1 00:00:06,201 --> 00:00:08,203 Begin! 2 00:00:09,724 --> 00:00:14,329 From the savage lands of Kush, Achillia, the Goddess of Death. 3 00:00:14,729 --> 00:00:17,232 There are none but men beneath this roof, 4 00:00:17,332 --> 00:00:20,295 and you but stand the least offensive. 5 00:00:20,895 --> 00:00:22,998 I would see her stand victorious in the arena, 6 00:00:23,098 --> 00:00:24,719 only to offer fatal blow myself. 7 00:00:24,819 --> 00:00:26,881 I prepare for travel at break of morning sun. 8 00:00:26,981 --> 00:00:28,443 You remain? 9 00:00:28,543 --> 00:00:30,005 The gods themselves could not pry me loose. 10 00:00:30,105 --> 00:00:32,847 Seize them! 11 00:00:32,947 --> 00:00:36,351 Cilicians. Your men nearly had my fucking life. 12 00:00:36,711 --> 00:00:38,693 Yet here you stand. 13 00:00:38,793 --> 00:00:41,256 Was purse not swelled with coin in return for manoeuvring 14 00:00:41,356 --> 00:00:44,139 Cossutia and her daughter to appointed time and place? 15 00:00:44,239 --> 00:00:47,022 - A decision now held in regret. - It is a disappointment 16 00:00:47,122 --> 00:00:49,464 I shall not find you among my worshippers. 17 00:00:49,564 --> 00:00:51,766 Nor perhaps at all among the living. 18 00:00:52,087 --> 00:00:54,389 What do I stand towards you? 19 00:00:54,489 --> 00:00:57,072 Yes! 20 00:00:57,172 --> 00:00:59,194 Achillia! Achillia! 21 00:01:23,718 --> 00:01:27,081 Spirit her to fucking medicus. Go! 22 00:01:44,139 --> 00:01:46,121 She cannot die on eve of greatest victory! 23 00:01:46,221 --> 00:01:48,123 Is concern for the woman or your fucking house? 24 00:01:48,223 --> 00:01:51,206 The two stand entwined, you bearded fuck! 25 00:01:54,309 --> 00:01:56,471 Shhh. 26 00:01:59,314 --> 00:02:03,758 Neferet! Neferet! 27 00:02:06,361 --> 00:02:08,343 The gods bless us with one hand 28 00:02:08,443 --> 00:02:10,505 and ram fist up ass with the other. 29 00:02:10,605 --> 00:02:13,268 Achillia was not alone in victory. Tarchon, Celadus-- 30 00:02:13,368 --> 00:02:15,830 The crowds did not raise their names towards the heavens. 31 00:02:15,930 --> 00:02:17,932 They lifted Achillia's. 32 00:02:18,693 --> 00:02:21,736 Our fortune rests with her and her alone. 33 00:02:25,540 --> 00:02:27,402 - Does she yet draw breath? - She does. 34 00:02:27,502 --> 00:02:30,745 Yet sundered hand must be removed before infection sets. 35 00:02:32,507 --> 00:02:34,369 You would see my champion crippled? 36 00:02:34,469 --> 00:02:36,971 - There is no other path. - Do I not possess fucking leg 37 00:02:37,071 --> 00:02:38,813 after grievous wound inflicted by 38 00:02:38,913 --> 00:02:41,456 the fucking Gaul Crixus in the arena? 39 00:02:41,556 --> 00:02:43,858 The medicus of Batiatus restored limb, 40 00:02:43,958 --> 00:02:46,981 and here I stand before you. 41 00:02:47,081 --> 00:02:48,783 Then present the man 42 00:02:48,883 --> 00:02:51,326 and see him towards better result. 43 00:02:58,293 --> 00:03:02,417 He perished during conflict with mad Thracian. 44 00:03:04,899 --> 00:03:06,901 Carry my greetings. 45 00:03:08,022 --> 00:03:09,324 Argh! 46 00:03:13,388 --> 00:03:16,190 That was ill advised. 47 00:03:18,192 --> 00:03:20,755 We find ourselves in need of a medicus. 48 00:03:24,399 --> 00:03:26,761 How were relations left between you and Opiter? 49 00:03:27,762 --> 00:03:29,764 Favorable. 50 00:03:35,770 --> 00:03:37,232 Will she live? 51 00:03:37,332 --> 00:03:39,314 You have shown no concern towards the Nubian, 52 00:03:39,414 --> 00:03:41,316 yet now it blooms? 53 00:03:41,416 --> 00:03:43,478 Only towards pressing need. 54 00:03:43,578 --> 00:03:45,360 Messages arrive requesting appearance 55 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:47,462 of the Goddess of Death. 56 00:03:48,263 --> 00:03:50,245 Who requests her? 57 00:03:50,345 --> 00:03:52,427 Everyone. 58 00:03:53,107 --> 00:03:55,109 - Hmm. - How shall I reply? 59 00:03:56,351 --> 00:03:59,354 Make no promise towards her presence, nor condition, 60 00:03:59,914 --> 00:04:02,257 yet sow notion where she stands immortal 61 00:04:02,357 --> 00:04:04,679 and shall rise as phoenix upon a day. 62 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:07,822 And if fabled bird plummets? 63 00:04:07,922 --> 00:04:09,924 Then this house falls with her. 64 00:04:18,413 --> 00:04:19,794 Apologies. 65 00:04:19,894 --> 00:04:23,318 I did not realise my bath stood occupied. 66 00:04:29,504 --> 00:04:31,446 Mmm. 67 00:04:35,069 --> 00:04:37,352 Mmm. 68 00:04:38,793 --> 00:04:40,795 None required. 69 00:04:41,316 --> 00:04:43,758 Purpose has been seen to completion. 70 00:04:47,402 --> 00:04:49,464 The old fool Gabinius stood pleased your champion 71 00:04:49,564 --> 00:04:51,566 did not perish - 72 00:04:51,966 --> 00:04:54,449 at least... not in the arena. 73 00:04:55,450 --> 00:04:58,052 A sentiment to be turned towards advantage. 74 00:04:58,573 --> 00:05:00,715 Make no move absent my blessing. 75 00:05:00,815 --> 00:05:03,177 - Mm. - I shall think upon it. 76 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:08,082 Messia, remain to attend Dominus. 77 00:05:08,182 --> 00:05:11,145 I would see her hands towards loftier task. 78 00:05:11,786 --> 00:05:13,448 Come. 79 00:05:13,548 --> 00:05:15,550 Yes, Domina. 80 00:05:22,557 --> 00:05:24,679 She stands your slave to command. 81 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,382 Not that of Caesar's bitch. 82 00:05:27,482 --> 00:05:29,784 Cornelia carries weight of family name eclipsing that 83 00:05:29,884 --> 00:05:32,166 of even noble husband. 84 00:05:33,888 --> 00:05:36,891 She must be tolerated, upon the moment. 85 00:05:39,734 --> 00:05:41,436 See bath drained and refreshed. 86 00:05:41,536 --> 00:05:43,998 I will not soak in waters tainted 87 00:05:44,098 --> 00:05:45,520 by her passions. 88 00:05:56,070 --> 00:05:57,772 I did not expect to see you so far from slumber 89 00:05:57,872 --> 00:05:59,854 - at such an hour. - See that broken, 90 00:05:59,954 --> 00:06:01,956 and fingers to follow. 91 00:06:04,479 --> 00:06:07,261 What errand has the Syrian set you upon now? 92 00:06:07,361 --> 00:06:09,263 He would entreat use of your medicus. 93 00:06:09,363 --> 00:06:11,606 - What of your own man? - He has... 94 00:06:12,607 --> 00:06:14,268 taken wing. 95 00:06:14,368 --> 00:06:17,091 Our champion is in need of urgent care and discretion. 96 00:06:17,772 --> 00:06:18,953 You will have both. 97 00:06:19,053 --> 00:06:20,875 Sentius, fetch Echemus. 98 00:06:20,975 --> 00:06:22,797 Yes, Dominus. 99 00:06:22,897 --> 00:06:24,399 - Gratitude. - Retain it. 100 00:06:24,499 --> 00:06:26,501 I no longer have use for the man. 101 00:06:28,623 --> 00:06:30,445 You depart Capua? 