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{\an7}Bettany Hughes: ANCIENT ROME:
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{\an7}ONE OF THE GREATEST SUPERPOWERS
IN HISTORY
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{\an7}\h\hWHOSE FAR-REACHING LEGACY
CONTINUES TO SHAPE OUR LIVES.
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{\an7}FOR CLOSE ON 1,000 YEARS,
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{\an7}THE ROMANS DOMINATED
\h\hTHE KNOWN WORLD.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEIRS WAS
AN EXTRAORDINARY EMPIRE
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{\an7}THAT HERALDED AN AGE
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{\an7}OF UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND STABILITY,
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{\an7}BUT THAT ALSO RULED THROUGH
\h\hVIOLENCE AND OPPRESSION.
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{\an7}[THUNDER]
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{\an7}ROME’S RISE TO GREATNESS
\h\h\hWASN’T INEVITABLE;
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{\an7}\hITS EPIC HISTORY
WAS OFTEN DECIDED
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{\an7}BY SINGLE CRITICAL MOMENTS.
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{\an7}[YELLING]
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{\an7}[GASP]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THIS SERIES
I’M EXPLORING EIGHT KEY DAYS
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{\an7}THAT I BELIEVE HELP TO EXPLAIN
\h\hROME’S REMARKABLE SUCCESS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO UNDERSTAND
THE FULL SIGNIFICANCE
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{\an7}OF THESE EIGHT DAYS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hI’M TRAVELING
ACROSS THE ROMAN WORLD.
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{\an7}I AM INCREDIBLY LUCKY
\h\h\h\hTO GET ACCESS
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{\an7}TO THIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE.
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{\an7}EXAMINING REMARKABLE FINDS.
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{\an7}TODAY THIS IS THE KIND OF THING
THAT YOU’D PUT ON A DOG,
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{\an7}BUT THIS WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY
\h\h\h\h\hATTACHED TO A HUMAN.
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{\an7}AND INVESTIGATING
\hTHE COMPLEXITIES
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{\an7}OF WHAT IT WAS TO BE ROMAN.
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{\an7}[SCREAM]
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHIS IS THE DAY
IN THE SUMMER OF 73 BC
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{\an7}WHEN A BAND OF SLAVES ESCAPED...
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{\an7}Man: WE’RE FREE.
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{\an7}Bettany: ...AND TOOK ON
\h\h\hTHE MIGHT OF ROME.
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{\an7}THEY WERE LED BY ONE OF THE MOST
LEGENDARY NAMES IN HISTORY.
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{\an7}Man: WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
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{\an7}Spartacus: MY NAME IS SPARTACUS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBettany:
ROME STARTED OUT IN LIFE
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{\an7}JUST AS A MODEST LITTLE VILLAGE
ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TIBER,
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{\an7}\h\hBUT IT WOULD RISE TO BECOME
THE MASTER OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hFROM THE 6th CENTURY BC,
ROME FOUGHT TO ESTABLISH HERSELF
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{\an7}AS THE DOMINANT POWER IN ITALY.
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{\an7}THEN, AFTER HER GREAT VICTORY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOVER CARTHAGE
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{\an7}IN 202 BC AT THE BATTLE OF ZAMA,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSHE BECAME
A MEDITERRANEAN SUPERPOWER.
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{\an7}BUT FOR MILLIONS,
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{\an7}ROME’S EXPANSION CAME
\hAT A TERRIBLE PRICE.
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{\an7}FOR ROME, THE SPOILS OF CONQUEST
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{\an7}\hWEREN’T JUST TERRITORIES
AND TREASURES, BUT SLAVES.
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{\an7}BY THE 1st CENTURY BC,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hROMANS DEPENDED
ON AROUND 1.5 MILLION OF THEM.
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{\an7}SO HAD YOU BEEN WALKING DOWN
\h\h\h\hTHESE STREETS THEN,
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{\an7}1 IN 5 OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
PASSED WOULD HAVE BEEN UNFREE.
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{\an7}\hTHE MASSIVE MAJORITY
OF THESE WOMEN AND MEN
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWERE TREATED
WITH ABSOLUTE BRUTALITY.
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{\an7}\hTHE ROMANS WERE CREATING
A PROBLEM FOR THEMSELVES--
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{\an7}\h\hMORE CONQUESTS, MORE SLAVES,
AND MORE LAND FOR THEM TO WORK.
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{\an7}\h\hBUT THE ROMANS
ALSO HAD A SAYING:
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{\an7}YOU HAVE AS MANY ENEMIES
\h\hAS YOU HAVE SLAVES.
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{\an7}\h\hTHEY KNEW THAT SLAVES
WERE POTENTIAL INSURGENTS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND ONE DAY, IN 73 BC,
THEIR WORST FEAR WAS REALIZED.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHERE IN CAPUA,
100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROME,
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{\an7}A MAN CALLED SPARTACUS
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{\an7}LED A GROUP OF HIGHLY TRAINED
SPECIALIST SLAVES, GLADIATORS,
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{\an7}IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO ESCAPE.
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{\an7}\hTHIS WAS A DO-OR-DIE MISSION
THAT TURNED INTO A MASS REVOLT
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{\an7}AND THREW THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hINTO CRISIS.
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{\an7}I THINK THIS WAS A CRUCIAL DAY,
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{\an7}BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY DESTABILIZED
THE ROMAN REPUBLIC,
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{\an7}\h\h\hIT SHOWS US PRACTICALLY,
PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY
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{\an7}HOW ROME WIELDED POWER.
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{\an7}I WANT TO EXPLORE THE EVENTS
AROUND SPARTACUS’S BREAKOUT,
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{\an7}THE DAY THAT SPAWNED
\h\h\h\hTHIS LEGEND,
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{\an7}BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT CAN TELL US
A HUGE AMOUNT ABOUT ROME,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hA CIVILIZATION
WHERE EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH
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{\an7}AND ABJECT OPPRESSION
\h\h\h\h\hCO-EXISTED.
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{\an7}\hA REPUBLIC GOVERNED
BY ELECTED POLITICIANS
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{\an7}\hWHO WERE SO PANICKED
BY SPARTACUS’S REVOLT
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{\an7}\hTHAT THEY OFFERED
UNPRECEDENTED POWER
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO A SINGLE,
AMBITIOUS INDIVIDUAL
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{\an7}WHO PROMISED VICTORY--
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{\an7}A DARK FORESHADOWING OF ROME’S
\h\h\hSLIDE INTO DICTATORSHIP.
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{\an7}THE ORIGINS OF THAT FATEFUL DAY
LIE HERE, 700 MILES AWAY,
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{\an7}IN WHAT WAS ONCE KNOWN
\h\h\h\h\h\hAS THRACE,
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{\an7}IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE.
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{\an7}BY 100 BC, IT WAS ON THE FRINGE
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND ACCORDING
TO THE ROMAN HISTORIAN APPIAN,
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{\an7}THIS WAS SPARTACUS’S HOMELAND.
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{\an7}THE THRACIAN PEOPLE HAD A LONG,
PROUD WARRIOR TRADITION.
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{\an7}THERE’S ACTUALLY A POSSIBILITY
\h\h\hTHAT THE NAME SPARTACUS
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{\an7}\h\hIS THE LATIN VERSION OF
A THRACIAN WORD, SPARADAKOS:
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{\an7}"FAMOUS FOR HIS SPEAR."
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{\an7}BUT ACCORDING TO APPIAN,
\h\hINITIALLY SPARTACUS
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{\an7}WASN’T ACTUALLY FIGHTING
\h\h\hAGAINST THE ROMANS
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{\an7}\h\hBUT WITH THEM, PROBABLY
AS SOME KIND OF A MERCENARY.
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{\an7}MIKE LOADES IS AN EXPERT
\h\hIN ANCIENT WARFARE.
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{\an7}WHY DID THE ROMANS NEED
\hTO EMPLOY MERCENARIES?
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{\an7}\hMike Loades: IT WAS A VERY
CLEVER THING THAT ROME DID.
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{\an7}AS IT STARTED TO EXPAND
\h\hBEYOND ITS BORDERS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT RECRUITED
PREVIOUSLY CONQUERED PEOPLE
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{\an7}INTO ITS OWN FAMILY,
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{\an7}SPECIALIST TROOPS LIKE SLINGERS,
LIKE ARCHERS
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{\an7}AND ESPECIALLY HEAVY CAVALRY.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBettany: WHY DID THEY TURN
TO THE THRACIANS OFTEN FOR THIS?
