 00:18:49,843
The choice is removed from your hands.

255
00:18:50,010 --> 00:18:53,054
- I will break words with Batiatus.
- Oenomaus, this is how it must be.

256
00:18:53,222 --> 00:18:55,390
She would not have wanted this.

257
00:18:57,309 --> 00:18:59,894
When I meet her in the afterlife,

258
00:19:00,062 --> 00:19:05,149
I do not wish to explain why I allowed
a man we both loved to forfeit his life.

259
00:19:06,902 --> 00:19:09,946
I have lost my wife.

260
00:19:12,533 --> 00:19:15,326
I do not want to see
my brother follow.

261
00:19:18,622 --> 00:19:20,206
He deserves no less.

262
00:19:25,921 --> 00:19:29,132
Oenomaus... The time
for words has passed.

263
00:19:30,759 --> 00:19:32,302
- Dominus.
- Prepare the wagon.

264
00:19:32,469 --> 00:19:34,804
We leave at once.

265
00:19:44,148 --> 00:19:46,107
What words were you
about to fucking speak?

266
00:19:46,275 --> 00:19:48,443
- Ones weighted with truth.
- Towards what purpose?

267
00:19:48,611 --> 00:19:49,736
He deserves to know.

268
00:19:49,904 --> 00:19:52,071
This is not about him.

269
00:19:52,239 --> 00:19:55,074
It is about Gannicus
and his fucking conscience.

270
00:19:55,242 --> 00:19:59,078
Speak it, and see memory
of beloved wife forever tainted.

271
00:19:59,246 --> 00:20:01,581
I cannot keep buried
what I have done.

272
00:20:01,749 --> 00:20:04,250
Then see it remain in shallow grave
but a while longer.

273
00:20:04,418 --> 00:20:08,463
How am I to unearth it
once I have been sold to Tullius?

274
00:20:08,631 --> 00:20:13,426
I do not sell you to fucking Tullius.

275
00:20:18,641 --> 00:20:20,892
Batiatus again spits in my face?

276
00:20:21,060 --> 00:20:22,977
News absent surprise.

277
00:20:23,145 --> 00:20:26,439
A snake by nature favors
maneuvering upon its belly.

278
00:20:26,607 --> 00:20:29,233
I would stand upright
among honorable men.

279
00:20:32,112 --> 00:20:33,738
Where does he take Gannicus?

280
00:20:33,906 --> 00:20:36,032
Batiatus sent me to secure sale

281
00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,159
to the Syrian trader Galeagra.

282
00:20:38,327 --> 00:20:41,913
By morning Gannicus will be on a ship
sailing towards points unknown,

283
00:20:42,081 --> 00:20:44,332
forever beyond your reach.

284
00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:48,127
You aided Batiatus in this?

285
00:20:48,295 --> 00:20:50,129
I have known the man for many years.

286
00:20:50,297 --> 00:20:52,048
I was conflicted.

287
00:20:52,216 --> 00:20:53,591
As am I...

288
00:20:55,636 --> 00:20:58,596
on whether to strip flesh
from your fucking face.

289
00:20:58,764 --> 00:21:00,473
Wait! I came to you with this.

290
00:21:00,641 --> 00:21:01,641
After the fact.

291
00:21:01,809 --> 00:21:04,978
There is still time. He meets the Syrian
at the edge of the city.

292
00:21:08,983 --> 00:21:10,483
Gather the men.

293
00:21:12,111 --> 00:21:15,196
I cannot believe even Batiatus so thick

294
00:21:15,364 --> 00:21:17,782
as to imagine concealing such an act.

295
00:21:17,950 --> 00:21:20,702
He will spin the story
of Gannicus escaping...

296
00:21:20,869 --> 00:21:24,455
to perhaps follow his slave girl Diona,
who recently went to foot.

297
00:21:24,623 --> 00:21:27,709
He thinks me the fool,
to accept the tale?

298
00:21:27,876 --> 00:21:31,129
Batiatus knows you will summon him
to meeting to discuss the matter.

299
00:21:31,296 --> 00:21:34,298
He lays plans to see much coin
in your men's hands,

300
00:21:34,466 --> 00:21:38,386
payment in aid against your life
when he stands before you.

301
00:21:38,554 --> 00:21:41,431
The fucking cock on him.

302
00:21:45,686 --> 00:21:48,813
Batiatus has always thought himself
above those around him...

303
00:21:48,981 --> 00:21:51,607
even closest friend.

304
00:21:53,569 --> 00:21:56,154
I shall prove the notion false

305
00:21:56,321 --> 00:22:00,450
and see fucking son join his father.

306
00:22:17,259 --> 00:22:19,260
Where are they?

307
00:22:19,428 --> 00:22:20,928
I'll search ahead.

308
00:22:21,096 --> 00:22:24,223
Stay where you are. I will not
have you from my fucking side.