102 00:06:30,545 --> 00:06:33,548 Your powers of observation are truly unmatched. 103 00:06:34,028 --> 00:06:36,210 Were you to break fucking word in advance of deed? 104 00:06:36,310 --> 00:06:38,292 Towards what purpose? 105 00:06:38,392 --> 00:06:40,655 I grow weary of forever giving chase. 106 00:06:40,755 --> 00:06:44,238 Perhaps in Sicilia I shall find myself the object of pursuit. 107 00:06:45,079 --> 00:06:47,422 - Is that where you flee? - I merely seize moment 108 00:06:47,522 --> 00:06:49,584 towards more favorable ventures. 109 00:06:49,684 --> 00:06:52,086 As do all who hasten exit at darkest hour. 110 00:06:52,727 --> 00:06:55,309 See yourself to street. I must attend to my affairs. 111 00:06:55,409 --> 00:06:57,411 No. 112 00:06:58,693 --> 00:07:01,896 Give voice to what truly moves you to sudden action. 113 00:07:03,618 --> 00:07:05,800 And see burden shared. 114 00:07:05,900 --> 00:07:07,902 You know well what moves me. 115 00:07:08,943 --> 00:07:10,164 Do you not you live beneath the roof 116 00:07:10,264 --> 00:07:12,266 of the House of fucking Caesar? 117 00:07:12,987 --> 00:07:14,889 Caesar? 118 00:07:14,989 --> 00:07:16,611 But what hold does the man have towards you? 119 00:07:16,711 --> 00:07:19,914 I aided in his ruse of Cilician attack... 120 00:07:21,035 --> 00:07:22,697 and in protesting life lost in such 121 00:07:22,797 --> 00:07:24,939 now stand the object of his fucking wrath. 122 00:07:25,039 --> 00:07:27,041 The Cilicians were Caesar's men? 123 00:07:28,683 --> 00:07:30,665 You did not know? 124 00:07:30,765 --> 00:07:32,827 No, I did not. 125 00:07:32,927 --> 00:07:34,969 Nor your part in the fucking scheme. 126 00:07:39,333 --> 00:07:42,617 As I did not know Caesar's desires rose towards blood. 127 00:07:43,618 --> 00:07:46,981 Now I stand trapped as insect fixed upon web 128 00:07:47,341 --> 00:07:50,364 and would see myself removed from Capua before spider returns 129 00:07:50,464 --> 00:07:52,466 with venomous intent. 130 00:07:53,147 --> 00:07:55,149 Hmm. 131 00:07:58,993 --> 00:08:00,995 So we fall from one another. 132 00:08:02,877 --> 00:08:04,879 Such need not hold true. 133 00:08:07,241 --> 00:08:09,243 Stay at my side. 134 00:08:09,604 --> 00:08:11,966 Let us away to Sicilia together. 135 00:08:14,368 --> 00:08:16,150 I cannot leave my duties. 136 00:08:16,250 --> 00:08:18,392 Duties of treachery 137 00:08:18,492 --> 00:08:21,215 and bloodshed the Syrian compels? 138 00:08:22,216 --> 00:08:25,159 Do not take my meaning unkindly, yet a man of your years 139 00:08:25,259 --> 00:08:27,461 is blessed by each passing day. 140 00:08:28,302 --> 00:08:30,645 Do you wish to spend those remaining in servitude 141 00:08:30,745 --> 00:08:33,147 to such a... creature? 142 00:08:33,868 --> 00:08:37,051 You would have me abandon all I hold towards honour? 143 00:08:37,151 --> 00:08:40,234 I would but have you strive for something more. 144 00:08:43,317 --> 00:08:45,660 Turn from cold, uncaring arms, 145 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,643 in favour of loving embrace. 146 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,404 Can you fucking save her? 147 00:09:33,567 --> 00:09:36,671 - What words does the man break? - Greek. 148 00:09:36,771 --> 00:09:38,753 Did you not think to ask if he could speak 149 00:09:38,853 --> 00:09:40,635 common fucking tongue? 150 00:09:40,735 --> 00:09:43,397 You stand Syrian. Do you not grasp the man's language? 151 00:09:43,497 --> 00:09:45,760 Towards completion of simple trade, I am your man. 152 00:09:45,860 --> 00:09:47,762 Beyond such, I stand as ignorant as you- 153 00:09:54,108 --> 00:09:55,489 - Uh... - Fuck. 154 00:09:55,589 --> 00:09:57,672 Huh? Fuck. Fuck! 155 00:09:58,152 --> 00:10:00,154 Uh... 156 00:10:02,797 --> 00:10:04,539 Who within our house grasps the man's tongue? 157 00:10:04,639 --> 00:10:06,821 Knowledge your fucking doctore does not hold. 158 00:10:06,921 --> 00:10:08,182 I do not care for your fucking tone. 159 00:10:08,282 --> 00:10:10,384 Nor I for life being put at peril, 160 00:10:10,484 --> 00:10:12,486 absent awareness. 161 00:10:14,288 --> 00:10:16,290 Who has done so? 162 00:10:19,894 --> 00:10:21,896 The villain stands before me. 163 00:10:22,496 --> 00:10:25,079 Opiter confides that our coming upon the Cilician attack 164 00:10:25,179 --> 00:10:27,181 was not by happenstance. 165 00:10:27,862 --> 00:10:29,864 Nor were they Cilicians. 166 00:10:30,785 --> 00:10:32,286 How has he come by this? 167 00:10:32,386 --> 00:10:36,090 Then he breaks truth. You conspired with Caesar 168 00:10:36,190 --> 00:10:38,853 to stage attack to gain favour with Gabinius. 169 00:10:38,953 --> 00:10:40,975 My hand holds no place in this. 170 00:10:41,075 --> 00:10:43,417 Caesar moved pieces upon board absent consultation 171 00:10:43,517 --> 00:10:45,379 with the villain before you, you fucking shit. 172 00:10:45,479 --> 00:10:48,502 - When did you discover such? - Only after his arrival. 173 00:10:48,602 --> 00:10:51,586 What part does Opiter play in this? 174 00:10:51,686 --> 00:10:53,708 Moved by Caesar's purse, he saw Cossutia 175 00:10:53,808 --> 00:10:57,191 to appointed time and place. He now takes flight to Sicilia 176 00:10:57,291 --> 00:10:59,433 for fear his tongue will be forever stilled 177 00:10:59,533 --> 00:11:01,395 to conceal misdeed. 178 00:11:01,495 --> 00:11:03,197 He moves as anyone with fucking sense 179 00:11:03,297 --> 00:11:05,860 when confronted with the ambitions of Caesar. 180 00:11:08,823 --> 00:11:11,265 Why was threat carried not revealed to me 181 00:11:11,706 --> 00:11:13,608 when you learned of it? 182 00:11:13,708 --> 00:11:16,030 You'll know of my thoughts... 183 00:11:16,911 --> 00:11:19,073 when I deem it fucking so. 184 00:11:30,684 --> 00:11:32,686 Argh! 185 00:11:37,011 --> 00:11:39,013 Dominus! 186 00:11:39,333 --> 00:11:41,756 - I would ask towards Achillia. - Return to fucking purpose 187 00:11:41,856 --> 00:11:44,258 or see yourself to like fate in the arena. 188 00:11:44,698 --> 00:11:46,700 Yes, Dominus. 189 00:11:47,141 --> 00:11:49,143 Apologies. 190 00:11:52,666 --> 00:11:54,889 What shit do you give for the Nubian? 191 00:11:54,989 --> 00:11:56,691 If the bitch falls, we rise. 192 00:11:56,791 --> 00:11:59,994 She stands champion and should be honoured as such. 193 00:12:00,354 --> 00:12:02,596 Do you hold worry towards the champion... 194 00:12:04,038 --> 00:12:06,020 or the woman? 195 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,122 Turn mind towards training... 196 00:12:09,083 --> 00:12:11,806 or see teeth from fucking mouth. 197 00:12:15,489 --> 00:12:17,351 We must present a champion to stand for Achillia 198 00:12:17,451 --> 00:12:19,513 till she regains rightful place. 