1 00:02:25,938 --> 00:02:27,398 Come on! 2 00:02:28,190 --> 00:02:30,609 This way! 3 00:02:30,735 --> 00:02:32,820 Come on, quickly! 4 00:02:32,945 --> 00:02:35,156 Move! Move! 5 00:03:00,765 --> 00:03:01,807 No! 6 00:03:05,269 --> 00:03:07,897 Out of the way! Move! 7 00:03:10,775 --> 00:03:13,861 Evil inside. Evil... 8 00:03:13,986 --> 00:03:15,696 Oh! 9 00:03:30,544 --> 00:03:33,798 - Give us a kiss, then. - You shave, I kiss. 10 00:03:38,803 --> 00:03:41,055 You talk to him? 11 00:03:41,180 --> 00:03:43,182 I said I would, and I will. 12 00:03:43,307 --> 00:03:45,017 We cannot stay here forever. 13 00:03:45,142 --> 00:03:46,435 It's not right. 14 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,688 - This place is a house of death. - I know. 15 00:03:49,814 --> 00:03:54,318 What if we make a baby here? Gods forbid. It would be a monster. 16 00:03:56,695 --> 00:03:58,948 I said I'd talk to him. 17 00:04:11,502 --> 00:04:15,673 How are you, brother? Good day out? 18 00:04:15,798 --> 00:04:18,175 Good day for a walk in the country maybe? 19 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:20,010 No. 20 00:04:20,136 --> 00:04:23,222 Spring's here, blossom on the trees, 21 00:04:23,347 --> 00:04:25,224 lambs in the meadows. 22 00:04:26,308 --> 00:04:29,854 Brother, the full moon has come and gone. 23 00:04:29,979 --> 00:04:33,357 Maybe it's time to cut off these mourning beards? 24 00:04:34,733 --> 00:04:36,694 Life must continue. 25 00:04:40,531 --> 00:04:42,491 You're right. 26 00:04:42,908 --> 00:04:45,411 - You should go. - And leave you here like this? 27 00:04:45,536 --> 00:04:48,706 - Good friend I'd be. - I'm past need of friends. 28 00:04:48,831 --> 00:04:51,584 Now what's that mean? What are you going to do? 29 00:04:51,709 --> 00:04:53,294 You can't sit here the rest of your life. 30 00:04:53,419 --> 00:04:55,963 I've caused the death of my wife. 31 00:04:56,088 --> 00:04:58,591 I've caused the death of my children. 32 00:04:58,716 --> 00:05:01,010 I have caused the death of Caesar. 33 00:05:01,135 --> 00:05:03,596 What would you have me do now? 34 00:05:03,721 --> 00:05:06,182 What? Run a butcher's shop? 35 00:05:06,307 --> 00:05:09,810 Fine, fine. Sorry I spoke. 36 00:05:09,935 --> 00:05:12,563 Eat your damn porridge. 37 00:05:17,735 --> 00:05:19,820 What sort of woman is she? 38 00:05:19,945 --> 00:05:22,448 - Who? - The Egyptian girl. 39 00:05:22,573 --> 00:05:25,868 Oh, her. I barely met her. 40 00:05:25,993 --> 00:05:29,079 Skinny thing. Talks too much. 41 00:05:29,205 --> 00:05:30,915 Well, she must have something 42 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,167 to lure a cold fish like Caesar. 43 00:05:33,292 --> 00:05:35,127 She's a queen. 44 00:05:35,252 --> 00:05:38,756 Caesar would've fucked Medusa if she'd worn a crown. 45 00:05:40,090 --> 00:05:41,091 You jealous, flower? 46 00:05:41,217 --> 00:05:43,344 Of course. I don't mind your whores, 47 00:05:43,469 --> 00:05:46,013 but I don't want you making love to her sort. 48 00:05:46,138 --> 00:05:48,557 Meaning younger women of higher rank than... 49 00:05:48,682 --> 00:05:50,017 you? 50 00:05:50,142 --> 00:05:52,061 That's a good general rule. 51 00:05:52,186 --> 00:05:53,812 I shall remember it. 52 00:05:53,938 --> 00:05:55,940 I love you. 53 00:06:01,111 --> 00:06:02,446 Anthony? 54 00:06:04,740 --> 00:06:06,158 A word, if I may. 55 00:06:06,283 --> 00:06:07,993 What is it, dear boy? 56 00:06:08,118 --> 00:06:10,996 About my money, Caesar's money. 57 00:06:11,121 --> 00:06:12,623 You assured me I'd have it by now. 58 00:06:12,748 --> 00:06:15,960 I'm so sorry. It slipped my mind. I will see to it. 59 00:06:16,085 --> 00:06:18,837 Good, only that is what you've said several times now. 60 00:06:18,963 --> 00:06:21,340 Well, these things take time. 61 00:06:21,465 --> 00:06:24,760 We are talking vast sums of money. 62 00:06:24,885 --> 00:06:29,014 There's a great deal of paperwork and lawyering to be done and... 63 00:06:29,139 --> 00:06:31,308 So when can I expect transfer to my control? 64 00:06:31,433 --> 00:06:32,393 What's the rush? 65 00:06:32,518 --> 00:06:35,312 Some wicked woman giving you the squeeze? 66 00:06:35,437 --> 00:06:37,940 Don't worry. I'll see to it. 67 00:06:45,656 --> 00:06:47,199 Tolerable voyage? 68 00:06:47,324 --> 00:06:50,244 - It was. - Myself... 69 00:06:50,369 --> 00:06:53,539 I cannot abide ships and boats. 70 00:06:53,664 --> 00:06:56,041 Too much like cages, ne? 71 00:06:56,166 --> 00:06:59,128 With the added risk of drowning. 72 00:07:02,298 --> 00:07:04,383 You've changed since we last met. 73 00:07:05,509 --> 00:07:07,928 Have I seen you before? 74 00:07:08,512 --> 00:07:10,681 Yes. 75 00:07:10,806 --> 00:07:14,184 In Alexandria, with Caesar. 76 00:07:14,310 --> 00:07:18,230 It's those uniforms you wear. You all look alike. 77 00:07:18,355 --> 00:07:20,399 When I saw you then, you seemed... 78 00:07:20,524 --> 00:07:21,942 happier. 79 00:07:23,611 --> 00:07:24,570 Is something wrong? 80 00:07:24,695 --> 00:07:28,324 A strange question. Caesar is dead. 81 00:07:29,408 --> 00:07:31,327 He was as a husband to me. 82 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:35,039 I was as a wife to him. 83 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,834 - I amuse you. - Forgive me. 84 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:40,961 It's an odd thought. 85 00:07:41,879 --> 00:07:45,674 A Roman consul with a 'Gyptian wife. 86 00:07:45,799 --> 00:07:48,886 - Wouldn't do, you know? - I fail to see why. 87 00:07:49,011 --> 00:07:52,222 I believe we may begin negotiations. 88 00:07:52,348 --> 00:07:54,600 Here is the text of our proposal. 89 00:07:54,725 --> 00:07:57,728 We would read it into the Senate record. 90 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:02,775 "I Mark Antony, Consul of Rome, 91 00:08:02,900 --> 00:08:05,235 "guarantee that our armies will continue 92 00:08:05,361 --> 00:08:08,280 "to protect and preserve the throne of Cleopatra, 93 00:08:08,405 --> 00:08:10,616 "child of Ptolemy, Queen of Egypt, 94 00:08:10,741 --> 00:08:12,785 "mistress of sedge and bee, et cetera." 