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fought as an ally at the side of the

roman legions alaric king of the

visigoths invaded italy with his

barbarian hordes leaving death and

destruction behind him

but every time alaric faced the roman

armies led by silicon commander in chief

known as the magister militant of the

empire alaric was defeated but he would

not give up every defeat only aroused in

the barbarians fiercer anger and hatred

against rome

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hello

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in the year 408 a.d the visigots again

crossed the alps and invaded italy under

the leadership of alaric and his cousin

attawolf

but before stillicone who was himself a

vandal the loyal to rome could finally

put an end to the barbarian menace his

downfall was brought about by jealous

intrigues at the god of the emperor

anarius in the then capital city of

ravenna

rome

adorable rome come on sing come on

sing sing precious little rome let us

all hear your pretty cock-a-doodle-doo

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did you hear all of you i just ordered

him to do his cock-a-doodle-doo in the

amaze immediately

i defy anyone else to domesticate a

rooster like that oh but it's impossible

to domesticate a rooster august emperor

the world has surely never seen a

rooster domesticated before well said

mark antonius you must be aware that

it's easier to domesticate a lion than a

rooster

it might even be easier to train a woman

surely until me no one has ever achieved

this miracle don't admit this anecdote

in writing our memoirs chaos we must let

posterity appreciate the genius of the

emperor noria's even in the littlest

things it's not a little thing august

emperor

it's a touch which demonstrates your

great skill as a commander your

domination over every single living

thing but tell me

do you propose to domesticate any other

roosters

in the future that depends on

circumstances once the political

situation is settled to our taste

perhaps other roosters should take

advantage of my experience

ah here is our dear entamias please take

note he's quite breathless as usual

it has never been quite clear antenius

why you are always wearing an expression

of anxiety do you think this attitude

lends importance to you as a person how

goose emperor this time i bear the

greatest hidings splendid you've finally

been able to exterminate those horrible

sweaty barbarians no i've come to

announce that according to your orders

justice is again triumph the head of

silicone has finally rolled under the

axe you cut his head off

that seems a little drastic in my

opinion i think no measure is too

drastic when it's a question of

liberating the empire and ridding it of

its arch traitor quite right

quite right

but are you absolutely certain that

silicone was a traitor he always

appeared to be so very pleasant he was a

vandal and he planned to betray the

empire by unlocking the gates of rome at

first sign of the barbarians but he won

a great many battles against the

barbarians leading us on to victory as

no one else did anyway he never made

capital out of any of his victories four

times when they were defeated he might

have followed them and destroyed them

all but why didn't he do it yes why

didn't he do it

that's the problem it's a problem you've

already solved august emperor and

brilliantly a severed head should only

be considered as one problem less for

him who holds the fate of an empire in

his hands

am i right sage philosophy august

emperor worthy of recording for the

benefit of posterity

so be it then so be it

you

bring me my zither

i feel an inspiration

i feel something stirring within me

the passing of a brave warrior such as

was silicone has moved the heart of a

poet

let us have silence

let us pay this brave warrior a worthy

tribute

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oh still he calm

now your lips have been sealed we mourn

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nevermore shall we hear your dear lips

giving our orders

which always led our legions to victory

we will always remember you

as a hero

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because the friends of the emperor

prevented you

from carrying out to the end

your darkest

designs what designs i'm very curious to

hear some of the details of those dark

designs for which silicone was executed

and also the people want to be told but

certainly they were dark designs they

were so very dark it was impossible to

know what they were

you allowed the execution of your

magister

without asking if there was any proof

against him first of all i'd like you to

know that i had nothing to do with

executing anyone it was purely and

simply a case of my having given the

usual free hand to the magistrates to

move in all ways they might think

necessary against treachery

dearest brother don't delude yourself

into thinking you can stay out of this

unpleasant affair they're all saying

that no one but the emperor could have

ordered the execution of stella conan i

what nonsense utter nonsense you know

that i'm not a magistrate

what's more

why make such a fuss about the death of

a vandal remember he was trying to

undermine my throne wasn't he antenius

that's correct doggo's emperor did you

hear that

silicone was undermining my throne and

you still go on blindly accepting his

word

you were willing to let the life of a

magister militum depend on the mere

whims of your quarters i beg you if you

love me not utter another word against

my faithful counselors

they are not really faithful counselors

they are only here to agree with you

i don't know what lies they have

invented against the brave silicone but

i know that like the rest of their

slanders they are based on their hatred

and their envy gala plecidia i'm afraid

that occasionally you forget that our

sole preoccupation is to consolidate the

security of the empire of the west but

certainly i've been told that before

must you say it again

but now ornorius who is capable of

leading the roman legions if the

barbarians decide to attack us once more

oh if that's the only thing that's

bothering you dear little sister you may

rest easily i'm sure the visigoths know

that against rome there's simply no hope

isn't that true anthony unquestionably

temporary they will never again attack

the empire of the west isn't that you

who is there to contradict you you have

depicted the situation in a masterful

manner august emperor your great mind

penetrates further than ours

alaric and adolf will never attempt to

march against us i fully agree

now we must think of history write this

by the year 408 after christ anorius had

defeated in battle pursued and

annihilated the hordes of alaric and

attawolf

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baloric a mile from here there's a band

of roman soldiers they have set up cap

beside a village

fine we will attack them before

nightfall they'll be taken by surprise

and we'll exterminate them add a wolf

tell the infantry to slow down their

pace and move over to the left to

outflank them we'll attack with the

cavalry yes first we'll cut directly

through the defenses you'll be

responsible if one escapes go on all

right man follow me

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ah

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a ghost emperor it is no longer possible