199 00:12:19,613 --> 00:12:21,075 Who would you choose? 200 00:12:21,175 --> 00:12:24,138 Do you not hold vaunted title of fucking doctore? 201 00:12:25,820 --> 00:12:27,822 Attend! 202 00:12:32,386 --> 00:12:34,428 Contest shall be held. 203 00:12:34,869 --> 00:12:37,431 The victor shall claim mantle of champion 204 00:12:37,912 --> 00:12:41,075 until the gods return Achillia to the sands of the arena. 205 00:12:42,556 --> 00:12:44,558 - Prepare yourselves. - Hold. 206 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,783 I would see contest of more intimate nature. 207 00:12:48,883 --> 00:12:51,385 - Viridia. - The finest of your men 208 00:12:51,485 --> 00:12:54,008 presented as entertainment for noble guests. 209 00:12:55,129 --> 00:12:57,491 Let us make selection from the Syrian's meagre stock. 210 00:12:58,052 --> 00:13:00,274 Which would you desire towards closer inspection? 211 00:13:00,374 --> 00:13:02,376 Hmm. 212 00:13:03,377 --> 00:13:05,479 - That one stands of a form. - Hmm. 213 00:13:05,579 --> 00:13:10,144 She favours you, as aged cat towards slow witted mouse. 214 00:13:11,465 --> 00:13:13,828 The one beside him also pulls attention. 215 00:13:14,428 --> 00:13:17,231 Claws extend towards less savoury meal as well. 216 00:13:17,791 --> 00:13:20,174 And what of beloved daughter. 217 00:13:20,274 --> 00:13:22,276 Does no one draw interest? 218 00:13:25,119 --> 00:13:27,321 Perhaps... that one? 219 00:13:28,362 --> 00:13:30,745 Let us choose less seasoned meat. 220 00:13:33,487 --> 00:13:35,489 You. 221 00:13:36,370 --> 00:13:38,372 See them washed and brought up at once. 222 00:13:38,812 --> 00:13:40,955 Let us to wine and food in time between. 223 00:13:41,055 --> 00:13:43,057 Hmm. 224 00:13:53,988 --> 00:13:55,649 It is not enough she commands villa; 225 00:13:55,749 --> 00:13:58,572 Cornelia seeks to consume ludus as well. 226 00:13:58,672 --> 00:14:01,715 There's always the cliff, which you appear to favour. 227 00:14:03,517 --> 00:14:05,539 See the men to fucking contest. 228 00:14:05,639 --> 00:14:07,501 I will return the others to flock upon hour 229 00:14:07,601 --> 00:14:09,603 pried from vulture's grasp. 230 00:14:15,089 --> 00:14:17,551 It did not cross mind to inform me of fucking guests? 231 00:14:17,651 --> 00:14:20,955 I was unaware of their presence. Messia attends Domina's whims. 232 00:14:21,055 --> 00:14:23,978 Cornelia does not stand domina of this fucking house. 233 00:14:24,618 --> 00:14:27,541 Apologies. How shall I address her? 234 00:14:29,503 --> 00:14:31,505 I do not fucking know. 235 00:14:33,107 --> 00:14:35,089 Busy yourself with useful purpose and remain far 236 00:14:35,189 --> 00:14:37,331 afield from her gaze. 237 00:14:37,431 --> 00:14:39,793 Lest it set you ablaze for base amusement. 238 00:14:41,115 --> 00:14:43,177 - Go. - Dominus. 239 00:14:54,008 --> 00:14:57,631 As requested, the finest offering of the House of Ashur, 240 00:14:57,731 --> 00:15:00,354 rivalling any within fair city. 241 00:15:00,454 --> 00:15:04,458 Hmm. Opiter's men stand more pleasing to discerning eye. 242 00:15:05,139 --> 00:15:08,442 Unfortunate veil obscures fullness of consideration. 243 00:15:08,542 --> 00:15:10,544 Hmm. 244 00:15:11,505 --> 00:15:13,507 Remove your subligarias. 245 00:15:21,475 --> 00:15:23,477 Mmm. 246 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,003 That one stands a wonder, does he not? 247 00:15:30,524 --> 00:15:33,147 I defer to wisdom of experience upon subject. 248 00:15:36,370 --> 00:15:38,892 Did you not also once stand a gladiator, Syrian? 249 00:15:40,014 --> 00:15:43,137 A god of the arena, my victories legend. 250 00:15:43,497 --> 00:15:45,479 Let us weigh boisterous claim 251 00:15:45,579 --> 00:15:48,302 and witness evidence of the divine. 252 00:15:52,106 --> 00:15:56,290 I must gently remind... I stand dominus in this house-- 253 00:15:56,390 --> 00:15:58,912 And I stand heir to the storied name of Cinna, 254 00:15:59,593 --> 00:16:02,116 far surpassing that of claimed title. 255 00:16:03,437 --> 00:16:05,379 - Mother. - We are but guests here 256 00:16:05,479 --> 00:16:09,203 and hold no sway upon desire of gracious host. 257 00:16:09,603 --> 00:16:13,167 Gratitude. I would see you honoured by requested display. 258 00:16:47,361 --> 00:16:49,363 Impressive. 259 00:16:49,683 --> 00:16:51,585 Yet offering falls... 260 00:16:51,685 --> 00:16:54,768 short of promised divinity. 261 00:16:59,973 --> 00:17:01,975 You may go. 262 00:17:13,667 --> 00:17:15,749 You really must visit Capua more often. 263 00:17:16,310 --> 00:17:19,173 The city does present amusement, yet I long for Rome 264 00:17:19,273 --> 00:17:22,896 - and more civilised clime. - Mm. We are of similar mind. 265 00:17:22,996 --> 00:17:26,700 Yet I am moored to this fucking place by my husband's sentiment 266 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,802 towards childhood home. 267 00:17:29,403 --> 00:17:32,166 Apologies. The heat and the wine- 268 00:17:32,846 --> 00:17:35,589 Stomach turns. I would seek repose, 269 00:17:35,689 --> 00:17:37,271 to rejoin when humours permit. 270 00:17:37,371 --> 00:17:40,234 Of course. See her to my bedchambers. 271 00:17:40,334 --> 00:17:42,636 Gratitude, yet I noted them upon entry 272 00:17:42,736 --> 00:17:44,738 and would not leave you unattended. 273 00:17:52,025 --> 00:17:54,788 She is of a rather delicate nature, is she not? 274 00:17:55,229 --> 00:17:57,231 She stands her mother's daughter- 275 00:17:58,112 --> 00:18:00,734 and shall reflect such upon a moment. 276 00:18:00,834 --> 00:18:02,836 Hmm. 277 00:18:08,041 --> 00:18:11,605 Apologies. I do not mean to intrude upon thoughts. 278 00:18:13,647 --> 00:18:17,611 Your presence welcomes an end to them. 279 00:18:19,693 --> 00:18:21,635 May I offer wine? 280 00:18:21,735 --> 00:18:24,978 I fear I have already indulged to excess. 281 00:18:25,939 --> 00:18:28,662 Does such a thing exist? 282 00:18:39,473 --> 00:18:41,815 Gratitude. For cup... 283 00:18:41,915 --> 00:18:45,719 and temperate response to unfortunate jest. 284 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:48,842 A thing of no concern. 285 00:18:50,404 --> 00:18:55,349 My father holds that women cluck like hens. 286 00:18:55,449 --> 00:18:57,030 But he is mistaken, 287 00:18:57,130 --> 00:18:59,733 it is the rasping of hawks, circling wounded prey. 288 00:19:00,214 --> 00:19:02,216 I stand unscathed. 289 00:19:11,185 --> 00:19:13,187 She was in error. 290 00:19:13,507 --> 00:19:15,509 Caesar's wife. 291 00:19:16,830 --> 00:19:19,032 Your boasts proved true, once again. 292 00:19:20,314 --> 00:19:22,316 In all regards. 293 00:19:28,602 --> 00:19:30,704 Apologies. I must... 294 00:19:30,804 --> 00:19:32,806 tend to Achillia. 