1 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:17,435 Begin! 2 00:00:19,437 --> 00:00:24,108 From the savage lands of Kush, Achillia, the Goddess of Death. 3 00:00:24,525 --> 00:00:26,944 There are none but men beneath this roof, 4 00:00:27,111 --> 00:00:30,114 and you but stand the least offensive. 5 00:00:30,781 --> 00:00:32,783 I would see her stand victorious in the arena, 6 00:00:32,950 --> 00:00:34,493 only to offer fatal blow myself. 7 00:00:34,660 --> 00:00:36,746 I prepare for travel at break of morning sun. 8 00:00:36,912 --> 00:00:38,122 You remain? 9 00:00:38,289 --> 00:00:39,790 The gods themselves could not pry me loose. 10 00:00:39,957 --> 00:00:42,543 Seize them! 11 00:00:42,710 --> 00:00:46,255 Cilicians. Your men nearly had my fucking life. 12 00:00:46,589 --> 00:00:48,007 Yet here you stand. 13 00:00:48,632 --> 00:00:50,926 Was purse not swelled with coin in return for maneuvering 14 00:00:51,093 --> 00:00:53,804 Cossutia and her daughter to appointed time and place? 15 00:00:53,971 --> 00:00:56,682 - A decision now held in regret. - It is a disappointment 16 00:00:56,849 --> 00:00:59,226 I shall not find you among my worshippers. 17 00:00:59,351 --> 00:01:01,771 Nor perhaps at all among the living. 18 00:01:01,896 --> 00:01:04,147 What do I stand towards you? 19 00:01:04,315 --> 00:01:06,859 Yes! 20 00:01:07,026 --> 00:01:09,111 Achillia! Achillia! 21 00:01:33,384 --> 00:01:37,014 Spirit her to fucking medicus. Go! 22 00:01:53,989 --> 00:01:55,866 She cannot die on eve of greatest victory! 23 00:01:56,033 --> 00:01:57,868 Is concern for the woman or your fucking house? 24 00:01:58,035 --> 00:02:01,038 The two stand entwined, you bearded fuck! 25 00:02:04,250 --> 00:02:06,418 Shhh. 26 00:02:09,088 --> 00:02:13,717 Neferet! Neferet! 27 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:18,013 The gods bless us with one hand 28 00:02:18,180 --> 00:02:20,182 and ram fist up ass with the other. 29 00:02:20,349 --> 00:02:22,893 Achillia was not alone in victory. Tarchon, Celadus... 30 00:02:23,060 --> 00:02:25,688 The crowds did not raise their names towards the heavens. 31 00:02:25,855 --> 00:02:27,731 They lifted Achillia's. 32 00:02:28,607 --> 00:02:31,735 Our fortune rests with her and her alone. 33 00:02:35,364 --> 00:02:37,116 - Does she yet draw breath? - She does. 34 00:02:37,283 --> 00:02:40,744 Yet sundered hand must be removed before infection sets. 35 00:02:42,246 --> 00:02:44,039 You would see my champion crippled? 36 00:02:44,206 --> 00:02:46,709 - There is no other path. - Do I not possess fucking leg 37 00:02:46,876 --> 00:02:48,502 after grievous wound inflicted by 38 00:02:48,668 --> 00:02:51,213 the fucking Gaul Crixus in the arena? 39 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:53,591 The medicus of Batiatus restored limb, 40 00:02:53,757 --> 00:02:56,719 and here I stand before you. 41 00:02:56,886 --> 00:02:58,262 Then present the man 42 00:02:58,679 --> 00:03:01,307 and see him towards better result. 43 00:03:08,063 --> 00:03:12,401 He perished during conflict with mad Thracian. 44 00:03:14,778 --> 00:03:16,572 Carry my greetings. 45 00:03:17,865 --> 00:03:19,199 Argh! 46 00:03:23,203 --> 00:03:26,165 That was ill advised. 47 00:03:27,958 --> 00:03:30,711 We find ourselves in need of a medicus. 48 00:03:34,089 --> 00:03:36,716 How were relations left between you and Opiter? 49 00:03:37,635 --> 00:03:38,969 Favorable. 50 00:03:45,643 --> 00:03:46,977 Will she live? 51 00:03:47,144 --> 00:03:49,103 You have shown no concern towards the Nubian, 52 00:03:49,271 --> 00:03:51,106 yet now it blooms? 53 00:03:51,231 --> 00:03:53,150 Only towards pressing need. 54 00:03:53,317 --> 00:03:55,152 Messages arrive requesting appearance 55 00:03:55,319 --> 00:03:57,404 of the Goddess of Death. 56 00:03:58,113 --> 00:03:59,615 Who requests her? 57 00:04:00,199 --> 00:04:02,409 Everyone. 58 00:04:02,993 --> 00:04:04,745 - Hmm. - How shall I reply? 59 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,166 Make no promise towards her presence, nor condition, 60 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:11,919 yet sow notion where she stands immortal 61 00:04:12,086 --> 00:04:14,630 and shall rise as phoenix upon a day. 62 00:04:15,547 --> 00:04:17,341 And if fabled bird plummets? 63 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,885 Then this house falls with her. 64 00:04:28,310 --> 00:04:29,520 Apologies. 65 00:04:29,687 --> 00:04:33,148 I did not realize my bath stood occupied. 66 00:04:39,363 --> 00:04:41,281 Mmm. 67 00:04:44,994 --> 00:04:47,329 Mmm. 68 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:50,499 None required. 69 00:04:51,207 --> 00:04:53,711 Purpose has been seen to completion. 70 00:04:57,131 --> 00:04:59,299 The old fool Gabinius stood pleased your champion 71 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:00,718 did not perish - 72 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:04,346 at least... not in the arena. 73 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:07,933 A sentiment to be turned towards advantage. 74 00:05:08,392 --> 00:05:10,561 Make no move absent my blessing. 75 00:05:10,686 --> 00:05:13,188 - Mm. - I shall think upon it. 76 00:05:15,274 --> 00:05:17,776 Messia, remain to attend Dominus. 77 00:05:17,943 --> 00:05:21,155 I would see her hands towards loftier task. 78 00:05:21,739 --> 00:05:22,948 Come. 79 00:05:23,449 --> 00:05:25,325 Yes, Domina. 80 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:34,585 She stands your slave to command. 81 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:37,046 Not that of Caesar's bitch. 82 00:05:37,212 --> 00:05:39,590 Cornelia carries weight of family name eclipsing that 83 00:05:39,715 --> 00:05:42,134 of even noble husband. 84 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:46,847 She must be tolerated, upon the moment. 85 00:05:49,558 --> 00:05:51,185 See bath drained and refreshed. 86 00:05:51,310 --> 00:05:53,812 I will not soak in waters tainted 87 00:05:53,979 --> 00:05:55,397 by her passions. 88 00:06:05,783 --> 00:06:07,534 I did not expect to see you so far from slumber 89 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:09,703 - at such an hour. - See that broken, 90 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:11,705 and fingers to follow. 91 00:06:14,249 --> 00:06:17,002 What errand has the Syrian set you upon now? 92 00:06:17,169 --> 00:06:18,962 He would entreat use of your medicus. 93 00:06:19,129 --> 00:06:21,548 - What of your own man? - He has... 94 00:06:22,424 --> 00:06:23,884 taken wing. 95 00:06:24,051 --> 00:06:27,012 Our champion is in need of urgent care and discretion. 96 00:06:27,596 --> 00:06:28,722 You will have both. 97 00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:30,682 Sentius, fetch Echemus. 98 00:06:30,808 --> 00:06:32,017 Yes, Dominus. 99 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:34,144 - Gratitude. - Retain it. 100 00:06:34,311 --> 00:06:36,396 I no longer have use for the man. 101 00:06:38,524 --> 00:06:39,942 You depart Capua? 