1 00:00:14,955 --> 00:00:17,833 Then, Christians, die you shall! 2 00:00:18,041 --> 00:00:20,077 Go! Both of you! 3 00:00:20,252 --> 00:00:22,243 Into your kingdom! 4 00:00:44,983 --> 00:00:46,974 For the big fisherman. 5 00:02:38,214 --> 00:02:40,205 (clap of thunder) 6 00:03:22,464 --> 00:03:26,377 - Prefect. Where's the prefect of the guard? - Here, sire. 7 00:03:27,093 --> 00:03:30,051 - How long till sunrise? - Two hours, sire. 8 00:03:51,283 --> 00:03:53,274 (footsteps) 9 00:03:56,329 --> 00:03:58,320 My lady. 10 00:04:00,208 --> 00:04:01,607 (Caligula) Wait here. 11 00:04:02,168 --> 00:04:03,965 Open. 12 00:04:07,465 --> 00:04:09,615 - Where's Claudius? - In his own room. 13 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,189 Doesn'tyour husband sleep here? 14 00:04:21,269 --> 00:04:24,864 - What have you to report? - This is very interesting, sire. 15 00:04:25,106 --> 00:04:28,496 This is the report of Pontius Pilate, our governor in Jerusalem. 16 00:04:28,735 --> 00:04:33,809 - The legends of a Messiah have... - Don't waste my time with legends. 17 00:04:34,115 --> 00:04:38,154 I want to know one thing. Gallio and the lady Diana... 18 00:04:38,410 --> 00:04:41,288 Why weren't they afraid to die? 19 00:04:41,497 --> 00:04:43,965 Perhaps they're not dead, sire. 20 00:04:44,166 --> 00:04:47,476 - Not dead? - According to their superstition. 21 00:04:47,711 --> 00:04:50,828 Their king, this Jesus, claims to have "overcome death,... 22 00:04:51,047 --> 00:04:54,517 ...not only for himself, but for all who had faith in him". 23 00:04:54,759 --> 00:04:57,353 These are his words as a spy reported them. 24 00:04:58,930 --> 00:05:02,400 You mean those Christians thought they were going to live for ever? 25 00:05:02,641 --> 00:05:06,520 - Ridiculous. - Of course, but the point is they believed it. 26 00:05:06,770 --> 00:05:09,284 Therefore they were not afraid. 27 00:05:09,481 --> 00:05:11,870 Everyone's afraid of death. 28 00:05:12,901 --> 00:05:15,290 Take you, my dear uncle. 29 00:05:15,487 --> 00:05:17,478 Are you prepared to die now? 30 00:05:18,364 --> 00:05:20,036 Of course you're not. 31 00:05:20,199 --> 00:05:23,794 You're sweating. Your knees are shaking. 32 00:05:24,912 --> 00:05:26,504 Very amusing. 33 00:05:26,664 --> 00:05:31,180 Death's one inch from your heart, one little push on the dagger. 34 00:05:31,460 --> 00:05:33,337 Shall I, Claudius? 35 00:05:33,504 --> 00:05:36,814 If you do, sire, my knees will stop shaking,... 36 00:05:37,049 --> 00:05:39,119 ...I will not sweat any more. 37 00:05:39,301 --> 00:05:42,293 I won't be half as amusing dead as I am alive. 38 00:05:43,179 --> 00:05:45,773 The question is: are you alive? 39 00:05:47,392 --> 00:05:49,701 Would you say so, Messalina? 40 00:05:49,894 --> 00:05:52,886 As his wife, you're in the best position to know. 41 00:05:54,315 --> 00:05:56,954 My devotion to my husband is well known, sire. 42 00:05:57,151 --> 00:05:59,585 It's the talk of the Forum. 43 00:05:59,778 --> 00:06:02,372 And your devotion to your emperor? 44 00:06:03,865 --> 00:06:06,459 Your wife is truly beautiful, Uncle. 45 00:06:07,953 --> 00:06:10,672 Except for her ears. 46 00:06:10,872 --> 00:06:13,261 They're shaped like keyholes. 47 00:06:14,584 --> 00:06:16,779 Who are your spies at court? 48 00:06:18,462 --> 00:06:21,454 Never mind. I'll find out. 49 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:32,586 Suppose it were true. Suppose this Jesus had found the secret of eternal life. 50 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:36,602 It's only superstition, sire. Philosophers have disproved the idea... 51 00:06:36,855 --> 00:06:40,245 Philosophers! Their brains are full of mildew! 52 00:06:43,611 --> 00:06:47,445 I have the power of life and death over every being in the empire. 53 00:06:47,698 --> 00:06:50,895 My power is as great as any god's. True? 54 00:06:51,118 --> 00:06:54,588 - True, sire. - Then why should I have to die? 55 00:06:54,830 --> 00:06:58,709 Why should I have to suffer death like any plebeian, any slave? 56 00:06:58,959 --> 00:07:01,757 - Is that logical? Is it? - No, sire. 57 00:07:06,257 --> 00:07:08,248 Perhaps there was a spell. 58 00:07:08,968 --> 00:07:10,959 A spell to make one immortal. 59 00:07:11,887 --> 00:07:13,878 Like a god. 60 00:07:14,932 --> 00:07:17,730 What have you found out about the robe? 61 00:07:17,935 --> 00:07:20,085 - The robe? - Yes. The robe. 62 00:07:20,270 --> 00:07:22,261 The robe of this Jesus. 63 00:07:22,439 --> 00:07:26,114 Tribune Gallio was carrying it at his trial today. Where is it? 64 00:07:26,359 --> 00:07:29,271 The lady Diana gave it to a slave as she left the hall. 65 00:07:29,487 --> 00:07:32,524 She said something about it being for the fisherman. 66 00:07:32,740 --> 00:07:34,810 Fisherman. 67 00:07:34,992 --> 00:07:36,789 Yes, that fits. 68 00:07:36,953 --> 00:07:40,070 One of their leaders is called the fisherman. 69 00:07:40,289 --> 00:07:44,567 You're observant, Messalina. It may please me to reward you. 70 00:07:45,753 --> 00:07:48,313 I wouldn't let her sleep alone, Uncle. 71 00:07:48,505 --> 00:07:51,099 No one in this palace can be trusted. 72 00:07:53,802 --> 00:07:56,839 (Caligula) Prefect! Prefect of the guard! 73 00:07:57,055 --> 00:08:00,570 He's calling for his guards to find him the robe to bring him eternal life. 74 00:08:00,808 --> 00:08:02,799 - He's mad. - No. 75 00:08:02,977 --> 00:08:07,368 Quite logical, when you consider that most of the emperors go more or less mad. 76 00:08:07,648 --> 00:08:11,561 Every emperor stakes his life on the loyalty of the Praetorian Guards. 77 00:08:11,819 --> 00:08:14,970 So if they can keep him alive at all, why not for ever? 78 00:08:15,197 --> 00:08:16,630 He nearly killed you. 79 00:08:16,782 --> 00:08:20,491 Men do not kill what they despise. Only what they fear. 80 00:08:22,203 --> 00:08:25,036 Why don'tyou send for a slave to do that? 81 00:08:25,248 --> 00:08:27,398 Or do you enjoy being on your knees? 82 00:08:27,583 --> 00:08:32,338 With a tyrant, it's better to live on your knees than stand erect and be killed. 83 00:08:32,630 --> 00:08:36,305 And you have the blood of the Caesars in you. 84 00:08:36,550 --> 00:08:38,939 Rome was full of heroes once. 85 00:08:40,429 --> 00:08:42,784 They're all dead... 86 00:08:42,973 --> 00:08:44,964 ...and their wives are widows. 87 00:08:52,607 --> 00:08:56,725 (man) Our friends, Marcellus and Diana, are with Him. 88 00:08:56,986 --> 00:08:59,136 Let us not mourn them. 89 00:08:59,322 --> 00:09:01,119 Let us rather envy them... 90 00:09:01,282 --> 00:09:05,912 ...that they could go joyfully and with pride in the service of their belief. 91 00:09:06,245 --> 00:09:08,600 Jesus spoke to us of death... 92 00:09:08,789 --> 00:09:11,144 ...the night he faced his own. 93 00:09:11,333 --> 00:09:13,722 The night they took him before Pilate. 94 00:09:14,753 --> 00:09:17,142 It was our last supper together. 95 00:09:18,214 --> 00:09:22,002 After we had risen from the table, he washed our feet... 96 00:09:23,219 --> 00:09:25,414 ...and then he spoke. 97 00:09:26,722 --> 00:09:30,158 He told us that in his Father's house are many mansions,... 98 00:09:30,392 --> 00:09:33,509 ...that he went to prepare a place for us there. 99 00:09:33,729 --> 00:09:37,688 "That where I am," he said, "there you may be also. " 100 00:09:41,987 --> 00:09:44,785 Our friends are in our Father's house. 101 00:09:46,115 --> 00:09:49,312 Some day we'll all walkthat same road,... 102 00:09:50,495 --> 00:09:53,168 ...and at its end we'll find them. 103 00:09:53,372 --> 00:09:55,522 Find our master... 104 00:09:55,708 --> 00:09:58,176 ...and his everlasting love. 105 00:10:00,129 --> 00:10:02,120 - Amen. - (crowd) Amen. 106 00:10:10,221 --> 00:10:12,416 I know whatyou say is true, Peter. 107 00:10:13,808 --> 00:10:18,040 But it's still in my mind that only yesterday they were warm with life. 108 00:10:18,312 --> 00:10:20,872 Young, breathing,... 109 00:10:21,065 --> 00:10:23,260 ...laughing. 110 00:10:23,442 --> 00:10:25,831 - Now it's... - They never doubted. 111 00:10:30,490 --> 00:10:32,958 I'm sorry, Peter,... 112 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:34,752 ...but I loved them so much. 113 00:10:34,911 --> 00:10:38,540 Even Jesus himself on the cross thought he was forsaken. 114 00:10:43,753 --> 00:10:45,744 I remember. 115 00:10:47,673 --> 00:10:50,983 Only you, of all of us here, have that memory. 116 00:10:51,218 --> 00:10:53,448 You saw him on his cross. 117 00:10:53,637 --> 00:10:58,074 But we all saw desolation give way to joy, death to life. 118 00:11:00,018 --> 00:11:03,488 Friends, while I'm away in the north,... 119 00:11:03,730 --> 00:11:07,405 ...Demetrius will be my eyes, my ears, my voice. 120 00:11:08,276 --> 00:11:11,552 Come to him with your problems as you would come to me. 121 00:11:15,324 --> 00:11:17,315 This was our master's robe. 122 00:11:18,202 --> 00:11:20,477 He wore it when he healed the sick. 123 00:11:20,662 --> 00:11:23,176 He wore it when he comforted the sorrowing. 124 00:11:23,373 --> 00:11:28,083 He wore it when he spoke to the multitudes as no man has ever spoken. 125 00:11:28,378 --> 00:11:31,927 He wore it when he went to the cross to die for us. 126 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,711 Keep it for me. 127 00:11:35,885 --> 00:11:37,876 Keep it. 128 00:11:38,554 --> 00:11:40,943 You saved it for us. 129 00:11:43,976 --> 00:11:47,571 - God be with you all. - (crowd) God be with you, Peter. 