295 00:19:33,647 --> 00:19:35,669 May I fall by your side? 296 00:19:35,769 --> 00:19:38,332 I long to lay eyes upon such marvel again. 297 00:20:11,805 --> 00:20:13,807 Doctore? 298 00:20:14,808 --> 00:20:16,510 Celadus! Victor! 299 00:20:18,612 --> 00:20:20,614 You almost had me, brother. 300 00:20:21,615 --> 00:20:23,897 A lie. 301 00:20:24,338 --> 00:20:25,999 Yet well received. 302 00:20:31,785 --> 00:20:34,828 - Thoughts appear elsewhere. - As do yours. 303 00:20:38,312 --> 00:20:41,675 I would ask to see Achillia, upon your discretion. 304 00:20:42,075 --> 00:20:43,497 Towards what end? 305 00:20:43,597 --> 00:20:46,079 I saw to her training in your absence 306 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,101 and stood friend to her. 307 00:20:48,201 --> 00:20:51,645 My presence may prove a comfort towards recovery. 308 00:20:52,125 --> 00:20:54,808 Her fate lies far removed from mortal grasp. 309 00:20:55,529 --> 00:20:59,052 Fix mind on contest to stand in her place. 310 00:21:04,618 --> 00:21:06,200 Hedylus! 311 00:21:06,300 --> 00:21:08,242 Helios! 312 00:21:08,342 --> 00:21:10,344 Take position. 313 00:21:20,113 --> 00:21:22,115 Begin! 314 00:21:42,295 --> 00:21:45,319 I do not understand your words, you Greek fuck! 315 00:21:45,419 --> 00:21:47,841 He says to place bit in mouth so she does not sever tongue. 316 00:22:03,036 --> 00:22:05,038 Uh... 317 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:08,942 gratitude. 318 00:22:09,042 --> 00:22:11,525 My knowledge of Greek does not extend so far a distance. 319 00:22:12,245 --> 00:22:14,388 My husband had many dealings with their people. 320 00:22:14,488 --> 00:22:16,650 He wished me to be able to break words with them 321 00:22:17,290 --> 00:22:19,292 when entertaining at our villa. 322 00:22:20,053 --> 00:22:23,497 Apologies. I did not mean painful memory exhumed. 323 00:22:25,098 --> 00:22:28,121 When my husband fell, it was as if heart had been 324 00:22:28,221 --> 00:22:30,223 sundered from chest. 325 00:22:31,264 --> 00:22:34,548 He must have stood a titan, to warrant such emotion. 326 00:22:35,509 --> 00:22:38,351 He was a good man. And well loved. 327 00:22:40,754 --> 00:22:42,776 Yet as days churn, 328 00:22:42,876 --> 00:22:45,238 grief shifts from husband to greater loss. 329 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,522 I do not grasp meaning. 330 00:22:49,162 --> 00:22:52,486 Our union was arranged towards benefit of both our families. 331 00:22:52,806 --> 00:22:54,908 I devoted life to his, 332 00:22:55,008 --> 00:22:57,010 absent consideration of my own. 333 00:22:57,531 --> 00:23:01,334 You now hold regret, being so bound to him? 334 00:23:01,775 --> 00:23:03,837 As I said, he was a good man - 335 00:23:03,937 --> 00:23:05,939 gentle, kind. 336 00:23:07,501 --> 00:23:09,503 Yet as his memory fades, 337 00:23:09,983 --> 00:23:12,426 unsettled notion weighs upon mind. 338 00:23:15,709 --> 00:23:18,432 Give it name, if you are so able. 339 00:23:21,074 --> 00:23:22,976 It is a thought born of a whisper, 340 00:23:23,076 --> 00:23:25,078 grown to deafening roar... 341 00:23:26,199 --> 00:23:28,602 that what I grieve now is not his loss, 342 00:23:29,122 --> 00:23:32,566 but that of purpose and desire denied as my own 343 00:23:32,966 --> 00:23:35,749 that perhaps this world offers more than husband 344 00:23:35,849 --> 00:23:37,671 and promise of children, 345 00:23:37,771 --> 00:23:40,894 of a villa filled with pretty, empty things... 346 00:23:42,055 --> 00:23:44,157 I among them. 347 00:23:44,257 --> 00:23:46,860 What has moved you to such revelation? 348 00:23:48,582 --> 00:23:50,584 You. 349 00:23:51,825 --> 00:23:55,789 And your presentation of a woman upon the sands of the arena, 350 00:23:56,550 --> 00:23:58,251 in opposition of all I have been taught 351 00:23:58,351 --> 00:24:00,754 is our proper place in the republic. 352 00:24:02,395 --> 00:24:05,879 Together, you have shown me that I stand but spectre 353 00:24:06,319 --> 00:24:08,321 haunting this body... 354 00:24:08,802 --> 00:24:11,224 conjured by ritual of loving parents 355 00:24:11,324 --> 00:24:13,767 and husband chosen absent consent. 356 00:24:15,288 --> 00:24:17,531 It is a grave honour, then... 357 00:24:18,011 --> 00:24:20,974 to have played a part, however small, in... 358 00:24:21,975 --> 00:24:24,498 awakening towards higher purpose. 359 00:24:25,418 --> 00:24:28,341 My mother would vehemently disagree. 360 00:24:29,382 --> 00:24:31,545 She has proven... 361 00:24:33,106 --> 00:24:35,949 difficult, upon occasion. 362 00:24:36,309 --> 00:24:38,311 The fault lies not in her alone. 363 00:24:38,712 --> 00:24:42,556 She is but wild bird confined to gilded cage, 364 00:24:43,396 --> 00:24:45,679 bars forged by the traditions of men. 365 00:24:46,319 --> 00:24:50,203 Do I... not stand as such? 366 00:24:50,764 --> 00:24:52,766 Allow me to amend. 367 00:24:54,127 --> 00:24:56,229 Forged by traditions of Roman men. 368 00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:58,331 Ah. 369 00:25:08,381 --> 00:25:10,383 He says he's done all he can for her 370 00:25:10,944 --> 00:25:12,986 and that she's in the hands of the gods now. 371 00:25:16,630 --> 00:25:18,632 Then she stands alone. 372 00:25:19,312 --> 00:25:21,134 You blaspheme. 373 00:25:21,234 --> 00:25:23,216 I but speak of experience. 374 00:25:23,316 --> 00:25:25,318 I hold that we are never truly alone... 375 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:28,121 if heart is held open. 376 00:25:29,002 --> 00:25:31,024 I shall make offering to the gods, 377 00:25:31,124 --> 00:25:32,746 coupled with prayer towards Achillia's health 378 00:25:32,846 --> 00:25:34,868 and prosperity. 379 00:25:34,968 --> 00:25:36,970 And yours as well. 380 00:25:47,340 --> 00:25:49,863 Jupiter truly blesses us this day. 381 00:25:51,304 --> 00:25:53,587 They do stand enticing vision, 382 00:25:55,188 --> 00:25:57,991 despite labouring beneath the Syrian. 383 00:25:59,633 --> 00:26:01,635 Which do you favour? 384 00:26:02,876 --> 00:26:06,359 Difficult to judge, given current form. 385 00:26:07,681 --> 00:26:10,764 Then let us see expectations... raised. 386 00:26:13,767 --> 00:26:16,890 Present yourselves in more... heroic fashion. 387 00:26:24,658 --> 00:26:26,279 Shall we retrieve errant daughter 388 00:26:26,379 --> 00:26:29,242 - to lay eyes upon display? - I fear thoughts towards 389 00:26:29,342 --> 00:26:32,105 fallen husband might temper enjoyment. 390 00:26:32,425 --> 00:26:35,609 She must brave to sail upon the seas of marriage once more, 391 00:26:35,709 --> 00:26:37,711 in advance of youth faded. 