Original subtitles

d I'm Horatio, historian d

d a man of great sincerity d

d who takes the facts of history d

d and writes them for posterity d

d the story i tell is of mighty rome d

d in Rome itself was the start of it d

d and the truth of the story i guarantee d

d for i, you will see d

d was a part of it d

d oh, on a day to rome d

d to rome the great d

d the citizens came from miles around d

d for fabius maximus, head of the state d

d a� a dictator d

d was crowned d

a� dictator of rome,

i solemnly promise

to deliver our beloved country

�n her hour of need.

Today our northern provinces

lie crushed beneath the heel of the invader,

the barbarian assassin Hannibal of Carthage.

But Hannibal's legions do not make me tremble,

and Hannibal's elephants

strike no terror to this heart.

yay! Yay!

Death to Hannibal!

Long live Rome!

Hail, Fabius! Hail, Fabius!

All hail Fabius! All hail Fabius!

My son.

Mother.

I'm proud of you this day, Fabius.

Proud. You fulfilled your destiny

and Rome's.

I could never have done it without you, mother.

yay! Yay!

Where is Amytis? I don't see her.

She's not here.

But that's impossible.

On the greatest day of your life,

your bride-to-be saw fit to miss the ceremony.

Hail to Fabius!

If i know Amytis, she has an excellent reason.

It's obvious you don't know Amytis.

She has no true interest �n either Rome or you.

Mother, how can you say such a thing?

amytis worships me.

d poor fabius d

d poor dictator d

d politician d

d fine debater d

d �n the senate, no one greater d

d but �n love d

d second-rater d

[ping]

and who was his love?

d amytis d

d where was amytis while fabius waited? d

d why wasn't she there by his side? d

d amytis, the lovely d

d the winsome, the charming d

d had gone for her leisurely d

d morning d

d r�de d

ohh!

would you please give me the message?

i was told to give this

to your mistress personally.

but i am her personal slave.

it is for her eyes alone.

amytis, where have you been?

ahh! what a day!

who's that?

a messenger from fabius maximus.

oh.

you missed his speech.

speech?

oh, jupiter, i forgot.

well, there will be more speeches,

there always are.

the dictator said

to deliver this to you personally, my lady.

read it, meta.

it says, "amy--

amytis, my dove..."

it doesn't.

go on.

"if you are not indisposed,

"will you please make haste

"to the temple of vesta

"for the conclusion of the day's ceremonies?

"with love, from your adoring fabius,

dictator of rome and slave to amytis."

oh, isn't that embarrassing?

well, i suppose i'll have to go.

i could just hear his mother if i don't.

water these horses, please.

slave: yes, my lady.

what'll i wear?

tell fabius maximus his dove flies to his side.

yes, my lady.

you may come with me.

amytis, do i have to?

why?

but the way you drive!

oh, come on.

meta: the doors are closed.

amytis: they couldn't be.

centurion, has the ceremony already started?

yes, my lady.

i'm afraid you're too late.

well, i tried.

meta, let's do some shopping.

yes!

alright.

here, take these, would you, please?

oh, uh, what was the dictator's speech about?

hannibal, my lady.

hannibal. hannibal!

it's all you hear. You know,

i'm getting a little tired of hannibal.

a friend of mine saw him once �n carthage.

she said he's beautiful.

really?

like a god.

hmm. well...

he would certainly be a novelty around here.

the men �n rome are all getting fat.

try the bow, lady, test your skill.

all right.

ooh.

no, not springy enough.

thank you.

oh, that's pretty.

what do you think, meta?

make a nice stole, wouldn't it?

5 strong men.

what do i hear?

buyer: 55.

seller: �old! Take them away!

what?

that-- that slave.

a soldier of hannibal.

captured �n the battle of patalonia.

he's pretty, isn't he?

do you want him?

amytis, what a thing to say.

just tell me.

if you want him, i'll get him for you.

don't be silly.

what am i bid for his youth and strength?

strength.

let me hear a bid. Who'll start it?

broad shoulders,

a soldier, ladies and gentlemen.

do i hear 500 sesterces?

come, come! who will say 500 sesterces?

500 sesterces!

seller: 500 is bid by the widow titus.

oh, that poor helpless boy.

seller: do i hear 6?

600.

amytis, don't.

650!

seller: 650!

700.

seller: 700.

800! 750!

seller: 800.

850.

900.

950.

seller: who'll say 1,000?

for the love of the gods,

who'll say 1,000?

1,000!

seller: may i accept that bid, my lady?

1,000.

seller: 1,000 is bid.

1,100.

seller: the widow titus bids 1,100.

do i hear more?