95 00:08:12,910 --> 00:08:16,163 - What is your price? - Her majesty will guarantee 96 00:08:16,288 --> 00:08:18,707 ten grain shipments a month at the standard rate, 97 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:23,253 from which revenues the Consul will accept as a personal gift 98 00:08:23,379 --> 00:08:25,631 48,000 denarii a month. 99 00:08:25,756 --> 00:08:27,299 - 35. - 45. 100 00:08:27,424 --> 00:08:29,802 42. 101 00:08:31,095 --> 00:08:34,264 42, delivered on the calends. 102 00:08:39,561 --> 00:08:41,563 Are we done, then? 103 00:08:44,775 --> 00:08:46,902 One more thing. 104 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:50,280 My son by Caesar is near four years old. 105 00:08:50,906 --> 00:08:53,367 He has begun to ask questions about his father. 106 00:08:53,492 --> 00:08:55,577 How touching. 107 00:08:55,703 --> 00:08:57,663 He's too young to understand now, 108 00:08:57,788 --> 00:08:59,248 but soon I must tell him 109 00:08:59,373 --> 00:09:02,084 that his father's people do not accept him. 110 00:09:03,419 --> 00:09:05,587 Not as a true legal son. 111 00:09:05,713 --> 00:09:08,757 It will never happen. The people wouldn't like it. 112 00:09:08,882 --> 00:09:11,093 We have no political design, 113 00:09:11,927 --> 00:09:14,138 merely the happiness of my boy. 114 00:09:15,681 --> 00:09:19,184 A simple public declaration 115 00:09:19,309 --> 00:09:21,103 of paternity will suffice. 116 00:09:21,228 --> 00:09:23,939 And what would I profit by that? 117 00:09:24,982 --> 00:09:27,359 You would have my eternal gratitude. 118 00:09:32,281 --> 00:09:34,116 Promise me... 119 00:09:42,833 --> 00:09:44,793 That's possible. 120 00:09:53,719 --> 00:09:57,556 Declare my boy a lawful son of Caesar, 121 00:09:57,681 --> 00:09:59,141 then we shall be friends. 122 00:09:59,266 --> 00:10:01,143 - You don't trust me? - Not so much. 123 00:10:01,268 --> 00:10:03,562 You have a changeable look about you. 124 00:10:03,687 --> 00:10:05,689 You're mistaken. 125 00:10:05,814 --> 00:10:08,400 Steady as a priest of Saturn, me. 126 00:10:08,525 --> 00:10:09,985 Come now. 127 00:10:12,362 --> 00:10:14,990 It is not permitted to touch. 128 00:10:19,578 --> 00:10:21,789 Nice manners... 129 00:10:21,914 --> 00:10:23,874 for a whore. 130 00:10:32,674 --> 00:10:34,468 If I must prostitute myself 131 00:10:34,593 --> 00:10:37,763 for the good of my country and my family, 132 00:10:37,888 --> 00:10:40,265 I will. 133 00:10:40,390 --> 00:10:43,393 But the customer pays first, does he not? 134 00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:46,438 Your son will eat shit and die 135 00:10:46,563 --> 00:10:48,398 before I make him legal. 136 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:51,902 You see? 137 00:10:52,027 --> 00:10:53,487 Very changeable. 138 00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:57,741 Sorry we couldn't agree. 139 00:10:57,866 --> 00:11:00,577 Perhaps you'll change your mind. 140 00:11:00,702 --> 00:11:04,581 We'll see you at dinner tomorrow, I believe. 141 00:11:33,277 --> 00:11:35,153 He wasn't Apollo, by no means, 142 00:11:35,279 --> 00:11:38,198 but when Erastes Fulmen was alive 143 00:11:38,323 --> 00:11:40,325 there was peace on the Aventine. 144 00:11:40,450 --> 00:11:44,663 Now every gang in the city's fighting for control of the hill. 145 00:11:44,788 --> 00:11:47,958 Every day there's violence, every day there's... 146 00:11:48,083 --> 00:11:49,751 hoo-ha. 147 00:11:49,877 --> 00:11:52,004 - It's killing commerce. - I will see to it. 148 00:11:52,129 --> 00:11:55,799 And is not commerce the root of civic virtue? 149 00:11:55,924 --> 00:12:00,053 Can Rome long survive if commerce is... 150 00:12:01,138 --> 00:12:02,139 You may go. 151 00:12:07,102 --> 00:12:08,186 Something... 152 00:12:08,312 --> 00:12:10,856 Something must be done on the Aventine. 153 00:12:10,981 --> 00:12:14,067 Yes, yes, I know. I hear of nothing else. 154 00:12:14,192 --> 00:12:16,486 The gangs will not stop fighting of their own accord. 155 00:12:16,612 --> 00:12:18,614 It is too rich a prize. Whoever controls the Aventine 156 00:12:18,739 --> 00:12:20,574 controls the docks and the grain supply... 157 00:12:20,699 --> 00:12:23,035 - I am aware! - The violence will spread. 158 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,495 If it is not stopped, the whole city will swift descend 159 00:12:25,621 --> 00:12:29,666 into chaos and famine and you will be blamed, I'm afraid. 160 00:12:29,791 --> 00:12:32,878 Though it'd be none of your fault, of course. Still... 161 00:12:33,003 --> 00:12:34,588 I will handle it. 162 00:12:35,839 --> 00:12:37,716 Now... 163 00:12:37,841 --> 00:12:38,967 what can I do for you? 164 00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:41,762 - You sent for me. - Oh, yes, that. 165 00:12:41,887 --> 00:12:43,555 Show him. 166 00:12:52,064 --> 00:12:54,983 It appears to be a list of every dishonest rascal in the city. 167 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:56,610 Very droll. 168 00:12:56,735 --> 00:12:59,071 It is a list of candidates for next year's elections 169 00:12:59,196 --> 00:13:02,574 drawn up by our beloved Caesar just before he was taken from us. 170 00:13:02,699 --> 00:13:05,202 Posca found it amongst his papers. 171 00:13:05,327 --> 00:13:08,956 Another lucky find? You are prodigious, Posca. 172 00:13:09,081 --> 00:13:12,125 I want your endorsement of the names. 173 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:16,254 For the sake of unity and amity, et cetera, et cetera. 174 00:13:16,380 --> 00:13:18,465 Isn't that being just a little too brazen? 175 00:13:18,590 --> 00:13:21,093 Who would believe that Caesar chose such wretches? 176 00:13:21,218 --> 00:13:25,055 Surely you don't think those men paid me to put their names on the list? 177 00:13:25,180 --> 00:13:26,807 Not at all. 178 00:13:26,932 --> 00:13:28,433 I expect they have paid Posca. 179 00:13:28,558 --> 00:13:31,436 - So, what's the problem? - My endorsement will be worthless. 180 00:13:31,561 --> 00:13:34,731 People will merely assume I've been intimidated by you. 181 00:13:34,856 --> 00:13:37,317 - Are you not intimidated? - Not especially. 182 00:13:37,442 --> 00:13:39,611 At present, you cannot afford to kill me. 183 00:13:39,736 --> 00:13:42,072 You need me to run the Senate. 184 00:13:42,197 --> 00:13:44,616 Today, I need you. 185 00:13:44,741 --> 00:13:47,577 - Tomorrow... - Then tomorrow I will worry. 