392 00:26:38,832 --> 00:26:41,755 You yet have thoughts towards Caesar's man? 393 00:26:42,395 --> 00:26:45,919 The name Quintus Thermus does rise by day and hour. 394 00:26:46,239 --> 00:26:48,141 Yet I fear my own husband, 395 00:26:48,241 --> 00:26:52,626 whose allegiance lies firmly... with Pompey. 396 00:26:52,726 --> 00:26:55,989 Pompey shall fade from concern, as he shall from history. 397 00:26:56,089 --> 00:26:57,871 Securing future of daughter, 398 00:26:57,971 --> 00:27:00,053 by extension, that of deserving mother, 399 00:27:00,373 --> 00:27:02,656 is all that should move decision. 400 00:27:06,059 --> 00:27:08,161 You would have me take position 401 00:27:08,261 --> 00:27:10,263 counter to desires... 402 00:27:11,184 --> 00:27:13,186 of my husband? 403 00:27:14,027 --> 00:27:16,950 I would but see your own satisfied. 404 00:27:21,715 --> 00:27:23,717 I fear you mistake me. 405 00:27:24,197 --> 00:27:26,019 I mistake nothing. 406 00:27:53,987 --> 00:27:57,991 Celadus stands at forefront of standing. 407 00:27:58,391 --> 00:27:59,933 Yet Tarchon, 408 00:28:00,033 --> 00:28:03,096 Erato and Ephesius were not among contest, 409 00:28:03,196 --> 00:28:05,418 occupied as they were. 410 00:28:05,518 --> 00:28:08,041 See them returned to purpose at break of day. 411 00:28:10,523 --> 00:28:12,585 Mood appears lifted. 412 00:28:12,685 --> 00:28:14,687 Achillia improves? 413 00:28:15,248 --> 00:28:18,051 She remains caught between this world and the next. 414 00:28:19,893 --> 00:28:22,035 Yet hope and heart... 415 00:28:22,135 --> 00:28:23,837 blossoms. 416 00:28:23,937 --> 00:28:26,059 She has proven herself beyond expectations. 417 00:28:26,379 --> 00:28:28,722 She rose to champion upon your fucking instruction, 418 00:28:28,822 --> 00:28:31,604 despite reservation towards presenting a woman 419 00:28:31,704 --> 00:28:33,526 in the games. 420 00:28:33,626 --> 00:28:35,668 I but did what any doctore would. 421 00:28:36,029 --> 00:28:38,091 You stand overly humble. 422 00:28:38,191 --> 00:28:41,955 Achillia's victory has ignited and inspired this city in... 423 00:28:44,838 --> 00:28:46,840 unexpected ways. 424 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,102 You honour me. 425 00:28:49,202 --> 00:28:51,144 I but break truth. 426 00:28:51,244 --> 00:28:54,968 Neglected by passions of more inflamed moment. 427 00:28:56,289 --> 00:28:59,112 If nothing further is required of me, 428 00:28:59,212 --> 00:29:03,296 I would fall from ludus towards personal matter. 429 00:29:04,778 --> 00:29:07,881 Go, you fucking goat. 430 00:29:07,981 --> 00:29:11,304 And may it involve cock and the pleasuring of it. 431 00:29:24,517 --> 00:29:27,640 Where has the shadow that darkened this house fallen? 432 00:29:28,201 --> 00:29:30,263 Domina has taken to bedchambers, 433 00:29:30,363 --> 00:29:34,387 filled with wine and visions of heroic offerings. 434 00:29:34,487 --> 00:29:36,389 Do not refer to her as Domina. 435 00:29:36,489 --> 00:29:38,992 - Is that not what she stands? - Name her fucking Athena 436 00:29:39,092 --> 00:29:42,716 if the doing of such bends her to more pleasant mood. 437 00:29:42,816 --> 00:29:44,918 Yes, Dominus. 438 00:29:45,018 --> 00:29:47,360 May slumbering beast remain sated 439 00:29:47,460 --> 00:29:50,143 and quietude return. 440 00:29:53,146 --> 00:29:54,808 Bring food, 441 00:29:54,908 --> 00:29:57,510 in advance of my own fucking dreams. 442 00:30:03,316 --> 00:30:05,919 You fall to her side as obedient pet. 443 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,483 - I do but as commanded. - Absent complaint. 444 00:30:11,644 --> 00:30:15,448 Has any ever served purpose in this fucking house? 445 00:30:17,730 --> 00:30:19,712 What words did she break with Cossutia, 446 00:30:19,812 --> 00:30:21,814 in absence of Dominus? 447 00:30:24,097 --> 00:30:26,099 None of note. 448 00:30:41,794 --> 00:30:44,097 Dispatched by the Syrian once more? 449 00:30:44,197 --> 00:30:46,199 My will is my own. 450 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,024 I come to offer gratitude for allowing use of your medicus. 451 00:30:51,124 --> 00:30:53,106 Achillia recovers? 452 00:30:53,206 --> 00:30:56,649 She has been given chance to do so, upon your kindness. 453 00:30:57,210 --> 00:31:00,333 Such was extended to neither her nor the Syrian. 454 00:31:01,414 --> 00:31:04,938 Then I extend gratitude from my lips alone. 455 00:31:11,184 --> 00:31:12,966 And offer gift... 456 00:31:13,066 --> 00:31:15,068 in return. 457 00:31:17,790 --> 00:31:20,033 I have never witnessed you absent it. 458 00:31:31,484 --> 00:31:33,466 When I won my freedom in the arena, 459 00:31:33,566 --> 00:31:36,289 I bought the first bauble I laid eyes upon in the market. 460 00:31:38,051 --> 00:31:39,552 A foolish waste of coin. 461 00:31:39,652 --> 00:31:42,255 Yet it stood symbol... 462 00:31:42,895 --> 00:31:44,397 of what could be achieved 463 00:31:44,497 --> 00:31:47,060 if heart is set towards unwavering future. 464 00:31:47,620 --> 00:31:50,383 You will accompany me to Sicilia, then? 465 00:31:52,625 --> 00:31:54,287 The thought of abandoning the House of Ashur 466 00:31:54,387 --> 00:31:57,210 - still troubles mind. - The Syrian has proved himself 467 00:31:57,310 --> 00:31:58,932 most resourceful. He shall survive. 468 00:31:59,032 --> 00:32:01,314 It is not his survival that causes worry. 469 00:32:03,756 --> 00:32:07,380 You believe he would strike against me... 470 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,062 if I were to wrest you from him? 471 00:32:09,162 --> 00:32:11,404 You do not know the man as I do. 472 00:32:12,565 --> 00:32:14,707 He is consumed by erratic passions, 473 00:32:14,807 --> 00:32:17,050 often culminating in murderous win. 474 00:32:17,770 --> 00:32:20,553 I have seen him, in fit of temper, 475 00:32:20,653 --> 00:32:23,256 seize the life of one of his most valued gladiators, 476 00:32:23,656 --> 00:32:25,658 amongst scarce stock, 477 00:32:26,059 --> 00:32:28,061 with but shattered jug of wine. 478 00:32:31,384 --> 00:32:35,568 Perhaps loss of prized doctore may be balanced 479 00:32:35,668 --> 00:32:39,933 by offering he would hold towards larger value. 480 00:32:40,033 --> 00:32:42,976 What miracle would you invoke to tame lethal tempest? 481 00:32:43,076 --> 00:32:45,278 An unexpected bounty. 482 00:32:46,199 --> 00:32:48,681 One he shall find impossible to turn from. 483 00:32:51,044 --> 00:32:54,807 As I find the thought of your hands upon me... 484 00:32:55,368 --> 00:32:58,011 impossible to strike from mind. 485 00:32:58,971 --> 00:33:02,495 A sentiment closely shared. 486 00:33:15,388 --> 00:33:17,390 Fucking cunts! 