102 00:06:40,442 --> 00:06:43,362 Your powers of observation are truly unmatched. 103 00:06:43,904 --> 00:06:45,989 Were you to break fucking word in advance of deed? 104 00:06:46,156 --> 00:06:47,658 Towards what purpose? 105 00:06:48,283 --> 00:06:50,369 I grow weary of forever giving chase. 106 00:06:50,536 --> 00:06:54,081 Perhaps in Sicilia I shall find myself the object of pursuit. 107 00:06:54,957 --> 00:06:57,167 - Is that where you flee? - I merely seize moment 108 00:06:57,334 --> 00:06:59,294 towards more favorable ventures. 109 00:06:59,461 --> 00:07:01,880 As do all who hasten exit at darkest hour. 110 00:07:02,631 --> 00:07:05,134 See yourself to street. I must attend to my affairs. 111 00:07:05,259 --> 00:07:06,093 No. 112 00:07:08,387 --> 00:07:11,890 Give voice to what truly moves you to sudden action. 113 00:07:13,433 --> 00:07:14,810 And see burden shared. 114 00:07:15,727 --> 00:07:17,688 You know well what moves me. 115 00:07:18,730 --> 00:07:19,940 Do you not you live beneath the roof 116 00:07:20,107 --> 00:07:22,234 of the House of fucking Caesar? 117 00:07:22,860 --> 00:07:24,570 Caesar? 118 00:07:24,736 --> 00:07:26,363 But what hold does the man have towards you? 119 00:07:26,530 --> 00:07:29,950 I aided in his ruse of Cilician attack... 120 00:07:30,868 --> 00:07:32,494 and in protesting life lost in such 121 00:07:32,619 --> 00:07:34,705 now stand the object of his fucking wrath. 122 00:07:34,872 --> 00:07:36,832 The Cilicians were Caesar's men? 123 00:07:38,542 --> 00:07:39,751 You did not know? 124 00:07:40,586 --> 00:07:42,337 No, I did not. 125 00:07:42,754 --> 00:07:44,923 Nor your part in the fucking scheme. 126 00:07:49,052 --> 00:07:52,514 As I did not know Caesar's desires rose towards blood. 127 00:07:53,432 --> 00:07:56,727 Now I stand trapped as insect fixed upon web 128 00:07:57,227 --> 00:08:00,189 and would see myself removed from Capua before spider returns 129 00:08:00,355 --> 00:08:01,732 with venomous intent. 130 00:08:03,108 --> 00:08:04,109 Hmm. 131 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,741 So we fall from one another. 132 00:08:12,784 --> 00:08:14,578 Such need not hold true. 133 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:18,790 Stay at my side. 134 00:08:19,416 --> 00:08:21,919 Let us away to Sicilia together. 135 00:08:24,129 --> 00:08:25,964 I cannot leave my duties. 136 00:08:26,131 --> 00:08:28,133 Duties of treachery 137 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:31,053 and bloodshed the Syrian compels? 138 00:08:32,054 --> 00:08:34,932 Do not take my meaning unkindly, yet a man of your years 139 00:08:35,057 --> 00:08:37,308 is blessed by each passing day. 140 00:08:38,184 --> 00:08:40,437 Do you wish to spend those remaining in servitude 141 00:08:40,604 --> 00:08:43,065 to such a... creature? 142 00:08:43,815 --> 00:08:46,735 You would have me abandon all I hold towards honor? 143 00:08:46,902 --> 00:08:50,239 I would but have you strive for something more. 144 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,494 Turn from cold, uncaring arms, 145 00:08:55,661 --> 00:08:58,622 in favor of loving embrace. 146 00:09:36,368 --> 00:09:40,414 Can you fucking save her? 147 00:09:43,375 --> 00:09:46,420 - What words does the man break? - Greek. 148 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:48,505 Did you not think to ask if he could speak 149 00:09:48,672 --> 00:09:50,299 common fucking tongue? 150 00:09:50,424 --> 00:09:53,010 You stand Syrian. Do you not grasp the man's language? 151 00:09:53,135 --> 00:09:55,470 Towards completion of simple trade, I am your man. 152 00:09:55,637 --> 00:09:57,597 Beyond such, I stand as ignorant as you- 153 00:10:03,979 --> 00:10:05,314 - Uh... - Fuck. 154 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,607 Huh? Fuck. Fuck! 155 00:10:08,066 --> 00:10:09,151 Uh... 156 00:10:12,571 --> 00:10:14,281 Who within our house grasps the man's tongue? 157 00:10:14,448 --> 00:10:16,616 Knowledge your fucking doctore does not hold. 158 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:17,951 I do not care for your fucking tone. 159 00:10:18,118 --> 00:10:20,245 Nor I for life being put at peril, 160 00:10:20,412 --> 00:10:22,039 absent awareness. 161 00:10:24,166 --> 00:10:26,001 Who has done so? 162 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:31,465 The villain stands before me. 163 00:10:32,382 --> 00:10:34,885 Opiter confides that our coming upon the Cilician attack 164 00:10:35,010 --> 00:10:36,762 was not by happenstance. 165 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:39,681 Nor were they Cilicians. 166 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,059 How has he come by this? 167 00:10:42,184 --> 00:10:45,812 Then he breaks truth. You conspired with Caesar 168 00:10:45,937 --> 00:10:48,607 to stage attack to gain favor with Gabinius. 169 00:10:48,774 --> 00:10:50,484 My hand holds no place in this. 170 00:10:50,942 --> 00:10:53,111 Caesar moved pieces upon board absent consultation 171 00:10:53,278 --> 00:10:55,072 with the villain before you, you fucking shit. 172 00:10:55,238 --> 00:10:58,325 - When did you discover such? - Only after his arrival. 173 00:10:58,492 --> 00:11:01,411 What part does Opiter play in this? 174 00:11:01,578 --> 00:11:03,372 Moved by Caesar's purse, he saw Cossutia 175 00:11:03,538 --> 00:11:06,833 to appointed time and place. He now takes flight to Sicilia 176 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,169 for fear his tongue will be forever stilled 177 00:11:09,336 --> 00:11:10,879 to conceal misdeed. 178 00:11:11,338 --> 00:11:12,881 He moves as anyone with fucking sense 179 00:11:13,048 --> 00:11:15,801 when confronted with the ambitions of Caesar. 180 00:11:18,595 --> 00:11:21,056 Why was threat carried not revealed to me 181 00:11:21,473 --> 00:11:22,891 when you learned of it? 182 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,977 You'll know of my thoughts... 183 00:11:26,728 --> 00:11:29,064 when I deem it fucking so. 184 00:11:40,659 --> 00:11:41,993 Argh! 185 00:11:46,957 --> 00:11:48,125 Dominus! 186 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:51,461 - I would ask towards Achillia. - Return to fucking purpose 187 00:11:51,628 --> 00:11:54,089 or see yourself to like fate in the arena. 188 00:11:54,506 --> 00:11:55,966 Yes, Dominus. 189 00:11:57,050 --> 00:11:58,427 Apologies. 190 00:12:02,389 --> 00:12:04,683 What shit do you give for the Nubian? 191 00:12:04,850 --> 00:12:06,351 If the bitch falls, we rise. 192 00:12:06,518 --> 00:12:09,813 She stands champion and should be honored as such. 193 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:12,607 Do you hold worry towards the champion... 194 00:12:13,942 --> 00:12:15,193 or the woman? 195 00:12:15,986 --> 00:12:17,988 Turn mind towards training... 196 00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:21,825 or see teeth from fucking mouth. 