130 00:12:34,940 --> 00:12:36,931 Good morning, Demetrius. 131 00:12:37,109 --> 00:12:40,863 - You never make a mistake, do you, Kaeso? - I'd know your step anywhere. 132 00:12:41,113 --> 00:12:43,229 - Peter's safely on the road. - Good. 133 00:12:43,407 --> 00:12:45,318 - Have you had your breakfast? - No. 134 00:12:45,492 --> 00:12:48,564 Lucia will get it for you. Lucia! 135 00:12:48,787 --> 00:12:50,015 Lucia! 136 00:12:50,246 --> 00:12:52,441 - Where is that girl? - Coming. 137 00:12:56,836 --> 00:12:59,270 - Demetrius has had no food. - It's ready. 138 00:13:07,304 --> 00:13:11,058 Here's your breakfast. I saved you some apricots. I know you like them. 139 00:13:11,308 --> 00:13:13,458 - I hid them for you. - Thank you. 140 00:13:13,643 --> 00:13:17,841 If there was only one apricot left in the world, she'd give it to you. 141 00:13:20,525 --> 00:13:23,801 Peter gave me our master's robe to keep for him. 142 00:13:24,028 --> 00:13:26,223 - May I? - Of course. 143 00:13:34,997 --> 00:13:38,069 I never thought of Jesus as being so tall. 144 00:13:38,291 --> 00:13:41,681 - Was he as tall as you, Demetrius? - Just about the same. 145 00:13:42,796 --> 00:13:45,754 You'd think his robe would be made of silk and gold. 146 00:13:45,965 --> 00:13:49,401 He was a carpenter. All his life he'd worked with his hands. 147 00:13:49,635 --> 00:13:52,433 - Like us. - Just like us. 148 00:13:56,058 --> 00:13:58,049 (fanfare and beating of drums) 149 00:14:21,999 --> 00:14:27,392 By order of the emperor, I am authorised to pay 20 pieces of gold... 150 00:14:28,171 --> 00:14:30,844 ...for information concerning the robe... 151 00:14:31,133 --> 00:14:34,330 ...which once belonged to the criminal called Jesus,... 152 00:14:34,970 --> 00:14:38,167 ...crucified for sedition in Jerusalem. 153 00:14:40,391 --> 00:14:43,189 Well? 20 pieces of gold. 154 00:14:45,479 --> 00:14:48,118 The penalty for concealment is death! 155 00:14:49,316 --> 00:14:51,307 Start the search. 156 00:15:03,329 --> 00:15:05,365 Anyone here know of this robe? 157 00:15:05,540 --> 00:15:08,532 It's said to be of homespun, red in colour. 158 00:15:10,795 --> 00:15:13,025 Are you slave or free here? 159 00:15:13,214 --> 00:15:14,932 I am a born freeman. 160 00:15:15,090 --> 00:15:17,001 All the others have been freed. 161 00:15:17,176 --> 00:15:18,973 Christians? 162 00:15:22,723 --> 00:15:26,113 I'll have a look around. Get backto your work. 163 00:15:30,647 --> 00:15:32,638 You! Come back here! 164 00:15:38,029 --> 00:15:40,020 (Lucia screams) 165 00:15:43,784 --> 00:15:45,775 Why did you run? Why did you...? 166 00:16:22,821 --> 00:16:26,700 Demetrius of Corinth. Assaulting a decurion of the Praetorian Guard... 167 00:16:26,949 --> 00:16:28,746 ...in the execution of his duties. 168 00:16:28,910 --> 00:16:31,105 - Is the decurion here? - Here, sir. 169 00:16:36,125 --> 00:16:39,117 The evidence seems impressive. Are you slave or free? 170 00:16:39,336 --> 00:16:41,327 Free, sir. 171 00:16:42,881 --> 00:16:45,190 Mark of a slave, sir. 172 00:16:45,383 --> 00:16:47,692 I was a slave, but my master freed me, sir. 173 00:16:47,886 --> 00:16:51,879 A slave may be freed by emancipation before a praetor, inscription in the censor's record,... 174 00:16:52,140 --> 00:16:55,496 ...testament on death of master or declaration before witnesses. 175 00:16:55,726 --> 00:16:58,877 - Can you provide proof of any of these? - No, sir. 176 00:16:59,105 --> 00:17:02,541 - Were you bought or born to the house? - Bought, sir. 177 00:17:02,775 --> 00:17:04,766 Where is your master? 178 00:17:05,778 --> 00:17:09,532 - Dead. - A Greek can invent a better story than that. 179 00:17:09,781 --> 00:17:13,456 Flavius. Do you think he'd make a gladiator? 180 00:17:13,702 --> 00:17:15,693 Look at the decurion's face! 181 00:17:17,497 --> 00:17:19,806 Sentenced to be trained for the arena. 182 00:17:33,345 --> 00:17:35,336 - Where is the master? - Strabo! 183 00:17:37,682 --> 00:17:39,673 - More prisoners. - Open up. 184 00:17:50,027 --> 00:17:54,543 You prisoners are lucky to be sentenced to train as gladiators in the Claudian school,... 185 00:17:54,824 --> 00:17:57,213 ...rather than to one of the imperial schools. 186 00:17:57,409 --> 00:18:00,606 This is the best. We have the best trainers, the best physicians... 187 00:18:00,829 --> 00:18:04,219 ...to watch over your skins, your health, your food. 188 00:18:06,793 --> 00:18:09,546 We'll feed you well and dress you well. 189 00:18:09,754 --> 00:18:12,188 You'll have meat at every meal. 190 00:18:12,382 --> 00:18:17,615 Gladiators trained in this school are sought after for the most important festival games... 191 00:18:17,929 --> 00:18:21,080 ...and also for the emperor's private enclosure. 192 00:18:21,307 --> 00:18:23,980 That's because we have an iron motto: 193 00:18:24,184 --> 00:18:27,221 "We live well, we die well. " 194 00:18:27,437 --> 00:18:29,428 Unchain them. 195 00:18:31,149 --> 00:18:34,778 It may seem in being sentenced here you're being sentenced to death. 196 00:18:35,028 --> 00:18:37,098 That's not necessarily true. 197 00:18:37,322 --> 00:18:40,758 I, Strabo, was sentenced here as you are, but I fought well. 198 00:18:40,992 --> 00:18:44,951 I won fame and a fortune, too. And I won my freedom. 199 00:18:45,204 --> 00:18:47,513 The emperor himself calls me by name. 200 00:18:48,207 --> 00:18:51,916 Even the most famous of the charioteers has to give way to me. 201 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,514 I fought 52 times in the arena. 202 00:18:56,381 --> 00:18:58,372 I killed 52 men. 203 00:19:00,176 --> 00:19:02,246 Perhaps one of you will do as well. 204 00:19:03,263 --> 00:19:05,060 Come. 205 00:19:08,518 --> 00:19:11,316 Dardanius here is the best of netmen. 206 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,991 You've seen his name often where the girls have scratched it on the walls of Rome. 207 00:19:17,318 --> 00:19:21,789 He likes the way we live here. He likes to kill. He's a born butcher. 208 00:19:22,072 --> 00:19:25,667 But he can have his choice of fair ladies. Tonight he will. 209 00:19:25,909 --> 00:19:28,821 And so will you when you're ready for the arena. 210 00:19:30,580 --> 00:19:35,210 Glycon was a king in his own country. Now he's the king of swordsmen. 211 00:19:35,501 --> 00:19:38,573 Learn to use a sword like him and you may earn your freedom,... 212 00:19:38,796 --> 00:19:42,186 ...as he'll earn his very soon, perhaps tomorrow. 213 00:19:48,138 --> 00:19:51,574 You'll train with wooden swords till you're ready for the steel. 214 00:19:51,808 --> 00:19:53,799 (angry voices) 215 00:20:02,068 --> 00:20:04,184 These men here will fight tomorrow. 216 00:20:04,362 --> 00:20:07,160 Half of them will live. Half of them will die. 217 00:20:07,823 --> 00:20:09,814 They know it. 218 00:20:11,493 --> 00:20:13,961 Some men who are sent here don't seem to like it. 219 00:20:14,162 --> 00:20:17,359 They'd rather live badly than die well, so they try to escape. 220 00:20:17,582 --> 00:20:19,573 Like this one. 221 00:20:21,461 --> 00:20:24,021 - (fanfare) - All his training was wasted. 222 00:20:24,214 --> 00:20:27,092 He dies badly like a common criminal. 223 00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:29,530 Try to escape and this is your reward. 224 00:20:29,719 --> 00:20:32,313 Strabo, Claudius is arriving. 225 00:20:32,513 --> 00:20:34,822 Line up the men who fight tomorrow. 226 00:20:35,015 --> 00:20:39,884 You're luckier than most recruits. On your first day you'll see the owner of the school. 227 00:20:40,187 --> 00:20:41,984 Come. 228 00:21:00,915 --> 00:21:02,746 My lord Claudius. 229 00:21:02,917 --> 00:21:05,112 My lady. 230 00:21:05,294 --> 00:21:07,285 So these are the men, eh? 231 00:21:08,380 --> 00:21:10,894 I hope you drew up a better list than last time. 232 00:21:11,091 --> 00:21:13,559 They know it's for a special occasion, my lord. 233 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,751 Oh. Probus. 234 00:21:17,347 --> 00:21:19,338 Dardanius. 235 00:21:21,059 --> 00:21:23,209 Barak. Good. 236 00:21:24,020 --> 00:21:26,773 Tomorrow is the emperor's birthday. 237 00:21:26,981 --> 00:21:30,815 You men will have the honour of competing in the palace itself,... 238 00:21:31,068 --> 00:21:33,457 ...in the emperor's private arena. 239 00:21:33,654 --> 00:21:36,327 I expectyou to make a good impression. 240 00:21:36,531 --> 00:21:39,091 You are my birthday present to Caligula. 241 00:21:39,284 --> 00:21:40,876 They'll do you proud, my lord. 242 00:21:41,036 --> 00:21:45,188 Every man has sworn to die well if he has to, to die with style. 243 00:21:45,456 --> 00:21:50,530 I've also told them there's some special entertainment tonight, thanks to our lady. 244 00:21:52,171 --> 00:21:54,162 Say a word to them, my lady. 245 00:21:58,886 --> 00:22:02,401 I'm sending you a feast prepared in my own kitchens. 246 00:22:02,639 --> 00:22:05,870 Rare delicacies from every province of the empire... 247 00:22:06,101 --> 00:22:08,376 ...and wine from the imperial cellars,... 248 00:22:08,937 --> 00:22:12,771 ...packed in snow and brought by runners from the Alps. 249 00:22:13,024 --> 00:22:18,303 I can assure you the rest of the entertainment will be... of the very highest quality. 250 00:22:20,531 --> 00:22:22,601 Guard! Guard! 251 00:22:22,783 --> 00:22:25,172 Lockthe gate! Stay where you are! 252 00:22:26,328 --> 00:22:27,920 Mark him! 253 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,116 - Stay where you are. - Stop him! 254 00:22:30,290 --> 00:22:32,281 Stop him! Mark him! 255 00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:35,382 Lockthe gate! 256 00:22:48,390 --> 00:22:51,348 - The best prospect had to be a coward. - I'm no coward. 