186 00:13:47,703 --> 00:13:50,789 Today, I suggest you let me strike the worst scoundrels off this list. 187 00:13:50,914 --> 00:13:52,416 Then I will endorse it. 188 00:13:52,541 --> 00:13:55,377 Fine, fine. Do as you like. 189 00:13:56,211 --> 00:13:58,088 A pleasure as always. 190 00:14:02,259 --> 00:14:04,511 Next there is a delegation... 191 00:14:04,636 --> 00:14:07,764 No, enough. Enough of this. Call my guard. 192 00:14:07,889 --> 00:14:09,433 Immediately. Before you go, 193 00:14:09,558 --> 00:14:12,144 if I might raise the matter of my recompense and commission? 194 00:14:12,269 --> 00:14:15,397 No! No, you might not, you wretched Greek thief! 195 00:14:15,522 --> 00:14:17,357 Money, money, money. 196 00:14:17,482 --> 00:14:20,110 I'm surrounded by money-grubbers. 197 00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:27,576 Mark Antony, sir! It's me, sir! 198 00:14:27,701 --> 00:14:29,286 Titus Pullo of the 13th! 199 00:14:29,411 --> 00:14:30,996 Legionary Pullo? 200 00:14:31,121 --> 00:14:32,622 Hold it. Let him through. 201 00:14:32,748 --> 00:14:34,458 Sir! 202 00:14:34,583 --> 00:14:35,959 What are you doing here? 203 00:14:36,084 --> 00:14:39,171 Requiring advice and counsel regarding Lucius Vorenus, sir. 204 00:14:39,296 --> 00:14:41,173 Go on. 205 00:14:41,298 --> 00:14:42,966 He has gone awry, sir. 206 00:14:43,091 --> 00:14:46,303 I don't know what's to be done with him. 207 00:14:50,891 --> 00:14:53,810 Vorenus! Officers afoot! 208 00:14:53,935 --> 00:14:56,772 Centurion Vorenus. 209 00:14:56,897 --> 00:14:59,524 - As was. - Sir? 210 00:15:03,070 --> 00:15:05,530 Look at the fucking state of you. 211 00:15:05,655 --> 00:15:08,158 - It's mourning dress, sir... - Mourning? 212 00:15:08,283 --> 00:15:10,619 You may well mourn. 213 00:15:10,744 --> 00:15:12,370 Caesar is dead, 214 00:15:12,496 --> 00:15:15,332 and it was you as good as held the knife. 215 00:15:15,457 --> 00:15:18,502 Stand to fucking attention when I'm talking to you! 216 00:15:22,547 --> 00:15:26,635 You know that your name is disgraced forever? 217 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,554 I do, sir. 218 00:15:29,679 --> 00:15:32,099 "I do, sir." 219 00:15:33,975 --> 00:15:36,770 Why, then, are you still alive? 220 00:15:41,858 --> 00:15:45,112 Why have you not done your damn duty 221 00:15:45,237 --> 00:15:47,948 and opened your stomach? 222 00:15:49,491 --> 00:15:52,035 I would like that above all things, sir. 223 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,580 But Dis is my master, 224 00:15:55,705 --> 00:15:57,958 and he will take me when he chooses. 225 00:16:00,085 --> 00:16:04,089 At present, he wishes me to suffer here on this earth. 226 00:16:06,550 --> 00:16:09,553 You are wrong, Centurion. 227 00:16:10,887 --> 00:16:13,723 Dis is not your master. 228 00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:18,395 I am your master. 229 00:16:19,354 --> 00:16:22,649 By sacred oath under the standards 230 00:16:22,774 --> 00:16:24,317 of the 13th. 231 00:16:24,442 --> 00:16:25,944 Sir. 232 00:16:41,168 --> 00:16:44,379 And this, I take it, was Erastes Fulmen. 233 00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:45,839 I told him to get rid, 234 00:16:45,964 --> 00:16:48,633 but it calms him to look at the thing. 235 00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:51,511 Not content to let our great father die, 236 00:16:51,636 --> 00:16:54,139 you start a damn war on the Aventine 237 00:16:54,264 --> 00:16:57,934 that threatens to engulf the whole fucking city. 238 00:17:06,735 --> 00:17:08,403 Now... 239 00:17:14,117 --> 00:17:17,829 would you like a chance to redeem yourself, Centurion? 240 00:17:22,626 --> 00:17:24,794 There's no redemption. 241 00:17:28,298 --> 00:17:31,301 No man is beyond redemption, Lucius. 242 00:17:36,848 --> 00:17:38,850 Not even you. 243 00:17:53,907 --> 00:17:55,784 And so? 244 00:18:00,247 --> 00:18:01,164 And so? 245 00:18:01,289 --> 00:18:03,250 The Egyptian girl. Tell all. 246 00:18:03,375 --> 00:18:05,377 Well, she was naked 247 00:18:05,502 --> 00:18:07,462 before the priests had left the room. 248 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:09,839 I had to call my people to pull her off me. 249 00:18:10,966 --> 00:18:12,342 Seriously. 250 00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:13,802 She was in mourning. 251 00:18:13,927 --> 00:18:17,639 She was very grey and formal. 252 00:18:17,764 --> 00:18:19,015 She was quite the little mouse. 253 00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:22,018 On Jupiter's stone? 254 00:18:22,143 --> 00:18:23,687 On Juno's cunt. 255 00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:28,358 Nothing at all interesting happened. 256 00:18:28,483 --> 00:18:31,903 Oh, she did ask me to formally recognize 257 00:18:32,028 --> 00:18:33,947 her bastard as Caesar's son. 258 00:18:34,072 --> 00:18:35,740 Blasted impudence! 259 00:18:35,865 --> 00:18:38,034 You refused, of course. 260 00:18:38,159 --> 00:18:39,786 Octavian is the only... 261 00:18:39,911 --> 00:18:41,955 Yes, yes, of course I refused. 262 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,291 Which set off a great flood 263 00:18:44,416 --> 00:18:46,710 of royal whining. 264 00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:51,756 No, it's been a pig of a day all around. 265 00:18:51,881 --> 00:18:55,343 Running this damn city isn't nearly as amusing as I thought it would be. 266 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:56,469 Poor lamb. 267 00:18:58,138 --> 00:18:59,597 More tedium to follow 268 00:18:59,723 --> 00:19:01,933 at this damn dinner tomorrow, no doubt. 269 00:19:02,892 --> 00:19:04,769 Is Servilia coming, by any chance? 270 00:19:04,894 --> 00:19:05,979 Yes. 271 00:19:07,272 --> 00:19:09,566 Good. 272 00:19:12,861 --> 00:19:15,113 Have you ever been bitten 273 00:19:15,238 --> 00:19:17,574 by a moray eel? 274 00:19:17,699 --> 00:19:18,950 I should think not. 275 00:20:10,752 --> 00:20:12,879 Where's your mother? 276 00:20:16,883 --> 00:20:19,886 - Something wrong? - Possibly. 277 00:20:26,643 --> 00:20:29,646 Juno's mercy. What's she doing here? 278 00:20:29,771 --> 00:20:32,732 I suppose Antony wants a show of unity 279 00:20:32,857 --> 00:20:34,692 for the Egyptians. 