to doubt the intentions of alaric he not

only intends to make a brief incursion

into the riches provinces of the empire

he has another aim to meet the roman

army in open battle to destroy it and

impose on rome his own conditions

perhaps you should say they'd like to

try to destroy it

forgive me august emperor that is what

i'd intended to say it's strange these

barbarians continue to attack us

haven't they realized the roma is

unbeatable

i doubt it i think it'll be necessary to

fight them but with our tactics as we

did at palenzo and piazzali

that is an inspiration

but at palenzo and fiercely we had

silicone in command of our legions he

broke from an open battle those barbaric

infidels

why did you fools cut off the hell of my

brave silicone the head would be

valuable to us now

very well dignitaries of the empire

brightest councillors of the court why

are you silent

all of you were so eloquent when it was

the question of criticizing still a cone

you have nothing to say infallible

antennas i hear you studied in athens

and mithnia the new methods of war now

that our legions are imperiled please

give us your murdered opinion but i am

i'm not worthy of such a high honor

gallup legitimate and i assure you that

you are

but the emperor also for me you're

worthy provided you're capable of

defeating the visigoths above all

perhaps we should determine whether the

political situation in italy and

overseas does not advise a certain

temperance shouldn't we play for time

meanwhile our ambassadors could

negotiate with other allies

the point is i suggest that really to be

useful to our emperor i should stay

right here decide every minute

i hope you understand me i'm sure that

everybody understand you completely

antennas

and you

won't anyone speak

is there not one of you here strong

enough to assume the command of our

forces and lead the legions to victory

forgive me galloplacidia if i dare

advance a proposal

but i'm sure that the council olympia is

the man most qualified for the post an

inspiration he's always been among the

bravest when we fought against the

barbarians don't be ridiculous antenius

doesn't everybody know that olympus is a

great warrior no one can stand against

him in combat

but it's one thing to fight bravely on

the field of battle and another thing to

lead legions to victory

that is sound advice as well

we really never propose to entrust

olympias the full command of all our

forces although we are fully aware of

his merits and remember well his heroic

deeds it's not easy to decide and so now

i must ponder the pros and cons for each

candidate

you are all dismissed the audience has

ended

the emperor

will now retire to ponder

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where were we

let's say marcus julius

he fought in the war in france and the

one against the parthians

no let's not say marcus julius

what of our dear old abuse claudius

has much courage but has plenty of

experience and is not too rash

or shall we say chaos petronius

he's as brave as anyone he's up on all

the arts of warfare and i'm told he's

always been very lucky

which is a gift that's indispensable if

one decides to become a great warrior

you're still trying to make a counselor

out of your rooster who's so much wiser

than you that he will certainly never

give his approval whatever you propose

but why

why shouldn't he give me an answer

it would seem that the names you've

suggested aren't worth one single

cock-a-doodle-doo or norius perhaps you

should follow the tradition of the

caesars which one

assume the full command of our forces

and march against the enemy i must ask

you not to joke i'm speaking seriously

you mustn't think i'm only joking

if you hold such an opinion of your own

unworthiness and if the useless fools

who surround you are only concerned with

their petty jealousies then who might

save rome i'm beginning to think that we

have only a single possibility to defeat

the visigoths we must all

we must all

continue galapaginia continue i pray we

must learn all over again to depend on

our wits with just one stratagem we

might overwhelm forever the barbarian

menace and just what strategy tell me

come one of your mind tell me it's a

stratagem that only i galloplachidia

might ever dream of well now did you

hear that roma proves that is certainly

the solution without a doubt but i beg

you

tell me about this new stratagem it has

a fine touch of the diabolic i imagine

of course

listen to this

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and that way my dearest you will be

acclaimed the sole savior of the empire

they would acclaim you above all my love

because the credit for this courageous

undertaking

will be all yours mine and yours

olympias i will provide the brains and

you the valor i the shrewdness and you

the force of what uses shrewdness

without force what good is force for

that goodness it's like having beauty

without having love

but you have beauty and love you have

everything to make you content

and that's probably why i'm not

you are not happy

but i was only joking i only said it

because it seemed to be a very clever

phrase

you see

for me it's much more important to seem

intelligent than to be so but you are

intelligent

thank you my love don't talk about my

beauty anymore but keep telling me that

you think i'm intelligent it's equality

that is difficult for you men to

recognize in any woman

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sabina sabina

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did you call me my lady no priscilla i