257 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,676 Then why did you run? Bind him! 258 00:22:53,854 --> 00:22:55,446 Messalina) Wait. 259 00:22:58,483 --> 00:23:00,474 Why did you run? 260 00:23:01,569 --> 00:23:05,847 I don't think you're a coward. You had no real chance of escaping. You must have known. 261 00:23:06,991 --> 00:23:11,303 This is a place where men are trained to kill each other like animals. 262 00:23:11,579 --> 00:23:14,696 - And men aren't animals? - No. 263 00:23:14,915 --> 00:23:18,874 We admire a magnificent animal who fights. Why not a man who fights? 264 00:23:19,128 --> 00:23:22,404 Because God didn't put man on earth to destroy his own kind,... 265 00:23:22,631 --> 00:23:24,940 ...nor a woman to enjoy their agonies as they die. 266 00:23:25,133 --> 00:23:27,124 - Dog! - Wait. 267 00:23:28,219 --> 00:23:30,733 - What's your name? - Demetrius. 268 00:23:30,930 --> 00:23:34,127 You spoke of a god, Demetrius. Which god? 269 00:23:35,017 --> 00:23:37,008 There is only one God. 270 00:23:38,104 --> 00:23:40,777 He's one of them. This is very interesting. 271 00:23:40,981 --> 00:23:42,380 A Christian. 272 00:23:42,524 --> 00:23:44,913 - Are you a Christian? - Yes. 273 00:23:45,110 --> 00:23:46,987 - And you won't fight? - No. 274 00:23:47,154 --> 00:23:52,148 - He can't. It's against his religion to kill. - We'll see about that. 275 00:23:52,867 --> 00:23:54,220 - Strabo. - Yes, my lady. 276 00:23:54,369 --> 00:23:55,961 Put him in the arena tomorrow. 277 00:23:56,121 --> 00:23:59,397 Messalina, he won't fight. You know what Caligula will do. 278 00:23:59,832 --> 00:24:02,630 I'm more interested in what this Christian will do... 279 00:24:02,835 --> 00:24:07,192 ...when he sees that his choice is kill or die. 280 00:24:15,138 --> 00:24:17,129 Here they come! 281 00:24:32,029 --> 00:24:35,544 - Look, Dardanius! - Sit here and watch the game. 282 00:24:35,783 --> 00:24:40,061 - Watch me win this. - Get on with the play. Ah! 283 00:24:47,877 --> 00:24:51,836 You may see a fewthings you didn't bargain for. These men aren't children. 284 00:24:52,090 --> 00:24:56,720 - They know half of them will die tomorrow. - I'll try not to be shocked, Strabo. 285 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,350 Your name is Demetrius? 286 00:25:21,784 --> 00:25:24,173 I'm from Corinth, like you. 287 00:25:25,663 --> 00:25:27,893 This is my first time here. 288 00:25:28,082 --> 00:25:30,994 - Do you always eat like this? - I don't know. 289 00:25:31,210 --> 00:25:33,201 This is my first time, too. 290 00:25:34,129 --> 00:25:36,120 And you're fighting tomorrow! 291 00:25:37,632 --> 00:25:39,509 You must be a famous warrior. 292 00:25:39,676 --> 00:25:41,667 I'm a potter. 293 00:25:43,054 --> 00:25:47,366 Only a potter? And they're sending you into the arena tomorrow? 294 00:25:47,642 --> 00:25:50,281 You must have done something awfully bad. 295 00:25:50,478 --> 00:25:52,275 I did. 296 00:25:52,438 --> 00:25:54,429 I'm a Christian. 297 00:25:56,650 --> 00:25:58,242 Strabo,... 298 00:25:58,402 --> 00:26:02,998 ...when you were fighting in the arena what did you think about the night before? 299 00:26:03,281 --> 00:26:06,079 It doesn't pay a gladiator to think, my lady. 300 00:26:06,785 --> 00:26:09,253 When you caressed a woman,... 301 00:26:09,454 --> 00:26:12,844 ...was your mind on her or on death? 302 00:26:13,708 --> 00:26:17,542 You don't expect to die. You never think it'll be you that gets it. 303 00:26:18,421 --> 00:26:21,413 There's only one man down there who knows he's going to die. 304 00:26:21,882 --> 00:26:26,080 You're wrong, Strabo. When the time comes, he'll fight... 305 00:26:26,345 --> 00:26:28,779 ...because he wants to live, like any other man. 306 00:26:28,972 --> 00:26:34,444 My lady, I tried to train him this afternoon. He wouldn't make a move to defend himself. 307 00:26:34,769 --> 00:26:36,566 And he was a warrior once. 308 00:26:36,729 --> 00:26:40,005 He was brought to Rome as a prisoner of war, but he won't fight. 309 00:26:40,233 --> 00:26:42,224 Why, you...! 310 00:26:48,449 --> 00:26:52,601 - All right, you're out of the game. Get back. - He's out. Come on, whose throw? 311 00:26:52,870 --> 00:26:55,338 - Mine. Let's go. - Throwthe dice. 312 00:26:55,539 --> 00:26:57,336 Watch this one. 313 00:26:57,499 --> 00:26:58,898 (laughter) 314 00:26:59,209 --> 00:27:01,200 The stakes must be high. 315 00:27:02,420 --> 00:27:06,971 They're gambling for a longer life. The winner gets me for his opponent tomorrow. 316 00:27:09,093 --> 00:27:10,685 Venus. I threw Venus. 317 00:27:13,013 --> 00:27:15,004 I win. 318 00:27:26,526 --> 00:27:28,517 I won you, Christian. 319 00:27:29,237 --> 00:27:31,228 Tomorrow you're mine. 320 00:27:32,448 --> 00:27:34,598 Now I want to show you something. 321 00:27:34,784 --> 00:27:36,820 Watch. 322 00:27:36,994 --> 00:27:41,465 Is it true that when you strike a Christian, he must turn the other cheek? 323 00:27:45,961 --> 00:27:48,759 Go ahead. Turn the other cheek. Let's see you. 324 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,835 Anyone else? 325 00:28:01,017 --> 00:28:03,008 I am no Christian. 326 00:28:12,402 --> 00:28:15,235 - Who is he? - Glycon, the Nubian. 327 00:28:15,447 --> 00:28:18,598 My lord Claudius has been considering giving him his freedom. 328 00:28:18,825 --> 00:28:20,816 Oh, yes. I remember. 329 00:28:24,539 --> 00:28:26,973 Have him fight the Christian tomorrow. 330 00:28:27,959 --> 00:28:30,632 That should make it even more interesting. 331 00:28:35,549 --> 00:28:40,862 Listen to me. The worst sort of life is better than the best kind of death. 332 00:28:41,179 --> 00:28:43,488 Forgetyour religion for just one day. 333 00:28:43,682 --> 00:28:46,435 Kill him. He is no good. 334 00:28:46,643 --> 00:28:48,873 Your god will thank you for it. 335 00:28:49,729 --> 00:28:51,720 Thank you for whatyou did. 336 00:28:54,650 --> 00:28:56,880 This god of yours. 337 00:28:57,069 --> 00:29:01,620 They say he thought as well of a slave as of a patrician, even an emperor. 338 00:29:01,907 --> 00:29:03,898 Can this be true? 339 00:29:05,327 --> 00:29:07,636 It was one of the greatest of his truths. 340 00:29:07,829 --> 00:29:10,218 No wonder they crucified him. 341 00:29:14,836 --> 00:29:18,624 The gladiators have arrived at the palace enclosure, sire. 342 00:29:21,008 --> 00:29:23,476 Well? What have you to report? 343 00:29:23,678 --> 00:29:25,987 The robe is no longer in Rome, sire. 344 00:29:26,180 --> 00:29:30,378 The man who has it, the one they call the fisherman, is said to have gone north. 345 00:29:30,642 --> 00:29:34,271 - I've issued orders to... - I want the robe, not excuses! 346 00:29:34,521 --> 00:29:36,512 Find it! 347 00:29:37,190 --> 00:29:41,786 I hope you've provided better entertainment than last time, Uncle. 348 00:29:51,412 --> 00:29:53,403 (fanfare, crowd cheering) 349 00:30:32,325 --> 00:30:34,281 Senators,... 350 00:30:34,452 --> 00:30:36,249 ...my subjects,... 351 00:30:37,038 --> 00:30:39,347 ...my loyal guards,... 352 00:30:39,540 --> 00:30:41,770 ...we are touched by your devotion. 353 00:30:41,959 --> 00:30:48,307 In honour of our birthday, a gift of 50 gold pieces for every member of the guard. 354 00:30:48,674 --> 00:30:50,665 (cheering) 355 00:30:58,058 --> 00:31:01,209 We will proceed now with the marriage of life and death. 356 00:31:01,436 --> 00:31:03,427 (beating of drums) 357 00:32:34,690 --> 00:32:36,521 Hail Caesar! 358 00:32:36,692 --> 00:32:39,684 We, who are about to die, salute you. 359 00:32:41,488 --> 00:32:43,080 (Caligula) Begin the games. 360 00:33:34,913 --> 00:33:37,381 (booing) 361 00:33:40,126 --> 00:33:42,117 (cheering) 362 00:34:25,836 --> 00:34:27,827 (cheering) 363 00:34:34,010 --> 00:34:36,001 Get ready. 364 00:34:37,847 --> 00:34:39,838 Demetrius. Glycon. 365 00:34:48,565 --> 00:34:50,556 Take it. 366 00:34:53,695 --> 00:34:55,811 There's one chance for you - a slim one. 367 00:34:55,989 --> 00:34:58,662 - Have you ever used a sword? - Yes. 368 00:34:58,867 --> 00:35:02,940 Fight as hard as you can. Try to kill me. Use your shield well. 369 00:35:03,204 --> 00:35:07,277 Sometimes, rarely, if two men put up a good enough fight, they let them both live. 370 00:35:07,542 --> 00:35:09,134 Understand? 371 00:35:09,293 --> 00:35:12,091 If they think we're pretending, they'll cut our throats. 372 00:35:12,296 --> 00:35:16,847 If they begin to guess, defend yourself because then I'll have to kill you. 373 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:33,221 - Good luck. - Good luck. 374 00:35:37,528 --> 00:35:39,883 - That's Glycon, isn't it? - Yes, sire. 375 00:35:40,072 --> 00:35:42,984 Good. I don't knowthe other one. 376 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,475 A Greek. A most unusual man, sire. 377 00:35:45,661 --> 00:35:48,175 We thought he might amuse you. 378 00:35:53,752 --> 00:35:56,550 Cut hard at me, make it look good. Attack! 379 00:36:10,726 --> 00:36:12,523 (booing) 380 00:36:12,686 --> 00:36:17,202 It's poor, Claudius. Your gladiators are too fond of each other. 381 00:36:32,788 --> 00:36:36,576 It's no good. They know. Sorry, friend. Fight for your life. 382 00:36:44,716 --> 00:36:46,707 (cheering) 383 00:37:09,573 --> 00:37:12,770 - Glycon, pick up your sword. - I can't. You've won. 384 00:37:15,537 --> 00:37:17,767 Look, Glycon. It's life. 385 00:37:17,955 --> 00:37:20,185 Notyet. The emperor decides. 