1,500 sesterces.

ohh! Ohh!

i congratulate you.

well!

he's yours, lady.

take him.

d i never knew that slavery d

d could be anything like this d

d i didn't buy you for myself d

d i bought you for her d

d i never knew that slavery d

d could be anything like this d

d if this be slavery d

d then give me slavery d

d if this be slavery d

d i don't want to be free d

d with your protection and your affection d

d my lovely lady d

d i don't want to be free d

[crowd cheers]

d i'm here ready to serve you d

d ready a� i can be d

d i'm sure this is the job for me d

d if this be slavery d

d hooray for slavery d

d if this be slavery d

d i don't want to be free d

d be free, be free, be free, be free d

d i don't want to be free d

[fanfare plays]

i told you she wouldn't be at the temple.

she probably stayed away on purpose.

mother, please.

you don't suppose she's ill, do you?

ohh!

what's happening here?

what's happening?

2 women, sire, were bidding for the same man.

disgusting.

man: here she comes, the winner.

amytis.

greetings, fabius, mother fabia.

we've, uh, we've been shopping.

[pigs squealing]

if you see no objection to lowering yourself,

you might at least consider fabius.

oh, now, mother, really.

oh, it isn't merely her behavior of today,

it's every day.

yes, but if you'll just--

racing about the countryside �n a chariot.

don't you see--

hunting, fishing, throwing javelins!

�n my mother's day �n greece,

these were favorite pastimes.

if you'd forget your greek heritage

and remember that one day

you'll be the first lady of rome.

now, that's enough!

ohh!

my dear, y-y-you must realize

for a man �n my position

it's embarrassing to find his bride-to-be

running around buying men.

but i explained that.

he was a poor, homeless soldier,

helpless and friendless--

[meta screams]

stop!

ha ha ha ha ha.

helpless, indeed.

huh!

thank you for bringing me home.

may i have a word with you, amytis?

not now, fabius.

i'd like to take my bath.

ha ha ha.

bathing, mother fabia,

is an honorable roman custom.

not the way you do it.

if the gods had wanted us to propel ourselves through water,

they'd have provided us with fins.

oh, now, mother.

what's wrong?

i just wanted to thank you for buying me.

you have a very str�nge way of showing your gratitude.

haven't you any manners at all?

no, i'm a barbarian.

well, you don't have to be so proud of it.

the stable area is �n that direction.

you'll find your quarters over there.

where do you stay?

with my lady amytis, behind a well-locked door.

i thought i belonged to you.

only half of you belongs to me.

which half?

you know, you could be exchanged.

fabius, please. i'm hot and tired and cross.

i know. mother can be difficult.

of course, there's one thing that annoys her particularly:

your constant refusal to fix the date of our wedding.

amytis, what are we waiting for?

[sighs]

well, i...

i didn't want to rush you.

rush me?

we've been engaged for 7 years.

you set a goal for yourself,

and i didn't want to interfere with it.

my dear, today i am dictator of all rome.

the only goal left is to be the husband of amytis.

fabius...

have you ever thought...

well, that, perhaps i'm not right for you?

never.

well... i just wondered.

amytis, i need not remind you

that there are good and sufficient reasons

for our marriage. those reasons have not changed.

i'll never change.

i'm not a fickle man, amytis.

i've carried your courtship next to my heart

for a long time.

that's a terrible likeness.

we'll have another one made, �n your wedding robes.

when will it be?

well, shall we say next year?

you said that last year.

oh.

time flies, doesn't it?

well, uh, shall we say--

i say next week.

next week?

but that's 7 days.

too long for a man �n love.

i'll call some friends together,

and we'll announce our wedding tonight.

fabius.

yes, my love?

it's a very great honor

to be the mistress of rome, but...

i just wonder if i'm suited to it.

i think you are.

unless, of course,

you prefer to enter the temple of vesta.

a vestal virgin?

what, shut up �n a temple for 30 years

with nothing to do but tend a fire?

ha ha ha ha.

why, you have to be born into the order of vestal virgins.

my first act a� dictator

will be to make it an appointee office.

it's settled, then?

amytis.

until tonight.

d i have a dream d

d one i must follow d

d mine is a dream d

d a dream of flaming desire d

d i see a man d

d whose arms are waiting to hold me d

d and once our lips have met d

d he'll set me on fire d

d how does he look? d

d just like apollo d

d i'd glow with pride inside d

d if i were his bride d

d locked �n his arms d

d i'd stay forever d

d if my dream should ever come true d

d i have a dream d

d and my dream d

d is d

d you d

d we women like men who can baby us d

d who take us and make us feel weak d

d but that's not the case with dear fabius d

d he's so much more roman than greek d

d at night when i might need adoring d

d he'd never awake to my charms d

d i can picture him peacefully snoring d

d he'd be �n morpheus' arms d

d so we are oceans apart d

d and for my dream, i must wait d

d i want affairs of the heart d

d who cares for affairs of state? d

d i have a dream d

d i have a dream d

d and my dream d

d is d

d you d

oh, fabius.

[laughter]

fabius!

general scipio, what does this mean?

why aren't you with the army?

there is no army.

we've been crushed, beaten.

hannibal's 20 miles from the gates of rome.

but this cannot be.

only this morning i promised victory.

only this morning

12 roman legions were wiped out, annihilated.

hannibal rules the world.

man: but the soothsayer reported

the omens were propitious.

the gods are on our side.

the gods may be on our side,

but hannibal has elephants.

what are your orders?

call a meeting of the senate

to determine a course of action.