309
00:22:24,391 --> 00:22:27,643
If you had sold me to Tullius,
no one else's life would be at risk.

310
00:22:27,811 --> 00:22:30,063
With great risk comes great reward.

311
00:22:30,230 --> 00:22:31,898
And I would have mine.

312
00:22:34,068 --> 00:22:36,736
The Syrians arrive.

313
00:22:44,203 --> 00:22:48,081
I grow weary
of these games, Batiatus,

314
00:22:48,248 --> 00:22:51,626
and would see them to bitter end.

315
00:22:51,794 --> 00:22:53,753
As would l.

316
00:23:07,851 --> 00:23:12,730
Come. Let us embrace,
you fucking cunt.

317
00:23:17,194 --> 00:23:19,403
Come on!

318
00:23:49,309 --> 00:23:51,394
Ashur!

319
00:23:53,063 --> 00:23:55,022
Fucking kill him, Barca!

320
00:24:01,446 --> 00:24:03,322
You!

321
00:24:03,490 --> 00:24:06,784
Fuck you, you fucking shit.
You fuck!

322
00:24:21,049 --> 00:24:22,175
Wait, hold!

323
00:24:23,177 --> 00:24:25,344
I said hold.

324
00:24:29,516 --> 00:24:33,144
Such a death would be far too quick.

325
00:24:35,814 --> 00:24:37,982
Bind him.

326
00:24:45,490 --> 00:24:48,034
And you.

327
00:24:50,621 --> 00:24:53,831
You played your part
to fucking perfection!

328
00:24:56,585 --> 00:25:00,004
It was not difficult. When passion
for vengeance overtakes caution,

329
00:25:00,172 --> 00:25:02,757
even the keenest of minds
is easily deceived.

330
00:25:02,925 --> 00:25:04,592
Modest to the fucking last.

331
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,511
See these bodies put to grass
and get yourself to the medicus.

332
00:25:07,679 --> 00:25:09,222
You're sure to your purpose?

333
00:25:09,389 --> 00:25:11,849
My path has never been clearer.

334
00:25:14,228 --> 00:25:16,270
Good Tullius.

335
00:25:18,607 --> 00:25:20,483
Let us have final words

336
00:25:20,651 --> 00:25:22,944
before you depart this life.

337
00:25:32,037 --> 00:25:34,705
Ah, the lamb finally wakes.

338
00:25:34,873 --> 00:25:37,792
Calm yourself.

339
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,294
I merely wish to break words.

340
00:25:42,047 --> 00:25:44,340
Seek to raise alarm
and find throat slit

341
00:25:44,508 --> 00:25:47,093
well in advance of aid.
We are clear?

342
00:25:52,683 --> 00:25:54,725
You are fucking dead.

343
00:25:54,893 --> 00:25:58,271
Threats absent form
without Tullius to support them.

344
00:25:58,438 --> 00:26:01,107
What have you done to him?

345
00:26:01,275 --> 00:26:03,150
Not me. I have done nothing.

346
00:26:03,318 --> 00:26:07,196
In all of this, I have never known
quarrel with good Tullius.

347
00:26:07,364 --> 00:26:11,033
Yet Batiatus...
he is of a contrary nature.

348
00:26:11,201 --> 00:26:14,912
And moves even as we speak
to end his conflict with your man.

349
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,622
Forever.

350
00:26:16,790 --> 00:26:18,833
The opening of the arena is upon us.

351
00:26:19,001 --> 00:26:23,129
Tullius' absence will be noted,
and your part in it quick upon heel.

352
00:26:23,297 --> 00:26:27,591
You are mistaken. No one will suspect
Tullius has left this world...

353
00:26:27,759 --> 00:26:31,220
not when trusted Vettius heralds news
that he has unexpectedly

354
00:26:31,388 --> 00:26:35,266
set sail abroad to tend
to pressing matters in Antioch.

355
00:26:35,434 --> 00:26:38,352
What would move tongue
to voice such fucking lie?

356
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:42,148
It would more easily forms words
to see you and Batiatus

357
00:26:42,316 --> 00:26:43,983
executed for your crimes.

358
00:26:44,151 --> 00:26:46,277
Based upon what evidence?

359
00:26:46,445 --> 00:26:49,488
We were not found knife in hand,
kneeling beside body.

360
00:26:49,656 --> 00:26:53,951
A body which even now Batiatus
conceals beyond reach of human eyes.

361
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:58,581
No, my concern rests
with your safety.

362
00:27:00,542 --> 00:27:03,044
Attempt to raise
unwarranted suspicion,

363
00:27:03,211 --> 00:27:06,797
and Batiatus would be sure
to take offense.

364
00:27:06,965 --> 00:27:09,675
And without Tullius
to protect you...

365
00:27:12,387 --> 00:27:16,140
Ah. Youth finally matures.

