1 00:00:49,026 --> 00:00:52,962 The legend began beneath these dark hills 2 00:00:53,030 --> 00:00:55,498 and under this same sky. 3 00:00:56,467 --> 00:01:00,096 It tells øf a swørd øf great pøwer. 4 00:01:00,170 --> 00:01:03,196 førged før the cønquerør Julius Caesar. 5 00:01:04,341 --> 00:01:07,708 This weapøn was passed døwn until it reached 6 00:01:07,778 --> 00:01:12,841 the last øf Caesar's nøble line. the emperør Tiberius. 7 00:01:14,184 --> 00:01:18,746 On his death. it was hidden away tø keep it frøm the hands øf evil men. 8 00:01:19,890 --> 00:01:22,450 Før generatiøns. it lay in a secret place. 9 00:01:22,526 --> 00:01:25,654 marked by the sign øf a pentangle. 10 00:01:25,729 --> 00:01:30,223 and as it was written. under the very gaze øf Caesar. 11 00:01:31,869 --> 00:01:35,236 I. Ambrøsinus. børn in Britannia... 12 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,370 was øne øf many men whø søught it. 13 00:01:42,046 --> 00:01:43,377 In a time øf injustice. 14 00:01:43,447 --> 00:01:47,213 I made it my life's task tø find the swørd 15 00:01:47,284 --> 00:01:50,185 and the øne righteøus enøugh tø wield it. 16 00:01:50,254 --> 00:01:53,155 I jøurneyed far acrøss the Cøntinent. 17 00:01:53,223 --> 00:01:56,954 thrøugh the heart øf an empire that ruled half the knøwn wørld. 18 00:01:58,228 --> 00:02:03,461 Nøw a threatened Røme was calling back her bravest and best 19 00:02:03,534 --> 00:02:05,593 tø defend her bøundaries. 20 00:02:36,567 --> 00:02:38,194 GUARD: Make way! 21 00:02:51,382 --> 00:02:53,179 Good to be home, Commander? 22 00:02:53,951 --> 00:02:56,249 Is this what I'm supposed to wear? 23 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,345 I can't even remember how to put it on. 24 00:03:00,657 --> 00:03:02,056 Why ask, Vatrenus, hmm? 25 00:03:02,826 --> 00:03:04,088 Why me? 26 00:03:04,161 --> 00:03:07,528 Because they trust you. You are a true Roman. 27 00:03:07,598 --> 00:03:12,558 Besides, 'tis a glorious thing, they say, to guard the new Caesar. 28 00:03:12,636 --> 00:03:14,968 We held Africa for them for 10 years, 29 00:03:15,038 --> 00:03:16,767 grew old on their battlefields, 30 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,001 lost good men. 31 00:03:20,144 --> 00:03:21,839 What was it all for? 32 00:03:21,912 --> 00:03:25,712 We're soldiers, Aurelius. Politicians make the decisions. 33 00:03:26,950 --> 00:03:29,976 AURELIUS: Two breeds of men to be avoided like the pox... 34 00:03:30,053 --> 00:03:33,022 - (blade scrapes) ...politicians and philosophers. 35 00:03:36,059 --> 00:03:39,119 You know, in Alexandria they cut off the hand that steals. 36 00:03:39,196 --> 00:03:40,185 No, please. 37 00:03:40,264 --> 00:03:42,858 Once the hand is off, it's for God to decide whether you live or die. 38 00:03:44,268 --> 00:03:45,292 Most die. 39 00:03:46,637 --> 00:03:47,626 Batiatus! 40 00:03:50,073 --> 00:03:52,803 Do it outside. It'll make a mess. Blood everywhere. 41 00:04:01,185 --> 00:04:03,415 - Who's this? - Thief. Caught in the act. 42 00:04:03,487 --> 00:04:04,476 I'm not a thief. 43 00:04:04,555 --> 00:04:06,216 Now he's yours, big man. 44 00:04:07,257 --> 00:04:09,851 - One hand or two, Commander? - Oh, just the one. 45 00:04:14,932 --> 00:04:16,229 (chuckles) 46 00:04:20,370 --> 00:04:21,837 No, let me go, please! 47 00:04:21,905 --> 00:04:25,033 I wasn't gonna steal it, I swear to you! I give you my word. 48 00:04:25,108 --> 00:04:26,473 AURELIUS: Your word? 49 00:04:27,444 --> 00:04:29,071 You? 50 00:04:29,146 --> 00:04:31,944 A street boy? A thief? 51 00:04:32,015 --> 00:04:33,642 How can you be a man of your word? 52 00:04:33,717 --> 00:04:35,014 I just wanted to look at it. 53 00:04:36,620 --> 00:04:40,420 I am Aurelianus Caius Antonius, commander of the lmperial Guard. 54 00:04:40,491 --> 00:04:43,187 I am asking you, do you lie to me? 55 00:04:46,630 --> 00:04:48,655 I would not lie to you. 56 00:04:54,137 --> 00:04:55,900 You come back in ten years, boy. 57 00:04:57,774 --> 00:04:59,469 I'll give you your own sword. 58 00:05:00,944 --> 00:05:02,138 Now get out. 59 00:05:03,714 --> 00:05:06,911 Another worthy foe vanquished then, Commander. 60 00:05:09,386 --> 00:05:13,948 It's heartening to see soldiers of Rome display such valor. 61 00:05:14,024 --> 00:05:14,683 Who are you? 62 00:05:14,758 --> 00:05:18,694 One who knows humiliation to be a poor teacher... 63 00:05:19,930 --> 00:05:21,420 for both men and boys. 64 00:05:21,498 --> 00:05:23,898 I smell a philosopher. 65 00:05:23,967 --> 00:05:25,628 Are you all right? 66 00:05:27,604 --> 00:05:30,596 - Take the boy and go. - In our own good time. 67 00:05:37,714 --> 00:05:40,649 Heh. He said go, old man. 68 00:05:43,387 --> 00:05:45,116 More than a philosopher, then. 69 00:05:58,335 --> 00:06:01,031 (blowing softly) 70 00:06:08,278 --> 00:06:09,370 How'd he do that? 71 00:06:09,446 --> 00:06:12,938 Every time we have goose for dinner, you do that same old trick. 72 00:06:13,016 --> 00:06:14,005 Oh, dear. 73 00:06:14,084 --> 00:06:16,279 Have I done that one before? 74 00:06:16,353 --> 00:06:17,911 And I didn't need your help. 75 00:06:19,823 --> 00:06:20,915 (fountain trickling) 76 00:06:20,991 --> 00:06:22,959 Either way, you missed your Greek lesson. 77 00:06:23,026 --> 00:06:25,551 How come you never told me you knew how to fight? 78 00:06:27,364 --> 00:06:29,730 Get out of here, both of you. Go, go! 79 00:06:30,634 --> 00:06:31,658 Let them pass. 80 00:06:40,911 --> 00:06:43,175 - Odoacer. - Orestes. 81 00:06:44,648 --> 00:06:46,980 For ten years I have supported Rome. 82 00:06:47,050 --> 00:06:48,847 Ten years my warriors 83 00:06:48,919 --> 00:06:50,887 - have fought beside your legions. - Who is that? 84 00:06:50,954 --> 00:06:52,854 (whispering) The commander of the Goths. 85 00:06:52,923 --> 00:06:55,357 ODOACER: So now here I am... 86 00:06:55,425 --> 00:06:57,620 to claim my dues. 87 00:06:57,694 --> 00:06:59,423 And what are your dues, General? 88 00:06:59,496 --> 00:07:01,623 One-third of all Italy. 89 00:07:01,698 --> 00:07:02,665 (scoffs) 90 00:07:02,733 --> 00:07:04,428 You think I'm joking? 91 00:07:04,501 --> 00:07:06,696 Is this true, Orestes? Did you make such a pact? 92 00:07:06,770 --> 00:07:11,070 No... how could I promise what isn't mine to give? 93 00:07:11,141 --> 00:07:13,507 ODOACER: One-third of Italy. 94 00:07:13,577 --> 00:07:15,704 That way the alliance continues 95 00:07:15,779 --> 00:07:17,644 and your new Caesar 96 00:07:17,714 --> 00:07:21,275 will not topple from his throne like the others before him. 97 00:07:21,351 --> 00:07:25,219 I promised you nothing beyond the reward you were already given. 98 00:07:27,891 --> 00:07:30,382 You 've grown so tall, Orestes... 99 00:07:31,395 --> 00:07:34,091 you forget whose shoulders you stand on. 100 00:07:41,171 --> 00:07:43,867 Romulus, where have you been? 101 00:07:44,808 --> 00:07:46,605 We've been looking everywhere. 102 00:07:47,511 --> 00:07:52,244 Ambrosinus, you took him outside without a guard?! 103 00:07:52,315 --> 00:07:53,873 - You know the danger. - No, l... 104 00:07:53,950 --> 00:07:56,885 It's a fine morning. We went for a walk. No harm done. 105 00:07:56,953 --> 00:08:00,116 You know what tomorrow holds for him? 106 00:08:01,158 --> 00:08:02,352 For all of us. 107 00:08:02,426 --> 00:08:04,223 I know perfectly well, Orestes. 108 00:08:04,294 --> 00:08:06,262 I have as much care for your son as you have. 109 00:08:06,329 --> 00:08:07,990 What did you say? 110 00:08:11,735 --> 00:08:14,898 You go too far, schoolmaster. 111 00:08:14,971 --> 00:08:16,734 Leave us. 112 00:08:18,809 --> 00:08:24,645 Orestes, sometimes I think you forget he is just a boy. 113 00:08:24,715 --> 00:08:28,446 He has your blood in his veins, bloodline of the Caesars. 