386 00:37:23,127 --> 00:37:24,924 They want him spared, sire. 387 00:37:29,299 --> 00:37:31,290 (murmurs of disapproval) 388 00:37:33,178 --> 00:37:34,611 Cut clean, friend. 389 00:37:36,348 --> 00:37:39,624 Sire, I'm a freeman of Rome. 390 00:37:40,226 --> 00:37:44,981 - I claim my right of appeal to the emperor. - Your rights are what I say they are. 391 00:37:45,273 --> 00:37:46,865 Butyou may speak. 392 00:37:47,024 --> 00:37:50,255 - I ask you to withdraw your command, sire. - Why should I? 393 00:37:51,487 --> 00:37:54,047 I'm a Christian. I can't take a man's life. 394 00:37:54,990 --> 00:37:56,708 Very well. 395 00:37:56,867 --> 00:37:58,937 Your request is granted. 396 00:37:59,119 --> 00:38:02,111 - The Nubian goes free. - Thank you, sire. 397 00:38:11,547 --> 00:38:13,503 Christian! 398 00:38:13,674 --> 00:38:15,665 Stay there. 399 00:38:22,057 --> 00:38:24,969 Macro, go down and cut the dog's throat. 400 00:38:25,185 --> 00:38:26,982 Take your time with it. 401 00:38:27,145 --> 00:38:29,136 Let him die slowly. 402 00:38:29,356 --> 00:38:32,905 Sire, is that worthy of you - a man who won't even fight back? 403 00:38:33,151 --> 00:38:34,982 What do you mean not worthy? 404 00:38:35,153 --> 00:38:37,383 Are you daring to plead for his life? 405 00:38:37,572 --> 00:38:39,847 I'm only thinking of your own amusement. 406 00:38:40,032 --> 00:38:44,025 Why waste his death? Make him a birthday present to your tigers. 407 00:38:44,995 --> 00:38:47,873 I think I begin to understand, Claudius. 408 00:38:48,082 --> 00:38:50,994 She wants him to have a chance for life. 409 00:38:51,210 --> 00:38:54,008 I didn't know your taste ran to Christians. 410 00:38:54,212 --> 00:38:56,009 It doesn't, sire. 411 00:38:56,173 --> 00:38:58,164 Your eyes betray you. 412 00:38:59,342 --> 00:39:01,139 Very well. 413 00:39:01,302 --> 00:39:05,090 When the tigers are finished with him you won't want what's left. 414 00:39:06,432 --> 00:39:08,502 Macro,... 415 00:39:08,684 --> 00:39:10,914 ...give him the dagger and come back. 416 00:39:23,031 --> 00:39:25,420 Release the tigers! 417 00:40:49,529 --> 00:40:51,520 (cheering) 418 00:41:18,931 --> 00:41:20,842 (cheering) 419 00:43:06,824 --> 00:43:09,941 - He's lost much blood, my lady. - I want him to live. 420 00:43:13,289 --> 00:43:15,439 - What are you doing? - We will bleed him. 421 00:43:15,624 --> 00:43:19,253 The blood of slaves is impure. By letting some out he will improve. 422 00:43:19,503 --> 00:43:21,971 Bleed him when his trouble is loss of blood? 423 00:43:22,172 --> 00:43:24,163 Get out, both of you! 424 00:43:25,008 --> 00:43:27,841 The fools. Who can be trusted? 425 00:43:28,052 --> 00:43:30,043 I'll stay with him, my lady. 426 00:43:30,888 --> 00:43:35,086 Get blankets. He should be kept warm. And heat some wine for him. 427 00:43:35,351 --> 00:43:37,342 Heated wine. 428 00:43:53,993 --> 00:43:59,147 - I wish I knew howto pray to his god. - Save your breath. The wine'll do more good. 429 00:43:59,457 --> 00:44:02,369 - You're responsible, Strabo. - I'll do all I can, my lady. 430 00:44:02,585 --> 00:44:05,179 If he dies, I'll send you backto the arena. 431 00:44:17,593 --> 00:44:19,584 Leave us. 432 00:44:22,389 --> 00:44:26,621 - I understand I have you to thank for my life. - Caligula would have wasted you. 433 00:44:26,893 --> 00:44:29,646 You could become a valuable piece of property. 434 00:44:29,854 --> 00:44:32,004 - Why did you send for me? - I didn't. 435 00:44:32,190 --> 00:44:34,545 My husband wants to question you. 436 00:44:34,734 --> 00:44:36,565 - Claudius. - Yes? 437 00:44:36,736 --> 00:44:40,012 - The slave Demetrius is here. - I'm not a slave. 438 00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:43,151 You're our property, whatever you want to call it. 439 00:44:43,367 --> 00:44:46,484 - Good afternoon. I hope you're feeling better. - Yes, sir. 440 00:44:46,703 --> 00:44:49,854 If you survived our physicians, you could survive anything. 441 00:44:50,081 --> 00:44:53,153 But it's hard to kill a man who believes he'll live for ever. 442 00:44:53,376 --> 00:44:56,766 - You do believe that, don'tyou? - Claudius, come to the point. 443 00:44:57,005 --> 00:44:58,597 Oh, yes. 444 00:44:58,756 --> 00:45:02,715 The emperor is interested in the robe that Jesus wore to the cross. 445 00:45:02,968 --> 00:45:06,244 Can you tell me where it is or the whereabouts of the man who has it? 446 00:45:06,472 --> 00:45:08,463 Peter, I believe he's called. 447 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:10,631 No, sir. I can tell you nothing. 448 00:45:11,977 --> 00:45:16,607 Caligula might take it into his head to question you himself. He has his methods. 449 00:45:16,898 --> 00:45:19,093 I know his methods. 450 00:45:19,275 --> 00:45:21,584 And you'd die for this robe? 451 00:45:21,778 --> 00:45:25,054 You're intelligent. You can't believe it could cast a spell. 452 00:45:26,157 --> 00:45:28,432 Only the spell of memory. 453 00:45:28,618 --> 00:45:31,769 I took it from the foot of the cross myself before he died,... 454 00:45:31,996 --> 00:45:35,147 ...calling on his Father to forgive his enemies. 455 00:45:35,374 --> 00:45:37,365 He did that? 456 00:45:38,794 --> 00:45:41,592 What men will do under the inspiration of their beliefs! 457 00:45:41,797 --> 00:45:46,348 I have none myself, none at all, though my wife is a priestess of Isis. 458 00:45:46,634 --> 00:45:50,707 I'm sure the Christians look on my faith as debauched superstition. 459 00:45:50,972 --> 00:45:54,203 - Don'tyou? - The priestess of Isis knows what her faith is. 460 00:45:54,433 --> 00:45:57,425 - We believe that love rules the world. - So do we. 461 00:45:58,938 --> 00:46:03,614 Then why are you such hypocrites? Why do you pretend to be so pure, above temptation? 462 00:46:03,901 --> 00:46:07,860 You misunderstand, my dear. When a Christian speaks of love, he means... 463 00:46:08,113 --> 00:46:10,502 I'm asking Demetrius. 464 00:46:10,699 --> 00:46:14,135 Jesus said "Love ye one another as brothers. " 465 00:46:15,954 --> 00:46:17,751 Tell me,... 466 00:46:17,914 --> 00:46:20,747 ...how do you manage to love a woman as a brother? 467 00:46:22,793 --> 00:46:24,021 You don't. 468 00:46:25,129 --> 00:46:30,283 It's a pity you can't tell me something about the robe. It might even mean your freedom. 469 00:46:31,176 --> 00:46:33,167 I can tell you nothing, sir. 470 00:46:34,429 --> 00:46:36,420 Albus. 471 00:46:37,766 --> 00:46:41,395 - Return this man to the gladiator school. - Why, Claudius? 472 00:46:41,644 --> 00:46:43,794 You might have further questions for him. 473 00:46:43,980 --> 00:46:47,575 We could find useful employment for him here among our bodyguards,... 474 00:46:47,817 --> 00:46:50,490 ...at least until he's fit for the arena again. 475 00:46:50,694 --> 00:46:52,127 As you say, my dear. 476 00:46:52,279 --> 00:46:55,715 Besides, when he knows us better, he might be willing to tell us more. 477 00:46:55,949 --> 00:46:59,544 Albus, feed him, then return to me for instructions. 478 00:46:59,786 --> 00:47:02,175 Yes, my lady. Come. 479 00:47:10,755 --> 00:47:13,633 Have you exhausted all other sources of your amusement? 480 00:47:13,841 --> 00:47:17,356 - But don'tyou find him interesting? - He's a remarkable young man. 481 00:47:17,595 --> 00:47:21,383 He has something that Rome has lacked since the early days of the republic. 482 00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:24,438 Something to believe in: faith. 483 00:47:24,643 --> 00:47:30,434 Our early conquests weakened it and my family, we Caesars, killed and buried it. 484 00:47:31,650 --> 00:47:35,325 Strange, if the memory of a dead Jew should bring it to life again. 485 00:47:35,570 --> 00:47:37,606 Messalina. 486 00:47:37,780 --> 00:47:39,930 Don't hurt him. 487 00:47:40,116 --> 00:47:42,346 Don't destroy what he has. 488 00:47:42,535 --> 00:47:46,005 - Are you going to interfere? - No, my dear. 489 00:47:46,247 --> 00:47:48,238 I never interfere. 490 00:47:55,005 --> 00:47:58,077 This is your post. Don't leave it. 491 00:48:02,387 --> 00:48:04,776 It's warm. Open the door. 492 00:48:42,508 --> 00:48:44,305 Guard! 493 00:48:53,101 --> 00:48:55,092 Pick it up. 494 00:49:02,068 --> 00:49:04,377 Do you have a woman, Demetrius? 495 00:49:04,570 --> 00:49:06,367 No. 496 00:49:07,489 --> 00:49:11,323 There's one thing aboutyour religion that still puzzles me. 497 00:49:11,577 --> 00:49:15,286 Why should one want to live out such a dull life for ever? 498 00:49:15,539 --> 00:49:18,576 To be a Christian these days is anything but dull. 499 00:49:19,417 --> 00:49:23,376 My husband tells me you wouldn't fight because of a rule,... 500 00:49:23,629 --> 00:49:25,938 ...a commandment, issued by your god. 501 00:49:26,132 --> 00:49:28,600 - There are ten of them. - Tell me about them. 502 00:49:28,801 --> 00:49:33,352 They're very simple. Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal,... 503 00:49:33,639 --> 00:49:37,348 ...thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 504 00:49:41,021 --> 00:49:44,058 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife. 505 00:49:44,274 --> 00:49:46,265 And so forth. 506 00:49:47,610 --> 00:49:49,407 Where shall I put these? 507 00:49:49,570 --> 00:49:51,561 Back on the floor. 508 00:49:56,035 --> 00:50:00,347 Tell me, are Christian wives all so ugly that no one desires them? 509 00:50:01,457 --> 00:50:05,848 I didn't say they weren't desired. I only said there's a commandment against it. 510 00:50:06,128 --> 00:50:08,483 A commandment against everything. 