366
00:27:17,809 --> 00:27:19,393
Now we have settled issue,

367
00:27:19,561 --> 00:27:22,855
let us turn to other matters
of a more personal nature.

368
00:27:27,527 --> 00:27:29,445
All things change.

369
00:27:29,613 --> 00:27:33,199
What we hold close to our hearts
eventually pass from this world.

370
00:27:36,453 --> 00:27:39,372
And what we once
turned from in disgust...

371
00:27:41,083 --> 00:27:42,833
we embrace as necessity.

372
00:27:47,089 --> 00:27:48,589
Raise your eyes.

373
00:27:51,885 --> 00:27:53,844
What do you see?

374
00:27:54,012 --> 00:27:55,763
The domina of the house.

375
00:27:55,931 --> 00:27:57,807
Is that all?

376
00:27:57,974 --> 00:28:00,518
I see a woman

377
00:28:00,685 --> 00:28:02,645
unlike any I have seen before.

378
00:28:03,688 --> 00:28:05,481
Better.

379
00:28:05,649 --> 00:28:08,150
I did not think I had pleased you

380
00:28:08,318 --> 00:28:11,112
when last called to your chambers.

381
00:28:13,031 --> 00:28:15,825
I love my husband beyond all men

382
00:28:15,992 --> 00:28:19,578
and I would do anything for him

383
00:28:19,746 --> 00:28:22,456
and his legacy.

384
00:28:25,794 --> 00:28:29,255
I did not seek pleasure.
I need only your cock.

385
00:28:29,423 --> 00:28:33,092
But speak of this and see it
parted from your body.

386
00:28:40,475 --> 00:28:42,435
Yes, Domina.

387
00:28:43,937 --> 00:28:47,481
Your hair and your beard

388
00:28:47,649 --> 00:28:50,526
give the appearance
of a fucking animal.

389
00:28:50,694 --> 00:28:53,571
I would have you reformed
into the semblance of a man

390
00:28:53,738 --> 00:28:57,366
to make the lie I must tell myself
more convincing.

391
00:29:36,490 --> 00:29:38,407
A game well played, Batiatus.

392
00:29:38,575 --> 00:29:43,120
Now let us come to terms.

393
00:29:45,248 --> 00:29:48,459
Your man Gannicus obviously
means a great deal to you,

394
00:29:48,627 --> 00:29:51,420
to press to such extremes.

395
00:29:51,588 --> 00:29:55,049
I will cease my pursuit of him.

396
00:29:55,217 --> 00:29:56,467
Offer more.

397
00:29:56,635 --> 00:29:59,678
I will see your house take prominence
in all upcoming games.

398
00:29:59,846 --> 00:30:02,056
More.

399
00:30:02,224 --> 00:30:04,475
Speak desire and see it attended.

400
00:30:04,643 --> 00:30:06,936
I desire to see you suffer

401
00:30:07,103 --> 00:30:09,563
as I have suffered
at your fucking hands.

402
00:30:09,731 --> 00:30:12,566
Your suffering
has only begun, Lanista,

403
00:30:12,734 --> 00:30:15,778
when it is discovered
what you have done to me!

404
00:30:15,946 --> 00:30:18,906
You will not be discovered,
nor missed.

405
00:30:19,074 --> 00:30:21,200
Solonius moves young Vettius

406
00:30:21,368 --> 00:30:24,870
towards offering proper explanation
for your disappearance.

407
00:30:25,038 --> 00:30:26,163
Vettius?

408
00:30:26,331 --> 00:30:28,541
Oh, the city will mourn.

409
00:30:28,708 --> 00:30:31,710
Soon your name will be
spoken of less and less,

410
00:30:31,878 --> 00:30:34,630
until it is lost to history.

411
00:30:34,798 --> 00:30:39,385
I should have had your life
at the beginning of this.

412
00:30:39,553 --> 00:30:43,681
The mistake is mine,
having stayed hand

413
00:30:43,848 --> 00:30:46,058
in respect of your father.

414
00:30:46,226 --> 00:30:47,768
Respect?

415
00:30:55,819 --> 00:30:58,988
Pay it to the remains
of the man himself.

416
00:30:59,990 --> 00:31:02,283
Tell him! Tell him

417
00:31:02,450 --> 00:31:05,744
how high you hold him
even as your poisoned wine

418
00:31:05,912 --> 00:31:09,790
robbed him of fucking life!
Tell him. Tell him, you fucking shit!

419
00:31:11,126 --> 00:31:14,795
Why should I strike against your father?

420
00:31:14,963 --> 00:31:17,548
He was an honorable Roman...

421
00:31:18,842 --> 00:31:21,635
a man who knew his place.

422
00:31:21,803 --> 00:31:24,346
As I know yours.

423
00:31:24,514 --> 00:31:28,142
There will be an accounting, Batiatus...

424
00:31:30,228 --> 00:31:33,606
for this and everything that follows.

425
00:31:35,358 --> 00:31:37,693
The gods will see to it someday.