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMike: THEY WERE SOME
OF THE BEST CAVALRY IN EUROPE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHERE’S A STORY
OF ONE THRACIAN CAVALRYMAN
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{\an7}\h\h\hWHO GALLOPED ALONG
AND DECAPITATED A ROMAN
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{\an7}WITH HIS SWORD AS HE RODE BY.
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{\an7}I MEAN, THESE WERE FEARED MEN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBettany: AND WE THINK
THAT SPARTACUS WAS A MERCENARY.
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{\an7}WHY DO YOU IMAGINE THINGS
\h\h\h\h\h\hWENT SO WRONG
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{\an7}AND THAT HE ENDED UP A SLAVE?
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{\an7}Mike: WELL, WE CAN
\hONLY SPECULATE.
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{\an7}THERE COULD BE ALL MANNER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF REASONS.
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{\an7}MAYBE HE WAS JUST
\hA NATURAL REBEL,
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{\an7}AND HE TALKED BACK TO OFFICERS,
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{\an7}AND IT COULD HAVE JUST BEEN
\h\h\h\h\hAS SIMPLE AS THAT.
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{\an7}SO WHO KNOWS,
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{\an7}BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE
\hSPARTACUS FELL FROM GRACE,
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{\an7}AND HE BECAME A SLAVE--
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{\an7}FROM POSSIBLY BEING
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{\an7}A HIGH-RANKING THRACIAN
\h\h\h\hCAVALRY OFFICER
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{\an7}TO BEING A SLAVE.
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{\an7}THAT’S QUITE A FALL.
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{\an7}[LABORED BREATHING,
\h\h\hWHIP CRACKING]
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{\an7}Bettany: WHATEVER CRIME
\h\hSPARTACUS COMMITTED,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHIS PUNISHMENT--
TO BE SOLD INTO SLAVERY--
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{\an7}WAS THE START OF A JOURNEY
\h\h\hINTO A LIVING HELL.
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{\an7}Man: HALT!
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}[MAN SIGHS]
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{\an7}Man: STAND.
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{\an7}Man: STUBBORN BASTARD.
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{\an7}THIS ONE IS TROUBLE.
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{\an7}Man: STAND!
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{\an7}\h\h\hSTAND, OR YOU
SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE
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{\an7}FOR YOUR FRIEND’S DEATH...
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{\an7}AS WELL AS YOUR OWN.
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{\an7}Man: WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SLAVE?
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{\an7}Spartacus, softly:
\h\h\h\hSPARTACUS.
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{\an7}Man: WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
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{\an7}Spartacus: MY NAME IS SPARTACUS.
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{\an7}\hMan: DO YOU KNOW
WHAT LAND THIS IS?
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{\an7}WHAT LIES AT THE END
\h\h\hOF THIS ROAD?
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{\an7}ROME. YOUR DESTINY.
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{\an7}Bettany: THE ROMANS
\hBROUGHT SPARTACUS
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{\an7}TO THEIR IMPERIAL HEARTLAND--
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{\an7}THE MAN WHO WOULD ONE DAY LEAD
THEIR OWN SLAVES AGAINST THEM.
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{\an7}\hAS A SLAVE, SPARTACUS
WAS RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM
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{\an7}\hOF ROME’S STRICT
SOCIAL HIERARCHY.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT FOR THOSE AT THE TOP,
LIFE COULD BE VERY GOOD INDEED.
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{\an7}\hIF YOU’D BEEN A SLAVE
IN A WEALTHY HOUSEHOLD,
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{\an7}MY GOODNESS, YOU’D HAVE BEEN
\h\h\hAWARE OF THE DISPARITY
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{\an7}\hBETWEEN RICH AND POOR,
BETWEEN FREE AND UNFREE.
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{\an7}SOME OF THE WEALTHIEST ROMANS
\hOWNED AS MANY AS 20 HOUSES,
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{\an7}AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDECORATED
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{\an7}WITH BEAUTIFUL ARTWORKS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLIKE THIS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHIS WAS ACTUALLY
ORIGINALLY A DINING ROOM,
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{\an7}\h\hAND IT CELEBRATES
THE FRUITS OF SUCCESS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hSO YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE
MEN AND WOMEN LYING DOWN HERE
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{\an7}BEING HAND-FED, PHYSICALLY BEING
WAITED ON HAND AND FOOT
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{\an7}EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIVES.
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{\an7}WHAT’S PERHAPS MOST DIFFICULT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR US TO FATHOM
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIS THAT ALL LEVELS
OF ROMAN SOCIETY SAW SLAVERY
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{\an7}AS PART OF THE NATURAL ORDER.
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{\an7}THERE WERE CHANCES FOR FREEDOM,
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{\an7}AND FREED SLAVES COULD GO ON
\h\hTO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS,
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{\an7}BUT FOR THE MASSIVE MAJORITY,
\hLIFE WAS UNREMITTINGLY GRIM.
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{\an7}THERE’S ONE PLACE WHERE WE CAN
\h\h\h\hSTILL GET A REAL SENSE
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{\an7}OF DAILY LIFE FOR ROME’S SLAVES.
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{\an7}THIS IS POMPEII.
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{\an7}\h\hIN 79 AD, IT WAS BURIED
UNDER VOLCANIC ROCK AND ASH
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{\an7}SPEWED OUT BY THE ERUPTION
\h\h\h\hOF MOUNT VESUVIUS.
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{\an7}THE RESULT IS AN ANCIENT TOWN
\h\h\h\h\h\hSUSPENDED IN TIME.
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{\an7}\h\hSLAVES WOULD OFTEN
HAVE WORKED AND SLEPT
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{\an7}IN SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE THIS.
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{\an7}THIS IS A LAUNDRY,
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{\an7}AND THEY’D HAVE SPENT THEIR DAY
TRAMPLING CLOTH SOAKED IN URINE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hIN FACT, THEY DID
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING--
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{\an7}THEY TAUGHT CHILDREN,
\h\hTHEY COMBED HAIR,
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{\an7}THEY CLEARED UP, DUG FIELDS.
181
00:11:04,697 --> 00:11:06,299
{\an7}\h\hAND AT NIGHT THEY
WERE OFTEN PUT TO BED
182
00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:09,235
{\an7}IN TINY LITTLE CUBICLES
\h\h\hLIKE BATTERY HENS,
183
00:11:09,269 --> 00:11:11,772
{\an7}OR JUST SLEPT ROUGH.
184
00:11:11,804 --> 00:11:15,941
{\an7}THE FACT THAT "WHIPPING BOY" WAS
A VERY POPULAR NAME FOR SLAVES
185
00:11:15,975 --> 00:11:21,514
{\an7}SUGGESTS JUST HOW DESPERATE LIFE
WAS FOR THE MASSIVE MAJORITY.
186
00:11:25,051 --> 00:11:27,487
{\an7}ONCE ENSLAVED, YOUR CHILDREN
187
00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,623
{\an7}WERE AUTOMATICALLY BORN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS SLAVES.
188
00:11:30,657 --> 00:11:32,492
{\an7}BECAUSE FOR ROMANS BEING UNFREE
189
00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:35,361
{\an7}WAS THE DESTINY OF A SUB-GROUP
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE POPULATION,
190
00:11:35,395 --> 00:11:37,797
{\an7}\hLIKE BEING BORN
A MAN OR A WOMAN,
191
00:11:37,830 --> 00:11:40,499
{\an7}SLAVES WERE SHACKLED
\hBY RIGID PREJUDICE
192
00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:43,269
{\an7}AS WELL AS BY THEIR CHAINS.
193
00:11:43,303 --> 00:11:45,539
{\an7}WE KNOW OWNERS SOMETIMES
\hTOOK EXTREME MEASURES
194
00:11:45,572 --> 00:11:47,541
{\an7}TO HANG ON TO THEIR PROPERTY.
195
00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:55,248
{\an7}THIS METAL TAG WOULD ORIGINALLY
HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO A COLLAR,
196
00:11:55,281 --> 00:11:57,950
{\an7}AND THE INSCRIPTION ON IT READS,
197
00:11:57,984 --> 00:12:00,653
{\an7}"HOLD ME FAST IF I RUN AWAY,
198
00:12:00,687 --> 00:12:03,957
{\an7}\h\hAND THEN RETURN ME
TO MY MASTER VIVENTIUS
199
00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:06,593
{\an7}ON THE ESTATE OF CALLISTUS."
200
00:12:06,626 --> 00:12:09,863
{\an7}NOW, TODAY THIS IS THE KIND OF
THING THAT YOU’D PUT ON A DOG,
201
00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:14,734
{\an7}BUT THIS WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY
\h\h\h\h\hATTACHED TO A HUMAN.