197 00:12:25,287 --> 00:12:27,122 We must present a champion to stand for Achillia 198 00:12:27,289 --> 00:12:29,291 till she regains rightful place. 199 00:12:29,458 --> 00:12:30,750 Who would you choose? 200 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:34,087 Do you not hold vaunted title of fucking doctore? 201 00:12:35,672 --> 00:12:37,257 Attend! 202 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:44,264 Contest shall be held. 203 00:12:44,723 --> 00:12:47,225 The victor shall claim mantle of champion 204 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:51,062 until the gods return Achillia to the sands of the arena. 205 00:12:52,355 --> 00:12:54,483 - Prepare yourselves. - Hold. 206 00:12:55,859 --> 00:12:58,570 I would see contest of more intimate nature. 207 00:12:58,737 --> 00:13:01,114 - Viridia. - The finest of your men 208 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:03,909 presented as entertainment for noble guests. 209 00:13:05,076 --> 00:13:07,287 Let us make selection from the Syrian's meager stock. 210 00:13:07,913 --> 00:13:10,165 Which would you desire towards closer inspection? 211 00:13:10,332 --> 00:13:11,208 Hmm. 212 00:13:13,084 --> 00:13:15,086 - That one stands of a form. - Hmm. 213 00:13:15,253 --> 00:13:20,050 She favors you, as aged cat towards slow witted mouse. 214 00:13:21,218 --> 00:13:23,637 The one beside him also pulls attention. 215 00:13:24,262 --> 00:13:27,057 Claws extend towards less savory meal as well. 216 00:13:27,641 --> 00:13:30,018 And what of beloved daughter. 217 00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:31,853 Does no one draw interest? 218 00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:37,275 Perhaps... that one? 219 00:13:38,193 --> 00:13:40,570 Let us choose less seasoned meat. 220 00:13:43,365 --> 00:13:44,616 You. 221 00:13:46,243 --> 00:13:48,078 See them washed and brought up at once. 222 00:13:48,745 --> 00:13:50,872 Let us to wine and food in time between. 223 00:13:51,039 --> 00:13:51,957 Hmm. 224 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,345 It is not enough she commands villa; 225 00:14:05,512 --> 00:14:08,223 Cornelia seeks to consume ludus as well. 226 00:14:08,390 --> 00:14:11,726 There's always the cliff, which you appear to favor. 227 00:14:13,395 --> 00:14:15,105 See the men to fucking contest. 228 00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:17,315 I will return the others to flock upon hour 229 00:14:17,482 --> 00:14:19,609 pried from vulture's grasp. 230 00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:27,284 It did not cross mind to inform me of fucking guests? 231 00:14:27,450 --> 00:14:30,704 I was unaware of their presence. Messia attends Domina's whims. 232 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:33,915 Cornelia does not stand domina of this fucking house. 233 00:14:34,457 --> 00:14:37,502 Apologies. How shall I address her? 234 00:14:39,337 --> 00:14:41,298 I do not fucking know. 235 00:14:42,882 --> 00:14:44,926 Busy yourself with useful purpose and remain far 236 00:14:45,051 --> 00:14:46,553 afield from her gaze. 237 00:14:47,262 --> 00:14:49,764 Lest it set you ablaze for base amusement. 238 00:14:50,932 --> 00:14:53,059 - Go. - Dominus. 239 00:15:03,737 --> 00:15:07,449 As requested, the finest offering of the House of Ashur, 240 00:15:07,616 --> 00:15:10,035 rivalling any within fair city. 241 00:15:10,201 --> 00:15:14,331 Hmm. Opiter's men stand more pleasing to discerning eye. 242 00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:18,251 Unfortunate veil obscures fullness of consideration. 243 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:19,586 Hmm. 244 00:15:21,338 --> 00:15:23,256 Remove your subligarias. 245 00:15:31,306 --> 00:15:32,641 Mmm. 246 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:38,980 That one stands a wonder, does he not? 247 00:15:40,315 --> 00:15:42,984 I defer to wisdom of experience upon subject. 248 00:15:46,112 --> 00:15:48,865 Did you not also once stand a gladiator, Syrian? 249 00:15:49,908 --> 00:15:53,119 A god of the arena, my victories legend. 250 00:15:53,411 --> 00:15:55,246 Let us weigh boisterous claim 251 00:15:55,413 --> 00:15:58,249 and witness evidence of the divine. 252 00:16:01,795 --> 00:16:05,965 I must gently remind... I stand dominus in this house... 253 00:16:06,132 --> 00:16:08,802 And I stand heir to the storied name of Cinna, 254 00:16:09,427 --> 00:16:12,055 far surpassing that of claimed title. 255 00:16:13,181 --> 00:16:15,100 - Mother. - We are but guests here 256 00:16:15,225 --> 00:16:18,978 and hold no sway upon desire of gracious host. 257 00:16:19,521 --> 00:16:23,149 Gratitude. I would see you honored by requested display. 258 00:16:57,225 --> 00:16:58,727 Impressive. 259 00:16:59,561 --> 00:17:01,104 Yet offering falls... 260 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:04,773 short of promised divinity. 261 00:17:09,904 --> 00:17:11,196 You may go. 262 00:17:23,501 --> 00:17:25,545 You really must visit Capua more often. 263 00:17:26,128 --> 00:17:28,757 The city does present amusement, yet I long for Rome 264 00:17:28,923 --> 00:17:32,510 - and more civilized clime. - Mm. We are of similar mind. 265 00:17:32,677 --> 00:17:36,473 Yet I am moored to this fucking place by my husband's sentiment 266 00:17:36,639 --> 00:17:38,600 towards childhood home. 267 00:17:39,267 --> 00:17:42,061 Apologies. The heat and the wine- 268 00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:45,356 Stomach turns. I would seek repose, 269 00:17:45,523 --> 00:17:46,983 to rejoin when humors permit. 270 00:17:47,150 --> 00:17:50,028 Of course. See her to my bedchambers. 271 00:17:50,153 --> 00:17:52,363 Gratitude, yet I noted them upon entry 272 00:17:52,530 --> 00:17:54,240 and would not leave you unattended. 273 00:18:01,790 --> 00:18:04,626 She is of a rather delicate nature, is she not? 274 00:18:05,043 --> 00:18:07,086 She stands her mother's daughter- 275 00:18:08,004 --> 00:18:10,590 and shall reflect such upon a moment. 276 00:18:10,715 --> 00:18:11,841 Hmm. 277 00:18:17,722 --> 00:18:21,601 Apologies. I do not mean to intrude upon thoughts. 278 00:18:23,394 --> 00:18:27,607 Your presence welcomes an end to them. 279 00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:30,902 May I offer wine? 280 00:18:31,653 --> 00:18:34,906 I fear I have already indulged to excess. 281 00:18:35,824 --> 00:18:38,701 Does such a thing exist? 282 00:18:49,295 --> 00:18:51,506 Gratitude. For cup... 283 00:18:51,631 --> 00:18:55,677 and temperate response to unfortunate jest. 284 00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:58,388 A thing of no concern. 285 00:19:00,098 --> 00:19:05,186 My father holds that women cluck like hens. 286 00:19:05,353 --> 00:19:06,729 But he is mistaken, 287 00:19:06,896 --> 00:19:09,649 it is the rasping of hawks, circling wounded prey. 288 00:19:10,066 --> 00:19:11,693 I stand unscathed. 289 00:19:21,077 --> 00:19:22,453 She was in error. 