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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,120 Ave Caesar! 2 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,800 A FILM BY JERZY KAWALEROWICZ 3 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:43,040 COPRODUCERS 4 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,320 SPONSORS 5 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,600 SCREENPLAY BY JERZY KAWALEROWICZ 6 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,080 BASED ON THE NOVEL BY HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ 7 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,920 Marcus Vinicius 8 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,760 Lygia 9 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,600 Petronius 10 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,440 Nero 11 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,280 Chilo the Greek 12 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,280 WITH 13 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,720 MAKE UP 14 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,960 COSTUMES 15 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,760 SOUND 16 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,640 EDITED BY 17 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,480 INTERIOR DESIGN 18 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,320 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 19 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,160 PRODUCTION MANAGER 20 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,000 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER 21 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,840 MUSIC 22 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,680 PRODUCTION DESIGNER 23 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:32,520 DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY 24 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,360 PRODUCER 25 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:41,160 DIRECTED BY 26 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,400 Marcus Vinicius, your sister's son 27 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:25,200 - arriving from Asia Minor. - Let him in. 28 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,160 Greetings, Petronius. May gods 29 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,240 send you blessings, especially Asklepios and Kypris. 30 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,840 Welcome in Rome. Kypris has already blessed me 31 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,600 with a twitching in the leg. What is new in Armenia? 32 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:51,400 The war could bring us defeat, if it weren't for Corbulo. 33 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,960 Corbulo, a true god of war. A righteous fool. 34 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,960 I like him. He makes Nero tremble. 35 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,000 He is not a fool. 36 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,760 Perhaps. Wisdom is no better or different from foolishness. 37 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,720 This is what is best in life. 38 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,400 But you also love war which I despise. 39 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:19,240 Bronzebeard loves his own singing and his own verses. 40 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,880 You don't write poetry? 41 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,960 - I don't. - Strum the lute? Sing? 42 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:28,960 - I don't. - I'm at ease, then. 43 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:32,520 It is commendable to write verses, 44 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,720 but it's much better not to write, play or sing, 45 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:41,440 one should just admire Bronzebeard at doing it. 46 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,160 Welcome. 47 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:45,280 Greetings. 48 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,320 You risk one thing, though: Poppaea might fall for you. 49 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,880 - I come to seek advice. - Hit by Cupid's arrow? 50 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,320 I twisted my ankle 51 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,000 on my way to Rome, 52 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:09,680 and spent several days at Aulus Plautius' house. 53 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,920 - If you fell for his wife... - No, not Pomponia. 54 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:19,160 They call her Lygia or Callina, which is her barbarian name. 55 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,520 Once, at daybreak, she was bathing naked in the fountain, 56 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:27,800 and I saw the rays of dawn passing through her body. 57 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,880 So she is as transparent as a baby sardine? 58 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,280 Don'tjoke. I'm madly in love. 59 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:41,680 My peace is gone, I crave no women, gold or feasts... I want Lygia. 60 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,640 Buy her, if she is a slave. 61 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,080 She is a hostage. Daughter of a Lygian king. 62 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,520 I want to thank you for sheltering my nephew. 63 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,200 Gratitude has lead me here, as well as the fact 64 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,880 that you never visit the Circus 65 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,880 - or the Amphitheatre. - Old people grow fond of home. 66 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,000 Let us listen to that laughter. 67 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,720 - Aulus and Lygia are playing ball. - Laughter, Petronius, 68 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,600 seems to be your life's goal. 69 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,600 Life is ajoke, therefore I laugh. 70 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:03,840 "Art thou mortal or divine?" 71 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:09,040 "Were thou born in earthly nest, be thy parents doubly blest" 72 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,600 - "blest thy brethren"... - "A man of value," 73 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:14,880 "and a man of wit." 74 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,640 To hear Homer's verse from a young maid's lips... 75 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,040 Our boy has a Greek tutor. 76 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,520 She listens to their lessons. 77 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:33,960 They say, 78 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:38,640 the key to happiness is sharing the gods' desires. 79 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,240 But I suspect the existence 80 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,440 of a different and greaterjoy, 81 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,480 that only love 82 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,120 may bring. 83 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,120 Gods seek thatjoy, 84 00:07:58,680 --> 00:07:59,600 so... 85 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,640 I follow them, but having not known love, 86 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,040 I also seek the one who would make me happy. 87 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,960 Can't you guess why I'm telling this to you? 88 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:16,560 I cannot. 89 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,920 How different is your world from the one ruled by our Nero. 90 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,520 The world is ruled by God, not Nero. 91 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,040 You believe in the gods, Pomponia? 92 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,200 I believe in one God, 93 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,080 who is just and almighty. 94 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,120 She believes in one almighty God. 95 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:57,960 I do not. I agree that each woman has three or four souls. 96 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,640 None of them reasonable. 97 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,480 But I praise your choice. She reminds me of Spring. 98 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,000 I desire her more than ever. 99 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,840 If I could kill Aulus and Pomponia and abduct her. 100 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,400 Another sleepless night... 101 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:19,360 I'll have one of my slaves flogged and listen to his moans. 102 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:21,680 A simpleton's desires. 103 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,800 I must have her. If you don't find a way, 104 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,520 I'll find it myself. 105 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,040 I shall think about it. 106 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:33,680 Wait in the litter. 107 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:52,480 I see in your eyes a flame consuming your soul, my lord. 108 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:57,840 - Can you read fortunes? - A coin, and you'll learn more. 109 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:08,040 Love... and death... are walking by your side. 110 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:14,240 You will offend gods. Fire will consume more than your soul. 111 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:15,760 Go away. 112 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,120 - This is for you. - Thank you. 113 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:24,920 - "Satyricon"... whose is it? - Mine. But that's a secret. 114 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,320 You said you didn't write verse, but I see not only prose here. 115 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,800 Nero is the reason poetry makes me nauseous. 116 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:38,040 Some tickle their throat with a flamingo's feather, 117 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,960 I read Nero's verses. Instant relief. 118 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,120 Though heart remains heavy, the stomach is light. 119 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:22,360 Greetings and orders from Caesar. 120 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:27,720 l am grateful for the greetings and shall obey the orders. 121 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:32,760 Aulus Plaucius, you shelter Lygian king's daughter, 122 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,760 who was offered as a pledge 123 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:39,240 for the safety of our boundaries. 124 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:43,480 l am to take her by orders of the divine Nero. 125 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,800 Wait here, Hasta. 126 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:50,640 Lygia? 127 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:56,320 We love you, as you were our own. 128 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:01,480 But guardianship over hostages is the Caesar's privilege. 129 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,280 l would rather see her die. 130 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:09,560 l shall implore Caesar to change his orders. 131 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,120 He can't have remembered her. 132 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:19,240 Petronius... 133 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,200 Cursed be the day when they entered our house. 134 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,400 Farewell, ourjoy. 135 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:32,440 l'll see Seneca. 136 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,720 Maybe he will plead for you. 137 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,640 Domina, let me go with her 138 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,080 and guard her at the court. 139 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,760 You serve her, not us. But how...? 140 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,280 l have hands that crush iron. 141 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,560 Where is Lygia? Speak! What have you done?! 142 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:07,000 l'm a cripple at dawn only, dusk restores my flexibility. 143 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:11,000 You seem to have been trained by a weaver 144 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,000 and taught etiquette by a blacksmith. 145 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,040 You have a iron grip, but if you've betrayed me, 146 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,520 you'll taste the steel of my knife. Where is she?! 147 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,560 l asked the Caesar two favours: 148 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,480 to take her from Aulus' house and to give her to you. 149 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:33,040 Where's your knife? 150 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:38,080 You'll end in prison and Lygia will pine away at your house. 151 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,760 So you didn't want her 152 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,920 for yourself or Caesar? 153 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:52,200 Tigellinus is Caesar's panderer, and if l wanted her, 154 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:54,240 l wouldn't hide it. 155 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:57,600 Why hasn't she been sent to my house? 156 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:03,240 For the sake of appearances. Oficially, we took her as a hostage. 157 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,200 When comments at the court stop, 158 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,760 she will be sent secretly to your house. 159 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:17,720 Pomponia asks me to watch over you. l shall, 160 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,040 but don't make the Caesar angry. 161 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,800 He wants me to prepare you for the feast now. 162 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,080 You're so good, Acte. 163 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,200 l am not evil, 164 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,920 though my happiness and joy have faded away. 165 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:41,800 The Caesar used to be good, but people made him evil. 166 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:43,600 Poppaea. 167 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,880 You still love him, Akte? 168 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,480 Nobody else does. 169 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,520 You'll meet him at the feast. 170 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:01,360 Ask Petronius and Vinicius 171 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,160 to persuade him you should be sent back home. 172 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:13,120 You are a hundred times prettier than Poppaea. 173 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,760 What a divine country 174 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,400 is home of such beauties? 175 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,200 l don't remember it... 176 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:33,520 but Ursus tells me there are forests everywhere. 177 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,200 We are to sit here. 178 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:00,640 Greetings, 179 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,640 the most beautiful one. 180 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,680 Greetings, divine one. 181 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:11,960 Greetings, Marcus. 182 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,080 My eyes are truly blessed. 183 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,760 Ave Caesar! 184 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:46,120 l love you. 185 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,480 - Let me go. - Love me too, my divinity. 186 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,120 Caesar is watching. 187 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,560 You're no longer at his side, 188 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,440 and you are getting blind, 189 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,040 so how can you see him? 190 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,640 He's looking through his emerald. 