202
00:12:14,767 --> 00:12:18,537
{\an7}YOU SEE IMAGES OF THEM
\hTIME AND TIME AGAIN,
203
00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:21,574
{\an7}SLAVES CHAIN-GANGED TOGETHER,
204
00:12:21,608 --> 00:12:24,411
{\an7}\hWITH IRON BANDS
AROUND THEIR NECK.
205
00:12:24,444 --> 00:12:26,513
{\an7}THESE WOULD BE MEN AND WOMEN
\h\h\h\h\h\hWHO IN REAL LIFE
206
00:12:26,546 --> 00:12:30,683
{\an7}\hWOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED
HEAD TO FOOT WITH BRUISES.
207
00:12:30,717 --> 00:12:33,653
{\an7}IT IS JUST HIDEOUS TO THINK
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE ISOLATION
208
00:12:33,686 --> 00:12:35,421
{\an7}OF SOMEONE WHO WORE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
209
00:12:35,455 --> 00:12:37,557
{\an7}AND WHO TRIED TO ESCAPE,
210
00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:39,425
{\an7}AND THEN THE RETRIBUTION
\h\hTHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
211
00:12:39,459 --> 00:12:42,262
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMETED OUT ON THEM
IF THEY WERE EVER CAUGHT.
212
00:12:50,903 --> 00:12:53,939
{\an7}\h\h\hWE HAVE NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS
OF SLAVES SLIPPING AWAY AT NIGHT
213
00:12:53,973 --> 00:12:59,345
{\an7}OR RUNNING OFF DURING ERRANDS,
\h\h\hEVEN COMMITTING SUICIDE.
214
00:12:59,379 --> 00:13:01,514
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMEN AND WOMEN
WHO JUST COULDN’T BEAR
215
00:13:01,547 --> 00:13:03,983
{\an7}THE LIFE THAT THEY’D BEEN GIVEN.
216
00:13:04,017 --> 00:13:07,020
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT THERE WAS
A PARTICULAR CLASS OF SLAVES
217
00:13:07,053 --> 00:13:10,924
{\an7}\hWHO LIVED A UNIQUELY
NIGHTMARISH EXISTENCE.
218
00:13:10,957 --> 00:13:14,327
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHESE WERE
THE MOST EXTREME SLAVES--
219
00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,862
{\an7}GLADIATORS.
220
00:13:15,895 --> 00:13:19,365
{\an7}[CHICKEN SQUAWKING]
221
00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:22,102
{\an7}\h\hMOST SLAVES ENDED UP
DOING BACKBREAKING LABOR
222
00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:26,573
{\an7}\h\hOR WORKING IN HOUSEHOLDS
FOR WEALTHY ROMAN FAMILIES.
223
00:13:26,606 --> 00:13:31,177
{\an7}\hBY CONTRAST, GLADIATORS
WERE EXOTIC AND DANGEROUS,
224
00:13:31,210 --> 00:13:36,382
{\an7}\h\h\hSLAVES WHO FOUGHT AND DIED
FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF ROMANS.
225
00:13:39,886 --> 00:13:41,755
{\an7}A THRACIAN WARRIOR
\h\hLIKE SPARTACUS
226
00:13:41,788 --> 00:13:45,625
{\an7}\h\hWOULD HAVE QUICKLY CAUGHT
THE EYE OF A GLADIATOR MASTER.
227
00:13:50,563 --> 00:13:52,732
{\an7}Man: HUH? LOOK AT HIM.
228
00:13:52,765 --> 00:13:56,769
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHESE MEN ARE FROM
THE FAR REACHES OF THE EMPIRE.
229
00:13:56,803 --> 00:14:00,440
{\an7}ALL FINE WARRIORS BRED
TO FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
230
00:14:00,473 --> 00:14:01,674
{\an7}HUH?
231
00:14:03,710 --> 00:14:05,111
{\an7}Batiatus: TRUE.
232
00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:06,445
{\an7}BUT AT THESE PRICES
233
00:14:06,479 --> 00:14:09,549
{\an7}I CANNOT AFFORD FOR THEM
\h\hTO KILL EACH OTHER.
234
00:14:09,582 --> 00:14:15,588
{\an7}\h\h\hMan: THEN LET ME
SELL YOU SOME TO KILL.
235
00:14:15,621 --> 00:14:16,589
{\an7}EH?
236
00:14:16,622 --> 00:14:18,390
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBettany:
FROM THE HISTORIAN PLUTARCH,
237
00:14:18,424 --> 00:14:22,428
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWE KNOW THAT SPARTACUS
WAS BOUGHT BY LENTULUS BATIATUS,
238
00:14:22,462 --> 00:14:24,798
{\an7}\hOWNER OF THE FAMOUS
CAPUA GLADIATOR SCHOOL
239
00:14:24,831 --> 00:14:27,133
{\an7}IN SOUTHERN ITALY--
240
00:14:27,166 --> 00:14:32,438
{\an7}THE START OF THE JOURNEY TOWARDS
THE FATEFUL DAY OF HIS REVOLT.
241
00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:37,444
{\an7}THANKS TO THE EXCAVATIONS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT POMPEII,
242
00:14:37,477 --> 00:14:39,813
{\an7}JUST 25 MILES FROM CAPUA,
243
00:14:39,846 --> 00:14:42,916
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWE CAN SEE WHAT
A GLADIATOR SCHOOL, OR LUDUS,
244
00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:44,584
{\an7}LOOKED LIKE.
245
00:14:46,886 --> 00:14:48,554
{\an7}A LUDUS WAS A KIND
\h\hOF COMBINATION
246
00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:51,658
{\an7}OF A PRISON AND A SCHOOL
\h\h\h\hFOR GLADIATORS,
247
00:14:51,691 --> 00:14:54,294
{\an7}AND THE OPEN COURTYARD
WHERE I’M WALKING NOW
248
00:14:54,327 --> 00:14:56,696
{\an7}\h\hIS WHERE THE MEN
WOULD HAVE TRAINED.
249
00:14:56,729 --> 00:14:59,732
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWE THINK THERE WERE
AROUND 140 OR SO OF THEM HERE,
250
00:14:59,766 --> 00:15:01,601
{\an7}AND THEY WOULD HAVE FOUGHT
\hOUT HERE DURING THE DAY
251
00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:04,303
{\an7}\hAND THEN SLEPT,
TWO MEN TO A CELL,
252
00:15:04,337 --> 00:15:06,072
{\an7}IN THE ROOMS BEHIND ME.
253
00:15:06,105 --> 00:15:11,577
{\an7}IN THESE PLACES, CONDITIONS
\h\hWERE PHENOMENALLY TOUGH.
254
00:15:11,611 --> 00:15:15,315
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHESE WERE MEN
WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE
255
00:15:15,348 --> 00:15:20,520
{\an7}BEING TRAINED IN THE ART
\hOF DEATH AS SPECTACLE.
256
00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:32,965
{\an7}♪
257
00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:36,536
{\an7}WE KNOW THE NAME OF ANOTHER
GLADIATOR AT THE CAPUA LUDUS
258
00:15:36,569 --> 00:15:39,939
{\an7}WHO’D PLAY A KEY ROLE ON
\hTHE DAY OF THE REVOLT.
259
00:15:39,972 --> 00:15:41,507
{\an7}[GRUNTS]
260
00:15:44,310 --> 00:15:46,746
{\an7}A GAUL BY THE NAME OF CRIXUS.
261
00:15:46,779 --> 00:15:50,549
{\an7}[GRUNTING]
262
00:15:50,583 --> 00:15:52,718
{\an7}\hCrixus: STILL SMARTING
FROM YOUR LAST BEATING?
263
00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,489
{\an7}[GRUNTING]
264
00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,194
{\an7}Crixus: AH....
265
00:16:02,228 --> 00:16:03,496
{\an7}FINALLY...
266
00:16:03,529 --> 00:16:05,164
{\an7}A FIGHT.
267
00:16:05,198 --> 00:16:11,337
{\an7}[GRUNTING]
268
00:16:14,707 --> 00:16:17,410
{\an7}Crixus: I CAN PRACTICE
SMASHING YOUR HEAD IN.
269
00:16:18,945 --> 00:16:25,952
{\an7}[GRUNTING]
270
00:16:33,693 --> 00:16:36,763
{\an7}[GROANING]
271
00:16:49,408 --> 00:16:51,543
{\an7}Spartacus: YOU TALK TOO MUCH.