want sabine she only went away for a

second my lady if i could be of service

to you no i want her why must she

disappear every time she sees me with

the council olympias she's only bathing

right there in the lake my lady but

she's already been told it'll only take

her an instant very well take these

did you call me gracious lady yes sabina

must i be abandoned

your gracious mistress must die of

thirst while you were bathing in the

lake you're so bad i'm inclined to have

you whipped again please forgive me i

did not think that my lady would have

need of me

besides i felt that you would rather

remain alone with the council olympias

oh sabina one might think that you were

jealous but we're not speaking of love

this time merely of a plan that might

end the war and almost at a single

stroke

a plan that depends on council olympias

and it's a plan that the barbarians will

never be able to forget

break that's enough of that i picked

this very moment to settle by the sword

all your private grudges

we're not doing this seriously just

keeping in practice no one would believe

that if they saw the expression on your

face that's the best-known method to

prove beyond doubt you're courageous

as long as they consider war again even

knowing that it can be fatal they will

never tremble in the face of death they

behave like children who can't wait for

the next feast a fear of death doesn't

seem to bother them at all good warriors

never think of death they ignore it

you're right that's what they must all

do they will become cowards cowards

think of death and fear

you're wrong out of wolf

to dwell upon your own death and be

afraid is perhaps the only way that we

are able to live more intense lives

coming along that wound of yours it

won't keep me from fighting in the

battle no i don't want you to risk your

life and you won't be needed i beg you

king alright even with one arm i know

i'll be able to defeat the best warriors

among those romans don't stay in camp a

soldier who's wounded can always be a

warrior by tomorrow but any dead soldier

is nothing more than carrying for the

vulture

look over there

where did you find those girls we made a

raid on several of the villages in the

countryside come on let's go

you'll see that before long all these

women and their men will forget reality

exalting in the ritual mysteries of love

and not believing that tomorrow they

might be dead

you've never stopped to look at the

corpses piled up on a battlefield

no

take a look tomorrow

they're all just alike whether they're

romans or visigoths

they're like heaps of stones

it's frightening out of seeing all those

bodies

but we begin to understand that we like

them are only boulders

your words are too deep for me alaric

i only want to look at live people and

satisfy my desires

you're right

always on the eve of a battle that's so

decisive it's better to think only of

pleasant things

you are alaric king of the barbarians

what makes you so sure i am a true king

need never proclaim to anyone i am the

king before he is recognized but your

whole aspect is so regal that everyone

would say the minute they saw you that

is the king

and i have such an aspect yes

only he who is there at your side stands

out among the others as you do

i'd wager he's your brother he has the

same proud look no that's my cousin not

a wolf but to me he's like a brother i

never do anything without asking his

counsel what is your name and just what

can i do for you

i am melina and i wanted to dance and

sing for you and all of your soldiers

in my opinion we're a poor audience

but always when we know the danger is at

hand we must turn our eyes toward joy we

are simply a poor troop of dancing girls

who came to italy from the east some

years ago

and i assure you that we have never been

able to play before spectators more

attentive and generous than soldiers are

on the eve of a great battle and so for

you it's really fortunate that there's

no peace here and that one war follows

another war yes

and so listen to my request great alaric

powerful king of the visigoths give

orders to your soldiers to open the

gates of the camp to my companions and

to our carts carrying all the things we

need for our spectacle you're curious

give orders to the sentinels to have the

gates open for her carts

king alaric you are not only powerful

and invincible

you are also very generous

oh in granting favors to any woman we

men are really only showing generosity

to ourselves clue our wolf

why is of course alaric

your words are wise as usual

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the carts enter orders of the king what

kind of nonsense is this we've got

orders not even to let a tomcat pass

through well that order doesn't apply to

all these beautiful kittens ah come on

then

pass through

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uh

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quiet

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more

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have you seen how she stares at you that

woman you please her

i like her too

amelia you have a rival sir

arrival she's not so pretty but she has

something other women don't have what

i don't know but some

outer wolf

why are you looking at her like that

she's just an ordinary woman leave me

alone

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tonight i want to be with her

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no i thank you

um

so

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so

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um

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so

uh

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so

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wake up

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so

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that's a signal gauze

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uh

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oh

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olympias

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you're just in time council olympus yes

i know

victory is ours

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won't you listen to me out of wolf i

