1 00:03:17,027 --> 00:03:18,028 Sir. 2 00:03:18,153 --> 00:03:19,405 General. 3 00:03:20,197 --> 00:03:21,407 General. 4 00:03:22,533 --> 00:03:23,701 General. 5 00:03:25,077 --> 00:03:26,078 Sir. 6 00:03:27,371 --> 00:03:28,539 General. 7 00:03:30,207 --> 00:03:31,333 Sir. 8 00:03:46,390 --> 00:03:48,017 Lean and hungry. 9 00:03:51,228 --> 00:03:53,897 - Still nothing? - Not a sign. 10 00:03:53,981 --> 00:03:56,900 - How long has he been gone? - Nearly two hours. 11 00:03:59,862 --> 00:04:01,655 Will they fight, sir? 12 00:04:01,739 --> 00:04:03,198 We shall know soon enough. 13 00:04:03,282 --> 00:04:05,826 Soldier, I ordered you to move those catapults forward. 14 00:04:05,909 --> 00:04:08,245 - They're out of range. - Range is good. 15 00:04:09,913 --> 00:04:13,334 - The danger to the cavalry... - Is acceptable. Agreed? 16 00:04:23,010 --> 00:04:24,094 They say no. 17 00:04:50,037 --> 00:04:52,581 People should know when they're conquered. 18 00:05:03,050 --> 00:05:04,843 Would you, Quintus? 19 00:05:05,761 --> 00:05:07,054 Would I? 20 00:05:23,821 --> 00:05:25,239 - Strength and honor. - Strength and honor. 21 00:05:25,322 --> 00:05:26,782 Strength and Honor. 22 00:05:32,162 --> 00:05:35,290 At my signal, unleash hell. 23 00:05:58,021 --> 00:05:59,523 Load the catapults. 24 00:06:00,399 --> 00:06:02,359 Infantry form up for advance. 25 00:06:03,861 --> 00:06:06,280 - Archers ready. - Archers! 26 00:06:06,363 --> 00:06:07,823 - Nock! - Nock! 27 00:06:31,597 --> 00:06:32,973 Fratres! 28 00:06:33,056 --> 00:06:34,892 - Maximus! - Maximus! 29 00:06:36,351 --> 00:06:40,439 Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops. 30 00:06:40,564 --> 00:06:44,985 Imagine where you will be, and it will be so. 31 00:06:45,694 --> 00:06:49,031 Hold the line! Stay with me! 32 00:06:49,114 --> 00:06:51,783 If you find yourself alone, 33 00:06:51,867 --> 00:06:54,870 riding in green fields with the sun on your face, 34 00:06:56,079 --> 00:06:58,248 do not be troubled. 35 00:06:59,082 --> 00:07:02,711 For you are in Elysium, and you're already dead! 36 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,548 Brothers, 37 00:07:07,925 --> 00:07:09,760 what we do in life 38 00:07:10,844 --> 00:07:12,513 echoes in eternity. 39 00:07:20,979 --> 00:07:22,272 Pull! 40 00:07:37,913 --> 00:07:39,915 Cohorts ready, sir! 41 00:07:50,676 --> 00:07:52,970 Archers, ignite! 42 00:07:53,220 --> 00:07:55,847 - Ignite! - Ignite! 43 00:08:01,728 --> 00:08:04,398 Archers, draw! 44 00:08:07,859 --> 00:08:09,236 Loose! 45 00:08:38,348 --> 00:08:40,350 All right, men, ready! 46 00:08:46,189 --> 00:08:48,108 Hold the line! 47 00:08:56,366 --> 00:08:58,493 Loose! 48 00:08:58,577 --> 00:09:00,037 Reload! 49 00:09:05,083 --> 00:09:07,085 Hold the line! 50 00:09:07,169 --> 00:09:09,504 - Draw! - Loose! 51 00:09:12,049 --> 00:09:13,884 Stay with me! 52 00:09:19,181 --> 00:09:21,433 Stay with me! 53 00:09:49,378 --> 00:09:52,297 Roma victor! 54 00:12:25,283 --> 00:12:27,244 Roma victor! 55 00:13:09,494 --> 00:13:11,580 Do you think he's really dying? 56 00:13:12,998 --> 00:13:15,000 He's been dying for 10 years. 57 00:13:16,418 --> 00:13:19,546 If he weren't really dying, he wouldn't have sent for us. 58 00:13:19,629 --> 00:13:21,381 Maybe he just misses us. 59 00:13:21,464 --> 00:13:24,050 And the senators? He wouldn't have summoned them if... 60 00:13:24,134 --> 00:13:25,427 Peace, Commodus. 61 00:13:25,510 --> 00:13:26,803 After two weeks on the road, 62 00:13:26,887 --> 00:13:29,556 your incessant scheming is hurting my head. 63 00:13:36,980 --> 00:13:40,400 He's made his decision. He's going to announce it. 64 00:13:43,987 --> 00:13:45,989 He will name me. 65 00:13:48,825 --> 00:13:52,495 The first thing I shall do when... 66 00:13:55,248 --> 00:13:58,543 Is honor him with games worthy of His Majesty. 67 00:13:58,627 --> 00:14:03,506 For now, the first thing I shall do is have a hot bath. 68 00:14:05,216 --> 00:14:06,968 Your Highness? 69 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:12,766 We seem to be almost there, sir. 70 00:14:19,356 --> 00:14:21,149 - Sire. - Where's the Emperor? 71 00:14:21,232 --> 00:14:24,903 He's at the front, sire. They've been gone for 19 days. 72 00:14:24,986 --> 00:14:27,197 The wounded are still coming in. 73 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:28,907 My horse. 74 00:14:28,990 --> 00:14:30,659 My lord. 75 00:14:34,204 --> 00:14:35,288 Kiss? 76 00:15:11,241 --> 00:15:14,744 You have proved your valor yet again, Maximus. 77 00:15:16,913 --> 00:15:19,624 Let us hope, for the last time. 78 00:15:20,041 --> 00:15:22,335 There's no one left to fight, sire. 79 00:15:22,419 --> 00:15:25,046 There is always someone left to fight. 80 00:15:25,130 --> 00:15:28,049 How can I reward Rome's greatest general? 81 00:15:33,513 --> 00:15:35,056 Let me go home. 82 00:15:36,182 --> 00:15:37,225 Ah! 83 00:15:37,642 --> 00:15:38,852 Home. 84 00:15:57,620 --> 00:15:59,205 They honor you, Caesar. 85 00:15:59,289 --> 00:16:02,083 It's for you, Maximus. They honor you. 86 00:16:25,148 --> 00:16:27,817 Have I missed it? Have I missed the battle? 87 00:16:29,486 --> 00:16:31,279 You have missed the war. 88 00:16:31,362 --> 00:16:33,573 Father, congratulations. 89 00:16:34,199 --> 00:16:36,451 I shall sacrifice 100 bulls to honor your triumph. 90 00:16:36,534 --> 00:16:38,203 Save the bulls. 91 00:16:38,286 --> 00:16:40,747 Honor Maximus. He won the battle. 92 00:16:41,164 --> 00:16:43,500 - General. - Highness. 93 00:16:44,501 --> 00:16:48,088 Rome salutes you, and I embrace you as a brother. 94 00:16:48,171 --> 00:16:49,964 It has been too long, my old friend. 95 00:16:50,048 --> 00:16:51,508 Highness. 96 00:16:51,591 --> 00:16:54,177 Here, Father. Take my arm. 97 00:16:55,762 --> 00:16:58,973 I think it is time for me to leave. 98 00:17:14,114 --> 00:17:17,450 So much for the glory of Rome. 99 00:18:46,623 --> 00:18:48,291 Magnificent battle. 100 00:19:12,232 --> 00:19:13,942 General. Still alive? 101 00:19:14,025 --> 00:19:15,318 Still alive. 102 00:19:15,401 --> 00:19:17,028 The gods must have a sense of humor. 103 00:19:17,111 --> 00:19:19,781 - The gods must love you. - Valerius. 104 00:19:19,864 --> 00:19:22,742 Back to barracks, General? Or to Rome? 105 00:19:22,825 --> 00:19:25,912 Home. My wife, my son, the harvest. 106 00:19:26,537 --> 00:19:29,874 Maximus the farmer. I still have difficulty imagining that. 107 00:19:29,958 --> 00:19:33,586 You know, dirt cleans off a lot easier than blood, Quintus. 108 00:19:33,670 --> 00:19:35,755 - Here he is. - Highness. 109 00:19:35,838 --> 00:19:38,007 Senator Gaius, Senator Falco. 110 00:19:38,091 --> 00:19:40,969 Beware of Gaius. He'll pour a honeyed potion in your ear, 111 00:19:41,052 --> 00:19:44,639 and you'll wake up one day and all you'll say is, "Republic, republic, republic." 112 00:19:44,722 --> 00:19:47,392 Well, why not? Rome was founded as a republic. 113 00:19:47,475 --> 00:19:50,353 Yes, and in a republic the senate has the power. 114 00:19:50,436 --> 00:19:52,647 But Senator Gaius isn't influenced by that, of course. 115 00:19:52,730 --> 00:19:55,358 Where do you stand, General? Emperor or Senate? 116 00:19:55,775 --> 00:19:57,026 A soldier has the advantage 117 00:19:57,110 --> 00:20:00,530 of being able to look his enemy in the eye, Senator. 118 00:20:00,613 --> 00:20:04,659 Well, with an army behind you, you could be extremely political. 119 00:20:04,742 --> 00:20:07,829 I warned you. Now I shall save you. Senators. 120 00:20:17,672 --> 00:20:19,132 Maximus. 121 00:20:20,216 --> 00:20:22,677 I'm going to need good men like you. 122 00:20:24,804 --> 00:20:27,390 How may I be of service, Highness? 123 00:20:27,473 --> 00:20:30,518 You're a man who knows what it is to command. 124 00:20:30,601 --> 00:20:33,896 You give your orders, the orders are obeyed, and the battle is won. 125 00:20:33,980 --> 00:20:38,818 But these senators scheme, squabble and flatter and deceive. 126 00:20:39,319 --> 00:20:42,363 Maximus, we must save Rome from the politicians, my friend. 127 00:20:42,447 --> 00:20:45,533 Can I count on you when the time comes? 128 00:20:51,497 --> 00:20:54,292 Highness, when your father releases me, I intend to return home. 129 00:20:54,375 --> 00:20:57,587 Home? Well, no one's earned it more. 130 00:20:59,130 --> 00:21:02,925 Don't get too comfortable. I may call on you before long. 131 00:21:05,011 --> 00:21:07,555 Lucilla's here. Did you know? 132 00:21:08,097 --> 00:21:10,016 She's not forgotten you. 133 00:21:11,309 --> 00:21:13,644 And now, you're the great man. 134 00:21:25,907 --> 00:21:28,409 If only you had been born a man, 135 00:21:29,494 --> 00:21:31,746 what a Caesar you would have made. 136 00:21:33,414 --> 00:21:34,874 Father. 137 00:21:40,922 --> 00:21:42,924 You would have been strong. 138 00:21:43,007 --> 00:21:46,219 I wonder, would you have been just? 139 00:21:47,011 --> 00:21:49,680 I would have been what you taught me to be. 140 00:21:51,682 --> 00:21:53,184 How was your journey? 141 00:21:53,267 --> 00:21:57,063 Long. Uncomfortable. Why have I come? 142 00:21:57,605 --> 00:22:00,233 I need your help. With your brother. 143 00:22:00,566 --> 00:22:02,318 Of course. 144 00:22:02,402 --> 00:22:04,570 He loves you. He always has. 145 00:22:05,613 --> 00:22:06,781 And 146 00:22:08,699 --> 00:22:11,869 he will need you now, more than ever. 147 00:22:16,916 --> 00:22:18,793 Enough of politics. 148 00:22:19,085 --> 00:22:22,046 Let us pretend that you are a loving daughter, 149 00:22:22,588 --> 00:22:25,007 and I am a good father. 150 00:22:30,555 --> 00:22:33,266 This is a pleasant fiction, isn't it? 151 00:22:46,279 --> 00:22:47,780 Good morning to you. 152 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,463 I need three more horses. 153 00:23:12,096 --> 00:23:15,475 One! Two! Three! 154 00:23:16,309 --> 00:23:17,518 Four! 155 00:23:17,602 --> 00:23:19,812 One! Two! 156 00:23:36,037 --> 00:23:37,997 You sent for me, Caesar? 157 00:23:42,752 --> 00:23:45,630 - Caesar? - Tell me again, Maximus. 158 00:23:46,672 --> 00:23:48,382 Why are we here? 159 00:23:49,717 --> 00:23:52,261 For the glory of the empire, sire. 160 00:23:52,678 --> 00:23:53,763 Yes. 161 00:23:55,806 --> 00:23:57,767 Yes, I remember. 162 00:24:00,853 --> 00:24:03,105 Do you see that map, Maximus? 163 00:24:03,898 --> 00:24:06,442 That is the world which I created. 164 00:24:07,318 --> 00:24:08,903 For 25 years, 165 00:24:09,445 --> 00:24:13,366 I have conquered, spilt blood, expanded the empire. 166 00:24:14,742 --> 00:24:18,538 Since I became Caesar, I've known four years without war. 167 00:24:18,621 --> 00:24:21,082 Four years of peace in 20. 168 00:24:21,415 --> 00:24:22,875 And for what? 169 00:24:30,299 --> 00:24:34,136 I brought the sword. Nothing more. 170 00:24:35,388 --> 00:24:36,681 Caesar, your life... 171 00:24:36,764 --> 00:24:39,392 Please. Please don't call me that. 172 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,894 Come. Please. 