191 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:14,560 Petronius? ls that the hostage Vinicius has fallen for? 192 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,280 That's the one. 193 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,560 He considers her beautiful? 194 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,880 l read the verdict in your face. Too thin. 195 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,720 And you have noticed 196 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,200 her flaw: too narrow in the hips. 197 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,240 Too narrow... in the hips. 198 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,520 - l keep Caesar's side. - Good! 199 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,160 l say you're not utterly dull, 200 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,560 while Caesar considers you a pure-bred ass. 201 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:51,000 l dreamt 202 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,560 l was a Vestal virgin. 203 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,040 After four divorces? ln a dream. 204 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:00,920 And if Caesar commanded? 205 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:07,200 Habet. 206 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:17,440 Poppaea! 207 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:25,160 - Hail, divine Augusta! - Welcome, divinity! 208 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,800 Hail, divine Poppaea! 209 00:18:58,240 --> 00:18:59,640 Croton! 210 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,520 Before the guests get drunk, 211 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,680 dignify the feast with a song. 212 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,880 The gods know what those performances cost me... 213 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,280 But since Apollo 214 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,200 blessed me with a gift, l shouldn't waste it. 215 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,000 Though my sore throat... 216 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:30,240 - Don't be cruel, sing! - Do sing, oh Caesar! Please! 217 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,760 For you... 218 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:52,760 l sing, oh my only one. 219 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,320 ln pain... 220 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:04,160 l offer you my song... 221 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:11,640 You are away, oh woe me! The lilies don mourning, 222 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,640 Water grows bitter with poison, 223 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,160 Wine turns into vinegar. Come, make lilies 224 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:23,600 white again, Give water back its taste, 225 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,920 And let wine regain its nectaric sweetness. 226 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,320 As to the music, envy should make Orpheus 227 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,680 as green as Lucan is now. 228 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:49,760 As to the verses... 229 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,400 Pity they are not worse, 230 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:58,360 because then l could find fitting words of praise. 231 00:21:58,720 --> 00:21:59,960 l saw you 232 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,200 naked, at the fountain. 233 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,920 You thought nobody was watching, 234 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,440 but l saw you and l still see you like that, 235 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,920 though now you are dressed. Cast the robe away. 236 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,760 Take it off, like Crispinilla did. 237 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:43,760 Beautiful hands... Oh, what beautiful hands! 238 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:47,040 l've seen 239 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,840 hands like those. But whose? 240 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,480 My mother's! 241 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,320 My mother's... Agrippina's... 242 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,440 They say 243 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,800 she walks in the moonlight... at the sea, 244 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,000 off Baiale and Bauli... as if in search for something... 245 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,880 and whoever looks upon her, dies. 246 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:11,800 Quite a theme. 247 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:17,480 l had to... l had to kill her... 248 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,960 because she hired a murderer to slaughter me. 249 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:27,320 lf l hadn't acted faster, you wouldn't have heard me singing. 250 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:41,200 Lygia. 251 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,760 - Give me your lips. - Leave me alone! 252 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:46,920 Caesar 253 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,960 - took you away for me! - Acte! Acte! 254 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,680 l shall send for you tomorrow. 255 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:56,960 l can't wait any longer. 256 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,840 You have to be mine. Here, now, immediately! 257 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:04,120 Give me your lips! 258 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,560 Let her go, Marcus! 259 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:23,680 Lygia... 260 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,120 Lygia! 261 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:51,360 lf he loves you, he should ask Aulus for your hand. 262 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,160 l'd rather go back to the Lygians. 263 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:04,040 - Who is that slave? - She's not a slave, divine Augusta. 264 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,760 She is a hostage raised by Pomponia Graecina. 265 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,560 - And she has come to visit you? - She's been moved to the palace. 266 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,240 By whose order? 267 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:17,720 Caesar's. 268 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,080 You prefer to live here? 269 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,840 That is not my choice. l am to be offered to Vinicius. 270 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,840 - Like a slave. - So Caesar 271 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,400 - promised you to Vinicius? - Yes, my lady. 272 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,600 Plead for me, send me back. 273 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,840 You have my word... 274 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,280 that you shall become Vinicius' slave tonight. 275 00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:00,320 - And if the plan fails? - Pray to your God for help. 276 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,640 Greetings from Marcus Vinicius. 277 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,440 He is waiting at his house decorated in green. 278 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:19,520 l am going. 279 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,680 Yesterday you were drunk and acted like a mason. 280 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,480 Promise her, be it even in Hades' name, 281 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:48,840 that she'll go back to Pomponia, but persuade her to stay. 282 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,240 lt's been five years l've been 283 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,960 treating Chrysothemis like this, and can't say she's cruel. 284 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,960 lt's time they were here! 285 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:07,640 He's ready to run out and miss them halfway. 286 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,880 They should be here! 287 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,600 - Oh, my lord! - Have mercy! 288 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,880 - Where's Lygia? - We fought... 289 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,480 - Where is she? - See the blood... 290 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,640 - Where?! - We defended her... 291 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,160 - Have mercy! - Everyone is to be flogged! 292 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,600 A hundred lashes! 293 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:38,480 lf you want to see raw flesh, l'll buy a butcher's shop for you. 294 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:47,160 Acte, avoid misfortune by telling the truth. 295 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,200 - Caesar has her? - l swear, 296 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,680 she is not in the Palace. 297 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,920 Nero is at his sick child's crib. 298 00:27:56,120 --> 00:28:00,960 - So the Auluses took her back? - Lygia's will has been done. 299 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:06,520 - You knew she planned to escape? - She didn't want to be your concubine. 300 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:11,680 - As if you hadn't been one. - But l was a slave before. 301 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:15,520 Lygia is a gift from Ceasar, l don't care about her past! 302 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:20,120 She will be my concubine. l'll have her flogged. 303 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,400 And when she bores me, l'll give her to a slave. 304 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:28,560 We met Poppaea with little Augusta carried by a Negress. 305 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:35,360 Soon the child fell ill and the nanny accused Lygia of having cast a spell. 306 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,640 lf the child gets well, they'll forget. Otherwise... 307 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,680 Poppaea will accuse Lygia and no one will save her. 308 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,440 Perhaps she has bewitched me, too? 309 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:56,200 Marcus, don't speak of her to Caesar, until his child gets well, 310 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,880 or you'll bring Poppaea's vengeance upon her. 311 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,880 And she has shed enough tears because of you. 312 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,440 You love her, Acte. 313 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,480 l do. 314 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:16,000 Because she hasn't paid you back with hatred. 315 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,280 You blind fool, she loves you! 316 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:23,840 No, she doesn't. She hates me. She hates me. 317 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:31,160 May God forgive you all the wrong you've done to us. 318 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:44,800 How is the child? 319 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,880 - How is the little divinity? - To hell with her! 320 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,760 Silence! Come with me, if you want to find Lygia. 321 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:56,000 l've had my slaves guard all the city gates. 322 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,160 You're feverish. 323 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:02,520 l'm ill. 324 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,360 l don't know what a doctor would prescribe, 325 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:13,360 but l know the power of love. No woman could replace her. 326 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,680 Nevertheless... a lovely little slave... 327 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:18,040 No, thank you. 328 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,840 Your own have lost the charm of novelty. 329 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:27,600 Take a look at this one. Let her be my gift for you. 330 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:32,400 l don't need any of them. l am grateful... 331 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,360 but l don't accept. 332 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:46,640 Eunice, bathe, anoint yourself and go to Vinicius' house. 333 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:49,760 No, master! 334 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,480 l can't. Take pity, my dearest lord! 335 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,320 l'd rather be flogged than driven away. 336 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:13,360 - Who is Eunice's lover? - Nobody, my lord. 337 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,920 What do you know about her? 338 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,320 She spends all nights in her cubiculum. 339 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:22,000 She never stays in the baths with other slaves. 340 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:27,320 l offered her to Vinicius, but he rejected her. Stand up. 341 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,440 She will stay here. 342 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,920 Take her and give her twenty five lashes. 343 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,600 - Take care not to damage the skin. - Come. 344 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,720 Eunice knows someone who could locate Lygia. 345 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,600 Has that man arrived yet? 346 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:59,320 He is waiting for you. His name is Chilo Chilonides. 347 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,440 - Who is he? - A wise man, an astrologer, 348 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,840 a reader of people's fates, a teller of fortunes. 349 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,320 - Has he told yours? - Yes, master. 350 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,480 - What is in store for you? - Suffering... 351 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,160 and greatjoy. 352 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:19,640 You suffered yesterday, so joy might be near. 353 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,680 lt's already mine, master. 354 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,680 - What do you mean? - l am staying here. 355 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,560 Hail, divine Theristes. 356 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,760 How are the lumps Ulysses gave you at Troy? 357 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,520 Oh noble lord, the wisest of the dead, Ulysses, 358 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:47,080 asks me to greet the wisest of the living, 359 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,480 who will cover the lumps with a new cloak. 360 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,920 An answer worthy of a cloak. 361 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,200 Do you know what we want? 362 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,320 Of course. Two great households 363 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,240 and half of Rome talk of nothing else. 364 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,720 A maiden called Lygia, or Callina, disappeared. 365 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,640 - l shall find her. - By what means? 366 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,240 You possess the means, l, the brains. 367 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,920 You'll die, if you're deceiving me for gain. 368 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:22,360 l am a philosopher, my lord, and as such cannot crave profits, 369 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:27,800 - especially such generous ones. - Which school do you represent? 370 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,800 l am a Cynic, for my cloak is full of holes, 371 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:35,840 a Stoic, for l accept my poverty, and a Peripatetic, 372 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:40,320 for, not having a litter, l walk from inn to inn 373 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,800 and teach for a full jar. 374 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,160 Thus becoming a Rhetor. 