272
00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:57,150
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBettany:
THESE TWO SPARRING PARTNERS,
273
00:16:57,183 --> 00:17:01,320
{\an7}SPARTACUS AND CRIXUS, WOULD GO
ON TO FORM A CRUCIAL ALLIANCE,
274
00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:06,693
{\an7}A BOND BETWEEN GLADIATORS THAT
WE NOW THINK WAS QUITE COMMON.
275
00:17:06,726 --> 00:17:09,295
{\an7}RATHER BRILLIANTLY WE KNOW
\h\hFROM SOME INSCRIPTIONS
276
00:17:09,328 --> 00:17:11,397
{\an7}FROM GLADIATOR SCHOOLS
\h\h\h\h\h\hLIKE THIS
277
00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:15,167
{\an7}\h\hTHAT SOME SLAVES SHARED
A REAL SENSE OF SOLIDARITY,
278
00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:17,270
{\an7}ALMOST COMRADESHIP.
279
00:17:17,303 --> 00:17:19,472
{\an7}\h\h\h\hFOR EXAMPLE,
A GLADIATOR’S BURIAL
280
00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:23,542
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMIGHT BE PAID FOR
BY HIS FAMILIA--HIS TROUPE--
281
00:17:23,576 --> 00:17:26,813
{\an7}OR EVEN BY HIS DOCTOR
\h\h\h\h\hOR TRAINER.
282
00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:39,792
{\an7}♪
283
00:17:41,127 --> 00:17:42,662
{\an7}THIS IS A BIT OF EVIDENCE
284
00:17:42,695 --> 00:17:46,666
{\an7}THAT REVEALS A REALLY UNEXPECTED
DETAIL IN ONE GLADIATOR’S LIFE.
285
00:17:46,699 --> 00:17:48,067
{\an7}IT’S FROM MILAN,
286
00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:51,670
{\an7}\h\hAND IT’S THE COMMEMORATION
OF THE SHORT LIFE OF URBICUS.
287
00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:54,707
{\an7}NOW, URBICUS WAS A SECUTOR,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOR CHASER,
288
00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:58,210
{\an7}SO THAT’S A GLADIATOR WHO FIGHTS
WITH A SWORD AND A SHIELD.
289
00:17:58,244 --> 00:18:02,014
{\an7}AND THIS INSCRIPTION IS WRITTEN
IN LATIN, AND IT’S VERY ERODED,
290
00:18:02,048 --> 00:18:04,684
{\an7}BUT THIS IS HOW IT TRANSLATES.
291
00:18:04,717 --> 00:18:08,487
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h"TO URBICUS,
SECUTOR OF THE FIRST GRADE,
292
00:18:08,521 --> 00:18:10,523
{\an7}FROM FLORENCE BY BIRTH,
293
00:18:10,556 --> 00:18:15,861
{\an7}WHO FOUGHT 13 TIMES
AND LIVED 22 YEARS.
294
00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:19,599
{\an7}\hTHIS MEMORIAL IS SET UP
BY HIS DAUGHTER OLYMPIAS,
295
00:18:19,632 --> 00:18:22,802
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWHOM HE LEFT
AT THE AGE OF 5 MONTHS,
296
00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:26,739
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND LAURICIA, HIS WIFE,
FOR HER WELL-DESERVING HUSBAND,
297
00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:30,509
{\an7}WITH WHOM SHE LIVED
\h\hFOR SEVEN YEARS.
298
00:18:30,543 --> 00:18:35,248
{\an7}MAY THOSE WHO LOVE HIM
\h\hHONOR HIS SPIRIT."
299
00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:40,920
{\an7}[CROWD CHEERING]
300
00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:45,891
{\an7}♪
301
00:18:45,925 --> 00:18:51,063
{\an7}\h\hWE NOW THINK A GLADIATOR HAD
ABOUT A 1-IN-10 CHANCE OF DYING
302
00:18:51,097 --> 00:18:53,766
{\an7}EACH TIME HE ENTERED THE ARENA--
303
00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:56,735
{\an7}NOT GREAT ODDS.
304
00:18:56,769 --> 00:18:58,471
{\an7}TO AVOID AN EARLY DEATH,
305
00:18:58,504 --> 00:19:02,675
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSPARTACUS HAD TO SOMEHOW
SEIZE BACK CONTROL OF HIS FATE.
306
00:19:04,677 --> 00:19:08,214
{\an7}[CROWD CHEERING]
307
00:19:13,352 --> 00:19:17,690
{\an7}[CHEERING]
308
00:19:27,099 --> 00:19:28,200
{\an7}[COUGHS]
309
00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:35,641
{\an7}[CHEERING]
310
00:19:41,380 --> 00:19:42,715
{\an7}Spartacus: VITUS?
311
00:19:47,586 --> 00:19:50,089
{\an7}\hMan: STAND, OR YOU
SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE
312
00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:52,224
{\an7}FOR YOUR FRIEND’S DEATH.
313
00:19:56,729 --> 00:20:04,370
{\an7}[CROWD MURMURING]
314
00:20:05,237 --> 00:20:08,974
{\an7}[JEERING]
315
00:20:09,008 --> 00:20:19,051
{\an7}♪
316
00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:26,859
{\an7}♪
317
00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:28,260
{\an7}[CROWD GASPS]
318
00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:35,367
{\an7}[CHEERING]
319
00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:37,637
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBettany: ROMANS,
FOR THEIR OWN ENTERTAINMENT,
320
00:20:37,670 --> 00:20:39,338
{\an7}WERE TRAINING SLAVES TO BECOME
321
00:20:39,371 --> 00:20:42,941
{\an7}\h\h\h\hINVENTIVE AND
SOPHISTICATED KILLERS,
322
00:20:42,975 --> 00:20:47,213
{\an7}LOYAL ONLY TO THEIR
\hFELLOW GLADIATORS.
323
00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:55,187
{\an7}[THUNDER]
324
00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:59,492
{\an7}IT WAS AN EXPLOSIVE SITUATION,
\hAND SPARTACUS BEGAN PLANNING
325
00:20:59,525 --> 00:21:02,862
{\an7}FOR A DAY WHEN HE COULD TURN IT
TO HIS ADVANTAGE.
326
00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:09,201
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCrixus: TWO MORE,
AND YOU WILL BE MY EQUAL.
327
00:21:09,235 --> 00:21:14,574
{\an7}[THUNDER]
328
00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:26,586
{\an7}♪
329
00:21:29,922 --> 00:21:32,158
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hSpartacus:
I WILL NOT FIGHT AGAIN
330
00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:35,227
{\an7}FOR THE PLEASURE OF ROMANS.
331
00:21:35,261 --> 00:21:37,697
{\an7}IN HERE OUR FATE IS SEALED,
332
00:21:37,730 --> 00:21:40,566
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT OUT THERE
WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN.
333
00:21:43,536 --> 00:21:45,605
{\an7}Guard: SILENCE, SLAVE.
334
00:21:45,638 --> 00:21:56,516
{\an7}♪
335
00:21:56,549 --> 00:22:02,255
{\an7}Spartacus: I SWEAR, THE NEXT MAN
I KILL WILL BE A ROMAN.
336
00:22:02,288 --> 00:22:04,557
{\an7}Bettany: RIGHT HERE,
\hIN ANCIENT CAPUA,
337
00:22:04,590 --> 00:22:06,125
{\an7}SOMETHING WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN
338
00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:09,294
{\an7}\hTHAT WOULD SEND SHOCKWAVES
THROUGH THE WHOLE REPUBLIC.
339
00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:11,764
{\an7}A DAY THAT NOT ONLY
\hFORGED THE LEGEND
340
00:22:11,797 --> 00:22:14,266
{\an7}OF ONE MAN, SPARTACUS,
341
00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:19,739
{\an7}BUT I THINK DEALT A MORTAL WOUND
TO THE ROMAN REPUBLIC ITSELF.
342
00:22:19,772 --> 00:22:24,610
{\an7}[THUNDER]
343
00:22:24,643 --> 00:22:27,779
{\an7}♪
344
00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:33,319
{\an7}[GRUNTING]
345
00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:34,653
{\an7}Crixus: I WILL NOT SHARE A CELL
346
00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:38,691
{\an7}WITH THIS THRACIAN PIG
\hFOR ONE MORE NIGHT.
347
00:22:38,724 --> 00:22:40,993
{\an7}Guard: YOU TWO STOP THAT NOW!
348
00:22:44,063 --> 00:22:57,977
{\an7}♪
349
00:22:58,010 --> 00:22:59,178
{\an7}Guard: MARCUS!