�n the meantime, rally your remaining forces,

join them with the home legions.

all women must take immediate shelter

behind the walls of rome.

to fall into the hands of hannibal

is a fate worse than death.

conduct the lady fabia to rome immediately.

and proceed calmly, everyone.

you can stay with mother.

a fate worse than death.

i cannot understand it.

we outnumbered them 2 to 1.

if we'd have outnumbered them 5 to 1,

he still would have beaten us.

don't underestimate hannibal, fabius.

i've seen him �n battle.

this is no ordinary barbarian.

he has the strength of 10,

the courage of 20.

he's more than a man.

he's a god.

[marching music playing]

we conquered gaul.

gaul! Gaul!

we conquered spain!

spain! Spain!

now rome!

hannibal! Hannibal!

[cheering]

d the conqueror of the world d

d i've come all the way from carthage d

d and i'm a long, long way from home d

d but i won't go back to carthage d

d till i batter �n the gates of rome d

d that's hannibal d

d hannibal d

d hannibal d

d hannibal d

d o hannibal d

d we love to fight for hannibal d

d the high and mighty hannibal d

d the conqueror of the world d

d that's hannibal d

d hannibal d

d hannibal d

d let me sing d

d let me show my elation d

d let me shout it d

d with lusty battle cries d

d i will gloat d

d over rome's annihilation d

d a� i march on the city that i despise d

d fiercely i abominate d

d the rome that tries to dominate d

d and so myself i nominate d

d to make the romans crawl d

d to hannibal d

d death to the romans d

yay! Yay!

d romans one and all d

yay! Yay!

d this is the day d

d when rome must fall d

d oh, let the ground keep thundering d

d let's keep the romans wondering d

d how soon we will be plundering d

d we're on the road to rome d

d we're on the road d

d to rome d

d hannibal d

d hannibal d

d hannibal d

[cheering]

halt!

halt!

we'll c�mp here!

restore and sharpen weapons!

tomorrow we attack rome!

[cheering]

meta, what are those strange-looking beasts

with 5 legs?

elephants.

i've always been curious

to see what one looked like.

is that why we came?

to see the elephants?

certainly.

you don't think i came to see hannibal.

well, whoever you came to see,

i think we better leave.

we might get into trou-- ooh!

that's ridiculous. What trou-- aah!

oh!

oh!

horatio: from carthage to rome,

the mighty hannibal had triumphed.

now, once again,

he had routed the enemy �n the field.

ahem. uh, following his glorious victory,

the mighty hannibal encamped outside rome

and prepared to sack the city.

his unforgettable words

upon this momentous occasion were...

[sniffs]

the wind must be from the elephants' quarters.

sire, could you please

say something more momentous?

yes. take that scribbling and get out of here.

but, sire, i--

wars are won by deeds, not words.

but, sire, i'm a historian.

i have to record every event a� it takes place.

[trumpet fanfare]

now, there's the wall of rome.

20 feet high at its lowest point.

not a break anyplace.

sire, give me scaling ladders

and 200 men.

we'll be over it before you can blink.

no.

no. somewhere there must be a weakness.

but where? where?!

corporal balal

reporting the capture of 2 roman spies, sire.

don't bother me with trifles.

kill them.

they're women.

what's the difference?

sergeant, you've been away too long.

take your filthy hands off me!

let go of me! This is an outrage!

take me to your general!

take me to see hannibal! Where is--

you've seen hannibal.

these are the spies, sire.

hannibal: well, search them.

they may be carrying dispatches.

uh, no. no.

we've already been searched.

thoroughly.

well, you know the penalty for spies!

proceed �n the usual manner.

just what is the usual manner?

we slit their throats.

[gasps]

[trumpet fanfare]

well, we all have to go sometime.

but isn't it customary

to grant a condemned prisoner a last request,

or is that only �n civilized countries?

what is it?

it's...

rather private.

i-- i'd prefer to tell you alone.

[gasps]

she'll be perfectly safe,

of course.

perfectly.

may i sit down?

thank you.

so you're hannibal.

i've heard a lot about you.

my name's amytis.

what have you heard about me?

[inhales deeply]

well, they, uh...

they say �n rome, uh...

frankly, it isn't very flattering,

but, uh...

look, why don't you sit down, too?

you must be awfully tired...

from marching so...

much.

[exhales]

you could have asked.

i never ask. i take.

very delicate workmanship.

very beautiful.

i always try to look my best

when i'm going to an execution.

you had a last request.

request?

spare rome.

what?

i said spare rome.

sergeant!

put this woman to the sword.

very well.

but if that's supposed to be rome,

i suggest you get a new mapmaker.

wait.

what do you mean?

well...