280 00:20:34,818 --> 00:20:37,654 Servilia, my love, it's good of you to come. 281 00:20:38,113 --> 00:20:41,533 I am here under protest. Mark Antony's insistence. 282 00:20:41,658 --> 00:20:44,369 He's a terrible bully, isn't he? 283 00:20:44,494 --> 00:20:46,579 You must be very scared. 284 00:20:46,704 --> 00:20:48,581 Not in the slightest. 285 00:20:48,706 --> 00:20:51,126 Well, you need have no fear of me. 286 00:20:51,251 --> 00:20:53,837 I wish you no harm, truly. 287 00:20:53,962 --> 00:20:57,298 It's enough for me to know that I have won and you've been humbled. 288 00:20:57,424 --> 00:20:58,925 We've both suffered enough. 289 00:20:59,050 --> 00:21:01,511 You are mocking me, I believe. 290 00:21:01,636 --> 00:21:05,223 Not at all. I'm offering you friendship 291 00:21:05,348 --> 00:21:07,100 and reconciliation. 292 00:21:07,976 --> 00:21:09,978 What do you say? 293 00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:12,856 Two friends together? 294 00:21:16,526 --> 00:21:18,778 I cannot honorably refuse. 295 00:21:18,903 --> 00:21:20,905 I'm so happy. 296 00:21:24,742 --> 00:21:26,369 Kiss me, my dear. 297 00:21:31,416 --> 00:21:33,376 Enjoy the party. 298 00:21:38,882 --> 00:21:41,968 Did you see the look on her face? Priceless. 299 00:21:42,093 --> 00:21:45,555 Mother, I saw Timon and some of his men in the yard. 300 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,432 Knife-and-hatchet men. 301 00:21:47,557 --> 00:21:49,809 - So? - I was wondering what they're doing here. 302 00:21:49,934 --> 00:21:51,936 Security, what else? 303 00:21:52,061 --> 00:21:54,731 Their obvious purpose would be the abduction and killing of Servilia 304 00:21:54,856 --> 00:21:57,150 - as she leaves this evening. - That's absurd. 305 00:21:57,275 --> 00:21:59,944 There's a truce ratified by priests. 306 00:22:00,069 --> 00:22:02,197 - You can't harm her. - A truce? Priests? 307 00:22:02,322 --> 00:22:03,615 You think that bitch cares? 308 00:22:03,740 --> 00:22:07,118 Mother, there is more at stake here than your desire for vengeance. 309 00:22:07,243 --> 00:22:09,787 The political situation is extremely delicate. 310 00:22:09,913 --> 00:22:11,789 Her death would throw the Republic into uproar. 311 00:22:11,915 --> 00:22:14,584 - I don't care. - You're being childish. 312 00:22:14,709 --> 00:22:16,711 Does Antony know of this? 313 00:22:17,921 --> 00:22:19,422 Of course he does. 314 00:22:20,465 --> 00:22:23,801 All right, he doesn't, obviously. And don't you dare tell him. 315 00:22:24,427 --> 00:22:26,513 I'm sorry, Mother. 316 00:22:26,638 --> 00:22:28,097 You little bastard. 317 00:22:40,860 --> 00:22:44,113 I won't be needing you. You can go now. 318 00:22:47,659 --> 00:22:50,912 Where is your damned Egyptian? It's time to serve dinner. 319 00:22:51,037 --> 00:22:53,498 I have a good mind to cancel the whole damn thing. 320 00:22:53,623 --> 00:22:56,501 Don't sulk, you know you're in the wrong. 321 00:23:07,470 --> 00:23:09,847 Just as you described her. 322 00:23:09,973 --> 00:23:12,850 Quite the little mouse. 323 00:23:19,482 --> 00:23:21,693 Cleopatra Philopator, 324 00:23:21,818 --> 00:23:25,280 mistress of sedge and bee, 325 00:23:25,405 --> 00:23:27,699 queen of both upper and lower kingdoms. 326 00:23:27,824 --> 00:23:29,701 Please... 327 00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:32,412 We shall be informal. 328 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,625 We shall act as if we were all equals. 329 00:23:38,835 --> 00:23:42,547 It's much more fun that way, don't you think? 330 00:23:42,672 --> 00:23:47,135 Now, who are all these lovely people? 331 00:23:49,053 --> 00:23:50,722 Our hostess, 332 00:23:50,847 --> 00:23:52,640 Atia of the Julii. 333 00:23:53,641 --> 00:23:54,726 Atia. 334 00:23:54,851 --> 00:23:56,519 Your Highness. 335 00:23:57,437 --> 00:23:59,063 Nice... 336 00:23:59,188 --> 00:24:00,815 just as you said. 337 00:24:04,485 --> 00:24:06,029 Come here, boy. 338 00:24:08,656 --> 00:24:12,285 This is my darling Caesarion. 339 00:24:13,494 --> 00:24:17,123 Does he not look exactly like his noble father? 340 00:24:18,333 --> 00:24:19,584 Uncanny. 341 00:24:19,709 --> 00:24:22,462 Looks nothing like him. 342 00:24:25,048 --> 00:24:26,799 Shall we eat? 343 00:25:35,118 --> 00:25:37,328 You're back. I thought you'd be late. 344 00:25:37,453 --> 00:25:39,497 - Here I am. - You'll never guess... 345 00:25:43,126 --> 00:25:45,503 - All! - Levi? 346 00:25:45,628 --> 00:25:47,839 Release me now, children. Let me hug your father. 347 00:25:47,964 --> 00:25:49,298 Why are you here? 348 00:25:49,424 --> 00:25:51,217 So happy to see your brother. 349 00:25:51,342 --> 00:25:52,760 You gave me a start, that's all. 350 00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:55,346 I'm very happy to see you. You could've written. 351 00:25:55,471 --> 00:25:56,764 Forgive me. 352 00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:59,267 I caught a ship on the tide's turn. Here I am. 353 00:25:59,392 --> 00:26:01,769 Look at you! How long's it been? Eight years? 354 00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:03,896 Nine. What brings you here? 355 00:26:04,021 --> 00:26:07,316 My partners and I are setting up a new business. 356 00:26:07,442 --> 00:26:08,901 I'm to run the office here. 357 00:26:09,026 --> 00:26:11,362 - You'll be staying a while, then? - If you'll have me. 358 00:26:11,487 --> 00:26:13,531 Of course. Our house is your house. 359 00:26:13,656 --> 00:26:15,366 Why haven't you made him dinner? 360 00:26:15,491 --> 00:26:17,285 No, that's all right. I'm not hungry. 361 00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:18,536 We're not kosher. 362 00:26:18,661 --> 00:26:21,706 Already we're not good enough? 363 00:26:21,831 --> 00:26:25,168 - Well, have some wine at least. - Now you're talking. 364 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:27,712 So, you're still in spices? 365 00:26:27,837 --> 00:26:30,381 Spices, cloth, oil. Thank you. 366 00:26:30,506 --> 00:26:34,886 - Goes well, I hope? - Oh, up, down, up, down. 367 00:26:35,011 --> 00:26:36,637 It goes. 368 00:26:37,597 --> 00:26:40,308 And you? Deborah tells me you're doing very well. 369 00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:42,477 Oh, up, down. 370 00:26:45,521 --> 00:26:47,356 Horses? 