426
00:31:37,861 --> 00:31:40,529
Yes, but not this one.

427
00:32:35,752 --> 00:32:38,921
This arena was your life...

428
00:32:39,089 --> 00:32:40,589
add to its foundations.

429
00:33:06,491 --> 00:33:08,826
Capua!

430
00:33:14,708 --> 00:33:17,209
Have eyes ever beheld such a sight?

431
00:33:17,377 --> 00:33:19,628
The laurel crown of the Republic.

432
00:33:19,796 --> 00:33:22,756
Its majesty even more evident
when viewed from the pulvinus.

433
00:33:22,924 --> 00:33:25,426
Oh, a great honor
to be invited by Tullius.

434
00:33:25,593 --> 00:33:29,263
One I fear undeserved, yet he is
a difficult man to turn from, huh?

435
00:33:29,431 --> 00:33:32,641
A fact well known to all present.

436
00:33:32,809 --> 00:33:34,476
I am surprised by his delay.

437
00:33:34,644 --> 00:33:36,914
The opening of the arena has been
the only subject on his tongue.

438
00:33:36,938 --> 00:33:39,273
Now he stands late
to his own celebration.

439
00:33:47,157 --> 00:33:48,991
Apologies.

440
00:33:49,159 --> 00:33:53,162
Tullius regrets
he will be absent altogether.

441
00:33:53,329 --> 00:33:56,165
What could wrest him
from so high a perch?

442
00:33:56,332 --> 00:33:58,625
Pressing concerns
abroad in Antioch.

443
00:33:58,793 --> 00:34:01,879
His departure was unexpected.

444
00:34:02,046 --> 00:34:04,965
The arena
would not exist without Tullius.

445
00:34:05,133 --> 00:34:08,051
We would not be standing here
if it weren't for his actions.

446
00:34:08,219 --> 00:34:10,637
We should halt the celebrations
until his return.

447
00:34:10,805 --> 00:34:12,598
Agreed.
I shall address the crowd.

448
00:34:12,766 --> 00:34:15,934
No, Tullius sends hard instruction
for ceremony to carry without him.

449
00:34:17,479 --> 00:34:20,022
This arena was a gift
to his beloved city.

450
00:34:20,190 --> 00:34:24,401
He would not see misfortune
stand in the way of the giving of it.

451
00:34:24,569 --> 00:34:28,989
A most gracious offer,
well received. Come.

452
00:34:29,157 --> 00:34:32,493
Haunt Tullius' place by my side,
possessing his spirit for the occasion.

453
00:34:32,660 --> 00:34:34,703
Again I must offer apology.

454
00:34:34,871 --> 00:34:37,790
I make preparations
to follow Tullius to Antioch.

455
00:34:37,957 --> 00:34:40,417
And what of your ventures here?
Your Ludus?

456
00:34:40,585 --> 00:34:43,754
I am retiring from the lowly
call of the Lanista

457
00:34:43,922 --> 00:34:48,467
in favor of station more
befitting a man of breeding.

458
00:34:48,635 --> 00:34:51,345
What will become of your men?
They fight this very day.

459
00:34:51,513 --> 00:34:54,139
I would not see
your brief labors turn to naught.

460
00:34:54,307 --> 00:34:57,559
Solonius and I can make
fair offer to divide them.

461
00:34:57,727 --> 00:34:59,978
Deeply appreciated,
yet unnecessary.

462
00:35:00,146 --> 00:35:03,065
Solonius and I have already
come to terms.

463
00:35:03,233 --> 00:35:04,691
Terms?

464
00:35:04,859 --> 00:35:08,737
I've transferred deed
to all my gladiators to Solonius,

465
00:35:08,905 --> 00:35:12,032
under whose noble banner
they will fight this day.

466
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,618
You are indeed blessed, Solonius.

467
00:35:14,786 --> 00:35:18,413
Well, your Ludus now stands
above all others in sheer numbers.

468
00:35:18,581 --> 00:35:20,457
May the gods continue to show favor.

469
00:35:20,625 --> 00:35:23,252
- Huh.
- I must take my leave.

470
00:35:23,419 --> 00:35:27,089
Give good Solonius all consideration
towards future games.

471
00:35:27,257 --> 00:35:30,926
Tullius and I will have it so.

472
00:35:33,137 --> 00:35:35,806
You are overly generous.
Come. I would see you away.

473
00:35:40,144 --> 00:35:42,104
The boy all but runs from us.

474
00:35:46,067 --> 00:35:49,278
Vettius has always been
little more than Tullius' pet.

475
00:35:49,445 --> 00:35:52,447
Is it any wonder he runs to heel
when leash is jerked?

476
00:35:52,615 --> 00:35:54,575
Batiatus speaks truth.

477
00:35:54,742 --> 00:35:56,910
Let us put absent friends from mind

478
00:35:57,078 --> 00:35:59,538
and turn towards
the glories of the day.

