1 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:13,347 The House of Ashur would carve its own path 2 00:00:13,514 --> 00:00:16,225 and fuck into oblivion all who stands in its way. 3 00:00:17,685 --> 00:00:19,603 You have not earned position in this fuckin' house. 4 00:00:19,729 --> 00:00:21,147 They will never welcome a woman 5 00:00:21,272 --> 00:00:22,106 as one of their own. 6 00:00:22,273 --> 00:00:23,649 She's not absent skill. 7 00:00:23,816 --> 00:00:26,193 And when were you last upon the sands, old man? 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,989 Gabinius? He hosts the game of the Ludi Apollinares. 9 00:00:30,156 --> 00:00:33,325 I see a man possessed of serpent-tongued wife. 10 00:00:33,451 --> 00:00:35,202 Perhaps the House of Opiter 11 00:00:35,327 --> 00:00:37,955 shall present surprising challenge. 12 00:00:38,122 --> 00:00:40,332 You worry over him beyond reason. 13 00:00:40,499 --> 00:00:41,667 Yet who worries over you? 14 00:00:41,792 --> 00:00:44,378 Apedemak. God of war and conquest. 15 00:00:44,545 --> 00:00:45,713 Then why work his image? 16 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,465 As a reminder what was lost. 17 00:00:47,631 --> 00:00:48,632 She took the life of a brother, 18 00:00:48,758 --> 00:00:50,301 yet you let her live. 19 00:00:50,426 --> 00:00:51,510 She drew blood. 20 00:00:51,677 --> 00:00:53,763 And any man who lays undesired hand upon her 21 00:00:53,929 --> 00:00:57,308 shall feel my own at fucking throat. 22 00:01:08,235 --> 00:01:10,446 You risked life of valued acquisition 23 00:01:10,613 --> 00:01:13,657 by pressing grievance with fucking steel?! 24 00:01:13,824 --> 00:01:15,451 And what of the life of Creticus? 25 00:01:15,618 --> 00:01:16,911 Was it not a thing of equal worth? 26 00:01:17,077 --> 00:01:18,329 No one would produce coin 27 00:01:18,454 --> 00:01:20,539 to see shit walking upright upon the sands of the arena. 28 00:01:20,706 --> 00:01:22,416 We do not overflow with men of skill 29 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:24,877 that the passing of one should be met with indifference. 30 00:01:25,044 --> 00:01:27,379 Does voice sound fuckin' indifferent? 31 00:01:27,505 --> 00:01:30,466 The man stood but crudely formed brick! 32 00:01:30,925 --> 00:01:33,385 Achillia stands as fucking foundation. 33 00:01:33,969 --> 00:01:35,971 Her entrance to the games of the Ludi Apollinares 34 00:01:36,138 --> 00:01:37,598 will secure the ascent of this house 35 00:01:37,765 --> 00:01:39,683 that you're always moaning on about! 36 00:01:39,809 --> 00:01:41,852 You have swayed Gabinius to our cause? 37 00:01:44,396 --> 00:01:46,565 Prize was within grasp when we broke meal, 38 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:49,819 until unfortunate turn of humors. 39 00:01:50,653 --> 00:01:52,655 Your words have been known to carry such effect. 40 00:01:52,822 --> 00:01:55,199 He pressed for honesty, you towering fuck, 41 00:01:55,366 --> 00:01:56,700 and, when presented with such, 42 00:01:56,826 --> 00:01:59,787 took offence and commanded me to fall from fuckin' sight. 43 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:02,373 So... we remain beggars, 44 00:02:02,665 --> 00:02:04,625 knees upon ground, mouth open 45 00:02:04,792 --> 00:02:07,211 to pleasure any cock that rises to favor. 46 00:02:07,378 --> 00:02:09,046 You need concern yourself with the duties 47 00:02:09,213 --> 00:02:11,257 I paid you for in coin, 48 00:02:11,382 --> 00:02:12,591 most pressing of which 49 00:02:12,716 --> 00:02:15,553 seeing Achillia ready to face the Brothers Ferox, 50 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:18,931 not taking actions absent authority. 51 00:02:19,098 --> 00:02:22,476 I gauged the woman to be wild and untamed, 52 00:02:22,601 --> 00:02:23,978 yet you did not heed warning. 53 00:02:24,103 --> 00:02:25,437 I stand fucking Dominus. 54 00:02:25,563 --> 00:02:27,064 And I fucking Doctore. 55 00:02:27,231 --> 00:02:29,525 Upon the sands, my word is law. 56 00:02:30,192 --> 00:02:32,319 You would place yourself above me? 57 00:02:32,945 --> 00:02:36,031 I place my experience in such matters beyond any man. 58 00:02:36,198 --> 00:02:37,867 Then why does Achillia yet draw breath 59 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:41,495 if you find her such an affront to delicate sensibilities? 60 00:02:41,829 --> 00:02:43,372 Because she proved herself worthy, 61 00:02:43,747 --> 00:02:45,499 at least of further consideration. 62 00:02:45,666 --> 00:02:46,876 Ah... 63 00:02:48,794 --> 00:02:51,463 You speak of worth and the proving of it. 64 00:02:52,381 --> 00:02:55,134 I will set you upon task to mirror the same. 65 00:02:55,259 --> 00:02:58,554 Hm. And what vaunted purpose moves my hand? 66 00:02:58,721 --> 00:03:00,598 Whatever fucking purpose I require 67 00:03:00,764 --> 00:03:03,767 towards satisfaction of loyalty. 68 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,209 We stand dishonored, 69 00:03:29,710 --> 00:03:32,421 lacking Dominus with fucking cock to reclaim lost glory 70 00:03:32,588 --> 00:03:34,590 from the days of Gannicus and Crixus. 71 00:03:34,757 --> 00:03:36,508 True fuckin' champions. 72 00:03:36,675 --> 00:03:39,011 Far eclipsing the shit Syrian! 73 00:03:39,178 --> 00:03:41,055 Break words more wisely... 74 00:03:42,264 --> 00:03:45,017 or see own questionable manhood parted from body 75 00:03:45,184 --> 00:03:47,645 in unfortunate manner of Creticus. 76 00:03:47,811 --> 00:03:50,439 His pet Nubian claims life of a brother 77 00:03:50,606 --> 00:03:54,777 absent consequence, a jest to all who greeted him as friend. 78 00:03:54,944 --> 00:03:56,278 A thing uncontested, 79 00:03:56,445 --> 00:03:59,406 yet I bow to the will of our Dominus, 80 00:03:59,573 --> 00:04:01,659 as all of us must. 81 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:04,954 For now. 82 00:04:06,038 --> 00:04:07,081 Hmm. 83 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:16,548 Erato's words hold truth. 84 00:04:16,715 --> 00:04:18,717 They could hold the world and still prove 85 00:04:18,884 --> 00:04:20,010 of little use. 86 00:04:20,678 --> 00:04:21,470 Does the honor of the house 87 00:04:21,637 --> 00:04:23,639 not stand above all else? 88 00:04:25,808 --> 00:04:26,684 It should. 89 00:04:26,850 --> 00:04:27,810 Then our fucking Dominus has tainted it 90 00:04:27,977 --> 00:04:30,646 by positioning woman towards the arena. 91 00:04:30,771 --> 00:04:33,148 Attend! 92 00:04:36,819 --> 00:04:38,737 I am set to task beyond these walls. 93 00:04:38,904 --> 00:04:42,866 In my absence, Celadus shall stand Doctore until my return. 94 00:04:49,873 --> 00:04:50,916 Gratitude. 95 00:04:52,835 --> 00:04:54,294 It is a heavy honor. 96 00:04:55,254 --> 00:04:59,008 The honor is mine to have old friend assume my place. 97 00:05:04,346 --> 00:05:05,681 See the men to purpose. 98 00:05:14,773 --> 00:05:16,066 Resume training. 