350
00:22:59,211 --> 00:23:01,847
{\an7}♪
351
00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:02,849
{\an7}MARCUS!
352
00:23:02,882 --> 00:23:05,852
{\an7}♪
353
00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:11,357
{\an7}I ALWAYS WANTED A REASON
TO KILL YOU, SPARTACUS.
354
00:23:17,663 --> 00:23:20,399
{\an7}[GRUNTING]
355
00:23:24,703 --> 00:23:27,239
{\an7}Spartacus: WE KILL FOR YOU
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVERY DAY.
356
00:23:27,273 --> 00:23:28,274
{\an7}NOW IT’S OUR TURN.
357
00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:29,675
{\an7}[GRUNTS]
358
00:23:29,708 --> 00:23:30,509
{\an7}[THUD]
359
00:23:30,542 --> 00:23:32,644
{\an7}Crixus: LET’S GO.
360
00:23:32,678 --> 00:23:35,014
{\an7}\h\h\hSpartacus: NO.
WE FREE THE OTHERS.
361
00:23:35,047 --> 00:23:36,482
{\an7}Crixus: THERE ISN’T THE TIME.
362
00:23:36,515 --> 00:23:39,351
{\an7}JUST THE TWO OF US.
363
00:23:39,385 --> 00:23:41,153
{\an7}ODDS ARE IN OUR FAVOR.
364
00:23:41,186 --> 00:23:42,487
{\an7}WHO WILL FIND US?
365
00:23:42,521 --> 00:23:45,357
{\an7}Spartacus: THEY WILL ALWAYS
\h\h\h\h\h\hFIND US, CRIXUS.
366
00:23:45,391 --> 00:23:48,861
{\an7}\hIF WE ARE MANY,
WE CAN FIGHT BACK.
367
00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:50,028
{\an7}GO!
368
00:23:50,062 --> 00:23:54,300
{\an7}[MEN TALKING]
369
00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:04,076
{\an7}Crixus: WHICH WAY?
370
00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:07,212
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hSpartacus:
WHICHEVER WAY WE WANT.
371
00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:09,648
{\an7}WE’RE FREE.
372
00:24:09,682 --> 00:24:11,350
{\an7}Crixus: COME ON.
373
00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:15,988
{\an7}Bettany: SPARTACUS AND
\h70 OTHER GLADIATORS
374
00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:19,191
{\an7}BROKE OUT OF THE CAPUA LUDUS.
375
00:24:19,224 --> 00:24:21,126
{\an7}THIS BAND OF RUNAWAYS
376
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:25,331
{\an7}ROAMING THROUGH THESE VERY HILLS
AND WOODS IN SOUTHERN ITALY
377
00:24:25,364 --> 00:24:30,169
{\an7}WOULD SOON BECOME A REBEL ARMY
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO CHALLENGE ROME.
378
00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:34,673
{\an7}[BIRDS CHIRPING]
379
00:24:34,707 --> 00:24:38,311
{\an7}♪
380
00:24:38,344 --> 00:24:40,379
{\an7}\hPLUTARCH TELLS US
THAT THEY SOON FELL
381
00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:43,415
{\an7}ON A LIGHTLY GUARDED CONVOY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF WAGONS.
382
00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:46,919
{\an7}Spartacus: WAIT! HERE.
383
00:24:52,091 --> 00:24:53,826
{\an7}YOU’RE A SLAVE?
384
00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:55,127
{\an7}Ardomir: YES.
385
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:56,828
{\an7}MY NAME IS ARDOMIR.
386
00:24:56,862 --> 00:24:58,430
{\an7}Spartacus: THRACIAN?
387
00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:04,403
{\an7}Ardomir: YOU ARE GLADIATORS?
388
00:25:04,436 --> 00:25:05,771
{\an7}Spartacus: YOU SHOULD JOIN US.
389
00:25:05,804 --> 00:25:07,172
{\an7}[GEESE HONKING]
390
00:25:07,206 --> 00:25:09,241
{\an7}[CATTLE LOWING]
391
00:25:09,274 --> 00:25:11,176
{\an7}Ardomir: YOU’LL BE KILLED.
392
00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:15,915
{\an7}Spartacus: I DON’T THINK SO.
393
00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:18,517
{\an7}♪
394
00:25:18,550 --> 00:25:19,618
{\an7}CRIXUS.
395
00:25:19,651 --> 00:25:27,259
{\an7}♪
396
00:25:27,292 --> 00:25:29,027
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHIS MORNING
WE WERE ESCAPED SLAVES
397
00:25:29,061 --> 00:25:31,196
{\an7}WITH NOTHING BUT KITCHEN KNIVES.
398
00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:33,799
{\an7}\hNOW WE’RE ARMED
WITH ROMAN STEEL,
399
00:25:33,832 --> 00:25:37,669
{\an7}AND WE’VE ACQUIRED A TASTE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR FREEDOM,
400
00:25:37,703 --> 00:25:41,774
{\an7}THE FREEDOM ROME TOOK AWAY.
401
00:25:41,807 --> 00:25:45,477
{\an7}JOIN US, AND WE WILL
\h\hGRANT YOU YOURS.
402
00:25:45,511 --> 00:25:58,958
{\an7}♪
403
00:25:58,991 --> 00:26:01,894
{\an7}Bettany: WE’RE TOLD BY APPIAN
\hTHAT SPARTACUS QUICKLY MADE
404
00:26:01,927 --> 00:26:05,431
{\an7}FOR THE HIGHEST POINT
\h\hIN THE LANDSCAPE.
405
00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:08,033
{\an7}SPARTACUS AND A FEW HUNDRED
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF HIS FOLLOWERS
406
00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:11,604
{\an7}CAMPED OUT NEAR THE SUMMIT
\h\h\h\hOF MOUNT VESUVIUS.
407
00:26:11,637 --> 00:26:14,974
{\an7}PURSUED AND THEN TRAPPED
\h\h\h\hBY ROMAN FORCES,
408
00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:19,144
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY MADE A DARING ESCAPE
BY TURNING WILD VINES INTO ROPES
409
00:26:19,178 --> 00:26:22,481
{\an7}AND LOWERING THEMSELVES DOWN
\hBEHIND THE ROMAN SOLDIERS,
410
00:26:22,514 --> 00:26:25,150
{\an7}WHO THEY THEN MASSACRED.
411
00:26:25,184 --> 00:26:28,554
{\an7}SPARTACUS AND HIS DEEDS
\h\h\h\h\hOF DERRING-DO
412
00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:32,124
{\an7}\hWERE BECOMING THE STUFF
THAT LEGENDS ARE MADE OF.
413
00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:42,701
{\an7}♪
414
00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:47,872
{\an7}THAT SUMMER OF 73 BC, AS WORD
SPREAD OF SPARTACUS’S REVOLT,
415
00:26:47,906 --> 00:26:50,542
{\an7}MORE AND MORE SLAVES
\hLEFT THEIR FIELDS
416
00:26:50,576 --> 00:26:53,646
{\an7}AND ABANDONED THEIR MASTERS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO JOIN HIM.
417
00:26:53,679 --> 00:26:57,116
{\an7}\hFIRST A TRICKLE
AND THEN A FLOOD.
418
00:26:57,149 --> 00:26:59,118
{\an7}\hSOON THERE WERE
TENS OF THOUSANDS
419
00:26:59,151 --> 00:27:00,986
{\an7}RAMPAGING THROUGH
\hTHE COUNTRYSIDE
420
00:27:01,019 --> 00:27:03,388
{\an7}SPREADING TERROR AND PANIC.
421
00:27:03,422 --> 00:27:05,057
{\an7}FOR THE ROMAN REPUBLIC,
422
00:27:05,090 --> 00:27:07,459
{\an7}WHAT STARTED AS A SIMPLE
\h\h\h\hPRISON BREAKOUT
423
00:27:07,493 --> 00:27:10,329
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHAD ESCALATED
WITH HORRIFYING SPEED
424
00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:13,198
{\an7}\h\h\hINTO SOMETHING
MUCH MORE SERIOUS--
425
00:27:13,232 --> 00:27:15,801
{\an7}A FULL-BLOWN SLAVE REVOLT.
426
00:27:17,703 --> 00:27:19,905
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHAT’S MORE,
WE KNOW FROM APPIAN
427
00:27:19,938 --> 00:27:26,578
{\an7}THAT EVEN SOME FREE MEN
\hJOINED WITH SPARTACUS.