479
00:36:06,713 --> 00:36:08,171
You have done well.

480
00:36:08,339 --> 00:36:10,299
I but dance to the yank of strings.

481
00:36:10,466 --> 00:36:12,259
Avoid them forming a noose,

482
00:36:12,427 --> 00:36:15,345
and never return to Capua
while I draw breath.

483
00:36:15,513 --> 00:36:17,931
I pray for the day it ceases.

484
00:36:20,351 --> 00:36:22,603
We were supposed to divide
Vettius' men among us.

485
00:36:22,770 --> 00:36:24,313
What the fuck are you doing?

486
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,940
What it takes to make
a name in this world...

487
00:36:27,108 --> 00:36:29,985
after years of
"bowing and scraping in shit."

488
00:36:30,153 --> 00:36:33,488
Is that what this is about? A few words
spoken in anger absent thought?

489
00:36:33,656 --> 00:36:35,032
A few words?

490
00:36:35,199 --> 00:36:37,284
You name me friend and brother,

491
00:36:37,452 --> 00:36:40,412
yet at every turn remind
that I lack this trait or that.

492
00:36:40,580 --> 00:36:43,832
You take information given in aid
and move against Tullius,

493
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,127
absent regard of the difficult
position it places me.

494
00:36:47,295 --> 00:36:48,795
You talk of nothing!

495
00:36:48,963 --> 00:36:51,632
Every tongue that is not your own
is accused of the same.

496
00:36:51,799 --> 00:36:54,259
It has taken years

497
00:36:54,427 --> 00:36:57,679
and the price of blood, but at last
I see you for what you are...

498
00:36:57,847 --> 00:37:01,558
a man who holds no one
in esteem beyond himself.

499
00:37:03,227 --> 00:37:05,020
I owe you gratitude.

500
00:37:05,188 --> 00:37:07,314
Without you to show the way,

501
00:37:07,482 --> 00:37:10,484
I would never have raised the nerve
to betray those closest to me.

502
00:37:23,915 --> 00:37:25,666
What excuse does Solonius give?

503
00:37:25,833 --> 00:37:28,251
None that merit consideration.

504
00:37:32,215 --> 00:37:34,007
What has the crowd in such a state?

505
00:37:34,175 --> 00:37:37,427
Sextus announces executions
before the games begin.

506
00:37:57,865 --> 00:38:00,283
Is that not one of yours, Batiatus?

507
00:38:00,451 --> 00:38:04,246
The girl on the end.
What was her name?

508
00:38:09,168 --> 00:38:11,503
Diona.

509
00:38:15,341 --> 00:38:18,343
Diona, yes.

510
00:38:18,511 --> 00:38:20,345
Apologies, Batiatus.

511
00:38:20,513 --> 00:38:22,639
The girl was only
rounded up this morning.

512
00:38:22,807 --> 00:38:25,559
If you wish her removed
to be dealt with personally...

513
00:38:27,395 --> 00:38:30,772
No, let her death stand
as a warning

514
00:38:30,940 --> 00:38:33,358
to all others who would
seek to betray me.

515
00:38:44,454 --> 00:38:47,831
Caburus is your man now,
Solonius.

516
00:38:47,999 --> 00:38:50,375
Rise and see him to purpose.

517
00:38:50,543 --> 00:38:52,210
As you wish.

518
00:40:22,510 --> 00:40:28,098
Pity, to lose one so...
fetching.

519
00:40:28,266 --> 00:40:30,517
Soon you join cunt.

520
00:40:33,146 --> 00:40:35,772
Doctore!

521
00:40:37,275 --> 00:40:40,193
I can fight.
Have word with Dominus.

522
00:40:42,572 --> 00:40:44,406
I already have.

523
00:40:44,574 --> 00:40:46,783
Now aid your brothers
in preparing for the day.

524
00:40:46,951 --> 00:40:49,911
You will fight again
when you are able.

525
00:40:50,079 --> 00:40:52,247
Yes, Doctore.

526
00:40:59,046 --> 00:41:03,049
You will face Tasgetius and Synetos
in the match before the primus.

527
00:41:05,344 --> 00:41:07,220
Our days have been filled.

528
00:41:07,388 --> 00:41:11,057
Show all of Capua why you are
considered such a prize.

529
00:41:11,225 --> 00:41:14,227
Fight, and honor
the House of Batiatus.

530
00:41:14,395 --> 00:41:16,605
There are many things
I would die for...

531
00:41:16,772 --> 00:41:19,983
many things
I deserve to die for...

532
00:41:20,151 --> 00:41:23,695
yet this house
is no longer among them.

533
00:41:23,863 --> 00:41:26,198
Then fight for her.

534
00:41:27,783 --> 00:41:30,827
Every life you take,
the blood you shed,

535
00:41:30,995 --> 00:41:33,622
she will see it
from the afterlife.