99 00:05:17,234 --> 00:05:19,403 Tarchon, Erato, take position 100 00:05:19,570 --> 00:05:21,780 - and fall- - Brace! 101 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,913 Youthful fury pales against the master of fucking sword. 102 00:05:31,957 --> 00:05:33,542 Aargh! 103 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:37,546 Inform me when such a master presents himself... 104 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:40,674 and I will serve same meal that fills fucking mouth. 105 00:05:40,841 --> 00:05:41,967 Tarchon! 106 00:05:42,092 --> 00:05:44,053 Had you faced an opponent of the slightest worth, 107 00:05:44,219 --> 00:05:47,181 wild attack would have seen you upon the ground of the arena 108 00:05:47,347 --> 00:05:50,684 with addled brain spilled from fucking head. 109 00:05:51,769 --> 00:05:53,270 Retake position 110 00:05:54,188 --> 00:05:56,607 and fall to proper form. 111 00:06:00,944 --> 00:06:02,362 Doctore. 112 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:17,628 She fights as one yet burdened by chains. 113 00:06:18,545 --> 00:06:22,716 Perhaps she is shackled by thing of more crushing weight. 114 00:06:26,804 --> 00:06:28,722 Expand upon thought. 115 00:06:33,060 --> 00:06:35,354 I noted a shadow within eye, 116 00:06:35,687 --> 00:06:36,772 as of lingering specter. 117 00:06:36,939 --> 00:06:38,482 When did you find yourself so close to her 118 00:06:38,649 --> 00:06:39,525 to observe this? 119 00:06:40,275 --> 00:06:42,361 I had occasion to break words when you ventured upon Appian-- 120 00:06:42,528 --> 00:06:45,280 You summoned her into the villa absent my presence? 121 00:06:45,823 --> 00:06:47,449 No, Dominus. I went to the Nubian's cell, 122 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:48,450 accompanied by guards-- 123 00:06:48,617 --> 00:06:51,328 You are forbidden in the ludus. 124 00:06:51,453 --> 00:06:55,624 It is unsafe for one so soft, even with presence of escort. 125 00:06:55,749 --> 00:06:59,253 I am no mouse, nor shall cower as such. 126 00:07:05,926 --> 00:07:07,594 Apologies, Dominus. 127 00:07:18,814 --> 00:07:21,900 And did you divine the cause of this shadow 128 00:07:22,067 --> 00:07:23,485 you fucking noted? 129 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:30,409 - No. - No. 130 00:07:31,201 --> 00:07:32,786 Yet... 131 00:07:32,911 --> 00:07:34,121 mood grew ever more somber 132 00:07:34,246 --> 00:07:37,207 when eye fell upon scars marking the back of her hand. 133 00:07:38,083 --> 00:07:39,793 Whatever weights soul may be tethered 134 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:41,378 to how she came by them. 135 00:07:53,515 --> 00:07:54,683 Hold. 136 00:08:07,029 --> 00:08:09,114 Return to your labors... 137 00:08:14,328 --> 00:08:15,996 as we fall to our own. 138 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:19,791 I am to train with you? 139 00:08:20,250 --> 00:08:22,336 I am to gauge first hand your progress. 140 00:08:23,003 --> 00:08:24,254 Yes, Dominus. 141 00:08:24,421 --> 00:08:27,174 Is this the style favored when you drew blood from Doctore? 142 00:08:27,341 --> 00:08:28,133 That of murmillo? 143 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:29,259 No, Dominus. 144 00:08:29,426 --> 00:08:32,221 Sword and torch, absent weight of fucking shield. 145 00:08:32,387 --> 00:08:34,723 Akin to that of dimachaerus. 146 00:08:35,182 --> 00:08:38,060 A style favored by Spartacus himself. 147 00:08:39,937 --> 00:08:41,230 Sword. 148 00:08:45,317 --> 00:08:48,195 Let us divine if you stand his equal in promise. 149 00:08:57,079 --> 00:08:59,498 Am I to be punished if I draw blood? 150 00:09:01,750 --> 00:09:05,295 Such a feat will be met with reward. 151 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:11,426 Begin. 152 00:09:28,944 --> 00:09:32,489 Offerings to offend eye, and all... 153 00:09:32,656 --> 00:09:33,991 related senses. 154 00:09:34,157 --> 00:09:36,326 Fault lies with Cilician cutthroats 155 00:09:36,493 --> 00:09:39,079 preying upon ships bearing goods of more earnest quality. 156 00:09:39,246 --> 00:09:41,581 - Words well spoken. - An enduring bane 157 00:09:41,707 --> 00:09:43,792 which must be handled with greatest urgency 158 00:09:43,959 --> 00:09:45,294 by those imbued with the power to act. 159 00:09:45,460 --> 00:09:47,296 I can assure you, my husband is maneuvering 160 00:09:47,462 --> 00:09:48,588 toward such an end. 161 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:50,882 I shall pray to the gods the attempt is not mired 162 00:09:51,049 --> 00:09:54,594 in pompous rhetoric, as often turns within the Senate. 163 00:09:57,931 --> 00:10:01,310 An encumbrance thankfully not suffered by your husband, 164 00:10:01,476 --> 00:10:05,939 who remains well-satisfied in the unrivalled monotony 165 00:10:06,106 --> 00:10:07,607 of tax collection. 166 00:10:10,027 --> 00:10:11,111 Horatia! 167 00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:15,449 Clouds form upon horizon. 168 00:10:16,408 --> 00:10:19,619 What unexpected joy to fall upon you. 169 00:10:19,786 --> 00:10:21,371 Mwah. Mwah. 170 00:10:21,496 --> 00:10:22,497 Had I known- 171 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:24,624 mwah, mwah- you were venturing about, 172 00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:27,836 I would have gladly set aside more urgent concerns... 173 00:10:29,004 --> 00:10:30,547 ...and joined you. 174 00:10:30,714 --> 00:10:32,382 A decision conjured upon the moment. 175 00:10:32,549 --> 00:10:34,843 A thing too slight to mention. 176 00:10:36,094 --> 00:10:40,015 Horatia, I must implore you to break words with Uvidus 177 00:10:40,182 --> 00:10:42,768 to open new grain routes. 178 00:10:43,602 --> 00:10:46,021 We were not so burdened by scarcity under watchful eye 179 00:10:46,188 --> 00:10:48,065 of previous aedile, 180 00:10:48,231 --> 00:10:50,776 a man much deserving of honored position. 181 00:10:50,942 --> 00:10:53,695 My husband sits in esteemed counsel this very moment, 182 00:10:53,862 --> 00:10:56,948 attempting to bring relief to the good citizens of Capua. 183 00:10:57,824 --> 00:11:00,494 My husband was not informed of stated gathering. 184 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:03,121 Such meetings are confined to men of note. 185 00:11:04,790 --> 00:11:08,627 Gratitude for clarifying such matters of import. 186 00:11:09,544 --> 00:11:12,964 And I would be remiss if I did not inquire 187 00:11:13,090 --> 00:11:15,884 after the welfare of beloved daughter. 188 00:11:16,385 --> 00:11:20,639 Has she yet left villa since her husband's untimely demise 189 00:11:20,806 --> 00:11:23,892 at the hands of Spartacus and his rebel horde? 190 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,437 Viridia shows no inclination to end mourning. 191 00:11:27,896 --> 00:11:30,607 I stand deeply concerned for her well-being. 192 00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:32,484 Of course. 