290 00:19:23,371 --> 00:19:24,747 Caesar's wife. 291 00:19:26,624 --> 00:19:29,002 Your boasts proved true, once again. 292 00:19:30,128 --> 00:19:31,754 In all regards. 293 00:19:38,344 --> 00:19:40,513 Apologies. I must... 294 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,724 tend to Achillia. 295 00:19:43,558 --> 00:19:44,976 May I fall by your side? 296 00:19:45,643 --> 00:19:48,313 I long to lay eyes upon such marvel again. 297 00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:23,056 Doctore? 298 00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:26,351 Celadus! Victor! 299 00:20:28,478 --> 00:20:30,480 You almost had me, brother. 300 00:20:31,522 --> 00:20:33,858 A lie. 301 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:35,693 Yet well received. 302 00:20:41,532 --> 00:20:44,869 - Thoughts appear elsewhere. - As do yours. 303 00:20:48,081 --> 00:20:51,584 I would ask to see Achillia, upon your discretion. 304 00:20:51,876 --> 00:20:53,127 Towards what end? 305 00:20:53,294 --> 00:20:55,964 I saw to her training in your absence 306 00:20:56,339 --> 00:20:57,757 and stood friend to her. 307 00:20:57,924 --> 00:21:01,427 My presence may prove a comfort towards recovery. 308 00:21:01,970 --> 00:21:04,681 Her fate lies far removed from mortal grasp. 309 00:21:05,348 --> 00:21:09,060 Fix mind on contest to stand in her place. 310 00:21:14,524 --> 00:21:15,733 Hedylus! 311 00:21:16,192 --> 00:21:17,235 Helios! 312 00:21:18,236 --> 00:21:19,445 Take position. 313 00:21:30,039 --> 00:21:31,207 Begin! 314 00:21:52,061 --> 00:21:54,939 I do not understand your words, you Greek fuck! 315 00:21:55,064 --> 00:21:57,692 He says to place bit in mouth so she does not sever tongue. 316 00:22:12,915 --> 00:22:14,876 Uh... 317 00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:18,546 gratitude. 318 00:22:18,713 --> 00:22:21,340 My knowledge of Greek does not extend so far a distance. 319 00:22:22,133 --> 00:22:24,052 My husband had many dealings with their people. 320 00:22:24,218 --> 00:22:26,512 He wished me to be able to break words with them 321 00:22:27,096 --> 00:22:29,098 when entertaining at our villa. 322 00:22:29,891 --> 00:22:33,478 Apologies. I did not mean painful memory exhumed. 323 00:22:34,854 --> 00:22:37,899 When my husband fell, it was as if heart had been 324 00:22:38,066 --> 00:22:39,817 sundered from chest. 325 00:22:41,069 --> 00:22:44,447 He must have stood a titan, to warrant such emotion. 326 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:48,367 He was a good man. And well loved. 327 00:22:50,661 --> 00:22:51,954 Yet as days churn, 328 00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:55,249 grief shifts from husband to greater loss. 329 00:22:56,334 --> 00:22:57,919 I do not grasp meaning. 330 00:22:59,003 --> 00:23:02,340 Our union was arranged towards benefit of both our families. 331 00:23:02,590 --> 00:23:04,634 I devoted life to his, 332 00:23:04,801 --> 00:23:06,761 absent consideration of my own. 333 00:23:07,345 --> 00:23:11,224 You now hold regret, being so bound to him? 334 00:23:11,641 --> 00:23:13,226 As I said, he was a good man - 335 00:23:13,810 --> 00:23:15,937 gentle, kind. 336 00:23:17,313 --> 00:23:19,190 Yet as his memory fades, 337 00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:22,401 unsettled notion weighs upon mind. 338 00:23:25,488 --> 00:23:28,449 Give it name, if you are so able. 339 00:23:30,910 --> 00:23:32,787 It is a thought born of a whisper, 340 00:23:32,954 --> 00:23:34,872 grown to deafening roar... 341 00:23:35,998 --> 00:23:38,334 that what I grieve now is not his loss, 342 00:23:38,876 --> 00:23:42,338 but that of purpose and desire denied as my own 343 00:23:42,797 --> 00:23:45,508 that perhaps this world offers more than husband 344 00:23:45,675 --> 00:23:47,260 and promise of children, 345 00:23:47,635 --> 00:23:50,847 of a villa filled with pretty, empty things... 346 00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:53,182 I among them. 347 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:56,853 What has moved you to such revelation? 348 00:23:58,521 --> 00:23:59,564 You. 349 00:24:01,566 --> 00:24:05,695 And your presentation of a woman upon the sands of the arena, 350 00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:08,030 in opposition of all I have been taught 351 00:24:08,197 --> 00:24:10,783 is our proper place in the republic. 352 00:24:12,201 --> 00:24:15,746 Together, you have shown me that I stand but specter 353 00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:17,874 haunting this body... 354 00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:20,960 conjured by ritual of loving parents 355 00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:23,713 and husband chosen absent consent. 356 00:24:25,089 --> 00:24:27,300 It is a grave honor, then... 357 00:24:27,842 --> 00:24:30,928 to have played a part, however small, in... 358 00:24:31,846 --> 00:24:34,307 awakening towards higher purpose. 359 00:24:35,224 --> 00:24:38,352 My mother would vehemently disagree. 360 00:24:39,312 --> 00:24:41,522 She has proven... 361 00:24:42,899 --> 00:24:45,860 difficult, upon occasion. 362 00:24:46,194 --> 00:24:47,945 The fault lies not in her alone. 363 00:24:48,613 --> 00:24:52,491 She is but wild bird confined to gilded cage, 364 00:24:53,326 --> 00:24:55,578 bars forged by the traditions of men. 365 00:24:56,204 --> 00:25:00,124 Do I... not stand as such? 366 00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:02,126 Allow me to amend. 367 00:25:03,794 --> 00:25:06,047 Forged by traditions of Roman men. 368 00:25:06,214 --> 00:25:07,298 Ah. 369 00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:20,019 He says he's done all he can for her 370 00:25:20,770 --> 00:25:22,980 and that she's in the hands of the gods now. 371 00:25:26,442 --> 00:25:27,985 Then she stands alone. 372 00:25:29,195 --> 00:25:30,404 You blaspheme. 373 00:25:31,113 --> 00:25:32,782 I but speak of experience. 374 00:25:33,199 --> 00:25:35,201 I hold that we are never truly alone... 375 00:25:35,993 --> 00:25:37,578 if heart is held open. 376 00:25:38,788 --> 00:25:40,706 I shall make offering to the gods, 377 00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:42,541 coupled with prayer towards Achillia's health 378 00:25:42,708 --> 00:25:44,126 and prosperity. 379 00:25:44,794 --> 00:25:46,337 And yours as well. 380 00:25:57,139 --> 00:25:59,850 Jupiter truly blesses us this day. 381 00:26:01,143 --> 00:26:03,562 They do stand enticing vision, 382 00:26:04,981 --> 00:26:07,984 despite laboring beneath the Syrian. 383 00:26:09,485 --> 00:26:10,987 Which do you favor? 384 00:26:12,655 --> 00:26:16,409 Difficult to judge, given current form. 385 00:26:17,493 --> 00:26:20,746 Then let us see expectations... raised. 386 00:26:23,541 --> 00:26:26,836 Present yourselves in more... heroic fashion. 387 00:26:34,427 --> 00:26:35,886 Shall we retrieve errant daughter 388 00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:38,931 - to lay eyes upon display? - I fear thoughts towards 389 00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:41,976 fallen husband might temper enjoyment. 