114 00:08:28,518 --> 00:08:30,611 He was never just a boy. 115 00:08:38,428 --> 00:08:44,663 Mother, in five years there have been five emperors... 116 00:08:45,836 --> 00:08:47,201 and they were all murdered. 117 00:08:50,974 --> 00:08:52,635 What will happen to me? 118 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,571 You will be guarded by the best. 119 00:08:59,649 --> 00:09:04,109 You will live long and rule wisely. 120 00:09:19,436 --> 00:09:21,495 (cheering) 121 00:10:06,283 --> 00:10:07,272 My son... 122 00:10:08,585 --> 00:10:11,383 this day you join the immortals. 123 00:10:45,422 --> 00:10:49,916 Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! 124 00:10:49,993 --> 00:10:51,255 (clanks) 125 00:10:53,096 --> 00:10:55,621 Mother, am I now the most powerful man in the world? 126 00:10:55,699 --> 00:10:56,688 You are. 127 00:10:56,766 --> 00:10:59,166 Then why can't I stay out on the day I am crowned? 128 00:11:00,804 --> 00:11:03,068 What am I to be, a god or a boy? 129 00:11:05,909 --> 00:11:11,006 You are Caesar, and my Caesar must be protected. 130 00:11:12,349 --> 00:11:13,941 But who would harm me? 131 00:11:14,017 --> 00:11:17,111 The one you saw, Odoacer the Goth. 132 00:11:17,187 --> 00:11:18,620 He is our ally. 133 00:11:18,688 --> 00:11:21,418 And you, teacher of words and numbers, 134 00:11:21,491 --> 00:11:23,925 what is the business of the state to you? 135 00:11:25,195 --> 00:11:28,494 My only concern is the welfare of your son. 136 00:11:28,565 --> 00:11:31,261 You make concern yourself no longer. 137 00:11:31,334 --> 00:11:32,665 He is Caesar now. 138 00:11:32,736 --> 00:11:34,169 He's still a boy. 139 00:11:34,237 --> 00:11:35,704 Perhaps he still needs me. 140 00:11:35,772 --> 00:11:38,639 Well, your task is over. 141 00:11:38,708 --> 00:11:42,109 Leave us. Don't come back. 142 00:11:46,383 --> 00:11:47,441 ORESTES: Romulus... 143 00:12:01,131 --> 00:12:02,291 Hail, Caesar. 144 00:12:02,365 --> 00:12:05,562 This is Aurelius, of the Nova Invicta. 145 00:12:06,569 --> 00:12:08,799 He will command your personal guard. 146 00:12:10,273 --> 00:12:11,865 May I see your sword, Commander? 147 00:12:17,781 --> 00:12:19,976 He must do everything to protect me from harm, 148 00:12:20,050 --> 00:12:23,451 - must he not, Father? - Indeed, he must. 149 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:24,885 To the last breath. 150 00:12:24,955 --> 00:12:27,185 And do I have your word on that? 151 00:12:27,257 --> 00:12:29,782 You have his word. 152 00:12:29,859 --> 00:12:32,350 He is sworn to serve you. 153 00:12:32,429 --> 00:12:33,987 Is it so, Commander? 154 00:12:37,701 --> 00:12:38,690 Thank you. 155 00:12:39,669 --> 00:12:41,899 I only wanted to look at it. 156 00:12:44,274 --> 00:12:45,707 (blade scrapes) 157 00:12:48,745 --> 00:12:50,235 VATRENUS: Open the gate. 158 00:12:51,848 --> 00:12:54,009 AMBROSINUS: And this is also Caesar's will? 159 00:12:54,084 --> 00:12:57,679 VATRENUS: You 've been well rewarded. Go back where you came from. 160 00:12:57,754 --> 00:13:02,316 My crime is putting new ideas into a young head, 161 00:13:02,392 --> 00:13:03,950 teaching a lad to think for himself. 162 00:13:04,027 --> 00:13:05,551 This lad is our emperor. 163 00:13:06,563 --> 00:13:10,090 Which do you serve: Caesar or your own ideas? 164 00:13:10,166 --> 00:13:13,101 "A wise man never asks what another man serves... 165 00:13:13,169 --> 00:13:15,569 ...for only his actions will speak the true answer." 166 00:13:15,638 --> 00:13:18,163 You 've read your Seneca. 167 00:13:18,241 --> 00:13:20,402 I find poets as dangerous as philosophers. 168 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:23,668 And you... 169 00:13:24,814 --> 00:13:26,441 Where did you get this? 170 00:13:28,618 --> 00:13:30,279 AMBROSINUS: A long time ago... 171 00:13:31,287 --> 00:13:32,652 in another land. 172 00:13:32,722 --> 00:13:35,190 (screams) 173 00:13:35,258 --> 00:13:37,624 ...from a man who loved only power. 174 00:13:41,698 --> 00:13:43,791 So you 're an adventurer, as well. 175 00:13:44,667 --> 00:13:47,693 If I see you again in Rome, it'll be on the point of my sword. 176 00:13:47,771 --> 00:13:49,671 Take care in the mist, Commander. 177 00:13:49,739 --> 00:13:52,731 It may hide what the gods themselves dare not look upon. 178 00:14:01,985 --> 00:14:04,385 NESTOR: But who will guard the guardians themselves? 179 00:14:04,454 --> 00:14:05,751 Nestor? 180 00:14:05,822 --> 00:14:07,346 Leave us. 181 00:14:12,128 --> 00:14:13,595 A senator. 182 00:14:13,663 --> 00:14:16,063 Well, these sit better on me than armor ever did. 183 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:18,929 How is it with you, Aurelius? 184 00:14:19,002 --> 00:14:21,129 Oh, a little older... no wiser. 185 00:14:21,204 --> 00:14:22,796 After all these years? 186 00:14:22,872 --> 00:14:24,840 Did you ever marry, have children? 187 00:14:24,908 --> 00:14:26,068 No. 188 00:14:27,010 --> 00:14:28,568 So what do you make of Rome? 189 00:14:28,645 --> 00:14:29,976 Different. 190 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:31,806 Uneasy. 191 00:14:31,881 --> 00:14:35,476 If you 're to guard our new Caesar, keep your wits about you. 192 00:14:36,519 --> 00:14:40,421 And come see me. Friends are a rare commodity these days. 193 00:14:40,490 --> 00:14:41,548 I will. 194 00:14:59,776 --> 00:15:02,836 GUARD: The Goths! They've betrayed us! 195 00:15:02,912 --> 00:15:04,379 (shouting, swords clashing) 196 00:15:04,447 --> 00:15:06,642 (catapult rumbling) 197 00:15:14,190 --> 00:15:15,418 GUARD: You! To the wall! 198 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:18,691 Commander! 199 00:15:19,596 --> 00:15:21,461 Prepare to fire! 200 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:24,862 Aurelius! 201 00:15:24,934 --> 00:15:26,162 Down! 202 00:15:30,473 --> 00:15:32,532 Defend the Emperor! 203 00:15:33,943 --> 00:15:36,878 Get back, behind! Go! Go! 204 00:15:42,051 --> 00:15:43,018 Form wall! 205 00:15:53,563 --> 00:15:55,497 MAN: Over this way! 206 00:15:58,101 --> 00:15:59,432 Get back, boy! 207 00:16:18,688 --> 00:16:19,746 Yah! 208 00:16:24,894 --> 00:16:26,088 (yells) 209 00:16:38,441 --> 00:16:39,738 Ugh! 210 00:16:39,809 --> 00:16:41,276 Father! 211 00:16:42,879 --> 00:16:45,109 Odoacer wants the boy alive! 212 00:16:47,050 --> 00:16:48,950 I'll do my best. 213 00:16:52,622 --> 00:16:54,112 (squelches) 214 00:17:02,932 --> 00:17:04,900 Save yourself. 215 00:17:14,644 --> 00:17:15,668 Yah. 216 00:17:22,919 --> 00:17:24,580 (horse whinnies) 217 00:17:34,831 --> 00:17:36,696 Aah! 218 00:17:47,510 --> 00:17:48,499 (hooves pounding) 219 00:18:16,739 --> 00:18:19,503 (flies buzzing, fires crackling) 220 00:19:00,883 --> 00:19:04,785 King, the emissary from Constantinople. 221 00:19:04,854 --> 00:19:06,617 ODOACER: Welcome, Excellency. 222 00:19:06,689 --> 00:19:09,590 The city is ours. 223 00:19:10,727 --> 00:19:12,627 I ask that your empire recognize me 224 00:19:12,695 --> 00:19:15,357 as the sole ruler of Rome and all her dominions. 225 00:19:15,431 --> 00:19:18,594 My emperor is in Constantinople. 226 00:19:19,469 --> 00:19:22,029 I am his eyes and his ears, 227 00:19:22,105 --> 00:19:24,232 but I cannot speak on his behalf. 228 00:19:24,307 --> 00:19:26,468 Then go and seek his word. 229 00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:38,609 Master! 230 00:19:41,491 --> 00:19:43,220 Aurelius! Fetch water. 231 00:19:44,127 --> 00:19:48,154 The boy, Caesar... is he alive? 232 00:19:48,231 --> 00:19:49,926 I couldn't find him. 233 00:19:53,803 --> 00:19:58,103 His mother and father were killed, as were my men. 234 00:19:58,174 --> 00:19:59,505 How did this happen? 235 00:19:59,575 --> 00:20:02,339 Some of your men survived, that I do know. 236 00:20:03,312 --> 00:20:04,939 Vatrenus was taken prisoner. 