511 00:50:08,672 --> 00:50:12,221 Don't look, don't touch, don't fight,... 512 00:50:12,467 --> 00:50:14,856 ...don't breathe, don't live. 513 00:50:15,845 --> 00:50:18,154 Is there nothing human in your religion? 514 00:50:18,347 --> 00:50:22,420 Well, there's no commandment that says a woman can't talk like a fool. 515 00:50:28,399 --> 00:50:30,390 Be careful, Demetrius. 516 00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:34,352 My claws can be sharper than the tiger's. 517 00:50:37,449 --> 00:50:41,078 My lady, the emperor wishes to see you at once. 518 00:50:43,329 --> 00:50:45,320 Come with me. 519 00:51:24,493 --> 00:51:26,484 Do you knowthese objects? 520 00:51:27,496 --> 00:51:29,487 Yes. They're my uncle and my cousin. 521 00:51:29,664 --> 00:51:33,373 They made an attempt on my life. What should be done with them? 522 00:51:34,711 --> 00:51:38,829 - The penalty for such a crime is death. - You have sentenced them. 523 00:51:39,507 --> 00:51:41,498 Macro, take them out. 524 00:51:45,262 --> 00:51:48,811 Sire, I claim my right of trial before the Senate. 525 00:51:49,057 --> 00:51:51,013 You've had your trial! 526 00:51:51,184 --> 00:51:54,460 Let their heads be hung in the Senate House as a reminder. 527 00:51:54,688 --> 00:51:56,485 Go. 528 00:52:04,155 --> 00:52:08,512 They said that I must die because I aspire to be a god, because I'm mad. 529 00:52:09,326 --> 00:52:12,398 - Butyou knew about their plan, didn'tyou? - No, sire. 530 00:52:12,621 --> 00:52:15,613 Don't lie to me! I've heard who put them up to it. 531 00:52:15,833 --> 00:52:19,587 There isn't a man in Rome who'd dare. Butyou'd dare, Messalina. 532 00:52:19,961 --> 00:52:22,191 You'd dare anything. Deny it! 533 00:52:22,380 --> 00:52:24,689 - Deny it, I said! - Sire, I didn't! 534 00:52:24,883 --> 00:52:28,762 I'll give you witnesses to your treachery. You, you'll swear she's guilty. 535 00:52:29,012 --> 00:52:31,810 - Yes, sire. - And you! And you! And you! 536 00:52:32,265 --> 00:52:33,857 You hear? 537 00:52:34,016 --> 00:52:37,691 I deny nothing, sire. But what I said was falsely reported to you. 538 00:52:38,729 --> 00:52:41,801 Do you deny saying that I aspire to be a god? 539 00:52:42,107 --> 00:52:44,098 I said you are a god. 540 00:52:45,277 --> 00:52:48,075 Isis herself revealed it to me in the temple. 541 00:52:49,864 --> 00:52:51,900 Isis? 542 00:52:52,075 --> 00:52:53,633 That I'm a god? 543 00:52:53,785 --> 00:52:57,619 She said the gods themselves look upon you as one of them. 544 00:52:57,872 --> 00:53:02,468 I spoke of this wonder in the court, but your faithful courtiers laughed in my face,... 545 00:53:02,752 --> 00:53:06,461 - ... the same who have accused me. - Is this true? 546 00:53:06,714 --> 00:53:08,591 - Is it true? - (all) No, sire. 547 00:53:08,757 --> 00:53:11,555 Liars! Traitors! 548 00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:14,638 So, you deny that I am a god. 549 00:53:14,846 --> 00:53:19,078 I'll hang your heads in the Senate House! I'll have you torn to pieces! 550 00:53:19,350 --> 00:53:20,749 Kneel. 551 00:53:20,894 --> 00:53:23,886 Kneel! 552 00:53:24,105 --> 00:53:26,300 Kneel to your god! 553 00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:35,669 Some wine. There on the table. 554 00:53:37,618 --> 00:53:40,769 Now you've seen it. Now you know. 555 00:53:40,996 --> 00:53:45,069 Do you wonder that I behave as I do? That we're all a little mad here? 556 00:53:45,333 --> 00:53:47,893 Many innocent people know what it is to be accused. 557 00:53:48,086 --> 00:53:50,395 Innocent? Who said I was innocent? 558 00:53:50,922 --> 00:53:54,676 Caligula was right. I put those two up to it and they bungled it. 559 00:53:54,925 --> 00:53:58,998 Oh, if I were a man... If I were Claudius, I'd have killed Caligula long ago. 560 00:53:59,263 --> 00:54:02,460 I'd have won the guards to my side and taken the empire for my own. 561 00:54:02,683 --> 00:54:05,072 But he's no better than the rest of them. 562 00:54:05,268 --> 00:54:09,341 Where was he tonight when I needed him? I had only my wits to save me. 563 00:54:09,606 --> 00:54:11,597 And not for the first time. 564 00:54:18,406 --> 00:54:20,715 I don't want another night like this. 565 00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:26,357 I have a villa by the sea. Claudius never goes there. 566 00:54:27,498 --> 00:54:30,729 I need protection, and I wantyou to come with me. Will you come? 567 00:54:33,045 --> 00:54:36,401 Why do you ask me? You said yourself I was your property. 568 00:54:36,631 --> 00:54:38,701 I'm not asking you as my property. 569 00:54:41,135 --> 00:54:44,093 I can free you. We'd be equals. 570 00:54:45,056 --> 00:54:48,890 I'm offering you life, Demetrius, and a great deal more. 571 00:54:49,143 --> 00:54:50,940 Why do you choose me? 572 00:54:51,103 --> 00:54:54,539 Because you'd never crawl to anyone. Because you're a man. 573 00:54:55,566 --> 00:54:58,239 Think, Demetrius. You're not blind. 574 00:54:58,443 --> 00:55:00,399 Do I have to say it all? 575 00:55:00,570 --> 00:55:03,880 For ten years I've been married to a man old enough to be my father. 576 00:55:04,115 --> 00:55:07,744 I've never been close to another man. I've never wanted to. 577 00:55:08,786 --> 00:55:12,176 I need you, Demetrius. I need your strength. 578 00:55:20,172 --> 00:55:22,242 You don't need me, Messalina. 579 00:55:22,424 --> 00:55:26,019 A woman with your wit, your courage and your reputation. 580 00:55:27,012 --> 00:55:29,128 All Rome knows why you married Claudius. 581 00:55:29,306 --> 00:55:32,343 If anything happens to Caligula, Claudius becomes emperor. 582 00:55:32,725 --> 00:55:37,116 Since then, all Rome knows that a procession of men has stood guard atyour door. 583 00:55:37,397 --> 00:55:39,194 Albus! 584 00:55:40,566 --> 00:55:43,956 When the truth is ugly, only a lie can be beautiful. 585 00:55:44,737 --> 00:55:47,046 It would have been better if you'd believed me. 586 00:55:49,074 --> 00:55:52,146 - My lady. - Return this man to the gladiator school. 587 00:55:52,869 --> 00:55:55,781 Tell Strabo I'll send instructions in the morning. 588 00:55:55,997 --> 00:55:57,988 Yes, my lady. 589 00:56:04,839 --> 00:56:06,830 White ball. 590 00:56:07,008 --> 00:56:10,444 - Lycidas draws a black ball. - Last week and this week, too! 591 00:56:10,678 --> 00:56:12,669 Dardanius draws a black ball. 592 00:56:15,516 --> 00:56:20,351 - He has a right to choose like the rest of us. - He has a right, and I have orders. 593 00:56:21,730 --> 00:56:23,721 Demetrius draws a black ball. 594 00:56:27,944 --> 00:56:29,935 White ball. 595 00:56:37,953 --> 00:56:41,150 - What do you want? - This is Kaeso's pottery? 596 00:56:42,624 --> 00:56:45,422 - I've been a while finding you. - We don't sell at this hour. 597 00:56:45,627 --> 00:56:47,618 I didn't come to buy. 598 00:56:51,049 --> 00:56:53,722 You are friends of a Corinthian named Demetrius? 599 00:56:53,927 --> 00:56:57,920 What do you know about Demetrius? You've seen him, he's alive? 600 00:56:59,182 --> 00:57:01,173 Yes, he's alive. 601 00:57:02,727 --> 00:57:07,403 He told me about this place and you. I couldn't get him out of my mind. 602 00:57:07,689 --> 00:57:10,522 - That's why I came here. - Where is he? 603 00:57:10,734 --> 00:57:13,851 It won't do you any good to know, but I'll see him tonight, 604 00:57:14,070 --> 00:57:18,029 - if you want to send him a message. - Where is he? Tell me. 605 00:57:18,283 --> 00:57:21,958 He's been sentenced to the arena. He's in the gladiator school. 606 00:57:22,203 --> 00:57:24,194 - Can you read? - A little. 607 00:57:29,585 --> 00:57:31,701 What does it mean? 608 00:57:31,879 --> 00:57:36,907 It's the pairings for the combat tomorrow in the palace enclosure. There - his name. 609 00:57:39,094 --> 00:57:41,085 Take me to him. 610 00:57:42,472 --> 00:57:46,306 To the gladiator school? They'd never let a girl like you through the gates. 611 00:57:46,559 --> 00:57:51,838 Please. I don't know your name or why you came here, but please help me. 612 00:57:52,148 --> 00:57:54,139 Please. 613 00:58:01,031 --> 00:58:03,022 Here they come! 614 00:58:26,889 --> 00:58:28,686 Lucia! 615 00:58:31,018 --> 00:58:33,009 Who is that girl with Demetrius? 616 00:58:34,312 --> 00:58:36,303 I've never seen her before, my lady. 617 00:58:36,481 --> 00:58:40,474 - She hasn't quite the look of the rest of them. - No, she hasn't. 618 00:58:40,735 --> 00:58:44,489 Sometimes a man's sweetheart finds out he's here and sneaks in. 619 00:58:50,035 --> 00:58:54,426 Please don't be angry. I took another's place. I had to come. 620 00:58:54,706 --> 00:58:56,537 You're not angry? 621 00:58:56,708 --> 00:58:58,426 Of course not. 622 00:58:58,585 --> 00:59:02,783 We tried to find out what had happened to you. No one would tell us. 623 00:59:03,048 --> 00:59:05,039 I prayed that... 624 00:59:06,134 --> 00:59:08,125 Oh, Demetrius. 625 00:59:12,557 --> 00:59:14,832 I'm very grateful, Lucia,... 626 00:59:15,017 --> 00:59:16,769 ...butyou can't stay here. 627 00:59:16,936 --> 00:59:19,530 - You must go. - No, Demetrius, I won't go. 628 00:59:19,730 --> 00:59:21,721 I have a right to be here. 629 00:59:23,609 --> 00:59:26,601 Tomorrowthey'll... they'll kill you? 630 00:59:27,946 --> 00:59:29,743 Yes. 631 00:59:32,784 --> 00:59:35,582 I've loved you since you first came to us. 632 00:59:36,788 --> 00:59:39,302 You never knew. 633 00:59:39,498 --> 00:59:41,693 And I'd never have told you. 634 00:59:43,085 --> 00:59:46,282 No, Demetrius. I won't letyou send me away. 635 00:59:47,423 --> 00:59:50,017 These last few hours belong to me. 636 01:00:02,353 --> 01:00:06,346 I've changed my mind, Strabo. The Christian's not to fight tomorrow. 