390 00:26:42,143 --> 00:26:45,396 She must brave to sail upon the seas of marriage once more, 391 00:26:45,521 --> 00:26:47,398 in advance of youth faded. 392 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:51,527 You yet have thoughts towards Caesar's man? 393 00:26:52,278 --> 00:26:55,865 The name Quintus Thermus does rise by day and hour. 394 00:26:56,115 --> 00:26:57,825 Yet I fear my own husband, 395 00:26:57,992 --> 00:27:02,371 whose allegiance lies firmly... with Pompey. 396 00:27:02,496 --> 00:27:05,791 Pompey shall fade from concern, as he shall from history. 397 00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:07,543 Securing future of daughter, 398 00:27:07,710 --> 00:27:09,962 by extension, that of deserving mother, 399 00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:12,590 is all that should move decision. 400 00:27:15,843 --> 00:27:17,970 You would have me take position 401 00:27:18,137 --> 00:27:20,139 counter to desires... 402 00:27:21,015 --> 00:27:22,600 of my husband? 403 00:27:23,851 --> 00:27:26,937 I would but see your own satisfied. 404 00:27:31,525 --> 00:27:33,486 I fear you mistake me. 405 00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:35,905 I mistake nothing. 406 00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:07,937 Celadus stands at forefront of standing. 407 00:28:08,312 --> 00:28:09,688 Yet Tarchon, 408 00:28:09,855 --> 00:28:12,858 Erato and Ephesius were not among contest, 409 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:15,152 occupied as they were. 410 00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:17,988 See them returned to purpose at break of day. 411 00:28:20,449 --> 00:28:22,034 Mood appears lifted. 412 00:28:22,618 --> 00:28:23,953 Achillia improves? 413 00:28:25,079 --> 00:28:28,040 She remains caught between this world and the next. 414 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:31,836 Yet hope and heart... 415 00:28:32,002 --> 00:28:33,087 blossoms. 416 00:28:33,754 --> 00:28:35,881 She has proven herself beyond expectations. 417 00:28:36,048 --> 00:28:38,384 She rose to champion upon your fucking instruction, 418 00:28:38,551 --> 00:28:41,387 despite reservation towards presenting a woman 419 00:28:41,554 --> 00:28:43,264 in the games. 420 00:28:43,431 --> 00:28:45,599 I but did what any doctore would. 421 00:28:45,933 --> 00:28:47,351 You stand overly humble. 422 00:28:48,102 --> 00:28:51,939 Achillia's victory has ignited and inspired this city in... 423 00:28:54,775 --> 00:28:56,193 unexpected ways. 424 00:28:57,069 --> 00:28:58,529 You honor me. 425 00:28:59,113 --> 00:29:00,531 I but break truth. 426 00:29:01,073 --> 00:29:04,994 Neglected by passions of more inflamed moment. 427 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,789 If nothing further is required of me, 428 00:29:08,956 --> 00:29:13,252 I would fall from ludus towards personal matter. 429 00:29:14,545 --> 00:29:17,590 Go, you fucking goat. 430 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:21,260 And may it involve cock and the pleasuring of it. 431 00:29:34,231 --> 00:29:37,568 Where has the shadow that darkened this house fallen? 432 00:29:38,027 --> 00:29:39,820 Domina has taken to bedchambers, 433 00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:44,200 filled with wine and visions of heroic offerings. 434 00:29:44,366 --> 00:29:46,076 Do not refer to her as Domina. 435 00:29:46,243 --> 00:29:48,704 - Is that not what she stands? - Name her fucking Athena 436 00:29:48,871 --> 00:29:52,500 if the doing of such bends her to more pleasant mood. 437 00:29:52,625 --> 00:29:53,918 Yes, Dominus. 438 00:29:54,835 --> 00:29:57,129 May slumbering beast remain sated 439 00:29:57,296 --> 00:30:00,090 and quietude return. 440 00:30:02,968 --> 00:30:04,178 Bring food, 441 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,473 in advance of my own fucking dreams. 442 00:30:13,103 --> 00:30:15,898 You fall to her side as obedient pet. 443 00:30:16,941 --> 00:30:20,361 - I do but as commanded. - Absent complaint. 444 00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:25,491 Has any ever served purpose in this fucking house? 445 00:30:27,576 --> 00:30:29,537 What words did she break with Cossutia, 446 00:30:29,703 --> 00:30:31,372 in absence of Dominus? 447 00:30:34,041 --> 00:30:35,376 None of note. 448 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,936 Dispatched by the Syrian once more? 449 00:30:54,103 --> 00:30:55,479 My will is my own. 450 00:30:56,855 --> 00:31:00,859 I come to offer gratitude for allowing use of your medicus. 451 00:31:01,026 --> 00:31:02,403 Achillia recovers? 452 00:31:03,153 --> 00:31:06,490 She has been given chance to do so, upon your kindness. 453 00:31:07,032 --> 00:31:10,286 Such was extended to neither her nor the Syrian. 454 00:31:11,370 --> 00:31:14,915 Then I extend gratitude from my lips alone. 455 00:31:21,005 --> 00:31:22,506 And offer gift... 456 00:31:22,923 --> 00:31:24,216 in return. 457 00:31:27,511 --> 00:31:29,972 I have never witnessed you absent it. 458 00:31:41,275 --> 00:31:43,110 When I won my freedom in the arena, 459 00:31:43,277 --> 00:31:46,280 I bought the first bauble I laid eyes upon in the market. 460 00:31:47,948 --> 00:31:49,408 A foolish waste of coin. 461 00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:52,161 Yet it stood symbol... 462 00:31:52,745 --> 00:31:54,121 of what could be achieved 463 00:31:54,288 --> 00:31:56,957 if heart is set towards unwavering future. 464 00:31:57,541 --> 00:32:00,336 You will accompany me to Sicilia, then? 465 00:32:02,338 --> 00:32:03,922 The thought of abandoning the House of Ashur 466 00:32:04,089 --> 00:32:06,925 - still troubles mind. - The Syrian has proved himself 467 00:32:07,051 --> 00:32:08,636 most resourceful. He shall survive. 468 00:32:08,802 --> 00:32:11,263 It is not his survival that causes worry. 469 00:32:13,474 --> 00:32:17,186 You believe he would strike against me... 470 00:32:17,311 --> 00:32:18,854 if I were to wrest you from him? 471 00:32:18,979 --> 00:32:21,398 You do not know the man as I do. 472 00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:24,443 He is consumed by erratic passions, 473 00:32:24,610 --> 00:32:26,987 often culminating in murderous win. 474 00:32:27,696 --> 00:32:30,240 I have seen him, in fit of temper, 475 00:32:30,407 --> 00:32:33,243 seize the life of one of his most valued gladiators, 476 00:32:33,619 --> 00:32:35,412 amongst scarce stock, 477 00:32:35,913 --> 00:32:37,998 with but shattered jug of wine. 478 00:32:41,085 --> 00:32:45,255 Perhaps loss of prized doctore may be balanced 479 00:32:45,381 --> 00:32:49,593 by offering he would hold towards larger value. 480 00:32:49,718 --> 00:32:52,721 What miracle would you invoke to tame lethal tempest? 481 00:32:52,888 --> 00:32:55,224 An unexpected bounty. 