375 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:50,840 Heraclitus said, ''Everything flows''. And is wine isn't a solid, is it? 376 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,240 When will you start? 377 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:58,040 l already have. l am searching by answering your kind questions. 378 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:04,440 - Have you any experience? - Virtue and wisdom sell cheaply, 379 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:09,200 so philosophers seek other ways of earning a living. 380 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,480 Good. What do you need? 381 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,320 - Weapons. - Of what sort? 382 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,400 Times are hard... 383 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:25,760 You have asked questions, now it's my turn. 384 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:30,600 Noble tribune, have you seen any signs or charms on Lygia? 385 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,720 Has she drawn 386 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,320 any secret symbols? 387 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,200 Once... a fish in the sand. 388 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,760 A fish! A fish! 389 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,800 - Once or several times? - Just once. 390 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,080 - A fish, you say? - Yes. 391 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,120 What does it mean? 392 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,480 May the goddess Fortune bless you both 393 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:58,680 - in equal measure, kind sirs! - The cloak is yours. 394 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:03,880 Ulysses thanks you for Theristes! 395 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:28,840 Salve, Sporus. 396 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,760 Ajar of the dark one. 397 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,600 Sporus, l have been working with Seneca today, 398 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,480 and he gave me this token for good-bye. 399 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,120 What is it? 400 00:35:58,680 --> 00:35:59,960 That's... a fish. 401 00:36:00,240 --> 00:36:05,200 Which could easily survive in your watery wine. lt's a symbol, 402 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,320 or, in philosophy, ''a twist of fate''. 403 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:13,560 Respect philosophy or l'll drink elsewhere. My friend Petronius 404 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:15,400 says l should. 405 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:23,040 - Whatever has happened? - The divine Augusta is dead! 406 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:28,080 Children of the Emperors are also mortal. 407 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:33,320 lt's your doing! Witchcraft killed little Augusta! 408 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:40,040 You brought here the evil spirit that cast a spell on my child. 409 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:46,000 Woe to me! Woe! Woe to me! 410 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,200 Set Rome and the world on fire, 411 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,000 but spare your voice. 412 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,760 Our loss is irreparable, 413 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:05,160 but pray, let this treasure not perish. 414 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,640 You are the only one 415 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:14,320 to have thought of that... the only one, Petronius! 416 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,280 The only one! 417 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,080 Go to Antium, the place 418 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,800 of her birth. There you will find 419 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,240 joy and comfort. 420 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:27,320 l shall go. 421 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:31,640 l shall write an hymn in her honour. 422 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,800 And l shall compose music. 423 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:43,280 Say the following words in Greek: ''Jesus Christ, God's Son, Saviour''. 424 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:48,000 And? 425 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:53,320 Now let the first letters of each word form a new word. 426 00:37:58,840 --> 00:37:59,800 ''A fish''. 427 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:01,440 A fish. 428 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:06,360 - You are sure she drew a fish? - lf it were a bird, l'd have said so. 429 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,960 She is a Christian! 430 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:14,240 Lygia poisons wells, kills children, and indulges in lust? 431 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:19,640 Oh, no, no... No. Unless we are wrong about the Christians. 432 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:24,000 You speak like Socrates himself. Three years ago, 433 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,840 l met a certain doctor named Glaucus, a Christian, 434 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,480 and a good and virtuous man. 435 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:37,680 Did that virtuous man teach you the meaning of the fish emblem? 436 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,880 Alas, no. Someone stabbed him and his family fell victim 437 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:47,920 to slave merchants. l lost two fingers trying to defend them. 438 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,400 But Christians perform miracles, 439 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:53,400 so l hope they will grow back. 440 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:57,000 - You've become a Christian? - Yesterday. 441 00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:59,480 l also made a vow to Mercury, 442 00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:03,840 that if he leads me to the maiden, he shall get two two cows 443 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:07,600 - with gilded horns. - So, being a Christian 444 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:11,880 and a philosopher you still believe in Mercury? 445 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:16,600 l believe in what convenes me. And heifers are expensive. 446 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:20,920 - lf noble Vinicius... - Not an obolus, Chilo. 447 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:26,360 His generosity will surprise you, but not before you find Lygia. 448 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,920 Yes, my lord. Yes. 449 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,360 She's not among Christians? 450 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:53,240 She is. And so is Glaucus, the doctor. 451 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:54,560 Who? 452 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:59,440 The old man whose defence cost me two fingers. 453 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:04,440 l left him dying at the inn and mourned him ever since. 454 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:07,760 Unfortunately, he is still alive. 455 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:09,480 What do you want? 456 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,200 l'd like Glaucus to vanish. 457 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,680 Hire people to kill him, l'll pay. 458 00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:23,080 They'll overcharge you and they will blackmail you. 459 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,600 - How much do you need? - A thousand sestertia. 460 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:31,800 l must find honest ones, who won't flee with the earnest. 461 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,080 The man is a Christian. 462 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,760 Old age has clouded my memory. 463 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,320 One of the disciples betrayed Our Lord, 464 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:56,120 - but l forgot his name. - Judas, he hanged himself. 465 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,640 That's it! Judas! Thank you so much. 466 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:07,240 Here is the brother you wished to see. 467 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,520 May Christ's peace be with you. 468 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:18,520 - What do they call you, my son? - Ursus. 469 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:22,240 - Do you love Christ? - With heart and soul. 470 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:26,240 And you are familiar with the name ''Judas''? 471 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:28,640 Yes. He hanged himself. 472 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:33,440 Peace be with you, oh faithful follower of the Lamb. 473 00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:38,720 Judas has a worthy heir who dwells among us. 474 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,560 - Father, who is he? - Judas' son, 475 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:47,840 posing for a Christian. He accuses us 476 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:52,440 of poisoning waters, killing babies, not recognising the deity of Caesar. 477 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:58,320 But no one defended Christ, and no one will punish the traitor. 478 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:00,880 l could do it, father. 479 00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:06,800 Go among Christians, find Glaucus, the doctor, and kill him. 480 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:08,280 Glaucus? 481 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:11,760 - You know him? - No. But tomorrow 482 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:16,200 an Apostle will preach in Ostrianum, l could find Glaucus there. 483 00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:19,640 - ln Ostrianum? - Yes, father. 484 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:24,320 Killing a traitor is like killing a wolf or a bear. 485 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,360 But if Glaucus is slain innocently? 486 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:31,680 l instruct a certain maid in Christ's teachings... 487 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,080 Eunice serves 488 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:38,160 in the house of Petronius. l overheard Glaucus vowing 489 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,680 to betray all the Christians 490 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:44,600 - and promising to Vinicius... - Vinicius? 491 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:47,120 ... to find a maiden... 492 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:49,320 What is it? 493 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,600 Nothing, father. l shall kill Glaucus. 494 00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:06,800 Eureka! 495 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,720 - Have you seen her? - l've talked with Ursus. 496 00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:15,040 - And you know where they are! - No. 497 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:19,840 But if he is in Rome, then so is your divine Lygia. 498 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,400 And there's a chance she'll be in Ostrianum today. 499 00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:27,240 - Where is that? - Between Via Salaria and Nomentana. 500 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:31,960 And here is the sign they wouldn't let us in without. 501 00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,120 And here are some scrupula. 502 00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:38,680 When Lygia is here, you'll receive a sackful. 503 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:42,240 - Thou art Jove! - Stay here. 504 00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:45,480 You'll accompany me to Ostrianum. 505 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:49,840 We'll take Croton, the gladiator. 506 00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:56,360 A good thing you've found me today, tomorrow l leave for Beneventum 507 00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:59,760 to wrestle the strongest of African Negroes. 508 00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,600 The girl's guardian is a Hercules. 509 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:06,080 l can grab her with one hand 510 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:10,200 fight off seven such Lygians with the other, 511 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:14,160 - and bring her to your house. - Do not let him! 512 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,120 They'll start throwing stones at us. 513 00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:21,600 Take her directly from the house, avoiding the risk. 514 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:25,960 - And that is how we shall do it. - You pay, l obey. 515 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:59,200 Christ's first disciple, the fisherman. 516 00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,480 And as they were lamenting, 517 00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,320 Mary of Magdala appeared, crying 518 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:15,000 she had seen the Lord. 519 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:20,600 There was such brightness around Him, she mistook Him for a gardener, 520 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,600 but then he said, ''Mary!''. 521 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:29,160 And she exclaimed, ''Rabboni!'' 522 00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:31,840 and dropped at His feet. 523 00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:35,920 He asked her to tell the disciples, 524 00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:40,600 but the disciples refused to believe her. 525 00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:44,240 And when she wept forjoy, some of them 526 00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:48,800 scorned her, and others thought grief had made her insane 527 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:53,720 for she claimed to have seen angels in the tomb. 528 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:58,520 And the disciples went there, and saw the tomb was empty. 529 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,280 When the sun had set, 530 00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:06,160 Cleopas, who went with the others to Emmaus, came 531 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:09,600 and they hurried back, saying, 532 00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:13,440 ''The Lord has truly resurrected!'' 533 00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:18,240 And they discussed having shut, shut the doors out of fear of Jews, 534 00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:22,440 and then He stood amongst them. 535 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:28,440 As fear filled them, He said, ''Peace be with you''. 536 00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:35,160 And l saw Him... like all the others, and He... 537 00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:41,240 He was like shining light, like the joy of our hearts, 538 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:46,120 for we finally believed in His Resurrection, 539 00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:51,560 and we knew the seas should dry out, the mountains should crumble, 540 00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:55,520 but His glory would never pass. 541 00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:04,080 My lord... there... next to Ursus. 542 00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:14,280 Let us leave... we've kept our hoods on. 543 00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:15,400 No. 544 00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:17,600 - They see us. - Wait. 545 00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:47,240 Let us follow them, and see which house they go to. 546 00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:51,640 Tomorrow you'll bring your slaves and take her away. 547 00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:54,840 - No. - What do you intend to do? 548 00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:58,320 We'll follow and capture her now. 549 00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:04,000 - That Lygian seems very strong. - My lord, silence this old goat. 550 00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:08,680 lf we capture her now, we're sure to be stoned. 