173 00:24:42,728 --> 00:24:44,063 Come sit. 174 00:24:44,897 --> 00:24:47,608 Let us talk together now, 175 00:24:48,526 --> 00:24:50,653 very simply, as men. 176 00:24:51,279 --> 00:24:53,155 Well, Maximus, 177 00:24:55,491 --> 00:24:56,701 talk. 178 00:24:59,620 --> 00:25:02,665 Five thousand of my men are out there in the freezing mud. 179 00:25:02,748 --> 00:25:04,500 Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved. 180 00:25:04,584 --> 00:25:06,085 Two thousand will never leave this place. 181 00:25:06,168 --> 00:25:09,338 I will not believe that they fought and died for nothing. 182 00:25:09,422 --> 00:25:11,048 And what would you believe? 183 00:25:11,132 --> 00:25:15,011 They fought for you and for Rome. 184 00:25:15,094 --> 00:25:16,887 And what is Rome, Maximus? 185 00:25:19,056 --> 00:25:21,475 I've seen much of the rest of the world. 186 00:25:21,559 --> 00:25:25,521 It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light. 187 00:25:25,605 --> 00:25:27,523 Yet you have never been there. 188 00:25:27,607 --> 00:25:30,067 You have not seen what it has become. 189 00:25:30,151 --> 00:25:33,237 I am dying, Maximus. 190 00:25:33,863 --> 00:25:35,156 When a man sees his end, 191 00:25:35,239 --> 00:25:38,284 he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. 192 00:25:39,410 --> 00:25:42,538 How will the world speak my name in years to come? 193 00:25:42,622 --> 00:25:44,957 Will I be known as the philosopher? 194 00:25:45,041 --> 00:25:46,500 The warrior? 195 00:25:46,792 --> 00:25:48,252 The tyrant? 196 00:25:49,754 --> 00:25:54,383 Or will I be the Emperor who gave Rome back her true self? 197 00:25:55,343 --> 00:25:57,762 There was once a dream that was Rome. 198 00:25:57,845 --> 00:26:00,598 You could only whisper it. 199 00:26:00,681 --> 00:26:03,809 Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, 200 00:26:03,893 --> 00:26:05,686 it was so fragile. 201 00:26:05,978 --> 00:26:09,690 And I fear that it will not survive the winter. 202 00:26:11,192 --> 00:26:12,610 Maximus, 203 00:26:13,611 --> 00:26:16,530 let us whisper now, 204 00:26:16,781 --> 00:26:18,491 together, you and I. 205 00:26:19,241 --> 00:26:20,743 You have a son. 206 00:26:22,244 --> 00:26:24,121 Tell me about your home. 207 00:26:30,336 --> 00:26:33,214 My house is in the hills above Trujillo. 208 00:26:34,590 --> 00:26:36,342 A very simple place. 209 00:26:36,801 --> 00:26:39,720 Pink stones that warm in the sun. 210 00:26:39,804 --> 00:26:43,307 A kitchen garden that smells of herbs in the day, 211 00:26:44,058 --> 00:26:45,976 jasmine in the evening. 212 00:26:47,645 --> 00:26:50,189 Through the gate is a giant poplar. 213 00:26:50,523 --> 00:26:53,359 Figs, apples, pears. 214 00:26:53,442 --> 00:26:56,987 The soil, Marcus, black. Black like my wife's hair. 215 00:26:58,322 --> 00:27:00,449 Grapes on the south slopes, olives on the north. 216 00:27:00,533 --> 00:27:02,785 Wild ponies play near my house. They tease my son. 217 00:27:02,868 --> 00:27:04,495 He wants to be one of them. 218 00:27:04,578 --> 00:27:06,414 When was the last time you were home? 219 00:27:06,497 --> 00:27:09,583 Two years, 264 days and this morning. 220 00:27:11,210 --> 00:27:14,547 I envy you, Maximus. It's a good home. 221 00:27:16,215 --> 00:27:17,925 Worth fighting for. 222 00:27:20,803 --> 00:27:22,888 There is one more duty 223 00:27:23,472 --> 00:27:26,225 that I ask of you before you go home. 224 00:27:28,102 --> 00:27:30,271 What would you have me do, Caesar? 225 00:27:30,354 --> 00:27:33,941 I want you to become the protector of Rome after I die. 226 00:27:35,151 --> 00:27:38,112 I will empower you to one end alone, 227 00:27:38,696 --> 00:27:42,158 to give power back to the people of Rome, 228 00:27:42,491 --> 00:27:45,578 and end the corruption that has crippled it. 229 00:27:51,834 --> 00:27:55,463 Will you accept this great honor that I have offered you? 230 00:27:56,839 --> 00:27:58,758 With all my heart, no. 231 00:28:01,302 --> 00:28:03,095 Maximus, 232 00:28:03,637 --> 00:28:06,599 that is why it must be you. 233 00:28:06,682 --> 00:28:08,768 But surely a prefect, a senator, 234 00:28:08,851 --> 00:28:11,520 somebody who knows the city, who understands her politics. 235 00:28:11,604 --> 00:28:14,607 But you have not been corrupted by her politics. 236 00:28:19,612 --> 00:28:23,240 - And Commodus? - Commodus is not a moral man. 237 00:28:24,158 --> 00:28:26,827 You have known that since you were young. 238 00:28:26,911 --> 00:28:28,871 Commodus cannot rule. 239 00:28:28,954 --> 00:28:31,290 He must not rule. 240 00:28:32,833 --> 00:28:35,628 You are the son that I should have had. 241 00:28:38,172 --> 00:28:41,175 Commodus will accept my decision. 242 00:28:43,469 --> 00:28:48,265 He knows that you command the loyalty of the army. 243 00:28:53,145 --> 00:28:54,730 I need some time, sire. 244 00:28:54,814 --> 00:28:56,232 Yes. 245 00:28:56,315 --> 00:28:59,902 By sunset, I hope you will have agreed. 246 00:29:00,986 --> 00:29:03,155 Now embrace me as my son. 247 00:29:06,534 --> 00:29:09,286 And bring an old man another blanket. 248 00:29:25,511 --> 00:29:28,013 - My father favors you now. - My lady. 249 00:29:28,597 --> 00:29:31,600 - It was not always so. - Many things change. 250 00:29:31,851 --> 00:29:35,062 Many things. Not everything. 251 00:29:37,982 --> 00:29:39,650 Maximus, stop. 252 00:29:43,195 --> 00:29:45,114 Let me see your face. 253 00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:50,369 - You seem upset. - I lost many men. 254 00:29:51,245 --> 00:29:53,622 What did my father want with you? 255 00:29:54,707 --> 00:29:57,668 To wish me well before I leave for home. 256 00:29:58,294 --> 00:29:59,795 You're lying. 257 00:30:00,129 --> 00:30:03,465 I could always tell when you were lying, because you were never any good at it. 258 00:30:03,549 --> 00:30:06,135 - I never acquired your comfort with it. - True. 259 00:30:06,218 --> 00:30:08,345 But then you never had to. 260 00:30:08,846 --> 00:30:11,557 Life is more simple for a soldier. 261 00:30:13,309 --> 00:30:15,561 Or do you think me heartless? 262 00:30:16,562 --> 00:30:19,315 I think you have a talent for survival. 263 00:30:25,321 --> 00:30:26,864 Maximus, stop. 264 00:30:29,158 --> 00:30:31,952 Is it really so terrible seeing me again? 265 00:30:32,036 --> 00:30:34,538 No. I'm tired from battle. 266 00:30:35,164 --> 00:30:37,917 It hurts you to see my father so fragile. 267 00:30:41,086 --> 00:30:45,507 Commodus expects that my father will announce his succession within days. 268 00:30:46,634 --> 00:30:50,054 Will you serve my brother as you served his father? 269 00:30:52,222 --> 00:30:54,391 I will always serve Rome. 270 00:30:56,268 --> 00:30:58,103 Do you know, 271 00:30:58,187 --> 00:31:00,689 I still remember you in my prayers. 272 00:31:01,732 --> 00:31:04,610 Oh, yes. I pray. 273 00:31:09,198 --> 00:31:12,493 I was sad to hear of your husband's death. I mourned him. 274 00:31:14,411 --> 00:31:17,247 - Thank you. - And I hear you have a son. 275 00:31:18,916 --> 00:31:21,293 Yes. Lucius. 276 00:31:23,128 --> 00:31:24,880 He'll be nearly eight years old. 277 00:31:24,964 --> 00:31:27,257 My son is also nearly eight. 278 00:31:30,010 --> 00:31:32,179 I thank you for your prayers. 279 00:31:39,979 --> 00:31:42,481 Ancestors, I ask for your guidance. 280 00:31:43,816 --> 00:31:47,361 Blessed Mother, come to me with the gods' desire for my future. 281 00:31:48,988 --> 00:31:52,783 Blessed Father, watch over my wife and son with a ready sword. 282 00:31:53,993 --> 00:31:56,829 Whisper to them, I live only to hold them again. 283 00:31:57,997 --> 00:32:00,165 Ancestors, I honor you, 284 00:32:01,333 --> 00:32:04,670 and will try to live with the dignity you have taught me. 285 00:32:27,526 --> 00:32:28,777 Cicero. 286 00:32:33,365 --> 00:32:34,491 Sir. 287 00:32:38,954 --> 00:32:41,498 Do you ever find it hard to do your duty? 288 00:32:44,209 --> 00:32:46,795 Sometimes I do what I want to do. 289 00:32:47,546 --> 00:32:50,132 The rest of the time, I do what I have to. 290 00:32:53,052 --> 00:32:55,971 We may not be able to go home, after all. 291 00:33:47,147 --> 00:33:49,942 Are you ready to do your duty for Rome? 292 00:33:53,112 --> 00:33:54,530 Yes, Father. 293 00:33:55,614 --> 00:33:57,699 You will not be emperor. 294 00:34:01,036 --> 00:34:03,372 Which wiser, older man is to take my place? 295 00:34:03,455 --> 00:34:05,999 My powers will pass to Maximus, 296 00:34:07,209 --> 00:34:08,961 to hold in trust, 297 00:34:09,044 --> 00:34:12,756 until the Senate is ready to rule once more. 298 00:34:14,341 --> 00:34:17,761 Rome is to be a republic again. 299 00:34:19,721 --> 00:34:22,307 - Maximus. - Yes. 300 00:34:28,397 --> 00:34:30,649 My decision disappoints you? 301 00:34:34,153 --> 00:34:36,238 You wrote to me once, 302 00:34:38,115 --> 00:34:40,492 listing the four chief virtues. 303 00:34:42,286 --> 00:34:43,662 Wisdom, 304 00:34:43,745 --> 00:34:45,205 justice, 305 00:34:45,289 --> 00:34:46,748 fortitude, 306 00:34:47,166 --> 00:34:48,959 and temperance. 307 00:34:51,086 --> 00:34:54,214 As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. 308 00:34:55,174 --> 00:34:57,676 But I have other virtues, Father. 309 00:34:59,303 --> 00:35:00,637 Ambition. 310 00:35:01,430 --> 00:35:04,391 That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. 311 00:35:05,726 --> 00:35:08,854 Resourcefulness, courage. 312 00:35:09,897 --> 00:35:14,193 Perhaps not on the battlefield, but there are many forms of courage. 313 00:35:15,861 --> 00:35:19,072 Devotion to my family, 314 00:35:20,199 --> 00:35:21,575 to you. 315 00:35:23,118 --> 00:35:25,871 But none of my virtues were on your list. 316 00:35:28,165 --> 00:35:31,460 Even then it was as if you didn't want me for your son. 317 00:35:31,543 --> 00:35:32,920 Commodus, 318 00:35:33,837 --> 00:35:35,505 you go too far. 319 00:35:36,298 --> 00:35:39,259 I searched the faces of the gods 320 00:35:40,052 --> 00:35:44,389 for ways to please you, to make you proud. 321 00:35:45,265 --> 00:35:47,309 One kind word, 322 00:35:47,726 --> 00:35:49,603 one full hug, 323 00:35:49,811 --> 00:35:53,440 where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight, 324 00:35:54,608 --> 00:35:58,153 would have been like the sun on my heart for 1,000 years. 325 00:36:00,781 --> 00:36:02,616 What is it in me you hate so much? 326 00:36:02,699 --> 00:36:04,701 Shh... Commodus. 327 00:36:05,744 --> 00:36:07,871 All I've ever wanted 328 00:36:08,163 --> 00:36:12,417 was to live up to you, Caesar. 329 00:36:13,669 --> 00:36:16,296 - Father. - Commodus, 330 00:36:20,759 --> 00:36:22,844 your faults as a son 331 00:36:23,845 --> 00:36:27,140 is my failure as a father. 332 00:36:37,859 --> 00:36:39,319 Come. 333 00:36:42,906 --> 00:36:44,366 Father. 334 00:36:59,298 --> 00:37:01,967 I would butcher the whole world, 335 00:37:02,884 --> 00:37:05,345 if you would only have loved me! 336 00:37:43,008 --> 00:37:46,136 Maximus, the Emperor needs you. It's urgent. 337 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,393 Lament with me, brother. 338 00:37:54,519 --> 00:37:56,480 Our great father is dead. 339 00:38:23,215 --> 00:38:24,800 How did he die? 340 00:38:26,051 --> 00:38:28,762 The surgeons say there was no pain. 341 00:38:28,845 --> 00:38:30,931 His breath gave out as he slept. 342 00:38:40,732 --> 00:38:41,942 Father. 343 00:38:44,611 --> 00:38:47,280 Your emperor asks for your loyalty, Maximus. 