482 00:32:56,058 --> 00:32:58,686 One he shall find impossible to turn from. 483 00:33:00,813 --> 00:33:04,692 As I find the thought of your hands upon me... 484 00:33:05,234 --> 00:33:07,945 impossible to strike from mind. 485 00:33:08,862 --> 00:33:12,533 A sentiment closely shared. 486 00:33:25,254 --> 00:33:26,672 Fucking cunts! 487 00:33:27,923 --> 00:33:30,384 You betray me for this... 488 00:33:30,551 --> 00:33:31,760 semblance of a man? 489 00:33:31,927 --> 00:33:34,596 I stand titan to those who know true worth. 490 00:33:34,763 --> 00:33:37,891 Let us come to reason and make offer benefitting all. 491 00:33:38,058 --> 00:33:40,144 Offer Jupiter's cock in place of my own 492 00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:42,730 and it will not stand sufficient. 493 00:33:42,896 --> 00:33:45,441 I present something of larger interest. 494 00:33:45,607 --> 00:33:47,067 Well, birth thought from fucking head 495 00:33:47,234 --> 00:33:49,820 so I may strangle it till fucking lifeless. 496 00:33:49,987 --> 00:33:52,406 My villa and ludus, 497 00:33:52,573 --> 00:33:54,324 and all men contained within 498 00:33:54,491 --> 00:33:57,536 in exchange for but one of yours. 499 00:34:06,712 --> 00:34:08,297 Korris stands a free man 500 00:34:08,464 --> 00:34:11,132 and can take leave upon fucking whim. 501 00:34:11,632 --> 00:34:15,304 Why part with such abundance to purchase what is not owned? 502 00:34:15,471 --> 00:34:17,764 The cost comes not towards me 503 00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:21,601 but assurance that you and I will part absent malice... 504 00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:23,437 or retribution. 505 00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:28,150 And who will stand in your place as valued doctore? 506 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:31,195 - Elevate Celadus to position. - Celadus? 507 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,112 He aided in the training of Achillia 508 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,199 after I was set upon by Proculus' men. 509 00:34:36,909 --> 00:34:39,870 He will honor title and this house. 510 00:34:44,458 --> 00:34:45,918 I shall think upon it 511 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:48,337 and give reply upon fucking leisure. 512 00:34:59,014 --> 00:35:00,766 Fall to the ludus. 513 00:35:07,856 --> 00:35:10,108 And you from fucking sight. 514 00:35:19,493 --> 00:35:21,745 Tarchon! 515 00:35:22,204 --> 00:35:24,039 Erato! Take position 516 00:35:24,206 --> 00:35:27,709 and see contest resumed towards title of champion. 517 00:35:32,381 --> 00:35:34,383 I stroke cock to climax once more. 518 00:35:34,550 --> 00:35:37,803 I fear seed shall fall short 519 00:35:37,970 --> 00:35:39,805 of purpose. 520 00:35:41,265 --> 00:35:42,683 Begin! 521 00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:53,652 It would be a great loss... 522 00:35:54,361 --> 00:35:56,113 to see Korris depart. 523 00:35:56,947 --> 00:35:58,907 The risk well fucking known. 524 00:35:59,491 --> 00:36:02,953 What of Achillia? Has senses stirred from darkness? 525 00:36:04,204 --> 00:36:06,248 Word of such has not yet broken. 526 00:36:07,958 --> 00:36:11,670 Dire tidings upon heel of unexpected triumph. 527 00:36:12,588 --> 00:36:14,214 I pray she does not fall from life, 528 00:36:14,381 --> 00:36:17,718 dragging you with her from tenuous perch. 529 00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:21,513 Gratitude for imagined concern. 530 00:36:23,557 --> 00:36:27,227 Refill cup with more satisfying vintage brought from Rome. 531 00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:30,772 I have arranged invitation to Gabinius' villa. 532 00:36:31,398 --> 00:36:34,818 Name appointed time and I shall command wagon to transport you. 533 00:36:35,402 --> 00:36:37,654 The invitation is not for myself. 534 00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:42,826 I am to sit with Gabinius? 535 00:36:43,327 --> 00:36:45,287 Towards subject of union between beloved daughter 536 00:36:45,454 --> 00:36:48,332 and Quintus Thermus, ally of Caesar. 537 00:36:51,627 --> 00:36:52,920 Marriage? 538 00:36:53,587 --> 00:36:56,381 Viridia has expressed desire towards such? 539 00:36:56,798 --> 00:37:00,636 Women do not desire marriage. Marriage desires them. 540 00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:03,347 Gabinius will not be swayed by my tongue 541 00:37:03,513 --> 00:37:05,265 to such decision of import. 542 00:37:05,766 --> 00:37:08,477 I have planted seed in fertile ground of loving wife, 543 00:37:08,644 --> 00:37:10,354 where it takes strong root. 544 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,023 Use goodwill garnered by your champion's victory 545 00:37:13,190 --> 00:37:15,317 to see effort to harvest. 546 00:37:29,790 --> 00:37:31,291 Argh! 547 00:37:33,126 --> 00:37:35,337 Tarchon - victor! 548 00:37:35,504 --> 00:37:37,798 Celadus, Ephesius, take position. 549 00:37:46,515 --> 00:37:47,724 Begin! 550 00:37:49,017 --> 00:37:51,812 All that has assaulted ear since conclusion of our games 551 00:37:51,979 --> 00:37:53,855 is the name Achillia. 552 00:37:54,606 --> 00:37:56,984 And imploring demand towards assistance 553 00:37:57,150 --> 00:38:00,529 in securing your response to mounting requests 554 00:38:00,696 --> 00:38:03,198 for her inclusion in upcoming celebrations. 555 00:38:03,365 --> 00:38:04,992 We stand blessed by effort and strategy. 556 00:38:05,117 --> 00:38:06,910 Oh, your effort. And most definitely 557 00:38:07,077 --> 00:38:08,996 your fucking strategy, Syrian. 558 00:38:09,705 --> 00:38:13,333 Yet we are bound by reflection, mirroring shared blessings. 559 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:15,377 To see laurels heaped upon the House of Gabinius, 560 00:38:15,544 --> 00:38:19,381 and all beneath its roof, fills heart to bursting. 561 00:38:19,756 --> 00:38:22,384 Florid... yet appreciated. 562 00:38:23,802 --> 00:38:25,387 How fares your champion? 563 00:38:25,512 --> 00:38:27,931 Her injuries appeared of grievous nature, 564 00:38:28,056 --> 00:38:30,434 even viewed from distance of pulvinus. 565 00:38:30,934 --> 00:38:33,020 Many have made offerings and broken prayer 566 00:38:33,186 --> 00:38:34,896 towards her return to the arena. 567 00:38:35,063 --> 00:38:36,064 Your voice among them? 568 00:38:36,231 --> 00:38:37,816 I have no tongue for it. 569 00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:40,485 Mother and sister would often entreat the gods of my homeland 570 00:38:40,652 --> 00:38:43,697 towards relief from our suffering. 571 00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:45,032 Yet... 572 00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:48,618 none ever materialized. 573 00:38:50,037 --> 00:38:53,623 I hold no grace towards words of prayer myself. 574 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,211 Yet daughter holds such gifts in abundance. 