371 00:26:49,025 --> 00:26:50,902 Horses. 372 00:26:54,864 --> 00:26:57,950 Consul, farewell. 373 00:26:58,075 --> 00:27:00,495 Your vassal queen shall weep 374 00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:02,705 till she sees you again. 375 00:27:02,830 --> 00:27:06,334 I shall see you soon, then, I hope. 376 00:27:06,459 --> 00:27:07,919 Atia, 377 00:27:08,044 --> 00:27:11,005 I have made a friend for life. 378 00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:12,215 I feel it. 379 00:27:13,299 --> 00:27:14,509 Indeed. 380 00:27:16,719 --> 00:27:17,804 Kiss me. 381 00:27:22,517 --> 00:27:25,520 Die screaming, you pig-spawn trollop. 382 00:27:28,356 --> 00:27:30,900 Safe journey, Your Highness. 383 00:27:41,118 --> 00:27:42,328 Well, I'm glad that's... 384 00:27:42,453 --> 00:27:46,582 Party's over! Everybody can go home now! 385 00:28:06,602 --> 00:28:09,689 So tell me the truth now. 386 00:28:09,814 --> 00:28:11,148 Why are you here? 387 00:28:11,274 --> 00:28:13,067 I told you, I'm just setting up a new business. 388 00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:16,988 You hate Rome. You hate Romans. 389 00:28:17,113 --> 00:28:19,699 How many times did you tell me what scum they are? 390 00:28:19,824 --> 00:28:22,910 Vile oppressors, Babylonian whores. 391 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:26,080 And now you've come to live amongst them. I don't think so. 392 00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:29,250 Business is business. This is where the money is. 393 00:28:34,422 --> 00:28:38,301 Things were getting a little hot for me in Jerusalem. 394 00:28:38,426 --> 00:28:39,927 Better I leave for a while. 395 00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:42,305 - Things? What things? - Politics. 396 00:28:43,598 --> 00:28:45,266 Nothing serious. 397 00:28:45,391 --> 00:28:47,059 Maybe I spoke a little too freely. 398 00:28:47,184 --> 00:28:50,313 - Oh, brother. - How is a man to stay silent? 399 00:28:50,438 --> 00:28:53,357 Our so-called leaders lick the boots of Roman soldiers. 400 00:28:53,482 --> 00:28:55,610 - The Pharisees are... - You listen to me. 401 00:28:55,735 --> 00:28:58,946 You're in Rome now. In my house. I've a wife and children to think of. 402 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:01,490 You keep that cack to yourself. Do you hear me? 403 00:29:04,118 --> 00:29:05,828 I hear you. 404 00:29:08,664 --> 00:29:10,666 All right, then. 405 00:29:13,002 --> 00:29:15,004 Hold him down. 406 00:29:25,014 --> 00:29:26,515 Take him out. 407 00:29:31,938 --> 00:29:33,606 He's dead. 408 00:29:56,545 --> 00:29:58,923 Would you do me a small favor? 409 00:29:59,048 --> 00:30:00,967 Go back and tell my friend 410 00:30:01,092 --> 00:30:03,260 that I have given up trying to reason with him. 411 00:30:03,386 --> 00:30:06,347 Everything on the Aventine above Persephone's Oak 412 00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:08,182 is my territory now. 413 00:30:08,307 --> 00:30:09,767 If he touches any man of mine again, 414 00:30:09,892 --> 00:30:13,104 there's a grave danger that I will become irate, and if I do... 415 00:30:13,229 --> 00:30:16,482 Captains and men of the collegia. 416 00:30:17,733 --> 00:30:19,777 Under the auspices of Mother Concord, 417 00:30:19,902 --> 00:30:22,780 a sanctified truce is declared. 418 00:30:22,905 --> 00:30:27,410 Violence shall cease until the waxing of the moon. 419 00:30:29,245 --> 00:30:30,955 At the sixth hour 420 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,624 all captains are summoned 421 00:30:33,749 --> 00:30:35,418 to attend a parley 422 00:30:35,543 --> 00:30:38,254 at the Aventine collegium. 423 00:31:34,852 --> 00:31:36,479 What the fuck's all this, then? 424 00:31:36,604 --> 00:31:39,690 - I don't know. - Who called a parley? 425 00:31:39,815 --> 00:31:42,318 - Nobody knows. - The priest must know. 426 00:31:42,443 --> 00:31:44,737 - You can't talk to a priest of Concord. - Why not? 427 00:31:44,862 --> 00:31:47,698 Because you can't, you fucking savage. 428 00:31:48,824 --> 00:31:50,659 Foreigners. 429 00:31:53,788 --> 00:31:55,998 What's going on? 430 00:32:14,016 --> 00:32:16,268 My name is Lucius Vorenus. 431 00:32:16,393 --> 00:32:19,271 I speak to you under the authorization 432 00:32:19,396 --> 00:32:22,233 of Mark Antony, Consul of Rome. 433 00:32:22,358 --> 00:32:25,778 Captains, follow me. 434 00:32:25,903 --> 00:32:29,031 You'll hear something to your benefit. 435 00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:32,076 Come on, then. 436 00:32:54,223 --> 00:32:56,392 Consul Mark Antony declares your contest 437 00:32:56,517 --> 00:32:58,435 for control of the Aventine is finished. 438 00:32:58,561 --> 00:33:01,313 - All violence will cease. - He can declare what he likes. 439 00:33:01,438 --> 00:33:02,565 It doesn't make it so. 440 00:33:02,690 --> 00:33:04,900 As killer of Erastes Fulmen, 441 00:33:05,025 --> 00:33:07,903 I claim his captaincy of the Aventine collegium 442 00:33:08,028 --> 00:33:09,947 as my rightful spoils. 443 00:33:10,072 --> 00:33:12,116 The Aventine is now mine. 444 00:33:12,241 --> 00:33:14,994 - You can't do that. - Yet here I am. 445 00:33:15,119 --> 00:33:18,122 You can have this old rat's nest if you like, but you've got no men. 446 00:33:18,247 --> 00:33:20,749 They're all dead or run away. 447 00:33:20,875 --> 00:33:22,293 I'll find men. 448 00:33:22,418 --> 00:33:24,295 Rome has no shortage of criminal scum. 449 00:33:24,420 --> 00:33:26,672 Maybe I'll take some of yours. 450 00:33:26,797 --> 00:33:29,175 Brothers, remember the lady. 451 00:33:30,634 --> 00:33:32,803 We all know of you, Lucius Vorenus. 452 00:33:32,928 --> 00:33:36,640 We know you're a man of gravity and we're duly respectful. 453 00:33:36,765 --> 00:33:39,268 You would do well to return that respect. 454 00:33:39,393 --> 00:33:42,062 I can't do that, but I can give you coin instead. 455 00:33:42,188 --> 00:33:44,148 Once order is restored, 456 00:33:44,273 --> 00:33:48,068 all collegia will receive a monthly stipend of 5,000 denarii 457 00:33:48,194 --> 00:33:51,155 directly from Consul Mark Antony under my supervision. 