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