551 00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,720 By Jove, Apollo, Vesta, Cybele, lsis and Chyrys, 552 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:41,840 by all the gods of the East and West, don't do it! 553 00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,080 - Listen to me! - l'll go first. 554 00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:45,840 Follow me. 555 00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:10,880 That is Ursus. 556 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:15,560 What do you want? 557 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,880 You. Kill! 558 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:29,600 Marcus! 559 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:32,760 - Let me go! - Ursus! 560 00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:45,280 ''Thou shalt not kill''! 561 00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:20,680 Kill me... 562 00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,400 And the wound in his head? 563 00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:30,800 lt's nothing, Miriam. He covered his head with his arm which broke, 564 00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:34,360 saving both his head and his life. 565 00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:37,680 l know your skill, so Ursus fetched you. 566 00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:41,520 And to think he wanted to kill me yesterday... 567 00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:46,200 l know, he told me. But l made it clear to him 568 00:50:47,240 --> 00:50:50,200 who the real traitor was. 569 00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,280 You didn't let him kill me. 570 00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:07,360 May God bring you back to health. 571 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:18,160 More. 572 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:24,560 Our Lord taught us to love our enemies. 573 00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:28,640 We have dressed your wounds. Leave Lygia in peace. 574 00:51:29,640 --> 00:51:31,680 You're throwing me out? 575 00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,960 We're leaving this house for fear of persecution. 576 00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:38,920 You needn't worry, l shall protect you. 577 00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:42,200 Send for your litter. 578 00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:47,680 Your home will suit you better than our poverty. 579 00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:51,760 Christians, your deeds 580 00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:54,320 prove you are righteous. 581 00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:59,320 Let your doctor say if it is safe to move me now, 582 00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:05,040 for l won't budge, unless you carry me out... 583 00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:06,440 forcedly. 584 00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:08,760 We never use force. 585 00:52:09,240 --> 00:52:11,880 Let me... catch my breath... 586 00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:18,360 Croton was due in Beneventum today. 587 00:52:18,720 --> 00:52:23,080 There were no witnesses, just a certain Greek. Find him, 588 00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:25,880 and l shall silence him. 589 00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:30,000 l'll write home, saying l have gone to Beneventum. 590 00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:35,120 lf the Greek has notified the prefect, l'll say l killed Croton myself. 591 00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:38,760 Stay here at no risk. 592 00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:43,640 ln that case Glaucus and the widow will care for you. 593 00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:46,680 Old man... do you fear 594 00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:50,720 l could send for my slaves and carry Lygia off? 595 00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:53,280 l do. 596 00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:57,800 l shall talk to Chilo and write home in your presence. 597 00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:02,040 l cannot find other messengers. Consider that. 598 00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:05,040 And if Lygia leaves, 599 00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:10,040 l'll pull off the dressings and shan't eat or drink... 600 00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:14,400 and you'll be blamed for my death... 601 00:53:14,720 --> 00:53:17,680 you and your brethren. 602 00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:21,000 Crispus... 603 00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:24,640 let him stay with us, 604 00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:29,000 until Christ restores his health. 605 00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:31,440 Let it be so. 606 00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:43,080 Wake up! Someone to see you, says it's urgent! 607 00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:57,200 l am not at home... l don't know this good fellow. 608 00:53:57,480 --> 00:54:02,440 l've told him you were sleeping, but he ordered me to wake you. 609 00:54:02,920 --> 00:54:06,880 Dumb creature! l'll have you whipped! 610 00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:09,800 - Chilo Chilonides! - Pax tecum! Pax! Pax! 611 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:15,480 Oh, the best of Christians! Yes! l'm Chilonides, l'm Chilo. 612 00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:20,440 - But this is a misunderstanding. - Your master, Vinicius, 613 00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:25,080 - summons you to go with me. - My dear fellow, 614 00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:29,200 and has my noble friend sent me a litter? 615 00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:32,120 - We shall walk. - And if l refuse? 616 00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:37,040 - l wouldn't do it. - l shall come, because l want to, 617 00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:41,040 for l am a free man and a wise one, 618 00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:46,520 an l can turn offenders into trees and animals. l'm coming! 619 00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:15,600 Why were you deaf to my advice? 620 00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:18,440 Hush and listen. 621 00:55:19,880 --> 00:55:23,040 Croton wanted to kill and rob me. 622 00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:25,800 l slew him, 623 00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:28,560 and they dressed my wounds. 624 00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:30,520 He was a villain! 625 00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:33,320 Fortunately, l had my ica. 626 00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:36,880 l'd advised you to go armed. 627 00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:40,000 - What did you do? - Prayed for your health. 628 00:55:40,280 --> 00:55:45,120 - Nothing else? - Planned to visit... but you sent him. 629 00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:48,960 Deliver this slate to my house. 630 00:55:49,240 --> 00:55:51,600 l wrote l'd left for Beneventum. 631 00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:56,280 ls that clear? l have left for Beneventum. 632 00:55:57,520 --> 00:55:58,920 You have... 633 00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:02,160 of course you have, l bade you farewell in Porta Cavena, 634 00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:06,320 and l've been pining for you ever since 635 00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:09,200 and risk wailing myself to death. 636 00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:13,480 l'll ask my servants to dry your tears. 637 00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:16,080 Bring me the lamp. 638 00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:26,200 Don't you recognise me, Cephas? 639 00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:31,240 But l'm not... it's not me... 640 00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:34,120 Glaucus? 641 00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:39,520 Here is the man who betrayed and sentenced to death my wife... 642 00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:41,720 ...and my children. 643 00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:49,560 - He wanted me to kill Glaucus! - My lord! 644 00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:51,240 Help me! 645 00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:54,040 Plead for me! 646 00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:58,520 The letter! l shall deliver it, my lord! 647 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:04,200 Bury him in the garden... and find another messenger. 648 00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:08,880 ln the name of your God! l'm a Christian! 649 00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:13,920 You can baptise me once again. Glaucus, 650 00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:16,760 make me a slave, 651 00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:18,920 bur spare my life! 652 00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:22,360 l beg you, do not kill me! 653 00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:26,160 And the Saviour said to us, 654 00:57:26,600 --> 00:57:31,560 ''lf thy brother has sinned against thee, chastise him,'' 655 00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:34,680 ''and if he is repentant, forgive him.'' 656 00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:38,600 Chilo, 657 00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:43,040 may God forgive you your offences, 658 00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:47,640 as l am forgiving you. 659 00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:53,640 May the Saviour be as merciful, as l am to you. 660 00:57:58,760 --> 00:58:01,120 Go in peace. 661 00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:06,160 The letter, my lord, the letter! 662 00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:09,160 l shall deliver it. 663 00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:33,120 This is the day of your greatest victory. 664 00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:40,840 Peace be with you. 665 00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:03,760 You... have also forgiven me? 666 00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:07,080 We mustn't harbour anger in our hearts. 667 00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:23,200 l have seen your soul in a dream. 668 00:59:33,840 --> 00:59:35,400 Come here, slave. 669 00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:43,600 Good day and good health to you, but l am a free man. 670 00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:47,560 - l serve Callina. - Where is she? 671 00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:52,240 She has just left, my lord. She watched over you all night. 672 00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:56,040 - Why didn't you relieve her? - She didn't wish me to. 673 00:59:56,360 --> 00:59:59,400 And it was her wish that saved you. 674 00:59:59,720 --> 01:00:02,760 Do you regret not having killed me? 675 01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:06,000 No, Christ forbade us to kill. 676 01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:10,240 - And what about Croton? - That was your fault. 677 01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:14,520 You made him raise his hand against royalty. 678 01:00:14,880 --> 01:00:17,440 Wait, l'll help you. 679 01:00:21,440 --> 01:00:22,520 Drink. 680 01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:25,800 My divine creature. 681 01:00:36,080 --> 01:00:40,240 l wanted to reach you by a false way. 682 01:00:40,800 --> 01:00:43,520 Go back to Pomponia Graecina. 683 01:00:44,040 --> 01:00:47,440 Do not fear any more assaults. 684 01:00:48,960 --> 01:00:52,240 l wish l could see her... even from afar, 685 01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:54,960 but l cannot go back. 686 01:00:55,240 --> 01:00:59,160 - Caesar hates her family. - Yes, l know. 687 01:00:59,600 --> 01:01:03,880 But if he gave you to me first... 688 01:01:05,160 --> 01:01:08,720 You want to see me on the Palatine again? 689 01:01:09,440 --> 01:01:13,240 No. l speak like a fool. Never. 690 01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:17,120 You are far happier than l am. 691 01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:22,920 With your religion, with your Christ. 692 01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:25,760 And l have only you. 693 01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:30,320 Without you... l'd be like a beggar. 694 01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:36,160 Now, you're talking to me... but you think of Him, don't you? 695 01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:43,320 Think about me too, or else... l shall hate Him. 696 01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:47,480 Because you are my deity. 697 01:01:47,840 --> 01:01:51,640 l want to pray to you... worship you. 698 01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:56,200 Because you don't know... how could you know... 699 01:01:57,200 --> 01:02:01,120 that l... that l love you. 700 01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:09,000 Because... 701 01:02:10,320 --> 01:02:13,440 you are my source of life. 702 01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:16,000 My only one... 703 01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:18,320 Lygia... 704 01:02:19,120 --> 01:02:20,440 Lygia... 705 01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:32,040 Flee, before the evil spirit makes you fall! 706 01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:36,400 The Lord died on the cross for you, 707 01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:40,880 but you choose the man who wants you as a concubine. 708 01:02:42,040 --> 01:02:46,280 Who is that man? Antichrist's serf and ally! 709 01:02:48,120 --> 01:02:51,600 His accessory in lust and crime. 710 01:02:58,160 --> 01:03:01,400 Help me, father, l beg of you! 711 01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:06,840 l cannot trust myself and l cannot fight love! 712 01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:10,400 Crispus, 713 01:03:11,640 --> 01:03:14,160 do you think Christ 714 01:03:14,720 --> 01:03:18,640 who let Mary of Magdala lie at His feet 715 01:03:19,040 --> 01:03:24,280 and who forgave the harlot, would turn away from this girl? 716 01:03:26,840 --> 01:03:29,760 l have sinned against God's Mercy... 717 01:03:30,080 --> 01:03:33,960 but l do believe that by accepting worldly love 718 01:03:34,520 --> 01:03:36,440 she denies Christ. 719 01:03:37,400 --> 01:03:40,160 l denied Him thrice, 720 01:03:40,760 --> 01:03:45,400 - but still He forgave me. - l am Paul of Tarsus. 721 01:03:45,640 --> 01:03:49,520 l persecuted and arrested our Lord's followers. 722 01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:52,280 When Stephen was killed, 723 01:03:52,840 --> 01:03:56,200 l kept the garments of those who stoned him. 724 01:03:56,520 --> 01:04:01,520 l wanted to root out the truth from all earth, but by God's will 725 01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:05,600 l spread this truth on all earth. 726 01:04:05,880 --> 01:04:10,080 Until the eyes of your beloved open to the light, 727 01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:14,320 try to avoid him, so he doesn't lead you to sin. 728 01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:19,840 But be assured it is not wrong to love him. 729 01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:30,520 l don't even know where she she is now. 730 01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:34,160 She left during your absence. 731 01:04:34,440 --> 01:04:38,760 Crispus... He hid her away, he mistrusts me. 732 01:04:39,160 --> 01:04:42,960 No, my lord. lt was Lygia's own decision. 733 01:04:43,280 --> 01:04:47,080 And as to Crispus, Peter scolded him 734 01:04:47,520 --> 01:04:51,440 for condemning her love for you. 735 01:04:51,960 --> 01:04:56,160 She told the Apostle she loved me? 736 01:04:57,840 --> 01:05:00,200 Your arm has healed. 737 01:05:00,600 --> 01:05:03,160 Try not to strain it. 738 01:05:18,280 --> 01:05:21,760 Hail, oh divine one! Greetings, Chrysothemis! 739 01:05:22,200 --> 01:05:26,080 You stroll alone... A sure sign of boredom. 740 01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:28,520 Come, l'll take to a feast. 741 01:05:44,200 --> 01:05:46,640 You've seduced my Chrysothemis. 742 01:05:48,840 --> 01:05:52,880 l am doubly grateful. You refused to take Eunice 743 01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:56,440 and you freed me of Chrysothemis. 744 01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:10,840 l searched far away for something that was so near. 745 01:06:11,200 --> 01:06:15,720 What is the morose Christian crowd compared to this? 746 01:06:16,080 --> 01:06:21,040 Once, l was fond of verbena, now l prefer violets, as she does. 747 01:06:21,720 --> 01:06:26,400 My divine creature, ask them to prepare garlands and wine. 748 01:06:36,960 --> 01:06:40,160 No, my friend, Lygia is not Eunice. 