458 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:52,239 In return, 459 00:33:52,364 --> 00:33:55,993 he expects you will limit yourself to your traditional liberties and malpractices. 460 00:33:56,118 --> 00:33:58,996 Nothing that will disrupt trade or politics. 461 00:33:59,121 --> 00:34:00,497 Anything else? 462 00:34:00,623 --> 00:34:03,083 Naturally, should there be civil violence, 463 00:34:03,209 --> 00:34:05,502 you and your people will be called upon 464 00:34:05,628 --> 00:34:08,797 to defend the rights of the Consul. 465 00:34:08,923 --> 00:34:11,300 I require your acknowledgment 466 00:34:11,425 --> 00:34:13,677 and acceptance of these terms. 467 00:34:13,802 --> 00:34:15,596 5,000 pennies... 468 00:34:16,805 --> 00:34:18,057 that's not bad. 469 00:34:18,182 --> 00:34:19,225 In cash or grain? 470 00:34:19,350 --> 00:34:21,268 - As you like. - Are you women? 471 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:25,648 One bark from this red dog and you bend your neck. 472 00:34:25,773 --> 00:34:26,982 What's your name? 473 00:34:27,107 --> 00:34:29,526 Gaius Ignaus Acerbus, 474 00:34:29,652 --> 00:34:31,695 Captain of the Oppian colleges. 475 00:34:31,820 --> 00:34:36,492 Tell us, why would sane and respectable men like ourselves 476 00:34:36,617 --> 00:34:41,789 do business with a poor, cursed, hounded beast like you? 477 00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:45,751 Gaius Inus Acerbo 478 00:34:45,876 --> 00:34:48,087 you ask a fair question. 479 00:34:48,212 --> 00:34:52,091 Those of you who will not do business with me are my enemy. 480 00:34:52,841 --> 00:34:53,842 And so? 481 00:34:53,968 --> 00:34:56,220 They will die much sooner than they expect. 482 00:34:56,345 --> 00:34:58,555 Steady on. Remember blessed Concord. 483 00:34:58,681 --> 00:35:00,391 Don't threaten. 484 00:35:04,853 --> 00:35:06,814 Concord. 485 00:35:46,270 --> 00:35:49,440 I am a son of Hades! 486 00:35:50,607 --> 00:35:54,069 I fuck Concord in her arse! 487 00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:09,793 - The truce is raised! - Brother! 488 00:36:16,675 --> 00:36:18,927 Acerbo, will you do business with me? 489 00:36:24,975 --> 00:36:26,143 Yes, it's funny, isn't it? 490 00:36:26,310 --> 00:36:30,647 I warn you, woman, another word about that damn girl and I will... 491 00:36:30,773 --> 00:36:33,150 You will what? What will you do? 492 00:36:36,236 --> 00:36:38,322 Fighting again? 493 00:36:38,447 --> 00:36:40,491 How tiresome. 494 00:36:40,616 --> 00:36:43,660 I never touched that woman! 495 00:36:43,786 --> 00:36:46,330 So you keep saying. 496 00:36:46,455 --> 00:36:49,458 - Good morning. - Good morning. 497 00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:57,341 Antony, about my money... 498 00:36:57,466 --> 00:36:59,718 Oh, gods beneath us. I... 499 00:36:59,843 --> 00:37:02,888 - Not now, Octavian. - Has the matter moved forward at all? 500 00:37:03,013 --> 00:37:05,307 Tell me, boy, if I did give you the money, 501 00:37:05,432 --> 00:37:09,269 what on Gaia's great arse would you do with it? 502 00:37:09,395 --> 00:37:10,354 That's a complex question, 503 00:37:10,479 --> 00:37:13,899 but I'd certainly start by giving the plebs the money that Caesar promised them. 504 00:37:14,024 --> 00:37:15,359 Then you're a fool. 505 00:37:15,484 --> 00:37:18,278 Basic politics, lad. 506 00:37:18,404 --> 00:37:21,698 Once they have the money and spend it, 507 00:37:21,824 --> 00:37:23,867 then they will want more money. 508 00:37:23,992 --> 00:37:25,661 And what are you gonna do then? 509 00:37:25,786 --> 00:37:28,455 I was afraid you'd take this attitude, so I've engaged a lawyer. 510 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:30,124 A lawyer. 511 00:37:30,249 --> 00:37:33,502 He can help Posca expedite the delay in transferring the money to me. 512 00:37:33,627 --> 00:37:35,838 What were you thinking? Antony's family. 513 00:37:35,963 --> 00:37:37,881 He's not, actually. 514 00:37:38,006 --> 00:37:39,550 All right, boy, 515 00:37:39,675 --> 00:37:41,885 you can tell your lawyer 516 00:37:42,010 --> 00:37:44,388 to shove a taper up his arse 517 00:37:44,513 --> 00:37:45,973 and set himself alight. 518 00:37:46,098 --> 00:37:49,435 You'll not get one brass obol of that money. 519 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:50,644 Nothing. 520 00:37:50,769 --> 00:37:53,188 Come on, my love. 521 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,278 Brother, will you pass the fruit salad? 522 00:38:03,198 --> 00:38:04,700 See what you've done? 523 00:38:04,825 --> 00:38:06,952 I'm sorry if I've disturbed your love affair. 524 00:38:07,077 --> 00:38:09,037 - I merely... - Oh, shut up, you fool. 525 00:38:09,163 --> 00:38:10,914 Love affair be damned. 526 00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:15,085 You will apologize and promise to stop all this talk about money. 527 00:38:15,210 --> 00:38:18,547 Tell him that you're perfectly happy for him to administer Caesar's estate. 528 00:38:18,672 --> 00:38:21,341 - But I'm not happy. - Do you think I am? 529 00:38:21,467 --> 00:38:23,886 What choice do we have? 530 00:38:24,011 --> 00:38:27,055 Don't you see we're dependent on Antony now? 531 00:38:28,223 --> 00:38:30,434 Who will protect us if you drive him away from me? Who? 532 00:38:30,559 --> 00:38:33,687 - I'm perfectly capable. - Please don't. 533 00:38:33,812 --> 00:38:37,024 Mark Antony buggers boys like you for a morning snack. 534 00:38:38,358 --> 00:38:41,236 You will apologize, and there's an end on it. 535 00:38:46,450 --> 00:38:48,619 There's not enough figs in this salad. 536 00:39:10,390 --> 00:39:12,142 That's enough! 537 00:39:12,267 --> 00:39:14,728 Vai. Vai! 538 00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:17,773 Off with you! Vai! 539 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:21,401 Thank you, sir. 540 00:39:24,446 --> 00:39:27,324 Please, sir, I need work. 541 00:39:27,449 --> 00:39:29,159 I'll do anything. 542 00:39:30,410 --> 00:39:32,955 I'll suck your cock. 543 00:39:34,248 --> 00:39:37,751 Why are you making all this fuss over the money? 544 00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:39,753 It was obvious he'd never give it to you. 545 00:39:39,878 --> 00:39:43,090 All you're doing is making Mother anxious. 