487 00:33:18,151 --> 00:33:20,353 You betray me for this... 488 00:33:20,673 --> 00:33:22,095 semblance of a man? 489 00:33:22,195 --> 00:33:24,938 I stand titan to those who know true worth. 490 00:33:25,038 --> 00:33:28,141 Let us come to reason and make offer benefitting all. 491 00:33:28,241 --> 00:33:30,423 Offer Jupiter's cock in place of my own 492 00:33:30,523 --> 00:33:32,986 and it will not stand sufficient. 493 00:33:33,086 --> 00:33:35,708 I present something of larger interest. 494 00:33:35,808 --> 00:33:37,350 Well, birth thought from fucking head 495 00:33:37,450 --> 00:33:40,033 so I may strangle it till fucking lifeless. 496 00:33:40,133 --> 00:33:42,595 My villa and ludus, 497 00:33:42,695 --> 00:33:44,557 and all men contained within 498 00:33:44,657 --> 00:33:47,540 in exchange for but one of yours. 499 00:33:56,869 --> 00:33:58,611 Korris stands a free man 500 00:33:58,711 --> 00:34:01,394 and can take leave upon fucking whim. 501 00:34:01,794 --> 00:34:05,578 Why part with such abundance to purchase what is not owned? 502 00:34:05,678 --> 00:34:07,960 The cost comes not towards me 503 00:34:08,721 --> 00:34:11,684 but assurance that you and I will part absent malice... 504 00:34:12,004 --> 00:34:14,006 or retribution. 505 00:34:15,688 --> 00:34:18,211 And who will stand in your place as valued doctore? 506 00:34:19,172 --> 00:34:21,434 - Elevate Celadus to position. - Celadus? 507 00:34:21,534 --> 00:34:23,396 He aided in the training of Achillia 508 00:34:23,496 --> 00:34:26,339 after I was set upon by Proculus' men. 509 00:34:26,939 --> 00:34:29,862 He will honour title and this house. 510 00:34:34,587 --> 00:34:36,209 I shall think upon it 511 00:34:36,309 --> 00:34:38,391 and give reply upon fucking leisure. 512 00:34:49,202 --> 00:34:51,204 Fall to the ludus. 513 00:34:58,010 --> 00:35:00,133 And you from fucking sight. 514 00:35:09,622 --> 00:35:11,784 Tarchon! 515 00:35:12,305 --> 00:35:14,327 Erato! Take position 516 00:35:14,427 --> 00:35:17,750 and see contest resumed towards title of champion. 517 00:35:22,595 --> 00:35:24,737 I stroke cock to climax once more. 518 00:35:24,837 --> 00:35:28,061 I fear seed shall fall short 519 00:35:28,161 --> 00:35:30,163 of purpose. 520 00:35:31,364 --> 00:35:33,366 Begin! 521 00:35:42,215 --> 00:35:44,217 It would be a great loss... 522 00:35:44,537 --> 00:35:46,539 to see Korris depart. 523 00:35:47,139 --> 00:35:49,141 The risk well fucking known. 524 00:35:49,582 --> 00:35:52,945 What of Achillia? Has senses stirred from darkness? 525 00:35:54,347 --> 00:35:56,349 Word of such has not yet broken. 526 00:35:58,191 --> 00:36:01,794 Dire tidings upon heel of unexpected triumph. 527 00:36:02,715 --> 00:36:04,577 I pray she does not fall from life, 528 00:36:04,677 --> 00:36:07,840 dragging you with her from tenuous perch. 529 00:36:08,481 --> 00:36:11,564 Gratitude for imagined concern. 530 00:36:13,926 --> 00:36:17,129 Refill cup with more satisfying vintage brought from Rome. 531 00:36:18,491 --> 00:36:21,013 I have arranged invitation to Gabinius' villa. 532 00:36:21,534 --> 00:36:24,937 Name appointed time and I shall command wagon to transport you. 533 00:36:25,538 --> 00:36:27,660 The invitation is not for myself. 534 00:36:30,383 --> 00:36:32,905 I am to sit with Gabinius? 535 00:36:33,346 --> 00:36:35,568 Towards subject of union between beloved daughter 536 00:36:35,668 --> 00:36:38,351 and Quintus Thermus, ally of Caesar. 537 00:36:41,754 --> 00:36:43,696 Marriage? 538 00:36:43,796 --> 00:36:46,639 Viridia has expressed desire towards such? 539 00:36:46,959 --> 00:36:50,843 Women do not desire marriage. Marriage desires them. 540 00:36:51,404 --> 00:36:53,586 Gabinius will not be swayed by my tongue 541 00:36:53,686 --> 00:36:55,788 to such decision of import. 542 00:36:55,888 --> 00:36:58,671 I have planted seed in fertile ground of loving wife, 543 00:36:58,771 --> 00:37:00,673 where it takes strong root. 544 00:37:00,773 --> 00:37:03,196 Use goodwill garnered by your champion's victory 545 00:37:03,296 --> 00:37:05,338 to see effort to harvest. 546 00:37:19,832 --> 00:37:21,814 Argh! 547 00:37:23,316 --> 00:37:25,618 Tarchon - victor! 548 00:37:25,718 --> 00:37:27,840 Celadus, Ephesius, take position. 549 00:37:36,609 --> 00:37:38,611 Begin! 550 00:37:39,131 --> 00:37:41,954 All that has assaulted ear since conclusion of our games 551 00:37:42,054 --> 00:37:44,056 is the name Achillia. 552 00:37:44,737 --> 00:37:47,240 And imploring demand towards assistance 553 00:37:47,340 --> 00:37:50,803 in securing your response to mounting requests 554 00:37:50,903 --> 00:37:53,446 for her inclusion in upcoming celebrations. 555 00:37:53,546 --> 00:37:55,167 We stand blessed by effort and strategy. 556 00:37:55,267 --> 00:37:57,089 Oh, your effort. And most definitely 557 00:37:57,189 --> 00:37:59,191 your fucking strategy, Syrian. 558 00:37:59,752 --> 00:38:03,736 Yet we are bound by reflection, mirroring shared blessings. 559 00:38:03,836 --> 00:38:05,738 To see laurels heaped upon the House of Gabinius, 560 00:38:05,838 --> 00:38:09,482 and all beneath its roof, fills heart to bursting. 561 00:38:09,882 --> 00:38:12,445 Florid... yet appreciated. 562 00:38:13,926 --> 00:38:15,708 How fares your champion? 563 00:38:15,808 --> 00:38:18,190 Her injuries appeared of grievous nature, 564 00:38:18,290 --> 00:38:20,613 even viewed from distance of pulvinus. 565 00:38:21,013 --> 00:38:23,276 Many have made offerings and broken prayer 566 00:38:23,376 --> 00:38:25,117 towards her return to the arena. 567 00:38:25,217 --> 00:38:26,279 Your voice among them? 568 00:38:26,379 --> 00:38:28,200 I have no tongue for it. 569 00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:30,763 Mother and sister would often entreat the gods of my homeland 570 00:38:30,863 --> 00:38:33,806 towards relief from our suffering. 571 00:38:33,906 --> 00:38:35,848 Yet... 572 00:38:35,948 --> 00:38:38,591 none ever materialised. 573 00:38:40,232 --> 00:38:43,636 I hold no grace towards words of prayer myself. 574 00:38:45,237 --> 00:38:48,541 Yet daughter holds such gifts in abundance. 575 00:38:48,641 --> 00:38:52,004 She recalls image of my sister when we were young, 576 00:38:52,565 --> 00:38:54,567 not in form or countenance, 577 00:38:55,207 --> 00:38:57,229 but in beliefs, 578 00:38:57,329 --> 00:38:58,791 deeply held. 579 00:38:58,891 --> 00:39:01,333 You have broken words with her upon subject? 580 00:39:02,054 --> 00:39:05,538 When she and her mother joined Caesar's wife at my villa. 581 00:39:06,659 --> 00:39:08,120 - Cornelia. - Mm-hm. 582 00:39:08,220 --> 00:39:10,002 A woman held together in human form 583 00:39:10,102 --> 00:39:12,585 only by schemes and ambitions. 584 00:39:14,186 --> 00:39:16,289 Now she conspires... 