575 00:38:58,378 --> 00:39:01,840 She recalls image of my sister when we were young, 576 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:04,384 not in form or countenance, 577 00:39:05,010 --> 00:39:06,678 but in beliefs, 578 00:39:07,137 --> 00:39:08,180 deeply held. 579 00:39:08,764 --> 00:39:11,141 You have broken words with her upon subject? 580 00:39:11,892 --> 00:39:15,520 When she and her mother joined Caesar's wife at my villa. 581 00:39:16,563 --> 00:39:17,939 - Cornelia. - Mm-hm. 582 00:39:18,106 --> 00:39:19,775 A woman held together in human form 583 00:39:19,941 --> 00:39:22,569 only by schemes and ambitions. 584 00:39:24,071 --> 00:39:26,031 Now she conspires... 585 00:39:26,198 --> 00:39:28,992 to see my only child bonded to Quintus Thermus 586 00:39:29,159 --> 00:39:31,203 to advance maneuverings. 587 00:39:33,205 --> 00:39:34,623 I must confess... 588 00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:37,250 I have been urged to attempt to move you 589 00:39:37,417 --> 00:39:40,087 towards favor of proposition. 590 00:39:40,253 --> 00:39:41,505 Urged? 591 00:39:42,506 --> 00:39:45,467 Commanded, by Caesar, through voice of Cornelia. 592 00:39:46,468 --> 00:39:48,887 You believe Crassus moves Caesar 593 00:39:49,304 --> 00:39:50,972 as he so moves wife? 594 00:39:51,556 --> 00:39:54,518 I believe Julius fucking Caesar moves by no force 595 00:39:54,684 --> 00:39:57,521 other than his own ravenous appetite. 596 00:39:58,396 --> 00:40:01,441 You speak candidly towards those you owe allegiance. 597 00:40:03,276 --> 00:40:06,279 Or I find myself ensnared in net 598 00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:08,782 woven by hands other than your own. 599 00:40:08,907 --> 00:40:12,702 I am no friend of Caesar, nor serpent the man claims mate. 600 00:40:13,954 --> 00:40:16,331 I am beholden to Crassus alone, 601 00:40:16,498 --> 00:40:19,793 owing to him my freedom and all I possess since. 602 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,462 A wise and measured response, 603 00:40:22,629 --> 00:40:25,549 one I would offer if position reversed. 604 00:40:26,466 --> 00:40:28,260 Yet place thought of Crassus aside. 605 00:40:28,385 --> 00:40:31,471 If he stands not the source of desire 606 00:40:31,638 --> 00:40:35,392 towards Viridia's marriage, what path would you counsel? 607 00:40:39,813 --> 00:40:42,315 I would plea... against it. 608 00:40:42,482 --> 00:40:45,152 Plea? So strong a condemnation? 609 00:40:46,236 --> 00:40:49,573 I have only known your daughter for briefest moment, 610 00:40:49,739 --> 00:40:53,618 yet... lasting impression has been made. 611 00:40:54,536 --> 00:40:57,289 I would not see her used as a piece upon board of Caesar 612 00:40:57,455 --> 00:40:59,124 and Cornelia's game. 613 00:41:00,292 --> 00:41:02,460 Once again, we stand reflection. 614 00:41:05,922 --> 00:41:09,301 I will not give consent to proposed union. 615 00:41:12,345 --> 00:41:14,764 - A decision wisely made. - Now turn thoughts from such 616 00:41:14,890 --> 00:41:17,517 and fix them upon own fucking house. 617 00:41:17,684 --> 00:41:19,686 Mind seldom strays from task. 618 00:41:19,853 --> 00:41:22,647 Opportunity such as your champion presents 619 00:41:22,814 --> 00:41:24,733 rarely grace those of your station. 620 00:41:24,900 --> 00:41:28,486 You must build upon it or see possibility evaporate 621 00:41:28,653 --> 00:41:32,073 as swiftly as-as dew beneath withering sun. 622 00:41:34,075 --> 00:41:38,205 One as you describe has recently presented itself. 623 00:41:38,705 --> 00:41:40,207 In form and manner? 624 00:41:40,373 --> 00:41:44,252 In such that would greatly expand holdings upon single... 625 00:41:44,419 --> 00:41:45,420 stroke. 626 00:41:45,837 --> 00:41:48,423 - And the cost of it? - In coin, none. 627 00:41:49,382 --> 00:41:52,219 Yet it would be a loss keenly felt 628 00:41:52,344 --> 00:41:54,262 nonetheless. 629 00:41:54,429 --> 00:41:58,058 Men of position and power have but one thing in common - 630 00:41:59,059 --> 00:42:01,394 the sting of yesterday's sacrifice 631 00:42:01,561 --> 00:42:05,065 in service towards greater glory of tomorrow. 632 00:42:05,398 --> 00:42:07,234 Seize fucking moment 633 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,403 and set loss to sea upon distant tide. 634 00:42:21,790 --> 00:42:23,583 Where's Achillia?! Where's Achillia?! 635 00:42:23,750 --> 00:42:27,003 - Where's Achillia?! - Soon, soon, soon. 636 00:42:27,170 --> 00:42:29,256 When will Achillia grace the arena once more? 637 00:42:29,422 --> 00:42:31,675 The Goddess of Death shall reclaim the sand 638 00:42:31,841 --> 00:42:34,594 upon a day soon approaching! 639 00:42:34,761 --> 00:42:38,682 And fuck all who dare stand before her! Ha! 640 00:42:38,848 --> 00:42:41,476 - (crowd laughs, cheers] - The woman yet lives? 641 00:42:43,937 --> 00:42:45,272 She does. 642 00:42:45,689 --> 00:42:47,357 How fares your champion? 643 00:42:47,857 --> 00:42:49,025 Resurrected? 644 00:42:49,192 --> 00:42:52,153 Or yet in eternal repose? 645 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,489 Heap gratitude upon foreign gods 646 00:42:54,656 --> 00:42:57,867 your bitch did not face the Brothers Ferox. 647 00:42:58,618 --> 00:43:01,871 Do you value life so little to form guard of... 648 00:43:02,289 --> 00:43:03,581 half-men? 649 00:43:04,541 --> 00:43:06,626 Perhaps my... little sword 650 00:43:06,751 --> 00:43:11,923 shall carve name into block of wood resting upon shoulders. 651 00:43:12,424 --> 00:43:13,633 Satyrus. 652 00:43:14,050 --> 00:43:15,468 Fall to purpose, 653 00:43:15,635 --> 00:43:17,804 and see coin owed from merchant Tantalus collected. 654 00:43:18,513 --> 00:43:22,517 - And if he cannot produce? - Add trophy to your belt. 655 00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:24,519 Go. 656 00:43:24,686 --> 00:43:27,605 I would break words with the Syrian absent distraction. 657 00:43:28,148 --> 00:43:29,774 Scurry forth. 658 00:43:31,818 --> 00:43:35,280 Apologies. Satyrus possesses bile of one fully formed, 659 00:43:35,447 --> 00:43:37,324 concentrated into diminutive vessel. 660 00:43:37,490 --> 00:43:40,035 A small annoyance, barely rising to notice. 661 00:43:40,201 --> 00:43:41,703 Now, what fucking words do you hold 662 00:43:41,870 --> 00:43:44,122 I have interest in breaking with you? 663 00:43:44,664 --> 00:43:47,292 Your unusual offering in the arena has admittedly ignited 664 00:43:47,459 --> 00:43:49,002 the baser elements of the city. 665 00:43:49,169 --> 00:43:52,672 Yet it is foolish to hold that her fortunes shall continue 666 00:43:52,797 --> 00:43:54,799 in light of injuries sustained. 667 00:43:54,966 --> 00:43:58,219 And how does such matter weigh upon your fucking mind? 668 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:00,472 They do not. Yet I see 669 00:44:00,597 --> 00:44:03,558 convergent path in what you have managed to achieve, 670 00:44:03,725 --> 00:44:04,934 however brief in nature. 671 00:44:05,101 --> 00:44:07,437 Speak plainly or part fucking way. 672 00:44:07,979 --> 00:44:09,272 Plainly, then. 673 00:44:09,981 --> 00:44:11,524 I offer alliance. 