749 01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:44,720 Love has changed your nostrils... and it has changed my soul. 750 01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:49,840 To Hades with your Christians! They killed your sense of life! 751 01:06:50,160 --> 01:06:54,520 To Hades with them! There's nothing beneficial in their teaching! 752 01:06:54,840 --> 01:06:59,080 Love, beauty and power, those are beneficial, 753 01:06:59,520 --> 01:07:03,280 and they call them ''vanity''. They are notjust! 754 01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:06,640 lf we reward the bad with good, 755 01:07:06,880 --> 01:07:09,760 how shall we reward the good? 756 01:07:10,200 --> 01:07:13,080 They shall be rewarded in afterlife. 757 01:07:13,600 --> 01:07:17,760 We shall see. lf a cadaver can see anything. 758 01:07:18,280 --> 01:07:20,720 Are you planning to abduct Lygia? 759 01:07:20,960 --> 01:07:23,640 l cannot pay her with evil. 760 01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:26,840 Will you accept Christ's teachings? 761 01:07:27,280 --> 01:07:30,440 l want to, but my nature revolts against it. 762 01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:37,520 And will you be able to forget Lygia? 763 01:07:38,520 --> 01:07:39,720 No. 764 01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:48,280 Come to drink some wine, then. Eunice is getting impatient. 765 01:07:50,360 --> 01:07:53,120 We'll postpone the journey to Egypt. 766 01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:57,520 According to the prophecy l am to rule it anyway. 767 01:07:58,160 --> 01:08:03,520 ln time, we shall erect monuments that will make pyramids look tiny. 768 01:08:03,800 --> 01:08:08,640 My sphinx will be seven times as gigantic as the one at Memphis. 769 01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:10,920 And it will have my face. 770 01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:15,520 You have reared a monument to yourself with your poems. 771 01:08:15,880 --> 01:08:20,400 lt saddens me to hear you postponed your departure. 772 01:08:20,760 --> 01:08:23,680 The gods wanted me to do it. 773 01:08:24,120 --> 01:08:28,160 Vesta herself whispered in my ear, ''Do not go now''. 774 01:08:28,520 --> 01:08:32,880 Why do we fear Vesta more than other gods? 775 01:08:33,880 --> 01:08:37,120 l would have collapsed with fear, 776 01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:39,880 if someone hadn't supported me. 777 01:08:40,400 --> 01:08:41,560 lt was l. 778 01:08:43,880 --> 01:08:45,760 You? Thank you. 779 01:08:47,400 --> 01:08:51,400 How is that girl... with narrow hips? 780 01:08:52,520 --> 01:08:55,400 l wager he's forgotten her. 781 01:08:55,760 --> 01:08:58,400 l am tormented with boredom. 782 01:08:58,760 --> 01:09:01,640 l stayed in Rome but l despise it! 783 01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:06,400 l shall go to Antium. l stifle in those filthy streets and alleys. 784 01:09:06,760 --> 01:09:09,480 lf a furious god levelled Rome 785 01:09:09,760 --> 01:09:13,560 to the ground, l'd re-create a far more magnificent city! 786 01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:18,560 ''lf a furious god levelled it to the ground''? 787 01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:22,920 - Yes! Why? - Aren't you a god? 788 01:09:27,280 --> 01:09:30,040 l am leaving for Antium. 789 01:09:30,280 --> 01:09:34,280 You, little people, can't understand my needs! 790 01:09:34,760 --> 01:09:38,920 And you shall all accompany me there. 791 01:09:39,280 --> 01:09:42,640 Tigellinus, Vatinius, Sextus, Aquillinus... 792 01:09:42,880 --> 01:09:47,400 What scum. And they aim to rule the world? No, l won't go. 793 01:09:47,920 --> 01:09:51,000 l'm not responsible for the world's ways. 794 01:09:51,280 --> 01:09:56,000 But l advise you to go, and not to jeopardise yourself and Lygia. 795 01:09:56,880 --> 01:09:59,520 - l have to see her! - Where is she? 796 01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:04,480 - l don't know. - Would she be wiser than you? 797 01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:07,160 She wants to spare you. 798 01:10:08,880 --> 01:10:13,520 May the gods share their power and immortality with you. 799 01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:17,800 - What do you want? - l know Lygia's whereabouts. 800 01:10:18,160 --> 01:10:18,880 Speak. 801 01:10:19,240 --> 01:10:21,520 She's at Linus'... he's a priest. 802 01:10:22,160 --> 01:10:26,240 Ursus works at night, the two women stay alone. 803 01:10:26,480 --> 01:10:29,280 - How do you know that? - The Christians 804 01:10:29,560 --> 01:10:34,040 spared my life, so my heart overflows with gratitude. 805 01:10:34,400 --> 01:10:39,280 l'm worried about their fate. Though you are my main concern. 806 01:10:39,640 --> 01:10:44,000 The magnanimous princess can be here tonight. 807 01:10:44,280 --> 01:10:48,120 And l hope to be rewarded, my lord. 808 01:10:52,520 --> 01:10:54,880 l shan't follow your advice, 809 01:10:55,280 --> 01:10:58,280 though you won't leave unrewarded. 810 01:11:00,240 --> 01:11:04,360 - Three hundred lashes! - Why? Oh, Persian king! 811 01:11:04,760 --> 01:11:10,400 Whaever for, colossus of mercy? You are so unjust to me! 812 01:11:11,480 --> 01:11:13,800 Like you to the Christians. 813 01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:18,400 - Three hundred lashes! - Fifty! Not three hundred! 814 01:11:18,920 --> 01:11:24,000 Fifty, a hundred, perhaps! One, not three hundred! 815 01:11:24,520 --> 01:11:28,280 Take pity! ln the name of Christ! 816 01:11:35,280 --> 01:11:36,920 He has fainted. 817 01:11:37,640 --> 01:11:39,520 Bring him back. 818 01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:51,400 My lord... 819 01:11:52,520 --> 01:11:56,760 you are magnanimous and powerful. 820 01:11:58,040 --> 01:12:03,640 l forgive you in the name of Christ, to whom l owe my life. 821 01:12:05,040 --> 01:12:09,760 l shall serve... both Him and you, my lord. 822 01:12:20,360 --> 01:12:23,680 That is the house. Behind that wall. 823 01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:29,240 Very well. Now forget you have ever served me. 824 01:12:29,520 --> 01:12:32,280 Forget Miriam, Peter, and Glaucus. 825 01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:35,640 Forget that Christians ever existed. 826 01:12:35,880 --> 01:12:40,640 Once a month, my freedman will pay you two pieces of gold. 827 01:12:41,480 --> 01:12:45,400 lf you dare spy again, you'll be flogged to death. 828 01:12:45,560 --> 01:12:47,760 l shall forget! 829 01:12:48,400 --> 01:12:52,120 By Ate and the Furies, l shan't! 830 01:12:56,520 --> 01:12:58,520 l shall not forget! 831 01:13:07,160 --> 01:13:10,240 l greet you in the name of Christ. 832 01:13:10,760 --> 01:13:14,760 Praised be His name... for ever and ever. 833 01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:18,160 Hear me out, Peter and Paul. 834 01:13:19,560 --> 01:13:21,160 l know Lygia is here. 835 01:13:21,560 --> 01:13:27,040 l could easily surround the house and capture her, but l shan't. 836 01:13:27,640 --> 01:13:31,640 Our Lord will bless you for that. 837 01:13:33,560 --> 01:13:37,520 l've come to you, as to Lygia's foster parents. 838 01:13:39,240 --> 01:13:42,680 Give her to me... as a wife. 839 01:13:45,040 --> 01:13:47,880 She'll be free to worship Christ. 840 01:13:50,360 --> 01:13:55,640 She's as dear to me as my own eyes. l am not your or Christ's enemy. 841 01:13:57,880 --> 01:14:02,240 And when l remember that she is as pure as snow... 842 01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:05,520 l love her even more. 843 01:14:08,040 --> 01:14:10,760 Your faith has made her so, 844 01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:13,680 therefore l love your faith... 845 01:14:14,040 --> 01:14:16,680 although l do not understand it. 846 01:14:18,480 --> 01:14:20,880 You can see my sincerity. 847 01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:25,120 Greece gave birth to wisdom and beauty. 848 01:14:25,400 --> 01:14:29,160 Rome created power. What do you bring? 849 01:14:29,520 --> 01:14:31,520 We bring love. 850 01:14:32,640 --> 01:14:36,640 ''Whoso knocketh, to him it will be opened''. 851 01:14:36,920 --> 01:14:40,880 l bless you, your soul and your love. 852 01:14:59,880 --> 01:15:02,360 Lygia, do you love him? 853 01:15:10,040 --> 01:15:11,360 l do. 854 01:15:23,880 --> 01:15:26,040 Love each other, 855 01:15:26,760 --> 01:15:31,520 for there is no sin in your love. 856 01:15:32,160 --> 01:15:36,400 - l didn't flee from you. - Why then? 857 01:15:39,040 --> 01:15:40,640 You know well. 858 01:15:42,680 --> 01:15:46,040 Send Ursus to Aulus' house. 859 01:15:46,520 --> 01:15:50,800 Let him bring your belongings to my place. 860 01:15:51,040 --> 01:15:53,480 lt's not customary in my land. 861 01:15:53,880 --> 01:15:56,560 Neither it is in Rome. 862 01:15:59,480 --> 01:16:04,040 But do this for me. l'll take them to my house. 863 01:16:04,520 --> 01:16:08,280 They will remind me of you, 864 01:16:08,640 --> 01:16:11,280 until you become my bride. 865 01:16:11,640 --> 01:16:13,280 And l shall say, 866 01:16:13,560 --> 01:16:17,520 ''Where you are, Caius, there am l, Caia''. 867 01:16:29,680 --> 01:16:33,520 Peas with olive and compresses didn't help: 868 01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:38,000 Bronzebeard lost his voice. He curses Rome and its air, 869 01:16:41,040 --> 01:16:43,520 And how did the ape grow hoarse? 870 01:16:43,920 --> 01:16:48,360 He acted out Leda's adventure, sweated and caught a cold. 871 01:16:50,080 --> 01:16:54,240 No one will cry, ''Oh, people, fire!'' 872 01:16:54,520 --> 01:16:57,560 Though houses smoulder with crack and roar, 873 01:16:57,840 --> 01:17:02,040 and sparks adorn the blackened walls. Who's there to shout? 874 01:17:02,320 --> 01:17:05,760 The bloody corpses of those who lived here? 875 01:17:06,080 --> 01:17:09,560 The town's destroyed, though greedy flames 876 01:17:09,840 --> 01:17:12,360 still lick its walls. 877 01:17:13,040 --> 01:17:15,760 Thy charm, oh Troy, is lost in woe, 878 01:17:16,080 --> 01:17:17,760 thy end is close! 879 01:17:18,200 --> 01:17:21,240 Footsteps, moans... and silence! 880 01:17:21,480 --> 01:17:24,280 Troy is now a colossal torch, 881 01:17:24,800 --> 01:17:28,680 a sacrificial fire, a burnt-out desert. 882 01:17:32,760 --> 01:17:35,120 Verses worthy of burning. 883 01:17:35,920 --> 01:17:38,840 What flaws do you find in them? 884 01:17:39,520 --> 01:17:43,960 l shall be frank: they'd be worthy of a Virgil, an Ovid, 885 01:17:44,360 --> 01:17:46,080 even a Homer, 886 01:17:46,560 --> 01:17:51,200 but not of you! Your fire doesn't blaze enough, your flames 887 01:17:51,560 --> 01:17:55,040 are not hot enough. Reject their flattery. 888 01:17:55,280 --> 01:17:59,800 You are capable of creating the masterpiece of all masterpieces. 889 01:18:00,280 --> 01:18:04,320 So l shall repeat: write better verse. 890 01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:10,000 The gods have given me a spark of a talent 891 01:18:10,760 --> 01:18:16,040 and blessed me with an expert friend who dares tell me the truth. 892 01:18:16,520 --> 01:18:19,120 - Away with those! - No, no. 893 01:18:19,520 --> 01:18:22,080 Don't deprive mankind. 894 01:18:22,320 --> 01:18:27,120 Then you will receive them in a cylinder of my own design. 895 01:18:29,320 --> 01:18:33,080 My burning Troy is not blazing enough. 896 01:18:37,360 --> 01:18:41,600 You have opened my eyes. l know the reason. 897 01:18:42,040 --> 01:18:45,200 When a sculptor creates a god's likeness, 898 01:18:45,480 --> 01:18:49,720 he hires a model, and l've never seen a burning town, 899 01:18:50,040 --> 01:18:51,680 l lack authenticity. 900 01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:54,960 l'll set Antium on fire. 901 01:18:55,680 --> 01:18:57,560 Or, if you want to spare it, 902 01:18:58,800 --> 01:19:03,120 l'll build a town out of wood and let you ignite it. 903 01:19:04,680 --> 01:19:06,240 Wooden barracks? 904 01:19:08,240 --> 01:19:10,520 Your mind has dried out. 905 01:19:10,760 --> 01:19:14,320 You underestimate my talent and my ''Troyad''. 906 01:19:19,040 --> 01:19:22,200 lmagine the stench in Rome today. 907 01:19:26,680 --> 01:19:30,960 Won't they punish you for leaving Antium without Caesar's consent? 908 01:19:31,240 --> 01:19:35,040 He will be composing poetry for two days. 909 01:19:35,360 --> 01:19:37,960 And l couldn't live without you. 910 01:19:38,280 --> 01:19:39,960 l knew you'd come. 911 01:19:42,840 --> 01:19:48,360 l turn my eyes, gazing at your shadow, 912 01:19:48,720 --> 01:19:54,280 which borrows charm from your body, 913 01:19:54,520 --> 01:19:59,840 it is as weightless as if born of foam. 914 01:20:00,520 --> 01:20:05,600 Where'er you walk, butterflies and flowers... 915 01:20:15,920 --> 01:20:19,320 l can't sit still. Petronius, Vinicius... 916 01:20:20,040 --> 01:20:23,080 Though my soul is saddened, 917 01:20:23,520 --> 01:20:27,240 l feel l can present this song in public. 918 01:20:27,520 --> 01:20:31,800 You can perform it here, in Rome, in Achaea. 919 01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:37,520 When l play and sing, 920 01:20:37,920 --> 01:20:41,560 l discover delights l cannot name or understand. 921 01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:46,720 l can only feel them. And though powerful and divine, 922 01:20:47,040 --> 01:20:50,320 l feel as insignificant as dust. 923 01:20:50,720 --> 01:20:54,720 Only the greatest artists are capable of such humbleness. 924 01:20:55,040 --> 01:20:59,480 l know what they write on the walls of Rome. 925 01:20:59,760 --> 01:21:03,080 ''Matricide, uxoricide''... l am a monster to them. 926 01:21:03,440 --> 01:21:06,480 Am l really such a tyrant? 927 01:21:06,800 --> 01:21:10,040 Cruel deeds not always denote cruelty! 928 01:21:10,360 --> 01:21:14,480 - They should know you like l do. - There are rumours 929 01:21:14,800 --> 01:21:19,560 that Diodorus and Terpnos play the cithara better than me. 930 01:21:19,920 --> 01:21:23,320 Tell me the truth, do they really? 931 01:21:24,240 --> 01:21:27,480 You have the sweet touch of an artist, 932 01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:30,120 they are merely skilled. 933 01:21:31,120 --> 01:21:35,480 Let them live, then! You've granted them a big favour. 934 01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:39,520 l am an artist in everything l touch. 935 01:21:39,920 --> 01:21:44,920 l know, they call me insane. My vain search maddens me. 936 01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:47,200 l'm searching, searching! 937 01:21:48,040 --> 01:21:52,280 This is why l had my mother and wife killed. 938 01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:56,720 l hoped such sacrifice would open a gate 939 01:21:57,040 --> 01:22:00,280 to something unimaginably great and fearsome. 940 01:22:00,560 --> 01:22:05,040 But it was too small a sacrifice to open empyrean gates. 941 01:22:05,360 --> 01:22:09,320 - What will you do? - There are two Neros. 942 01:22:09,680 --> 01:22:12,480 The public figure and the artist, 943 01:22:12,760 --> 01:22:15,720 known to no one but you. 944 01:22:16,080 --> 01:22:20,760 Oh, how heavy is the burden of ultimate power and talent! 945 01:22:21,560 --> 01:22:23,120 l pity you 946 01:22:23,480 --> 01:22:27,320 and so does Vinicius, your ardent admirer. 947 01:22:28,560 --> 01:22:32,560 l was fond of him, but he serves Mars, and not the Muses. 948 01:22:32,920 --> 01:22:34,040 He's in love. 949 01:22:34,320 --> 01:22:36,680 Let him leave, or he'll whither. 950 01:22:37,000 --> 01:22:40,720 The Lygian hostage has been found. 951 01:22:41,200 --> 01:22:44,000 He fell in love with her virtue. 952 01:22:44,360 --> 01:22:47,200 He wants to marry, sighs, pines away... 953 01:22:47,800 --> 01:22:51,960 She is a pretty girl... though too narrow in the hips. 954 01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:55,600 Do you love her, like he says? 955 01:22:56,000 --> 01:22:56,920 l do. 956 01:22:57,480 --> 01:23:02,120 Then go to Rome, marry, and come back with a ring. 957 01:23:02,680 --> 01:23:04,960 - Thank you. - lt's nice 958 01:23:05,280 --> 01:23:07,320 to make people happy. 959 01:23:07,960 --> 01:23:12,040 l would like to do nothing else till the day l die. 960 01:23:15,720 --> 01:23:20,120 Forgive me, divinity! Rome is on fire! 961 01:23:20,720 --> 01:23:25,040 Gods be praised! l shall finish my ''Troyad''. 962 01:23:25,440 --> 01:23:29,760 - Will l still manage to see it? - The city is an orgy of flames, 963 01:23:30,080 --> 01:23:34,800 - death and madness! - Rome is perishing! 964 01:23:35,240 --> 01:23:37,520 Vae misere mihi... 965 01:23:39,840 --> 01:23:43,440 Woe to you, sacred city of Priam. 966 01:24:12,680 --> 01:24:14,600 Give ma a new horse! 967 01:24:20,280 --> 01:24:24,840 - Where is the fire? - lt began near the great circus, 968 01:24:25,520 --> 01:24:29,040 - now it reached the centre! - And Trans-Tiber? 969 01:24:29,440 --> 01:24:32,120 Not yet, but soon it will. 970 01:24:32,560 --> 01:24:34,680 People are dying! 971 01:27:17,120 --> 01:27:18,480 Lygia! 972 01:28:39,960 --> 01:28:43,760 - Where is Lygia? - ln Ostrianum with Ursus. 973 01:28:44,080 --> 01:28:48,760 Greetings, oh king of Persia! Your house must have perished, 974 01:28:49,080 --> 01:28:52,840 but you will always be as rich as king Midas himself. 975 01:28:53,160 --> 01:28:57,160 And now, put this on. What a tragedy. 976 01:28:57,560 --> 01:29:01,320 Christians predicted a fiery end of Rome. 977 01:29:02,720 --> 01:29:06,520 - Have you seen Lygia? - l have, my lord! 978 01:29:07,280 --> 01:29:10,840 Thank Christ and other gods, 979 01:29:11,760 --> 01:29:16,800 for letting me bring good news to my benefactor. 980 01:29:17,560 --> 01:29:21,960 But l shall pay you back... l swear! 981 01:29:22,760 --> 01:29:25,320 Burning Rome is my witness. 982 01:30:05,120 --> 01:30:08,880 A homeless ruler of the homeless... 