585 00:39:16,389 --> 00:39:19,131 to see my only child bonded to Quintus Thermus 586 00:39:19,231 --> 00:39:21,233 to advance manoeuvrings. 587 00:39:23,315 --> 00:39:25,317 I must confess... 588 00:39:25,678 --> 00:39:27,540 I have been urged to attempt to move you 589 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:30,262 towards favour of proposition. 590 00:39:30,362 --> 00:39:32,505 Urged? 591 00:39:32,605 --> 00:39:35,568 Commanded, by Caesar, through voice of Cornelia. 592 00:39:36,729 --> 00:39:38,971 You believe Crassus moves Caesar 593 00:39:39,412 --> 00:39:41,414 as he so moves wife? 594 00:39:41,734 --> 00:39:44,797 I believe Julius fucking Caesar moves by no force 595 00:39:44,897 --> 00:39:47,660 other than his own ravenous appetite. 596 00:39:48,501 --> 00:39:51,464 You speak candidly towards those you owe allegiance. 597 00:39:53,426 --> 00:39:56,429 Or I find myself ensnared in net 598 00:39:56,909 --> 00:39:59,091 woven by hands other than your own. 599 00:39:59,191 --> 00:40:02,715 I am no friend of Caesar, nor serpent the man claims mate. 600 00:40:04,156 --> 00:40:06,619 I am beholden to Crassus alone, 601 00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:10,062 owing to him my freedom and all I possess since. 602 00:40:10,162 --> 00:40:12,785 A wise and measured response, 603 00:40:12,885 --> 00:40:15,568 one I would offer if position reversed. 604 00:40:16,649 --> 00:40:18,551 Yet place thought of Crassus aside. 605 00:40:18,651 --> 00:40:21,754 If he stands not the source of desire 606 00:40:21,854 --> 00:40:25,417 towards Viridia's marriage, what path would you counsel? 607 00:40:29,982 --> 00:40:32,565 I would plea... against it. 608 00:40:32,665 --> 00:40:35,307 Plea? So strong a condemnation? 609 00:40:36,348 --> 00:40:39,852 I have only known your daughter for briefest moment, 610 00:40:39,952 --> 00:40:43,676 yet... lasting impression has been made. 611 00:40:44,597 --> 00:40:47,460 I would not see her used as a piece upon board of Caesar 612 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,562 and Cornelia's game. 613 00:40:50,483 --> 00:40:52,525 Once again, we stand reflection. 614 00:40:56,208 --> 00:40:59,331 I will not give consent to proposed union. 615 00:41:02,495 --> 00:41:05,037 - A decision wisely made. - Now turn thoughts from such 616 00:41:05,137 --> 00:41:07,760 and fix them upon own fucking house. 617 00:41:07,860 --> 00:41:09,922 Mind seldom strays from task. 618 00:41:10,022 --> 00:41:12,885 Opportunity such as your champion presents 619 00:41:12,985 --> 00:41:15,047 rarely grace those of your station. 620 00:41:15,147 --> 00:41:18,851 You must build upon it or see possibility evaporate 621 00:41:18,951 --> 00:41:22,074 as swiftly as- as dew beneath withering sun. 622 00:41:24,276 --> 00:41:28,280 One as you describe has recently presented itself. 623 00:41:28,801 --> 00:41:30,503 In form and manner? 624 00:41:30,603 --> 00:41:34,427 In such that would greatly expand holdings upon single... 625 00:41:34,527 --> 00:41:35,868 stroke. 626 00:41:35,968 --> 00:41:38,490 - And the cost of it? - In coin, none. 627 00:41:39,612 --> 00:41:42,354 Yet it would be a loss keenly felt 628 00:41:42,454 --> 00:41:44,597 nonetheless. 629 00:41:44,697 --> 00:41:48,060 Men of position and power have but one thing in common - 630 00:41:49,261 --> 00:41:51,684 the sting of yesterday's sacrifice 631 00:41:51,784 --> 00:41:55,187 in service towards greater glory of tomorrow. 632 00:41:55,507 --> 00:41:57,450 Seize fucking moment 633 00:41:57,550 --> 00:42:00,392 and set loss to sea upon distant tide. 634 00:42:12,044 --> 00:42:13,906 Where's Achillia?! Where's Achillia?! 635 00:42:14,006 --> 00:42:17,309 - Where's Achillia?! - Soon, soon, soon. 636 00:42:17,409 --> 00:42:19,552 When will Achillia grace the arena once more? 637 00:42:19,652 --> 00:42:22,034 The Goddess of Death shall reclaim the sand 638 00:42:22,134 --> 00:42:24,957 upon a day soon approaching! 639 00:42:25,057 --> 00:42:29,001 And fuck all who dare stand before her! Ha! 640 00:42:29,101 --> 00:42:31,463 - (crowd laughs, cheers] - The woman yet lives? 641 00:42:34,066 --> 00:42:35,728 She does. 642 00:42:35,828 --> 00:42:37,810 How fares your champion? 643 00:42:37,910 --> 00:42:39,291 Resurrected? 644 00:42:39,391 --> 00:42:42,294 Or yet in eternal repose? 645 00:42:42,394 --> 00:42:44,817 Heap gratitude upon foreign gods 646 00:42:44,917 --> 00:42:48,040 your bitch did not face the Brothers Ferox. 647 00:42:48,721 --> 00:42:51,924 Do you value life so little to form guard of... 648 00:42:52,404 --> 00:42:54,587 half-men? 649 00:42:54,687 --> 00:42:56,989 Perhaps my... little sword 650 00:42:57,089 --> 00:43:01,974 shall carve name into block of wood resting upon shoulders. 651 00:43:02,574 --> 00:43:04,156 Satyrus. 652 00:43:04,256 --> 00:43:05,798 Fall to purpose, 653 00:43:05,898 --> 00:43:08,020 and see coin owed from merchant Tantalus collected. 654 00:43:08,621 --> 00:43:12,584 - And if he cannot produce? - Add trophy to your belt. 655 00:43:13,105 --> 00:43:14,807 Go. 656 00:43:14,907 --> 00:43:17,630 I would break words with the Syrian absent distraction. 657 00:43:18,190 --> 00:43:20,192 Scurry forth. 658 00:43:22,074 --> 00:43:25,497 Apologies. Satyrus possesses bile of one fully formed, 659 00:43:25,597 --> 00:43:27,580 concentrated into diminutive vessel. 660 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:30,222 A small annoyance, barely rising to notice. 661 00:43:30,322 --> 00:43:31,944 Now, what fucking words do you hold 662 00:43:32,044 --> 00:43:34,366 I have interest in breaking with you? 663 00:43:34,767 --> 00:43:37,509 Your unusual offering in the arena has admittedly ignited 664 00:43:37,609 --> 00:43:39,391 the baser elements of the city. 665 00:43:39,491 --> 00:43:42,915 Yet it is foolish to hold that her fortunes shall continue 666 00:43:43,015 --> 00:43:45,157 in light of injuries sustained. 667 00:43:45,257 --> 00:43:48,340 And how does such matter weigh upon your fucking mind? 668 00:43:48,861 --> 00:43:50,763 They do not. Yet I see 669 00:43:50,863 --> 00:43:53,726 convergent path in what you have managed to achieve, 670 00:43:53,826 --> 00:43:55,207 however brief in nature. 671 00:43:55,307 --> 00:43:57,429 Speak plainly or part fucking way. 672 00:43:58,070 --> 00:43:59,972 Plainly, then. 673 00:44:00,072 --> 00:44:02,074 I offer alliance. 674 00:44:04,997 --> 00:44:07,259 If your champion recovers from wounds inflicted, 675 00:44:07,359 --> 00:44:09,762 we shall pair her against my lesser men, 676 00:44:10,122 --> 00:44:12,825 to extend her life and reap further coin from those rabid 677 00:44:12,925 --> 00:44:16,408 at thought of a woman defying odds towards fated end. 678 00:44:17,810 --> 00:44:19,812 Hmm. 679 00:44:20,733 --> 00:44:23,495 I would counter generous offer. 