tell you that the massacre of half of

our people is the result of an infamous

betrayal

but who could have betrayed us

who

don't you realize that

you're a slave of one night is our

eternal enemy

what are you trying to say amelia speak

listen then all of this was brought

about by that woman who called this

evalina

but who is really

galla placidia

galapachita that's impossible

tell me how you know that that woman was

galla placidia during the raid i found

myself beside the dancing girl and when

the consul olympia led the cavalry into

the camp i heard him call her by name

i cannot believe that the emperor's

sister would enter the barbarian's camp

and come into my tent like a slave

i won't believe it you speak as if she

had bewitched you

but you wolf must not lose your head

over that roman woman

and you king alaric

must avenge your men who were killed

while sleeping

treachery calls for revenge

yes revenge

the revenge of the barbarians will wipe

out every last roman

now

that we've decimated this horde of

barbarians all we need to do is call our

other glorious legions

and march against the survivors

destroying completely this time

i said completely the menace of alaric i

don't think it was all possible

tell me why because our army is no

longer united and disciplined as before

the council olympias is right

in recent months most of our legions

have suffered many desertions on the

part of the barbarian allies we depend

on in distant lands there is much

discontent in rome thousands of

barbarians serving in our army are about

to flee from rome because they fear

persecution they will surely join the

army of alaric

there is the result of your council

antenius you were not content with

having caused the disgrace of silicone

but then had to suggest to the emperor

this disastrous edict which resulted in

the confiscation of pagan property the

closing of their temples and the

destruction of their altars all of us

good christians are distressed by the

presence of the barbarians and the

survival of paganism in rome

you have always confused our religion

with our politics and when you confuse

any religion with any politics you can

expect to have complications maybe i was

mistaken but i acted with the best of

intentions best intentions is the

justification of fools what do you think

of the situation that we're faced with

because of you the moment when our

armies might deal a fatal blow against

the barbarians we must remain idle shut

up behind walls as long as we're in this

position alaric needn't bother going

back across the ocean to thrace to put

more soldiers under arms and launch a

new attack against rome

did you hear her

ark may still have the strength to

attack us

but what do they want to be these

unspeakable barbarians why can't i be

allowed to live in peace

i

do not hold with the pessimism of gallup

le chidi august emperor i've studied the

military situation very carefully and i

say we can bring about the total

destruction of the forces of the

barbarians oh is that true

you studied every phase of the situation

yes

and if i'm ever entrusted with the post

of supreme commander i'd know how to

exterminate our enemies in that case i

nominate you our majestic yes

won't you reflect just a little before

making such an important decision on

which could defend the future of the

empire

you don't have any faith at all in

ireland

no

i will admit that he talks a great

battle but no battle was ever won with

conversation you think i should withdraw

his name yes

he's willing to take over the command at

this moment only because the enemy is in

retreat and a victory looks as though it

ought to be very easy but it wouldn't be

as easy as he'd like you to think

thinking it over

i've come to the conclusion that i must

go on thinking it over

before i bestow on anyone the nomination

is our magister militarium

426 your turn

any effort is clearly useless if you

don't succeed in getting the full

support of gallup legitima that's true

one single word from her and annoys will

come to heal

if i'm not militant i'll lower it to her

perhaps you should try to win her over

you are a master at the art of

conquering lovely women

yes for me i don't think it should be

too difficult

i might add only for your ears i've

already gone on the offensive

to all our acts of us delivery i've

responded by sending her splendid gifts

accompanied by gracious epigrams

your turn

i'd love to have such black hair my dear

lady

seems to be shimmering so soft and alive

what a lovely pillow this hair would be

in the moonlight for the dreams of a man

who loves you

sabina do you know that you speak of

love a great deal better than antemius

who's attended a famous school where

they teach all the secrets of the art of

conquering any woman if you were a young

man i'd already be conquered

however antenius with his extravagant

gifts and all those epigrams only

succeeds in amusing me the noble and

amius is madly in love with you

he says that he is but perhaps he's a

little more madly in love with the

empire he's considered to be the most

elegant of romans also the most cultured

and brilliant you mean it

sabina would you like to marry him

i don't know i've never even asked

myself

then that means you don't want to

otherwise you would have asked yourself

and there'd be no doubt about the answer

but you don't love him at all my lady

what have you got on your mind give me

my medal

i've noticed that when he brings you

those gifts and reads his poetry you

smile and you look into his eyes i could

have sworn you moved

am i so wrong don't be so silly my

precious sabine i don't i've never loved

him but i certainly want him to think

that i do or hope that i might my lady

whatever for

because men must always go on wanting me

don't forget this sabine it's much

better to be loved than to be a lover

and the council olympias

i know that he loves you of

course but even he recites poetry in the

moonlight

and you

i

i'm not interested in poetry i admit i

have the poorest memory especially for

poems

yet olympus tell me the truth he's the

one you want

oh my lady is handsome and brave

a warrior of noble ancestry

i understand

obviously olympus does please you

when you talk of him your cheeks become

red

it's he you dream of

i would never dare to dream of the

council olympia i'm only a serving girl

and why shouldn't you dare everyone can

dream as much as he likes

everyone in the world has the right to

dream

the rich and the poor the helpless and

the powerful

and being so pretty sabina why you're

pretty enough to dare anything

you're so clever then perfidious

galapaginia so far you've been deceiving

me with your fetching smile but i'll no

longer permit you to go on making a fool

of me

the gallant courtier who was ready to

die of passion

has completely lost his composure

finally pity what a pity antenius what

has happened to your sophistication

despite the hostility that you've always

shown me i repaid you with the most

precious gifts i've demonstrated my love

for you in every way i know and you

without quite rejecting me amused

yourself by keeping me dangling on a

string and now when i offered to forget

the insults i suffered and ask for your

hand in marriage you laugh in my face

but if you refuse now i tell you that

one day you wish you could change your

mind

you'll pay for this instrument then

you'll pay for that too

don't ever lay a hand on her you seem to

forget she's a sister of the emperor

now i comprehend why you were only

joking with me

i see your hands already spoken for

and perhaps already taken

pardon me for having uncovered your

secret

why did you have to break in on us

i can defend myself for a moment i was

afraid that maniac was about to hurt you

my name guard your tongue olympias

you're not more careful everybody will

know

you're angry yes you shouldn't have

shown yourself at all i don't want

anyone to know about us i've already

told you

sabina sabina

why did you permit olympias to leave my

rooms oh my gracious lady i couldn't

possibly oppose his wishes then learn to

do so your obligation is only to my

wishes and it's my wishes that take

precedence over all others remember

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do that

it's not her fault

because

because i like to once in a while

i enjoy hearing her cry for mercy

stretched out at my feet

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wouldn't you find it amusing