536
00:41:38,294 --> 00:41:40,503
Then I shall fill her eyes.

537
00:41:44,467 --> 00:41:46,051
Crixus!

538
00:41:46,219 --> 00:41:47,719
You are first.

539
00:41:47,887 --> 00:41:49,512
Ready.

540
00:42:04,362 --> 00:42:06,529
The sands have been moistened

541
00:42:06,697 --> 00:42:09,324
with our first offerings of blood.

542
00:42:09,492 --> 00:42:12,994
But more is demanded
on such a day.

543
00:42:13,162 --> 00:42:16,039
And you shall have it!

544
00:42:18,459 --> 00:42:21,086
The Houses of Solonius and Batiatus

545
00:42:21,254 --> 00:42:24,547
will battle each other
in deadly contest.

546
00:42:24,715 --> 00:42:26,925
No mercy shown.

547
00:42:27,093 --> 00:42:29,135
No quarter given.

548
00:42:29,303 --> 00:42:34,099
The victors all to face each
in the primus!

549
00:42:40,439 --> 00:42:44,067
You will school that little shit
in the ways of a true Lanista.

550
00:42:44,235 --> 00:42:46,319
A lesson to be remembered.

551
00:42:46,487 --> 00:42:48,780
It shall be a spectacle

552
00:42:48,948 --> 00:42:52,867
the likes of which the gods themselves
have never witnessed!

553
00:42:53,035 --> 00:42:54,869
Glory to Capua!

554
00:42:55,037 --> 00:42:56,955
Glory to Rome!

555
00:43:21,272 --> 00:43:22,272
Yes!

556
00:43:32,783 --> 00:43:34,034
Nice.

557
00:44:20,081 --> 00:44:21,581
Yes.

558
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:11,506
Yes!

559
00:45:11,674 --> 00:45:15,427
Once more Gannicus proves himself
a god of the arena!

560
00:45:15,594 --> 00:45:19,389
Ah, were that Tullius here
to witness such a triumph!

561
00:45:20,766 --> 00:45:23,601
Yet I fear the numbers stand
against you in the primus.

562
00:45:23,769 --> 00:45:26,104
Solonius still holds
twice your men.

563
00:45:26,272 --> 00:45:28,481
Eh. Numbers are meaningless.

564
00:45:28,649 --> 00:45:31,401
A lesson good Solonius
is about to discover.

565
00:45:31,569 --> 00:45:32,652
Ha!

566
00:45:37,950 --> 00:45:41,244
We want more, we want more!

567
00:45:44,248 --> 00:45:47,167
Fast we see approaching night.

568
00:45:47,334 --> 00:45:49,794
You shall stand above all others,

569
00:45:49,962 --> 00:45:53,798
eclipsed only
by the gods themselves...

570
00:45:53,966 --> 00:45:56,885
So at last we meet upon the sand.

571
00:45:57,052 --> 00:45:59,345
Two among many.

572
00:45:59,513 --> 00:46:01,431
I give no shit about other men.

573
00:46:01,599 --> 00:46:03,933
I shall prove myself against you
in proper contest.

574
00:46:04,101 --> 00:46:06,603
We face Solonius's men,
not each other.

575
00:46:06,770 --> 00:46:08,813
Only until they have fallen.

576
00:46:08,981 --> 00:46:11,774
Then we shall stand alone,
absent thought of brotherhood.

577
00:46:11,942 --> 00:46:14,527
Attend.

578
00:46:14,695 --> 00:46:16,446
The dominus would have words.

579
00:46:21,619 --> 00:46:23,912
Everything we have dreamed of,

580
00:46:24,079 --> 00:46:26,581
suffered and died for,

581
00:46:26,749 --> 00:46:30,919
the worth of it all turns
upon this single moment.

582
00:46:31,086 --> 00:46:34,631
You face the House of Solonius
and his ill-gotten men.

583
00:46:34,798 --> 00:46:37,467
You stand outnumbered.

584
00:46:37,635 --> 00:46:42,180
But not outmatched.
Only one man will claim victory this day

585
00:46:42,348 --> 00:46:44,974
and earn the title
the Champion of Capua.

586
00:46:45,142 --> 00:46:49,938
And by the gods that man will be
from the fucking House of Batiatus!

587
00:47:28,394 --> 00:47:31,396
Gladiators, form!

588
00:48:48,265 --> 00:48:51,142
Many have fought this day.

589
00:48:51,310 --> 00:48:53,353
Many have died,

590
00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:55,647
their blood staining the sands.

591
00:48:55,814 --> 00:49:00,652
Yet this arena towers
above all others in the Republic.

592
00:49:00,819 --> 00:49:06,074
It is a vast beast,
and it yet hungers!

593
00:49:08,118 --> 00:49:10,620
Two great houses face each other.