193 00:11:33,402 --> 00:11:38,115 I but hope to see grief balmed by that of new-sprung love. 194 00:11:39,533 --> 00:11:40,992 As would we all. 195 00:11:42,119 --> 00:11:45,247 My youngest son, Manilius, 196 00:11:45,414 --> 00:11:49,543 has come of age and seeks wife of proper breeding. Perhaps-- 197 00:11:49,709 --> 00:11:51,628 A name worthy of consideration. 198 00:11:53,004 --> 00:11:57,843 Yet I crave more equitable pairing for deserving child. 199 00:12:00,595 --> 00:12:01,972 The wife of noble Gabinius 200 00:12:02,139 --> 00:12:06,101 knows best in all regards. 201 00:12:07,269 --> 00:12:11,314 Please convey thoughts of better days to your poor daughter. 202 00:12:14,609 --> 00:12:17,154 It is a wonder, is it not, to behold a sow 203 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,448 bedecked in silk and jewels? 204 00:12:20,407 --> 00:12:21,908 Shit! Fuck! 205 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:25,704 The gods curse me! Lend hand if you are able! 206 00:12:32,627 --> 00:12:34,838 You stand the Syrian's man, do you not? 207 00:12:36,965 --> 00:12:37,674 A thing well-known. 208 00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:39,342 Yes, well-known indeed. 209 00:12:39,968 --> 00:12:43,221 - Horatia, the aedile's wife. - Modesta, wife of... 210 00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:45,891 who does it fucking matter? 211 00:12:46,057 --> 00:12:48,018 I trust you were not too grievously wounded 212 00:12:48,185 --> 00:12:51,480 by the loss of your man to the Brothers Ferox. 213 00:12:51,646 --> 00:12:52,647 Scarcely thought upon. 214 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:54,858 Yes, I suppose you must have grown 215 00:12:55,025 --> 00:12:56,401 accustomed with failure, 216 00:12:56,526 --> 00:12:59,446 given the quality of your offerings. 217 00:13:00,655 --> 00:13:03,283 Apologies, but I'm pressed upon urgent business. 218 00:13:05,494 --> 00:13:06,912 For your Dominus? 219 00:13:08,997 --> 00:13:11,625 You mistake me. I am a free man. 220 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:14,085 Oh, apologies for the error. 221 00:13:14,252 --> 00:13:18,215 It is a truth presenting challenge to recall. 222 00:13:19,090 --> 00:13:22,802 May your day be blessed as richly deserved. 223 00:13:27,015 --> 00:13:30,101 Years have advanced, yet he is still of a form. 224 00:13:30,268 --> 00:13:32,354 I have heard tales of his sword 225 00:13:32,521 --> 00:13:34,898 impaling the most brutish of opponents 226 00:13:35,065 --> 00:13:36,900 in advance of winning freedom. 227 00:13:37,067 --> 00:13:38,443 Mm. Would that his own weapon 228 00:13:38,610 --> 00:13:41,655 be put to more intimate use. 229 00:13:42,197 --> 00:13:43,365 You lower yourselves, 230 00:13:43,532 --> 00:13:46,743 and towards one who favors cock to moister offerings. 231 00:13:47,702 --> 00:13:52,165 Let us to midday meal, and the hope of more elevated discourse. 232 00:14:25,115 --> 00:14:27,117 Do eyes fucking deceive? 233 00:14:27,284 --> 00:14:29,744 The gods grant favor to cross our paths, brother. 234 00:14:29,911 --> 00:14:34,332 Fides. You wander far astray from your man Proculus. 235 00:14:34,916 --> 00:14:36,084 The fucking cunt parts with coin 236 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:38,128 as readily as he would arm or cock. 237 00:14:38,628 --> 00:14:40,255 I lay wager in the pits to repay debt owed 238 00:14:40,422 --> 00:14:43,133 to shriveled noble absent reason or mercy. 239 00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:45,051 The old fuck would see me to the mines 240 00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:46,511 if the ledger is not balanced. 241 00:14:46,678 --> 00:14:47,679 I shall leave you to it, then. 242 00:14:47,846 --> 00:14:50,849 Place from fucking mind, brother. 243 00:14:50,974 --> 00:14:53,184 What moves you to fall from such lofty perch? 244 00:14:53,351 --> 00:14:55,103 You never cared for this fucking place, 245 00:14:55,270 --> 00:14:56,813 nor those that haunt its walls. 246 00:14:56,980 --> 00:14:59,608 Years have not dimmed aversion, yet I am set to task 247 00:14:59,733 --> 00:15:01,943 upon vital errand in service of my employer. 248 00:15:02,110 --> 00:15:03,903 For the fucking Syrian? 249 00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:09,492 Whatever he asks of his better, 250 00:15:09,618 --> 00:15:11,119 Fides will aid in effort. 251 00:15:11,244 --> 00:15:12,746 Gratitude. Yet it is a private matter 252 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:14,080 ventured upon discretion. 253 00:15:14,205 --> 00:15:15,624 Your lips were ever sealed, 254 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:18,001 and even now more so you stand as Doctore 255 00:15:18,126 --> 00:15:20,211 in a house blessed by Crassus himself, 256 00:15:20,337 --> 00:15:24,007 while poor Fides toils for scraps from fucking Proculus. 257 00:15:24,174 --> 00:15:25,759 Bridle overreaching desire 258 00:15:25,884 --> 00:15:26,885 and see prospects brighten. 259 00:15:27,052 --> 00:15:29,387 May the gods grant such discipline. 260 00:15:29,554 --> 00:15:32,015 Come, let us share a drink and relive days past 261 00:15:32,140 --> 00:15:33,475 when we stood yet at shoulders. 262 00:15:33,642 --> 00:15:37,854 A dire warning to every shit who dared break unflattering word. 263 00:15:38,396 --> 00:15:40,982 I would welcome such fond memories, and uh, 264 00:15:41,524 --> 00:15:45,195 petition kindness to help ease present burden. 265 00:15:45,612 --> 00:15:48,323 You stand so defiled by misdeeds 266 00:15:48,490 --> 00:15:50,200 you beg absent honor? 267 00:15:50,367 --> 00:15:52,952 Ram cock up the arse of honor. 268 00:15:53,119 --> 00:15:55,372 I need coin, mm, 269 00:15:55,830 --> 00:15:58,541 and you stand well-positioned to provide such. 270 00:15:59,334 --> 00:16:02,212 Misfortune can forge iron in those who bear its heat. 271 00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:06,341 I would not obstruct such vital lesson for one with keen need 272 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:09,511 to set foot towards more auspicious path. 273 00:16:10,679 --> 00:16:14,182 Perhaps the Syrian or withered noble 274 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:16,017 might prove more generous 275 00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:19,479 in return for tales of your past misdeeds. 276 00:16:20,772 --> 00:16:21,856 Be well... 277 00:16:22,232 --> 00:16:23,817 and place me far from fucking thought. 278 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:26,861 Our business is not-- 279 00:16:27,028 --> 00:16:29,948 Avert fuckin' eyes next they light upon me. 280 00:16:41,459 --> 00:16:42,877 Fire burns bright, 281 00:16:44,045 --> 00:16:46,423 as it did in the eyes of the mad Thracian. 282 00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:52,137 He too made attempt upon life of his Dominus. 283 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:16,161 Yet his venture proved more successful. 