�n the first place,

the senate is on the right of the forum,

not on the left,

and the wall doesn't turn there,

it goes straight ahead.

so my maps are wrong.

if you're lying to me, i'll have you torn--

well, if you don't believe me,

why don't you go see for yourself?

there's an old temple just outside the walls.

from the ruins you can see the whole city.

how do you know?

i-- i used to play there a� a child.

i...

i'd take the loose bricks out of the wall

and just crawl right through.

a break �n the wall of rome?

it's been repaired, of course.

i really wouldn't know.

i haven't crawled through lately.

we'll go at once. I'll summon the guard.

oh, no.

they'll just want to search me again.

if we go, we go alone.

you're not afraid?

i fear nothing �n this world or the next.

but i've an army that needs me alive.

i'd be putting my life �n your hands.

that's a little ridiculous, isn't it?

well, of course, if you don't trust me...

d i never trust a woman d

d i never trust a woman d

d i find that most of them are counterfeit d

d a man who is a he-male d

d should never trust a female d

d not even quite a� far a� he can spit d

d if someone i desire d

d should prove to be a liar d

d i'd slit her lovely throat d

d from ear to ear d

d and at my leisure later d

d i might decapitate her d

d and say d

d "too bad you lost your head, my dear" d

d i'm the man d

d and i'm the one who does the ruling d

d if she's gentle d

d i may sometimes be genteel d

d but, by jupiter d

d i won't have any fooling d

d i assure you d

d i am no achilles heel d

d though she may be a goddess d

d i know beneath her bodice d

d there beats a heart d

d that's probably untrue d

d so i never trust a woman d

d i never trust d

d a woman d

d but i might d

d i just might d

d trust d

d you d

[chuckles]

d i'd sooner trust that leopard d

d whose blood is hotly peppered d

[snarls]

d at least i'd know i'd have a fighting chance d

d at least she would be snarling d

d she wouldn't call me darling d

d i'd know her foul intentions d

d �n advance d

d i'm a man d

d and i will always be the master d

d if a woman be flirtatious d

d let her be d

d but, by jupiter d

d she's flirting with disaster d

d if she thinks d

d that she can make a fool of me d

d i'd take my trusty dagger d

d and by the hair, i'll drag her d

d her cheating heart d

d i'll let the buzzards chew d

d so i never trust a woman d

d i never d

d trust a woman d

d but i might d

d i just might d

d but i won't d

d trust you d

the hill's on the other side.

and how do we get to the other side?

we swim, of course.

huh?

you mean you don't?

i can't believe it.

the man who conquered the alps,

who brought the roman army to its knees,

and he can't swim.

i've tried several times.

i always sink.

well, it's very simple.

i'll float you across.

come on.

don't tell me you're afraid.

i fear nothing...

�n this world or the next.

i know.

shall we go?

what are you doing?

getting ready to swim.

come on.

are you sure you crossed the alps?

hup. urk...

general?

general!

general.

oh!

there you are!

where've you been?

having trouble, huh?

come on.

stay with me now.

fine. you can stand now.

there.

you see?

i told you i sink!

well, of course you do.

take off all this heavy armor.

a warrior never removes,

never sets aside his armor!

well, you must spend many restless nights.

come on.

take it off.

[giggling]

what's so funny?

you remind me of a turtle coming out of his shell.

a very well-developed turtle.

well, come on.

�n we go.

come on.

i won't let you sink this time.

come on.

now, just relax.

here. take my hand.

now, lie down.

i'm right here.

now, just let yourself go limp.

[panting]

limp.

relax.

relax.

we'll never get there unless you relax.

come on.

there now.

isn't that easy?

you see what i mean?

you know, general,

you have a fine chin for floating.

so prominent.

you know, actually,

you-- you're very buoyant.

you must be just filled with air.

grr. hmmph.

you really should make it a point

to learn to swim.

between battles, i mean.

water is so refreshing.

water's for drinking and putting out fires!

ohh.

that's ridiculous.

why, i've been swimming since i was this high.

oh.

oh!

oh-ho.

oh, i'm sorry.

just a slip.

one more slip...

and we go down together.

ohh.

yes, sir.

here we go.

there.

you can stand up now.

huh?

mmph.

[laughing]

hmm?

hmm.

they said they were going to destroy the bridges.

well, they certainly should have.

well, a� long a� they didn't,

suppose we go back...

and get the chariot!

i say fight. at least we can die honorably.

how many legions have we �n capua?