428
00:27:26,612 --> 00:27:29,381
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT THIS TIME
AROUND 90 PERCENT OF ITALIANS
429
00:27:29,414 --> 00:27:31,683
{\an7}\h\hLIVED AND WORKED
IN THE COUNTRYSIDE,
430
00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:35,254
{\an7}AND MANY OF THEM, HERDSMEN
AND FARMERS AND SHEPHERDS,
431
00:27:35,287 --> 00:27:37,823
{\an7}WERE DIRT POOR.
432
00:27:37,856 --> 00:27:39,391
{\an7}JUST 15 YEARS BEFORE
433
00:27:39,424 --> 00:27:40,859
{\an7}THIS WHOLE REGION HAD RISEN UP
434
00:27:40,893 --> 00:27:42,595
{\an7}\h\h\hAGAINST THOSE
THAT THEY THOUGHT OF
435
00:27:42,628 --> 00:27:44,964
{\an7}AS THE FAT CATS OF THE REPUBLIC,
436
00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:50,069
{\an7}DEMANDING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF
THE SPOILS OF ROMAN CONQUESTS.
437
00:27:50,102 --> 00:27:52,204
{\an7}\h\hTHIS WAS AN ARMY
OF THE DISGRUNTLED,
438
00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:54,840
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE DESPERATE,
AND THE DISPOSSESSED,
439
00:27:54,873 --> 00:27:58,877
{\an7}ALL MALCONTENTS WITH THEIR OWN
\h\h\hGRIEVANCES AGAINST ROME.
440
00:27:58,911 --> 00:28:03,349
{\an7}AND IT EXPOSED THE REPUBLIC
\h\hTO A CHILLING PROBLEM--
441
00:28:03,382 --> 00:28:10,422
{\an7}THAT PROTEST AND THE IDEA
OF FREEDOM IS CONTAGIOUS.
442
00:28:10,455 --> 00:28:14,559
{\an7}THIS WAS A CRITICALLY SERIOUS
\h\h\h\h\hCHALLENGE FOR ROME,
443
00:28:14,593 --> 00:28:17,896
{\an7}\h\h\hAND IT’S INCREDIBLE
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT--
444
00:28:17,930 --> 00:28:21,600
{\an7}THOUSANDS OF MEN, AND PROBABLY
\h\h\hWOMEN AND CHILDREN, TOO,
445
00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:25,837
{\an7}PREPARED TO RISK EVERYTHING
\hFOR THE DREAM OF FREEDOM.
446
00:28:25,871 --> 00:28:28,540
{\an7}I THINK THIS FUNDAMENTAL
\h\h\h\h\h\hHUMAN DESIRE
447
00:28:28,574 --> 00:28:31,110
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCAUGHT ROME
COMPLETELY OFF GUARD.
448
00:28:31,143 --> 00:28:36,415
{\an7}\h\hAND THERE’S ANOTHER REASON
FOR ROME’S SLUGGISH RESPONSE.
449
00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:38,250
{\an7}Mike: WELL, THE TOUGHEST,
\hMOST EXPERIENCED LEGIONS
450
00:28:38,283 --> 00:28:39,584
{\an7}ARE NOT THERE.
451
00:28:39,618 --> 00:28:41,687
{\an7}THEIR STRONGEST FORCES
\hARE OUT IN THE EAST
452
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,156
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWHERE ALL THE RICHES
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE STILL ARE,
453
00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:45,957
{\an7}AND THEY’RE OUT IN SPAIN.
454
00:28:45,991 --> 00:28:49,127
{\an7}\h\hI THINK THEY DIDN’T THINK HE
WOULD BE SUCH A MILITARY THREAT.
455
00:28:49,161 --> 00:28:54,867
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT THEY WERE MUCH MORE
CONCERNED WITH HIS MORAL THREAT,
456
00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:58,837
{\an7}TO UNDERMINE THE FABRIC
\h\h\hOF ROMAN SOCIETY.
457
00:28:58,870 --> 00:29:03,541
{\an7}SPARTACUS IS A VERY FRIGHTENING
IDEA IF YOU’RE A ROMAN.
458
00:29:05,978 --> 00:29:08,447
{\an7}Bettany: A YEAR AFTER
SPARTACUS’S BREAKOUT,
459
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,583
{\an7}AND AFTER MONTHS OF ANARCHY
\h\h\h\h\hIN SOUTHERN ITALY,
460
00:29:11,617 --> 00:29:16,222
{\an7}ROME RAISED FOUR LEGIONS--
\h\h\h\h20,000 SOLDIERS--
461
00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:21,460
{\an7}\hTO TAKE ON SPARTACUS
AND HIS 40,000 REBELS.
462
00:29:21,493 --> 00:29:24,663
{\an7}NEAR MOUNT GARGANO THE ROMANS
\h\h\h\h\hINTERCEPTED A COLUMN
463
00:29:24,696 --> 00:29:28,099
{\an7}COMMANDED BY SPARTACUS’S
RIGHT-HAND MAN, CRIXUS,
464
00:29:28,133 --> 00:29:29,768
{\an7}AS IT MOVED NORTH.
465
00:29:29,801 --> 00:29:31,903
{\an7}[BATTLE CRIES]
466
00:29:31,937 --> 00:29:35,240
{\an7}THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED
\h\hNEXT ARE PRETTY SKETCHY,
467
00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:36,742
{\an7}BUT IT’S CLEAR THAT THE BATTLE
468
00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:39,311
{\an7}WAS AN UTTER DISASTER
\h\h\hFOR THE REBELS.
469
00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:43,481
{\an7}TWO-THIRDS OF THE SLAVE ARMY
\h\h\h\h\hWERE SLAUGHTERED,
470
00:29:43,515 --> 00:29:45,917
{\an7}INCLUDING CRIXUS HIMSELF.
471
00:29:47,819 --> 00:29:49,587
{\an7}[HORSE NEIGHS]
472
00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:54,526
{\an7}♪
473
00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:57,562
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWITH ROME’S LEGIONS
NOW CONVERGING ON SPARTACUS,
474
00:29:57,596 --> 00:29:59,998
{\an7}IT LOOKED CERTAIN THAT,
\h\h\h\h\h\hLIKE CRIXUS,
475
00:30:00,032 --> 00:30:04,837
{\an7}HE’D BE DEFEATED AND THE REVOLT
BROUGHT TO A BLOODY END.
476
00:30:04,870 --> 00:30:11,543
{\an7}♪
477
00:30:11,576 --> 00:30:13,578
{\an7}BUT THE ROMANS DIDN’T FACTOR IN
478
00:30:13,612 --> 00:30:16,849
{\an7}\h\hHIS ABILITY TO EXPLOIT
THEIR PREDICTABLE TACTICS.
479
00:30:16,882 --> 00:30:29,895
{\an7}♪
480
00:30:29,928 --> 00:30:31,696
{\an7}Ardomir: A ROMAN ARMY.
481
00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:35,834
{\an7}THERE ARE THOUSANDS.
482
00:30:35,867 --> 00:30:38,002
{\an7}IT’S MORE THAN WE
\hHAVE EVER FACED.
483
00:30:38,036 --> 00:30:44,476
{\an7}♪
484
00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:46,878
{\an7}Spartacus: HAVE FAITH, ARDOMIR.
485
00:30:49,815 --> 00:30:53,819
{\an7}\h\hTHEY ARE ROMANS;
THEY FIGHT ONE WAY.
486
00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:56,621
{\an7}[HORSE NEIGHS]
487
00:30:56,655 --> 00:31:04,997
{\an7}♪
488
00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:08,967
{\an7}WE WILL USE THEIR STRENGTH
AND NUMBERS AGAINST THEM.
489
00:31:11,403 --> 00:31:22,147
{\an7}[YELLING]
490
00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:23,748
{\an7}THEY WON’T SEE US COMING.
491
00:31:23,782 --> 00:31:27,686
{\an7}[YELLING]
492
00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:30,188
{\an7}NOR WILL MANY OF THEM LIVE
\h\h\h\h\hTO SEE US LEAVE.
493
00:31:36,094 --> 00:31:38,363
{\an7}AND WE CAN DO THIS.
494
00:31:43,335 --> 00:31:48,307
{\an7}[YELLING, WEAPONS CLASHING]
495
00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:53,745
{\an7}YOU DELIVER A MESSAGE FOR ME.
496
00:31:53,779 --> 00:31:58,851
{\an7}YOU TELL ROME WE WILL NEVER
\h\h\h\h\h\hBE SLAVES AGAIN.