284 00:17:16,786 --> 00:17:18,329 Why do you fail? 285 00:17:19,330 --> 00:17:21,416 Your skill with sword exceeds my own. 286 00:17:21,583 --> 00:17:22,792 By considerable fuckin' margin, 287 00:17:22,959 --> 00:17:26,880 yet insignificant towards question. Why... 288 00:17:28,006 --> 00:17:29,549 do you fail? 289 00:17:43,646 --> 00:17:45,940 Perhaps wooden man will offer greater opportunity 290 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:47,358 for reflection. 291 00:17:47,525 --> 00:17:50,111 Work the palus, and turn thoughts inwards 292 00:17:50,278 --> 00:17:53,823 towards more enlightened response. 293 00:18:21,309 --> 00:18:23,311 Shit struggles against piss. 294 00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:26,981 Make offer towards winner. 295 00:18:28,066 --> 00:18:30,276 No more than three denarii. 296 00:18:35,657 --> 00:18:38,076 Day unexpectedly brightens. 297 00:18:41,287 --> 00:18:43,164 You stand absent wine. 298 00:18:44,332 --> 00:18:47,085 Allow unworthy hands to see offense corrected. 299 00:18:47,460 --> 00:18:48,419 I am for business, 300 00:18:48,545 --> 00:18:50,505 and the swift fucking concluding of it. 301 00:18:51,089 --> 00:18:53,258 We stand the same in that regard. 302 00:18:53,716 --> 00:18:55,927 Recent losses have depleted stable, 303 00:18:56,094 --> 00:18:59,055 forcing me to restock offerings towards arena. 304 00:18:59,222 --> 00:19:00,515 These men would see your ludus 305 00:19:00,682 --> 00:19:02,267 a greater disadvantage. 306 00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:03,893 Was not the mighty Oenomaus 307 00:19:04,018 --> 00:19:05,979 birthed from such darkness? 308 00:19:06,521 --> 00:19:09,607 Was not the Bringer of Rain condemned to hardened purpose 309 00:19:09,774 --> 00:19:10,859 within these very bowels? 310 00:19:11,025 --> 00:19:13,611 Singular fucking men, their reflection unlikely 311 00:19:13,778 --> 00:19:16,030 to be glimpsed among the chattel displayed. 312 00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:25,206 What business compels visit to Stygian depths 313 00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:26,207 if they so offend? 314 00:19:26,374 --> 00:19:28,209 I would break words with Anubis, 315 00:19:28,543 --> 00:19:30,420 former overseer of the pits. 316 00:19:30,587 --> 00:19:33,256 Anubis? Towards what purpose? 317 00:19:33,423 --> 00:19:35,758 Rumor holds that he has a bounty of grain 318 00:19:35,925 --> 00:19:38,428 much in need by the house of my employer. 319 00:19:38,553 --> 00:19:41,431 I fear you have been led astray by errant tongue. 320 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:43,892 I had dealings with Anubis only this morning 321 00:19:44,058 --> 00:19:47,103 and can assure that grain not among his current holdings. 322 00:19:47,270 --> 00:19:49,647 Well, then I am sent upon a fool's errand. 323 00:19:49,814 --> 00:19:50,982 Only foolish, 324 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:53,735 if you return to the Syrian empty-handed. 325 00:19:54,402 --> 00:19:57,572 A true friend would see them filled to overflowing. 326 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:00,074 You hold grain? 327 00:20:00,241 --> 00:20:01,784 - To excess. - At what cost? 328 00:20:01,951 --> 00:20:04,037 Only honored presence, 329 00:20:04,621 --> 00:20:07,290 honeyed by wine and engaging discourse, 330 00:20:07,749 --> 00:20:10,752 far from the noxious scent of unwashed patrons. 331 00:20:12,337 --> 00:20:13,630 Then I am your man. 332 00:20:14,172 --> 00:20:17,133 As I stand yours upon the moment. 333 00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:35,151 Ah... 334 00:20:36,277 --> 00:20:37,153 Thoughts wander afield, 335 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,489 and loving daughter steals advantage. 336 00:20:39,656 --> 00:20:41,866 Hand moves as it was taught upon loving knee. 337 00:20:42,033 --> 00:20:43,785 I give invitation 338 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:44,953 for you to join me in the city 339 00:20:45,078 --> 00:20:47,497 to find you playing games with your father. 340 00:20:47,914 --> 00:20:52,043 She prefers training of mind to clucking of hens. 341 00:20:54,253 --> 00:20:56,464 More years are yet required to best you. 342 00:20:56,798 --> 00:20:57,799 I concede contest. 343 00:20:57,966 --> 00:21:00,134 You but humor an old man to believe himself 344 00:21:00,301 --> 00:21:01,552 master of strategy. 345 00:21:02,220 --> 00:21:03,596 A thing received with much gratitude. 346 00:21:03,721 --> 00:21:05,390 I but bow to elevated skill. 347 00:21:05,556 --> 00:21:06,975 It is far too early in the day 348 00:21:07,141 --> 00:21:09,644 to yet be dressed for its end, Viridia. 349 00:21:09,811 --> 00:21:11,437 Fall to baths and proper attire 350 00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:13,982 befitting daughter of noble senator. 351 00:21:18,861 --> 00:21:20,530 He's forever held in highest regard. 352 00:21:20,697 --> 00:21:23,950 Aw. As he eternally holds beloved daughter. 353 00:21:31,124 --> 00:21:33,501 You coddle her in obstruction of needed return 354 00:21:33,668 --> 00:21:34,794 to the world of men. 355 00:21:34,961 --> 00:21:37,755 She recovers herself from loss of cherished husband 356 00:21:37,922 --> 00:21:39,090 at measured gait. 357 00:21:39,257 --> 00:21:41,634 Sharp words to spur action will but harden resistance. 358 00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:44,095 Then aid me in seeing it soften. 359 00:21:44,512 --> 00:21:47,348 Reality of unmarried daughter elicits whispers. 360 00:21:47,515 --> 00:21:49,726 I would not have name sullied by wagging tongues. 361 00:21:49,892 --> 00:21:52,186 Such as the ones you wasted hours with 362 00:21:52,353 --> 00:21:53,646 this very day? 363 00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:56,649 I did not deem you concerned by the clucking of fucking hens. 364 00:21:57,483 --> 00:22:00,403 Let ill temper fall to faded memory 365 00:22:00,862 --> 00:22:02,530 and common ground regained. 366 00:22:09,037 --> 00:22:12,498 Much desired, as is the breaking of words 367 00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:16,002 towards the impending games you so generously host. 368 00:22:16,127 --> 00:22:17,003 What of them? 369 00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:18,546 They present much needed opportunity 370 00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:22,091 to reintroduce Viridia after long absence in public eye. 371 00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:24,677 You well know her feelings towards the games 372 00:22:24,802 --> 00:22:26,429 and the gladiators who play them. 373 00:22:26,596 --> 00:22:28,181 Feelings can be molded, 374 00:22:28,931 --> 00:22:31,059 especially if reformed... 375 00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:32,894 by loving hands. 