344 00:38:48,615 --> 00:38:50,242 Take my hand. 345 00:38:52,953 --> 00:38:54,830 I only offer it once. 346 00:39:09,010 --> 00:39:10,303 Quintus. 347 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,063 Hail, Caesar. 348 00:40:02,981 --> 00:40:05,650 I must talk to the senators. I need their counsel. 349 00:40:05,734 --> 00:40:08,320 - Wake Gaius and Falco. - Gaius and Falco. 350 00:40:08,403 --> 00:40:10,614 - Sword. - Sword. 351 00:40:13,116 --> 00:40:16,036 Maximus, please be careful. That was not prudent. 352 00:40:16,119 --> 00:40:18,914 Prudent? The Emperor has been slain. 353 00:40:19,331 --> 00:40:21,833 The emperor died of natural causes. 354 00:40:23,627 --> 00:40:25,837 - Why are you armed, Quintus? - Guards! 355 00:40:29,049 --> 00:40:31,259 Please don't fight, Maximus. 356 00:40:33,011 --> 00:40:35,305 I'm sorry. Caesar has spoken. 357 00:40:35,764 --> 00:40:37,516 Ride until dawn, 358 00:40:38,767 --> 00:40:40,310 and then execute him. 359 00:40:40,393 --> 00:40:42,854 Quintus, look at me. Look at me! 360 00:40:43,104 --> 00:40:46,024 Promise me that you will look after my family. 361 00:40:47,108 --> 00:40:49,778 Your family will meet you in the afterlife. 362 00:41:14,678 --> 00:41:15,887 Kneel. 363 00:41:19,432 --> 00:41:21,810 Blessed Father, watch over my wife and son. 364 00:41:21,893 --> 00:41:24,980 Whisper to them that I live only to hold them again. 365 00:41:27,607 --> 00:41:30,026 At least give me a clean death. 366 00:41:31,736 --> 00:41:33,530 A soldier's death. 367 00:41:54,801 --> 00:41:57,971 The frost, sometimes it makes the blade stick. 368 00:42:18,700 --> 00:42:20,118 Praetorian! 369 00:43:39,864 --> 00:43:41,783 When was the last time you were home? 370 00:43:41,866 --> 00:43:44,869 Two years, 264 days and this morning. 371 00:43:46,454 --> 00:43:48,289 Blessed Father, watch over my wife and son with a ready sword. 372 00:43:48,373 --> 00:43:50,750 I will try to live with the dignity you have taught me. 373 00:43:50,834 --> 00:43:53,294 Whisper to them, I live only to hold them again. 374 00:43:53,378 --> 00:43:55,797 with a ready sword, for all else is dust and air. 375 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,050 Whisper to them, I live only to hold them again. 376 00:43:59,134 --> 00:44:01,428 For all else is dust and air. 377 00:45:01,279 --> 00:45:02,280 Papa! 378 00:47:47,779 --> 00:47:49,280 Don't die. 379 00:47:55,578 --> 00:47:57,246 You'll meet them again. 380 00:47:59,290 --> 00:48:00,583 Not yet. 381 00:48:09,133 --> 00:48:12,887 No. They will clean it. Wait and see. 382 00:48:47,255 --> 00:48:48,673 Don't die. 383 00:48:49,424 --> 00:48:51,843 They'll feed you to the lions. 384 00:48:51,926 --> 00:48:54,220 They are worth more than we are. 385 00:49:04,230 --> 00:49:05,690 Better now? 386 00:49:06,816 --> 00:49:08,693 Clean. You see? 387 00:49:39,474 --> 00:49:42,310 Proximo! My old friend. 388 00:49:43,686 --> 00:49:46,773 Every day is a great day when you are here, 389 00:49:47,190 --> 00:49:51,402 but today is your most fortunate day. 390 00:49:53,988 --> 00:49:57,742 Those giraffes you sold me, they won't mate. 391 00:49:58,326 --> 00:50:02,246 They just walk around eating and not mating. 392 00:50:03,539 --> 00:50:06,459 You sold me queer giraffes. 393 00:50:07,335 --> 00:50:09,879 - I want my money back. - Not a chance. 394 00:50:13,633 --> 00:50:16,469 - I do special price for you. - On what? 395 00:50:18,554 --> 00:50:21,474 Have you seen my new stock? Come and see them. 396 00:50:35,446 --> 00:50:38,241 Do any of them fight? I've got a match coming up. 397 00:50:38,324 --> 00:50:41,119 Some are good for fighting, others for dying. 398 00:50:41,202 --> 00:50:43,538 You need both, I think. 399 00:50:43,621 --> 00:50:44,831 Get up. 400 00:50:52,797 --> 00:50:54,465 What's your trade? 401 00:50:55,133 --> 00:50:56,425 I was a hunter. 402 00:50:56,509 --> 00:51:00,221 No, I bought him from a salt mine in Carthage. 403 00:51:01,013 --> 00:51:02,390 Sit down. 404 00:51:06,519 --> 00:51:08,688 Mark of the legion. 405 00:51:08,771 --> 00:51:09,730 Deserter. 406 00:51:09,814 --> 00:51:11,524 Maybe so, but who cares? 407 00:51:11,983 --> 00:51:13,109 He's a Spaniard. 408 00:51:13,192 --> 00:51:15,153 I'll take six. For 1,000. 409 00:51:15,236 --> 00:51:18,739 1,000? The Numidian alone is worth 2,000. 410 00:51:18,823 --> 00:51:20,908 These slaves are rotten. 411 00:51:20,992 --> 00:51:24,162 It all adds to the flavor. No, no, no, wait! Wait! 412 00:51:24,662 --> 00:51:26,372 I can negotiate. 413 00:51:27,498 --> 00:51:31,669 I'll give you 2,000, and 4,000 for the beasts. 414 00:51:31,752 --> 00:51:33,880 That's 5,000 for an old friend. 415 00:51:51,522 --> 00:51:54,942 Come on! How long does it take to get into my own house? 416 00:51:55,026 --> 00:51:56,944 I am Proximo. 417 00:51:57,653 --> 00:51:59,947 I shall be closer to you for the next few days, 418 00:52:00,031 --> 00:52:02,491 which will be the last of your miserable lives, 419 00:52:02,575 --> 00:52:06,913 than that bitch of a mother that brought you screaming into this world. 420 00:52:07,205 --> 00:52:10,541 I did not pay good money for you for your company. 421 00:52:11,751 --> 00:52:14,962 I paid it so that I could profit from your death. 422 00:52:15,713 --> 00:52:19,425 And as your mother was there at your beginning, 423 00:52:20,426 --> 00:52:23,054 so I shall be there at your end. 424 00:52:24,555 --> 00:52:27,558 And when you die, and die you shall, 425 00:52:28,476 --> 00:52:31,395 your transition shall be to the sound of... 426 00:52:36,150 --> 00:52:37,610 Gladiators, 427 00:52:38,736 --> 00:52:40,279 I salute you. 428 00:52:45,034 --> 00:52:46,077 Red. 429 00:52:49,747 --> 00:52:51,082 Yellow. 430 00:52:52,208 --> 00:52:53,501 Yellow. 431 00:53:04,220 --> 00:53:05,346 Good. 432 00:53:06,138 --> 00:53:07,515 - Red. - Red. 433 00:53:12,436 --> 00:53:13,729 Spaniard. 434 00:53:47,096 --> 00:53:49,432 That's enough for the moment! 435 00:53:49,765 --> 00:53:51,392 His time will come. 436 00:53:54,437 --> 00:53:55,479 Next. 437 00:54:08,743 --> 00:54:10,077 Spaniard, 438 00:54:11,579 --> 00:54:13,372 why don't you fight? 439 00:54:13,748 --> 00:54:15,207 We all have to fight. 440 00:54:15,291 --> 00:54:17,001 Well, I don't fight. 441 00:54:17,668 --> 00:54:20,880 I shouldn't be here, I'm a scribe, I write down words, 442 00:54:20,963 --> 00:54:22,840 and speak seven languages. 443 00:54:22,923 --> 00:54:23,966 Good. 444 00:54:24,925 --> 00:54:27,928 Tomorrow, you can scream in seven languages. 445 00:54:36,228 --> 00:54:39,565 Perhaps the scribe will be the one who wins his freedom. 446 00:54:40,566 --> 00:54:41,859 Freedom? 447 00:54:42,943 --> 00:54:44,779 What do I have to do? 448 00:54:45,196 --> 00:54:47,490 You go in the arena and you kill me. 449 00:54:47,573 --> 00:54:48,949 And him, 450 00:54:49,950 --> 00:54:51,660 and the Numidian, 451 00:54:51,744 --> 00:54:53,329 and the deserter. 452 00:54:54,955 --> 00:54:56,374 And 100 more. 453 00:54:56,457 --> 00:54:59,293 And when there's no more to fight, you're free. 454 00:54:59,960 --> 00:55:01,712 I can't do that. 455 00:55:02,755 --> 00:55:03,964 No? 456 00:55:10,221 --> 00:55:11,639 But I can. 457 00:55:27,154 --> 00:55:29,365 Is that the sign of your gods? 458 00:55:34,578 --> 00:55:36,664 Will that not anger them? 459 00:55:57,977 --> 00:55:59,645 The gods favor you. 460 00:56:00,020 --> 00:56:02,189 Red is the gods' color. 461 00:56:03,566 --> 00:56:05,734 You will need their help today. 462 00:56:45,107 --> 00:56:46,734 Proximo! 463 00:56:52,072 --> 00:56:54,241 Still leading with the German? 464 00:56:54,325 --> 00:56:56,410 The crowd love a barbarian. 465 00:56:56,869 --> 00:56:58,787 Besides that, he's making me rich. 466 00:56:58,871 --> 00:57:01,499 Has that Numidian fought before? 467 00:57:02,333 --> 00:57:03,918 No, first time. 468 00:57:04,001 --> 00:57:06,962 And that one, laborer, soldier? 469 00:57:07,379 --> 00:57:08,631 He's a Spaniard. 470 00:57:08,714 --> 00:57:11,800 He might as well be a eunuch for what he brings to the ring. 471 00:57:12,760 --> 00:57:16,972 500 sestertii, the Numidian and Spaniard team makes it through. 472 00:57:17,056 --> 00:57:20,768 And 1,000, that the Numidian makes it through alone. 473 00:57:22,269 --> 00:57:25,397 Are you asking me to bet against my own man? 474 00:57:27,233 --> 00:57:28,734 It's unethical. 475 00:57:28,817 --> 00:57:30,694 What if I make it 2,000? 476 00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:48,045 Some of you are thinking you won't fight, 477 00:57:49,338 --> 00:57:50,631 some that you can't fight. 478 00:57:51,966 --> 00:57:55,469 They all say that until they're out there. 479 00:57:58,264 --> 00:57:59,431 Listen. 480 00:57:59,515 --> 00:58:02,434 - Kill! Kill! Kill! - Kill! Kill! Kill! 481 00:58:09,567 --> 00:58:12,278 Thrust this into another man's flesh, 482 00:58:12,695 --> 00:58:15,364 and they will applaud and love you for that. 483 00:58:15,447 --> 00:58:16,865 And you, 484 00:58:18,826 --> 00:58:20,786 you may begin to love them 485 00:58:21,620 --> 00:58:23,038 for that. 486 00:58:27,126 --> 00:58:30,629 Ultimately, we're all dead men. 487 00:58:33,173 --> 00:58:35,467 Sadly, we cannot choose how, 488 00:58:36,719 --> 00:58:39,513 but we can decide how we meet that end, 489 00:58:40,431 --> 00:58:42,933 in order that we are remembered 490 00:58:44,852 --> 00:58:46,103 as men. 491 00:58:46,312 --> 00:58:47,313 Come on! 492 00:58:50,274 --> 00:58:52,526 On the left, draw your shields! 493 00:58:53,611 --> 00:58:55,988 On the right, draw your swords! 494 00:58:56,280 --> 00:58:58,824 - Kill! Kill! Kill! - Kill! Kill! Kill! 495 00:58:59,908 --> 00:59:02,369 Pair them up, red with yellow. 496 00:59:07,374 --> 00:59:08,584 Next! 497 00:59:14,506 --> 00:59:15,549 Move! 498 01:02:32,871 --> 01:02:34,957 Usurper! 499 01:02:56,562 --> 01:02:59,273 - Go away! - You'll never rule us, Commodus! 500 01:03:29,761 --> 01:03:34,474 He enters Rome like a conquering hero. But what has he conquered? 501 01:03:34,766 --> 01:03:37,185 Give him time, Gracchus. He's young. 502 01:03:37,269 --> 01:03:39,521 I think he could do very well. 503 01:03:39,897 --> 01:03:41,815 For Rome, or for you? 504 01:03:48,155 --> 01:03:51,241 Go to your mother, Lucius. It's what she'd like. 505 01:03:57,664 --> 01:03:59,708 - Lucius! - Mother! 506 01:04:02,002 --> 01:04:03,587 Hail, Caesar. 507 01:04:03,670 --> 01:04:05,172 Senators. 508 01:04:08,800 --> 01:04:11,678 Rome greets her new emperor. 509 01:04:11,803 --> 01:04:15,307 Your loyal subjects bid you welcome, Highness. 510 01:04:15,390 --> 01:04:17,267 Thank you, Falco. 511 01:04:17,351 --> 01:04:21,438 And for the loyal subjects, I trust they weren't too expensive. 512 01:04:21,521 --> 01:04:23,523 - Caesar. - Gracchus. 513 01:04:23,607 --> 01:04:26,109 All Rome rejoices in your return, Caesar. 514 01:04:26,193 --> 01:04:29,696 There are many matters that require your attention. 515 01:04:32,157 --> 01:04:35,035 To order, please. To order. 516 01:04:35,494 --> 01:04:37,287 For your guidance, Caesar, 517 01:04:37,371 --> 01:04:40,123 the Senate has prepared a series of protocols 518 01:04:40,207 --> 01:04:43,293 to begin addressing the many problems in the city, 519 01:04:43,377 --> 01:04:47,506 beginning with basic sanitation for the Greek Quarter, 520 01:04:48,006 --> 01:04:51,635 to combat the plague which is already springing up there. 