594
00:49:10,788 --> 00:49:14,832
Yet every man must ultimately
stand for himself

595
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:17,543
and himself alone.

596
00:49:29,723 --> 00:49:32,684
- What are they doing?
- It matters not.

597
00:49:36,897 --> 00:49:39,732
Fire burns within their breasts.

598
00:49:39,900 --> 00:49:43,903
And it is fire that shall bind them
in final contest!

599
00:49:58,752 --> 00:50:00,545
Fall to the sands beyond the flames

600
00:50:00,713 --> 00:50:03,548
and find yourself removed
from the primus.

601
00:50:03,716 --> 00:50:05,883
Fall within them

602
00:50:06,051 --> 00:50:08,886
and be removed from this world.

603
00:50:09,054 --> 00:50:11,472
Take position.

604
00:50:33,245 --> 00:50:36,664
Do not die before we meet.

605
00:50:39,835 --> 00:50:43,921
Split heaven
with the sound of your fury!

606
00:50:51,221 --> 00:50:52,388
Begin!

607
00:51:30,803 --> 00:51:32,678
- First blood to Solonius!
- Yes.

608
00:51:47,778 --> 00:51:48,986
Yes.

609
00:52:33,991 --> 00:52:36,075
Yes!

610
00:52:55,053 --> 00:52:56,220
Yes!

611
00:52:56,388 --> 00:52:59,515
It is a pity you did not land
more men in the primus, Solonius.

612
00:52:59,683 --> 00:53:02,226
I fear you may be
eliminated prematurely.

613
00:53:13,113 --> 00:53:15,197
Dagan, you crazy fuck!

614
00:53:19,161 --> 00:53:21,412
Batiatus's men
think so little of his house

615
00:53:21,580 --> 00:53:23,789
they seek to kill each other?

616
00:53:51,234 --> 00:53:54,070
Who stands cunt now?

617
00:54:39,741 --> 00:54:41,993
Capua!

618
00:54:43,453 --> 00:54:45,287
Fuck!

619
00:55:12,107 --> 00:55:13,983
Let us press advantage, brother!

620
00:55:14,151 --> 00:55:16,360
Kill Gannicus,

621
00:55:16,528 --> 00:55:19,321
and decide who is
champion between us, huh?

622
00:55:27,456 --> 00:55:30,541
Your men again set upon each other
before common foe is defeated.

623
00:55:30,709 --> 00:55:33,419
To be expected when animals
are not properly trained.

624
00:55:35,630 --> 00:55:37,840
Gannicus is mine.

625
00:56:11,958 --> 00:56:13,709
It appears odds have shifted.

626
00:56:36,191 --> 00:56:37,900
The odds return to balance.

627
00:57:40,589 --> 00:57:41,964
Yes yes.

628
00:58:47,614 --> 00:58:50,241
Yes!

629
00:59:09,469 --> 00:59:14,223
Yes! The House of Batiatus
stands fucking triumphant!

630
00:59:15,308 --> 00:59:17,268
Whoa! Apologies.

631
00:59:17,435 --> 00:59:20,646
None required.
A most impressive showing.

632
00:59:20,814 --> 00:59:22,523
I do but honor this city

633
00:59:22,691 --> 00:59:25,025
and my champion
continues to do the same.

634
00:59:25,193 --> 00:59:28,195
I have mind towards your man
for my own games.

635
00:59:28,363 --> 00:59:31,740
As do l. Listen to how
he ignites the crowd.

636
00:59:35,161 --> 00:59:38,122
Gannicus! Gannicus! Gannicus!

637
00:59:42,085 --> 00:59:44,128
Gannicus! Gannicus! Gannicus!

638
00:59:44,296 --> 00:59:48,257
Would they not forever remember
this day and the men responsible for it

639
00:59:48,425 --> 00:59:50,551
if Gannicus were granted freedom?

640
00:59:51,761 --> 00:59:53,512
Freedom?

641
00:59:53,680 --> 00:59:56,098
I would have granted the same
in deference to the crowd

642
00:59:56,266 --> 00:59:58,851
- had my man survived.
- An excellent suggestion.

643
00:59:59,019 --> 01:00:01,729
You can always train another gladiator.

644
01:00:01,896 --> 01:00:06,191
Yet to conclude the opening
ceremonies with such a blessing...

645
01:00:06,359 --> 01:00:09,570
As I said, I but honor this city.

646
01:00:23,084 --> 01:00:26,337
Gannicus has proven himself
to the city of Capua.

647
01:00:27,589 --> 01:00:31,884
Let him be rewarded...
with freedom.

648
01:00:39,225 --> 01:00:42,603
Gannicus! Gannicus! Gannicus!

649
01:00:42,771 --> 01:00:45,731
Gannicus! Gannicus! Gannicus!

650
01:00:45,899 --> 01:00:48,984
Gannicus! Gannicus! Gannicus!

651
01:00:49,152 --> 01:00:52,404
Gannicus! Gannicus! Gannicus!