497
00:32:01,253 --> 00:32:04,456
{\an7}[YELLING, WEAPONS CLASHING]
498
00:32:04,489 --> 00:32:06,992
{\an7}\h\h\hBettany: SPARTACUS
USED SPEED AND SURPRISE
499
00:32:07,025 --> 00:32:10,362
{\an7}TO INFLICT A HUMILIATING DEFEAT
ON THE LEGIONS.
500
00:32:10,395 --> 00:32:14,466
{\an7}[YELLING]
501
00:32:14,499 --> 00:32:18,003
{\an7}BUT ROME WOULD NEVER
MAKE PEACE WITH HIM.
502
00:32:18,036 --> 00:32:19,371
{\an7}HIS BREAKOUT AND THE REBELLION
503
00:32:19,404 --> 00:32:21,606
{\an7}THAT HAD SNOWBALLED
\hFROM THAT ONE DAY
504
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:24,042
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS A CHALLENGE
TO THE REPUBLIC’S AUTHORITY
505
00:32:24,075 --> 00:32:26,477
{\an7}THAT COULD NOT BE TOLERATED.
506
00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:33,651
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE SENATE’S RESPONSE
WAS TO AWARD EMERGENCY POWER
507
00:32:33,685 --> 00:32:38,156
{\an7}TO ONE OF ROME’S RICHEST,
MOST AMBITIOUS CITIZENS--
508
00:32:38,190 --> 00:32:41,260
{\an7}MARCUS LICINIUS CRASSUS.
509
00:32:42,594 --> 00:32:44,863
{\an7}WHEN SOME OF HIS SOLDIERS
\h\hRAN AWAY FROM A FIGHT
510
00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:47,132
{\an7}WITH SPARTACUS’S REBELS,
511
00:32:47,165 --> 00:32:50,402
{\an7}HIS RESPONSE WAS PITILESS.
512
00:32:52,904 --> 00:32:54,472
{\an7}\hCrassus: DO YOU KNOW
WHAT DISTURBS ME MOST
513
00:32:54,506 --> 00:32:56,808
{\an7}ABOUT THIS REBEL ARMY?
514
00:32:59,611 --> 00:33:01,413
{\an7}NOT THAT THESE FILTHY SLAVES
515
00:33:01,446 --> 00:33:03,949
{\an7}\h\hRAMPAGE THROUGH
THE ROMAN HEARTLAND.
516
00:33:09,254 --> 00:33:13,925
{\an7}\hBUT THAT MY OWN ARMY
ALLOW THEM TO DO SO...
517
00:33:15,327 --> 00:33:17,596
{\an7}UNCHALLENGED.
518
00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:24,102
{\an7}♪
519
00:33:24,135 --> 00:33:26,971
{\an7}500...
520
00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:29,307
{\an7}GUTLESS COWARDS.
521
00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:32,944
{\an7}DESERVING OF DEATH.
522
00:33:36,648 --> 00:33:38,016
{\an7}\h\hTHE PROBLEM IS
IF I KILL THEM ALL
523
00:33:38,049 --> 00:33:44,889
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI HAVE NO ARMY,
AND THEY HAVE LEARNED NOTHING.
524
00:33:52,297 --> 00:33:56,601
{\an7}\hBettany: THIS WAS THE BRUTAL
ROMAN PRACTICE OF DECIMATION,
525
00:33:56,635 --> 00:34:01,874
{\an7}AN EXTREME DISCIPLINARY MEASURE
IN WHICH ONE IN EVERY TEN MEN,
526
00:34:01,907 --> 00:34:03,942
{\an7}CHOSEN BY LOT,
527
00:34:03,975 --> 00:34:08,580
{\an7}\hWERE BEATEN TO DEATH
BY THEIR OWN COMRADES.
528
00:34:08,613 --> 00:34:12,550
{\an7}\h\h\hCrassus: THIS WAY
THEY ARE ALL...PUNISHED.
529
00:34:14,319 --> 00:34:15,687
{\an7}\h\hBettany: THIS IS
THE GRUESOME ORIGIN
530
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:20,658
{\an7}OF OUR OWN VERB "TO DECIMATE,"
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO TAKE A TENTH.
531
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,862
{\an7}Crassus: AND ONLY 50...
532
00:34:26,131 --> 00:34:27,766
{\an7}DIE.
533
00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:35,206
{\an7}♪
534
00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:36,975
{\an7}[SCREAMING]
535
00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:40,445
{\an7}Bettany: IT WAS A STARK SIGNAL
\hTHAT WITH CRASSUS IN CHARGE,
536
00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:44,716
{\an7}THE REPUBLIC WAS NO LONGER
GOING TO TOLERATE FAILURE.
537
00:34:44,749 --> 00:34:47,518
{\an7}BUT BY GIVING SO MUCH POWER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO ONE MAN,
538
00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:50,922
{\an7}WAS ROME PLAYING WITH FIRE?
539
00:34:50,956 --> 00:34:53,492
{\an7}THE SENATE, RESORTING
TO DESPERATE MEASURES,
540
00:34:53,525 --> 00:34:57,195
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHAD AWARDED COMMAND
TO MARCUS LICINIUS CRASSUS,
541
00:34:57,228 --> 00:35:00,264
{\an7}A MAN WHOSE AMBITION
\h\hWAS ONLY MATCHED
542
00:35:00,298 --> 00:35:03,401
{\an7}BY HIS VAST PERSONAL FORTUNE.
543
00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:11,743
{\an7}\hCRASSUS HAD BEEN AWARDED
SWEEPING EMERGENCY POWERS
544
00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:12,877
{\an7}BY THE SENATE
545
00:35:12,911 --> 00:35:15,814
{\an7}AND PUT AT THE HEAD
OF A HUGE ROMAN ARMY
546
00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:20,352
{\an7}THAT THIS AMBITIOUS BILLIONAIRE
HAD LARGELY PAID FOR BY HIMSELF.
547
00:35:20,385 --> 00:35:22,821
{\an7}NOW, THIS WAS A PROBLEM.
548
00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:25,857
{\an7}THE ROMAN REPUBLIC WAS FULL
\h\hOF CHECKS AND BALANCES,
549
00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:29,527
{\an7}PRECISELY TO PREVENT
POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS
550
00:35:29,561 --> 00:35:33,331
{\an7}TURNING THEMSELVES
\hINTO DICTATORS.
551
00:35:33,365 --> 00:35:36,301
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT THAT DAY
OF SPARTACUS’S BREAKOUT
552
00:35:36,334 --> 00:35:39,304
{\an7}HAD THROWN ROME INTO A PANIC.
553
00:35:39,337 --> 00:35:41,339
{\an7}THIS UNORTHODOX DEAL
\h\h\h\hWITH CRASSUS
554
00:35:41,373 --> 00:35:44,409
{\an7}WAS A MASSIVE GAMBLE,
555
00:35:44,442 --> 00:35:47,545
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND NO ONE KNEW
WHERE IT WAS GOING TO END.
556
00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:52,517
{\an7}♪
557
00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:57,655
{\an7}♪
558
00:35:57,689 --> 00:35:59,024
{\an7}♪
559
00:35:59,057 --> 00:36:02,294
{\an7}THE MIGHTY ROMAN WAR MACHINE
\h\h\h\h\hWAS BACK ON TRACK,
560
00:36:02,327 --> 00:36:05,530
{\an7}AND IN SOUTHERN ITALY SPARTACUS
WAS CORNERED ONCE MORE,
561
00:36:05,563 --> 00:36:08,199
{\an7}THIS TIME BY CRASSUS.
562
00:36:08,233 --> 00:36:19,344
{\an7}♪
563
00:36:19,377 --> 00:36:21,913
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAFTER TWO YEARS
OF REBELLION AND BATTLE,
564
00:36:21,946 --> 00:36:25,516
{\an7}\hSPARTACUS’S ARMY,
ABOUT 30,000 STRONG,
565
00:36:25,550 --> 00:36:29,387
{\an7}SQUARED UP TO CRASSUS’S 40,000
566
00:36:29,421 --> 00:36:32,291
{\an7}IN A FINAL SHOWDOWN WITH ROME.
567
00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:37,262
{\an7}Spartacus: I WOULD NOT CHOOSE
\h\h\h\hTHIS DAY FOR BATTLE...
568
00:36:40,098 --> 00:36:42,534
{\an7}\h\hNOR THIS PLACE
FOR A BATTLEFIELD.
569
00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:47,772
{\an7}THIS IS WHERE FATE HAS LED US.
570
00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:56,080
{\an7}BRING ME MY HORSE.
571
00:36:56,114 --> 00:36:57,782
{\an7}MY HORSE.