521 01:04:51,718 --> 01:04:52,761 So, if Caesar... 522 01:04:55,639 --> 01:04:57,557 Don't you see, Gracchus? 523 01:04:58,934 --> 01:05:01,228 That's the very problem, isn't it? 524 01:05:01,687 --> 01:05:04,356 My father spent all his time at study, 525 01:05:06,066 --> 01:05:09,444 at books of learning and philosophy. 526 01:05:10,445 --> 01:05:13,949 He spent his twilight hours reading scrolls from the Senate. 527 01:05:14,908 --> 01:05:18,120 And all the while, the people were forgotten. 528 01:05:18,745 --> 01:05:20,956 But the senate is the people, sire, 529 01:05:21,039 --> 01:05:24,584 chosen from among the people to speak for the people. 530 01:05:25,252 --> 01:05:28,880 I doubt many of the people eat so well as you do, Gracchus. 531 01:05:29,589 --> 01:05:32,092 Or have such splendid mistresses, Gaius. 532 01:05:32,175 --> 01:05:34,261 I think I understand my own people. 533 01:05:34,344 --> 01:05:37,848 Then perhaps Caesar will be so good as to teach us, 534 01:05:38,265 --> 01:05:40,892 out of his own extensive experience. 535 01:05:44,771 --> 01:05:46,273 I call it love. 536 01:05:46,898 --> 01:05:50,027 I am their father. The people are my children. 537 01:05:50,277 --> 01:05:52,821 And I shall hold them to my bosom and embrace them tightly. 538 01:05:52,904 --> 01:05:56,366 Have you ever embraced someone dying of plague, sire? 539 01:06:02,622 --> 01:06:05,292 No, but if you interrupt me again, 540 01:06:06,793 --> 01:06:08,128 I assure you that you shall. 541 01:06:08,211 --> 01:06:10,505 Senator, my brother is very tired. 542 01:06:11,548 --> 01:06:15,719 Leave your list with me. Caesar shall do all that Rome requires. 543 01:06:16,303 --> 01:06:21,224 My lady, as always, your lightest touch commands obedience. 544 01:06:28,315 --> 01:06:30,609 Who are they to lecture me? 545 01:06:30,901 --> 01:06:33,403 Commodus, the Senate has its uses. 546 01:06:33,487 --> 01:06:36,406 What uses? All they do is talk. 547 01:06:37,616 --> 01:06:42,162 It should be just you and me and Rome. 548 01:06:42,245 --> 01:06:45,540 Don't even think it. There's always been a Senate. 549 01:06:46,041 --> 01:06:47,751 Rome has changed. 550 01:06:47,834 --> 01:06:50,837 It takes an emperor to rule an empire. 551 01:06:51,171 --> 01:06:53,256 Of course, but leave the people their... 552 01:06:53,340 --> 01:06:54,674 Illusions? 553 01:06:56,343 --> 01:06:57,719 Traditions. 554 01:06:58,637 --> 01:07:01,389 My father's war against the barbarians. 555 01:07:02,015 --> 01:07:05,644 He said it himself, it achieved nothing. But the people loved him. 556 01:07:05,727 --> 01:07:07,604 The people always love victories. 557 01:07:07,687 --> 01:07:11,358 Why? They didn't see the battles. 558 01:07:12,692 --> 01:07:14,694 What do they care about Germania? 559 01:07:14,778 --> 01:07:17,114 They care about the greatness of Rome. 560 01:07:17,197 --> 01:07:19,116 "The greatness of Rome." 561 01:07:21,034 --> 01:07:22,869 Well, what is that? 562 01:07:25,539 --> 01:07:28,792 It's an idea. Greatness. 563 01:07:32,546 --> 01:07:35,966 - Greatness is a vision. - Exactly. A vision. 564 01:07:38,051 --> 01:07:40,011 Do you not see, Lucilla? 565 01:07:41,388 --> 01:07:45,350 I will give the people a vision of Rome, and they'll love me for it. 566 01:07:45,976 --> 01:07:50,397 And they'll soon forget the tedious sermonizing of a few dry old men. 567 01:08:01,741 --> 01:08:05,078 I will give the people the greatest vision of their lives. 568 01:08:56,296 --> 01:08:59,257 White and red wine for your drinking pleasure! 569 01:09:07,515 --> 01:09:08,683 Games. 570 01:09:10,977 --> 01:09:14,064 One hundred and fifty days of games. 571 01:09:14,522 --> 01:09:16,066 He's cleverer than I thought. 572 01:09:16,149 --> 01:09:19,694 Clever. The whole of Rome would be laughing at him, 573 01:09:20,528 --> 01:09:22,781 if they weren't so afraid of his Praetorians. 574 01:09:22,864 --> 01:09:25,659 Fear and wonder. A powerful combination. 575 01:09:27,118 --> 01:09:30,247 You really think the people are going to be seduced by that? 576 01:09:30,330 --> 01:09:33,416 I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. 577 01:09:34,084 --> 01:09:37,212 Conjure magic for them, and they'll be distracted. 578 01:09:37,837 --> 01:09:41,091 Take away their freedom, and still they'll roar. 579 01:09:41,633 --> 01:09:45,971 The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate. 580 01:09:46,054 --> 01:09:48,098 It's the sand of the Colosseum. 581 01:09:50,058 --> 01:09:52,143 He'll bring them death, 582 01:09:53,853 --> 01:09:56,231 and they will love him for it. 583 01:10:18,878 --> 01:10:20,964 All you do is kill, kill, kill. 584 01:10:21,047 --> 01:10:23,466 The crowd don't want a butcher, they want a hero. 585 01:10:23,550 --> 01:10:25,593 We want them to keep coming back. 586 01:10:25,677 --> 01:10:29,848 So don't just hack them to pieces, remember you are an entertainer. 587 01:10:32,434 --> 01:10:33,810 Spaniard. 588 01:10:41,609 --> 01:10:43,153 So entertain! 589 01:11:48,301 --> 01:11:52,430 Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? 590 01:11:54,766 --> 01:11:56,976 Is this not why you're here? 591 01:12:01,606 --> 01:12:04,609 Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard! 592 01:12:05,235 --> 01:12:09,114 - Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard! - Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard! 593 01:12:21,918 --> 01:12:23,628 What do you want? 594 01:12:26,172 --> 01:12:27,340 Girl? 595 01:12:28,425 --> 01:12:29,592 Boy? 596 01:12:30,468 --> 01:12:32,762 - You sent for me. - Yes, I did. 597 01:12:33,805 --> 01:12:36,891 You're good, Spaniard, but you're not that good. 598 01:12:36,975 --> 01:12:38,184 You could be magnificent. 599 01:12:38,268 --> 01:12:41,729 I'm required to kill, so I kill. That is enough. 600 01:12:42,564 --> 01:12:45,650 That's enough for the provinces, but not for Rome. 601 01:12:49,028 --> 01:12:52,949 The young emperor has arranged a series of spectacles 602 01:12:53,032 --> 01:12:57,203 to commemorate his father, Marcus Aurelius. 603 01:12:57,787 --> 01:12:59,706 I find that amusing, 604 01:13:00,039 --> 01:13:03,126 since it was Marcus Aurelius, the wise, 605 01:13:03,209 --> 01:13:06,671 the all-knowing Marcus Aurelius, that closed us down. 606 01:13:09,674 --> 01:13:13,803 So finally, after five years of scratching a living 607 01:13:13,887 --> 01:13:16,097 in flea-infested villages, 608 01:13:16,181 --> 01:13:19,225 we're finally going back to where we belong. 609 01:13:19,976 --> 01:13:21,519 The Colosseum. 610 01:13:23,813 --> 01:13:26,566 You should see the Colosseum, Spaniard. 611 01:13:27,901 --> 01:13:29,986 Fifty thousand Romans, 612 01:13:30,904 --> 01:13:34,741 watching every movement of your sword, 613 01:13:36,201 --> 01:13:38,703 willing you to make that killer blow. 614 01:13:39,871 --> 01:13:43,500 The silence before you strike and the noise afterwards. 615 01:13:44,501 --> 01:13:48,087 It rises. It rises up, 616 01:13:49,339 --> 01:13:50,924 like a storm. 617 01:13:51,716 --> 01:13:54,385 As if you were the thunder god himself. 618 01:13:54,469 --> 01:13:57,430 - You were a gladiator? - Yes, I was. 619 01:14:03,895 --> 01:14:06,064 You won your freedom? 620 01:14:06,147 --> 01:14:08,525 A long time ago, the Emperor 621 01:14:10,151 --> 01:14:12,278 presented me with a rudius. 622 01:14:12,362 --> 01:14:15,073 It's just a wooden sword. 623 01:14:16,741 --> 01:14:18,993 The symbol of your freedom. 624 01:14:21,204 --> 01:14:24,165 He touched me on the shoulder, and I was free. 625 01:14:25,583 --> 01:14:28,002 You knew Marcus Aurelius? 626 01:14:28,086 --> 01:14:32,298 I did not say I knew him. I said he touched me on the shoulder once. 627 01:14:32,924 --> 01:14:35,009 You asked me what I want. 628 01:14:36,386 --> 01:14:39,305 I, too, want to stand in front of the Emperor, 629 01:14:40,598 --> 01:14:42,016 as you did. 630 01:14:42,100 --> 01:14:45,478 Then listen to me. Learn from me. 631 01:14:46,396 --> 01:14:49,440 I wasn't the best because I killed quickly. 632 01:14:50,608 --> 01:14:53,278 I was the best because the crowd loved me. 633 01:14:54,404 --> 01:14:57,699 Win the crowd, and you'll win your freedom. 634 01:15:01,494 --> 01:15:02,620 I will win the crowd. 635 01:15:06,291 --> 01:15:09,711 I will give them something they've never seen before. 636 01:15:10,712 --> 01:15:13,756 So, Spaniard, we shall go to Rome together 637 01:15:14,424 --> 01:15:16,217 and have bloody adventures. 638 01:15:16,301 --> 01:15:18,094 And the great whore will suckle us 639 01:15:18,177 --> 01:15:20,763 until we are fat and happy and can suckle no more. 640 01:15:20,847 --> 01:15:22,307 And then, 641 01:15:23,433 --> 01:15:25,602 when enough men have died, 642 01:15:27,729 --> 01:15:30,189 perhaps you will have your freedom. 643 01:15:34,652 --> 01:15:36,988 Here. Use this. 644 01:16:00,678 --> 01:16:03,848 It's somewhere out there, my country. 645 01:16:04,932 --> 01:16:06,267 My home. 646 01:16:07,435 --> 01:16:09,604 My wife is preparing food. 647 01:16:10,563 --> 01:16:13,274 My daughters carry water from the river. 648 01:16:14,651 --> 01:16:16,694 Will I ever see them again? 649 01:16:17,945 --> 01:16:19,447 I think, no. 650 01:16:19,739 --> 01:16:22,241 Do you believe you'll see them again when you die? 651 01:16:22,325 --> 01:16:23,701 I think so. 652 01:16:24,285 --> 01:16:27,372 But then, I will die soon. 653 01:16:29,040 --> 01:16:31,501 They will not die for many years. 654 01:16:32,251 --> 01:16:33,961 I'll have to wait. 655 01:16:34,045 --> 01:16:36,214 But you would? Wait? 656 01:16:36,839 --> 01:16:38,216 Of course. 657 01:16:40,093 --> 01:16:41,511 You see, 658 01:16:42,637 --> 01:16:46,224 my wife and my son 659 01:16:47,892 --> 01:16:50,103 are already waiting for me. 660 01:16:50,186 --> 01:16:53,856 You'll meet them again. But not yet. 661 01:16:57,902 --> 01:16:59,237 Not yet. 662 01:17:00,822 --> 01:17:02,573 - Unless... - Not yet. 663 01:17:06,577 --> 01:17:07,829 Not yet. 664 01:17:20,758 --> 01:17:22,260 There he is. 665 01:18:11,434 --> 01:18:12,518 Out. 666 01:18:13,728 --> 01:18:15,646 Move, go, out! 667 01:18:28,367 --> 01:18:30,870 Good to see you again, old friend. 668 01:18:36,209 --> 01:18:37,919 Bring me fortune. 669 01:18:42,507 --> 01:18:45,384 Have you ever seen anything like that before? 670 01:18:46,511 --> 01:18:49,055 I didn't know men could build such things. 671 01:18:59,023 --> 01:19:00,608 Win the crowd. 672 01:19:00,858 --> 01:19:03,152 Get inside. Move. 673 01:19:03,236 --> 01:19:04,529 Inside. 674 01:19:53,744 --> 01:19:56,497 He sleeps so well because he's loved. 675 01:19:59,417 --> 01:20:01,544 Come, brother. It's late. 676 01:20:05,089 --> 01:20:07,925 I will make Rome the wonder of the ages. 677 01:20:10,761 --> 01:20:14,098 That is what Gracchus and his friends don't understand. 678 01:20:14,473 --> 01:20:17,685 All my desires are splitting my head to pieces. 679 01:20:24,775 --> 01:20:27,486 Commodus, drink this tonic. 680 01:20:37,079 --> 01:20:39,498 I think the time is almost right. 