no i wouldn't

no i would not galapaging

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do

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pardon me sabina

my poor sabina pardon me

i was furious at the thought that my

secret had been discovered

the fact is the sister of the emperor

may do anything she wishes

with the condition that she maintained

the dignity of her station

and if one day my brother annoys can't

pretend anymore that he knows nothing at

all of my behavior

no one could expose your secrets

how would anyone be able to bear witness

against you

oh there wouldn't be any lack of

witnesses

when it's a matter of destroying the

powerful

everyone will bear witness i will defend

you always

with my life

unfortunately antenius knows everything

no one could prevent him from speaking

out

and his poisonous words would certainly

reach the ears of honorius

and he for fear of getting involved in a

scandal

that might cost his throne

without any hesitation would have me put

to death

put to death oh no

i'll defend you against everyone against

everything

you know that i'm ready to do anything

to save you

is that true sabine

i think you'll have your chance

must help me now should i have them

decree death for gala procedure if i

should do it you must tell me otherwise

silenced a little bit too hasty

oh

that's your opinion the same won't get

me in trouble yet

you hesitate letting your affections

govern you instead of your conscience

you should not do it father theophilus

i've been feeling a bit neglected

without your

reprimands honorius it's only my

reprimands that keep you on the right

road

you have always been weak with her but

now you can't escape doing your duty as

a christian you must decree exile for

galapaginia

you are opposed aren't you in dangerous

august emperor i really don't dare

counsel you it's an affair that's

terribly delicate galapa is so virtuous

and so intelligent and so adorable

plus the fact that she's your sister i

know all that for an emperor the law

always takes precedence over ties with

his family that is true but the emperor

loves his dear sister more than anything

else in the world

more than his own life

more than the empire empire what's it to

do with the empire

it too must be considered mark antonius

inform the emperor the feelings of the

people it's sad to tell you sire but the

people are irritated they are restless

the christian conscience is offended all

this scandal because a woman allows

herself to be rude by a man a lady who

creates a scandal so graves scandal and

who belongs to the family of the emperor

must be sent at once into exile i'm

afraid exile's not enough the people are

sure to want a more severe punishment

for gallup legitimately if the people

wish it we can only decree that gallup

achille must be executed and uks don't

admit a single detail in writing our

memoirs the emperor noria's worthy

descendant of his glorious predecessors

at once imposed the death penalty on his

own sister as soon as he learned that

her conduct was causing serious crisis

of conscience among the citizens of the

empire

it's incredible

you the son of theodosius the great are

so based that you pay heed to public

gossip

to believe for an instant that i gallop

lachidia would give myself to a club the

council olympias is not a consul like

the others he's the most valorous and

the most popular among all our captains

compared to the sister of the emperor

any kind of console is just another

console suppose he was seen sneaking out

of your apartment with a guilty look

so that's it

sabina sabina now i call sabina i think

it's the moment when we should place the

unvarnished truth before you

now come here sabina don't be afraid

sabina we are now faced with a

misunderstanding and the time has come

to reveal what has really been happening

emperor nordius has the right to be told

sabina confessed that you're to blame

yes saku's emperor

it is i want to blame

the council olympias did go to the rooms

of my lady

but he was only there because he was

looking for me for you

and you invited him to do this

by heaven she deserves to be punished

severely

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and i agree enorious

in fact i have already punished her with

my own whip

look at all those welts

well now

this is the most convincing proof that

you've been unjustly slandered

it was quite impossible for you to know

that i'd ever accuse you and if it were

impossible for you to know you would

never have been as severe as this with

your poor little servant girl as usual

your reasoning is absolutely perfect

you're not as gullible as certain

courtiers might think no

i'm not as gullible

as certain courtiers might think

have you ever heard such harmony

i am sure there is no one either in

byzantium or in alexandria who can draw

such sounds from a zipper oh of course

not nor any other part of the world

i now look back on all you were saying i

was temporary my impression is that you

weren't entirely justified in accepting

the explanation of gallup legitimate

and why not

i am able to fix one eye on a person and

know whether they might be lying or not

we all know you're able to read our

every thought

however in my opinion it would not be a

miss to put to a test the council

olympias and gallup legitimate that's

good advice on tenuous according to the

ancient philosophers no matter how much

effort is required the truth is worth it

tell me precisely what sort of test you

have in mind

well why don't you give orders if the

council olympia shall marry sabine they

will be only too pleased to show their

obedience if they're really lovers as

we've been told and gallup lechita won't

oppose this perfect match unless she

loves olympias however if it's true that

olympus and galla plecini are really

lovers they'll do their best to

circumvent the order

even the servant for all her devotion

won't go to the point of marrying a man

she doesn't love in order to protect the

sinner do not forget there is a divine

law which governs the sacred bonds of

matrimony

experiments such as this

are likely to affect the nobility of

your soul august emperor we receive news

of the gravest importance alaric has

rallied under his flag all those who are

deserted from allegiance and he's

marching again towards rebecca again oh

well now i order they all be destroyed

so they won't bother me anymore

you begin to see that our idea has its

merits

so

i give orders that olympia shall marry

that servant girl

if my sister's been lying she'll be so

disappointed

do you olympius take before god as your

legitimate wife the maiden sabine i do

do you sabina take before god as your

legitimate husband the council olympias

in the name of our father jesus christ

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look at her what a splendid actress you

might think she was satisfied

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what a beautiful couple aren't they

priscilla oh yes my lady truly

pity that they don't have very much time

for playing the comedy of newlywed

lovers but why am i lady

the emperor has at last heated my

council he's nominated olympia's

commander of our allegiance which

tomorrow at daybreak move out against

the hordes

[Laughter]

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it's getting late sabine my soldiers are

waiting for me i beg you olympia to try

to be careful

please think of me i'll be waiting and

watching for your return

so think of me

yes sabina i think of you but my

foremost thoughts must be with the

battle

forgive me olympias

i know for you i'm a substitute bride

but you must know you're all of my life

what a child you are to take our

marriage so seriously in the eyes of god

you're my legitimate husband and i have

a right to love you olympias

even if you don't love me

even if you belong to her

don't speak of her

until later sabine

it's impossible that our armies cannot

defeat them

we're the proud descendants of scipio

of caesar and of octavius we've been

masters of the art of warfare

they're only barbarians we're civilized

no power on earth can refute history i

must again stress olga's temper that it

will be foolish to meet them in open

battle as they are numbers by at least

five to one and although they're not as

superior as in the art of war they have

no fear of death

they will then what are you trying to

say that our soldiers are only weaklings

were incapable of facing the barbarians

i did not say that but i believe that to

face the hordes of valerie and i would

mean to sacrifice the imperial army

theodosius

my father

say what you do if you're in my place

and you

what would you do

say it

what would any of you do

go ahead speak out the barbarians don't

possess the weapons needed for a siege

i'd say that if we close the gates of

the city we should be perfectly secure

and after having closed the gates of the

city what do you suggest we do next must

we perish of hunger and thirst instead

of under the swords of the visigoths if

the barbarians dare pitch their camp in

the swamps surrounding ravenna they will

be decimated by malaria then it was wise

of us to follow the council of silicone

and transferring the capital from

milanda

the emperor of the west causes

mosquitoes to defend us and allows the

barbarians to sack and loot his most

fertile provinces

well do you have a better idea to offer

the first thing to do is to rally the

troops that we know are still faithful

and order them to defend the city that's

a sound proposal council olympias is it

possible to do this for the necessary

speed in two days it'll be done in the

meantime we must send an ambassador to

byzantium asking arcadia to send us ten

legions at once but you know how our

dear brother hates us

what possible hope of whether he'd send

us even a single soldier remind him we

send him our allegiance when the

barbarians invaded peloponneses

very well we'll send an ambassador to

byzantium but in the meantime how are we

going to hold off the hordes of valeric

we must trick gallery again

check him again

i'll return to rome accompanied by the

council olympias and a military escort

when we have left you will spread the

rumor that you yourself are setting out

to return to rome with our main force

this way the barbarians won't attack

ravenna but will turn south to try to

take rome but when our brothers legions

arrive they will join you here and you

will march together toward rome your

plan is splendid galapagos worthy of

caesar

after having reflected at length we have

reached the decision to put into

operation the following plan for war

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my lady greetings sabine council did you

forget i told you that you should leave

your wife here in ravenna it seems

unnecessarily risky for her to make this

trip i tried to convince her to stay

behind and i was insistent but she

wouldn't listen to reason

a well-behaved wife should always obey

every wish of her husbands and never

expose herself to danger

pardon my lady but i thought that and a

husband worth his salt would see that

you obey

well why don't you give the order for

departure you know the legions have to

get to rome as soon as possible

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so

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foreign

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yes

it's the 14th legion

under the command of emperor norius

he's moving by forced marches how much

time will they need to reach rome

just a few days how many soldiers have

they left in ravenna

just a handful they lack strength they

haven't the courage to face us an open

battle no they don't dare

it's strange they've always been daring

even when they found their forces were

isolated and completely outnumbered

they've lost faith in themselves they

love the pleasures of life too much to

face death

this is the right moment to attack rome

and conquer it

and conquer rome you seem to think that

would be easy i know it's a difficult

undertaking but not impossible

let's try

it's now or never

you're a warrior at the wolf but you

must learn to control your impulses

we'll stop before rome then we'll decide

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what are we waiting for aleric the men