237 00:20:05,014 --> 00:20:06,481 There may be others with him, but... 238 00:20:07,517 --> 00:20:09,451 they're to be executed as an example 239 00:20:09,519 --> 00:20:11,510 to those who would stand against Odoacer. 240 00:20:20,163 --> 00:20:22,688 (chains rattling) 241 00:20:28,871 --> 00:20:29,803 Come to me. 242 00:20:45,455 --> 00:20:48,481 Is it for you that so many people have died? 243 00:20:49,926 --> 00:20:51,325 Such an innocent face. 244 00:20:51,394 --> 00:20:54,454 The blood of the Caesars flows in his veins. 245 00:20:54,530 --> 00:20:58,022 Old Wulfila here thinks that I should fear you. 246 00:20:59,235 --> 00:21:00,497 Is this true? 247 00:21:00,570 --> 00:21:04,233 He is the last of the bloodline. End it now! 248 00:21:04,307 --> 00:21:06,002 Old Rome will die, and we rule! 249 00:21:06,075 --> 00:21:07,201 We? 250 00:21:08,444 --> 00:21:09,741 We rule? 251 00:21:11,113 --> 00:21:12,808 Take care, Wulfila. 252 00:21:12,882 --> 00:21:15,749 Sometimes your tongue runs ahead of your brain. 253 00:21:26,462 --> 00:21:28,054 What do you say, boy? 254 00:21:30,066 --> 00:21:31,397 Should I be afraid of you? 255 00:21:33,436 --> 00:21:35,233 Why is Caesar treated so? 256 00:21:36,239 --> 00:21:38,036 Why is Caesar treated so... 257 00:21:46,415 --> 00:21:47,780 Perhaps Wulfila's right. 258 00:21:49,118 --> 00:21:51,643 Perhaps I should end this here, right now. 259 00:21:56,792 --> 00:21:58,555 Can you see yourself? 260 00:21:59,529 --> 00:22:01,326 Can you see your face? 261 00:22:03,699 --> 00:22:04,893 What do you see? 262 00:22:04,967 --> 00:22:06,594 Do you see a boy? 263 00:22:08,971 --> 00:22:10,768 Or do you see a Caesar? 264 00:22:12,975 --> 00:22:14,408 I see... 265 00:22:14,477 --> 00:22:15,466 Tell me. 266 00:22:18,848 --> 00:22:20,543 I see a Caesar. 267 00:22:21,651 --> 00:22:23,516 I am Caesar. 268 00:22:29,492 --> 00:22:31,119 Wrong answer. 269 00:22:31,193 --> 00:22:32,592 Take him away. Cut his head off. 270 00:22:33,963 --> 00:22:37,455 AMBROSINUS: That will be a grave error, Lord Odoacer. 271 00:22:38,267 --> 00:22:39,461 ODOACER: Who are you? 272 00:22:39,535 --> 00:22:43,335 You kill the boy, you make a martyr of him, 273 00:22:43,406 --> 00:22:45,271 and Caesar's ghost will haunt you ever after. 274 00:22:45,341 --> 00:22:46,638 Is that so? 275 00:22:46,709 --> 00:22:48,336 - Read the signs. - What signs? 276 00:22:48,411 --> 00:22:49,901 An omen. 277 00:22:49,979 --> 00:22:52,345 Do not mistake it, Odoacer. 278 00:22:52,415 --> 00:22:53,905 (caws) 279 00:22:53,983 --> 00:22:55,848 If you hear one thing, then hear this. 280 00:22:55,918 --> 00:22:58,978 What now happens in this room will echo across an empire. 281 00:22:59,055 --> 00:23:00,579 A city may be won by blood. 282 00:23:00,656 --> 00:23:01,918 (caws) 283 00:23:03,225 --> 00:23:04,988 It takes a man of vision to rule. 284 00:23:05,061 --> 00:23:06,824 All empires are built on blood. 285 00:23:06,896 --> 00:23:07,988 People will judge you. 286 00:23:08,064 --> 00:23:11,830 The people will thank the gods that they survived 287 00:23:11,901 --> 00:23:13,596 and serve their new master. 288 00:23:13,669 --> 00:23:15,933 Now, I asked. Who are you? 289 00:23:16,005 --> 00:23:19,497 Will they respect a leader who's so afraid of a Roman child 290 00:23:19,575 --> 00:23:21,133 he had to butcher him? 291 00:23:27,617 --> 00:23:30,780 Perhaps the boy is more use to us alive than dead. 292 00:23:31,754 --> 00:23:34,951 Do you want to look a fool? Kill them both! 293 00:23:35,024 --> 00:23:36,355 Fool! 294 00:23:37,727 --> 00:23:43,495 Your best hope for the future, Lord Wulfila, lies in silence! 295 00:23:45,835 --> 00:23:46,995 Give me your hand. 296 00:23:56,379 --> 00:23:58,677 (groans) 297 00:24:12,762 --> 00:24:15,492 Now, I ask, who are you? 298 00:24:15,564 --> 00:24:16,826 I'm known by many names. 299 00:24:16,899 --> 00:24:17,888 Like a thief. 300 00:24:17,967 --> 00:24:20,162 Here I'm called Ambrosinus. 301 00:24:27,610 --> 00:24:30,374 The boy will be taken to the island fortress at Capri. 302 00:24:30,446 --> 00:24:33,609 You... you will be his prison guard. 303 00:24:33,683 --> 00:24:35,344 That's your reward. 304 00:24:35,418 --> 00:24:37,750 No harm comes to him unless I say so. 305 00:24:37,820 --> 00:24:41,688 Not a hair on his head, you understand me? 306 00:24:46,128 --> 00:24:47,925 And take this one, too. 307 00:24:48,931 --> 00:24:49,920 I don't trust him. 308 00:24:56,338 --> 00:24:58,033 Someone's here. 309 00:24:58,107 --> 00:24:59,233 Where? 310 00:25:06,315 --> 00:25:07,475 Please. 311 00:25:07,550 --> 00:25:09,575 Wait, Aurelius, I know this man. 312 00:25:09,652 --> 00:25:11,620 He speaks for the Eastern Empire. 313 00:25:11,687 --> 00:25:12,676 Is the boy alive? 314 00:25:12,755 --> 00:25:14,154 I saw him in chains. 315 00:25:14,223 --> 00:25:15,850 They're taking him to Capri. 316 00:25:15,925 --> 00:25:18,189 I'll find him, bring him back. 317 00:25:18,260 --> 00:25:20,751 From Capri? That's impossible. 318 00:25:20,830 --> 00:25:23,264 - It's an island, a natural fortress. - I'll need my men. 319 00:25:23,332 --> 00:25:25,630 We've long been allies, Senator. 320 00:25:27,036 --> 00:25:28,230 Free your Caesar. 321 00:25:28,304 --> 00:25:31,967 My emperor will give him sanctuary until it is safe for him to return to Rome. 322 00:25:49,992 --> 00:25:52,119 We meet at Fano in six days, on the beach. 323 00:25:52,194 --> 00:25:54,788 If you bring back the boy, there'll be a boat to take us east. 324 00:25:57,433 --> 00:25:59,162 Six days, then. 325 00:25:59,235 --> 00:26:00,759 - To the last breath. - To the last breath. 326 00:26:04,173 --> 00:26:05,470 What's this? 327 00:26:05,541 --> 00:26:08,533 One of the ambassador's guards. You 'll need help to free your men. 328 00:26:08,611 --> 00:26:11,011 These people are our allies. Use them. 329 00:26:12,681 --> 00:26:13,705 (sighs) 330 00:26:17,486 --> 00:26:18,919 Follow me. 331 00:26:27,596 --> 00:26:30,793 Act as my prisoner. When I give the signal, try to escape. 332 00:26:30,866 --> 00:26:32,800 You understand what I've told you, yes? 333 00:26:34,804 --> 00:26:36,635 Then do as I've said and nothing more. 334 00:26:40,209 --> 00:26:42,473 (Demetrius groaning) 335 00:26:45,581 --> 00:26:46,570 Uhn! 336 00:26:46,649 --> 00:26:47,638 (spits) 337 00:26:48,884 --> 00:26:50,476 Him first. 338 00:26:53,489 --> 00:26:55,650 - Stop! - (horse neighs) 339 00:26:55,724 --> 00:26:56,748 Another prisoner. 340 00:27:00,462 --> 00:27:03,431 I'm to take this one's head back to Rome, 341 00:27:03,499 --> 00:27:05,592 an assassin sent to kill Lord Odoacer. 342 00:27:07,203 --> 00:27:08,192 (quietly) Go. 343 00:27:09,672 --> 00:27:11,230 Uhn! Aah! 344 00:27:13,943 --> 00:27:15,535 Get him! 345 00:27:26,121 --> 00:27:28,089 (yells) 346 00:27:28,157 --> 00:27:30,352 (blades ring) 347 00:27:37,299 --> 00:27:38,857 (horse whinnies) 348 00:27:39,635 --> 00:27:42,900 (yelling) 349 00:27:48,143 --> 00:27:49,269 Uhn! 350 00:27:49,345 --> 00:27:52,405 (swords clanging) 351 00:28:02,858 --> 00:28:03,984 Ambrosinus... 352 00:28:05,527 --> 00:28:07,290 I want to be with them. 353 00:28:07,363 --> 00:28:09,729 I want to be with my mother and father. 354 00:28:09,798 --> 00:28:10,958 You are with them. 355 00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:13,429 They live on in your heart. 356 00:28:15,804 --> 00:28:16,862 You cannot see them, 357 00:28:16,939 --> 00:28:19,999 but it's as if you 're in one room and they're in the next. 358 00:28:20,910 --> 00:28:22,878 I should have died, too. 359 00:28:22,945 --> 00:28:24,037 Not your destiny. 360 00:28:24,113 --> 00:28:25,603 I have no destiny. 