681 01:20:39,874 --> 01:20:42,793 I could announce the dissolution of the Senate 682 01:20:42,877 --> 01:20:44,962 at the celebration to honor our father. 683 01:20:45,087 --> 01:20:47,006 Do you think I should? 684 01:20:47,798 --> 01:20:49,675 Are the people ready? 685 01:20:51,802 --> 01:20:54,180 I think you need your rest now. 686 01:21:00,144 --> 01:21:01,938 Will you stay with me? 687 01:21:02,021 --> 01:21:04,482 Still afraid of the dark, brother? 688 01:21:11,197 --> 01:21:12,448 Still. 689 01:21:14,283 --> 01:21:15,534 Always. 690 01:21:17,244 --> 01:21:20,164 - Stay with me tonight. - You know I won't. 691 01:21:24,627 --> 01:21:26,170 Then kiss me. 692 01:21:34,971 --> 01:21:36,514 Sleep, brother. 693 01:22:29,233 --> 01:22:31,360 Having servants who are deaf and mute 694 01:22:31,444 --> 01:22:34,196 at least ensures I live a little longer. 695 01:22:35,990 --> 01:22:38,325 They're arresting scholars now. 696 01:22:38,409 --> 01:22:42,246 Anyone who dare speak out. Even satirists and chroniclers. 697 01:22:42,872 --> 01:22:44,790 And mathematicians. 698 01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:48,127 And all to feed the arena. 699 01:22:49,795 --> 01:22:52,214 The Senate did not approve martial law. 700 01:22:52,298 --> 01:22:55,134 This reign of terror is entirely the Praetorians. 701 01:22:56,302 --> 01:22:58,429 I'm afraid to go out after dark. 702 01:22:58,512 --> 01:23:02,058 You should be more afraid of your activities during the day. 703 01:23:02,141 --> 01:23:06,854 The Senate is full of his spies, led by that whore master, Falco. 704 01:23:08,189 --> 01:23:12,610 But what is in his mind? That's what I trouble myself with. 705 01:23:13,402 --> 01:23:16,322 He spends all his days singularly obsessed, 706 01:23:16,405 --> 01:23:19,241 planning the festival to honor your father. 707 01:23:19,325 --> 01:23:22,912 He neglects even the most fundamental task of government. 708 01:23:23,662 --> 01:23:25,873 So just what is he planning? 709 01:23:26,248 --> 01:23:27,875 And what pays for it? 710 01:23:27,958 --> 01:23:32,171 These daily games are costing a fortune, yet we have no new taxes. 711 01:23:32,922 --> 01:23:34,340 The future. 712 01:23:35,716 --> 01:23:37,760 The future pays for it. 713 01:23:39,220 --> 01:23:42,098 He's started selling the grain reserves. 714 01:23:42,181 --> 01:23:44,016 This can't be true. 715 01:23:44,642 --> 01:23:47,144 He's selling Rome's reserves of grain. 716 01:23:47,728 --> 01:23:50,648 The people will be starving in two years. 717 01:23:51,190 --> 01:23:52,691 I hope they're enjoying the games, 718 01:23:52,775 --> 01:23:56,153 because soon enough they'll be dead because of them. 719 01:23:56,487 --> 01:23:58,823 - Rome must know this. - And how? 720 01:23:59,323 --> 01:24:01,700 He's going to dissolve the Senate. 721 01:24:02,284 --> 01:24:05,871 And who will tell them before it's too late? You, Gracchus? 722 01:24:07,206 --> 01:24:08,707 You, Gaius. 723 01:24:08,791 --> 01:24:10,501 Will you make a speech on the floor of the Senate, 724 01:24:10,584 --> 01:24:12,336 denouncing my brother? 725 01:24:12,878 --> 01:24:15,422 And then see your family in the Colosseum? 726 01:24:16,382 --> 01:24:17,758 Who'd dare? 727 01:24:26,934 --> 01:24:29,979 I have been living in a prison of fear every day, 728 01:24:30,062 --> 01:24:32,648 because my son is heir to the throne. 729 01:24:38,237 --> 01:24:39,738 He must die. 730 01:24:44,076 --> 01:24:45,244 Quintus and the Praetorians 731 01:24:45,327 --> 01:24:47,872 would simply seize control for themselves. 732 01:24:47,955 --> 01:24:51,834 No. Cut off the head and the snake cannot strike. 733 01:24:51,917 --> 01:24:53,961 Lucilla, Gaius is right. 734 01:24:54,044 --> 01:24:58,174 Until we can neutralize the Praetorians, we can achieve nothing. 735 01:24:59,717 --> 01:25:01,218 So we do nothing? 736 01:25:01,302 --> 01:25:04,096 No, child. We keep our counsel. 737 01:25:05,097 --> 01:25:06,432 We prepare. 738 01:25:07,266 --> 01:25:12,062 As long as the people support him, we are voices without steel. 739 01:25:12,855 --> 01:25:14,273 We are air. 740 01:25:17,276 --> 01:25:20,070 But with every day that passes, he makes enemies. 741 01:25:20,154 --> 01:25:23,032 One day, he'll have more enemies than friends. 742 01:25:23,449 --> 01:25:26,410 And on that day, we will act. 743 01:25:26,994 --> 01:25:28,871 Then we will strike. 744 01:25:29,788 --> 01:25:31,540 But until then, 745 01:25:32,708 --> 01:25:34,293 we are docile. 746 01:25:34,752 --> 01:25:36,921 We are obedient. 747 01:25:38,505 --> 01:25:40,507 And we are treacherous. 748 01:25:49,141 --> 01:25:50,309 Come on! 749 01:25:59,151 --> 01:26:01,195 All right, that's enough. 750 01:26:23,759 --> 01:26:25,094 The Emperor wants battles, 751 01:26:25,177 --> 01:26:27,346 and I don't want to sacrifice my best fighters. 752 01:26:27,429 --> 01:26:30,766 The crowd wants battles, so the Emperor gives them battles. 753 01:26:30,849 --> 01:26:34,436 - You get the battle of Carthage. - Massacre of Carthage. 754 01:26:36,397 --> 01:26:37,815 Well, why don't you go down to the prison, 755 01:26:37,898 --> 01:26:39,900 round up all the beggars and thieves? 756 01:26:39,984 --> 01:26:41,151 We've done that. 757 01:26:41,235 --> 01:26:43,612 If you want to give away the best gladiators 758 01:26:43,696 --> 01:26:44,863 in the whole of the empire, 759 01:26:44,947 --> 01:26:47,074 then I want double the rates. 760 01:26:47,157 --> 01:26:50,953 You'll get your contract rates, or you'll get your contract canceled. 761 01:26:51,036 --> 01:26:52,454 You don't like it? 762 01:26:52,538 --> 01:26:56,500 Then you can crawl back down that shit hole that you came from. 763 01:26:59,586 --> 01:27:01,255 Cassius, please. You can free us. 764 01:27:31,660 --> 01:27:34,788 Gladiator, are you the one they call the Spaniard? 765 01:27:34,872 --> 01:27:35,956 Yes. 766 01:27:36,749 --> 01:27:39,001 They said you were a giant. 767 01:27:39,084 --> 01:27:42,212 They said you could crush a man's skull with one hand. 768 01:27:42,296 --> 01:27:44,089 A man's? No. 769 01:27:45,424 --> 01:27:46,759 A boy's. 770 01:27:48,761 --> 01:27:52,264 - Do they have good horses in Spain? - Some of the best. 771 01:27:53,307 --> 01:27:56,435 This is Argento and this is Scarto. 772 01:27:57,811 --> 01:27:59,605 They were my horses. 773 01:28:00,564 --> 01:28:02,608 They were taken from me. 774 01:28:02,941 --> 01:28:06,236 I like you, Spaniard. I shall cheer for you. 775 01:28:06,779 --> 01:28:10,074 - They let you watch the games? - My uncle says it makes me strong. 776 01:28:10,157 --> 01:28:13,452 - And what does your father say? - My father is dead. 777 01:28:15,245 --> 01:28:17,289 Master Lucius, it is time. 778 01:28:18,582 --> 01:28:19,917 I have to go. 779 01:28:20,000 --> 01:28:21,627 Your name is Lucius? 780 01:28:23,754 --> 01:28:26,423 Lucius Verus, after my father. 781 01:28:57,037 --> 01:28:58,789 Lower! 782 01:29:03,919 --> 01:29:06,839 - Claudius! - Yes? 783 01:29:06,922 --> 01:29:09,341 - More shields! - All right. 784 01:29:28,402 --> 01:29:33,157 When the Emperor enters, raise your weapons, salute him, 785 01:29:33,240 --> 01:29:35,325 and then speak together. 786 01:29:36,076 --> 01:29:39,621 Face the Emperor and don't turn your back on him. 787 01:29:40,706 --> 01:29:43,542 Go, and die with honor. 788 01:30:38,597 --> 01:30:40,724 Hail, mighty Caesar! 789 01:30:43,727 --> 01:30:46,772 Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! 790 01:30:47,064 --> 01:30:50,442 Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! 791 01:30:51,193 --> 01:30:54,154 - We who are about to die salute you! - We who are about to die salute you! 792 01:30:55,906 --> 01:30:57,449 On this day 793 01:30:58,200 --> 01:31:01,203 we reach back to hallowed antiquity 794 01:31:02,079 --> 01:31:05,707 to bring you are-creation of the second fall 795 01:31:05,791 --> 01:31:07,876 of mighty Carthage! 796 01:31:11,588 --> 01:31:15,968 On the barren plain of Zama 797 01:31:16,635 --> 01:31:19,680 there stood the invincible armies 798 01:31:20,097 --> 01:31:22,683 of the barbarian Hannibal. 799 01:31:23,433 --> 01:31:26,562 Ferocious mercenaries and warriors 800 01:31:26,645 --> 01:31:29,064 from all brute nations, 801 01:31:29,147 --> 01:31:33,443 bent on merciless destruction, 802 01:31:34,319 --> 01:31:35,654 conquest. 803 01:31:36,613 --> 01:31:40,659 Your emperor is pleased to give you 804 01:31:40,742 --> 01:31:43,787 the barbarian horde! 805 01:31:52,129 --> 01:31:54,089 Anyone here been in the army? 806 01:31:54,172 --> 01:31:57,134 Yes. I served with you at Vindobona. 807 01:31:58,093 --> 01:31:59,720 You can help me. 808 01:32:01,013 --> 01:32:03,557 Whatever comes out of these gates, 809 01:32:04,349 --> 01:32:08,103 we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. 810 01:32:08,186 --> 01:32:09,938 Do you understand? 811 01:32:12,024 --> 01:32:14,109 If we stay together, we survive. 812 01:32:14,192 --> 01:32:17,279 The Emperor is pleased to bring you the legionnaires 813 01:32:17,362 --> 01:32:20,991 of Scipio Africanus! 814 01:32:31,752 --> 01:32:33,503 To the death! 815 01:32:37,299 --> 01:32:39,885 - Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! - Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! 816 01:32:43,722 --> 01:32:45,307 Stay close. 817 01:32:51,271 --> 01:32:53,190 Come together! 818 01:32:54,483 --> 01:32:58,570 Stay close. Staggered columns! 819 01:33:11,750 --> 01:33:13,835 You don't have a chance. 820 01:33:25,138 --> 01:33:27,724 Lock your shields. Stay as one. 821 01:33:29,226 --> 01:33:30,769 Hold! 822 01:33:32,854 --> 01:33:35,857 Hold! As one! 823 01:33:38,777 --> 01:33:40,112 Well done. 824 01:33:51,957 --> 01:33:55,794 Hold. Down low! 825 01:34:01,633 --> 01:34:02,801 Yes! 826 01:34:14,938 --> 01:34:16,148 Hagen! 827 01:34:40,297 --> 01:34:43,842 This column to the chariot! This column stay with me! 828 01:34:47,471 --> 01:34:48,847 Quickly! 829 01:34:49,514 --> 01:34:52,225 - Get out there. - Hurry! 830 01:35:33,475 --> 01:35:34,643 Maximus! 831 01:35:46,863 --> 01:35:49,241 Single column! Single column! 832 01:36:34,578 --> 01:36:35,954 We win! 833 01:36:41,334 --> 01:36:43,879 My history's a little hazy, Cassius, 834 01:36:44,671 --> 01:36:47,632 but shouldn't the barbarians lose the battle of Carthage? 835 01:36:47,716 --> 01:36:49,467 Yes, sire. 836 01:36:51,386 --> 01:36:52,721 Forgive me, sire. 837 01:36:52,804 --> 01:36:55,515 No, I rather enjoy surprises. 838 01:36:56,308 --> 01:36:57,475 Who is he? 839 01:36:57,559 --> 01:37:00,520 They call him the Spaniard, sire. 840 01:37:03,023 --> 01:37:04,983 I think I'll meet him. 841 01:37:05,066 --> 01:37:06,401 Yes, sire. 842 01:37:08,612 --> 01:37:10,488 Hail to the barbarians! 843 01:37:25,462 --> 01:37:28,840 Forward! Arms at ready! 844 01:37:42,395 --> 01:37:44,064 Drop your weapons. 845 01:37:48,068 --> 01:37:51,029 Gladiator, the Emperor has asked for you. 846 01:37:51,655 --> 01:37:53,865 I am at the Emperor's service. 847 01:38:20,558 --> 01:38:22,727 Rise. Rise. 848 01:38:32,070 --> 01:38:34,322 Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. 849 01:38:34,406 --> 01:38:36,866 I don't think there's ever been a gladiator to match you. 850 01:38:36,950 --> 01:38:39,911 As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. 