674 00:44:14,778 --> 00:44:17,030 If your champion recovers from wounds inflicted, 675 00:44:17,197 --> 00:44:19,574 we shall pair her against my lesser men, 676 00:44:20,075 --> 00:44:22,577 to extend her life and reap further coin from those rabid 677 00:44:22,702 --> 00:44:26,414 at thought of a woman defying odds towards fated end. 678 00:44:27,791 --> 00:44:28,917 Hmm. 679 00:44:30,460 --> 00:44:33,463 I would counter generous offer. 680 00:44:35,507 --> 00:44:37,258 Unhinge jaw... 681 00:44:38,134 --> 00:44:39,803 and swallow cock. 682 00:44:42,514 --> 00:44:45,517 I offer hand only to find teeth snapping at flesh. 683 00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:47,352 You piss on the House of Ashur at every turn 684 00:44:47,519 --> 00:44:49,979 and now stand in wonder I do not take knee 685 00:44:50,146 --> 00:44:51,606 and receive golden tribute? 686 00:44:51,773 --> 00:44:53,942 Let us turn from rightfully aggrieved past 687 00:44:54,067 --> 00:44:56,694 and seize necessity of present moment. 688 00:44:56,861 --> 00:44:59,697 I am soon to fucking dwarf necessity. 689 00:44:59,823 --> 00:45:03,284 You grow so bold after but single victory in a Primus, 690 00:45:03,451 --> 00:45:06,746 with champion lying at the gates of the Underworld, 691 00:45:06,913 --> 00:45:09,040 yet a breath from admittance? 692 00:45:09,207 --> 00:45:11,626 Bolder than stunted imagination could dream. 693 00:45:11,751 --> 00:45:15,588 My holdings double upon turn of circumstance. 694 00:45:15,713 --> 00:45:19,092 And how do you call forth such miracle? 695 00:45:19,217 --> 00:45:22,554 By one also much abused by your fucking tongue. 696 00:45:23,054 --> 00:45:26,099 The man takes flight, his holdings falling 697 00:45:26,266 --> 00:45:28,476 to deserving hands. 698 00:45:29,269 --> 00:45:31,062 Opiter? 699 00:45:35,608 --> 00:45:38,194 You do not possess coin to secure what is his, 700 00:45:38,361 --> 00:45:41,030 short of Crassus himself shitting gold 701 00:45:41,197 --> 00:45:42,615 into outstretched palm. 702 00:45:42,782 --> 00:45:47,120 Oh, I possess all that is required of worth and value 703 00:45:47,287 --> 00:45:49,414 beyond coin. 704 00:45:49,581 --> 00:45:52,083 The House of Ashur shall soon stand monolith, 705 00:45:52,250 --> 00:45:55,128 lesser men forever to dwell 706 00:45:55,295 --> 00:45:57,547 in its fucking shadow. 707 00:46:05,180 --> 00:46:06,473 There are but two remaining 708 00:46:06,639 --> 00:46:10,143 within grasp of honored mantle of champion. 709 00:46:11,519 --> 00:46:13,021 Celadus... 710 00:46:13,813 --> 00:46:15,148 Tarchon... 711 00:46:16,399 --> 00:46:17,984 take position. 712 00:46:21,654 --> 00:46:22,739 At last... 713 00:46:24,115 --> 00:46:27,243 I will seize title from undeserving woman. 714 00:46:27,368 --> 00:46:29,120 And I shall reclaim it 715 00:46:29,787 --> 00:46:32,707 to present as gift when she rises again. 716 00:46:41,591 --> 00:46:42,675 Begin! 717 00:47:12,497 --> 00:47:14,165 Why do you fight for her?! 718 00:47:14,999 --> 00:47:16,042 Argh! 719 00:47:22,382 --> 00:47:23,925 Argh! 720 00:47:24,926 --> 00:47:28,096 I fight for this fucking house. 721 00:47:32,642 --> 00:47:34,477 Celadus - victor. 722 00:47:37,188 --> 00:47:40,400 - The title of champion falls... - Stay hand! 723 00:47:44,362 --> 00:47:46,114 Tarchon shall stand as champion 724 00:47:46,281 --> 00:47:48,783 until such day Achillia returns to form. 725 00:47:52,745 --> 00:47:55,915 See Celadus elevated to position of doctore. 726 00:47:59,210 --> 00:48:02,630 And all encompassed by declaration. 727 00:48:18,813 --> 00:48:21,274 My time upon the sands draws to sudden end. 728 00:48:21,441 --> 00:48:24,944 Embrace achievements of those you lend experience to, 729 00:48:25,361 --> 00:48:27,822 as I have done for many years. 730 00:48:34,746 --> 00:48:37,290 You have given all to the arena, old friend. 731 00:48:37,832 --> 00:48:39,792 Does it stand possible to hold dream of anything 732 00:48:39,959 --> 00:48:41,711 beyond blood and glory? 733 00:48:42,545 --> 00:48:45,423 One whose worth transcends value of any victory 734 00:48:45,590 --> 00:48:47,342 or cheering crowd. 735 00:48:52,722 --> 00:48:54,557 You stand ready to fall from this house? 736 00:48:54,724 --> 00:48:56,601 And eager to do so. 737 00:48:58,144 --> 00:49:00,146 Uh, there is yet... 738 00:49:00,897 --> 00:49:03,066 final thing I would ask of you, in... 739 00:49:03,608 --> 00:49:05,443 advance of parting. 740 00:49:20,875 --> 00:49:23,002 She does not wake. 741 00:49:24,420 --> 00:49:26,881 She stands at the judgement of her gods 742 00:49:27,799 --> 00:49:29,300 and shall return to the world of the living 743 00:49:29,425 --> 00:49:31,052 if found of worth. 744 00:49:32,804 --> 00:49:34,430 I would tip balance... 745 00:49:35,973 --> 00:49:37,600 with offering and... 746 00:49:38,476 --> 00:49:39,686 prayer. 747 00:49:41,187 --> 00:49:43,940 You would entreat the gods you do not believe in? 748 00:49:44,524 --> 00:49:47,443 They have seldom given me cause for such faith. 749 00:49:48,736 --> 00:49:50,780 Yet perhaps effort combined 750 00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:53,533 may move them towards compassion. 751 00:50:14,345 --> 00:50:16,097 Then let us stand as one. 752 00:52:13,256 --> 00:52:15,883 I... live? 753 00:52:16,050 --> 00:52:18,302 Our journey has not yet ended. 754 00:52:27,228 --> 00:52:29,188 The gods do not fuck you this time. 755 00:52:32,483 --> 00:52:34,443 I still do not care for you. 756 00:52:35,152 --> 00:52:36,445 Nor I you. 757 00:52:46,873 --> 00:52:48,082 Sentius! 758 00:52:48,958 --> 00:52:51,294 I would take meal before journey. 759 00:52:53,337 --> 00:52:55,506 Sentius? Sentius! 760 00:53:03,681 --> 00:53:05,725 Someone has a secret. 761 00:53:05,892 --> 00:53:08,936 Secrets. Secrets. 762 00:53:09,103 --> 00:53:12,315 Thought he could leave absent farewells. 763 00:53:13,316 --> 00:53:15,568 Thought he could fuck... 764 00:53:15,735 --> 00:53:17,737 the Syrian's man. 765 00:53:19,447 --> 00:53:22,491 Presenting gift of villa and ludus, 766 00:53:22,658 --> 00:53:24,660 to fuck our dominus! 767 00:53:26,746 --> 00:53:28,581 Apologies. 768 00:53:28,748 --> 00:53:30,625 I- I forgot myself. 769 00:53:31,208 --> 00:53:33,711 - We will help you remember. - Help you. 770 00:53:33,878 --> 00:53:35,504 Take it. 771 00:53:36,047 --> 00:53:37,214 All of it! 772 00:53:37,632 --> 00:53:39,717 In exchange for my life! 773 00:53:41,594 --> 00:53:44,347 - Your life... - Your life... 774 00:53:46,641 --> 00:53:48,726 holds no value now. 775 00:53:52,855 --> 00:53:54,398 I beg you. 776 00:53:55,900 --> 00:53:57,443 Spare me! 777 00:54:02,782 --> 00:54:04,825 Argh! 778 00:54:04,951 --> 00:54:06,827 Argh! 779 00:54:10,831 --> 00:54:13,292 The world looks so much larger, 780 00:54:13,918 --> 00:54:14,961 does it not, 781 00:54:15,086 --> 00:54:16,587 from down here? 782 00:54:16,754 --> 00:54:20,299 Please, don't. Please, I beg you. Please. 783 00:54:20,466 --> 00:54:22,760 Argh!