983 01:30:09,320 --> 01:30:14,080 where shall l rest my poor head tonight? 984 01:30:52,120 --> 01:30:54,600 No one will cry, 985 01:30:55,080 --> 01:30:58,320 ''Oh, people, fire!'' 986 01:30:59,560 --> 01:31:04,760 Though houses smolder with crack and roar, 987 01:31:07,320 --> 01:31:12,320 and sparks adorn the blackened walls. 988 01:31:15,040 --> 01:31:18,480 Who's there to shout? 989 01:31:19,000 --> 01:31:22,760 The blood-covered corpses 990 01:31:23,160 --> 01:31:26,160 of those who lived here? 991 01:31:40,320 --> 01:31:45,280 Troy has become 992 01:31:46,800 --> 01:31:50,600 a colossal torch, 993 01:31:54,480 --> 01:31:56,560 a sacrificial fire, 994 01:31:58,280 --> 01:32:01,600 a burnt-out desert. 995 01:32:11,160 --> 01:32:14,400 Down with the tyrant! 996 01:32:14,840 --> 01:32:18,600 This is how the rabble appreciates me and my poetry. 997 01:32:18,840 --> 01:32:21,560 Let Praetorians crush them! 998 01:32:23,320 --> 01:32:25,720 Will the troops be loyal? 999 01:32:26,000 --> 01:32:29,000 - Yes, divinity. - But not numerous. 1000 01:32:29,320 --> 01:32:33,800 Stay here, where it is safe. And this rabble must be tempered. 1001 01:32:34,080 --> 01:32:36,240 What a day! Fire 1002 01:32:36,560 --> 01:32:39,320 and a raging sea of people! 1003 01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:44,040 Speak to them, my lord. Make promises. 1004 01:32:44,760 --> 01:32:49,000 Caesar addressing scum? Who will act in my stead? 1005 01:32:51,320 --> 01:32:52,280 l shall. 1006 01:32:54,080 --> 01:32:58,800 My ever-loyal friend! Go, spare no promises! 1007 01:33:12,320 --> 01:33:13,960 Petronius! 1008 01:33:15,040 --> 01:33:17,480 Arbiter of elegance! 1009 01:33:25,680 --> 01:33:26,960 Citizens... 1010 01:33:27,480 --> 01:33:29,040 citizens... 1011 01:33:29,840 --> 01:33:34,840 Whoever hears my words, pass them on to those in the back. 1012 01:33:35,920 --> 01:33:40,680 l remind you that you are humans, not animals. 1013 01:33:42,160 --> 01:33:44,440 The city shall be rebuilt. 1014 01:33:44,560 --> 01:33:49,280 The gardens of Lucullus, Maecenas, Caesar and Agrippina will be opened. 1015 01:33:50,400 --> 01:33:55,160 Tomorrow, we shall start distributing wheat, wine and olive, 1016 01:33:55,560 --> 01:33:59,560 so that each one of you fills his belly. 1017 01:34:00,280 --> 01:34:05,160 Later, Caesar will organise the greatest of all games. 1018 01:34:05,560 --> 01:34:09,440 Feasts and gifts will follow! 1019 01:34:09,760 --> 01:34:11,840 The fire will make you wealthier! 1020 01:34:30,520 --> 01:34:32,560 - Peace be with you. - And you. 1021 01:34:33,160 --> 01:34:35,560 What ajoy for Callina. 1022 01:34:37,160 --> 01:34:38,920 Go first. 1023 01:34:44,080 --> 01:34:44,960 Marcus! 1024 01:34:49,040 --> 01:34:51,080 l'm so happy you've come! 1025 01:34:51,480 --> 01:34:54,480 l shall never leave you again. 1026 01:34:56,960 --> 01:35:01,520 l am going to save you all. We will go to Antium, 1027 01:35:01,640 --> 01:35:04,560 and sail off to Sicily. 1028 01:35:04,840 --> 01:35:08,040 All my properties are yours. 1029 01:35:09,840 --> 01:35:11,040 Trust me. 1030 01:35:12,760 --> 01:35:15,240 Your household will be mine. 1031 01:35:18,520 --> 01:35:23,160 Slaves and gladiators attacked the citizens near the circus. 1032 01:35:27,040 --> 01:35:29,400 The measure is full... 1033 01:35:30,080 --> 01:35:34,120 and the calamities will come like boundless seas. 1034 01:35:35,920 --> 01:35:39,560 Take your betrothed and save her. 1035 01:35:40,560 --> 01:35:41,920 And Ursus... 1036 01:35:44,080 --> 01:35:46,560 Take Ursus with you. 1037 01:35:48,640 --> 01:35:53,080 We shan't leave without you. l can't leave you here to perish. 1038 01:35:53,520 --> 01:35:57,520 The Lord will bless you for your intentions. 1039 01:35:58,440 --> 01:36:01,720 But if you, who are not my guardian, 1040 01:36:02,280 --> 01:36:04,560 refuse to leave me, 1041 01:36:05,240 --> 01:36:10,280 how can l abandon my flock on the day of doom? 1042 01:36:11,080 --> 01:36:16,160 Those were words of common sense. But l know you fear no danger. 1043 01:36:18,360 --> 01:36:22,160 l didn't understand this and l walked in darkness. 1044 01:36:22,880 --> 01:36:25,360 But now l love Christ. 1045 01:36:25,720 --> 01:36:28,080 l want to serve Him. 1046 01:36:28,600 --> 01:36:32,640 And l vow not to leave you on the day of doom. 1047 01:36:33,040 --> 01:36:35,000 l shall never leave you. 1048 01:36:35,400 --> 01:36:40,000 You have seen light and shells fell from your eyes. 1049 01:36:46,360 --> 01:36:50,560 l baptise thee, in the name of the Father, the Son 1050 01:36:50,920 --> 01:36:53,040 and the Holy Ghost. 1051 01:36:53,600 --> 01:36:55,880 You are our brother now. 1052 01:37:03,880 --> 01:37:07,200 Ungrateful, greedy rabble... 1053 01:37:08,240 --> 01:37:12,160 they have enough wheat and coal, what more do they want? 1054 01:37:13,200 --> 01:37:14,480 Revenge. 1055 01:37:17,160 --> 01:37:21,560 Hearts cry for vengeance, vengeance wants a victim! 1056 01:37:21,840 --> 01:37:24,440 A slate, l'll write this down. 1057 01:37:24,840 --> 01:37:28,560 Yes... vengeance demands a victim. 1058 01:37:33,200 --> 01:37:37,680 And if we accused Afer of having burned the city 1059 01:37:38,000 --> 01:37:42,880 - and gave him to the raging mob? - Divinity, who am l? 1060 01:37:43,400 --> 01:37:47,760 True, we need someone more significant. Vitelius. 1061 01:37:48,560 --> 01:37:52,040 The fat l carry around might restart the fire. 1062 01:37:56,920 --> 01:37:58,760 You burned Rome. 1063 01:38:03,600 --> 01:38:04,880 l did... 1064 01:38:06,640 --> 01:38:09,360 on your command. 1065 01:38:13,080 --> 01:38:15,760 Tigellinus, do you love me? 1066 01:38:18,360 --> 01:38:20,040 Need you ask? 1067 01:38:20,440 --> 01:38:22,880 Sacrifice yourself for me. 1068 01:38:23,960 --> 01:38:26,880 Divinity, Roman people are revolting, 1069 01:38:27,200 --> 01:38:31,520 do you want the praetorians to raise against you as well? 1070 01:38:35,080 --> 01:38:38,000 The divine Poppaea summons Tigellinus 1071 01:38:38,200 --> 01:38:41,160 to question a witness. 1072 01:38:48,720 --> 01:38:52,200 l have reared a viper in my bosom. 1073 01:38:52,560 --> 01:38:55,920 Tell me, advise... l trust no one but you, 1074 01:38:56,200 --> 01:38:59,040 - you're the wisest. - Go to Achaea. 1075 01:38:59,560 --> 01:39:03,080 l expected something more on your part. Petronius, 1076 01:39:03,360 --> 01:39:08,040 and if sang at Campus Martius, for the people of Rome 1077 01:39:08,360 --> 01:39:11,240 - would l move them? - Undoubtedly. 1078 01:39:11,920 --> 01:39:13,920 lf they'd let you start. 1079 01:39:14,240 --> 01:39:16,520 Let's go to Achaea. 1080 01:39:24,680 --> 01:39:27,080 Hear what Tigellinus has to say. 1081 01:39:29,280 --> 01:39:32,280 You haven't ordered me to burn Rome, 1082 01:39:32,560 --> 01:39:34,280 nor have l burned it. 1083 01:39:35,240 --> 01:39:40,120 The people demand a victim. Satisfy their anger. But not with one, 1084 01:39:40,360 --> 01:39:45,040 but hundreds, thousands of victims. You know about Christians. 1085 01:39:47,560 --> 01:39:49,560 l've told you of their crimes. 1086 01:39:49,840 --> 01:39:53,200 They prophecy the world will end in fire. 1087 01:39:54,560 --> 01:39:58,680 The people suspect you... let them blame someone else. 1088 01:40:01,440 --> 01:40:02,600 Zeus! 1089 01:40:05,200 --> 01:40:06,520 Apollo! 1090 01:40:07,880 --> 01:40:09,120 Athene! 1091 01:40:10,440 --> 01:40:11,880 Persephone! 1092 01:40:13,440 --> 01:40:18,200 What has the poor city done to them? Why did they destroy it? 1093 01:40:21,480 --> 01:40:26,080 - They hate you and all mankind. - Letjustice be done. 1094 01:40:26,360 --> 01:40:28,280 - Punish the arsonists. - Yes! 1095 01:40:28,600 --> 01:40:30,720 Do justice. 1096 01:40:31,640 --> 01:40:36,200 What pain, what torture befit such a crime? 1097 01:40:41,120 --> 01:40:44,600 You have found the victims, that is good. 1098 01:40:45,560 --> 01:40:49,680 You have the power, the praetorians, the strength. 1099 01:40:49,880 --> 01:40:52,880 Let the Christians be tortured, 1100 01:40:53,080 --> 01:40:55,360 but have the courage to admit 1101 01:40:55,960 --> 01:40:58,960 that they did not burn Rome. 1102 01:40:59,280 --> 01:41:01,000 By the divine Clio... 1103 01:41:01,360 --> 01:41:06,120 no one has dared to carry out such a deed since the beginning of time. 1104 01:41:06,520 --> 01:41:09,080 Have the courage or the future will say, 1105 01:41:09,360 --> 01:41:11,760 ''Nero burnt Rome'', 1106 01:41:12,080 --> 01:41:16,120 ''but being a pusillanimous ruler and poet,'' 1107 01:41:16,520 --> 01:41:19,440 ''he cowardly denied his magnificent deed'' 1108 01:41:19,720 --> 01:41:23,640 - ''and blamed the innocent.'' - Let me leave. 1109 01:41:24,720 --> 01:41:29,480 l cannot stand you being called a pusillanimous arsonist 1110 01:41:29,960 --> 01:41:31,720 - and a comedian. - Tigellinus, 1111 01:41:32,440 --> 01:41:37,200 - you are acting like a comedian now. - Because l refuse to listen? 1112 01:41:37,560 --> 01:41:41,880 Because you pretend to love Caesar whom you threatened a while ago. 1113 01:41:42,240 --> 01:41:46,680 How can you permit anyone to think such a thing, 1114 01:41:47,000 --> 01:41:51,080 lest utter it aloud in your presence? 1115 01:41:52,120 --> 01:41:53,480 Punish him. 1116 01:41:54,720 --> 01:41:57,880 This is how you pay me for my friendship? 1117 01:41:58,600 --> 01:42:02,600 - l say what my love dictates. - Punish him. 1118 01:42:03,360 --> 01:42:05,760 You want me to punish him? 1119 01:42:06,400 --> 01:42:08,400 But he is my friend, 1120 01:42:09,080 --> 01:42:11,560 and though he's breaking my heart, 1121 01:42:11,880 --> 01:42:13,880 let him know this heart 1122 01:42:14,400 --> 01:42:15,600 can only... 1123 01:42:17,400 --> 01:42:18,520 forgive. 1124 01:42:35,280 --> 01:42:37,680 - Vinicius? - Yes, my lord. 1125 01:42:38,000 --> 01:42:41,680 - And maybe Petronius, too? - l admire your insight. 1126 01:42:42,080 --> 01:42:44,400 That is very probable. 1127 01:42:45,360 --> 01:42:49,080 Now l understand why he defended Christians. 1128 01:42:52,400 --> 01:42:56,880 Petronius, a Christian! An enemy of life and pleasures? 1129 01:42:57,280 --> 01:42:58,600 Don't be fools! 1130 01:42:59,080 --> 01:43:02,880 Don't expect me to believe that, or l'll stop believing anything. 1131 01:43:03,200 --> 01:43:06,520 But the noble Vinicius became a Christian, my lord. 1132 01:43:06,760 --> 01:43:10,120 Pomponia is a convert... and her little Aulus... 1133 01:43:10,520 --> 01:43:13,520 and Lygia, and Vinicius. My lord, avenge 1134 01:43:14,280 --> 01:43:15,560 my sufferings, 1135 01:43:15,960 --> 01:43:21,520 and l shall denounce Peter the Apostle, and Linus, and Glaucus, and Crispus. 1136 01:43:21,600 --> 01:43:24,120 l'll show you hundreds, thousands... 1137 01:43:24,560 --> 01:43:27,880 their houses of prayer, cemeteries, everything! 1138 01:43:28,200 --> 01:43:31,880 - My lord, avenge our child. - Hurry. 1139 01:43:32,280 --> 01:43:35,960 Don't give Vinicius time to hide Lygia away. 1140 01:43:36,400 --> 01:43:38,400 l'll give you ten men, go. 1141 01:43:38,840 --> 01:43:41,400 l've seen Croton in Ursus' hands. 1142 01:43:41,720 --> 01:43:45,760 Give me fifty men, and l'll show you the house from afar! 1143 01:43:46,120 --> 01:43:50,000 And if we dealt with Petronius as well? 1144 01:43:50,280 --> 01:43:54,360 No, not now. The people won't believe it. 1145 01:43:56,000 --> 01:43:58,520 Today we need other victims, 1146 01:43:58,680 --> 01:44:01,240 we will deal with the rest later. 1147 01:44:03,360 --> 01:44:04,000 Go. 1148 01:44:04,280 --> 01:44:07,600 l'll give them all away! All of them! 1149 01:44:14,080 --> 01:44:16,280 - Have you seen Lygia today? - Yes. 1150 01:44:16,600 --> 01:44:20,560 The Christians will be blamed for the fire of Rome. 1151 01:44:20,880 --> 01:44:25,280 Take Lygia, and flee, beyond the Alps or to Africa! 1152 01:44:25,600 --> 01:44:30,400 Take a sack of gold, weapons and people, you might have to fight. 1153 01:44:31,560 --> 01:44:34,200 Christians to the lions! To the lions! 1154 01:44:35,600 --> 01:44:38,040 Christians to the lions! 1155 01:45:00,520 --> 01:45:01,520 Welcome, 1156 01:45:01,880 --> 01:45:06,200 arbiter of elegance. You still say the Christians are innocent? 1157 01:45:07,080 --> 01:45:09,400 We both know what to think 1158 01:45:09,680 --> 01:45:13,400 l wouldn't dare compare my wisdom with yours. 1159 01:45:17,080 --> 01:45:19,000 Petronius, my lord. 1160 01:45:23,560 --> 01:45:25,240 And where is Vinicius? 1161 01:45:25,600 --> 01:45:28,240 He was not at home, divinity. 1162 01:45:29,120 --> 01:45:32,880 Tell him, l want to see him. And advise him 1163 01:45:33,240 --> 01:45:37,360 not to miss the games in which Christians will appear. 1164 01:45:52,560 --> 01:45:54,480 Has the noble Vinicius returned? 1165 01:45:54,760 --> 01:45:57,880 Yes, my lord, he has just arrived. 1166 01:45:58,560 --> 01:46:00,120 Where is she? 1167 01:46:01,120 --> 01:46:03,720 ln the Mamertine prison. 1168 01:46:04,720 --> 01:46:08,600 No, not in the dungeons. l paid the guard 1169 01:46:08,880 --> 01:46:12,400 to give her his room. Ursus is with her. 1170 01:46:12,600 --> 01:46:17,120 - Why didn't he defend her? - They sent fifty praetorians. 1171 01:46:17,400 --> 01:46:21,480 - What do you intend to do? - Either save her, 1172 01:46:21,840 --> 01:46:23,600 or die with her. 1173 01:46:24,040 --> 01:46:27,120 How are you planning to save her? 1174 01:46:27,560 --> 01:46:31,560 l bribed the guard, and you are Caesar's friend. 1175 01:46:34,720 --> 01:46:38,400 Bring two dark cloaks and two swords. 1176 01:46:39,000 --> 01:46:43,600 We will go there. Give the guards a hundred thousand sestertia, 1177 01:46:44,160 --> 01:46:48,200 or a hundred times as much... they must release Lygia immediately! 1178 01:46:48,560 --> 01:46:50,520 Otherwise it will be too late. 1179 01:46:51,080 --> 01:46:56,480 l risk my life. l'm in disfavour. Caesar will do anything to spite me. 1180 01:46:56,960 --> 01:47:01,520 Poppaea hates Lygia. The girl has been followed. 1181 01:47:01,840 --> 01:47:04,400 Free her, or you'll both perish. 1182 01:47:04,720 --> 01:47:06,920 Christians to the lions! 1183 01:47:07,760 --> 01:47:09,920 Christians to the lions! 1184 01:47:10,840 --> 01:47:14,080 Mirmillon, take my good advice and go your way. 1185 01:47:14,440 --> 01:47:17,120 Shout, or l'll break your neck! 1186 01:47:17,560 --> 01:47:20,080 Christians to the lions! 1187 01:47:20,480 --> 01:47:22,560 You reek of wine and block my way. 1188 01:47:28,840 --> 01:47:32,120 Caesar said, ''Tell Vinicius to attend the games 1189 01:47:32,560 --> 01:47:36,120 in which Christians will appear.'' He'll delight in your pain. 1190 01:47:36,440 --> 01:47:38,280 That's why we're still free. 1191 01:47:48,160 --> 01:47:50,480 You have orders to guard the prison? 1192 01:47:50,720 --> 01:47:52,760 Yes, noble Petronius. 1193 01:47:53,520 --> 01:47:57,280 The prefect fears an attempt to free the arsonists. 1194 01:47:57,600 --> 01:47:59,280 You mustn't admit anyone? 1195 01:47:59,760 --> 01:48:02,760 - We mustn't. - Thank you, Nigar. 1196 01:48:21,360 --> 01:48:22,680 A Christian! 1197 01:48:25,680 --> 01:48:26,760 Oh Christ! 1198 01:48:42,000 --> 01:48:44,880 Christians to the lions! 1199 01:48:47,400 --> 01:48:48,600 To the lions! 1200 01:49:02,120 --> 01:49:05,600 l've spoken with Seneca. Full of fear for his future, 1201 01:49:06,080 --> 01:49:09,960 he argued that Christians, even if they hadn't burned the city, 1202 01:49:10,160 --> 01:49:12,360 should be exterminated. 1203 01:49:12,840 --> 01:49:16,920 Terpnos and Diodor took the money and have done nothing. 1204 01:49:17,240 --> 01:49:21,120 Vatinius told Caesar that l'd tried to bribe him. 1205 01:49:21,440 --> 01:49:25,280 - l'll go and and fall at Caesar's feet. - And if he refuses? 1206 01:49:25,720 --> 01:49:28,880 lf he answers with ajest or a threat? 1207 01:49:29,920 --> 01:49:31,920 You shouldn't do that. 1208 01:49:34,440 --> 01:49:37,720 That will deprive us of any chances. 1209 01:49:42,200 --> 01:49:46,360 At Golgotha l saw God being nailed to the cross. 1210 01:49:48,200 --> 01:49:51,200 l saw them raise the cross 1211 01:49:51,680 --> 01:49:56,560 for the crowds to witness the death of the Son of Man. 1212 01:49:58,400 --> 01:50:01,240 l saw them open His side... 1213 01:50:01,920 --> 01:50:04,000 and l saw Him die. 1214 01:50:06,160 --> 01:50:07,280 And now... 1215 01:50:08,840 --> 01:50:12,560 l bless you, my children, 1216 01:50:13,200 --> 01:50:16,240 before suffering, before death... 1217 01:50:16,960 --> 01:50:18,680 for eternity. 1218 01:50:26,000 --> 01:50:29,560 l know. They have captured your loved one. 1219 01:50:30,040 --> 01:50:32,960 My lord, you knew Christ. 1220 01:50:33,120 --> 01:50:34,560 Plead for her. 1221 01:50:34,880 --> 01:50:37,600 Have you heard what l told them? 1222 01:50:37,960 --> 01:50:40,960 God himself suffered torture. 1223 01:50:41,560 --> 01:50:42,200 l know. 1224 01:50:43,760 --> 01:50:46,120 But if blood must be spilled, 1225 01:50:46,480 --> 01:50:50,680 let Him double or triple the torture meant for her 1226 01:50:51,040 --> 01:50:55,080 and give it to me. But he must save her. 1227 01:50:56,920 --> 01:50:59,360 He will listen to you! 1228 01:51:09,280 --> 01:51:13,560 l couldn't speak earlier, she is guarded by Ursus. 1229 01:51:22,840 --> 01:51:26,160 - And you are a praetorian? - As long as l am not there. 1230 01:51:26,640 --> 01:51:29,160 l cannot let you in, Vinicius, 1231 01:51:29,560 --> 01:51:32,280 but l can give a letter to the guards. 1232 01:51:33,480 --> 01:51:34,600 Thank you. 1233 01:51:40,640 --> 01:51:43,560 Make way for the litter! 1234 01:51:45,080 --> 01:51:46,760 Make way! 1235 01:51:59,960 --> 01:52:00,880 Stop! 1236 01:52:04,480 --> 01:52:06,480 Greetings, Chilo. 1237 01:52:06,680 --> 01:52:11,920 Do not stop me, young man, for my friend Tigellinus is waiting. 1238 01:52:12,480 --> 01:52:16,200 - You betrayed Lygia. - And you had me flogged. 1239 01:52:17,440 --> 01:52:19,000 l wronged you. 1240 01:52:19,160 --> 01:52:23,080 My friend, if you have a request, do come to my villa, 1241 01:52:23,400 --> 01:52:26,480 where l receive guests and clients. 