5. it'll take weeks to get them here.

well, perhaps we could delay.

delay?!

any more delay and rome will be a heap of ashes.

we must have action. We must do something!

yes, but what?

hail fabius.

your indulgence, senators.

any news of amytis?

nothing, sire.

not a word.

but i can't understand it.

she was supposed to go to your house.

i ordered her there.

we searched all rome.

you didn't happen to see anything

of the little slave girl, did ya?

about so high, big brown eyes,

golden fuzzy hair?

hold your tongue, slave.

i can think of only one thing:

amytis has been captured by hannibal's forces.

she would kill herself first.

rome.

for 10 years

i've dreamed of her lying at my feet.

and there she is--

helpless and beautiful.

you think she's beautiful,

and yet tomorrow you intend to destroy her.

it does seem a shame, doesn't it?

to deliberately destroy something you admire.

when i was a child,

my father laid me on the altar of our temple

and dedicated me to the destruction of rome.

from that moment on,

i became a force inspired by the gods

to crush the enemies of carthage.

ohh, i see.

the gods inspired you.

i thought for a moment it might have been a woman.

war and women do not mix.

when the battle is over,

then is the time to be inspired.

but before the battle...

ahem.

where's the break �n the wall?

mmm?

oh.

it's right over there.

but we can't go yet.

hmm?

the moon's too bright.

oh, yes.

yes, so it is.

why don't, uh,

why don't you make yourself comfortable?

won't set for quite a while.

tell me, general,

have you conquered a great many cities?

more than i can remember.

how do you go about it?

i mean, what's it like?

well, there are no hard and fast rules �n warfare,

but i'd say the first thing

is to make a complete survey of the enemy.

oh, yes.

know his strength a� you know your own.

then deploy your forces.

what does that mean?

put them �n the right position.

oh. oh, i see.

put them �n the right position.

then, uh,

then when you've deployed sufficiently,

you, uh, you make a feint at his strength.

i don't understand.

well, you, uh...

pretend to attack, but you don't.

you, uh, fall back instead.

ahh.

you fall back.

yes.

then, uh...

when he advances,

you encircle him.

you strike at his weakness hard and quick.

suppose he has no weakness?

that would be very unusual.

it sounds exciting.

it is.

why did you come to my c�mp?

because i'm a spy.

is that the only reason?

no, i wanted to see the...

elephants.

oh, well, uh...

elephants can be quite a problem.

can they?

uh-huh.

did you ever try to get an elephant over an alp?

no.

no, i missed that.

well, it isn't easy.

it isn't?

uh, about the break �n the wall.

oh, yes.

where is it?

over there.

uh-huh.

general...

you have a battle tomorrow.

d don't let this night d

d get away d

d don't break the spell d

d of this moment so rare d

d don't let this night d

d get away d

d now that we know d

d there's a love we can share d

d moments like this d

d we must steal d

d beg, or borrow d

d there's no tomorrow d

d our time d

d is now d

d now, with the starlight above d

d give me your lips d

d and your heart d

d and your love d

d let's take our chance d

d while we may d

d and don't let this night d

d get away d

d give me your lips d

d and your heart d

d and your love d

d let's take our chance d

d while we may d

d and don't d

d let this night d

d get away d

romans!

mmph.

an enemy chariot. Burn it!

they mustn't get back alive.

[grunts]

[whistles]

hold onto them!

look out! Oh, look out!

follow the horses!

do it!

aah!

[whistles]

look out! Oh, look out!

follow the horses!

get them!

[yelling]

mmph!

oh!

aah.

aah!

look out!

mmph.

throw it!

[whinnying]

[cheering]

what happened?

amytis!

amytis, are you alright?

how dare you treat her like that?

you ought to be ashamed.

you were magnificent!

the way you fought.

kill that woman!

kill what woman?

break �n the wall, huh?

show me the view, huh?

murder me, huh?

feed her to the buzzards!

i did not try to murder you.

you let her alone!

aah!

i had nothing to do with it!

you led me into a trap!

i led you into nothing!

a whole detachment of roman soldiers!

how did they know i was there?

well, the way you were singing

at the top of your lungs,

all rome knew you were there!

mago.

come along, lady.

wait!

i'll kill her myself.

can i stay and watch?

i'll send for you when it's over.

any more last requests?

yes.

i prefer to be killed by him.

no.

i couldn't trust mago to do this.

you might tempt him, and he might weaken...

a� i almost did.

yes...

'cause mago's a man,

and you...

you, of course, are a god!

and i'm to be sacrificed to that god

with my hands tied behind my back.

you really believe i betrayed you?

you asked me why i came to your c�mp.

i came to see you...

hannibal...

and i wasn't disappointed.

you're going to die.

i found a dream.

one i've dreamed for a long, long time.

and you found one, too.

or almost.

now, of course, you'll never know.

a� for trying to kill you...

do you remember when we swam the stream?

i held your life �n my hand.

you're going to die.

yes.

yes, i'm going to die.

but not until tomorrow.

[drum pounding]

[fanfare]

"the dawn came up, a momentous day,

"with preparations under way,

"and every man who held a spear

felt rome and victory were near."

d death to the romans d

d romans one and all d

d this is the day when rome must fall d

d we've come all the way from carthage d

d yes, we're a long, long way from home d

d but we won't go back to carthage d

d till we batter �n the gates of rome d

d hannibal, o hannibal d

d we're fighting men of hannibal d

d the high and mighty hannibal d

d the thunder of the world d

d that's hannibal d

d hannibal d

d hannibal d

[ferocious cheer]

[yawns]

[humming love song]

[humming love song]

good morning.

yes, it is, isn't it?

wherever did you capture this?

oh, somewhere �n africa.

this is my treasure tent.

i keep all my treasures here.

hungry?

famished.

mago.

breakfast for two.

breakfast...

for one.

hmm!

sire!

uh, sire.