376 00:22:34,103 --> 00:22:37,065 Oh. Countenance did noticeably brighten 377 00:22:37,231 --> 00:22:39,567 when bestowing gratitude upon the Syrian 378 00:22:40,068 --> 00:22:42,070 in aiding the downfall of the rebel Spartacus. 379 00:22:42,195 --> 00:22:43,196 Fucking Syrian. 380 00:22:43,321 --> 00:22:47,200 He stands serpent, grinning with human teeth. 381 00:22:47,617 --> 00:22:49,243 He is a creature not to be trusted. 382 00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:52,497 Trust is as water transforming to vapor or ice 383 00:22:52,622 --> 00:22:53,790 upon varying conditions. 384 00:22:53,956 --> 00:22:55,041 You speak in knotted riddles. 385 00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:56,542 Then let us untangle mystery. 386 00:22:56,709 --> 00:22:59,170 Why do you think I invited him to break meal? 387 00:22:59,295 --> 00:23:00,755 Your machinations elude. 388 00:23:00,922 --> 00:23:03,007 To gauge the man towards usefulness 389 00:23:03,174 --> 00:23:05,093 in rising conflict between Pompey 390 00:23:05,259 --> 00:23:07,095 and the Syrian's patron, Crassus. 391 00:23:07,261 --> 00:23:08,805 And how is such worth measured? 392 00:23:09,555 --> 00:23:11,974 By revealing desire towards presenting motion 393 00:23:12,141 --> 00:23:13,101 in the Senate, 394 00:23:13,935 --> 00:23:16,813 to see Pompey unmoored from the gates of Rome, 395 00:23:16,979 --> 00:23:18,064 in pursuit of the Cilician shits 396 00:23:18,231 --> 00:23:19,857 plaguing the waters of the Republic. 397 00:23:20,024 --> 00:23:23,361 You take the fucking Syrian into confidence? 398 00:23:24,445 --> 00:23:27,740 A false one, unbeknownst to the man himself. 399 00:23:27,865 --> 00:23:28,866 You test him. 400 00:23:28,991 --> 00:23:30,785 If knowledge imparted finds way to Crassus, 401 00:23:30,952 --> 00:23:33,704 then we shall know the Syrian's loyalty holds firm. 402 00:23:34,122 --> 00:23:35,414 And if the cur holds tongue? 403 00:23:35,581 --> 00:23:39,585 Then he may be of use to more... agreeable master, 404 00:23:40,044 --> 00:23:42,255 and perhaps maneuvered to aid in brokering peace 405 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:44,674 between Pompey and Crassus, averting civil war. 406 00:23:44,841 --> 00:23:46,843 Truly believe that the Syrian holds sway 407 00:23:47,009 --> 00:23:49,011 over the will of Marcus fucking Crassus? 408 00:23:49,137 --> 00:23:50,388 Even a crude lever 409 00:23:50,555 --> 00:23:53,307 can displace the largest of stones when put to proper use. 410 00:23:53,474 --> 00:23:54,725 The only use for such a man 411 00:23:54,892 --> 00:23:56,561 is to see worms to ravenous meal. 412 00:23:56,727 --> 00:23:59,147 Does he not stand Dominus of his own ludus 413 00:23:59,313 --> 00:24:00,314 once claimed by Batiatus? 414 00:24:00,481 --> 00:24:02,525 Favor granted by Crassus himself. 415 00:24:02,692 --> 00:24:04,026 His fucking house is buttressed 416 00:24:04,193 --> 00:24:05,987 upon back of his Doctore Korris. 417 00:24:06,154 --> 00:24:09,490 Absent him, the Syrian would fall to deserved ruin. 418 00:24:09,657 --> 00:24:11,659 True. As many before, 419 00:24:11,826 --> 00:24:13,953 the Syrian stands upon shoulders of his betters. 420 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:17,123 And seeks to gain further purchase beyond reason. 421 00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:20,376 As all of base position dream. 422 00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:23,337 Why do you think they come to those of us higher born, 423 00:24:23,504 --> 00:24:25,381 seeking the borrowing of coin? 424 00:24:25,548 --> 00:24:27,049 The loaning of it a loathsome thing, 425 00:24:27,216 --> 00:24:28,593 and your brother never should have moved you 426 00:24:28,718 --> 00:24:30,011 toward such base venture. 427 00:24:30,178 --> 00:24:32,680 Let us not gather Servius into argument, 428 00:24:32,847 --> 00:24:36,851 nor turn from fact that interest paid on 'base venture' 429 00:24:37,018 --> 00:24:39,312 offsets costs of fineries 430 00:24:39,979 --> 00:24:41,564 you so enjoy. 431 00:24:42,607 --> 00:24:44,317 We stray from point. 432 00:24:47,862 --> 00:24:50,198 I hold suspicion you shall navigate us back round to it. 433 00:24:50,364 --> 00:24:52,742 Do you not glean desire simmering in the eyes 434 00:24:52,909 --> 00:24:55,036 of the Syrian when lighted upon our daughter? 435 00:24:55,203 --> 00:24:58,289 Is it a wonder? She is of a form, 436 00:24:59,123 --> 00:25:00,333 as her mother so stands. 437 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:02,501 You flatter when you should be rising towards anger. 438 00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:06,589 And you anger when you should descend towards quietude. 439 00:25:07,048 --> 00:25:08,758 Now, attend to Viridia, 440 00:25:08,883 --> 00:25:11,510 and place thoughts of the Syrian from mind. 441 00:25:12,220 --> 00:25:13,846 Words difficult to embrace. He-- 442 00:25:13,971 --> 00:25:16,015 I will hear no more of it! 443 00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:20,770 If he proves of no value, 444 00:25:21,312 --> 00:25:23,522 he shall surely manufacture his own demise. 445 00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:26,943 Draw comfort from such, and let that be an end of it. 446 00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:42,041 - Leave it! - Yes, Dominus. 447 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,212 Assessment holds true. Achillia yet proves unable 448 00:25:46,379 --> 00:25:48,464 to shatter chains tethering ascension, 449 00:25:48,965 --> 00:25:51,717 and with it, the rise of this fucking house! 450 00:25:53,261 --> 00:25:54,804 The Nubian sours mood, 451 00:25:54,971 --> 00:25:57,556 a thing keenly felt since her arrival. 452 00:25:58,224 --> 00:26:00,351 Untamed oxen break countless yokes 453 00:26:00,768 --> 00:26:03,312 until they learn to walk where strong hand leads. 454 00:26:03,980 --> 00:26:07,024 Am I to be a farmer then, plowing fields of shit? 455 00:26:07,191 --> 00:26:08,025 Apologies, Dominus. 456 00:26:08,192 --> 00:26:09,277 I-I did not mean to speak out of turn. 457 00:26:09,443 --> 00:26:11,320 Achillia presents annoyance 458 00:26:11,487 --> 00:26:13,781 absent benefit of beast of burden. 459 00:26:13,948 --> 00:26:15,783 Perhaps you should reconsider 460 00:26:15,950 --> 00:26:18,744 staking future in imagined abilities. 461 00:26:20,288 --> 00:26:23,541 What words broken led belief I sought your counsel 462 00:26:23,708 --> 00:26:25,418 towards fucking resolution? 463 00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:27,086 I only seek to protect-- 464 00:26:27,253 --> 00:26:29,422 You do not stand fucking wife, 465 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:30,840 nor I husband 466 00:26:31,007 --> 00:26:33,342 in need of fucking concern! 467 00:26:37,638 --> 00:26:38,806 Apologies. 468 00:26:40,308 --> 00:26:41,809 I overstep. 469 00:26:58,534 --> 00:27:01,454 What fresh shit pours into open mouth? 470 00:27:01,579 --> 00:27:02,872 Fall to fucking position. 