1242 01:53:15,280 --> 01:53:18,120 - Am l late? - Not at all! 1243 01:53:25,160 --> 01:53:30,240 We inquired about Lygia, but in vain. They don't trust us. 1244 01:55:08,560 --> 01:55:10,040 Ave Caesar, 1245 01:55:10,480 --> 01:55:12,880 morituri te salutant! 1246 01:55:30,880 --> 01:55:33,240 - Lygia. - My lord, 1247 01:55:34,480 --> 01:55:39,840 l've seen her in prison. She is ill. Ursus is with her. 1248 01:55:40,200 --> 01:55:41,600 Who are you? 1249 01:55:41,920 --> 01:55:45,400 You were baptised in my house, remember? 1250 01:55:46,920 --> 01:55:49,160 - Yes. - Peter 1251 01:55:49,560 --> 01:55:54,080 said he'd be in the audience. l want to see him before l die. 1252 01:55:56,080 --> 01:55:58,600 He will be among Petronius' servants. 1253 01:56:00,760 --> 01:56:05,520 - l shall show him to you. - Thank you. And peace be with you. 1254 01:56:24,600 --> 01:56:29,400 - They left her in prison. - Smile, we are being observed. 1255 01:56:30,280 --> 01:56:33,560 Lygia will pretend she is dead. 1256 01:56:33,840 --> 01:56:37,040 Will the Christians be armed? 1257 01:56:37,240 --> 01:56:41,040 - We do not know. - lt might become a slaughterhouse. 1258 02:02:03,080 --> 02:02:06,120 Can't stand the sight, Greek? 1259 02:02:06,640 --> 02:02:09,120 l wasn't meant for a butcher. 1260 02:02:09,880 --> 02:02:13,960 You're a bit wrong. Gods meant you to be a robber, 1261 02:02:14,720 --> 02:02:17,160 you've turned into a demon. 1262 02:02:21,000 --> 02:02:22,600 You won't endure. 1263 02:02:25,080 --> 02:02:26,520 l shall endure... 1264 02:02:28,080 --> 02:02:29,440 l shall. 1265 02:03:01,520 --> 02:03:06,120 Ursus says Lygia is feverish and keeps repeating your name. 1266 02:03:08,120 --> 02:03:10,200 You can enter the prison? 1267 02:03:10,640 --> 02:03:12,400 l carry out corpses. 1268 02:03:21,680 --> 02:03:26,160 - How many cadavers today? - A dozen, but there will be more. 1269 02:04:03,720 --> 02:04:05,480 Lord be praised! 1270 02:04:19,200 --> 02:04:22,160 Have you come to rescue her? 1271 02:04:25,080 --> 02:04:26,440 Tell me how. 1272 02:04:26,680 --> 02:04:30,840 l thought you'd know. How did you enter? 1273 02:04:31,200 --> 02:04:35,080 l bribed the warden. And l have a tessera. 1274 02:04:36,440 --> 02:04:41,040 ln the name of the Saviour... Lygia will take it, 1275 02:04:41,880 --> 02:04:45,400 she'll wrap her head in a rug, and leave. 1276 02:04:45,680 --> 02:04:48,200 She'll look like a young slave. 1277 02:04:48,560 --> 02:04:53,680 Praetorians won't recognise her. She'll find refuge at Petronius' house. 1278 02:04:54,360 --> 02:04:58,680 She'll refuse. She loves you, and she is too weak to walk. 1279 02:05:10,840 --> 02:05:13,000 l knew you would come. 1280 02:05:13,640 --> 02:05:14,920 Lygia... 1281 02:05:24,560 --> 02:05:28,120 l am ill, Marcus. Death is coming for me... 1282 02:05:29,560 --> 02:05:34,160 be it here, or be it in the arena. 1283 02:05:34,560 --> 02:05:36,960 No, no. You cannot die. 1284 02:05:37,600 --> 02:05:41,680 The apostle tells us to believe. Christ... 1285 02:05:42,120 --> 02:05:44,200 Christ will save you. 1286 02:05:46,000 --> 02:05:50,480 l lived but a short while... but God has given me your soul. 1287 02:05:51,080 --> 02:05:55,400 Remember, you will also go there. 1288 02:05:58,560 --> 02:06:00,720 Promise me... Marcus... 1289 02:06:01,560 --> 02:06:02,840 Lygia... 1290 02:06:06,120 --> 02:06:07,200 l promise. 1291 02:06:08,400 --> 02:06:09,960 l promise. 1292 02:06:15,840 --> 02:06:17,560 l am your wife. 1293 02:06:57,720 --> 02:07:01,080 Matricide! Woe to you! 1294 02:07:03,360 --> 02:07:07,560 Woe to you! Assassin of your wife and brother! 1295 02:07:08,440 --> 02:07:11,080 Woe to you, satan! 1296 02:07:12,160 --> 02:07:13,200 Woe! 1297 02:07:15,000 --> 02:07:19,240 You will die in terror, murderer! 1298 02:07:19,960 --> 02:07:23,960 Woe to you! Your measure is exceeded! 1299 02:07:24,600 --> 02:07:27,720 Woe to you, living cadaver! 1300 02:07:28,480 --> 02:07:30,920 Your time is near! 1301 02:07:31,200 --> 02:07:35,720 And you will be condemned for... ever... 1302 02:07:45,400 --> 02:07:48,240 Peace with the martyrs! 1303 02:08:13,640 --> 02:08:17,080 My lord, let us go do Achaea, 1304 02:08:17,360 --> 02:08:22,080 to the glory of Apollo, garlands, triumphs, admirers! 1305 02:08:22,520 --> 02:08:26,760 - Here there is nothing but fear! - What do you fear, old weasel? 1306 02:08:27,080 --> 02:08:28,800 Christians or their gods? 1307 02:08:29,160 --> 02:08:32,640 Those Christians are an odd lot. 1308 02:08:33,000 --> 02:08:35,640 Their deity might be vengeful. 1309 02:08:36,080 --> 02:08:38,520 The games are Tigellinus' responsibility. 1310 02:08:38,920 --> 02:08:40,520 Yes! Mine! 1311 02:08:41,800 --> 02:08:45,960 And l mock all the Christian gods! 1312 02:08:46,720 --> 02:08:51,160 Start pulling out the Christians' tongues or gag them. 1313 02:08:51,880 --> 02:08:55,640 Fire... fire will gag them! 1314 02:08:58,680 --> 02:08:59,800 Woe to me... 1315 02:09:02,480 --> 02:09:05,120 Look at Achilles' son. 1316 02:09:07,120 --> 02:09:11,640 Do what you want with me, but l'm through with the games. 1317 02:09:14,520 --> 02:09:17,320 Like l've said: you won't endure. 1318 02:09:18,080 --> 02:09:19,720 l want to drink... 1319 02:09:20,200 --> 02:09:22,120 l want to get drunk... 1320 02:09:22,640 --> 02:09:24,200 Drink... drink... 1321 02:09:33,600 --> 02:09:36,760 l want him near me in the gardens. 1322 02:09:49,200 --> 02:09:52,040 My lord, go away, l cannot let you in. 1323 02:09:52,320 --> 02:09:56,000 - May the gods comfort you. - Let me stay. 1324 02:09:57,880 --> 02:10:02,600 - l want to see who'll be burned. - This is not against my orders. 1325 02:11:21,880 --> 02:11:23,080 Glaucus! 1326 02:11:33,160 --> 02:11:34,480 Glaucus... 1327 02:11:38,680 --> 02:11:40,760 ln the name of Christ... 1328 02:11:41,240 --> 02:11:42,520 Forgive me! 1329 02:11:46,000 --> 02:11:48,000 l forgive you! 1330 02:11:52,720 --> 02:11:54,080 Glaucus... 1331 02:11:55,160 --> 02:11:56,480 People! 1332 02:12:01,120 --> 02:12:03,040 People of Rome! 1333 02:12:03,840 --> 02:12:09,080 l swear upon my own grave, the innocent are dying! 1334 02:12:09,840 --> 02:12:13,680 And here is the one who set Rome on fire! 1335 02:12:15,680 --> 02:12:17,720 Nero the arsonist! 1336 02:12:18,880 --> 02:12:20,520 Down with the tyrant! 1337 02:12:41,720 --> 02:12:43,440 Who is it? 1338 02:12:45,040 --> 02:12:46,360 Paul of Tarsus. 1339 02:12:46,920 --> 02:12:51,240 - l am damned! What do you want? - To save you. 1340 02:12:51,640 --> 02:12:53,880 There's no salvation for me! 1341 02:12:54,440 --> 02:12:56,680 Christ forgave the thief. 1342 02:12:56,960 --> 02:12:59,680 There's no forgiveness for me! 1343 02:13:01,240 --> 02:13:02,480 Oh Lord, 1344 02:13:03,160 --> 02:13:07,120 look upon this miserable man, see his pain, tears and suffering. 1345 02:13:07,440 --> 02:13:11,920 ln the name of your martyrdom, death and resurrection, 1346 02:13:14,400 --> 02:13:15,920 forgive him. 1347 02:13:20,680 --> 02:13:21,760 Chilo... 1348 02:13:24,080 --> 02:13:25,520 l baptise thee, 1349 02:13:27,240 --> 02:13:29,480 in the name of the Father, 1350 02:13:29,880 --> 02:13:31,240 the Son 1351 02:13:31,520 --> 02:13:33,400 and the Holy Ghost. 1352 02:13:45,000 --> 02:13:46,080 Christ... 1353 02:13:49,840 --> 02:13:51,080 Christ... 1354 02:14:02,360 --> 02:14:04,920 You have offended Caesar. 1355 02:14:07,760 --> 02:14:09,960 You will be punished by death. 1356 02:14:10,240 --> 02:14:14,160 But if you declare tomorrow, in the Amphitheatre, 1357 02:14:14,960 --> 02:14:17,600 that wine made you insane, 1358 02:14:17,880 --> 02:14:21,040 and that the Christians set Rome on fire, 1359 02:14:21,360 --> 02:14:25,080 perhaps you will get away with flagellation and exile. 1360 02:14:27,240 --> 02:14:30,160 - l cannot do this. - What do you mean? 1361 02:14:30,480 --> 02:14:32,520 You were drunk. 1362 02:14:34,440 --> 02:14:36,480 l cannot, my lord. 1363 02:14:37,960 --> 02:14:40,240 You've seen Christians die. 1364 02:14:44,240 --> 02:14:46,520 Do you want such an end? 1365 02:14:48,240 --> 02:14:51,080 l believe... in Christ. 1366 02:15:00,080 --> 02:15:02,400 lndeed you are a madman. 1367 02:15:07,800 --> 02:15:09,640 And now deny all. 1368 02:15:10,040 --> 02:15:11,280 l cannot. 1369 02:15:13,360 --> 02:15:14,640 You can! 1370 02:15:30,160 --> 02:15:33,040 Will you take all back, Greek mongrel? 1371 02:15:33,720 --> 02:15:34,920 l cannot. 1372 02:15:38,600 --> 02:15:40,400 Pull his tongue out. 1373 02:15:48,280 --> 02:15:52,360 l feel l haven't lived yet, and shall be reborn in Greece. 1374 02:15:52,760 --> 02:15:57,480 You shall be reborn for new fame and immortality. 1375 02:15:58,280 --> 02:16:02,240 - The ships are waiting in Neapolis. - l'd love to leave tomorrow. 1376 02:16:03,240 --> 02:16:07,320 Divinity, let me first invite you to a wedding feast. 1377 02:16:08,720 --> 02:16:10,880 A wedding feast? Whose? 1378 02:16:11,200 --> 02:16:13,160 Vinicius' and Lygia's. 1379 02:16:13,600 --> 02:16:15,960 You ordered him to marry, 1380 02:16:16,600 --> 02:16:20,000 and your divine commands are irreversible. 1381 02:16:20,600 --> 02:16:22,800 Release her from prison. 1382 02:16:24,280 --> 02:16:25,680 Yes, l know... 1383 02:16:26,480 --> 02:16:29,640 l've been thinking of her and of her giant. 1384 02:16:30,040 --> 02:16:33,360 - They are both saved, then. - However 1385 02:16:33,840 --> 02:16:36,600 she was arrested on Caesar's orders. 1386 02:16:37,000 --> 02:16:40,720 And his orders are, as you've put it, irreversible. 1387 02:16:41,000 --> 02:16:45,280 She was arrested because of your ignorance. Against Caesar's will. 1388 02:16:46,000 --> 02:16:51,040 You are naive, Tigellinus, but you won't accuse her 1389 02:16:51,320 --> 02:16:54,360 of the fire. Even if you claimed so, 1390 02:16:54,760 --> 02:16:56,880 Caesar wouldn't believe you. 1391 02:16:57,280 --> 02:16:59,080 Petronius is right. 1392 02:17:02,080 --> 02:17:04,520 Petronius is right. 1393 02:17:06,720 --> 02:17:09,400 The prison gates will open tomorrow. 1394 02:17:09,840 --> 02:17:13,720 And we shall discuss the feast in the Amphitheatre. 1395 02:18:09,240 --> 02:18:12,520 You're not well. Go back home. 1396 02:19:20,600 --> 02:19:21,840 Lygia... 1397 02:19:23,640 --> 02:19:24,760 Christ! 1398 02:19:57,320 --> 02:19:58,280 Sit. 1399 02:20:32,760 --> 02:20:33,640 Watch! 1400 02:23:31,280 --> 02:23:32,960 Do not give in. 1401 02:23:33,360 --> 02:23:35,120 We have praetorians. 1402 02:24:09,080 --> 02:24:11,840 You have to take her to Sicily. 1403 02:24:12,520 --> 02:24:14,680 Tigellinus might try 1404 02:24:15,040 --> 02:24:19,280 - to poison her, just to spite me. - Christ has saved her once. 1405 02:24:19,520 --> 02:24:24,120 Offer Him a hundred oxen. Gods hate repeating themselves. 1406 02:24:24,400 --> 02:24:27,960 When she gets well, l'll take her to Pomponia's house. 1407 02:24:28,160 --> 02:24:30,760 Take her and leave Rome! 1408 02:24:51,880 --> 02:24:53,480 Where am l? 1409 02:24:54,800 --> 02:24:57,160 ln Petronius' house. 1410 02:25:01,480 --> 02:25:03,960 Christ has given you back to me. 1411 02:25:13,080 --> 02:25:15,080 Nero is furious. 1412 02:25:15,640 --> 02:25:20,200 He ordered Peter and Paul to be killed, 1413 02:25:20,480 --> 02:25:24,600 praetorians are on their way. Warn the apostles. 1414 02:25:29,080 --> 02:25:30,640 Stay with her. 1415 02:25:46,640 --> 02:25:48,680 You are doomed. 1416 02:25:49,120 --> 02:25:51,840 Caesar listened to Tigellinus. 1417 02:25:52,320 --> 02:25:56,200 A messenger will bring you the death sentence. 1418 02:25:56,520 --> 02:26:01,240 Thank your master for this message. 1419 02:26:19,760 --> 02:26:21,640 Eunice... 1420 02:26:22,960 --> 02:26:24,640 Eunice, 1421 02:26:25,840 --> 02:26:27,520 Do you know 1422 02:26:27,880 --> 02:26:32,800 - that you are no longer a slave? - But l am, and always will be. 1423 02:26:33,160 --> 02:26:37,200 But you don't know this villa, all its furnishings 1424 02:26:37,760 --> 02:26:42,960 and slaves and fields and herds are from now on your property. 1425 02:26:43,480 --> 02:26:46,160 Why are you telling me this? 1426 02:26:47,000 --> 02:26:50,720 Eunice, l want to die peacefully. 1427 02:26:52,360 --> 02:26:56,440 - l am listening to you, master. - Vinicius 1428 02:26:56,960 --> 02:26:59,400 and Lygia are on Sicily now. 1429 02:26:59,920 --> 02:27:02,360 l've written back saying 1430 02:27:03,800 --> 02:27:06,160 l won't be able to join them, 1431 02:27:07,520 --> 02:27:11,840 but that l wish Sicily becomes their Hesperian Garden... 1432 02:27:12,320 --> 02:27:17,800 and the columns of their house give shelter to white doves. 1433 02:28:02,440 --> 02:28:04,800 My friends, forgive me, 1434 02:28:05,080 --> 02:28:09,680 l've shaken some wine out in honour of the goddess. 1435 02:28:15,960 --> 02:28:19,520 Let no other lips touch the bowl. 1436 02:28:21,160 --> 02:28:25,960 Senility and helplessness are sad companions of old age. 1437 02:28:26,240 --> 02:28:27,600 Why wait? 1438 02:28:28,240 --> 02:28:33,080 - We can leave before they come. - Master! 1439 02:28:33,520 --> 02:28:36,960 - What do you want to do? - l want to be merry, 1440 02:28:37,320 --> 02:28:39,320 to enjoy music and wine, 1441 02:28:41,240 --> 02:28:42,480 and sleep. 1442 02:28:51,760 --> 02:28:52,880 My lord, 1443 02:28:53,400 --> 02:28:56,360 did you think l'd abandon you? 1444 02:29:17,080 --> 02:29:19,000 l have 1445 02:29:19,400 --> 02:29:24,280 bid Nero adieu. Listen to what l wrote to him. 1446 02:29:28,280 --> 02:29:32,080 ''Caesar, l know your heart misses me'' 1447 02:29:32,520 --> 02:29:34,760 ''day in and day out.'' 1448 02:29:35,160 --> 02:29:38,840 ''But there are things l can't bear any longer.'' 1449 02:29:39,120 --> 02:29:44,440 ''l wasn't shocked by the fact that you'd killed your relatives,'' 1450 02:29:44,880 --> 02:29:47,000 ''that you'd burned Rome,'' 1451 02:29:47,600 --> 02:29:51,760 ''and sent the worthiest citizens to Erebus.'' 1452 02:29:54,080 --> 02:29:57,760 ''Here is my last piece of advice:'' 1453 02:29:58,080 --> 02:30:03,160 ''Kill, but do not sing. Poison, but do not dance.'' 1454 02:30:03,720 --> 02:30:04,640 ''lgnite,'' 1455 02:30:05,320 --> 02:30:07,880 ''but put away the cithara.'' 1456 02:30:09,080 --> 02:30:14,120 ''Those are the wishes of your arbiter of elegance.'' 1457 02:30:18,080 --> 02:30:23,240 You needn't boast about having listened to this letter. Rejoice. 1458 02:30:46,080 --> 02:30:47,920 Friends... 1459 02:30:50,760 --> 02:30:55,280 you'll agree that our deaths... 1460 02:30:57,080 --> 02:30:59,160 mark the end of... 1461 02:31:28,240 --> 02:31:32,840 He also conspired against me! He should be crucified! 1462 02:31:33,080 --> 02:31:38,360 Kill half of the revolting legions! Have Galba dragged here! 1463 02:31:40,640 --> 02:31:45,400 Have all the Galls executed! Burn this cursed city once again! 1464 02:31:47,280 --> 02:31:49,840 This will not change anything. 1465 02:31:50,120 --> 02:31:54,080 The legions have alread, declared Galba as their caesar. 1466 02:31:54,760 --> 02:31:56,280 That's a lie! 1467 02:31:57,040 --> 02:32:01,920 You are all against me! lt is for the Senate to decide. 1468 02:32:02,920 --> 02:32:07,000 They must hear me out. And if l spoke to them 1469 02:32:07,280 --> 02:32:10,520 in mourning? Would they resist my tears? 1470 02:32:11,240 --> 02:32:15,720 The Senate has sentenced. You are to be executed 1471 02:32:16,000 --> 02:32:20,400 - in the ancient fashion. - What fashion is that? 1472 02:32:20,840 --> 02:32:25,960 They'll pierce you with a fork flog to death, and cast into the Tiber. 1473 02:32:26,600 --> 02:32:29,040 You must flee, my lord. 1474 02:32:29,240 --> 02:32:31,480 Time is running short. 1475 02:32:31,960 --> 02:32:36,880 Hide in my villa at the outskirts, between Via Solaria and Nometana. 1476 02:32:40,080 --> 02:32:42,040 Flee, my lord. 1477 02:32:55,880 --> 02:32:58,600 Galba! Galba! 1478 02:33:18,600 --> 02:33:21,080 Follow me, my lord. 1479 02:33:36,600 --> 02:33:39,840 They've seen us. They know where we are. 1480 02:33:40,200 --> 02:33:44,800 - You're doomed. - Sooner or later they'll find us. 1481 02:33:45,080 --> 02:33:49,400 - Don't die like a villain, divinity. - Dig my grave here. 1482 02:33:49,880 --> 02:33:54,600 My mother, my wife and my father are summoning me to die. Dig! 1483 02:33:59,600 --> 02:34:02,760 What an artist perishes... 1484 02:34:04,000 --> 02:34:06,280 The time hasn't come yet. 1485 02:34:07,480 --> 02:34:09,720 No, no, no. 1486 02:34:13,080 --> 02:34:17,480 - Don't let them humiliate you. - The time hasn't come yet! 1487 02:34:17,920 --> 02:34:20,680 Spare yourself the humiliation! 1488 02:34:23,360 --> 02:34:27,280 They are coming for you. Hasten! 1489 02:34:49,640 --> 02:34:53,200 l have never been so happy in my life. 1490 02:34:54,640 --> 02:34:56,920 l used to think 1491 02:34:57,400 --> 02:35:00,480 love is only lust, 1492 02:35:01,080 --> 02:35:05,680 now l see one can love and be so peaceful. 1493 02:35:07,640 --> 02:35:09,120 No, Lygia. 1494 02:35:10,240 --> 02:35:13,080 l am the one who worships you. 1495 02:35:13,320 --> 02:35:15,720 l love you, Marcus. 1496 02:35:26,640 --> 02:35:29,600 Rabbi, flee from Rome. 1497 02:35:30,080 --> 02:35:33,840 Do not let the living truth perish with you. 1498 02:35:34,080 --> 02:35:36,600 Nazarius will lead you out of Rome. 1499 02:35:36,960 --> 02:35:39,960 Flee, in the name of Christ. 1500 02:35:40,240 --> 02:35:43,040 Do not let the beast triumph. 1501 02:35:47,640 --> 02:35:51,120 Hallowed be the Lord's name 1502 02:35:52,160 --> 02:35:55,400 and let His will be done. 1503 02:36:28,160 --> 02:36:32,720 Do you see that light coming towards us? 1504 02:36:33,800 --> 02:36:35,920 l cannot see anything. 1505 02:36:47,640 --> 02:36:50,120 Rabbi? What is it? 1506 02:36:50,960 --> 02:36:52,640 Oh Christ! 1507 02:36:53,720 --> 02:36:55,880 Christ! 1508 02:37:04,200 --> 02:37:07,080 Quo vadis, Domine? 1509 02:37:11,360 --> 02:37:17,360 You're abandoning my people, so l am going to Rome, 1510 02:37:18,440 --> 02:37:21,920 to be crucified once again. 