[troops grumbling]

excuse me,

but what time do we attack?

attack?

oh.

oh, i'd say about noon.

�n broad daylight?!

surprise move.

what shall i say

the mighty hannibal is doing?

he's, uh...

ahem. he's, uh...

he's reconnoitering.

fall out!

troops: fall out?

we attack at high noon.

[troops grumbling]

while rome was waiting, pondering her chances,

hannibal was making some, ahem, advances.

d hannibal, o hannibal d

d we're fighting men of hannibal d

d the high and mighty hannibal d

d the thunder of the world d

d that's hannibal d

d hannibal d

d hannibal d

[ferocious cheer]

[hannibal humming love song]

d at moments like this d

d we must steal, beg, or borrow d

[jingle]

[laughing]

high noon.

ah, yes.

we will attack at dusk.

dusk?!

we were supposed to attack at noon.

are you mad?

only a fool would attack �n broad daylight.

but you said that--

here.

you told me we were going to attack--

here, let's try this on, huh?

[grumbling]

fall out!

till dusk.

[loud grumbling]

d death to the romans d

d romans one and all d

d o hannibal, o hannibal d

d we're fighting men of hannibal d

d the high and mighty hannibal d

d the thunder of the world d

the whole day long,

the army stood there loitering.

and where was hannibal?

still reconnoitering.

d that's hannibal d

d hannibal d

d hannibal d

[less enthusiastic ferocious cheer]

[humming love song]

d at moments like this d

d we must steal, beg, or borrow d

it's dusk.

the sun is setting.

ah, yes, so it is.

hmm?

beautiful, isn't it?

mmm!

[laughing softly]

shall we go?

mm-hmm.

come on, darling.

time to eat.

aren't you hungry?

eh, he's more tired than hungry.

fall out!

permanently!

[loud, exasperated grumbling]

[trumpet blows]

a horseman approaches!

a roman!

hannibal! Where is hannibal?

who is it?

varius, soldier of hannibal.

lieutenant of the elephant battalion.

lieutenant.

sire.

we left you for dead �n catalonia.

what are you doing �n that roman uniform?

i was taken prisoner and �old a� a slave �n rome.

but i kept my eyes and ears open, sire.

varius?

there are just 2 legions left to defend the city.

no more.

that's good work.

do something.

do something.

do something?

yes. go on.

yes. do something.

i'll talk to you later tonight.

tomorrow.

i was bought by a beautiful woman--

varius!

do you know her?

i don't know. I haven't seen her yet.

don't mention my lady. Don't say anything.

don't mention fabius maximus.

i'll explain later.

well, if it isn't--

don't say anything, please!

convince me.

come on, minerva.

tomorrow.

then you won't say anything, will you?

i don't know. things are different now.

i'm not a slave here.

i'm a lieutenant.

yes, i know.

imagine. i once owned half a lieutenant.

of course, i've been thinking

of taking on a slave of my own.

think you can handle the job?

me?

i wonder what you're worth.

i don't know. i--

my lady would never part with me.

let me see.

hmm. not very muscular.

let me see your teeth.

i will not.

don't do that!

well. Bad-tempered, too.

let's see now.

i brought 1,500 sesterces

�n the open market.

of course, i was a steal.

judging from that,

i'd say you'd be worth, oh...

let's see, 149, 150 sesterces.

150?!

why, that's ridiculous.

it's insulting.

why, one of your elephants

would bring more than that.

that's different.

my elephants are trained.

i got a lot to teach a little girl like you.

i don't care to learn.

and kindly refrain from handling merchandise

which does not belong to you.

d i've trained my elephant so that she'll obey d

up! up!

d i've trained my elephant d

d see how she will play? d

ha!

d i've trained my elephant d

d and she wants to sway d

come on! up!

d now that's the way that you should be d

d you mean you plan on training me? d

d well, if my elephant loves me, so can you d

d well, i'm not an elephant d

d obviously d

d i doubt i ever will be d

d so the life of an elephant d

d you can see d

d is not the life for me d

up! up!

oh!

put me down!

put me down!

d if you do the things i say d

d i'll let you down d

d i'll behave d

d i'm your slave d

d oh, you can't hold an elephant �n your arms d

d or get one to sit on your knee d

d though the life of an elephant d

d may have charms d

d it's not the life for me d

alright.

up!

up!

hah!

alright. come on, get them up.

get the trunk up.

hah!

d i've trained my elephant so that she'll obey d

d i've trained my elephant d

d see how she can sway? d

d i pet my elephant, and she wants to play d

d she'll run or trot or simply walk d

d i think i'll teach her how to talk d

d i'm always gentle and kind d

d a� you can see d

d so if somebody learned to be sweet and kind d

d perhaps i'd learn how to mind d

d and the life of an elephant d

d then would be d

d the only life for me d

[elephant cries]