361 00:28:25,681 --> 00:28:29,139 Every living creature has a destiny, be sure of it. 362 00:28:30,252 --> 00:28:33,619 But when the pathway gets dark and it's difficult to see the way... 363 00:28:35,724 --> 00:28:36,713 Well... 364 00:28:37,927 --> 00:28:39,519 that's why you have me... 365 00:28:40,930 --> 00:28:42,261 for all that I'm worth. 366 00:28:42,331 --> 00:28:43,889 (raven crowing) 367 00:28:43,966 --> 00:28:46,161 Dumb bird. Forgot to feed it. 368 00:28:46,235 --> 00:28:48,863 Pugie. Pugie! 369 00:28:50,339 --> 00:28:51,499 I knew it. 370 00:28:53,142 --> 00:28:54,507 I knew it was a trick! 371 00:28:54,576 --> 00:28:56,009 Shh. 372 00:29:15,698 --> 00:29:17,290 ROMULUS: Is this our destiny, 373 00:29:17,366 --> 00:29:20,096 to be prisoners here for the rest of our lives? 374 00:29:20,869 --> 00:29:22,461 AMBROSINUS: Have faith. 375 00:29:22,538 --> 00:29:24,938 There is a purpose behind all things. 376 00:29:39,455 --> 00:29:41,980 - (chuffling) - Where is he now? 377 00:30:42,117 --> 00:30:43,880 No sign of the Goths. 378 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,520 But we should stay close to the river. 379 00:30:47,589 --> 00:30:49,250 The river, yes. 380 00:30:49,324 --> 00:30:50,723 They'll have scouts all the way. 381 00:30:52,961 --> 00:30:54,394 - Agreed, so we... - Mira. 382 00:30:54,463 --> 00:30:55,452 Yes. 383 00:30:58,434 --> 00:30:59,423 What? 384 00:30:59,501 --> 00:31:02,265 My name. Mira. 385 00:31:13,782 --> 00:31:14,942 There's your boat. 386 00:31:15,017 --> 00:31:16,484 How d'you want to do this? 387 00:31:16,552 --> 00:31:18,679 If we all go down there, we'll scare him off. 388 00:31:18,754 --> 00:31:20,381 He'll be gone before we get there. 389 00:31:30,099 --> 00:31:31,123 Wait here. 390 00:31:37,272 --> 00:31:38,933 He's a woman. 391 00:32:03,932 --> 00:32:04,921 Uhn! 392 00:32:08,504 --> 00:32:11,701 AMBROSINUS: This fortress was built as a palace 393 00:32:11,773 --> 00:32:14,833 by the great emperor Tiberius, who, it is written, 394 00:32:14,910 --> 00:32:17,276 was a man of great dignity and bearing... 395 00:32:17,346 --> 00:32:19,337 both of which you 've inherited. 396 00:32:19,414 --> 00:32:21,644 So my ancestors built my prison. 397 00:32:23,852 --> 00:32:25,319 A prison it is. 398 00:32:33,395 --> 00:32:34,692 You thirsty, boy, hmm? 399 00:32:34,763 --> 00:32:36,321 Go on, drink. 400 00:32:37,466 --> 00:32:38,455 Mm? 401 00:32:38,534 --> 00:32:40,229 (spits) Drink. 402 00:32:41,870 --> 00:32:44,270 You dare insult me, boy! Huh!? 403 00:32:44,339 --> 00:32:46,364 It is a long way down, no? 404 00:32:46,441 --> 00:32:48,534 How many fingers will it take you to learn 405 00:32:48,610 --> 00:32:51,306 your fate lies in the palm of this child's hand, 406 00:32:51,380 --> 00:32:53,371 as sure as Odoacer is your master. 407 00:32:53,448 --> 00:32:55,746 Throw this boy to the rocks, you will follow. 408 00:32:59,254 --> 00:33:02,348 When the time comes, boy, 409 00:33:02,424 --> 00:33:06,588 I will send you to join your mother and your father. 410 00:33:11,300 --> 00:33:12,426 You. 411 00:33:13,435 --> 00:33:15,562 Odoacer said nothing of you. 412 00:33:16,705 --> 00:33:18,036 String him up! 413 00:33:22,511 --> 00:33:23,500 Hold. 414 00:33:27,182 --> 00:33:28,979 What is this? 415 00:33:29,885 --> 00:33:31,750 Are you some kind of priest? 416 00:33:31,820 --> 00:33:33,151 A sorcerer? 417 00:33:33,222 --> 00:33:35,952 Just a seeker after the truth. 418 00:33:36,024 --> 00:33:38,458 You would never understand. 419 00:33:38,527 --> 00:33:39,824 Put him up. 420 00:33:39,895 --> 00:33:41,226 (grunts) 421 00:33:43,131 --> 00:33:45,326 (Wulfila laughs) 422 00:33:55,010 --> 00:33:56,910 How long is it to climb to the top? 423 00:33:56,979 --> 00:33:59,675 BATIATUS: An hour. Faster coming down. 424 00:33:59,748 --> 00:34:02,376 Take up all the wood we can spare. And rope. 425 00:34:02,451 --> 00:34:03,577 You stay on the boat. 426 00:34:05,020 --> 00:34:06,612 - You may need me. - No. 427 00:34:16,064 --> 00:34:18,328 The pentangle! 428 00:34:19,301 --> 00:34:21,326 Of course, of course, of course! 429 00:34:21,403 --> 00:34:23,303 This is the place. 430 00:34:24,539 --> 00:34:28,566 The sword! Tiberius must have brought it here. 431 00:34:28,644 --> 00:34:30,942 And the boy will find it! 432 00:34:31,813 --> 00:34:33,144 Romulus! 433 00:34:33,215 --> 00:34:34,682 Ambrosinus? 434 00:34:34,750 --> 00:34:36,217 Go to the temple. 435 00:34:36,285 --> 00:34:38,617 Look for your ancestor, Julius Caesar. 436 00:34:38,687 --> 00:34:40,814 There is something he guards for you. 437 00:34:46,061 --> 00:34:48,427 Look under the gaze of Caesar! 438 00:34:49,798 --> 00:34:52,562 (weakly) Of course, of course, of course. 439 00:35:02,444 --> 00:35:04,674 ROMULUS: Under the gaze of Caesar. 440 00:35:48,657 --> 00:35:50,386 I told you to stay on the boat. 441 00:35:51,493 --> 00:35:53,188 You will need my help. 442 00:35:56,932 --> 00:35:59,833 You know what happens to a soldier of mine who disobeys an order? 443 00:36:01,169 --> 00:36:03,000 Your men are too slow. 444 00:36:04,272 --> 00:36:05,899 Stay out of sight. 445 00:36:08,777 --> 00:36:10,540 I don't see why you take the risk. 446 00:36:11,513 --> 00:36:13,071 I serve my emperor. 447 00:36:14,082 --> 00:36:17,449 He's your country's ally, so I am with you. 448 00:36:17,519 --> 00:36:19,316 Where did you learn to fight? 449 00:36:20,422 --> 00:36:24,256 I come from Kerala, in the south of India. 450 00:36:24,326 --> 00:36:26,624 We were taught to fight like our forefathers. 451 00:36:27,262 --> 00:36:28,786 It is called Kalarippayattu. 452 00:36:29,698 --> 00:36:32,963 When I was 14, I was at the 7th level. 453 00:36:33,034 --> 00:36:34,626 Out of how many? 454 00:36:35,570 --> 00:36:36,594 Seven. 455 00:36:36,671 --> 00:36:39,231 Shall we talk all day, or climb? 456 00:37:13,542 --> 00:37:15,407 Julius Caesar. 457 00:37:30,525 --> 00:37:32,425 "One edge to defend: 458 00:37:32,494 --> 00:37:33,825 "one to defeat. 459 00:37:35,330 --> 00:37:40,393 In Britannia was I forged to fit the hand of he who was destined to rule." 460 00:37:57,352 --> 00:37:59,343 I have work for you. 461 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,360 (winch creaking) 462 00:38:47,802 --> 00:38:48,791 Oh! 463 00:38:56,811 --> 00:38:58,472 (cracking) 464 00:39:06,121 --> 00:39:07,110 (yells) 465 00:39:07,188 --> 00:39:10,385 (screaming) 466 00:39:20,735 --> 00:39:23,329 Uhn! Uh! 467 00:39:41,756 --> 00:39:44,224 (snoring softly) 468 00:40:04,179 --> 00:40:05,476 Give me that sword. 469 00:40:06,615 --> 00:40:08,014 Give it to me! 470 00:40:15,090 --> 00:40:16,318 Uhn. 471 00:40:24,165 --> 00:40:27,532 - You. - Only two to rescue an emperor? 472 00:40:27,602 --> 00:40:28,864 More are coming. 473 00:40:28,937 --> 00:40:30,837 - WULFILA: Caesar! - The temple! 474 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:32,800 (Wulfila yells) 475 00:40:38,380 --> 00:40:39,642 Yours. 476 00:41:02,771 --> 00:41:03,533 (grunts) 477 00:41:40,709 --> 00:41:41,698 (gasps) 478 00:41:46,347 --> 00:41:47,939 Uhn! 479 00:41:48,016 --> 00:41:50,075 (thuds, clatters) 480 00:42:09,637 --> 00:42:11,434 (head thuds, Wulfila yells) 481 00:42:35,563 --> 00:42:37,155 (screams) 482 00:43:00,855 --> 00:43:02,823 (running man yelling) 483 00:43:06,728 --> 00:43:08,320 Uagh! 484 00:43:08,396 --> 00:43:10,296 (thuds, clatters) 485 00:43:28,216 --> 00:43:29,376 Tsk. 486 00:43:33,888 --> 00:43:36,516 (swords clashing in distance) 487 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:40,359 AMBROSINUS: Romulus! 488 00:43:43,698 --> 00:43:45,256 You found the sword, boy? 489 00:43:46,201 --> 00:43:47,463 Save the emperor! 490 00:43:48,102 --> 00:43:49,592 AMBROSINUS: Where's Caesar's sword? 491 00:43:51,339 --> 00:43:52,499 ROMULUS: It's this way! 492 00:43:56,811 --> 00:43:58,369 Get them away. 493 00:43:58,546 --> 00:44:00,104 Get them away! 494 00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:06,617 (banging on door) 495 00:44:16,331 --> 00:44:18,561 I got it. 496 00:44:19,267 --> 00:44:20,791 Batiatus. 