471 00:27:02,997 --> 00:27:04,915 Fuck position! 472 00:27:05,041 --> 00:27:09,086 I will not work palus beside fucking woman! 473 00:27:09,253 --> 00:27:11,505 A blessing to be so removed from distraction 474 00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:12,882 of lesser presence. 475 00:27:14,925 --> 00:27:18,012 Put tongue to proper use... 476 00:27:18,596 --> 00:27:20,598 and lick fucking cock! 477 00:27:20,765 --> 00:27:22,058 Fall to command, you mad fuck! 478 00:27:23,267 --> 00:27:25,061 Dominus watches. 479 00:27:25,186 --> 00:27:27,021 Hold ground, Erato! 480 00:27:28,230 --> 00:27:29,732 Calm your mind. 481 00:27:31,942 --> 00:27:34,445 Tarchon, Erato! Fall to fucking position! 482 00:28:04,392 --> 00:28:06,977 Do you know the fucking man who stands before you? 483 00:28:07,103 --> 00:28:08,729 I am Celadus! 484 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,608 I bested Anthus in the fucking arena. 485 00:28:12,775 --> 00:28:14,944 Camulus fell to my 486 00:28:15,111 --> 00:28:16,362 fucking sword! 487 00:28:17,780 --> 00:28:21,784 As did Magnetius, once champion of this fucking house. 488 00:28:22,493 --> 00:28:25,079 Now, you shall heed word and show respect 489 00:28:25,204 --> 00:28:26,705 for this fucking ludus, 490 00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:29,291 or see your blood on the fucking ground! 491 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,170 Embrace warning. 492 00:28:34,422 --> 00:28:38,551 Witness feats accomplished when mind is set to purpose. 493 00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:41,429 Aspire to such... 494 00:28:42,221 --> 00:28:46,350 and one day, you may also recount grand tales... 495 00:28:47,059 --> 00:28:48,561 of faded glory. 496 00:29:09,707 --> 00:29:10,833 Apologies. 497 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:14,545 Message has been delivered for Dominus. 498 00:29:15,713 --> 00:29:17,131 Give it here. 499 00:29:26,348 --> 00:29:27,600 Shall I fetch him? 500 00:29:28,601 --> 00:29:29,518 No. 501 00:29:32,062 --> 00:29:33,314 'Tis a matter beneath his attention. 502 00:29:33,481 --> 00:29:36,150 I will deal with it directly in his name. 503 00:29:37,151 --> 00:29:37,985 Domina. 504 00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:58,923 He views you as a common slave. 505 00:29:59,089 --> 00:30:00,382 I stand a free man, 506 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:02,676 receiving coin for service rendered. 507 00:30:02,843 --> 00:30:06,013 And what amount graced palm for removing 508 00:30:06,180 --> 00:30:08,933 decaying vestiges of cherished brothers upon cross? 509 00:30:09,475 --> 00:30:11,018 Did you wrest such knowledge of our labors 510 00:30:11,185 --> 00:30:13,229 from that shit Proculus? 511 00:30:14,271 --> 00:30:16,941 Men of brute strength may wrest such truths 512 00:30:17,107 --> 00:30:18,442 from unwilling mouths, 513 00:30:19,151 --> 00:30:22,988 yet, lacking such stirring form as yours... 514 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:25,115 I must rely upon other skills. 515 00:30:25,282 --> 00:30:27,493 I would be privy to which skill one so slight 516 00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:29,245 could muster in aid of such endeavor. 517 00:30:29,411 --> 00:30:32,331 Oh, there are many who have been persuaded 518 00:30:32,498 --> 00:30:35,042 by the lilting tone of my voice, yet... 519 00:30:36,669 --> 00:30:37,962 I favor listening. 520 00:30:39,004 --> 00:30:43,050 Arrogant tongues often reveal secrets that fall to advantage. 521 00:30:44,260 --> 00:30:46,971 There are many paths to victory absent force of arms, 522 00:30:47,388 --> 00:30:49,473 to those with a mind to pursue them. 523 00:30:50,516 --> 00:30:52,268 You exhibit rare insight, 524 00:30:52,768 --> 00:30:54,770 even for storied Doctore. 525 00:30:55,771 --> 00:30:58,315 It stands wounding shame that the Syrian fails 526 00:30:58,482 --> 00:31:01,652 to place respect where it is so lavishly deserved. 527 00:31:02,403 --> 00:31:05,322 Hm. A thing I would never allow beneath my roof. 528 00:31:07,032 --> 00:31:08,117 You broach offer? 529 00:31:08,284 --> 00:31:11,120 I merely make observation 530 00:31:11,287 --> 00:31:14,999 in advance of... future possibilities. 531 00:31:15,833 --> 00:31:19,253 I fear they are bleak towards house blemished 532 00:31:19,420 --> 00:31:21,755 by constant defeat in the games. 533 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,133 It's true. 534 00:31:24,592 --> 00:31:25,968 Losses mount. 535 00:31:26,635 --> 00:31:28,679 Yet, unlike the Syrian, 536 00:31:28,846 --> 00:31:30,848 my house holds position 537 00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:32,391 in the arena. 538 00:31:33,267 --> 00:31:37,021 Imagine heights achieved if drunken excuse training my men 539 00:31:37,187 --> 00:31:39,356 were to be eclipsed by a more... 540 00:31:40,149 --> 00:31:41,942 radiant sun. 541 00:31:42,359 --> 00:31:44,528 You place blame for failure outward 542 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:45,946 towards your Doctore? 543 00:31:46,113 --> 00:31:48,407 I place it where it is firmly deserved. 544 00:31:48,574 --> 00:31:51,619 Present Doctore has the mind of clotted earth. 545 00:31:52,453 --> 00:31:55,664 Men grounded by dull wit seldom grasp the heavens. 546 00:31:55,789 --> 00:31:57,583 And only a fool leaps from a cliff 547 00:31:57,750 --> 00:32:00,711 expecting wings to sprout as if by miracle. 548 00:32:01,253 --> 00:32:04,632 And how might a hawk ever know he possesses such 549 00:32:04,757 --> 00:32:07,551 when confined to restrictive cage? 550 00:32:09,845 --> 00:32:12,931 How high could such a bird soar? 551 00:32:13,682 --> 00:32:15,768 Far above the walls of a ludus, 552 00:32:17,478 --> 00:32:21,899 borne aloft by the turbulent winds of opportunity. 553 00:32:24,652 --> 00:32:27,488 You are not what expectation conjured. 554 00:32:28,405 --> 00:32:32,076 Well, I stand honored in the exceeding of it. 555 00:32:51,053 --> 00:32:52,304 Achillia! 556 00:32:56,558 --> 00:32:57,851 Fall to position. 557 00:32:58,435 --> 00:32:59,853 Let us divine if sober reflection 558 00:33:00,020 --> 00:33:01,605 birthed desired result. 559 00:33:01,772 --> 00:33:03,148 Dominus. 560 00:33:03,649 --> 00:33:04,316 Begin. 561 00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:11,657 Dominus' words were ill-spoken against you. 562 00:33:12,241 --> 00:33:13,992 Yet he broached no lies. 563 00:33:15,369 --> 00:33:18,163 Even hard truth may be honeyed with gentle tone. 564 00:33:18,539 --> 00:33:20,082 Such was deserved. 565 00:33:21,375 --> 00:33:23,168 I do not stand wife... 566 00:33:24,753 --> 00:33:26,505 nor should assume such position. 567 00:33:27,464 --> 00:33:31,719 Nor should I see you so aggrieved by love withheld. 568 00:33:34,888 --> 00:33:37,015 Presence warms heart beyond words. 569 00:33:42,146 --> 00:33:46,650 I would warm more than heart... if so allowed. 