[nnnnnnrrr]

[aroo]

you like our elephants?

yes. they're very interesting.

you know, they're a little bit

on the drab side, though.

you think so?

they'd be nice �n bright colors.

if they were mine,

i'd brighten them up a bit.

brighten them up a bit, hmm?

it was suggested

by a close friend of the heroic hannibal

that our 800 elephants be painted...

bright colors.

bright colors? ooh.

he said 800.

i didn't see 800 elephants.

all we have is 60,

but you know historians.

it's been a wonderful day.

wonderful.

tell me, if i spared rome...

and returned to carthage,

would you come with me?

i don't know.

i need time to think.

you have your life.

i have a life, too.

there are things i must consider.

what things?

what is your life?

who are you?

i'm a roman woman...

�n love with a carthaginian general.

[fanfare]

a delegation from rome, sire,

under an olive branch of truce.

led by the dictator fabius maximus.

[commotion among the troops]

let them approach.

i am fabius maximus, dictator of rome.

i am hannibal of carthage,

conqueror of the world.

i have with me

proposed articles of truce.

step into my tent.

we'll discuss terms.

i'm pleased that you're �n a receptive mood, general.

i warn you. i may be less receptive

when i hear your proposal.

uh, couldn't we be alone?

this is my tent.

you may speak freely.

uh, she's deaf and dumb.

oh. heh heh.

noble hannibal,

for years, rome and carthage

have been at each other's throats.

thousands of men on both sides

have sacrificed their lives.

at this moment,

the conflict seems to have reached

what i may venture to call a crisis.

you are not overstating.

you undoubtedly do not realize

the full strength of our defending force.

we have within the city,

fully armed,

23 war-strength legions.

2.

you must realize

that the walls of rome are impregnable.

i, uh...

i believe there's a break someplace.

well, what would be gained

by a prolonged and arduous siege?

nothing but acute suffering on both sides.

then consider also the innocent victims.

think of the women and children.

i am.

what do you suggest we do about it?

i suggest that you abandon

your mad scheme of conquering rome.

i seem to have heard those words before.

they're wise words.

the attempt would cost you heavily

and be doomed to ultimate failure.

i'll give the matter some thought.

thank you, general.

however,

my decision may not depend entirely upon myself.

very nice.

you may return to your city and await my word.

may i add it to my collection?

uh, well...

you hesitate?

oh, forgive me, general,

but the medallion

carries a sentimental value.

it contains the likeness of my betrothed.

your concern is understandable.

you may keep it.

no.

take it.

she would want you to have it.

give the dictator safe escort.

safe escort for the dictator!

this is for you,

a present from the dictator of rome.

it is beautiful, isn't it?

i wonder how it opens.

oh-- oh, i don't think it does.

they rarely do. It's a lost art.

the old windbag said it contained

a likeness of his betrothed.

no. no, i don't think so.

probably some doofus girl.

betrothed...

to the dictator...

of rome.

betrothed...

to the dictator of rome!

i can explain everything.

so that's why you came.

i didn't!

to spy for your lover.

that's not true, and he's not my lover.

if you'll only--

you even sang the same tune--

spare rome.

listen. when my father died,

he made fabius my protector.

there was nothing i could do.

it was marry him or become a vestal virgin.

ha ha ha ha!

you don't know roman law.

no, but i know roman women.

you don't know anything about women.

if you did,

you'd know i love you,

only you.

have you forgotten the day

i held your life �n my hands?

don't do that!

oh!

of all the bl�nd, obstinate pig--

how could a man be so brilliant �n war

and so stupid �n peace?

watch your tongue, woman!

and stop snatching things, you barbarian!

yes...

yes, i am!

and i love it!

you don't want a mate. You want a slave,

just something else to exhibit

with all the rest of your bloodstained loot.

you flatter yourself.

you're not worth exhibiting.

i've got other pl�ns for you.

mago!

yes. i'll destroy rome,

and i won't leave a stone upon a stone.

mago!

i'll pulverize it!

i'll grind it to oblivion!

of course you would. that's what i'd expect of you.

take this woman out and put her �n chains.

tomorrow, i'll deliver you to your lover personally

and throw you at his feet--

bound and gagged. Out!

what are you doing?

don't ask questions.

i never said a word, i swear.

you didn't have to.

he saw me hanging around fabius' neck.

alright. come on.

but-- but where?

come on.

come on, hurry up. Where?

never mind. Hurry up.

hurry up where?

to rome.

but what about my lady?

i'm sorry. she's hannibal's problem.

when we conquer the city,

i'll find you.

we can go away to carthage together.

you don't want to be a slave all your life,

do you?

you mean, if i come with you,

i won't be?

well, the wife of the best lieutenant

�n hannibal's elephant corps

can hardly be a slave.

did you say... wife?

well, you love me, don't you?

yes.

man: patrol, right!

it's the morning patrol. get back.

they've gone. Now quick.

what's the matter? What are you doing?

meta.

meta.

what are you doing?

chain me up again.

of all the silly, stubborn...

alright. i will.

give me your ankle.

uhh!

the prisoners are escaping!

sound the alarm!

there she goes!

there she goes!

get her!

get that woman!

come on! After them!

alive!

i want her alive!

form your battalion!

every man, horse, and elephant.

we attack rome.

when?

now!