are impatient to attack rome give the

order making the kind of assault you

want me to order would be much too risky

just be patient

we'll besiege them a little longer since

the morale of the people shows no sign

of breaking and what's more i'm certain

that atlas who might have named emperor

of the west will throw open the gates of

the city to us before he dares to claim

the throne of honors

you are the king your word is law

but i'm certain we could take rome

whenever we want

the armies of an auris are in ravenna

and galapagia came to rome with just a

handful of men to deceive us the city is

without the fence

let us attack it alarink no

but the chiefs of the tribes are all

with me you are the only one who opposes

me call together the chieftains i'll

speak to all of them

my congratulations atlas

from prefect of rome to emperor of the

west is certainly a jump in anyone's

career i'm curious to find out who

planted the idea on alaric's head that

he is powerful enough to substitute the

true emperor of the west with somebody

who'd take orders from him they're

barbarians gallop lechitia having the

faintest idea of the rights or the

principles of authority

true but you are not a barbarian what

makes you think you have the right to be

called emperor

i know exactly how to deal with those

beasts when i agreed they could name me

emperor of the west i knew they'd get

the illusion that it would give them

power over rome

let's leave them with the hope that they

can conquer us peacefully from within so

they'll put off the attack we want to

avoid

what you're saying in other words is

that you were not moved by ambition but

only by the deepest patriotism when you

agreed to this plan of aleryx exactly

galapagos it was my hope that i could

contribute to the downfall of those

horrible barbarians not a one though i

shouldn't say so ever goes near a bath

i smell so

what do you want i have a message for

you

all right what is it

the emperor of the east is informed the

noise that he's prepared to send his

leashes to others but he'll need several

months before soldiers can be fully

equipped and made ready for departure

prefect atlas i'm happy to inform you i

have magnificent news the reinforcements

from byzantium are disembarking now on

the adriatic coast

you mean it

well then from now on we have nothing to

worry about no nothing to worry about

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and i still say to delay our attack

against rome would be a terrible mistake

why should we wait to give the enemy

time to reinforce himself by getting

help from abroad what kind of help the

aid they've surely requested from the

eastern emperor now those reinforcements

will never arrive

what makes you so certain alaric i'm

well aware of the undying hatred the

emperor of the east has for his brother

here in the west nevertheless every

moment we delay is an advantage to the

romans

our combined armies have never been as

strong and united as they are now our

men have never been more anxious to

fight and to pillage i appeal to you who

are the chiefs of the tribes that's

right i agree with that award and my men

are getting impatient if we wait it'll

be very difficult for us to break into

the heart of the city elric listen to

the council of battle wolf

no

i cannot agree

you seem to think that our delay is

assisting the enemy whereas every day we

wait he is more hungry and anxious

this fear of the barbarians as they

choose to refer to us has become for the

romans a worse enemy than the barbarians

themselves

there was a wise king alaric

nevertheless i am convinced that now is

the best time to attack the city and i

maintain we'll be able to enter the city

without fighting when atlas opens the

gates

what good would it do to take the city

by storm while norius is alive and free

and at the head of his legions

you forget that in rome there is galla

procedure

the woman who brought death to our ranks

with her scheming

if we succeed in taking her as a hostage

not only shall we have our revenge but

an auris will have to accept our terms

all of these things shall be done but

not now

you're not taking into account the

significance of conquering rome

the city which has conquered the entire

world

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since this mission must be accomplished

without alaric's knowledge

i wanted you chiefs to be aware of it

if you approve i'll need two trustworthy

men from each of you i am with you so am

i and i you may count on me if we

succeed in taking galla placidi as a

prisoner our situation will be changed

completely honorius will have to sign a

peace treaty then we agree

at the 11th hour i will expect the men

outside my tent agreed the best of luck

erwolf

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remember i'm counting on you

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that's not what i wanted i wanted to

kill you kill me yes i wanted to

strangle you really

with these small hands with these

delicate fingers

so that's why you scratch me like a wild

cat have you gone mad yes i've been out

of my mind since i became your woman i

heard you add a wolf

i know what's in your heart you can

deceive the others but you can't deceive

me

i know why you want to capture that

woman good then you also know the reason

for this mission by taking the emperor's

sister as a hustler you lie at a wolf

you lie it's not a hostage you want but

a beautiful war prize to satisfy your

desires

you want her

you crave her passionately

and soon you will risk death

just hold her in your arms calm yourself

america you're talking nonsense

no

i'm not talking nonsense

just the thought of that woman makes the

blood rush to your head

you can't even think straight humaria

that is the reason for this mad plan

that will lead to your death

but i will stop you

what are you going to do

i will go to the king and reveal the

whole plan

no you won't

i'll skin you alive

i'll show you how to tame a wild cat

yes adult

slash me like an animal

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devour me

i'm your slave

take my life if you want

but don't leave me tonight

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so

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must you go

i was hoping that you could spend the

night at home

i'll return around four o'clock

and i'll be hungry sabine

i will do my best to olympus but ever

since the seed began it's gotten more

difficult each day to find enough to eat

and the prices are so high if the war

doesn't come to an end our savings will

finish in the merchants pockets the poor

are becoming rich and the rich poor

that's what war is

is there going to be fighting tonight

olympias no it'll be a calm night the

usual inspections the normal patrols to

stop infiltration

why are you so worried sabine

perhaps it would have been better if you

stayed in ravenna

you're displeased that i followed you

here in disobedience of the orders of

gala placidia

oh no sabine

but i don't like to see you upset and

worried because of me

i don't want to cause you any

unhappiness

no you're not blame

it's my own fault for being so in love

that i can't hide it however i try

do you mind

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may god protect you all abuses