1511 02:37:29,360 --> 02:37:31,880 Quo vadis, domine? 1512 02:37:35,720 --> 02:37:38,880 We are going back to Rome. 1513 02:38:39,320 --> 02:38:40,840 Ave Caesar, 1514 02:38:41,240 --> 02:38:43,640 morituri te salutant! 1515 02:39:01,640 --> 02:39:04,080 - Lygia. - My lord, 1516 02:39:05,280 --> 02:39:10,640 l've seen her in prison. She is ill. Ursus is with her. 1517 02:39:11,000 --> 02:39:12,440 Who are you? 1518 02:39:12,720 --> 02:39:16,160 You were baptised in my house, remember? 1519 02:39:17,720 --> 02:39:20,000 - Yes. - Peter 1520 02:39:20,360 --> 02:39:24,920 said he'd be in the audience. l want to see him before l die. 1521 02:39:26,880 --> 02:39:29,440 He will be among Petronius' servants. 1522 02:39:31,560 --> 02:39:36,280 - l shall show him to you. - Thank you. And peace be with you. 1523 02:39:55,440 --> 02:40:00,160 - They left her in prison. - Smile, we are being observed. 1524 02:40:01,120 --> 02:40:04,320 Lygia will pretend she is dead. 1525 02:40:04,600 --> 02:40:07,840 Will the Christians be armed? 1526 02:40:08,040 --> 02:40:11,840 - We do not know. - lt might become a slaughterhouse. 1527 02:45:33,920 --> 02:45:36,920 Can't stand the sight, Greek? 1528 02:45:37,480 --> 02:45:39,920 l wasn't meant for a butcher. 1529 02:45:40,680 --> 02:45:44,720 You're a bit wrong. Gods meant you to be a robber, 1530 02:45:45,560 --> 02:45:48,000 you've turned into a demon. 1531 02:45:51,800 --> 02:45:53,440 You won't endure. 1532 02:45:55,880 --> 02:45:57,280 l shall endure... 1533 02:45:58,880 --> 02:46:00,240 l shall. 1534 02:46:32,320 --> 02:46:36,960 Ursus says Lygia is feverish and keeps repeating your name. 1535 02:46:38,960 --> 02:46:41,000 You can enter the prison? 1536 02:46:41,480 --> 02:46:43,200 l carry out corpses. 1537 02:46:52,480 --> 02:46:57,000 - How many cadavers today? - A dozen, but there will be more. 1538 02:47:34,520 --> 02:47:36,240 Lord be praised! 1539 02:47:50,000 --> 02:47:53,000 Have you come to rescue her? 1540 02:47:55,880 --> 02:47:57,240 Tell me how. 1541 02:47:57,480 --> 02:48:01,600 l thought you'd know. How did you enter? 1542 02:48:02,000 --> 02:48:05,880 l bribed the warden. And l have a tessera. 1543 02:48:07,240 --> 02:48:11,840 ln the name of the Saviour... Lygia will take it, 1544 02:48:12,640 --> 02:48:16,200 she'll wrap her head in a rug, and leave. 1545 02:48:16,480 --> 02:48:19,000 She'll look like a young slave. 1546 02:48:19,360 --> 02:48:24,480 Praetorians won't recognise her. She'll find refuge at Petronius' house. 1547 02:48:25,120 --> 02:48:29,480 She'll refuse. She loves you, and she is too weak to walk. 1548 02:48:41,600 --> 02:48:43,760 l knew you would come. 1549 02:48:44,480 --> 02:48:45,720 Lygia... 1550 02:48:55,360 --> 02:48:58,960 l am ill, Marcus. Death is coming for me... 1551 02:49:00,360 --> 02:49:05,000 be it here, or be it in the arena. 1552 02:49:05,360 --> 02:49:07,720 No, no. You cannot die. 1553 02:49:08,400 --> 02:49:12,480 The apostle tells us to believe. Christ... 1554 02:49:12,960 --> 02:49:15,000 Christ will save you. 1555 02:49:16,760 --> 02:49:21,240 l lived but a short while... but God has given me your soul. 1556 02:49:21,880 --> 02:49:26,200 Remember, you will also go there. 1557 02:49:29,360 --> 02:49:31,520 Promise me... Marcus... 1558 02:49:32,360 --> 02:49:33,600 Lygia... 1559 02:49:36,960 --> 02:49:38,000 l promise. 1560 02:49:39,200 --> 02:49:40,720 l promise. 1561 02:49:46,600 --> 02:49:48,360 l am your wife. 1562 02:50:28,520 --> 02:50:31,880 Matricide! Woe to you! 1563 02:50:34,120 --> 02:50:38,360 Woe to you! Assassin of your wife and brother! 1564 02:50:39,240 --> 02:50:41,880 Woe to you, satan! 1565 02:50:43,000 --> 02:50:44,000 Woe! 1566 02:50:45,760 --> 02:50:50,080 You will die in terror, murderer! 1567 02:50:50,720 --> 02:50:54,720 Woe to you! Your measure is exceeded! 1568 02:50:55,360 --> 02:50:58,480 Woe to you, living cadaver! 1569 02:50:59,320 --> 02:51:01,720 Your time is near! 1570 02:51:02,000 --> 02:51:06,480 And you will be condemned for... ever... 1571 02:51:16,240 --> 02:51:19,080 Peace with the martyrs! 1572 02:51:44,400 --> 02:51:47,880 My lord, let us go do Achaea, 1573 02:51:48,200 --> 02:51:52,880 to the glory of Apollo, garlands, triumphs, admirers! 1574 02:51:53,360 --> 02:51:57,520 - Here there is nothing but fear! - What do you fear, old weasel? 1575 02:51:57,880 --> 02:51:59,600 Christians or their gods? 1576 02:52:00,000 --> 02:52:03,400 Those Christians are an odd lot. 1577 02:52:03,760 --> 02:52:06,400 Their deity might be vengeful. 1578 02:52:06,880 --> 02:52:09,360 The games are Tigellinus' responsibility. 1579 02:52:09,720 --> 02:52:11,360 Yes! Mine! 1580 02:52:12,600 --> 02:52:16,720 And l mock all the Christian gods! 1581 02:52:17,480 --> 02:52:22,000 Start pulling out the Christians' tongues or gag them. 1582 02:52:22,640 --> 02:52:26,400 Fire... fire will gag them! 1583 02:52:29,480 --> 02:52:30,600 Woe to me... 1584 02:52:33,320 --> 02:52:35,960 Look at Achilles' son. 1585 02:52:37,960 --> 02:52:42,400 Do what you want with me, but l'm through with the games. 1586 02:52:45,360 --> 02:52:48,120 Like l've said: you won't endure. 1587 02:52:48,880 --> 02:52:50,480 l want to drink... 1588 02:52:51,000 --> 02:52:52,960 l want to get drunk... 1589 02:52:53,400 --> 02:52:55,000 Drink... drink... 1590 02:53:04,360 --> 02:53:07,520 l want him near me in the gardens. 1591 02:53:20,000 --> 02:53:22,840 My lord, go away, l cannot let you in. 1592 02:53:23,120 --> 02:53:26,760 - May the gods comfort you. - Let me stay. 1593 02:53:28,640 --> 02:53:33,360 - l want to see who'll be burned. - This is not against my orders. 1594 02:54:52,640 --> 02:54:53,880 Glaucus! 1595 02:55:03,960 --> 02:55:05,320 Glaucus... 1596 02:55:09,440 --> 02:55:11,560 ln the name of Christ... 1597 02:55:12,080 --> 02:55:13,360 Forgive me! 1598 02:55:16,800 --> 02:55:18,800 l forgive you! 1599 02:55:23,520 --> 02:55:24,880 Glaucus... 1600 02:55:25,960 --> 02:55:27,320 People! 1601 02:55:31,920 --> 02:55:33,840 People of Rome! 1602 02:55:34,600 --> 02:55:39,880 l swear upon my own grave, the innocent are dying! 1603 02:55:40,600 --> 02:55:44,440 And here is the one who set Rome on fire! 1604 02:55:46,440 --> 02:55:48,520 Nero the arsonist! 1605 02:55:49,640 --> 02:55:51,360 Down with the tyrant! 1606 02:56:12,520 --> 02:56:14,280 Who is it? 1607 02:56:15,840 --> 02:56:17,160 Paul of Tarsus. 1608 02:56:17,680 --> 02:56:22,080 - l am damned! What do you want? - To save you. 1609 02:56:22,400 --> 02:56:24,640 There's no salvation for me! 1610 02:56:25,280 --> 02:56:27,440 Christ forgave the thief. 1611 02:56:27,760 --> 02:56:30,440 There's no forgiveness for me! 1612 02:56:32,080 --> 02:56:33,320 Oh Lord, 1613 02:56:33,960 --> 02:56:37,920 look upon this miserable man, see his pain, tears and suffering. 1614 02:56:38,280 --> 02:56:42,680 ln the name of your martyrdom, death and resurrection, 1615 02:56:45,200 --> 02:56:46,680 forgive him. 1616 02:56:51,440 --> 02:56:52,560 Chilo... 1617 02:56:54,880 --> 02:56:56,360 l baptise thee, 1618 02:56:58,080 --> 02:57:00,320 in the name of the Father, 1619 02:57:00,640 --> 02:57:02,080 the Son 1620 02:57:02,360 --> 02:57:04,200 and the Holy Ghost. 1621 02:57:15,800 --> 02:57:16,880 Christ... 1622 02:57:20,600 --> 02:57:21,880 Christ... 1623 02:57:33,160 --> 02:57:35,680 You have offended Caesar. 1624 02:57:38,560 --> 02:57:40,760 You will be punished by death. 1625 02:57:41,080 --> 02:57:44,960 But if you declare tomorrow, in the Amphitheatre, 1626 02:57:45,760 --> 02:57:48,360 that wine made you insane, 1627 02:57:48,640 --> 02:57:51,840 and that the Christians set Rome on fire, 1628 02:57:52,160 --> 02:57:55,880 perhaps you will get away with flagellation and exile. 1629 02:57:58,080 --> 02:58:00,960 - l cannot do this. - What do you mean? 1630 02:58:01,320 --> 02:58:03,360 You were drunk. 1631 02:58:05,280 --> 02:58:07,320 l cannot, my lord. 1632 02:58:08,760 --> 02:58:11,080 You've seen Christians die. 1633 02:58:15,080 --> 02:58:17,360 Do you want such an end? 1634 02:58:19,080 --> 02:58:21,880 l believe... in Christ. 1635 02:58:30,880 --> 02:58:33,200 lndeed you are a madman. 1636 02:58:38,600 --> 02:58:40,400 And now deny all. 1637 02:58:40,840 --> 02:58:42,120 l cannot. 1638 02:58:44,160 --> 02:58:45,400 You can! 1639 02:59:00,960 --> 02:59:03,840 Will you take all back, Greek mongrel? 1640 02:59:04,520 --> 02:59:05,680 l cannot. 1641 02:59:09,360 --> 02:59:11,200 Pull his tongue out. 1642 02:59:19,120 --> 02:59:23,160 l feel l haven't lived yet, and shall be reborn in Greece. 1643 02:59:23,560 --> 02:59:28,320 You shall be reborn for new fame and immortality. 1644 02:59:29,120 --> 02:59:33,080 - The ships are waiting in Neapolis. - l'd love to leave tomorrow. 1645 02:59:34,080 --> 02:59:38,120 Divinity, let me first invite you to a wedding feast. 1646 02:59:39,520 --> 02:59:41,640 A wedding feast? Whose? 1647 02:59:42,040 --> 02:59:43,960 Vinicius' and Lygia's. 1648 02:59:44,360 --> 02:59:46,760 You ordered him to marry, 1649 02:59:47,360 --> 02:59:50,800 and your divine commands are irreversible. 1650 02:59:51,360 --> 02:59:53,600 Release her from prison. 1651 02:59:55,120 --> 02:59:56,440 Yes, l know... 1652 02:59:57,320 --> 03:00:00,400 l've been thinking of her and of her giant. 1653 03:00:00,840 --> 03:00:04,160 - They are both saved, then. - However 1654 03:00:04,600 --> 03:00:07,360 she was arrested on Caesar's orders. 1655 03:00:07,800 --> 03:00:11,520 And his orders are, as you've put it, irreversible. 1656 03:00:11,800 --> 03:00:16,120 She was arrested because of your ignorance. Against Caesar's will. 1657 03:00:16,800 --> 03:00:21,840 You are naive, Tigellinus, but you won't accuse her 1658 03:00:22,120 --> 03:00:25,160 of the fire. Even if you claimed so, 1659 03:00:25,560 --> 03:00:27,640 Caesar wouldn't believe you. 1660 03:00:28,120 --> 03:00:29,880 Petronius is right. 1661 03:00:32,880 --> 03:00:35,360 Petronius is right. 1662 03:00:37,520 --> 03:00:40,200 The prison gates will open tomorrow. 1663 03:00:40,600 --> 03:00:44,520 And we shall discuss the feast in the Amphitheatre. 1664 03:01:40,080 --> 03:01:43,360 You're not well. Go back home. 1665 03:02:51,360 --> 03:02:52,600 Lygia... 1666 03:02:54,400 --> 03:02:55,560 Christ! 1667 03:03:28,120 --> 03:03:29,120 Sit. 1668 03:04:03,560 --> 03:04:04,400 Watch! 1669 03:07:02,120 --> 03:07:03,760 Do not give in. 1670 03:07:04,160 --> 03:07:05,920 We have praetorians. 1671 03:07:39,880 --> 03:07:42,600 You have to take her to Sicily. 1672 03:07:43,360 --> 03:07:45,440 Tigellinus might try 1673 03:07:45,840 --> 03:07:50,120 - to poison her, just to spite me. - Christ has saved her once. 1674 03:07:50,360 --> 03:07:54,920 Offer Him a hundred oxen. Gods hate repeating themselves. 1675 03:07:55,200 --> 03:07:58,760 When she gets well, l'll take her to Pomponia's house. 1676 03:07:58,960 --> 03:08:01,560 Take her and leave Rome! 1677 03:08:22,640 --> 03:08:24,320 Where am l? 1678 03:08:25,600 --> 03:08:27,960 ln Petronius' house. 1679 03:08:32,320 --> 03:08:34,760 Christ has given you back to me. 1680 03:08:43,880 --> 03:08:45,880 Nero is furious. 1681 03:08:46,400 --> 03:08:51,040 He ordered Peter and Paul to be killed, 1682 03:08:51,320 --> 03:08:55,360 praetorians are on their way. Warn the apostles. 1683 03:08:59,880 --> 03:09:01,400 Stay with her. 1684 03:09:17,400 --> 03:09:19,440 You are doomed. 1685 03:09:19,920 --> 03:09:22,600 Caesar listened to Tigellinus. 1686 03:09:23,120 --> 03:09:27,040 A messenger will bring you the death sentence. 1687 03:09:27,360 --> 03:09:32,080 Thank your master for this message. 1688 03:09:50,560 --> 03:09:52,400 Eunice... 1689 03:09:53,760 --> 03:09:55,400 Eunice, 1690 03:09:56,600 --> 03:09:58,360 Do you know 1691 03:09:58,640 --> 03:10:03,600 - that you are no longer a slave? - But l am, and always will be. 1692 03:10:03,960 --> 03:10:08,040 But you don't know this villa, all its furnishings 1693 03:10:08,560 --> 03:10:13,760 and slaves and fields and herds are from now on your property. 1694 03:10:14,320 --> 03:10:16,960 Why are you telling me this? 1695 03:10:17,800 --> 03:10:21,520 Eunice, l want to die peacefully. 1696 03:10:23,160 --> 03:10:27,280 - l am listening to you, master. - Vinicius 1697 03:10:27,760 --> 03:10:30,200 and Lygia are on Sicily now. 1698 03:10:30,680 --> 03:10:33,160 l've written back saying 1699 03:10:34,600 --> 03:10:36,960 l won't be able to join them, 1700 03:10:38,360 --> 03:10:42,600 but that l wish Sicily becomes their Hesperian Garden... 1701 03:10:43,120 --> 03:10:48,600 and the columns of their house give shelter to white doves. 1702 03:11:33,280 --> 03:11:35,600 My friends, forgive me, 1703 03:11:35,880 --> 03:11:40,440 l've shaken some wine out in honour of the goddess. 1704 03:11:46,760 --> 03:11:50,360 Let no other lips touch the bowl. 1705 03:11:51,960 --> 03:11:56,760 Senility and helplessness are sad companions of old age. 1706 03:11:57,040 --> 03:11:58,360 Why wait? 1707 03:11:59,040 --> 03:12:03,880 - We can leave before they come. - Master! 1708 03:12:04,360 --> 03:12:07,760 - What do you want to do? - l want to be merry, 1709 03:12:08,160 --> 03:12:10,160 to enjoy music and wine, 1710 03:12:12,040 --> 03:12:13,320 and sleep. 1711 03:12:22,520 --> 03:12:23,680 My lord, 1712 03:12:24,240 --> 03:12:27,200 did you think l'd abandon you? 1713 03:12:47,880 --> 03:12:49,800 l have 1714 03:12:50,240 --> 03:12:55,080 bid Nero adieu. Listen to what l wrote to him. 1715 03:12:59,080 --> 03:13:02,880 ''Caesar, l know your heart misses me'' 1716 03:13:03,360 --> 03:13:05,520 ''day in and day out.'' 1717 03:13:05,960 --> 03:13:09,640 ''But there are things l can't bear any longer.'' 1718 03:13:09,920 --> 03:13:15,280 ''l wasn't shocked by the fact that you'd killed your relatives,'' 1719 03:13:15,680 --> 03:13:17,800 ''that you'd burned Rome,'' 1720 03:13:18,360 --> 03:13:22,520 ''and sent the worthiest citizens to Erebus.'' 1721 03:13:24,880 --> 03:13:28,520 ''Here is my last piece of advice:'' 1722 03:13:28,880 --> 03:13:33,960 ''Kill, but do not sing. Poison, but do not dance.'' 1723 03:13:34,480 --> 03:13:35,400 ''lgnite,'' 1724 03:13:36,160 --> 03:13:38,680 ''but put away the cithara.'' 1725 03:13:39,880 --> 03:13:44,920 ''Those are the wishes of your arbiter of elegance.'' 1726 03:13:48,880 --> 03:13:54,040 You needn't boast about having listened to this letter. Rejoice. 1727 03:14:16,880 --> 03:14:18,720 Friends... 1728 03:14:21,520 --> 03:14:26,080 you'll agree that our deaths... 1729 03:14:27,880 --> 03:14:29,960 mark the end of... 1730 03:14:59,040 --> 03:15:03,640 He also conspired against me! He should be crucified! 1731 03:15:03,880 --> 03:15:09,200 Kill half of the revolting legions! Have Galba dragged here! 1732 03:15:11,400 --> 03:15:16,240 Have all the Galls executed! Burn this cursed city once again! 1733 03:15:18,080 --> 03:15:20,640 This will not change anything. 1734 03:15:20,920 --> 03:15:24,880 The legions have alread, declared Galba as their caesar. 1735 03:15:25,520 --> 03:15:27,080 That's a lie! 1736 03:15:27,840 --> 03:15:32,720 You are all against me! lt is for the Senate to decide. 1737 03:15:33,720 --> 03:15:37,800 They must hear me out. And if l spoke to them 1738 03:15:38,080 --> 03:15:41,360 in mourning? Would they resist my tears? 1739 03:15:42,040 --> 03:15:46,480 The Senate has sentenced. You are to be executed 1740 03:15:46,800 --> 03:15:51,240 - in the ancient fashion. - What fashion is that? 1741 03:15:51,640 --> 03:15:56,760 They'll pierce you with a fork flog to death, and cast into the Tiber. 1742 03:15:57,360 --> 03:15:59,840 You must flee, my lord. 1743 03:16:00,040 --> 03:16:02,320 Time is running short. 1744 03:16:02,760 --> 03:16:07,680 Hide in my villa at the outskirts, between Via Solaria and Nometana. 1745 03:16:10,880 --> 03:16:12,840 Flee, my lord. 1746 03:16:26,680 --> 03:16:29,360 Galba! Galba! 1747 03:16:49,360 --> 03:16:51,880 Follow me, my lord. 1748 03:17:07,360 --> 03:17:10,640 They've seen us. They know where we are. 1749 03:17:11,000 --> 03:17:15,560 - You're doomed. - Sooner or later they'll find us. 1750 03:17:15,880 --> 03:17:20,240 - Don't die like a villain, divinity. - Dig my grave here. 1751 03:17:20,680 --> 03:17:25,360 My mother, my wife and my father are summoning me to die. Dig! 1752 03:17:30,360 --> 03:17:33,520 What an artist perishes... 1753 03:17:34,800 --> 03:17:37,080 The time hasn't come yet. 1754 03:17:38,320 --> 03:17:40,480 No, no, no. 1755 03:17:43,880 --> 03:17:48,320 - Don't let them humiliate you. - The time hasn't come yet! 1756 03:17:48,720 --> 03:17:51,440 Spare yourself the humiliation! 1757 03:17:54,200 --> 03:17:58,080 They are coming for you. Hasten! 1758 03:18:20,400 --> 03:18:24,000 l have never been so happy in my life. 1759 03:18:25,400 --> 03:18:27,720 l used to think 1760 03:18:28,240 --> 03:18:31,320 love is only lust, 1761 03:18:31,880 --> 03:18:36,440 now l see one can love and be so peaceful. 1762 03:18:38,400 --> 03:18:39,920 No, Lygia. 1763 03:18:41,040 --> 03:18:43,880 l am the one who worships you. 1764 03:18:44,160 --> 03:18:46,480 l love you, Marcus. 1765 03:18:57,400 --> 03:19:00,360 Rabbi, flee from Rome. 1766 03:19:00,880 --> 03:19:04,640 Do not let the living truth perish with you. 1767 03:19:04,880 --> 03:19:07,360 Nazarius will lead you out of Rome. 1768 03:19:07,760 --> 03:19:10,760 Flee, in the name of Christ. 1769 03:19:11,040 --> 03:19:13,840 Do not let the beast triumph. 1770 03:19:18,400 --> 03:19:21,920 Hallowed be the Lord's name 1771 03:19:22,960 --> 03:19:26,240 and let His will be done. 1772 03:19:58,960 --> 03:20:03,480 Do you see that light coming towards us? 1773 03:20:04,560 --> 03:20:06,720 l cannot see anything. 1774 03:20:18,400 --> 03:20:20,920 Rabbi? What is it? 1775 03:20:21,760 --> 03:20:23,400 Oh Christ! 1776 03:20:24,480 --> 03:20:26,680 Christ! 1777 03:20:35,000 --> 03:20:37,880 Quo vadis, Domine? 1778 03:20:42,200 --> 03:20:48,200 You're abandoning my people, so l am going to Rome, 1779 03:20:49,280 --> 03:20:52,720 to be crucified once again. 1780 03:21:00,200 --> 03:21:02,680 Quo vadis, domine? 1781 03:21:06,480 --> 03:21:09,680 We are going back to Rome. 133712