637 01:00:06,607 --> 01:00:08,199 I'm glad, my lady. 638 01:00:08,359 --> 01:00:12,352 Then he isn't entitled to entertainment. Send him out. 639 01:00:12,613 --> 01:00:14,922 - But, my lady... - You knowthe rules. 640 01:00:16,575 --> 01:00:18,930 Yes, my lady. 641 01:00:50,273 --> 01:00:52,264 (Lucia) Demetrius! 642 01:00:56,779 --> 01:00:59,168 - Demetrius! - Stop! 643 01:00:59,365 --> 01:01:01,162 Demetrius! 644 01:01:04,578 --> 01:01:07,376 Get back, all of you. Backto your quarters. 645 01:01:15,255 --> 01:01:17,689 You're wasted on that Christian. 646 01:01:17,882 --> 01:01:19,952 - Forget him. - No. No! 647 01:01:20,552 --> 01:01:22,144 (laughter) 648 01:01:22,303 --> 01:01:24,294 (Lucia screaming) 649 01:01:28,476 --> 01:01:30,626 Demetrius! 650 01:01:47,118 --> 01:01:49,507 Demetrius! Demetrius! 651 01:01:51,914 --> 01:01:55,585 God, help her! 652 01:01:55,835 --> 01:01:58,633 If you are a god, help her! 653 01:02:01,965 --> 01:02:03,956 Demetrius! 654 01:02:47,883 --> 01:02:49,874 Get away! 655 01:02:53,889 --> 01:02:55,880 Move! 656 01:03:19,204 --> 01:03:20,796 She's dead! 657 01:03:51,860 --> 01:03:54,249 (cheering) 658 01:04:02,620 --> 01:04:04,850 - Give me a sword. - You're not fighting today. 659 01:04:05,039 --> 01:04:07,109 I said give me the sword! 660 01:04:07,291 --> 01:04:09,327 Let him have it, Strabo. 661 01:04:09,502 --> 01:04:14,940 If you want to give the emperor some sport, send these others out to him one by one. 662 01:04:17,634 --> 01:04:19,625 Why, it's the Christian. 663 01:04:19,803 --> 01:04:22,556 - Again? - He wasn't to fight. 664 01:05:48,261 --> 01:05:50,172 (cheering) 665 01:06:12,450 --> 01:06:14,247 (cheering) 666 01:06:14,410 --> 01:06:17,129 I didn't draw him, Strabo! You can't send me out there! 667 01:06:17,330 --> 01:06:19,719 - You knowthe rules! - We've changed the rules! 668 01:06:19,915 --> 01:06:22,065 - We go now, together. - Come on. 669 01:06:23,043 --> 01:06:25,113 (Demetrius) Not Glycon! Go back! 670 01:07:42,493 --> 01:07:44,484 (cheering) 671 01:08:01,594 --> 01:08:03,824 Sire, I speak for the guards. 672 01:08:04,180 --> 01:08:06,933 The Prefect Cassius Chaerea may speak. 673 01:08:07,350 --> 01:08:11,229 Never at any games in history have Romans seen what we have seen here today. 674 01:08:11,645 --> 01:08:14,443 We say that this man has earned his freedom for life. 675 01:08:14,648 --> 01:08:16,639 (cheering) 676 01:08:19,861 --> 01:08:24,377 And we'd like to have a sword like his in the Praetorian Guard. 677 01:08:25,033 --> 01:08:29,948 You forget that these Christians owe allegiance to another king, another god. 678 01:08:31,414 --> 01:08:34,724 - Silence! - Sire, the guards want a hero. Listen to them. 679 01:08:35,292 --> 01:08:38,170 Ask him, sire. Put him to the question. 680 01:08:41,215 --> 01:08:43,046 Christian,... 681 01:08:43,216 --> 01:08:48,006 ...do you renounce your false god, this king of an invisible kingdom,... 682 01:08:48,305 --> 01:08:51,661 ...who expects to come back some day and rule the earth? 683 01:08:53,059 --> 01:08:54,970 There is no other king but Caesar. 684 01:08:56,813 --> 01:09:02,092 There is no power greater than his, in this world or any other. 685 01:09:02,526 --> 01:09:05,802 By the mercy of Caesar, you are a free man. 686 01:09:06,030 --> 01:09:07,861 (cheering) 687 01:09:08,031 --> 01:09:13,185 Prefect, you may induct him into the guards with the rank of tribune. 688 01:09:13,495 --> 01:09:16,214 Tonight let him sacrifice in the temple. 689 01:10:31,234 --> 01:10:32,952 Isis,... 690 01:10:33,111 --> 01:10:36,706 ...Queen of the Mysteries, Mother of Egypt,... 691 01:10:36,948 --> 01:10:39,064 ...Protectress of Rome,... 692 01:10:39,242 --> 01:10:42,314 ...your servant Demetrius offers you sacrifice. 693 01:10:48,793 --> 01:10:52,388 Well, are you waiting for your goddess to strike me dead? 694 01:10:54,840 --> 01:10:57,308 What have you and I to do with gods? 695 01:10:57,509 --> 01:11:01,661 I rejected mine because what he taught was against all reason and reality. 696 01:11:01,930 --> 01:11:05,206 Do you think I'll accept this obscenity in his place? 697 01:11:09,771 --> 01:11:11,762 We need no gods, you and I. 698 01:11:13,149 --> 01:11:15,379 We have each other... 699 01:11:15,568 --> 01:11:17,559 ...for as long as we live. 700 01:11:18,487 --> 01:11:20,557 There is no past. 701 01:11:20,739 --> 01:11:22,457 No future. 702 01:11:22,616 --> 01:11:24,607 Only now. 703 01:11:44,470 --> 01:11:46,665 Do you see her, Claudius? 704 01:11:48,307 --> 01:11:50,901 The goddess Diana. 705 01:11:51,852 --> 01:11:54,320 Every night she comes to me,... 706 01:11:54,521 --> 01:11:56,591 ...to my arms. 707 01:11:56,773 --> 01:11:58,570 There. 708 01:11:59,734 --> 01:12:01,611 There she goes. 709 01:12:01,778 --> 01:12:04,895 - Now do you see her? - No, sire. 710 01:12:05,114 --> 01:12:07,105 Why not? 711 01:12:09,910 --> 01:12:12,902 Only you gods are privileged to see each other. 712 01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:17,838 Of course. What are you doing here? 713 01:12:18,043 --> 01:12:20,034 You sent for me, sire. 714 01:12:20,212 --> 01:12:22,009 Oh, yes. 715 01:12:22,172 --> 01:12:24,970 I thoughtyou might be lonely, Uncle. 716 01:12:26,634 --> 01:12:28,226 Caesar is considerate. 717 01:12:28,386 --> 01:12:31,696 We haven't seen Messalina for nearly three months. 718 01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:35,837 - She has been busy at the temple. - How pious. 719 01:12:36,644 --> 01:12:40,114 - Which temple, Uncle? - The temple of Isis, sire. 720 01:12:40,355 --> 01:12:42,152 Oh, no, Uncle. 721 01:12:42,316 --> 01:12:46,594 No. Messalina worships this summer at the temple of Venus. 722 01:12:46,862 --> 01:12:50,741 Even now at the seashore Venus is rising from the waves... 723 01:12:50,990 --> 01:12:53,948 ...and Messalina's there to welcome her. 724 01:12:54,160 --> 01:12:56,754 Deny that she is there, Uncle,... 725 01:12:56,954 --> 01:13:00,390 ...and that our newest tribune is her constant visitor. 726 01:13:02,084 --> 01:13:04,279 Shall I take steps? 727 01:13:05,462 --> 01:13:09,580 After all, I'm responsible for the morals of the court. 728 01:13:10,592 --> 01:13:13,186 Messalina is my wife, sire. 729 01:13:13,386 --> 01:13:17,823 Any steps that are to be taken, I prefer to take myself. 730 01:13:18,725 --> 01:13:20,761 My poor uncle,... 731 01:13:20,935 --> 01:13:25,087 ...the tribune's so young, so strong, so handsome... 732 01:13:25,356 --> 01:13:27,551 ...and so brave. 733 01:13:27,733 --> 01:13:29,724 A hero of Rome. 734 01:13:30,444 --> 01:13:32,435 I made him one myself. 735 01:13:34,698 --> 01:13:39,374 Did you know when he leaves the palace, the guards cheer him louder than they do me? 736 01:13:40,537 --> 01:13:42,528 Did you knowthat, Uncle? 737 01:14:30,250 --> 01:14:33,242 The first cup for thirst,... 738 01:14:35,088 --> 01:14:37,761 ...the second for joy,... 739 01:14:37,966 --> 01:14:40,082 ...the third for delight... 740 01:14:40,260 --> 01:14:42,376 ...and the fourth for folly. 741 01:15:38,314 --> 01:15:40,305 (screaming) 742 01:15:43,736 --> 01:15:45,727 (Demetrius laughs) 743 01:15:56,081 --> 01:15:57,878 Glycon. 744 01:16:00,335 --> 01:16:04,123 - Who is that? - A man to see the tribune, my lady. 745 01:16:05,506 --> 01:16:08,304 I'll see him. Leave me alone with him. 746 01:16:15,015 --> 01:16:18,894 - You're the fisherman. - And you're Claudius's wife. 747 01:16:19,144 --> 01:16:21,977 - What do you want? - My business is with Demetrius. 748 01:16:22,188 --> 01:16:24,258 - This is my house. - I know. 749 01:16:24,440 --> 01:16:26,635 I was told, if I wanted to see him, to come here. 750 01:16:26,818 --> 01:16:30,413 You're wasting your time. He doesn't want to see you. 751 01:16:30,655 --> 01:16:32,930 I'm sure he can say that for himself. 752 01:16:36,952 --> 01:16:38,783 You can leave now. 753 01:16:38,954 --> 01:16:40,706 Why are you afraid? 754 01:16:40,873 --> 01:16:42,864 I, afraid? 755 01:16:43,542 --> 01:16:45,897 You'll never get him back. 756 01:16:46,086 --> 01:16:50,364 What can you offer him? The company of slaves and beggars, the refuse of Rome? 757 01:16:51,007 --> 01:16:55,319 Poverty and self-denial? Prayers, tears, death? 758 01:16:56,012 --> 01:17:00,802 You see, I've studied your teachings. And I, Fisherman, I can give him the world. 759 01:17:01,100 --> 01:17:05,855 If he has to choose between us, do you think he'd hesitate for one minute? Of course not. 760 01:17:06,146 --> 01:17:09,024 And that's why you hate me. I can see it in your eyes. 761 01:17:09,483 --> 01:17:11,633 Whatyou see in my eyes is pity. 762 01:17:14,279 --> 01:17:16,474 - Get out! - Messalina! 763 01:17:23,329 --> 01:17:25,718 - So they sent for you. - No, Demetrius. 764 01:17:25,915 --> 01:17:28,145 My work in the north was finished. 765 01:17:28,334 --> 01:17:31,804 If you found enough fools to satisfy you, I can't be important to you. 766 01:17:32,046 --> 01:17:35,755 Jesus himself thought no man was unimportant, and no woman. 767 01:17:36,049 --> 01:17:39,564 He was wrong, as he was wrong in so many things. 768 01:17:41,096 --> 01:17:43,246 You are no longer important to me, Peter. 