851 01:38:39,995 --> 01:38:41,579 Or was it Hercules? 852 01:38:42,956 --> 01:38:46,793 Why doesn't the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? 853 01:38:48,878 --> 01:38:50,463 You do have a name. 854 01:38:51,256 --> 01:38:53,133 My name is Gladiator. 855 01:38:56,428 --> 01:38:59,597 How dare you show your back to me? Slave! 856 01:39:00,974 --> 01:39:04,310 You will remove your helmet and tell me your name. 857 01:39:16,114 --> 01:39:18,616 My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, 858 01:39:18,950 --> 01:39:20,910 commander of the armies of the north, 859 01:39:20,994 --> 01:39:23,371 general of the Felix Legions, 860 01:39:23,455 --> 01:39:26,750 loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius, 861 01:39:28,126 --> 01:39:30,295 father to a murdered son, 862 01:39:30,795 --> 01:39:33,089 husband to a murdered wife, 863 01:39:33,423 --> 01:39:37,135 and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next. 864 01:39:44,142 --> 01:39:45,518 Arms! 865 01:39:58,656 --> 01:40:01,951 Live! Live! Live! Live! 866 01:40:02,035 --> 01:40:05,288 - Live! Live! Live! Live! - Live! Live! Live! Live! 867 01:40:49,249 --> 01:40:52,001 Arms, at rest! 868 01:41:44,470 --> 01:41:48,933 - Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! - Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! 869 01:42:36,981 --> 01:42:38,149 Father. 870 01:43:52,515 --> 01:43:54,392 Why is he still alive? 871 01:43:55,643 --> 01:43:57,145 I don't know. 872 01:43:57,645 --> 01:43:59,230 He shouldn't be alive. 873 01:44:00,064 --> 01:44:01,482 It vexes me. 874 01:44:03,234 --> 01:44:05,028 I'm terribly vexed. 875 01:44:16,247 --> 01:44:18,166 I did what I had to do. 876 01:44:18,916 --> 01:44:22,962 If Father had had his way, the empire would have been torn apart. 877 01:44:23,046 --> 01:44:24,714 You do see that. 878 01:44:25,089 --> 01:44:26,257 Yes. 879 01:44:31,054 --> 01:44:34,265 What did you feel when you saw him? 880 01:44:36,392 --> 01:44:38,019 I felt nothing. 881 01:44:39,979 --> 01:44:42,523 He wounded you deeply, didn't he? 882 01:44:43,566 --> 01:44:45,777 No more than I wounded him. 883 01:44:50,281 --> 01:44:52,575 They lied to me in Germania. 884 01:44:54,202 --> 01:44:56,287 They told me he was dead. 885 01:44:58,289 --> 01:45:00,875 If they lie to me, they don't respect me. 886 01:45:00,958 --> 01:45:04,295 If they don't respect me, how can they ever love me? 887 01:45:05,630 --> 01:45:08,007 Then you must let the legions know 888 01:45:08,091 --> 01:45:11,177 their treachery will not go unpunished. 889 01:45:12,011 --> 01:45:13,471 Poor sister. 890 01:45:13,888 --> 01:45:16,349 I wouldn't want to be your enemy. 891 01:45:17,558 --> 01:45:19,310 What will you do? 892 01:45:32,281 --> 01:45:33,616 This way. 893 01:46:08,985 --> 01:46:12,447 Rich matrons pay well to be pleasured by the bravest champions. 894 01:46:12,530 --> 01:46:15,032 I knew your brother would send assassins. 895 01:46:15,533 --> 01:46:17,160 I didn't realize he would send his best. 896 01:46:19,787 --> 01:46:21,873 Maximus, he doesn't know. 897 01:46:22,832 --> 01:46:25,960 My family was burnt and crucified while they were still alive. 898 01:46:26,043 --> 01:46:28,588 - I knew nothing... - Don't lie to me! 899 01:46:35,052 --> 01:46:36,804 I wept for them. 900 01:46:36,888 --> 01:46:40,725 As you wept for your father? As you wept for your father? 901 01:46:40,808 --> 01:46:44,395 I have been living in a prison of fear since that day. 902 01:46:44,896 --> 01:46:48,733 To be unable to mourn your father for fear of your brother. 903 01:46:49,609 --> 01:46:52,820 To live in terror every moment of every day, 904 01:46:52,904 --> 01:46:55,698 because your son is heir to the throne. 905 01:46:57,575 --> 01:46:59,035 I have wept. 906 01:47:00,369 --> 01:47:03,206 My son was innocent. 907 01:47:04,040 --> 01:47:06,083 So is mine. 908 01:47:08,085 --> 01:47:11,172 Must my son die, too, before you'll trust me? 909 01:47:12,632 --> 01:47:15,593 What does it matter if I trust you or not? 910 01:47:16,469 --> 01:47:19,514 The gods have spared you. Don't you understand? 911 01:47:19,597 --> 01:47:23,059 Today I saw a slave become more powerful than the emperor of Rome. 912 01:47:23,142 --> 01:47:24,936 The gods have spared me? 913 01:47:25,019 --> 01:47:28,481 I am at their mercy, with the power only to amuse a mob. 914 01:47:28,564 --> 01:47:30,107 That is power. 915 01:47:30,608 --> 01:47:31,734 The mob is Rome. 916 01:47:31,817 --> 01:47:35,446 And while Commodus controls them, he controls everything. 917 01:47:35,780 --> 01:47:37,323 Listen to me. 918 01:47:37,865 --> 01:47:40,993 My brother has enemies, most of all in the Senate. 919 01:47:41,077 --> 01:47:43,329 But while the people follow him, 920 01:47:43,412 --> 01:47:46,457 no one would dare stand up to him until you. 921 01:47:47,416 --> 01:47:49,710 They oppose him, yet they do nothing. 922 01:47:49,794 --> 01:47:53,548 There are some politicians who have dedicated their lives to Rome. 923 01:47:53,631 --> 01:47:55,383 One man above all. 924 01:47:56,467 --> 01:47:59,554 If I can arrange it, will you meet him? 925 01:47:59,887 --> 01:48:01,806 Do you not understand? 926 01:48:02,056 --> 01:48:06,269 I may die in this cell tonight, or in the arena tomorrow. I am a slave! 927 01:48:06,352 --> 01:48:09,021 What possible difference can I make? 928 01:48:09,313 --> 01:48:11,566 This man wants what you want. 929 01:48:11,649 --> 01:48:13,859 Then have him kill Commodus! 930 01:48:16,487 --> 01:48:18,281 I knew a man once, 931 01:48:19,198 --> 01:48:20,491 a noble man. 932 01:48:21,492 --> 01:48:24,370 A man of principle who loved my father, 933 01:48:25,329 --> 01:48:27,415 and my father loved him. 934 01:48:29,375 --> 01:48:31,544 This man served Rome well. 935 01:48:35,881 --> 01:48:37,592 That man is gone. 936 01:48:38,759 --> 01:48:40,886 Your brother did his work well. 937 01:48:40,970 --> 01:48:42,638 Let me help you. 938 01:48:48,561 --> 01:48:51,647 Yes, you can help me. 939 01:48:54,984 --> 01:48:58,696 Forget you ever knew me, never come here again. 940 01:49:02,366 --> 01:49:05,119 Guard! The lady is finished with me. 941 01:49:33,564 --> 01:49:35,232 What's your name? 942 01:49:38,235 --> 01:49:39,820 Julian Crassus. 943 01:49:45,326 --> 01:49:46,577 Name? 944 01:49:47,870 --> 01:49:49,372 Marcus, sire. 945 01:49:50,289 --> 01:49:51,999 My father's name. 946 01:49:59,507 --> 01:50:01,676 They must have known of Maximus' escape, 947 01:50:01,759 --> 01:50:04,595 when they found the bodies of the four men. 948 01:50:05,054 --> 01:50:07,640 They thought it was a barbarian raid. 949 01:50:08,683 --> 01:50:11,852 These are good men, sire. Loyal to the Emperor. 950 01:50:19,193 --> 01:50:20,903 Load your arrows! 951 01:50:28,536 --> 01:50:30,454 Prepare to fire! 952 01:50:50,975 --> 01:50:54,270 Then perhaps it was you who knew, 953 01:50:55,104 --> 01:50:56,814 and never told me. 954 01:50:57,064 --> 01:50:59,316 - I didn't know. - You didn't know? 955 01:51:00,818 --> 01:51:03,654 But a general is always in control. 956 01:51:05,030 --> 01:51:08,701 Always in command, isn't he? 957 01:51:10,244 --> 01:51:11,704 Yes, Caesar. 958 01:51:25,634 --> 01:51:28,345 Then give the command. Say it. 959 01:51:45,237 --> 01:51:46,363 Fire. 960 01:52:21,607 --> 01:52:22,942 Maximus. 961 01:52:23,692 --> 01:52:26,821 You commanded legions? You had many victories? 962 01:52:27,696 --> 01:52:29,907 - Yes. - In Germania? 963 01:52:31,826 --> 01:52:33,577 In many countries. 964 01:52:35,162 --> 01:52:36,497 General. 965 01:53:25,421 --> 01:53:27,298 You have a great name. 966 01:53:28,841 --> 01:53:31,886 He must kill your name before he kills you. 967 01:53:40,853 --> 01:53:42,187 Yes, at the far end. 968 01:53:42,271 --> 01:53:44,189 - Senator Gaius. - Hello. 969 01:53:44,648 --> 01:53:46,609 Senator Gracchus. 970 01:53:48,235 --> 01:53:51,655 Don't often see you enjoying the pleasures of the vulgar crowd. 971 01:53:51,739 --> 01:53:54,867 I don't pretend to be a man of the people, Senator, 972 01:53:54,950 --> 01:53:57,453 but I do try to be a man for the people. 973 01:54:13,677 --> 01:54:16,221 Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! 974 01:54:16,305 --> 01:54:18,974 Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! 975 01:54:23,479 --> 01:54:25,105 People of Rome! 976 01:54:27,399 --> 01:54:29,818 On the fourth day of Antioch, 977 01:54:30,486 --> 01:54:34,823 we can celebrate the 64th day of the games. 978 01:54:35,491 --> 01:54:39,703 And in his majestic charity, 979 01:54:40,496 --> 01:54:44,667 the Emperor has deigned this day to favor the people of Rome 980 01:54:45,292 --> 01:54:48,671 with an historical final match. 981 01:54:49,505 --> 01:54:54,051 Returning to the Colosseum today, after five years in retirement, 982 01:54:55,511 --> 01:54:58,931 Caesar is pleased to bring you 983 01:54:59,014 --> 01:55:02,810 the only undefeated champion 984 01:55:02,893 --> 01:55:04,895 in Roman history, 985 01:55:04,979 --> 01:55:09,858 the legendary Tigris of Gaul! 986 01:55:31,463 --> 01:55:34,633 He knows too well how to manipulate the mob. 987 01:55:34,717 --> 01:55:37,428 Marcus Aurelius had a dream that was Rome, Proximo. 988 01:55:37,511 --> 01:55:40,305 This is not it. This is not it! 989 01:55:40,389 --> 01:55:43,225 Marcus Aurelius is dead, Maximus. 990 01:55:44,059 --> 01:55:46,645 We mortals are but shadows and dust. 991 01:55:47,312 --> 01:55:49,398 Shadows and dust, Maximus! 992 01:55:49,523 --> 01:55:53,402 Representing the training lyceum of Antonius Proximo, 993 01:55:53,485 --> 01:55:57,156 Caesar is proud to give you 994 01:55:57,239 --> 01:56:01,076 Aelius Maximus! 995 01:56:13,881 --> 01:56:16,216 They embrace him like he's one of their own. 996 01:56:16,300 --> 01:56:20,262 The mob is fickle, brother. He'll be forgotten in a month. 997 01:56:22,973 --> 01:56:25,809 No, much sooner than that. 998 01:56:27,770 --> 01:56:29,563 It's been arranged. 999 01:56:48,082 --> 01:56:51,043 We who are about to die salute you. 1000 01:56:54,338 --> 01:56:56,131 We're with you, Maximus! 1001 01:57:38,757 --> 01:57:40,509 Fight on, finish it! 1002 01:58:08,787 --> 01:58:10,455 Pull, pull! 1003 01:58:42,821 --> 01:58:44,364 Loose! Loose! 1004 01:59:12,434 --> 01:59:14,561 - Gut him! - Kill! 1005 01:59:15,979 --> 01:59:19,608 - Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! - Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! 1006 01:59:40,045 --> 01:59:42,089 - Kill! - Kill! 1007 02:00:19,960 --> 02:00:22,170 Maximus the Merciful! 1008 02:00:31,346 --> 02:00:34,808 Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! 1009 02:00:34,891 --> 02:00:37,811 Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! 1010 02:00:43,025 --> 02:00:46,403 Forward, arms at ready! 1011 02:01:16,892 --> 02:01:19,269 What am I going to do with you? 1012 02:01:20,437 --> 02:01:23,899 You simply won't die. 1013 02:01:28,695 --> 02:01:31,073 Are we so different, you and I? 1014 02:01:32,199 --> 02:01:35,077 You take life when you have to, as I do. 1015 02:01:36,495 --> 02:01:40,165 I have only one more life to take. Then it is done. 1016 02:01:40,707 --> 02:01:42,417 Then take it now. 1017 02:01:55,472 --> 02:01:57,474 They tell me your son 1018 02:01:58,266 --> 02:02:02,229 squealed like a girl when they nailed him to the cross. 