my dear lady

you mustn't weep like this it brings

your misfortune

misfortune

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so

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um

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now

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yes

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okay

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oh the guard is coming

everyone back to camp

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council olympias

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thank you for having saved my life

ah

you're wounded

it must be treated right away come

no no gallery i can't stay i must give

warning to the garrison of the city that

can wait

you have enough men to do these things

for you

olympias why are you so cold to me

your eyes don't light up anymore when

i'm near

what has changed you

you're wrong galapago

nothing has changed with me

then come

i will care for you dearest olympias

come

i swear to you king alaric adwolf has

gone into rome disobeying all your

orders

only because he wants gallop like chidia

that woman has bewitched him

it was madness if i had a wolf even to

attempt such a thing

king alaric attawolf is here

alright

i didn't capture galapagi because we

were too few

if i'd had a hundred men with me

rome would be in our hands by now

i'm sorry aleric

you know how much i respect deny you but

this is the one thing we don't agree on

there aren't enough soldiers in rome to

stop us we can take it very easily

if that is what you want

that's what we'll do

yes

we will destroy rome

he only stayed here because he was

wounded you became the wife of the

council olympias if i'm not mistaken on

orders from me and not because he loved

you so why should you care what people

are saying oh calaplacidia i love him

pity but i warned you i told you never

to lose your heart to any man but only

peace is my husband

you mean

a husband isn't a man

i implore you gala placidia

don't make a fool of me

i was so very happy before and

now my heart is breaking

oh how tragic

you must be in love

oh i am my lady

get out of here

get out of here i said i can't stand the

sight of you

that stupid child to trade your favors

my dear lady for a man's

since the moment that alaric saw fit to

name you somewhat provisionally

emperor of the west in the place of my

poor brother

we all suppose that you were going to

nominate a new military commander but

i don't know i've never been quite sure

what my duties might be well i know and

that's sufficient

i'm giving you an order to name the

council olympias commander of the god of

the imperial palace

so that now he and he alone is

personally responsible for the

protection of my person

will be done galapagos

your slightest wish is my command

up until the day onorius enters rome and

claims his throne

[Applause]

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so

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follow me

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nobody touches this woman

she's my prisoner of war

take it to my tent and see that no harm

comes to her i hold you responsible

you must be proud of yourself at a wolf

finally you've succeeded in conquering a

woman of rome

take her away

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foreign

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one

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august emperor rome has been taken by

the barbarians don't be silly i fed him

just a quarter of an hour ago and he

thanked me with a really splendid

cock-a-doodle-doo

but you were speaking of rome rome yes

august emperor

we've been betrayed again

we've been betrayed don't despair yet

august emperor with the troops just

arrived from byzantium we're powerful

enough to mount a decisive attack on

aleric we must fall on those burling

barbarians inside the city you are a

great tactician and tamius i shall

reward you at this moment i nominate you

magister militantum of the empire of the

west it's a great honor for me i'll go

emperor

we have already suffered the psyche and

looting of rome thanks to his council

imagine what's in store for us now that

he's manchester military we have decided

that tomorrow we march on rome attacking

the barbarous forces of the visigoths

and destroying them all

you write this

down for posterity i'm writing i'm

writing august emperor

it's time to order our men out of the

city tomorrow we march toward the

provinces of the south but why

now that we've finally conquered rome we

have to leave it this conquest as you

call it has been too easy it isn't

possible for the empire of rome to fall

like this

as sure as you were born there's danger

in here

you think it's a trick

yes the romans usually manage to win all

their wars even after managing to lose

all the battles

rome is in our hands what is that of

fear

i want to be able to negotiate from a

position of strength with the emperor

and aureus but as long as we hold his

hostages his only sister gala plecidia

and a hundred noble women we can dictate

whatever terms we like

rally our people my son said i want

every last one of them out of rome

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i swear to you council olympias i sent a

search party all over rome but not one

of our soldiers found the slightest

trace of her

but they couldn't have disappeared like

that

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over here we found the body of one of

your negro servants horribly mutilated

but sabine where is she

you haven't been able to find her body

perhaps she's still alive

maybe she managed to escape council

olympias i don't want to seem to be

callous but it would be better to give

up your illusions every single one of

the young women would drag bodily from

their houses into the streets and

submitted to violence and torture

those damn barbarians have killed old

people and babies our men have come up

on great piles of bodies stacked like

wood unrecognizable all over the city

this is where she used to embroider my

tunings

and the clothes for the child who would

soon be born

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and with this she brightened my idolized

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i gave this to her on our wedding day