[cheering]

we attack rome!

"on the eve of the battle,

"the heroic hannibal's horse

was stolen by a former friend."

meta!

around the rock.

hide behind the rock.

i'll see you �n rome.

hannibal said to take her alive.

alive or dead-- let's take her.

now!

ah!

[gasping]

oh!

a rider approaches!

amytis cataeneus,

betrothed to the dictator of rome.

open the gates!

ah, amytis, my poor darling.

fabius, you don't know what i've been through.

now, now. it's all over. We won't talk about it.

you're �n rome again, safe with me.

yes.

i'm �n rome again...

with you.

and i have good news.

the situation looks much brighter.

i, uh, journeyed

to hannibal's c�mp personally.

i believe i've convinced him to spare rome.

i wouldn't count on it.

what?

i mean...

barbarians can be...

treacherous.

war or no war,

i intend to go ahead with our pl�ns.

we'll be married tomorrow.

then if hannibal attacks,

if rome is destroyed,

we can be buried together a� man and wife.

buried together.

fabius...

i can't marry you.

w-what do you mean? I don't understand.

i've decided to take the other choice.

you mean into the temple of vesta,

dedicate 30 years of your life? you can't.

it was your suggestion.

yes, but i never thought-- i-- i didn't mean it.

i mean it, fabius.

you... care so little for me?

i care a great deal.

but i don't love you.

i suppose i always knew.

i'm sorry.

[marching cadence]

hannibal!

[fanfare]

charge!

forward!

charge!

charge!

send �n the smoke chariots!

elephant battalion!

[elephant trumpets]

burn it down!

forward!

fire!

bring up the scaling ladder!

aah!

man: ohh!

[elephant trumpets]

release catapults!

fire!

fire!

fire the catapults!

fire!

fire!

fire!

fire!

what is the situation?

desperate. We can't hold up.

hold!

hold!

hold!

what are your terms?

rome.

i implore you to be reasonable.

expect no reason. Offer no terms.

amytis, what are you doing?

there can be no truce with barbarians.

they accept your terms with one breath

and destroy you with the next.

i stand beside you, fabius,

and i say fight him. Fight him! Fight him!

it's a wonderful thing you are doing, amytis,

but it is too late. It's hopeless.

will you accept tribute?

rome offers you slaves...

ships for your return to carthage...

half the gold �n our coffers.

what is your answer?

i will accept tribute.

[cheering]

i will accept that woman.

troops: oh, no!

oh, no! No, no!

[men grumbling]

we have many other lovely women.

that woman or none.

this woman is already promised.

she was my betrothed,

but now she has dedicated herself

to the temple of vesta for life.

therefore, she cannot be a tribute.

make your choice.

the woman...

or rome.

i cannot condemn any woman to a fate worse than death.

what you ask is impossible.

then rome must perish.

[drums beat]

sound the bugles!

amytis: wait! wait!

wait! what is the fate of one woman

compared to the safety of a whole city?

for the glory of rome, i will go with him.

[cheering]

no!

even you must make a sacrifice, my son.

farewell, good fabius.

people, do not grieve.

it's better that i go with this fiend

than to allow our lovely city to perish...

at his foul hands.

and so, with pride i give my all

that rome may stand, though i may fall.

[cheering]

hold!

fiend, eh?

foul barbarian, huh?

d i cannot take this woman d what?

d h�ul up this noble woman d

don't you dare send me back.

d i think for rome she pays too high a price d

oh, now, that's silly. Come, now.

d she hates me with a fervor d

no, i don't.

d i'm sure i don't deserve her d

d i cannot let her make this sacrifice d

please believe me. I go to my fate willingly.

yes?

willingly!

very well. I will accept her.

[sighs]

lower away.

[whispering] i'll kill you.

yes, i know.

but not until tomorrow.

forward, march!

[drums beat]

well? you coming or not?

d hannibal, o hannibal d

d the fighting men of hannibal d

d the high and mighty hannibal d

d the ruler of the world d

[drumroll]

look! i brightened them up for you.

d no, you can't hold an elephant �n your arms d

d or get one to sit on your knee d

d still, the life of an elephant d

d has its charm d

d the life of an elephant d d it's just the d

d life of an elephant d d just the d

d life of an elephant d

d for you and me d

"and a� the setting sun

"sank slowly over the 7 hills of rome,

"the mighty hannibal once more commenced to...

reconnoiter."

d and don't let our love d

d get away. d

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