1019 02:02:04,356 --> 02:02:06,024 And your wife 1020 02:02:07,275 --> 02:02:09,152 moaned like a whore 1021 02:02:10,278 --> 02:02:14,866 when they ravaged her again and again 1022 02:02:16,201 --> 02:02:17,619 and again. 1023 02:02:22,833 --> 02:02:26,628 The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end, 1024 02:02:31,216 --> 02:02:32,592 Highness. 1025 02:02:46,815 --> 02:02:49,818 Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! 1026 02:03:00,120 --> 02:03:02,998 General! General! 1027 02:03:04,499 --> 02:03:07,043 General! General! General! 1028 02:03:07,961 --> 02:03:09,754 - General! - Cicero! 1029 02:03:17,179 --> 02:03:18,722 - General! - Where are you camped? 1030 02:03:18,805 --> 02:03:20,056 Ostia. 1031 02:03:26,521 --> 02:03:29,483 - We love you, Maximus! - Praise the victor! 1032 02:03:29,566 --> 02:03:32,110 Tell the men their general lives. Find me. 1033 02:03:32,235 --> 02:03:34,029 - Move along! - Find me! 1034 02:03:59,888 --> 02:04:01,890 Can they hear you? 1035 02:04:05,435 --> 02:04:08,980 - Who? - Your family, in the afterlife. 1036 02:04:11,441 --> 02:04:13,818 - Yes. - What do you say to them? 1037 02:04:17,697 --> 02:04:19,157 To my boy, 1038 02:04:20,951 --> 02:04:23,495 I tell him I will see him again soon, 1039 02:04:23,578 --> 02:04:25,747 and to keep his heels down when he's riding his horse. 1040 02:04:28,458 --> 02:04:30,001 To my wife, 1041 02:04:32,504 --> 02:04:34,589 that is not your business. 1042 02:04:42,264 --> 02:04:45,141 And now they love Maximus for his mercy. 1043 02:04:46,560 --> 02:04:50,105 So I can't just kill him, or it makes me even more unmerciful. 1044 02:04:51,439 --> 02:04:55,652 The whole thing is like some great nightmare. 1045 02:04:56,945 --> 02:04:58,738 He is defying you. 1046 02:04:58,822 --> 02:05:02,200 His every victory is an act of defiance. 1047 02:05:02,284 --> 02:05:05,912 The mob sees this, and so do the Senate. 1048 02:05:06,663 --> 02:05:09,583 Every day he lives, they grow bolder. 1049 02:05:11,126 --> 02:05:12,168 - Kill him. - No. 1050 02:05:14,879 --> 02:05:17,340 I will not make a martyr of him. 1051 02:05:24,472 --> 02:05:26,933 When I went to the Senate today, 1052 02:05:27,017 --> 02:05:31,479 I purposefully told them about using the grain reserves to pay for the games. 1053 02:05:33,398 --> 02:05:35,567 And did you note what happened? 1054 02:05:35,650 --> 02:05:38,862 - Nothing. - Exactly. Nothing. 1055 02:05:39,863 --> 02:05:42,198 Not a single word of protest. 1056 02:05:42,282 --> 02:05:45,910 Even the insolent Senator Gracchus was silent as a mouse. 1057 02:05:45,994 --> 02:05:47,162 Why? 1058 02:05:48,872 --> 02:05:52,584 I have been told of a certain sea snake 1059 02:05:52,667 --> 02:05:56,713 which has a very unusual method of attracting its prey. 1060 02:05:57,172 --> 02:06:00,884 It will lie at the bottom of the ocean as if wounded. 1061 02:06:01,801 --> 02:06:04,012 Then its enemies will approach, 1062 02:06:04,095 --> 02:06:07,182 and yet it will lie quite still. 1063 02:06:07,515 --> 02:06:11,311 And then its enemies will take little bites of it, 1064 02:06:11,394 --> 02:06:14,689 and yet it remains still. 1065 02:06:17,901 --> 02:06:19,069 So, 1066 02:06:20,362 --> 02:06:22,197 we will lie still, 1067 02:06:22,906 --> 02:06:26,242 and let our enemies come to us and nibble. 1068 02:06:27,410 --> 02:06:29,663 Have every senator followed. 1069 02:06:47,305 --> 02:06:49,057 Cicero, my old friend. 1070 02:06:49,140 --> 02:06:51,017 I thought perhaps I'd seen you for the last time. 1071 02:06:51,101 --> 02:06:53,645 - I thought you were dead. - Close. 1072 02:06:53,728 --> 02:06:55,355 How long have the men been in Ostia? 1073 02:06:55,438 --> 02:06:56,731 All winter. 1074 02:06:57,107 --> 02:07:00,402 - And how do they look? - Fat and bored. 1075 02:07:01,069 --> 02:07:04,155 - Who's in command? - Some fool from Rome. 1076 02:07:05,782 --> 02:07:07,617 How soon do you think they could be ready to fight? 1077 02:07:07,701 --> 02:07:09,494 For you, tomorrow. 1078 02:07:10,954 --> 02:07:13,456 I need you to do something for me. 1079 02:07:18,086 --> 02:07:19,504 Come, see, witness. 1080 02:07:19,587 --> 02:07:22,632 If you haven't been in the arena, you can see the show here. 1081 02:07:22,716 --> 02:07:26,344 Giant Maximus is defeating our emperor, Commodus. 1082 02:07:26,428 --> 02:07:29,013 What are we to do? He's just defying everyone, 1083 02:07:29,097 --> 02:07:30,765 by doing this to him, they do... 1084 02:07:32,058 --> 02:07:33,351 My goodness! 1085 02:07:35,186 --> 02:07:38,773 - He got him, he's defeated. - Give way! 1086 02:07:44,863 --> 02:07:47,449 My lady? I served your father at Vindobona. 1087 02:07:47,532 --> 02:07:49,075 - Back. - My lady. 1088 02:07:49,159 --> 02:07:51,578 I served your father at Vindobona. 1089 02:07:51,661 --> 02:07:52,704 Back! 1090 02:07:52,787 --> 02:07:56,040 And I served General Maximus. I serve him still. 1091 02:07:57,542 --> 02:07:59,127 Stop. Stop. 1092 02:07:59,669 --> 02:08:00,962 Stop! 1093 02:08:01,755 --> 02:08:03,131 Stand back. 1094 02:08:04,466 --> 02:08:07,510 The general sends word, he will meet your politician. 1095 02:08:09,220 --> 02:08:12,474 - For your loyalty, soldier. - Thank you, my lady. 1096 02:08:22,275 --> 02:08:23,610 Leave us. 1097 02:08:29,324 --> 02:08:31,034 Senator Gracchus. 1098 02:08:44,839 --> 02:08:46,132 General. 1099 02:08:47,175 --> 02:08:49,928 I hope my coming here today is evidence enough 1100 02:08:50,011 --> 02:08:53,139 that you can trust me. 1101 02:08:57,435 --> 02:08:59,938 - The Senate is with you? - The Senate? 1102 02:09:01,439 --> 02:09:04,150 Yes. I can speak for them. 1103 02:09:04,734 --> 02:09:08,112 You can buy my freedom and smuggle me out of Rome? 1104 02:09:08,488 --> 02:09:09,906 To what end? 1105 02:09:11,366 --> 02:09:13,701 Get me outside the city walls. 1106 02:09:14,327 --> 02:09:18,206 Have fresh horses ready to take me to Ostia. My army is encamped there. 1107 02:09:18,289 --> 02:09:21,626 By nightfall of the second day, I shall return at the head of 5,000 men. 1108 02:09:21,709 --> 02:09:23,962 But the legions all have new commanders, 1109 02:09:24,045 --> 02:09:25,463 loyal to Commodus. 1110 02:09:25,547 --> 02:09:28,716 Let my men see me alive, and you shall see where their loyalties lie. 1111 02:09:28,800 --> 02:09:30,468 This is madness. 1112 02:09:31,135 --> 02:09:34,472 No Roman army has entered the capital in 100 years. 1113 02:09:34,556 --> 02:09:36,808 I will not trade one dictatorship for another! 1114 02:09:36,891 --> 02:09:40,395 The time for half measures and talk is over, Senator. 1115 02:09:40,937 --> 02:09:44,065 And after your glorious coup, what then? 1116 02:09:45,233 --> 02:09:48,903 You'll take your 5,000 warriors and leave? 1117 02:09:48,987 --> 02:09:50,530 I will leave. 1118 02:09:51,030 --> 02:09:53,032 The soldiers will stay for your protection, 1119 02:09:53,116 --> 02:09:54,826 under the command of the Senate. 1120 02:09:54,909 --> 02:09:56,077 So, 1121 02:09:56,411 --> 02:10:00,665 once all of Rome is yours, you'll just give it back to the people? 1122 02:10:02,166 --> 02:10:03,251 Tell me why. 1123 02:10:09,299 --> 02:10:12,468 Because that was the last wish of a dying man. 1124 02:10:15,513 --> 02:10:17,390 I will kill Commodus. 1125 02:10:19,309 --> 02:10:22,395 The fate of Rome I leave to you. 1126 02:10:24,147 --> 02:10:26,441 Marcus Aurelius trusted you. 1127 02:10:28,276 --> 02:10:30,320 His daughter trusts you. 1128 02:10:34,324 --> 02:10:35,992 I will trust you. 1129 02:10:36,409 --> 02:10:38,453 But we have little time. 1130 02:10:38,995 --> 02:10:40,747 Give me two days, 1131 02:10:41,539 --> 02:10:43,791 and I will buy your freedom. 1132 02:10:44,417 --> 02:10:45,752 And you, 1133 02:10:47,295 --> 02:10:48,880 you stay alive, 1134 02:10:50,381 --> 02:10:52,050 or I'll be dead. 1135 02:10:54,010 --> 02:10:55,595 Now we must go. 1136 02:11:22,664 --> 02:11:26,250 He'll be waiting for you. Stand at the foot of the colossus. 1137 02:11:26,334 --> 02:11:27,919 He'll find you. 1138 02:12:12,088 --> 02:12:13,548 It won't work. 1139 02:12:14,507 --> 02:12:16,634 The Emperor knows too much. 1140 02:12:17,385 --> 02:12:18,386 And as for me, 1141 02:12:20,722 --> 02:12:22,765 it's becoming dangerous. 1142 02:12:24,058 --> 02:12:26,310 You'll be paid on my return. 1143 02:12:28,396 --> 02:12:30,189 I give you my word. 1144 02:12:30,440 --> 02:12:33,526 Your word? What if you don't return? 1145 02:12:34,777 --> 02:12:37,739 Do you remember what it was to have trust, Proximo? 1146 02:12:37,822 --> 02:12:39,073 Trust? 1147 02:12:43,327 --> 02:12:45,079 Who am I to trust? 1148 02:12:45,663 --> 02:12:48,833 - I will kill Commodus. - Why would I want that? 1149 02:12:49,625 --> 02:12:51,335 He makes me rich. 1150 02:12:56,466 --> 02:12:59,302 I know that you are a man of your word, General. 1151 02:13:01,054 --> 02:13:03,639 I know that you would die for honor. 1152 02:13:04,974 --> 02:13:06,934 You would die for Rome. 1153 02:13:07,977 --> 02:13:11,105 You would die for the memory of your ancestors. 1154 02:13:11,189 --> 02:13:13,483 But I, on the other hand, 1155 02:13:16,194 --> 02:13:18,029 I'm an entertainer. 1156 02:13:21,532 --> 02:13:22,742 Guard! 1157 02:13:27,580 --> 02:13:30,166 He killed the man who set you free. 1158 02:13:39,342 --> 02:13:41,177 Praetorians, master. 1159 02:13:47,350 --> 02:13:48,518 Halt! 1160 02:14:53,666 --> 02:14:55,459 Where have you been? 1161 02:14:55,918 --> 02:14:57,503 I sent for you. 1162 02:14:59,088 --> 02:15:00,756 Please, brother. 1163 02:15:06,512 --> 02:15:08,389 What's troubling you? 1164 02:15:10,808 --> 02:15:13,186 Does Gracchus have a new lover? 1165 02:15:14,979 --> 02:15:16,480 I don't know. 1166 02:15:18,482 --> 02:15:20,610 I thought you'd seen him. 1167 02:15:21,444 --> 02:15:23,946 He infects everyone like a putrid fever. 1168 02:15:25,781 --> 02:15:28,993 For the health of Rome, the Senate must be bled. 1169 02:15:29,410 --> 02:15:31,454 And he will bleed, too. 1170 02:15:32,330 --> 02:15:33,706 Very soon. 1171 02:15:35,208 --> 02:15:36,876 But not tonight. 1172 02:15:51,766 --> 02:15:54,685 Do you remember what our father said once? 1173 02:15:56,020 --> 02:15:57,688 "It's a dream, 1174 02:15:59,565 --> 02:16:01,442 "a frightful dream, 1175 02:16:04,028 --> 02:16:05,363 "life is." 1176 02:16:08,074 --> 02:16:10,117 Do you think that's true? 1177 02:16:10,910 --> 02:16:12,411 I don't know. 1178 02:16:15,957 --> 02:16:17,500 I think it is. 1179 02:16:20,294 --> 02:16:23,005 And I have only you to share it with. 1180 02:17:00,626 --> 02:17:02,211 Open your mouth. 1181 02:17:39,540 --> 02:17:41,334 You know I love you. 1182 02:17:43,377 --> 02:17:45,004 And I love you. 1183 02:18:21,665 --> 02:18:23,209 Out. Get out! 1184 02:18:24,418 --> 02:18:25,628 Move! 1185 02:18:30,341 --> 02:18:32,343 Congratulations, General. 1186 02:18:32,426 --> 02:18:35,262 You've got very persuasive friends. 1187 02:18:41,268 --> 02:18:43,729 My brother has had Gracchus arrested. 