497 00:44:22,537 --> 00:44:24,334 Yours. 498 00:44:30,111 --> 00:44:31,669 - Go! - This way. 499 00:44:35,450 --> 00:44:36,781 Get the boy away. 500 00:44:48,796 --> 00:44:50,286 (grunting) 501 00:44:50,365 --> 00:44:51,627 (slashes) 502 00:45:05,313 --> 00:45:06,405 (gurgles) 503 00:45:06,481 --> 00:45:09,575 (sea birds calling) 504 00:45:13,087 --> 00:45:14,577 Roman. 505 00:45:26,834 --> 00:45:29,496 (swords ringing) 506 00:45:33,841 --> 00:45:35,274 (Goths yelling) 507 00:45:40,915 --> 00:45:42,314 Where's the boy? 508 00:45:42,383 --> 00:45:43,850 Safe below with the others. 509 00:46:16,584 --> 00:46:19,678 You were right, Batiatus. It is quicker on the way down. 510 00:46:19,754 --> 00:46:21,619 (Batiatus laughs) 511 00:46:39,907 --> 00:46:41,966 "One edge to defend: one to defeat. 512 00:46:42,043 --> 00:46:43,977 "In Britannia was I forged 513 00:46:44,045 --> 00:46:48,539 to fit the hand of he who is destined to rule." 514 00:46:49,784 --> 00:46:51,615 Caesar's sword. 515 00:46:52,787 --> 00:46:55,119 That is why it had such power. 516 00:46:57,792 --> 00:46:59,453 Britannia. 517 00:47:02,030 --> 00:47:03,463 Gather the men! 518 00:47:05,733 --> 00:47:07,360 Made for a conqueror... 519 00:47:08,536 --> 00:47:10,003 Julius Caesar. 520 00:47:15,443 --> 00:47:18,742 Caius Julius Caesar ensis caliburnis. 521 00:47:20,415 --> 00:47:21,848 Feel the weight. 522 00:47:50,044 --> 00:47:52,535 This sword carries a prophecy. 523 00:47:53,614 --> 00:47:55,172 Did you see anything... 524 00:47:55,249 --> 00:47:56,477 anything written? 525 00:47:59,554 --> 00:48:01,920 Then you know all you need to know. 526 00:48:03,491 --> 00:48:04,583 Take it. 527 00:48:06,828 --> 00:48:07,920 It's yours. 528 00:48:40,228 --> 00:48:42,059 Welcome, Caesar! 529 00:48:42,897 --> 00:48:43,989 Aurelius. 530 00:48:44,065 --> 00:48:45,464 All of you. 531 00:48:47,768 --> 00:48:50,168 There is food and drink inside the tent. 532 00:48:51,439 --> 00:48:52,736 We need to talk. 533 00:48:52,807 --> 00:48:53,831 Alone. 534 00:48:55,643 --> 00:48:57,201 You 're safe now. 535 00:48:57,278 --> 00:48:59,405 From here you 'll be taken to the Eastern Empire, 536 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,209 to Constantinople. 537 00:49:03,217 --> 00:49:05,048 You 'll have sanctuary. 538 00:49:38,219 --> 00:49:39,208 Uh! 539 00:49:42,390 --> 00:49:45,518 The ambassador has heard from Constantinople. 540 00:49:45,593 --> 00:49:48,153 The emperor will not give sanctuary to the boy. 541 00:49:49,730 --> 00:49:52,426 He will not oppose Odoacer nor offend him. 542 00:49:52,500 --> 00:49:54,092 Everything has changed. 543 00:49:54,168 --> 00:49:57,899 The day after you left, the garrison of Rome swore allegiance to Odoacer. 544 00:49:57,972 --> 00:50:00,440 Now the rest of the commanders have declared. 545 00:50:00,508 --> 00:50:01,975 They all stand with the Goth. 546 00:50:02,977 --> 00:50:04,774 There must be others still in the field. 547 00:50:05,947 --> 00:50:06,971 What about the Ninth? 548 00:50:07,048 --> 00:50:09,642 The Ninth Legion, they're far to the north in Britannia. 549 00:50:09,717 --> 00:50:11,947 For all we know, Britannia has crumbled into the sea. 550 00:50:12,019 --> 00:50:13,919 Then we must move fast. 551 00:50:13,988 --> 00:50:15,046 Can you get me men? 552 00:50:15,122 --> 00:50:19,388 (sighs) Yes, you can keep your rank, command a new army. 553 00:50:19,460 --> 00:50:20,859 Good. Then do it now. 554 00:50:20,928 --> 00:50:22,862 We'll drive out the invaders if I can have 5,000 men... 555 00:50:22,930 --> 00:50:24,830 Not for that, Aurelius, I can't do that. 556 00:50:24,899 --> 00:50:27,629 Why not? What is it with you, Nestor? 557 00:50:28,536 --> 00:50:31,903 - Odoacer isn't just a barbarian. - Is he not? 558 00:50:31,973 --> 00:50:35,306 No, he's become a politician, and a very astute one. 559 00:50:35,376 --> 00:50:37,936 Now he has the Senate on his side. 560 00:50:38,012 --> 00:50:39,274 How many of the Senate? 561 00:50:39,347 --> 00:50:42,874 We have to see things as they are. 562 00:50:45,820 --> 00:50:47,447 You 're with them. 563 00:50:49,490 --> 00:50:52,948 In time, perhaps, we can challenge Odoacer, not now. 564 00:50:55,263 --> 00:51:00,257 So let's say you give me this army, Senator. 565 00:51:00,334 --> 00:51:02,302 What will you ask for in return? 566 00:51:03,471 --> 00:51:04,460 The boy. 567 00:51:04,538 --> 00:51:06,301 You mean Caesar? 568 00:51:06,374 --> 00:51:08,968 Caesar is a word from the past. 569 00:51:09,043 --> 00:51:10,510 There is no Caesar. 570 00:51:16,250 --> 00:51:17,945 AMBASSADOR: Prepare the horses. 571 00:51:19,787 --> 00:51:20,811 Where is the boat? 572 00:51:23,224 --> 00:51:24,816 I said prepare the horses. 573 00:51:27,261 --> 00:51:30,128 Where is the boat to take the emperor to Constantinople? 574 00:51:34,869 --> 00:51:36,496 I gave you an order. What was it? 575 00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:41,499 Prepare the horses. 576 00:51:41,575 --> 00:51:42,974 Do it. 577 00:51:44,812 --> 00:51:48,578 (grunting, laughing) 578 00:51:49,917 --> 00:51:51,908 (thuds) 579 00:51:53,454 --> 00:51:55,217 You are a soldier, Aurelius. 580 00:51:55,289 --> 00:51:57,382 Leave the politics to me. 581 00:51:58,726 --> 00:52:01,559 This is an order. Give up the boy. 582 00:52:02,630 --> 00:52:04,689 Without the emperor, there is no Rome. 583 00:52:04,765 --> 00:52:07,893 Then you will run like a dog until they hunt you down. 584 00:52:12,039 --> 00:52:13,028 Commander. 585 00:52:21,916 --> 00:52:23,383 - Get the boy. - The boy! 586 00:52:23,451 --> 00:52:24,440 Get the boy! 587 00:52:26,987 --> 00:52:30,354 Stop, comrades! We're all Romans! 588 00:52:30,424 --> 00:52:30,947 Uhn! 589 00:52:56,984 --> 00:52:59,885 (screaming) 590 00:53:07,294 --> 00:53:09,262 (groans) 591 00:53:10,765 --> 00:53:12,824 Rrrah! 592 00:53:22,143 --> 00:53:23,235 Vatrenus. 593 00:53:47,601 --> 00:53:49,432 You don't understand, Aurelius. 594 00:53:49,503 --> 00:53:50,868 I had to do it. 595 00:53:55,543 --> 00:53:59,479 Aurelius, my friend, if you ever loved me... 596 00:54:00,948 --> 00:54:02,074 For friendship. 597 00:54:02,149 --> 00:54:03,138 Uhh... 598 00:54:03,217 --> 00:54:05,048 (coughs) 599 00:54:07,555 --> 00:54:08,852 Uhn! 600 00:54:19,099 --> 00:54:21,329 Now that the Eastern Empire has gone over to the Goths, 601 00:54:21,402 --> 00:54:23,233 we have no refuge in Constantinople. 602 00:54:24,371 --> 00:54:25,861 Or here. 603 00:54:25,940 --> 00:54:27,271 Or in Germania. 604 00:54:28,809 --> 00:54:30,367 Where do we go, then? 605 00:54:34,181 --> 00:54:35,739 The Ninth Legion is in Britannia. 606 00:54:37,051 --> 00:54:40,145 It's the only way left to us, north, to find them. 607 00:54:42,423 --> 00:54:44,084 This is not your fight. 608 00:54:45,259 --> 00:54:46,385 You 're free to go. 609 00:54:47,895 --> 00:54:48,884 Go? 610 00:54:48,963 --> 00:54:51,158 Where should I go? 611 00:54:51,232 --> 00:54:53,427 I have broken my sacred oath, 612 00:54:53,501 --> 00:54:55,264 killed my commander. 613 00:54:56,237 --> 00:54:57,499 I'm like you. 614 00:54:57,571 --> 00:54:59,698 I have no country now. 615 00:55:02,743 --> 00:55:05,177 My road is your road. 616 00:55:05,246 --> 00:55:10,206 Commander, where we go is not your decision to make. 617 00:55:11,118 --> 00:55:12,551 Caesar? 618 00:55:24,899 --> 00:55:27,493 We go north, to Britannia. 619 00:56:11,045 --> 00:56:14,014 AMBROSINUS: Beyond that peak is Gaul. 620 00:56:14,081 --> 00:56:17,073 By the next full moon, we'll be in sight of Britannia. 621 00:56:28,228 --> 00:56:30,890 (sea bird squawking) 622 00:56:46,380 --> 00:56:48,371 My beloved Britannia! 