769 01:17:43,431 --> 01:17:46,867 I have nothing againstyou, but whatyou say doesn't interest me. 770 01:17:47,101 --> 01:17:49,296 So far I haven't said anything. 771 01:17:49,479 --> 01:17:51,470 Then why did you come here? 772 01:17:51,647 --> 01:17:55,117 Do I have to give a reason for wanting to see an old friend? 773 01:17:55,359 --> 01:17:57,350 He's right, Messalina. 774 01:17:58,112 --> 01:18:00,580 We can't refuse our hospitality to an old friend. 775 01:18:00,781 --> 01:18:03,375 - Send him away. - No. Not until he's had some wine. 776 01:18:03,575 --> 01:18:07,727 - Glycon, bring wine. - Thank you. I've already had some. 777 01:18:07,996 --> 01:18:10,954 Ah, you shouldn't have done that, Messalina. 778 01:18:11,166 --> 01:18:13,202 He's my friend. 779 01:18:13,376 --> 01:18:19,053 We travelled from Galilee, persuading people to give up their lives for a beautiful dream. 780 01:18:24,928 --> 01:18:27,362 Take it, Peter. It's real. 781 01:18:27,556 --> 01:18:29,831 Hot, spiced with cinnamon and cloves. 782 01:18:30,017 --> 01:18:32,008 It wasn't made out of water. 783 01:18:32,978 --> 01:18:35,936 Did you knowthat Jesus could turn water into wine? 784 01:18:36,147 --> 01:18:38,615 - That was only one of his tricks. - Yes, only one. 785 01:18:38,816 --> 01:18:40,886 Anything that was base, he'd make noble. 786 01:18:41,069 --> 01:18:44,539 He found a leper and he made him clean. He found death and he made life. 787 01:18:44,780 --> 01:18:47,010 - He found you a slave and freed you. - Get out! 788 01:18:47,199 --> 01:18:51,317 Now you've won a victory over him, Tribune. You've made yourself a slave again. 789 01:18:52,788 --> 01:18:54,585 Let him go, Demetrius. 790 01:18:54,748 --> 01:18:56,386 Peter! 791 01:18:56,541 --> 01:18:59,897 I'm through with it. All of it. Don't ever try to come back. 792 01:19:00,128 --> 01:19:03,279 - I have no intention of coming back. - I know you better than that. 793 01:19:03,506 --> 01:19:06,578 You never give up. You didn't let go of Marcellus until he died. 794 01:19:06,801 --> 01:19:10,589 - You brought him to me. - And in doing so condemned him to death! 795 01:19:12,264 --> 01:19:15,734 Butyour tricks won't work on me because I knowthem. 796 01:19:15,976 --> 01:19:18,365 Tell that to Jesus the next time you see him. 797 01:19:18,562 --> 01:19:21,030 Has he made any miraculous appearances lately? 798 01:19:21,231 --> 01:19:25,144 Walking through the Forum, perhaps, or strolling on the surface of the Tiber? 799 01:19:25,402 --> 01:19:27,836 Tell him what I said. Tell him, Peter. 800 01:19:28,530 --> 01:19:31,328 He'll know without my telling him. 801 01:19:46,505 --> 01:19:48,496 You talked to Peter, didn'tyou? 802 01:19:50,842 --> 01:19:52,912 What did you tell him about me? 803 01:19:53,094 --> 01:19:55,813 I don't discuss your affairs with anyone, sir. 804 01:19:56,014 --> 01:19:58,084 You freed me and I am grateful. 805 01:19:58,266 --> 01:20:00,541 You must have told him something. 806 01:20:00,727 --> 01:20:06,085 I asked him if one who'd killed 30 men in the arena, as I have,... 807 01:20:06,399 --> 01:20:08,196 ...could ever hope to sleep at night. 808 01:20:08,692 --> 01:20:12,048 Why did you ask him that? Why should he knowthe answer? 809 01:20:13,447 --> 01:20:15,438 Take your hand away. 810 01:20:17,242 --> 01:20:21,793 You're under my orders, Glycon. I forbid you to ever see this man again. 811 01:20:22,080 --> 01:20:24,355 I won't obey that order, Tribune. 812 01:20:24,541 --> 01:20:28,011 You are my superior, but I'll choose my friends. 813 01:20:33,549 --> 01:20:35,346 We were friends once, Glycon. 814 01:20:36,343 --> 01:20:38,220 I know. 815 01:20:38,387 --> 01:20:41,902 I suppose I should blame myself for what has become of you. 816 01:20:42,140 --> 01:20:46,179 When I put that sword in your hand it killed more than Dardanius and the others. 817 01:20:46,436 --> 01:20:48,586 It killed you. 818 01:20:48,772 --> 01:20:51,161 I hope you sleep well, sir. 819 01:20:52,358 --> 01:20:54,349 Good night. 820 01:21:10,292 --> 01:21:12,169 Demetrius? 821 01:21:12,335 --> 01:21:14,451 Demetrius. 822 01:21:14,629 --> 01:21:16,426 Demetrius! 823 01:21:30,060 --> 01:21:34,099 So, the mob can jeer me in the Forum,... 824 01:21:34,356 --> 01:21:36,347 ...tear down my statues. 825 01:21:39,569 --> 01:21:42,641 Where were the guards when these sacrileges were committed? 826 01:21:42,864 --> 01:21:47,380 Sire, my men were under arms all night, but we haven't enough to patrol the entire city. 827 01:21:47,660 --> 01:21:50,970 Are you insinuating that the entire city is against me? 828 01:21:51,205 --> 01:21:56,154 - Sire, there's a shortage of grain... - And I must take the blame for that, too?! 829 01:21:56,460 --> 01:22:00,294 There's a shortage because I've emptied my treasury for the guards. 830 01:22:00,547 --> 01:22:03,539 They take my gold and give me nothing in return. 831 01:22:05,343 --> 01:22:07,459 These are my orders: 832 01:22:07,637 --> 01:22:10,356 one more desecration of this sort,... 833 01:22:10,557 --> 01:22:13,708 ...one more unpunished insult to your emperor... 834 01:22:13,935 --> 01:22:18,213 ...and every tenth man in the guards is to be crucified at the city gates! 835 01:22:18,481 --> 01:22:20,711 Post that at the guards' headquarters! 836 01:22:20,900 --> 01:22:25,416 Sire, not the guards. Your power depends on their goodwill. 837 01:22:25,696 --> 01:22:28,688 - Don't publish such an order. - I'm the emperor! 838 01:22:28,907 --> 01:22:32,058 I can do what I please with whom I please! 839 01:22:33,078 --> 01:22:35,672 The lady Messalina, sire. 840 01:22:35,872 --> 01:22:37,863 Show her in. 841 01:22:40,293 --> 01:22:45,083 You didn't tell me she was back in Rome, or didn'tyou know it? 842 01:22:50,969 --> 01:22:53,563 Stop there. Search her. 843 01:22:58,018 --> 01:23:01,215 It pleases you to question my loyalty, sire. 844 01:23:01,438 --> 01:23:03,998 I've come to give you new proof of it. 845 01:23:04,190 --> 01:23:08,468 It must have been an irresistible impulse to bring you from the seashore at this hour. 846 01:23:08,736 --> 01:23:11,409 - I think you'll agree it's important. - Speak up. 847 01:23:11,614 --> 01:23:14,492 I have no secrets from your husband. 848 01:23:14,700 --> 01:23:17,931 My news concerns the robe. The magic robe. 849 01:23:18,162 --> 01:23:21,199 Yes, yes, I remember. Have you got it? 850 01:23:21,415 --> 01:23:23,007 I know howto get it. 851 01:23:23,166 --> 01:23:28,194 The man who owns it, the one who calls himself the fisherman, is back in Rome. 852 01:23:28,505 --> 01:23:32,384 Sometimes, Uncle, I think I made a mistake not to marry her myself. 853 01:23:32,634 --> 01:23:35,194 The workings of her mind appeal to me. 854 01:23:35,386 --> 01:23:40,824 She leaves her warm bed in the cold dawn to rush here full of zeal and loyalty. 855 01:23:41,475 --> 01:23:43,306 Why, Messalina? 856 01:23:43,477 --> 01:23:46,833 The robe, sire, holds the secret of eternal life. 857 01:23:47,064 --> 01:23:50,659 Seize this fisherman. He's dangerous to you, a threat to your power. 858 01:23:50,901 --> 01:23:52,971 Dangerous to me... 859 01:23:53,153 --> 01:23:55,144 ...or to you? 860 01:23:55,321 --> 01:23:59,200 Has this fisherman been making trouble for you with your lover? 861 01:23:59,450 --> 01:24:03,079 Of course. You're not interested in the robe for me. 862 01:24:03,329 --> 01:24:05,559 You want to get rid of the fisherman. 863 01:24:06,957 --> 01:24:10,074 And you! Why didn'tyou bring me this news? 864 01:24:10,294 --> 01:24:15,084 This fisherman comes and goes as he pleases making fools of the whole Praetorian Guard. 865 01:24:15,382 --> 01:24:18,772 I want the robe. And I want it today! 866 01:24:19,010 --> 01:24:22,446 I'll do my best, sire, but the Christians will protect their leader. 867 01:24:22,680 --> 01:24:26,639 They'll hide him and the robe of their king. It may take more than one day. 868 01:24:26,893 --> 01:24:29,282 I didn't ask you for excuses! 869 01:24:31,856 --> 01:24:34,928 Get me the robe! Take hostages! Kill them! 870 01:24:35,150 --> 01:24:40,019 Torture them by the hundred till they agree to give it up! You'll find one that will talk. 871 01:24:40,322 --> 01:24:41,880 Wait. 872 01:24:42,032 --> 01:24:45,741 There's one tribune who has special qualifications for this duty,... 873 01:24:45,994 --> 01:24:49,066 ...who knows their leaders, their hiding places. 874 01:24:49,289 --> 01:24:53,521 We'll give Demetrius an opportunity to earn the cheers he receives. 875 01:24:54,419 --> 01:24:56,410 These are my orders. Go! 876 01:25:10,350 --> 01:25:12,341 Guards, forward march. 877 01:25:17,524 --> 01:25:19,515 Guards, halt. 878 01:25:22,445 --> 01:25:24,436 What do you want here? 879 01:25:25,281 --> 01:25:29,513 - Don'tyou know me, Kaeso? - The footsteps I heard were of a stranger. 880 01:25:30,995 --> 01:25:33,429 - I want the robe. Where is it? - I haven't seen it. 881 01:25:33,622 --> 01:25:35,897 (Peter) Perhaps I can help you, Demetrius. 882 01:25:40,670 --> 01:25:43,264 - What do you want with it? - To take it to the emperor. 883 01:25:43,465 --> 01:25:45,262 - Why? - To give you a chance. 884 01:25:45,425 --> 01:25:48,144 Unless he gets his hands on it, he'll wipe you out. 885 01:25:48,344 --> 01:25:50,983 You mean we can buy our lives with our master's robe? 886 01:25:51,597 --> 01:25:53,588 It's only a piece of cloth. 887 01:25:53,766 --> 01:25:56,758 And you'd let a thousand people die for it? 888 01:25:56,977 --> 01:26:00,287 That's whatyou want, isn't it? You and your god,... 