546 00:39:44,466 --> 00:39:45,842 Sister, 547 00:39:45,968 --> 00:39:49,263 you must promise me never to speak of what I tell you now. 548 00:39:49,388 --> 00:39:50,597 Oh, gods. 549 00:39:53,559 --> 00:39:55,477 I promise. 550 00:39:56,812 --> 00:39:59,565 The Republic is on the brink of an abyss. 551 00:39:59,690 --> 00:40:02,401 Antony... Antony's a destructive brute. 552 00:40:02,526 --> 00:40:04,653 The Senate is weak and cowardly, 553 00:40:04,778 --> 00:40:07,698 and the plebs are roiling in want and anger. 554 00:40:07,823 --> 00:40:10,242 Rome is in need of new leadership. 555 00:40:10,367 --> 00:40:12,369 I can provide that leadership. 556 00:40:12,494 --> 00:40:15,330 Now, I already have several initiatives un... 557 00:40:28,176 --> 00:40:31,847 It'll come to no good, this Hades business. 558 00:40:31,972 --> 00:40:35,434 Worked though, didn't it? The bastards fell into line. 559 00:40:35,559 --> 00:40:37,644 You scared the fuck out of them right enough, 560 00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:39,938 but that's not the point. 561 00:40:40,063 --> 00:40:42,024 You're no son of Hades. You're a mortal man. 562 00:40:42,149 --> 00:40:44,026 The gods don't like this sort of shit from mortal men. 563 00:40:44,151 --> 00:40:47,237 I'm following the orders of a consul of Rome, my master by oath, 564 00:40:47,362 --> 00:40:52,284 for the sake of peace and public order, for the good of the Republic. 565 00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:56,413 Are you with me or not? 566 00:40:58,582 --> 00:41:00,626 I'm with you. 567 00:41:15,140 --> 00:41:19,102 By grace of Jupiter, Gaius Octavian Caesar 568 00:41:19,227 --> 00:41:21,855 lawful son of Gaius Julius Caesar, 569 00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:23,857 makes this his pledge 570 00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:26,443 that he personally will fulfill the terms 571 00:41:26,568 --> 00:41:31,114 of his beloved father's bequest to the people. 572 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,493 In the fields of Mars next nine days, 573 00:41:34,618 --> 00:41:37,871 all eligible citizens and soldiers 574 00:41:37,996 --> 00:41:41,083 will receive 300 sestertii 575 00:41:41,208 --> 00:41:44,544 from the hands of Octavian Caesar himself! 576 00:41:45,337 --> 00:41:49,841 Let it be known that Caesar's son has sold away 577 00:41:49,966 --> 00:41:51,677 all his own property 578 00:41:51,802 --> 00:41:53,845 to honor his father's wishes. 579 00:41:53,970 --> 00:41:58,016 May such piety bring blessings upon him. 580 00:41:59,685 --> 00:42:02,771 - What have you done? - Wake up! 581 00:42:04,189 --> 00:42:05,607 Wake up at once! 582 00:42:05,732 --> 00:42:07,109 What is the meaning of this? 583 00:42:07,234 --> 00:42:08,527 - What? - The money! 584 00:42:08,652 --> 00:42:10,612 You're giving the plebs their money! 585 00:42:11,196 --> 00:42:13,657 Is it so late already? 586 00:42:14,741 --> 00:42:15,992 I've overslept. 587 00:42:16,118 --> 00:42:18,286 I don't care. What about the money? 588 00:42:18,412 --> 00:42:20,330 I've promised it. 589 00:42:20,455 --> 00:42:22,249 I'm sorry I didn't tell you before now. 590 00:42:22,374 --> 00:42:25,293 But I knew you'd object. 591 00:42:25,419 --> 00:42:27,337 I've decided to enter public life. 592 00:42:27,462 --> 00:42:30,882 This seemed the best way to introduce myself to the people. 593 00:42:31,007 --> 00:42:35,095 That will be seen as a direct challenge to me. 594 00:42:35,220 --> 00:42:38,432 Yes, but that isn't my intention at all. 595 00:42:38,557 --> 00:42:41,893 I suggest we make a public display of unity to quash such notions. 596 00:42:42,018 --> 00:42:44,312 A public display of unity! 597 00:42:44,438 --> 00:42:47,816 It makes sense. Our interests are conjoined. 598 00:42:47,941 --> 00:42:50,527 While you are consul, my name will lend weight to yours. 599 00:42:50,652 --> 00:42:52,237 And when your consulship is over, 600 00:42:52,362 --> 00:42:54,656 and you retire from politics as you have promised, 601 00:42:54,781 --> 00:42:56,908 I will step in as leader of the Caesarian party. 602 00:42:57,033 --> 00:42:58,243 I see. 603 00:42:58,368 --> 00:43:01,121 You will need protection from your enemies in the Senate, 604 00:43:01,246 --> 00:43:03,665 and I can provide that. 605 00:43:06,585 --> 00:43:09,296 Just who the fuck do you think you are? 606 00:43:09,421 --> 00:43:12,632 - I'm Caesar's rightful heir. - Now just stay calm. 607 00:43:12,758 --> 00:43:16,219 He doesn't have the money, so he can't give it away, can he? 608 00:43:16,344 --> 00:43:17,846 This is all just childish talk. 609 00:43:17,971 --> 00:43:19,681 The money is legally mine. 610 00:43:19,806 --> 00:43:22,058 I was able to borrow against it. 611 00:43:22,184 --> 00:43:24,603 - Borrow? - Borrow? 612 00:43:24,728 --> 00:43:26,563 How much did you borrow? 613 00:43:26,688 --> 00:43:30,233 It's not so much in the great scheme of things. 614 00:43:30,358 --> 00:43:31,860 How much? 615 00:43:32,527 --> 00:43:34,196 Three million sestertii. 616 00:43:35,071 --> 00:43:37,532 Juno's cunt! 617 00:43:43,663 --> 00:43:47,209 You stupid, stupid boy! 618 00:43:49,211 --> 00:43:51,213 You... 619 00:44:06,269 --> 00:44:08,063 You stupid little shit! 620 00:44:08,188 --> 00:44:09,773 Fucking whore! 621 00:44:18,532 --> 00:44:19,950 Apologize! Apologize. 622 00:44:20,075 --> 00:44:21,660 That's it, now. Just leave it now. 623 00:44:21,785 --> 00:44:23,954 - Apologize! - No! 624 00:44:26,790 --> 00:44:29,543 No, enough. 625 00:44:37,551 --> 00:44:39,052 Little fuck. 626 00:44:43,723 --> 00:44:45,600 Anthony! 627 00:44:46,601 --> 00:44:48,812 Stop it! 628 00:44:48,937 --> 00:44:50,605 Antony, leave him! 629 00:44:52,148 --> 00:44:54,317 Leave him. Leave him. Leave him. Look at me! 630 00:44:54,442 --> 00:44:56,695 Look at me! Look at me! 631 00:44:56,820 --> 00:44:58,738 Stop it! 632 00:44:58,864 --> 00:45:00,240 Stop it. 633 00:45:00,365 --> 00:45:02,325 Juno's mercy! 634 00:45:03,285 --> 00:45:05,787 What's the matter with you? 635 00:45:06,788 --> 00:45:08,498 You're lucky you're breathing! 636 00:45:08,623 --> 00:45:10,208 - Do you hear me, boy? - Come on. 637 00:45:10,333 --> 00:45:12,669 - You're lucky you're breathing! - Animal! 