623 00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:29,150 BATIATUS: Nobody alive, Commander. 624 00:57:30,624 --> 00:57:32,182 There are horses here. 625 00:57:33,594 --> 00:57:37,724 After all these years, it's still happening. 626 00:57:37,798 --> 00:57:39,197 Who could have done this? 627 00:57:39,266 --> 00:57:40,563 Only one man. 628 00:57:41,802 --> 00:57:43,565 His name is Vortgyn. 629 00:58:08,929 --> 00:58:10,328 ROMULUS: What is this place? 630 00:58:10,397 --> 00:58:13,230 DEMETRIUS: Hadrian's Wall, the last fortress of the Empire. 631 00:58:13,300 --> 00:58:15,427 AMBROSINUS: A monument to Roman law and order. 632 00:58:15,502 --> 00:58:17,367 The Ninth Legion. 633 00:58:17,438 --> 00:58:18,462 We've found them. 634 00:58:43,997 --> 00:58:45,089 Look. 635 00:58:45,165 --> 00:58:46,655 The dragon. 636 00:58:46,734 --> 00:58:48,599 They were here once. 637 00:58:48,669 --> 00:58:50,261 So where are the Ninth, old man? 638 00:58:51,338 --> 00:58:52,999 This is your country. 639 00:58:53,073 --> 00:58:54,506 What has happened here? 640 00:58:59,480 --> 00:59:01,641 This is where the Empire ends, Demetrius. 641 00:59:02,950 --> 00:59:04,941 There's nothing left but this wall. 642 00:59:06,220 --> 00:59:08,688 We came all this way for a legion of ghosts. 643 00:59:10,758 --> 00:59:12,419 Should've made our stand in Rome. 644 00:59:18,465 --> 00:59:20,262 It would have been hopeless. 645 00:59:20,334 --> 00:59:21,926 He must know. 646 00:59:22,002 --> 00:59:25,062 Ah, he's fought hopeless battles before. 647 00:59:26,106 --> 00:59:28,097 And you have stood by him. 648 00:59:36,049 --> 00:59:37,380 Any time, anywhere. 649 00:59:48,862 --> 00:59:50,830 (birds flap as if disturbed) 650 00:59:59,773 --> 01:00:01,502 DEMETRIUS: They look like farmers. 651 01:00:02,509 --> 01:00:03,498 KUSTENNIN: Who are you? 652 01:00:03,577 --> 01:00:06,444 I'm Aurelianus Antonius of the Nova Invicta. 653 01:00:06,513 --> 01:00:08,003 These are my men. 654 01:00:08,081 --> 01:00:09,605 I'm Kustennin. 655 01:00:09,683 --> 01:00:11,674 These are mine. 656 01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:15,480 I'm looking for the Ninth Legion of the Roman Army. 657 01:00:16,290 --> 01:00:18,155 Why do you come so far for them? 658 01:00:19,359 --> 01:00:20,621 Rome has fallen. 659 01:00:22,763 --> 01:00:23,889 What happened here? 660 01:00:24,965 --> 01:00:26,990 The Dragon Legion is no more. 661 01:00:28,869 --> 01:00:31,838 They were more than 1,000 strong. Who could have defeated them? 662 01:00:33,941 --> 01:00:36,375 Kustennin, where are my countrymen? 663 01:00:36,443 --> 01:00:40,971 Commander, I am Flavius Constantinus Marcellus, 664 01:00:41,048 --> 01:00:42,538 general of the Ninth Legion. 665 01:00:45,085 --> 01:00:47,076 Rome abandoned us. 666 01:00:47,154 --> 01:00:49,145 Some men left to fight in Gaul. 667 01:00:49,223 --> 01:00:51,817 Those with families stayed here. 668 01:00:52,693 --> 01:00:54,820 Now you see we live like Celts. 669 01:00:54,895 --> 01:00:56,829 We have a whole new generation. 670 01:00:56,897 --> 01:00:59,695 AURELIUS: We saw villages destroyed, people slaughtered. 671 01:00:59,766 --> 01:01:02,257 KUSTENNIN: Vortgyn, King of Anglia. 672 01:01:02,336 --> 01:01:06,397 He's taken the southern kingdoms, and now he wants to rule all Britannia. 673 01:01:07,975 --> 01:01:11,604 He's left us in peace so far. We are no threat to him. 674 01:01:11,678 --> 01:01:15,512 And he knows we are no ordinary farmers. Come. 675 01:01:26,126 --> 01:01:32,190 We bring greetings to Lord Vortgyn, conqueror of the Anglian people, 676 01:01:32,266 --> 01:01:35,633 rightful ruler of Britannia. 677 01:01:42,442 --> 01:01:43,602 There is a boy. 678 01:01:44,745 --> 01:01:46,144 A boy? 679 01:01:46,213 --> 01:01:49,979 He carries a sword. The sword carries a prophecy... 680 01:01:50,050 --> 01:01:52,712 "One edge to defend: one to defeat. 681 01:01:52,786 --> 01:01:55,254 In Britannia was I forged to fit the hand of..." 682 01:01:55,322 --> 01:01:57,847 "...he who is destined to rule." 683 01:02:00,961 --> 01:02:02,986 You, uh, know of this. 684 01:02:03,063 --> 01:02:05,054 You say a boy has it? 685 01:02:05,132 --> 01:02:06,463 Where is this boy? 686 01:02:06,533 --> 01:02:08,091 Here, in Britannia. 687 01:02:08,168 --> 01:02:09,726 Oh! 688 01:02:10,837 --> 01:02:12,498 I've waited all my life for this. 689 01:02:15,242 --> 01:02:17,836 Lord Vortgyn, the sword belongs... 690 01:02:17,911 --> 01:02:21,472 To the hand of he who is destined to rule! 691 01:02:25,118 --> 01:02:28,645 This... is the hand. 692 01:02:30,590 --> 01:02:34,890 Then I take the boy and the man who travels with him. 693 01:02:36,530 --> 01:02:39,055 This man... 694 01:02:42,035 --> 01:02:43,900 Tell me about the man. 695 01:02:45,038 --> 01:02:46,596 He is the boy's teacher. 696 01:02:46,673 --> 01:02:47,867 Acts like a priest. 697 01:02:47,941 --> 01:02:51,707 He is not Roman, maybe from Gaul or here, in Britannia. 698 01:02:51,778 --> 01:02:54,508 He has a scar here in the shape of a sword. 699 01:02:57,050 --> 01:02:58,381 Like this? 700 01:02:59,519 --> 01:03:00,952 The same. 701 01:03:05,792 --> 01:03:07,521 When I have the sword... 702 01:03:08,962 --> 01:03:11,453 I will make you a gift of the boy. 703 01:03:11,531 --> 01:03:13,021 And the man? 704 01:03:13,100 --> 01:03:14,795 (sighs tremulously) 705 01:03:15,769 --> 01:03:18,237 The man is mine. 706 01:03:21,241 --> 01:03:25,644 This blade was forged from a flaming stone 707 01:03:25,712 --> 01:03:28,909 that fell to Earth from the stars. 708 01:03:28,982 --> 01:03:32,679 Who has ever seen such a thing in the dark of the sky at night? 709 01:03:34,521 --> 01:03:36,011 Then you will know, and you will know, 710 01:03:36,089 --> 01:03:37,613 and you will know, and you will know, 711 01:03:37,691 --> 01:03:39,249 that what I tell you is true. 712 01:03:39,326 --> 01:03:42,090 The stone of fire that fell to Earth 713 01:03:42,162 --> 01:03:47,190 cooled in the ice of a mountain and turned to iron. 714 01:03:47,267 --> 01:03:51,704 There it was found by a master blacksmith, a Calybian. 715 01:03:51,772 --> 01:03:55,264 He hammered the metal in his furnace for three days and three nights, 716 01:03:55,342 --> 01:03:57,503 hammering in the white heat with no stop, 717 01:03:57,577 --> 01:04:00,102 no, not so much as to eat or drink. 718 01:04:02,349 --> 01:04:05,944 The cutting edge he tempered in the blood of a lion, 719 01:04:06,019 --> 01:04:09,455 and see here... he carved the pentangle, 720 01:04:09,523 --> 01:04:13,254 a symbol of faith and truth, 721 01:04:13,326 --> 01:04:17,160 so whoever held this sword 722 01:04:17,230 --> 01:04:20,199 would have faith and know that it would serve 723 01:04:20,267 --> 01:04:23,930 one cause, and one cause only. 724 01:04:26,540 --> 01:04:27,802 The truth. 725 01:04:28,708 --> 01:04:30,699 AURELIUS: Would you take up arms again? 726 01:04:31,645 --> 01:04:33,078 For the emperor? 727 01:04:33,947 --> 01:04:38,008 We swore a sacred oath to defend our emperor to the death, 728 01:04:38,085 --> 01:04:40,110 but to go against the Goth... 729 01:04:41,455 --> 01:04:43,218 It would take a miracle. 730 01:04:45,559 --> 01:04:47,891 (giggling) 731 01:04:52,999 --> 01:04:54,523 It's so simple for them. 732 01:04:55,602 --> 01:04:58,435 They like each other, and they're not afraid to show it. 733 01:05:04,678 --> 01:05:06,612 How do you see me, Aurelius? 734 01:05:10,150 --> 01:05:11,640 You 're a fine warrior. 735 01:05:13,854 --> 01:05:16,687 You let your guard drop occasionally, you 're... 736 01:05:16,756 --> 01:05:17,848 careless, sometimes. 737 01:05:23,864 --> 01:05:25,456 Show me. 738 01:05:38,211 --> 01:05:41,112 Is that all you see me as, a warrior? 