889 01:26:00,522 --> 01:26:02,592 ...who let his own son die on a cross. 890 01:26:02,899 --> 01:26:07,017 Who let Stephen and James die, Marcellus and Diana, and a hundred others. 891 01:26:07,279 --> 01:26:11,511 The same god who turned his face from me when I begged him to save an innocent girl. 892 01:26:12,450 --> 01:26:15,681 - You blame God for that? - Who else can I blame? 893 01:26:15,912 --> 01:26:19,746 - Then you still believe there is a god. - I believe in nothing. 894 01:26:19,999 --> 01:26:21,990 Where's the robe? 895 01:26:23,585 --> 01:26:25,576 You'll find it in there. 896 01:26:46,899 --> 01:26:48,890 She's not dead. 897 01:26:49,068 --> 01:26:50,660 No. 898 01:26:54,615 --> 01:26:56,606 Lucia. 899 01:27:04,332 --> 01:27:08,450 Ever since the night she was so cruelly hurt she's been as you see her,... 900 01:27:08,711 --> 01:27:12,465 ...in some darkness where her injured mind has crawled for refuge. 901 01:27:22,391 --> 01:27:26,623 It's very strange. No one's been able to take it from her. 902 01:27:26,895 --> 01:27:30,774 It's as if, even in her darkness, she finds some comfort in it. 903 01:27:32,859 --> 01:27:34,929 - Get it from her. - How? 904 01:27:35,111 --> 01:27:39,104 How should I know? One of your miracles. Wake her up. 905 01:27:39,365 --> 01:27:42,801 Would it be kindness to bring her backto remembrance and shame? 906 01:27:43,035 --> 01:27:46,186 To learn that her sacrifice was for nothing? 907 01:27:46,413 --> 01:27:50,531 That the man she worshipped now reviles and ridicules his god? 908 01:27:55,046 --> 01:27:57,082 You could do much for her. 909 01:27:57,257 --> 01:27:59,248 Only you. 910 01:27:59,842 --> 01:28:05,360 When she comes into the light again she'll need infinite kindness, infinite love. 911 01:28:08,350 --> 01:28:11,183 If you want the robe, pray for it. 912 01:28:12,688 --> 01:28:14,679 Once you knew how. 913 01:28:28,578 --> 01:28:30,569 Lucia. 914 01:28:33,416 --> 01:28:35,407 Lucia. 915 01:28:39,671 --> 01:28:41,662 Oh, God. 916 01:28:45,927 --> 01:28:47,918 (sobs) 917 01:29:15,663 --> 01:29:19,736 (Jesus) Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. 918 01:29:20,001 --> 01:29:21,992 (crash of thunder) 919 01:29:54,617 --> 01:29:56,608 Father, forgive me. 920 01:29:57,536 --> 01:29:59,527 Forgive me, Father. 921 01:30:19,056 --> 01:30:21,092 Demetrius, what...? 922 01:30:21,267 --> 01:30:23,576 Why are you dressed like that? 923 01:30:23,769 --> 01:30:25,760 Like our enemies? 924 01:30:26,730 --> 01:30:29,449 I've been no one's enemy but my own. 925 01:30:29,649 --> 01:30:32,288 Like you, I've been in darkness. 926 01:30:32,485 --> 01:30:35,443 I... I had a terrible dream, Demetrius. 927 01:30:35,655 --> 01:30:38,533 - I can't remember... - Don't try. 928 01:30:39,242 --> 01:30:41,437 Let me have the robe, Lucia. 929 01:30:45,039 --> 01:30:48,111 You must take it to the emperor, if it will save lives. 930 01:30:48,334 --> 01:30:50,609 No, Demetrius. 931 01:30:50,794 --> 01:30:53,945 Peter's right. There's no danger. 932 01:30:55,549 --> 01:30:57,346 You'll come back. 933 01:30:59,886 --> 01:31:01,922 You came backto me. 934 01:31:20,322 --> 01:31:23,951 I said there was no danger, but there is for you. Do you understand? 935 01:31:24,201 --> 01:31:27,113 Make your way to the palace. You knowthe Augustan steps? 936 01:31:27,329 --> 01:31:30,605 Wait for me there. I'll come out to you as soon as I can. 937 01:31:39,298 --> 01:31:41,493 They're not cheering. Do you notice it? 938 01:31:41,675 --> 01:31:46,112 Yes, sire. Your threat against them was posted on the gate as they came in. 939 01:31:46,388 --> 01:31:48,424 And they dare take offence? 940 01:31:48,598 --> 01:31:50,873 I've pampered them long enough. 941 01:31:51,059 --> 01:31:53,653 - Well? - The tribune has returned, sire. 942 01:32:08,200 --> 01:32:10,191 That's it? 943 01:32:11,703 --> 01:32:13,375 That's the robe? 944 01:32:13,539 --> 01:32:15,530 Give it to me. 945 01:32:23,631 --> 01:32:25,622 Wait here. 946 01:32:54,619 --> 01:32:56,610 Get out! 947 01:33:06,755 --> 01:33:08,746 Kill him! 948 01:33:11,718 --> 01:33:12,912 No! 949 01:33:23,896 --> 01:33:25,887 Rise. 950 01:33:27,816 --> 01:33:29,807 Rise! 951 01:33:33,197 --> 01:33:37,475 By the power of this robe, I command you to rise! 952 01:33:43,581 --> 01:33:46,220 It's a fraud. You've cheated me. 953 01:33:47,085 --> 01:33:51,636 This is whatyou asked for, sire. The robe that Jesus of Nazareth wore to the cross. 954 01:33:51,922 --> 01:33:55,312 You lied. It has no magic powers! 955 01:33:56,719 --> 01:34:00,553 - No one ever said it had. - It's a fraud, and so was Jesus. 956 01:34:00,806 --> 01:34:02,922 I tried it. I had a prisoner killed. 957 01:34:03,600 --> 01:34:05,591 I ordered him to rise. 958 01:34:05,769 --> 01:34:08,567 - He's still dead. - You did that? 959 01:34:09,898 --> 01:34:12,890 You killed a man to test our master's robe? 960 01:34:13,526 --> 01:34:15,517 Stop him! Seize him! 961 01:34:17,488 --> 01:34:20,844 Threaten your emperor, will you? Christian! 962 01:34:21,075 --> 01:34:23,669 Macro, get the armour and the weapons! 963 01:34:25,704 --> 01:34:27,695 You shall kill him out there. 964 01:34:28,457 --> 01:34:31,972 I took you out of the arena. Now you'll go backto it... 965 01:34:32,335 --> 01:34:34,974 ...and die as you should have died long ago. 966 01:34:35,964 --> 01:34:38,159 May God forgive you for whatyou have done. 967 01:35:08,244 --> 01:35:10,519 My loyal guards,... 968 01:35:10,705 --> 01:35:16,337 ...by your sullen attitude you have questioned steps that I have found it necessary to take... 969 01:35:16,669 --> 01:35:19,422 ...in order to preserve the imperial dignity. 970 01:35:20,088 --> 01:35:24,127 Now I will show you proof that my actions were justified,... 971 01:35:24,384 --> 01:35:26,261 ...that treason is everywhere,... 972 01:35:26,428 --> 01:35:31,024 ...that it has even shown its face among those who are sworn to protect my person. 973 01:35:31,307 --> 01:35:33,298 In your own ranks. 974 01:35:33,643 --> 01:35:37,602 Let whatyou'll see now be a lesson to all among you... 975 01:35:37,855 --> 01:35:40,449 ...who fail in loyalty to your emperor. 976 01:35:40,649 --> 01:35:46,724 The instrument of my justice will be the greatest gladiator who fought in the arena. 977 01:35:47,072 --> 01:35:48,903 Macro. 978 01:36:00,835 --> 01:36:02,632 - Put them back. - What have you done? 979 01:36:02,795 --> 01:36:05,628 - No shield. - It's not too late. I'll go to Caligula. 980 01:36:05,840 --> 01:36:07,831 Come on. 981 01:36:08,425 --> 01:36:10,814 Don't let him kill you. Fight him. 982 01:36:11,011 --> 01:36:12,444 We'll go away from here. 983 01:36:12,596 --> 01:36:16,475 It doesn't matter you're a Christian. I'll be a Christian too, if you say so. 984 01:36:16,725 --> 01:36:18,875 Don't let him kill you, Demetrius! 985 01:36:20,937 --> 01:36:22,928 (fanfare) 986 01:36:27,026 --> 01:36:29,017 (cheering) 987 01:36:40,414 --> 01:36:42,689 (shocked murmurs) 988 01:36:48,713 --> 01:36:51,147 Watch, my loyal guards. 989 01:36:51,341 --> 01:36:53,411 Watch him die. 990 01:36:53,593 --> 01:36:57,302 (crowd shouting) Life! Life! Let him live! Let him live! 991 01:37:04,103 --> 01:37:06,663 - Let a traitor live? - Sire,... 992 01:37:07,064 --> 01:37:09,817 ...the guards demand mercy. They demand life. 993 01:37:10,150 --> 01:37:11,549 Demand! 994 01:37:11,693 --> 01:37:14,412 No one makes demands of God! 995 01:37:18,491 --> 01:37:20,288 Claudius, stand clear! 996 01:37:20,827 --> 01:37:22,818 No. No! 997 01:37:22,995 --> 01:37:24,986 (uproar) 998 01:37:38,218 --> 01:37:39,537 Hail Claudius. 999 01:37:39,678 --> 01:37:42,988 (crowd) Hail Claudius! Hail Claudius! 1000 01:37:43,223 --> 01:37:46,533 Hail Claudius! Hail Claudius! 1001 01:37:56,527 --> 01:38:01,601 You have made me emperor and I will try to serve Rome well. 1002 01:38:02,991 --> 01:38:06,028 I want it clearly understood that I am not a god,... 1003 01:38:06,244 --> 01:38:09,077 ...nor am I likely to become one. 1004 01:38:10,707 --> 01:38:14,495 Nor am I quite the fool that I have pretended to be all these years,... 1005 01:38:14,752 --> 01:38:19,064 ...in order to preserve my life. That is ended. 1006 01:38:19,840 --> 01:38:23,674 You have made me Caesar, and I will act the part. 1007 01:38:23,927 --> 01:38:25,918 Hail Claudius! 1008 01:38:35,688 --> 01:38:37,679 Messalina. 1009 01:39:01,004 --> 01:39:05,555 It's no secret from any of you that I've mocked my marriage vows,... 1010 01:39:05,842 --> 01:39:09,118 ...that I've openly disgraced my husband and myself. 1011 01:39:10,137 --> 01:39:12,128 That, too, is ended. 1012 01:39:14,058 --> 01:39:17,767 I am Caesar's wife, and I will act the part. 1013 01:39:18,645 --> 01:39:20,636 Hail Caesar! 1014 01:39:24,609 --> 01:39:27,442 - (Demetrius) Sire. - Tribune. 1015 01:39:28,655 --> 01:39:31,965 Sire, I've deeply wronged you. 1016 01:39:32,367 --> 01:39:35,564 You wronged yourself. You merely disappointed me. 1017 01:39:36,912 --> 01:39:39,949 I give you your last commission as Tribune of the Guards. 1018 01:39:40,541 --> 01:39:42,133 Go to your Christian leaders. 1019 01:39:42,293 --> 01:39:46,445 Tell them that as long as they commit no acts of disloyalty to the state,... 1020 01:39:46,922 --> 01:39:49,356 ...they will have nothing to fear from me. 1021 01:39:49,549 --> 01:39:52,541 - Thank you, sire. - Messalina) Demetrius? 1022 01:39:54,554 --> 01:39:57,546 My husband and I wish you good fortune. 1023 01:39:57,547 --> 01:40:08,547 Synchronized By : Eng.Taki