and she always worried let us go console

olympia awesome

i won't rest as long as there's a single

visigoth left in our country

i'll ask the emperor to give me a free

hand

i'll take the imperial guard and i'll

destroy elereek

yes council olympias but try to calm

yourself

you must i'm afraid it will be a long

time before the emperor enters rome

you the commander of the imperial

bodyguard should have prevented the

capture of our sister gallop placidia

fortunately for you she's still alive

but alaric intends to use her in

blackmailing me

in fact he has sent me word he'll kill

my sister and a hundred other women he

took from rome unless i agree to his

proposals

and these proposals are interesting

in fact after all those battles and

after having finally stacked rome

he's ready to accept if i care to

nominate him manchester military will

incorporate all his forces in those of

the empire but evidently we must

consider that as a trick antennas

certainly it must be another of his

tricks and wouldn't it be absurd after

freeing ourselves from silicon we must

accept as chief of our forces another

barbarian shall i point out that first

of all you'd have to vacate the post

i urge you once more to seek an accord

that might end once and for all this

terrible war it's useless yes i'm aware

of your benevolence towards our foes

because they have not looted any of the

churches of rome

and have respected all of the clergy

which demonstrates their fear of god

that's not enough they must also learn

to fear the emperor

that's right

in fact i have decided to put a new army

in the field against alaric who is now

encamped on the coast of calabria and

intends to embark his men and sail to

plunder africa the granary of empire

and tamius will lead our legions

but you

council olympias

will stay here in command of our own

imperial guard

and it will be your task to liberate

gallup lechidia

you are responsible for her and i'll

have your head if you should fail

i go sempra i thank you for allowing me

to fight the barbarians again

i can assure you

i shall be as ruthless with them as they

were with the roman women

emperor norius won't accept any of my

proposals he is now coming south of post

march with a whole roman army

after that disastrous storm that sank

all of our ships

we must prepare ourselves to stand

against the inevitable attack

in any case tomorrow at dawn gallup

legitia and 100 other women of rome are

going to be executed

i suggest we wait before killing

galapagos she's too important to hostage

no

now that an aurius won't negotiate when

we send him the heads of the other

hundred prisoners he will understand we

are serious and perhaps i told you no

i say gallop legitia will be executed

with all the others at dawn

very well alright

as you say

there is only one way i can save you

if you marry me i can prevent your

execution tomorrow

why do you want to save me

i think it would be a great mistake to

kill you

surely that's not the only reason

that's true

you read my mind

you want to marry me in order to save me

or do you want to save me in order to

marry me isn't it the same thing no it

isn't the same

how beautiful you are

i i don't know how to express my

feelings i want to crush you in my arms

no one could possibly say it better what

you're mad with passion for me

you haven't forgotten the night that you

spent with the dancing girl alina i

could never forget it well then why

don't you do with me as you wish

your eyes are burning as if you were

dying of thirst well take me i'm your

prisoner

and i'm defenseless

well

galloplethia

will you marry me

if a woman marries a man who has saved

her life

she's not his wife she's a slave i would

never treat you as a slave

you are the bravest of warriors at a

wolf you're strong and proud you'd know

how to please a woman of rome then you

accept

but gala placidia would never be able to

marry a man who had saved her life

because one day he'd be sure to say

if you're alive it's because i saved you

the king is very ill

i don't understand

he fell so suddenly

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the king is dead

ellarick is dead

he will be given solemn honors

from this moment on i am the new king of

the visigoths

i order that the execution of the

prisoners be suspended you dare defy the

will of alaric from now on only my will

is the law

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so

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uh

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don't tell him he's a real mr king will

want him alive

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what's happening here

ah

council olympias what a pleasant

surprise

bring the emperor's sister here

we'll give you a reception worthy of a

roman consul

you swine

i've been looking forward to this for a

long time

at last you are my prisoner

and you came here of your own accord

council olympias

galapagos now you will see the fate

reserved by the king of the visigoths

for a roman council

at a wolf

a real king would never murder an

unarmed enemy

according to you what would a real king

do allow himself to be killed by his

defenseless enemy

a real king would offer his enemy the

possibility of saving his life if he is

strong and brave enough

he'd say to him

you've boasted that you are a truly

valiant warrior now prove it by

accepting this challenge

if you win

you'll go free

otherwise

you must die

uh

very well

you will face susan

if you succeed in defending yourself you

will regain your freedom after all it's

not asking too much susan is only a man

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thank you

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ah

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hey

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hey

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uh

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wow

okay

i'm waiting for the king of the

visigoths to keep his word

very well you're free adolf

king of the visigoths

i challenge you to a jewel before your

soldiers

if you win you can do with me as you

please

you'll be able to pride yourself in

having a roman council as a slave

that would be a novelty

however should the victory be mine not

only will i be free

but i should be allowed to take one of

the women hostages with me

does that include gallup legitima

yes

well why don't you answer

is the king of the visigoths afraid to

fight one roman consul

no

no one shall ever say that a wolf

refused to fight against a roman

bring the other prisoners here so they

can see their hero crawling in the dirt

while i get the weapons you say your

prayers

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so

if he should by some chance win

be ready to kill him at my signal

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um

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so

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uh

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very well

council abusive one

choose your prisoner

i choose this one

that one

take her away

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isn't it rather late at night even for a

barbarian king to pay a state visit i

came to ask your advice i've decided to

assume the name of caesar augustus

why are you laughing am i not worthy of

bearing that name oh you're so funny

must you make yourself ridiculous by

assuming the name of caesar augustus

and yet i will have this name

i destroy rome what for

i'll rebuild it again

more beautiful than before

i will make it powerful again

my poor dear atta wolf what illusions

you barbarians can never hope to govern

rome and you'll never be able to restore

its ancient power

you will only run in circles around her

like a butterfly dances around a candle

the way the tiger circles under the whip

of the master

at a wolf will you still marry me

why yes

even right now

then we shall conquer rome together and

you will be empress at my side no

i could easily be crowned empress

tomorrow if i wanted it but you emperor

know

please don't try to assume a role that

isn't yours and never can be

isn't it better if you go with your

people to a new land or you could reign

peacefully

under a strong alliance with rome

if that is the best way to make my

people happy

then i as their king will provide for

their happiness

yes add a wolf

and i'll provide it for their king

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and you

instead of liberating my sister you

prefer to liberate her

mad

the barbarians will cut off the head of

galapagin won't waste a moment and

sending it to me an homage like a basket

of flowers they said it and they mean it

and when i receive it i'll send them

your head in return

imprison the council olympia we'll fight

into my ghost emperor pardon him

make it two heads look over there a

barbarian

a barbarian

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oh it's a message from galapagia

an audience the council olympia has done

everything that was in his power to

liberate me

he has challenged that a wolf and

defeated him in combat but i have

refused to return to rome i have decided

to marry the king of the visigoths he

will not attack rome again and together

we will lead his people to distant gaul

liberate the consul olympias

never forget that it was galla plecilla

who saved you

and she also saved rome

you why aren't you writing it's moments

like these that we must put in our

memoirs

having been told that the great emperor

nordius had decided to reform his forces

and personally assume the command the

king of the visigoths fled in haste from

italy seeking refuge in the farthest

region

you