739 01:05:42,149 --> 01:05:43,548 You 're a handsome woman in your way. 740 01:05:46,219 --> 01:05:47,481 (clanks) 741 01:05:47,554 --> 01:05:49,044 Such passion, Commander. 742 01:05:49,122 --> 01:05:51,215 You must have broken many hearts. 743 01:05:57,597 --> 01:05:58,962 You 're getting slow. 744 01:05:59,032 --> 01:06:00,226 Must be age. 745 01:06:03,670 --> 01:06:06,400 You know, your attacks are a little too predictable. 746 01:06:14,648 --> 01:06:17,708 So, where am I open? 747 01:06:18,518 --> 01:06:19,610 There. 748 01:06:27,727 --> 01:06:29,058 Not bad. 749 01:06:29,129 --> 01:06:30,391 (sheathes sword) 750 01:06:32,165 --> 01:06:33,689 ROMULUS: Do you know this place? 751 01:06:33,767 --> 01:06:35,735 AMBROSINUS: Once, yes, I knew it well. 752 01:06:36,570 --> 01:06:39,232 This was a sanctuary for those whose lives 753 01:06:39,306 --> 01:06:41,797 were dedicated to the secret of the sword. 754 01:06:41,875 --> 01:06:43,570 Did you live here, Ambrosinus? 755 01:06:45,445 --> 01:06:47,208 Here I was given this, 756 01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:49,009 by Vortgyn. 757 01:06:52,419 --> 01:06:53,818 Aah! 758 01:06:53,887 --> 01:06:55,548 Where is it?! 759 01:06:55,622 --> 01:06:58,523 He wanted the pøwer øf the swørd før himself... 760 01:06:58,592 --> 01:06:59,854 (screams) 761 01:06:59,926 --> 01:07:03,225 ...but the secret cøuld ønly be given tø a righteøus man. 762 01:07:03,296 --> 01:07:05,924 That møment. sø løng agø. 763 01:07:05,999 --> 01:07:09,560 marked the path øf bøth øur lives førever after. 764 01:07:10,503 --> 01:07:11,902 ROMULUS: The pentangle. 765 01:07:12,906 --> 01:07:14,567 It's the same as on the sword. 766 01:07:15,542 --> 01:07:17,305 Remember the prophecy? 767 01:07:18,411 --> 01:07:20,641 "In Britannia was I forged... 768 01:07:20,714 --> 01:07:23,615 to fit the hand of he who was destined to rule." 769 01:07:24,451 --> 01:07:27,420 I left Britannia in search of the sword: I found you. 770 01:07:28,088 --> 01:07:31,524 I knew then that what was written must come to pass. 771 01:07:32,726 --> 01:07:34,819 But I'm Caesar without an empire. 772 01:07:34,894 --> 01:07:36,987 How can I fulfill the prophecy? 773 01:07:37,998 --> 01:07:39,488 Have I taught you nothing? 774 01:07:40,533 --> 01:07:42,296 Prophecy is an act of faith, 775 01:07:42,369 --> 01:07:44,462 and we are the keepers of the faith. 776 01:07:49,209 --> 01:07:50,767 What do you think, Aurelius? 777 01:07:51,911 --> 01:07:54,141 Would you bury your sword for this, 778 01:07:54,214 --> 01:07:59,914 to have a home, keep cattle, grow fat? 779 01:08:03,089 --> 01:08:04,681 When it's over. 780 01:08:06,359 --> 01:08:07,849 Maybe then. 781 01:08:12,198 --> 01:08:13,756 I'm cold. 782 01:08:29,883 --> 01:08:32,078 (swans honking) 783 01:08:32,152 --> 01:08:33,949 (goats bleating) 784 01:08:37,590 --> 01:08:39,717 (eerie cry) 785 01:08:41,661 --> 01:08:43,026 (birds flying away) 786 01:08:43,096 --> 01:08:46,156 (cry continues) 787 01:08:51,104 --> 01:08:52,503 Well, little one. 788 01:08:54,474 --> 01:08:56,840 I want you to... 789 01:08:56,910 --> 01:08:58,741 go back to your people. 790 01:09:00,513 --> 01:09:02,276 Carry a message for me. 791 01:09:02,349 --> 01:09:05,910 You have a friend who comes from a distant land. 792 01:09:07,587 --> 01:09:09,077 They must give him up. 793 01:09:10,256 --> 01:09:11,382 Look. 794 01:09:18,765 --> 01:09:22,132 (screams) 795 01:09:26,740 --> 01:09:27,968 KUSTENNIN: Ygraine? 796 01:09:38,551 --> 01:09:40,212 The blacksmith's family. 797 01:09:43,423 --> 01:09:44,890 This is Vortgyn at work. 798 01:09:44,958 --> 01:09:47,586 - Oh, please, don't make them kill me! - No, no, no. 799 01:09:47,660 --> 01:09:48,752 - They'll kill me. - Shush, child. 800 01:09:48,828 --> 01:09:51,558 - They won't kill you. - Yes, they will. They'll kill us all. 801 01:09:51,631 --> 01:09:53,826 (pants hysterically) Unless we give them... 802 01:09:57,370 --> 01:09:58,530 Him. 803 01:09:59,672 --> 01:10:02,266 (sobbing) 804 01:10:02,342 --> 01:10:03,434 Romulus? 805 01:10:05,278 --> 01:10:07,178 Lovely Romulus. 806 01:10:17,891 --> 01:10:22,385 The boy. He is the one. 807 01:10:23,730 --> 01:10:25,891 He is Romulus Augustus Caesar. 808 01:10:32,005 --> 01:10:33,802 Why us, Aurelius? 809 01:10:34,841 --> 01:10:36,502 Why did you come to us? 810 01:10:53,426 --> 01:10:58,921 I lost my wife and two sons today... 811 01:11:00,233 --> 01:11:01,393 and I want revenge... 812 01:11:03,770 --> 01:11:08,935 but the bitter truth is if we stand against Vortgyn, 813 01:11:09,008 --> 01:11:10,999 many more will die, 814 01:11:11,077 --> 01:11:13,978 perhaps all of us and our families. 815 01:11:15,248 --> 01:11:17,307 That's not revenge: that's suicide. 816 01:11:18,818 --> 01:11:20,718 The boy should go, 817 01:11:20,787 --> 01:11:23,756 - and those who came with him. - VILLAGER: It's not our fight. 818 01:11:23,823 --> 01:11:25,017 (murmuring) 819 01:11:25,091 --> 01:11:26,991 VILLAGER 2: That's true, suicidal. 820 01:11:29,028 --> 01:11:30,222 Let us hear Aurelius. 821 01:11:30,296 --> 01:11:31,991 I will speak for him. 822 01:11:42,108 --> 01:11:44,508 Everything you have been told is true. 823 01:11:45,278 --> 01:11:46,711 I am Caesar. 824 01:11:49,449 --> 01:11:53,943 We came asking for your loyalty, but Rome has not been loyal to you. 825 01:11:54,020 --> 01:11:57,319 Now, if it is the right path and if it will save more lives, 826 01:11:57,390 --> 01:11:59,153 then I will surrender to Vortgyn. 827 01:12:04,430 --> 01:12:07,126 Whatever is decided here will be my destiny. 828 01:12:07,200 --> 01:12:09,828 What are we doing? This is our emperor! 829 01:12:09,903 --> 01:12:13,930 One day will decide this, one final battle. 830 01:12:15,108 --> 01:12:18,908 At dawn I leave for the fort with my men to fight and defend from there. 831 01:12:18,978 --> 01:12:22,846 Those of you who will stand with us, we welcome you as brothers. 832 01:12:23,850 --> 01:12:26,683 Those who will not, we leave you also as brothers. 833 01:12:27,887 --> 01:12:29,411 I salute you all. 834 01:12:31,124 --> 01:12:32,113 Hail, Caesar. 835 01:12:32,191 --> 01:12:34,182 ALL: Hail, Caesar. 836 01:12:41,935 --> 01:12:43,994 You kept your armor, after all these years. 837 01:12:44,070 --> 01:12:46,538 Ten years of farming gives you something worth fighting for. 838 01:12:47,640 --> 01:12:51,906 Twenty as a legionary... teaches you to be ready for the day. 839 01:12:51,978 --> 01:12:53,275 Good man. 840 01:12:59,953 --> 01:13:01,648 It was made for my brother. 841 01:13:01,721 --> 01:13:03,188 Doesn't he need it? 842 01:13:04,223 --> 01:13:05,986 He's grown since then. 843 01:13:35,622 --> 01:13:37,783 If we all die tomorrow, Ambrosinus... 844 01:13:38,758 --> 01:13:40,385 what happens to the prophecy? 845 01:13:41,361 --> 01:13:45,798 Now is the test of our faith, and we are the keepers of the faith. 846 01:13:49,002 --> 01:13:50,799 We keep the flame alive. 847 01:13:52,739 --> 01:13:56,140 What happens after is not ours to know. 848 01:14:38,851 --> 01:14:40,216 (chatter) 849 01:14:40,286 --> 01:14:41,981 (coughing) 850 01:14:49,228 --> 01:14:50,627 (neighs) 851 01:14:58,204 --> 01:15:00,331 If we don't live to see tomorrow... 852 01:15:03,342 --> 01:15:05,435 Nothing will ever part us. 853 01:15:07,513 --> 01:15:08,571 ROMULUS: Commander. 854 01:15:19,292 --> 01:15:21,385 A boy once took your sword. 855 01:15:25,665 --> 01:15:28,395 What if he now offered you his in exchange? 856 01:15:30,103 --> 01:15:31,764 I would use it well... 857 01:15:32,705 --> 01:15:34,832 and salute the Caesar to whom it belongs. 858 01:15:45,051 --> 01:15:46,348 You are Caesar... 859 01:15:47,653 --> 01:15:48,984 wherever you are. 860 01:15:51,057 --> 01:15:52,490 Always remember. 861 01:16:23,856 --> 01:16:25,016 My friends. 