570 00:33:51,822 --> 00:33:53,949 Sentiment is well received. 571 00:33:54,992 --> 00:33:56,869 I have long desired to hear those words 572 00:33:56,994 --> 00:33:58,620 fall from ripened lips. 573 00:34:02,416 --> 00:34:05,711 Messia, I hold you dearest friend. 574 00:34:08,005 --> 00:34:08,714 Friend? 575 00:34:08,881 --> 00:34:10,382 There is no more truer word 576 00:34:10,507 --> 00:34:12,509 for those who care for each other. 577 00:34:19,266 --> 00:34:20,809 Then let us stand as such 578 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:24,271 and condemn errant musings to forgotten memory. 579 00:34:35,908 --> 00:34:38,243 Perhaps the gods will bless us this day 580 00:34:38,827 --> 00:34:41,413 and they will kill each other. 581 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:47,920 Good. 582 00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:49,922 Use nimble body of a woman to advantage 583 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:51,632 against more lumbering opponent. 584 00:34:58,263 --> 00:35:00,390 Yet do not fall to overconfidence. 585 00:35:04,311 --> 00:35:08,190 A mistake you may never rise from in the arena. 586 00:35:31,547 --> 00:35:33,674 I ask again, 587 00:35:33,841 --> 00:35:35,926 why do you fail? 588 00:35:54,027 --> 00:35:54,695 Fail. 589 00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:10,794 Fail! 590 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:39,448 Why... 591 00:36:39,740 --> 00:36:41,450 do you... 592 00:36:41,617 --> 00:36:43,493 fail? 593 00:36:53,295 --> 00:36:55,464 Because I stand unworthy! 594 00:36:55,631 --> 00:36:57,507 My duty forsaken! 595 00:36:57,633 --> 00:36:59,009 And the memory 596 00:36:59,176 --> 00:37:01,053 shackles fucking mind! 597 00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:19,738 The weight you carry, 598 00:37:20,405 --> 00:37:22,908 memories from the land you hail from, 599 00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:26,703 of love, family, triumph and tragedy. 600 00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:30,791 It is of no interest for the eyes upon you in the arena. 601 00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:32,626 The past, 602 00:37:32,793 --> 00:37:35,212 stands not who we are. 603 00:37:36,171 --> 00:37:39,424 The present is what holds meaning. 604 00:37:41,510 --> 00:37:43,971 The promise of tomorrow. 605 00:38:01,863 --> 00:38:03,323 Resume training. 606 00:38:05,367 --> 00:38:06,535 And seize fate, 607 00:38:06,952 --> 00:38:09,371 as champion of this fucking house. 608 00:38:46,408 --> 00:38:49,036 How gauge you my form against Achillia? 609 00:38:49,161 --> 00:38:50,704 You stood as colossus, Dominus. 610 00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:52,497 Question was not posed to you. 611 00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:54,791 Yet words are plucked from my thoughts. 612 00:38:55,959 --> 00:38:57,669 You stood as described, 613 00:38:58,587 --> 00:39:01,590 unequalled by man, nor undeserving woman. 614 00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:06,053 I will not have reply from slave to Dominus... 615 00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:12,100 but from Hilara 616 00:39:12,559 --> 00:39:13,769 to Ashur. 617 00:39:24,905 --> 00:39:26,656 I hold deep regret... 618 00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:31,828 that eyes never witnessed you upon sands of the arena. 619 00:39:36,208 --> 00:39:38,168 Had they been upon me... 620 00:39:40,879 --> 00:39:42,923 I would have risen to champion. 621 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:47,469 You forever stand as such 622 00:39:49,513 --> 00:39:51,598 to those who hold you to heart. 623 00:40:13,286 --> 00:40:16,790 I would fall to bath to erase day's labor. 624 00:40:16,957 --> 00:40:18,834 I would have you as you are, 625 00:40:20,001 --> 00:40:21,795 a god among men. 626 00:41:26,067 --> 00:41:27,569 Fetch wine. 627 00:41:28,528 --> 00:41:30,363 Wait to be summoned. 628 00:41:54,429 --> 00:41:56,431 You find offered distraction lacking? 629 00:41:56,598 --> 00:41:59,309 Passion fails to rise towards early contest. 630 00:41:59,476 --> 00:42:02,646 Blood stirs with unveiling of the primus. 631 00:42:02,812 --> 00:42:03,605 Hm. 632 00:42:04,022 --> 00:42:07,150 Then let us not delay anticipated arrival. 633 00:42:25,835 --> 00:42:27,212 You present such diversion 634 00:42:27,379 --> 00:42:30,799 to all who call upon you? 635 00:42:30,924 --> 00:42:35,220 Such titillation pleases the elite of both Capua and Rome, 636 00:42:35,804 --> 00:42:37,764 knowledge embraced by the previous Dominus 637 00:42:37,931 --> 00:42:39,432 of the Syrian's own house. 638 00:42:41,184 --> 00:42:43,395 I am yet astounded 639 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,855 that women of position lower themselves 640 00:42:46,022 --> 00:42:47,774 to such base entertainment. 641 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,652 Their appetites far exceed those 642 00:42:50,819 --> 00:42:52,112 of languid husbands. 643 00:42:52,279 --> 00:42:54,948 You would marvel at those who have crossed threshold 644 00:42:55,115 --> 00:42:56,283 in such pursuits. 645 00:42:56,825 --> 00:42:59,286 Surely none of esteem within city walls. 646 00:42:59,828 --> 00:43:02,163 No less than the wife of the aedile himself. 647 00:43:02,330 --> 00:43:05,000 Horatia? 648 00:43:07,043 --> 00:43:08,586 And what of her friends? 649 00:43:09,045 --> 00:43:11,006 Modesta? No. 650 00:43:11,172 --> 00:43:14,843 I fear she lacks courage to propel desire. 651 00:43:14,968 --> 00:43:17,304 But the honored wife of good Gabinius, however, 652 00:43:17,470 --> 00:43:19,931 stands opposite in all regards. 653 00:43:20,056 --> 00:43:21,599 Cossutia? 654 00:43:23,768 --> 00:43:25,520 The woman's disposition cuts sharper 655 00:43:25,687 --> 00:43:27,188 than well-honed blade. 656 00:43:28,398 --> 00:43:31,943 How did you fall to such prickly acquaintance? 657 00:43:32,777 --> 00:43:36,239 As with... many women of a certain age, 658 00:43:36,406 --> 00:43:38,867 she craves days forever lost 659 00:43:38,992 --> 00:43:42,162 and attention faded by passing years. 660 00:43:43,330 --> 00:43:46,750 Praise and gentle words dull even the sharpest edge. 661 00:43:46,916 --> 00:43:49,127 The Syrian possesses no such insight 662 00:43:49,294 --> 00:43:51,046 that would sway nobles to his cause. 663 00:43:51,212 --> 00:43:54,591 He does lack a certain art of tongue, 664 00:43:55,717 --> 00:43:58,678 causing those of position to shun his presence. 665 00:43:59,387 --> 00:44:00,555 A thing of no concern 666 00:44:00,722 --> 00:44:04,184 if you labored beneath a more appreciative lanista. 667 00:44:10,065 --> 00:44:12,025 I have lingered beyond reason. 668 00:44:12,734 --> 00:44:14,110 You spoke of grain. 669 00:44:14,736 --> 00:44:16,905 I shall see you well satisfied 670 00:44:17,530 --> 00:44:21,076 to be delivered upon break of day when storm has passed. 