1188 02:18:43,813 --> 02:18:47,316 We daren't wait any longer. We must leave tonight. 1189 02:18:47,400 --> 02:18:50,986 Proximo will come at midnight and take you to the gate. 1190 02:18:51,695 --> 02:18:55,324 Your servant, Cicero, will be waiting there with horses. 1191 02:18:57,368 --> 02:18:59,620 - You have done all this? - Yes. 1192 02:19:00,871 --> 02:19:02,581 You risk too much. 1193 02:19:03,499 --> 02:19:05,501 I have much to pay for. 1194 02:19:07,962 --> 02:19:10,172 You have nothing to pay for. 1195 02:19:10,256 --> 02:19:13,300 You love your son. You're strong for him. 1196 02:19:16,512 --> 02:19:18,889 I am tired of being strong. 1197 02:19:20,808 --> 02:19:25,020 My brother hates all the world, and you most of all. 1198 02:19:25,521 --> 02:19:28,649 - Because your father chose me. - No. 1199 02:19:29,984 --> 02:19:32,236 Because my father loved you. 1200 02:19:36,157 --> 02:19:37,825 And because I loved you. 1201 02:19:41,162 --> 02:19:42,830 A long time ago. 1202 02:19:47,585 --> 02:19:49,670 Was I very different then? 1203 02:19:56,260 --> 02:19:58,012 You laughed more. 1204 02:20:02,057 --> 02:20:04,518 I have felt alone all my life, 1205 02:20:05,811 --> 02:20:07,480 except with you. 1206 02:20:10,524 --> 02:20:11,901 I must go. 1207 02:20:12,610 --> 02:20:13,694 Yes. 1208 02:20:42,223 --> 02:20:43,390 There. 1209 02:20:54,985 --> 02:20:56,487 And I got you. 1210 02:20:59,532 --> 02:21:01,450 Isn't it late to be playing legionnaire? 1211 02:21:01,534 --> 02:21:03,577 I'm not a legionnaire. 1212 02:21:03,911 --> 02:21:06,539 - Not a legionnaire? - I'm a gladiator. 1213 02:21:07,790 --> 02:21:09,250 A gladiator? 1214 02:21:10,000 --> 02:21:12,670 Gladiators only fight in the games. 1215 02:21:12,753 --> 02:21:16,173 Wouldn't you rather be a great Roman warrior like Julius Caesar? 1216 02:21:16,257 --> 02:21:18,801 I'm Maximus, the savior of Rome! 1217 02:21:21,679 --> 02:21:23,514 The savior of Rome? 1218 02:21:31,480 --> 02:21:33,232 And who said that? 1219 02:21:42,074 --> 02:21:43,617 Where's Lucius? 1220 02:21:44,868 --> 02:21:47,288 He's with the Emperor, my lady. 1221 02:21:50,207 --> 02:21:51,875 - She couldn't. - Yes, she did. 1222 02:21:51,959 --> 02:21:54,169 She took it from a basket, 1223 02:21:55,629 --> 02:21:59,383 and pressed it to her breast, right here above her heart. 1224 02:22:00,968 --> 02:22:04,221 - It bit her in the breast? - Yes. 1225 02:22:04,888 --> 02:22:08,809 You see, Lucius, sometimes royal ladies 1226 02:22:09,310 --> 02:22:13,314 behave very strangely and do very odd things in the name of love. 1227 02:22:13,397 --> 02:22:15,983 - I think it's silly. - So do I. 1228 02:22:18,068 --> 02:22:19,361 So do I. 1229 02:22:19,945 --> 02:22:21,989 Sister, join us. 1230 02:22:22,656 --> 02:22:24,408 I've been reading to dear Lucius. 1231 02:22:24,491 --> 02:22:26,493 - I've been reading, too. - Yes. 1232 02:22:26,577 --> 02:22:30,873 He's a very clever little boy. He'll make a grand emperor one day. 1233 02:22:32,458 --> 02:22:34,877 We've been reading about the great Mark Antony, 1234 02:22:34,960 --> 02:22:36,253 and his adventures in Egypt. 1235 02:22:36,337 --> 02:22:38,922 And the queen killed herself with a snake. 1236 02:22:39,006 --> 02:22:42,343 And just wait until you hear what happened to our ancestors. 1237 02:22:42,426 --> 02:22:44,261 If you're very good, 1238 02:22:44,345 --> 02:22:48,098 tomorrow night, I'll tell you the story of Emperor Claudius. 1239 02:22:48,182 --> 02:22:49,933 He was betrayed 1240 02:22:51,143 --> 02:22:53,228 by those closest to him. 1241 02:22:55,147 --> 02:22:56,857 By his own blood. 1242 02:22:58,192 --> 02:23:00,694 They whispered in dark corners 1243 02:23:00,778 --> 02:23:03,238 and went out late at night, 1244 02:23:03,322 --> 02:23:06,659 and conspired, and conspired. 1245 02:23:09,244 --> 02:23:13,123 But the Emperor Claudius knew that they were up to something. 1246 02:23:13,207 --> 02:23:15,793 He knew they were busy little bees. 1247 02:23:17,711 --> 02:23:20,798 And one night he sat down with one of them, 1248 02:23:21,548 --> 02:23:23,550 and he looked at her, 1249 02:23:24,343 --> 02:23:25,886 and he said, 1250 02:23:27,054 --> 02:23:29,598 "Tell me what you've been doing, 1251 02:23:30,265 --> 02:23:32,017 "busy little bee. 1252 02:23:34,269 --> 02:23:37,398 "Or I shall strike down those dearest to you. 1253 02:23:38,565 --> 02:23:41,568 "You shall watch as I bathe in their blood." 1254 02:23:45,447 --> 02:23:47,866 And the Emperor was heartbroken. 1255 02:23:49,952 --> 02:23:52,162 The little bee had wounded him more deeply 1256 02:23:52,246 --> 02:23:54,957 than anyone else could ever have done. 1257 02:23:57,084 --> 02:23:59,962 What do you think happened then, Lucius? 1258 02:24:00,587 --> 02:24:02,423 I don't know, Uncle. 1259 02:24:08,929 --> 02:24:11,515 The little bee told him everything. 1260 02:25:09,406 --> 02:25:12,409 Open, in the name of the Emperor! 1261 02:25:13,243 --> 02:25:14,536 Proximo! 1262 02:25:15,412 --> 02:25:18,540 Open the gates, in the name of the Emperor! 1263 02:25:19,374 --> 02:25:20,709 Proximo! 1264 02:25:22,920 --> 02:25:24,379 Open the gates! 1265 02:25:30,219 --> 02:25:32,513 Open the gates, Proximo. 1266 02:25:32,971 --> 02:25:35,224 Do you want to die, old man? 1267 02:25:36,266 --> 02:25:37,392 Here. 1268 02:25:37,976 --> 02:25:40,145 Everything is prepared. 1269 02:25:40,229 --> 02:25:42,689 It seems you have won your freedom. 1270 02:25:42,773 --> 02:25:46,360 Proximo, are you in danger of becoming a good man? 1271 02:25:51,448 --> 02:25:55,285 - Juba. - All enemies of the Emperor die! 1272 02:25:55,828 --> 02:25:57,996 Open the gates! 1273 02:26:03,502 --> 02:26:05,462 Pull! 1274 02:26:07,589 --> 02:26:10,467 Move! Form a column on the left! 1275 02:26:14,263 --> 02:26:17,474 I only need moments, so do not be careless with your lives. 1276 02:26:17,558 --> 02:26:20,018 If you don't want any part of this, go back to your cells. 1277 02:26:20,102 --> 02:26:22,354 We'll wait here for you, Maximus. 1278 02:26:22,437 --> 02:26:24,231 - Strength and honor. - Strength and honor. 1279 02:26:24,314 --> 02:26:25,357 Go. 1280 02:26:26,233 --> 02:26:28,068 Strength and honor. 1281 02:26:30,696 --> 02:26:33,532 Aim. Arch your bows! 1282 02:27:40,641 --> 02:27:41,934 Shadows and dust. 1283 02:28:23,850 --> 02:28:25,102 Maximus! 1284 02:28:30,565 --> 02:28:31,984 I'm sorry. 1285 02:28:58,385 --> 02:28:59,761 It's done. 1286 02:29:06,727 --> 02:29:08,603 And what of my nephew? 1287 02:29:09,688 --> 02:29:11,690 And what of his mother? 1288 02:29:13,775 --> 02:29:16,319 Should they share her lover's fate? 1289 02:29:18,030 --> 02:29:20,073 Or should I be merciful? 1290 02:29:22,784 --> 02:29:24,703 Commodus the Merciful. 1291 02:29:31,126 --> 02:29:33,462 Lucius will stay with me now. 1292 02:29:34,629 --> 02:29:36,423 And if his mother 1293 02:29:37,799 --> 02:29:39,926 so much as looks at me 1294 02:29:41,094 --> 02:29:43,597 in a manner that displeases me, 1295 02:29:45,557 --> 02:29:46,975 he will die. 1296 02:29:50,479 --> 02:29:53,732 If she decides to be noble, 1297 02:29:55,484 --> 02:29:57,569 and takes her own life, 1298 02:29:59,154 --> 02:30:00,614 he will die. 1299 02:30:04,242 --> 02:30:05,952 And as for you, 1300 02:30:08,747 --> 02:30:10,499 you will love me, 1301 02:30:11,333 --> 02:30:13,126 as I have loved you. 1302 02:30:14,711 --> 02:30:18,381 You will provide me with an heir of pure blood, 1303 02:30:19,341 --> 02:30:21,176 so that Commodus 1304 02:30:21,760 --> 02:30:24,721 and his progeny will rule for 1,000 years. 1305 02:30:29,351 --> 02:30:31,103 Am I not merciful? 1306 02:30:52,958 --> 02:30:55,585 Am I not merciful! 1307 02:31:07,806 --> 02:31:11,810 - Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! - Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! 1308 02:31:39,421 --> 02:31:42,174 I'm a soldier. I obey. 1309 02:31:44,926 --> 02:31:49,181 Nothing happens to anyone that he is not fitted by nature to bear. 1310 02:32:22,130 --> 02:32:23,423 Maximus. 1311 02:32:24,466 --> 02:32:25,800 Maximus. 1312 02:32:26,801 --> 02:32:28,094 Maximus. 1313 02:32:29,804 --> 02:32:31,640 They call for you. 1314 02:32:33,600 --> 02:32:36,853 The general who became a slave. 1315 02:32:38,104 --> 02:32:40,482 The slave who became a gladiator. 1316 02:32:41,858 --> 02:32:44,653 The gladiator who defied an emperor. 1317 02:32:46,655 --> 02:32:48,323 A striking story. 1318 02:32:49,491 --> 02:32:52,702 Now the people want to know how the story ends. 1319 02:32:55,080 --> 02:32:57,332 Only a famous death will do. 1320 02:32:59,251 --> 02:33:01,795 And what could be more glorious 1321 02:33:02,170 --> 02:33:05,924 than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena? 1322 02:33:08,260 --> 02:33:11,304 - You would fight me? - Why not? 1323 02:33:12,389 --> 02:33:14,432 Do you think I'm afraid? 1324 02:33:15,350 --> 02:33:18,395 I think you have been afraid all your life. 1325 02:33:18,478 --> 02:33:22,190 Unlike Maximus the Invincible, who knows no fear? 1326 02:33:27,946 --> 02:33:31,324 I knew a man who once said, "Death smiles at us all. 1327 02:33:32,200 --> 02:33:34,703 "All a man can do is smile back." 1328 02:33:36,496 --> 02:33:37,914 I wonder, 1329 02:33:38,540 --> 02:33:41,334 did your friend smile at his own death? 1330 02:33:41,710 --> 02:33:43,211 You must know. 1331 02:33:46,131 --> 02:33:47,924 He was your father. 1332 02:33:51,803 --> 02:33:54,139 You loved my father, I know, 1333 02:33:55,640 --> 02:33:57,142 but so did I. 1334 02:33:58,768 --> 02:34:01,354 That makes us brothers, doesn't it? 1335 02:34:03,982 --> 02:34:05,567 Smile for me now, brother. 1336 02:34:11,406 --> 02:34:14,242 Strap on his armor. Conceal the wound. 1337 02:35:08,671 --> 02:35:10,632 Ring formation! 1338 02:37:02,410 --> 02:37:04,037 Quintus, sword. 1339 02:37:05,538 --> 02:37:07,332 Give me your sword. 1340 02:37:10,752 --> 02:37:12,754 Sword! Give me a sword! 1341 02:37:14,255 --> 02:37:17,759 Sheathe your swords. Sheathe your swords! 1342 02:39:33,227 --> 02:39:34,562 Maximus. 1343 02:39:39,942 --> 02:39:41,235 Maximus. 1344 02:39:41,819 --> 02:39:43,154 Quintus. 1345 02:39:44,822 --> 02:39:46,282 Free my men. 1346 02:39:47,659 --> 02:39:50,370 Senator Gracchus is to be reinstated. 1347 02:39:51,663 --> 02:39:53,748 There was a dream that was Rome. 1348 02:39:54,415 --> 02:39:56,292 It shall be realized. 1349 02:39:56,834 --> 02:39:59,420 These are the wishes of Marcus Aurelius. 1350 02:40:00,505 --> 02:40:02,507 Free the prisoners. Go! 1351 02:40:27,281 --> 02:40:28,616 Maximus. 1352 02:40:30,493 --> 02:40:32,078 Lucius is safe. 1353 02:40:48,386 --> 02:40:49,804 Go to them. 1354 02:41:39,604 --> 02:41:41,022 You're home. 1355 02:42:07,673 --> 02:42:10,218 Is Rome worth one good man's life? 1356 02:42:14,096 --> 02:42:15,890 We believed it once. 1357 02:42:19,101 --> 02:42:21,229 Make us believe it again. 1358 02:42:24,732 --> 02:42:26,818 He was a soldier of Rome. 1359 02:42:30,655 --> 02:42:32,073 Honor him. 1360 02:42:32,532 --> 02:42:34,700 Who will help me carry him? 1361 02:43:19,453 --> 02:43:21,122 Now we are free. 1362 02:43:27,503 --> 02:43:29,380 I will see you again. 1363 02:43:32,258 --> 02:43:33,718 But not yet. 1364 02:43:34,719 --> 02:43:36,053 Not yet.