680 00:44:25,617 --> 00:44:27,619 Unhinge jaw... 681 00:44:28,260 --> 00:44:30,262 and swallow cock. 682 00:44:32,745 --> 00:44:35,768 I offer hand only to find teeth snapping at flesh. 683 00:44:35,868 --> 00:44:37,610 You piss on the House of Ashur at every turn 684 00:44:37,710 --> 00:44:40,172 and now stand in wonder I do not take knee 685 00:44:40,272 --> 00:44:41,894 and receive golden tribute? 686 00:44:41,994 --> 00:44:44,136 Let us turn from rightfully aggrieved past 687 00:44:44,236 --> 00:44:46,979 and seize necessity of present moment. 688 00:44:47,079 --> 00:44:49,982 I am soon to fucking dwarf necessity. 689 00:44:50,082 --> 00:44:53,505 You grow so bold after but single victory in a Primus, 690 00:44:53,605 --> 00:44:56,989 with champion lying at the gates of the Underworld, 691 00:44:57,089 --> 00:44:59,311 yet a breath from admittance? 692 00:44:59,411 --> 00:45:01,914 Bolder than stunted imagination could dream. 693 00:45:02,014 --> 00:45:05,878 My holdings double upon turn of circumstance. 694 00:45:05,978 --> 00:45:09,481 And how do you call forth such miracle? 695 00:45:09,581 --> 00:45:12,785 By one also much abused by your fucking tongue. 696 00:45:13,265 --> 00:45:16,248 The man takes flight, his holdings falling 697 00:45:16,348 --> 00:45:18,470 to deserving hands. 698 00:45:19,391 --> 00:45:21,393 Opiter? 699 00:45:25,798 --> 00:45:28,460 You do not possess coin to secure what is his, 700 00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,223 short of Crassus himself shitting gold 701 00:45:31,323 --> 00:45:32,905 into outstretched palm. 702 00:45:33,005 --> 00:45:37,309 Oh, I possess all that is required of worth and value 703 00:45:37,409 --> 00:45:39,752 beyond coin. 704 00:45:39,852 --> 00:45:42,274 The House of Ashur shall soon stand monolith, 705 00:45:42,374 --> 00:45:45,357 lesser men forever to dwell 706 00:45:45,457 --> 00:45:47,579 in its fucking shadow. 707 00:45:55,347 --> 00:45:56,809 There are but two remaining 708 00:45:56,909 --> 00:46:00,152 within grasp of honoured mantle of champion. 709 00:46:01,633 --> 00:46:03,816 Celadus... 710 00:46:03,916 --> 00:46:05,918 Tarchon... 711 00:46:06,518 --> 00:46:08,520 take position. 712 00:46:11,763 --> 00:46:13,765 At last... 713 00:46:14,366 --> 00:46:17,309 I will seize title from undeserving woman. 714 00:46:17,409 --> 00:46:19,411 And I shall reclaim it 715 00:46:19,972 --> 00:46:22,694 to present as gift when she rises again. 716 00:46:31,703 --> 00:46:33,705 Begin! 717 00:47:02,654 --> 00:47:04,656 Why do you fight for her?! 718 00:47:05,057 --> 00:47:06,839 Argh! 719 00:47:12,504 --> 00:47:14,506 Argh! 720 00:47:15,147 --> 00:47:18,150 I fight for this fucking house. 721 00:47:22,754 --> 00:47:24,777 Celadus - victor. 722 00:47:27,439 --> 00:47:30,402 - The title of champion falls-- - Stay hand! 723 00:47:34,566 --> 00:47:36,388 Tarchon shall stand as champion 724 00:47:36,488 --> 00:47:38,730 until such day Achillia returns to form. 725 00:47:42,935 --> 00:47:45,938 See Celadus elevated to position of doctore. 726 00:47:49,501 --> 00:47:52,664 And all encompassed by declaration. 727 00:48:09,041 --> 00:48:11,623 My time upon the sands draws to sudden end. 728 00:48:11,723 --> 00:48:15,047 Embrace achievements of those you lend experience to, 729 00:48:15,527 --> 00:48:17,809 as I have done for many years. 730 00:48:24,977 --> 00:48:27,419 You have given all to the arena, old friend. 731 00:48:27,899 --> 00:48:30,042 Does it stand possible to hold dream of anything 732 00:48:30,142 --> 00:48:32,144 beyond blood and glory? 733 00:48:32,664 --> 00:48:35,647 One whose worth transcends value of any victory 734 00:48:35,747 --> 00:48:37,749 or cheering crowd. 735 00:48:42,995 --> 00:48:44,776 You stand ready to fall from this house? 736 00:48:44,876 --> 00:48:46,878 And eager to do so. 737 00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:50,282 Uh, there is yet... 738 00:48:50,963 --> 00:48:53,125 final thing I would ask of you, in... 739 00:48:53,685 --> 00:48:55,687 advance of parting. 740 00:49:11,063 --> 00:49:13,065 She does not wake. 741 00:49:14,706 --> 00:49:16,989 She stands at the judgement of her gods 742 00:49:17,949 --> 00:49:19,491 and shall return to the world of the living 743 00:49:19,591 --> 00:49:21,593 if found of worth. 744 00:49:22,954 --> 00:49:24,956 I would tip balance... 745 00:49:26,158 --> 00:49:28,160 with offering and... 746 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:30,602 prayer. 747 00:49:31,363 --> 00:49:34,086 You would entreat the gods you do not believe in? 748 00:49:34,646 --> 00:49:37,449 They have seldom given me cause for such faith. 749 00:49:38,890 --> 00:49:40,892 Yet perhaps effort combined 750 00:49:41,453 --> 00:49:43,495 may move them towards compassion. 751 00:50:04,476 --> 00:50:06,578 Then let us stand as one. 752 00:52:03,435 --> 00:52:06,178 I... live? 753 00:52:06,278 --> 00:52:08,360 Our journey has not yet ended. 754 00:52:17,409 --> 00:52:19,311 The gods do not fuck you this time. 755 00:52:22,614 --> 00:52:24,616 I still do not care for you. 756 00:52:25,257 --> 00:52:27,259 Nor I you. 757 00:52:36,948 --> 00:52:39,091 Sentius! 758 00:52:39,191 --> 00:52:41,353 I would take meal before journey. 759 00:52:43,515 --> 00:52:45,737 Sentius? Sentius! 760 00:52:53,885 --> 00:52:56,027 Someone has a secret. 761 00:52:56,127 --> 00:52:59,231 Secrets. Secrets. 762 00:52:59,331 --> 00:53:02,334 Thought he could leave absent farewells. 763 00:53:03,495 --> 00:53:05,757 Thought he could fuck... 764 00:53:05,857 --> 00:53:07,859 the Syrian's man. 765 00:53:09,741 --> 00:53:12,644 Presenting gift of villa and ludus, 766 00:53:12,744 --> 00:53:14,806 to fuck our dominus! 767 00:53:16,868 --> 00:53:18,770 Apologies. 768 00:53:18,870 --> 00:53:20,872 I- I forgot myself. 769 00:53:21,313 --> 00:53:23,895 - We will help you remember. - Help you. 770 00:53:23,995 --> 00:53:26,097 Take it. 771 00:53:26,197 --> 00:53:27,659 All of it! 772 00:53:27,759 --> 00:53:29,861 In exchange for my life! 773 00:53:31,843 --> 00:53:34,406 - Your life... - Your life... 774 00:53:36,808 --> 00:53:38,870 ...holds no value now. 775 00:53:42,974 --> 00:53:44,976 I beg you. 776 00:53:45,977 --> 00:53:47,979 Spare me! 777 00:53:52,904 --> 00:53:54,886 Argh! 778 00:53:54,986 --> 00:53:56,928 Argh! 779 00:54:01,032 --> 00:54:03,355 The world looks so much larger, 780 00:54:04,035 --> 00:54:05,136 does it not, 781 00:54:05,236 --> 00:54:06,898 from down here? 782 00:54:06,998 --> 00:54:10,542 Please, don't. Please, I beg you. Please. 783 00:54:10,642 --> 00:54:12,944 Argh!