862 01:16:26,692 --> 01:16:28,853 We've all seen many mornings like this one. 863 01:16:28,928 --> 01:16:31,192 Together we've watched the sun rise 864 01:16:31,264 --> 01:16:33,892 and not known if that day would be our last. 865 01:16:33,966 --> 01:16:37,663 Some comrades I've seen scarcely out of boyhood, 866 01:16:37,737 --> 01:16:39,500 trembling before their first battle. 867 01:16:39,572 --> 01:16:41,039 It was a cold morning, Commander. 868 01:16:41,107 --> 01:16:43,632 That it was, Demetrius. 869 01:16:43,709 --> 01:16:45,870 And you men of the Ninth Legion, 870 01:16:45,945 --> 01:16:47,412 all of us, 871 01:16:47,480 --> 01:16:49,812 together we have fought all our lives 872 01:16:49,882 --> 01:16:52,043 for the empire that our ancestors created 873 01:16:52,118 --> 01:16:55,815 and together we have watched that empire crumble to dust. 874 01:16:59,158 --> 01:17:01,388 But with its fall we have lost two friends... 875 01:17:03,095 --> 01:17:05,757 and I can tell you that in the darkest moments, 876 01:17:05,832 --> 01:17:08,995 I came to believe that there was nothing left to fight for, 877 01:17:09,068 --> 01:17:11,832 but I've been shown through the wisdom of others 878 01:17:11,904 --> 01:17:14,372 that there is one more battle to be waged 879 01:17:14,440 --> 01:17:19,400 against tyranny and the slaughter of innocents. 880 01:17:19,478 --> 01:17:22,845 Let us defend to the last breath this island of Britannia 881 01:17:22,915 --> 01:17:25,543 against those who would tear out its heart and soul. 882 01:17:25,618 --> 01:17:28,143 And then those who come after us will remember 883 01:17:28,221 --> 01:17:31,782 that there was such a thing as a Roman soldier 884 01:17:31,858 --> 01:17:34,292 with a Roman sword and a Roman heart! 885 01:17:34,360 --> 01:17:35,349 Hail, Caesar! 886 01:17:35,428 --> 01:17:37,020 ALL: Hail, Caesar! 887 01:17:37,096 --> 01:17:38,393 AURELIUS: Demetrius! 888 01:17:39,832 --> 01:17:41,390 Commander! 889 01:17:43,970 --> 01:17:45,403 MAN: Secure the gates! 890 01:17:45,471 --> 01:17:46,802 (horses whinny) 891 01:17:50,810 --> 01:17:53,802 (army rumbles forward) 892 01:17:58,484 --> 01:17:59,473 How many? 893 01:17:59,552 --> 01:18:02,043 AURELIUS: A thousand, maybe more. 894 01:18:02,121 --> 01:18:03,816 Not as many as I thought. 895 01:18:05,858 --> 01:18:09,988 You two man the walls. Tertius, command the archers. 896 01:18:13,132 --> 01:18:17,262 MAN: They're out front! Man battery! Light pitches! 897 01:18:17,336 --> 01:18:18,803 Archers! 898 01:18:27,980 --> 01:18:29,277 Attack! 899 01:18:29,348 --> 01:18:31,077 (yelling) 900 01:18:38,925 --> 01:18:40,620 Aim! 901 01:18:40,693 --> 01:18:42,251 Shoot! 902 01:18:49,035 --> 01:18:52,698 Vortgyn, I give you... 903 01:18:52,772 --> 01:18:53,864 Fire! 904 01:18:58,377 --> 01:18:59,742 Aim! 905 01:19:00,246 --> 01:19:01,372 Shoot! 906 01:19:10,856 --> 01:19:12,016 Sorcerer. 907 01:19:12,091 --> 01:19:14,457 They have the sorcerer! 908 01:19:14,527 --> 01:19:15,892 Clear! 909 01:19:17,596 --> 01:19:19,063 VORTG YN: That is no sorcerer. 910 01:19:19,131 --> 01:19:21,565 That is the keeper of the sword. 911 01:19:34,113 --> 01:19:35,876 Aah! 912 01:19:35,948 --> 01:19:37,381 Stay close to me. 913 01:19:42,488 --> 01:19:44,649 The gate won't hold. Watch out! 914 01:20:00,773 --> 01:20:01,933 Uhn! 915 01:20:27,166 --> 01:20:29,134 - Aaah! - Demetrius! 916 01:20:33,639 --> 01:20:35,368 Whoa! 917 01:20:40,446 --> 01:20:41,811 Uhn! 918 01:20:46,185 --> 01:20:49,586 (roaring) 919 01:20:49,655 --> 01:20:51,418 Yah! 920 01:20:52,291 --> 01:20:54,759 Bring me Caesar's sword! 921 01:20:58,531 --> 01:20:59,896 Uhn! 922 01:21:01,901 --> 01:21:03,664 Ow! 923 01:21:18,317 --> 01:21:19,648 Uhh! 924 01:21:48,881 --> 01:21:50,109 No! 925 01:21:57,289 --> 01:21:59,416 I thought... I thought I had... 926 01:21:59,492 --> 01:22:03,895 Too many, old friend. We don't have a chance. 927 01:22:07,533 --> 01:22:10,696 (footsteps rumbling) 928 01:22:23,149 --> 01:22:24,377 They're coming. 929 01:22:43,302 --> 01:22:44,929 The Ninth. 930 01:22:50,442 --> 01:22:51,636 Aah! 931 01:22:58,517 --> 01:23:00,075 To the last breath. 932 01:23:03,422 --> 01:23:05,049 Archers, make wall! 933 01:25:14,386 --> 01:25:15,853 MIRA: Romulus? 934 01:25:16,555 --> 01:25:17,487 Romulus! 935 01:25:23,262 --> 01:25:25,730 (groaning) 936 01:25:30,736 --> 01:25:34,069 After all you 've done to my country... 937 01:25:34,139 --> 01:25:36,664 my Britannia, burn in hell! 938 01:25:36,742 --> 01:25:39,176 (screams) 939 01:25:49,054 --> 01:25:50,112 AMBROSINUS: Behold! 940 01:25:54,026 --> 01:25:56,756 The tyrant, Vortgyn... 941 01:25:56,829 --> 01:25:58,091 He's dead! 942 01:26:02,534 --> 01:26:04,968 Retreat! Fall back! 943 01:26:20,386 --> 01:26:21,478 Romulus! 944 01:26:22,688 --> 01:26:24,087 Romulus! 945 01:26:42,841 --> 01:26:44,900 (horse whinnies) 946 01:28:14,399 --> 01:28:15,388 (slices, groans) 947 01:28:19,838 --> 01:28:21,169 That's for my mother. 948 01:28:21,240 --> 01:28:23,105 (slices, groans) 949 01:28:24,109 --> 01:28:25,542 And my father. 950 01:28:51,470 --> 01:28:52,698 Aurelius? 951 01:28:57,042 --> 01:28:59,636 Aurelius, stay. 952 01:29:09,488 --> 01:29:11,319 Stay close. 953 01:29:21,033 --> 01:29:22,466 You fought like a dragon. 954 01:29:23,835 --> 01:29:26,167 And you fought like the son of a dragon. 955 01:29:35,514 --> 01:29:37,641 (groans) 956 01:29:39,217 --> 01:29:41,014 You once swore to defend me. 957 01:29:41,086 --> 01:29:43,953 Mm, to the last breath. 958 01:29:44,823 --> 01:29:46,757 Have I discharged you from that oath? 959 01:29:49,394 --> 01:29:52,830 Then live, Aurelius Antonius. 960 01:30:29,534 --> 01:30:32,697 And all of you, the last of my legions... 961 01:30:34,306 --> 01:30:36,069 we won a great victory today. 962 01:30:37,376 --> 01:30:39,571 And now I say... 963 01:30:40,579 --> 01:30:42,308 no more blood. 964 01:30:45,717 --> 01:30:47,082 No more war! 965 01:30:47,152 --> 01:30:48,881 (sword whooshes) 966 01:30:55,594 --> 01:30:58,859 (wind whistling) 967 01:31:18,450 --> 01:31:23,149 And that was how the last of the Romans found a home, here in Britannia, 968 01:31:23,221 --> 01:31:28,284 and how, after years of turmoil, they brought peace to the land. 969 01:31:29,361 --> 01:31:32,330 What happened to the commander, Aurelius? 970 01:31:32,397 --> 01:31:34,262 Oh, he lived. 971 01:31:34,332 --> 01:31:37,358 He took the warrior maiden Mira for his wife. 972 01:31:37,436 --> 01:31:38,994 And Romulus, the boy? 973 01:31:39,071 --> 01:31:41,062 They raised him as their own son. 974 01:31:41,139 --> 01:31:42,868 He grew to be a wise ruler. 975 01:31:45,110 --> 01:31:46,737 He took a Celtic name, 976 01:31:46,812 --> 01:31:48,871 "son of a dragon." 977 01:31:48,947 --> 01:31:50,346 Pendragon. 978 01:31:50,515 --> 01:31:53,075 Pendragon. That's my father. 979 01:31:53,151 --> 01:31:56,211 And you remember the little girl, Ygraine? 980 01:31:56,288 --> 01:31:57,312 He married her. 981 01:31:57,389 --> 01:31:58,447 My mother? 982 01:31:59,491 --> 01:32:03,291 And Ambrosinus took back his real name. 983 01:32:04,930 --> 01:32:05,954 Merlin. 984 01:32:06,031 --> 01:32:07,225 You? 985 01:32:07,299 --> 01:32:09,199 Merlin... it's just a story. 986 01:32:09,267 --> 01:32:11,326 You made it up. It's a legend. 987 01:32:11,403 --> 01:32:13,928 Arthur, Arthur, Arthur. 988 01:32:14,005 --> 01:32:15,666 Have I ever lied to you? 989 01:32:15,741 --> 01:32:17,231 Every day. 990 01:32:20,078 --> 01:32:21,136 Hmm. 991 01:32:25,984 --> 01:32:27,076 That's it. 992 01:32:27,152 --> 01:32:30,349 That's where the lost legion made their stand. 993 01:32:37,162 --> 01:32:40,154 Great legends were made here. 994 01:32:40,232 --> 01:32:42,291 With you as the hero. 995 01:32:43,201 --> 01:32:44,429 Of course. 996 01:32:59,751 --> 01:33:01,651 We need heroes, don't we? 997 01:33:04,923 --> 01:33:08,051 (cawing)