638 00:45:12,794 --> 00:45:14,713 You're not fit to lead Rome! 639 00:45:31,062 --> 00:45:32,397 Who are you, then? 640 00:45:34,149 --> 00:45:37,527 Slave of the college brothel over by three bells. 641 00:45:37,652 --> 00:45:39,696 Sorry, love, we've plenty of whores. 642 00:45:39,821 --> 00:45:42,324 No, I'm no whore. 643 00:45:43,450 --> 00:45:44,534 You gonna make me guess? 644 00:45:44,659 --> 00:45:49,623 Supervisor. I handle the girls, keep the customers in line. 645 00:45:49,748 --> 00:45:50,916 Name? 646 00:45:51,041 --> 00:45:52,626 Romans call me Gaia. 647 00:45:52,751 --> 00:45:55,211 What do your own people call you? 648 00:45:55,337 --> 00:45:58,131 - Not your business. - Fair enough. 649 00:45:58,256 --> 00:46:01,051 I get my own room, I eat what I want. 650 00:46:01,176 --> 00:46:04,346 Every 500 coins that comes through the brothel, I get one. 651 00:46:04,471 --> 00:46:07,223 - Saving up to buy your freedom, are you? - No. 652 00:46:07,349 --> 00:46:08,725 A fur coat. 653 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:13,772 Sign her up. 654 00:46:14,981 --> 00:46:16,316 Thanks, boss. 655 00:46:38,213 --> 00:46:39,422 Brother Mascius. 656 00:46:41,549 --> 00:46:43,927 Pullo, you black dog. 657 00:46:44,052 --> 00:46:46,179 You're still alive? 658 00:46:47,555 --> 00:46:49,057 You've come to join up, then? 659 00:46:50,350 --> 00:46:51,643 I heard you were hiring. 660 00:46:51,768 --> 00:46:54,646 Oh, I thought you were well set, farm and all. 661 00:46:54,771 --> 00:46:57,023 Oh, crooked dice done for that. 662 00:46:57,148 --> 00:46:59,442 - Shame. - What can you do? 663 00:46:59,567 --> 00:47:02,112 Didn't like farming much anyway. 664 00:47:03,196 --> 00:47:06,032 Be sure about this, brother. It's a dark road we're on. 665 00:47:06,157 --> 00:47:08,243 No one knows where it will lead. 666 00:47:08,368 --> 00:47:10,328 All roads lead to the same place, don't they? 667 00:47:10,453 --> 00:47:11,788 That they do. 668 00:47:12,580 --> 00:47:14,541 Glad to have you with us. 669 00:47:14,666 --> 00:47:16,418 Come through the back and say hello to Vorenus, 670 00:47:16,543 --> 00:47:19,087 - cheer up the old bastard. - Is it true what they say? 671 00:47:19,212 --> 00:47:21,631 - About the wife and children? - True enough. 672 00:47:21,756 --> 00:47:24,384 Not a fucking word. 673 00:47:35,145 --> 00:47:38,565 - Brother Vorenus. - Mascius, how are you? 674 00:47:43,194 --> 00:47:44,320 I'm fair. Fair. 675 00:47:44,446 --> 00:47:46,031 Come to join our merry band. 676 00:47:47,323 --> 00:47:48,658 You tried to warn him off, did you? 677 00:47:48,783 --> 00:47:50,326 I did. 678 00:47:50,452 --> 00:47:52,454 This isn't the army, brother. 679 00:47:52,579 --> 00:47:55,665 We here, we're pimps, 680 00:47:55,790 --> 00:47:57,834 knifemen, thieves. 681 00:47:57,959 --> 00:47:59,794 Are you sure you've sunk so low? 682 00:48:01,129 --> 00:48:04,007 I walked here from Capua. I slept in ditches. 683 00:48:04,132 --> 00:48:07,927 When I get here, I hear people talking. 684 00:48:09,137 --> 00:48:10,680 They say a black-hearted villain 685 00:48:10,805 --> 00:48:12,599 has taken over the Aventine college. 686 00:48:12,724 --> 00:48:16,394 He's in league with the gods below, they say. 687 00:48:16,519 --> 00:48:19,439 And his name is Lucius Vorenus. 688 00:48:19,564 --> 00:48:23,318 Well, I thought to myself, "Mascius, old boy, 689 00:48:23,443 --> 00:48:25,361 "your luck has changed." 690 00:48:27,030 --> 00:48:28,990 See, Pullo, I told you I know what I'm about. 691 00:48:29,115 --> 00:48:32,035 It's not right. The gods don't like it. 692 00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:33,620 Yeah. 693 00:48:33,745 --> 00:48:36,414 What more can the gods do to me? 694 00:48:36,539 --> 00:48:38,208 How can they punish me now? 695 00:48:39,209 --> 00:48:40,627 Don't know. 696 00:48:40,752 --> 00:48:42,754 Don't wanna find out. 697 00:48:47,133 --> 00:48:49,135 Have you heard the good news? 698 00:48:51,179 --> 00:48:52,889 I have. 699 00:48:53,014 --> 00:48:55,058 This is the beginning of the end for them. 700 00:48:55,183 --> 00:48:58,228 From your lips to the ears of the gods. 701 00:48:58,353 --> 00:49:00,814 A fool like Antony was sure to blunder. 702 00:49:00,939 --> 00:49:03,733 They'll fight among themselves and destroy each other. 703 00:49:03,858 --> 00:49:06,444 I doubt the boy will be more than a nuisance to Antony. 704 00:49:06,569 --> 00:49:08,238 He cannot hope to rival him. 705 00:49:08,363 --> 00:49:10,698 Caesar did not choose the boy on a whim. 706 00:49:10,824 --> 00:49:13,326 - He'll surprise you, I think. - We can hope. 707 00:49:14,369 --> 00:49:17,956 The Senate should ask my son to return. 708 00:49:18,832 --> 00:49:19,916 The time is ripe. 709 00:49:20,041 --> 00:49:22,418 Brutus return? 710 00:49:24,045 --> 00:49:26,005 No. 711 00:49:26,131 --> 00:49:29,968 Not yet. Not quite yet, I think. 712 00:49:30,093 --> 00:49:31,761 When? 713 00:49:31,886 --> 00:49:34,889 We must wait and see how things develop. 714 00:49:35,014 --> 00:49:37,225 Wait and see? 715 00:49:40,019 --> 00:49:41,312 A noble strategy. 716 00:49:41,437 --> 00:49:44,399 Not noble, perhaps, but sensible. 717 00:49:44,524 --> 00:49:47,110 In any case, tell your son that I... 718 00:49:47,235 --> 00:49:50,238 No, not I... 719 00:49:52,073 --> 00:49:53,658 His friends in Rome 720 00:49:53,783 --> 00:49:56,244 look forward to seeing him again 721 00:49:56,369 --> 00:50:00,790 at some point in the near future. 722 00:50:07,172 --> 00:50:08,756 I will tell him. 723 00:50:19,767 --> 00:50:21,811 "My dear mother, 724 00:50:21,936 --> 00:50:24,981 "I write to bid you farewell. 725 00:50:25,106 --> 00:50:27,692 "I'm very sorry you chose to act as you did. 726 00:50:29,152 --> 00:50:33,698 "I hope in time you will understand the gravity of your mistake. 727 00:50:33,823 --> 00:50:36,492 "Be assured, I'm as determined as ever 728 00:50:36,618 --> 00:50:39,746 "to pursue a political career. 729 00:50:40,788 --> 00:50:43,499 "Do not be concerned for my safety. 730 00:50:43,625 --> 00:50:46,002 "I'm on the road south to Campania 731 00:50:46,127 --> 00:50:50,757 "where I'll stay with my friend Agrippa, who is well established there. 732 00:50:52,008 --> 00:50:55,845 "I remain your respectful son, Octavian."