652
01:00:52,572 --> 01:00:54,948
Gannicus! Gannicus! Gannicus!

653
01:00:55,116 --> 01:00:58,285
Gannicus! Gannicus! Gannicus!

654
01:00:58,453 --> 01:01:01,497
Gannicus! Gannicus! Gannicus!

655
01:01:01,664 --> 01:01:04,500
Gannicus! Gannicus! Gannicus!

656
01:01:04,667 --> 01:01:07,961
Gannicus! Gannicus!

657
01:01:10,256 --> 01:01:13,258
After all we have suffered,
Gannicus is still lost to us.

658
01:01:13,426 --> 01:01:15,511
I offered the man coin,

659
01:01:15,678 --> 01:01:19,056
freedom to come and go as he pleases,
if he would yet fight for our house.

660
01:01:20,975 --> 01:01:23,769
Memories haunt the man

661
01:01:23,937 --> 01:01:26,021
and drive him from our walls.

662
01:01:27,857 --> 01:01:30,776
Crixus afforded himself
well in the games.

663
01:01:30,944 --> 01:01:33,821
Let us turn our hope towards him,

664
01:01:33,988 --> 01:01:37,074
that he may bring us honor

665
01:01:37,242 --> 01:01:39,493
and good fortune.

666
01:01:43,373 --> 01:01:44,915
Yes.

667
01:01:45,083 --> 01:01:47,626
Let us place our stock in the Gaul

668
01:01:47,794 --> 01:01:50,462
and see what ends he may service.

669
01:01:50,630 --> 01:01:52,714
I'm real proud of you, brother.

670
01:01:55,593 --> 01:02:00,681
I shall join you one
day, you mad fuck.

671
01:02:00,849 --> 01:02:02,391
Of that there is no doubt.

672
01:02:16,114 --> 01:02:18,532
We have not yet had proper contest.

673
01:02:18,700 --> 01:02:22,244
Win your own freedom
and seek me out.

674
01:02:28,835 --> 01:02:31,086
Crixus.

675
01:02:32,755 --> 01:02:35,841
I was given this when I became
champion of this house.

676
01:02:43,266 --> 01:02:45,642
Wear it with more honor than I have.

677
01:03:16,549 --> 01:03:18,842
You have earned the rudis...

678
01:03:19,010 --> 01:03:22,221
proof you no longer stand a slave.

679
01:03:31,022 --> 01:03:33,482
A lifetime of blood.

680
01:03:33,650 --> 01:03:35,317
And victory.

681
01:03:35,485 --> 01:03:38,904
It lifts troubled heart to see
my brother gain his freedom.

682
01:03:39,072 --> 01:03:41,532
Melitta would have been proud.

683
01:03:47,080 --> 01:03:48,789
Oenomaus...

684
01:03:56,381 --> 01:04:00,968
she loved you above all others.

685
01:04:04,681 --> 01:04:06,557
The thought shall keep me warm

686
01:04:06,724 --> 01:04:08,725
till I join her in the afterlife.

687
01:04:08,893 --> 01:04:11,603
And I shall meet you both there.

688
01:05:19,339 --> 01:05:21,506
Doctore.

689
01:05:22,675 --> 01:05:24,259
Begin the day's training.

690
01:05:34,812 --> 01:05:36,855
First position!

691
01:05:45,448 --> 01:05:48,283
I would not hear the name Gannicus
spoken within these walls.

692
01:05:48,451 --> 01:05:51,328
Or that of Tullius
or his cock-eating apprentice.

693
01:05:51,496 --> 01:05:54,748
Such things are of the past.

694
01:05:56,876 --> 01:05:59,836
Let us look towards a brighter future.

695
01:06:00,004 --> 01:06:03,131
My eyes are firmly fixed.

696
01:06:08,846 --> 01:06:11,973
We will see this house elevated...

697
01:06:12,141 --> 01:06:17,270
beyond my father, beyond Solonius,
beyond the fucking gods themselves.

698
01:06:17,438 --> 01:06:20,816
We will leave our mark
upon this city.

699
01:06:20,983 --> 01:06:23,402
And one day

700
01:06:23,569 --> 01:06:27,030
we will see proper reward
for all we have done.

701
01:06:30,326 --> 01:06:33,161
I have done this thing
because it is just.

702
01:06:34,372 --> 01:06:36,957
Blood demands blood.

703
01:06:37,125 --> 01:06:39,918
We have lived and lost

704
01:06:40,086 --> 01:06:43,422
at the whims of our masters
for too long.

705
01:06:43,589 --> 01:06:46,508
I would not have it so.

706
01:06:48,594 --> 01:06:52,305
Your lives are your own.
Forge your own path...

707
01:06:52,473 --> 01:06:54,891
or join with us

708
01:06:55,059 --> 01:06:58,812
and together we shall see
Rome tremble!