671 00:44:23,411 --> 00:44:24,704 Gratitude. 672 00:44:26,456 --> 00:44:28,166 I should fall from presence... 673 00:44:29,209 --> 00:44:32,379 while- while I still remain upright. 674 00:44:33,838 --> 00:44:36,883 What wonders could be presented in the hopes of basking 675 00:44:37,050 --> 00:44:40,970 in such glorious light on a more permanent basis? 676 00:44:43,807 --> 00:44:46,476 - Evidence. - Towards? 677 00:44:47,143 --> 00:44:48,937 I would see my men in deserved position 678 00:44:49,104 --> 00:44:52,482 in the impending games of the Ludi Apollinares. 679 00:44:54,984 --> 00:44:56,611 You wish me to secure purchase 680 00:44:56,736 --> 00:44:58,488 for the house where you stand dishonored 681 00:44:58,655 --> 00:45:01,950 while elevating the Syrian at my own expense? 682 00:45:02,117 --> 00:45:04,911 I trained those men, not the fucking Syrian. 683 00:45:05,662 --> 00:45:07,622 They stand but reflection of my worth. 684 00:45:07,789 --> 00:45:11,126 Victory in the arena swells esteem and conveys advantage 685 00:45:11,292 --> 00:45:14,671 towards next who would embrace me as Doctore. 686 00:45:15,213 --> 00:45:19,259 And if gentle breeze lights upon receptive ear 687 00:45:19,426 --> 00:45:21,094 in service of desire? 688 00:45:26,599 --> 00:45:30,103 Then perhaps we shall share wine and words once more. 689 00:46:08,391 --> 00:46:09,851 Apologies. 690 00:46:17,025 --> 00:46:18,318 Coin or blood? 691 00:46:23,072 --> 00:46:23,823 Blood, then. 692 00:46:31,122 --> 00:46:33,124 Fuck ya, bastard! 693 00:47:37,564 --> 00:47:39,649 How's your fucking honor now? 694 00:47:41,150 --> 00:47:43,486 Fides, you fucking cunt! 695 00:47:43,611 --> 00:47:45,989 Spare life! I beg you! 696 00:47:46,155 --> 00:47:47,615 I'm not in a forgiving mood. 697 00:47:47,782 --> 00:47:49,534 Wrath falls upon mistaken form! 698 00:47:49,701 --> 00:47:51,869 It is not my hand that moves against you! 699 00:47:52,036 --> 00:47:54,080 Who set you to fuckin' task, eh? 700 00:48:00,545 --> 00:48:02,005 Fides! 701 00:48:43,755 --> 00:48:45,798 The past stands not who I am. 702 00:48:48,968 --> 00:48:52,430 The past stands not who I am. 703 00:48:54,474 --> 00:48:56,643 The past stands not who I am. 704 00:49:08,071 --> 00:49:09,864 Achillia. 705 00:49:10,031 --> 00:49:11,157 You are summoned. 706 00:49:23,127 --> 00:49:25,254 There are those among you, I am told, 707 00:49:25,380 --> 00:49:27,715 who take issue with latest acquisition 708 00:49:28,466 --> 00:49:32,095 and hold she does not stand among the brotherhood. 709 00:49:33,054 --> 00:49:36,557 Let us put such concerns to fucking grass. 710 00:49:37,392 --> 00:49:38,685 Dominus. 711 00:49:39,686 --> 00:49:42,605 Apologies, but she has not yet been tested upon bridge, 712 00:49:42,772 --> 00:49:44,315 as each of us has. 713 00:49:49,654 --> 00:49:52,532 Have you ever drawn blood from your Doctore? 714 00:49:53,449 --> 00:49:54,325 Hmm? 715 00:49:54,492 --> 00:49:57,704 Have any of you fucking cunts? 716 00:49:59,872 --> 00:50:00,998 Speak now 717 00:50:01,165 --> 00:50:02,917 and dispel ignorance. 718 00:50:05,169 --> 00:50:08,381 Achillia need prove herself worthy of the mark to but one 719 00:50:08,548 --> 00:50:10,258 in this house, and I... 720 00:50:10,967 --> 00:50:13,636 stand well fucking satisfied. 721 00:50:16,931 --> 00:50:18,349 Kneel. 722 00:50:28,359 --> 00:50:30,319 Set mind towards glorious fuckin' purpose 723 00:50:30,486 --> 00:50:32,947 in honor of the House of Ashur... 724 00:50:33,656 --> 00:50:36,367 and receive sacramentum gladiatorum. 725 00:50:37,910 --> 00:50:39,287 Echo my words. 726 00:50:40,079 --> 00:50:44,417 I commit my flesh, my mind, my will to the glory of this ludus 727 00:50:44,584 --> 00:50:47,420 and the commands of my Dominus. 728 00:50:47,837 --> 00:50:51,883 I commit my flesh, my mind, my will... 729 00:50:52,508 --> 00:50:54,886 to the glory of this ludus... 730 00:50:55,928 --> 00:50:57,346 and the commands of my Dominus. 731 00:50:57,513 --> 00:51:00,308 I swear to be burned, chained, beaten 732 00:51:00,475 --> 00:51:04,645 or die by the sword in the pursuit of honor in the arena. 733 00:51:06,105 --> 00:51:09,484 I swear to be burned, chained, 734 00:51:09,650 --> 00:51:10,818 beaten, 735 00:51:11,861 --> 00:51:13,905 or die by the sword... 736 00:51:14,947 --> 00:51:18,493 in the pursuit of honor in the arena. 737 00:51:20,620 --> 00:51:22,455 Oath has been spoken. 738 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,891 She now stands among the brotherhood. 739 00:51:42,266 --> 00:51:45,520 Let this hold end of fucking disagreement. 740 00:51:48,731 --> 00:51:50,107 Doctore! 741 00:51:53,236 --> 00:51:56,030 That shit Proculus moves against us? 742 00:51:56,614 --> 00:51:58,157 The villain Fides is known to be his man 743 00:51:58,324 --> 00:52:00,159 upon necessity and occasion. 744 00:52:00,326 --> 00:52:02,453 And you ripped confession out of him? 745 00:52:02,620 --> 00:52:05,706 No, he slipped from grasp- 746 00:52:05,873 --> 00:52:08,292 Attend with more considerate touch 747 00:52:08,876 --> 00:52:11,420 or see wound afflicted upon own flesh! 748 00:52:13,381 --> 00:52:14,507 I yet live, 749 00:52:14,674 --> 00:52:16,968 and all that follows I hold to be a fucking blessing. 750 00:52:17,385 --> 00:52:19,470 Lifts heart to hear it so. 751 00:52:22,306 --> 00:52:23,391 What of your task? 752 00:52:23,558 --> 00:52:25,810 Were you able to secure what I've asked of you? 753 00:52:26,310 --> 00:52:28,020 I broke words and wine with Opiter 754 00:52:28,187 --> 00:52:30,773 and gained his confidence as instructed. 755 00:52:30,940 --> 00:52:32,984 And he suspected nothing of your chance encounter 756 00:52:33,150 --> 00:52:34,402 at the pits he often frequents? 757 00:52:34,569 --> 00:52:36,320 He believes I was sent upon errand 758 00:52:36,445 --> 00:52:38,698 to secure grain from Anubis. 759 00:52:40,575 --> 00:52:42,451 And how did you leave the man? 760 00:52:43,202 --> 00:52:46,539 Swelled with hope of me becoming his Doctore, 761 00:52:47,039 --> 00:52:49,375 if he moves Cossutia towards our inclusion 762 00:52:49,542 --> 00:52:50,751 in her husband's games. 763 00:52:51,419 --> 00:52:53,754 You prove yourself beyond measure. 764 00:52:54,463 --> 00:52:57,383 Rest and see health restored. 765 00:53:00,720 --> 00:53:02,513 And what of Proculus? 766 00:53:06,225 --> 00:53:09,270 We shall repay blood with fucking blood 767 00:53:10,021 --> 00:53:12,940 upon time and place of our choosing. 768 00:53:27,496 --> 00:53:30,041 I am in need of a fucking medicus. 769 00:53:35,421 --> 00:53:36,881 It is done? 770 00:53:37,924 --> 00:53:38,841 Korris yet lives, 771 00:53:38,966 --> 00:53:41,260 though grievously fucking injured. 772 00:53:41,761 --> 00:53:44,931 See debt owed to your husband stricken from ledger 773 00:53:45,097 --> 00:53:48,309 as agreed upon in reply to today's message, 774 00:53:48,476 --> 00:53:49,685 and I shall redouble- 775 00:53:52,104 --> 00:53:54,899 Consider ledger balanced.