572
00:36:57,816 --> 00:37:04,823
{\an7}♪
573
00:37:04,856 --> 00:37:06,725
{\an7}[HORSE NEIGHS]
574
00:37:06,758 --> 00:37:08,860
{\an7}♪
575
00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:12,497
{\an7}\h\hBettany: CRASSUS WAS
A FORMIDABLE ADVERSARY.
576
00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:14,932
{\an7}\hAND SPARTACUS KNEW
THAT HE AND HIS MEN
577
00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:19,571
{\an7}COULD EXPECT NO MERCY
IF THEY WERE DEFEATED.
578
00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:21,272
{\an7}[YELLING]
579
00:37:21,306 --> 00:37:23,542
{\an7}Spartacus: IF WE WIN TODAY...
580
00:37:25,210 --> 00:37:28,947
{\an7}[HORSE WHINNYING]
581
00:37:30,215 --> 00:37:34,820
{\an7}I WILL HAVE MANY HORSES
\h\h\h\hTO CHOOSE FROM.
582
00:37:34,853 --> 00:37:36,021
{\an7}[WHINNYING]
583
00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:40,892
{\an7}[YELLING]
584
00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:42,894
{\an7}[SCREAMING]
585
00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:46,697
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIF WE LOSE,
CRASSUS WINS THE DAY.
586
00:37:46,731 --> 00:37:53,371
{\an7}♪
587
00:37:53,404 --> 00:37:55,606
{\an7}I WILL HAVE NO NEED FOR A HORSE.
588
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,275
{\an7}[WHINNYING]
589
00:37:57,308 --> 00:38:00,878
{\an7}[GRUNTING]
590
00:38:00,912 --> 00:38:04,949
{\an7}♪
591
00:38:04,983 --> 00:38:07,786
{\an7}\h\hBettany: PLUTARCH TELLS US
THAT IN THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE
592
00:38:07,819 --> 00:38:12,924
{\an7}\hSPARTACUS RISKED EVERYTHING
ON ONE MAD, DESPERATE CHARGE,
593
00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:15,593
{\an7}STRAIGHT TOWARDS CRASSUS.
594
00:38:16,728 --> 00:38:22,767
{\an7}[YELLING]
595
00:38:25,737 --> 00:38:34,045
{\an7}♪
596
00:38:34,078 --> 00:38:36,847
{\an7}[WHINNYING]
597
00:38:39,717 --> 00:38:41,219
{\an7}[DRAWS SWORD]
598
00:38:41,753 --> 00:38:43,355
{\an7}[GRUNTS]
599
00:38:45,723 --> 00:38:55,766
{\an7}♪
600
00:38:55,767 --> 00:39:01,640
{\an7}♪
601
00:39:01,673 --> 00:39:04,543
{\an7}Bettany: IN THE AFTERMATH
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE DEFEAT,
602
00:39:04,576 --> 00:39:08,513
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHERE WAS NO
"I AM SPARTACUS" MOMENT.
603
00:39:08,546 --> 00:39:11,149
{\an7}THAT WAS A HOLLYWOOD INVENTION.
604
00:39:11,182 --> 00:39:18,690
{\an7}INSTEAD THERE WAS JUST TYPICAL,
SAVAGE ROMAN RETRIBUTION.
605
00:39:18,723 --> 00:39:22,660
{\an7}THIS IS THE APPIAN WAY,
AND ALL ALONG THIS ROAD,
606
00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:25,964
{\an7}FROM ROME TO CAPUA,
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN,
607
00:39:25,997 --> 00:39:33,104
{\an7}\h\h\hCRASSUS CRUCIFIED 6,000
OF THE SURVIVING SLAVE REBELS.
608
00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:35,840
{\an7}SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
\h\h\h\h\hA CRUCIFIXION
609
00:39:35,874 --> 00:39:41,947
{\an7}\h\hEVERY 30 YARDS OR SO,
FOR OVER A HUNDRED MILES.
610
00:39:41,980 --> 00:39:46,451
{\an7}THE THOUGHT OF THE CRUELTY
\h\hAND THE SUFFERING HERE
611
00:39:46,484 --> 00:39:48,786
{\an7}IS JUST SICKENING.
612
00:39:53,091 --> 00:39:56,227
{\an7}SPARTACUS AND HIS MEN WERE DEAD.
613
00:39:56,261 --> 00:39:59,064
{\an7}SLAVERY LIVED ON.
614
00:39:59,097 --> 00:40:01,800
{\an7}\h\hIT WAS AN ESSENTIAL PART
OF THE ROMAN ECONOMIC SYSTEM
615
00:40:01,833 --> 00:40:03,635
{\an7}FOR A THOUSAND YEARS,
616
00:40:03,668 --> 00:40:08,540
{\an7}IN WHICH TIME AN ESTIMATED
\h\h\h\h100 MILLION PEOPLE
617
00:40:08,573 --> 00:40:12,911
{\an7}WERE SEIZED AND SOLD AS SLAVES.
618
00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:14,612
{\an7}THE DAY OF SPARTACUS’S BREAKOUT
619
00:40:14,646 --> 00:40:17,849
{\an7}MIGHT HAVE INSPIRED
\hCOUNTLESS SLAVES,
620
00:40:17,882 --> 00:40:20,685
{\an7}\h\hBUT IT DID LITTLE
TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM.
621
00:40:25,757 --> 00:40:28,760
{\an7}WHAT I THINK MADE THE SPARTACUS
REVOLT SUCH A CRUCIAL MOMENT
622
00:40:28,793 --> 00:40:34,866
{\an7}\hWASN’T ITS IMPACT ON SLAVERY,
BUT ITS IMPACT ON ROME HERSELF.
623
00:40:34,899 --> 00:40:37,068
{\an7}\h\hFOR TWO YEARS,
THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
624
00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:41,772
{\an7}HAD BEEN INTIMIDATED BY AN ARMY
OF SLAVES AND OUTSIDERS,
625
00:40:41,806 --> 00:40:46,711
{\an7}FOR THEM A HORRIFYING INVERSION
OF THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS.
626
00:40:46,744 --> 00:40:52,250
{\an7}\h\h\hSPARTACUS HAD BECOME
A BOGEYMAN, A DEMONIC NAME
627
00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:56,921
{\an7}\h\h\h\hUSED TO FRIGHTEN
ROMAN CHILDREN AT NIGHT.
628
00:40:56,955 --> 00:40:59,724
{\an7}ROME’S RESPONSE HAD BEEN
TO HAND EMERGENCY POWERS
629
00:40:59,757 --> 00:41:02,560
{\an7}TO ONE AMBITIOUS INDIVIDUAL,
630
00:41:02,593 --> 00:41:06,497
{\an7}\h\h\h\hA DANGEROUS PRECEDENT
THAT CAME BACK TO HAUNT THEM.
631
00:41:08,566 --> 00:41:11,669
{\an7}IN TIME, THE LAST TRACES
\hOF ROMAN PEOPLE POWER
632
00:41:11,703 --> 00:41:16,007
{\an7}WOULD BE SWEPT AWAY TO BE
REPLACED BY A SINGLE MAN,
633
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,943
{\an7}AN ALL-POWERFUL EMPEROR.
634
00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:22,614
{\an7}SPARTACUS’S BID FOR FREEDOM
\hHAD SET THE CLOCK TICKING
635
00:41:22,647 --> 00:41:25,783
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE DEATH
OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC ITSELF.
636
00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:38,096
{\an7}♪
637
00:41:38,129 --> 00:41:39,430
{\an7}NEXT TIME...
638
00:41:39,464 --> 00:41:42,133
{\an7}Crassus: POMPEY AND I
\h\hHAD AN AGREEMENT!
639
00:41:42,166 --> 00:41:45,102
{\an7}Bettany: THE DAY THAT ROME
WAS PLUNGED INTO CIVIL WAR
640
00:41:45,136 --> 00:41:48,806
{\an7}AS CRASSUS WAS ECLIPSED
\h\h\h\hBY A NEW PLAYER,
641
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,742
{\an7}GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR.
642
00:41:50,775 --> 00:41:52,844
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hJulius Caesar:
ONCE WE CROSS THIS RIVER,
643
00:41:52,877 --> 00:41:55,480
{\an7}THERE WILL BE NOTHING
\h\h\h\hBUT VIOLENCE.
644
00:41:56,214 --> 00:42:00,085
{\an7}♪
645
00:42:00,118 --> 00:42:09,494
{\an7}♪
646
00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:18,536
{\an7}♪
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