1 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,710 Previously on Barbarians Rising... 2 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:21,110 The ancient world 3 00:00:21,270 --> 00:00:22,330 divides in two. 4 00:00:22,910 --> 00:00:24,380 Rome is ambitious. 5 00:00:24,710 --> 00:00:25,740 Ruthless. 6 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,140 Built on blood and glory. 7 00:00:28,810 --> 00:00:30,740 These are Rome's lands now. 8 00:00:30,850 --> 00:00:32,550 The barbarians unite 9 00:00:32,650 --> 00:00:34,650 to challenge its growing power. 10 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:36,110 On Roman soil, 11 00:00:36,620 --> 00:00:38,190 we are finally ready to fight! 12 00:00:41,660 --> 00:00:43,360 is a fight for our freedom. 13 00:00:43,930 --> 00:00:46,400 Now, Rome spreads tyranny 14 00:00:46,460 --> 00:00:48,490 as it storms across the continent, 15 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,570 plundering the people, as the barbarians step up the fight. 16 00:00:55,770 --> 00:00:58,900 Those inbreds are still resisting. 17 00:00:59,010 --> 00:01:00,550 We must bring them to heel. 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,480 But the larger Rome grows, 19 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,220 the more enemies it brings on the inside. 20 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:08,950 The vast barbarian army, 21 00:01:09,050 --> 00:01:12,280 waiting for a leader to rise. 22 00:02:01,870 --> 00:02:06,070 Rome is now the supreme power in the ancient world, 23 00:02:06,140 --> 00:02:09,070 stretching across Italy, to North Africa, 24 00:02:09,150 --> 00:02:11,520 through Hispania and into Gaul. 25 00:02:12,350 --> 00:02:14,420 The Roman fighting machine was, um, 26 00:02:14,580 --> 00:02:17,150 incredibly disciplined and organized, 27 00:02:17,250 --> 00:02:20,150 and it moved with a rhythm, and with a power 28 00:02:20,260 --> 00:02:24,460 that would break apart a less disciplined and well-trained force. 29 00:02:25,060 --> 00:02:26,390 These were professionals. 30 00:02:29,130 --> 00:02:32,060 The people beyond the borders of the Republic, 31 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,770 who Rome calls barbarians, 32 00:02:34,910 --> 00:02:37,440 become targets in a new phase of domination. 33 00:02:37,540 --> 00:02:40,670 Rome wants a number of things from the territories it conquers. 34 00:02:40,780 --> 00:02:43,320 It wants wealth. It wants glory. 35 00:02:43,410 --> 00:02:47,340 And it wants human capital. It wants slaves. 36 00:02:49,550 --> 00:02:53,980 Rome builds its power by enslaving people from the lands it conquers, 37 00:02:54,090 --> 00:02:57,730 transporting them into the Roman provinces where they're sold, 38 00:02:58,430 --> 00:03:01,700 to farm its fields and fight in its armies. 39 00:03:03,830 --> 00:03:07,000 An estimated 20% of the Roman population, 40 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:13,070 as many as one million people, are barbarian slaves living on Roman soil. 41 00:03:16,380 --> 00:03:18,950 Slavery is nothing new to the ancient world. 42 00:03:19,450 --> 00:03:22,150 What's different is the scale of Roman slavery. 43 00:03:22,250 --> 00:03:24,780 This is slavery on a massive scale. 44 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,030 The fiercest men among them 45 00:03:27,190 --> 00:03:28,990 are forced to fight for sport, 46 00:03:29,090 --> 00:03:32,250 competing in the arena as gladiators. 47 00:03:43,470 --> 00:03:45,700 We think immediately about the Colosseum, 48 00:03:45,810 --> 00:03:47,750 we think about this huge arena, 49 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,470 50,000 to 60,000 spectators 50 00:03:50,580 --> 00:03:52,450 egging on their favorite competitors 51 00:03:52,580 --> 00:03:53,740 fighting to the death. 52 00:03:54,020 --> 00:03:56,660 But the reality in the Republic was very different. 53 00:03:56,750 --> 00:03:58,950 This scale was much more modest. 54 00:03:59,990 --> 00:04:02,630 In the provincial amphitheaters, 55 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,500 you're talking about local events 56 00:04:04,630 --> 00:04:09,870 that are dirty and sordid and grubby and violent. 57 00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:20,800 Gladiators were subject 58 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:22,800 to every type of abuse imaginable, 59 00:05:22,940 --> 00:05:24,540 both physical and sexual. 60 00:06:19,630 --> 00:06:22,800 Most gladiators died in their 20s or 30s. 61 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:25,300 Uh, it's a very, very dangerous job 62 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:27,570 and life expectancy is not long. 63 00:06:42,620 --> 00:06:46,260 Spartacus. My name is Spartacus. 64 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,860 Spartacus is a bit of an enigma to us. 65 00:06:50,260 --> 00:06:52,260 It seems that he came from Thrace. 66 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,400 He may have been from a noble background 67 00:06:54,500 --> 00:06:56,470 because the name Spartacus itself 68 00:06:56,570 --> 00:06:58,410 could be an aristocratic name from that region. 69 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,680 It's a place known for, uh, great fighters. 70 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:08,150 So much so that the Romans incorporate those fighters into their military. 71 00:07:08,380 --> 00:07:11,520 But ultimately, he is sold into slavery, 72 00:07:11,580 --> 00:07:15,110 and he ends up in a Gladiatorial school in Capua. 73 00:07:21,590 --> 00:07:24,190 Spartacus! Spartacus! Spartacus! 74 00:07:24,290 --> 00:07:25,950 Spartacus! Spartacus! 75 00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:29,400 Spartacus! Spartacus! Spartacus! 76 00:07:36,140 --> 00:07:38,880 One thing worse than slavery 77 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,580 is to adjust to it. 78 00:07:42,310 --> 00:07:45,670 And because it's painful and violent, most people adjust. 79 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:04,970 Spartacus? 80 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:09,510 Spartacus, the invincible. 81 00:08:10,770 --> 00:08:14,070 King of the shit house! 82 00:08:23,250 --> 00:08:25,450 No man would want to be in that situation, 83 00:08:25,590 --> 00:08:27,990 and if there was any opportunity to get out of it, you would. 84 00:08:44,270 --> 00:08:46,770 I want to give you something to remember me by. 85 00:08:47,180 --> 00:08:48,280 No. No. No. 86 00:08:53,740 --> 00:08:56,140 Rome tightens its grip on the Mediterranean, 87 00:08:56,270 --> 00:08:58,300 and as it grows, 88 00:08:58,410 --> 00:09:02,150 the future that Hannibal envisioned 140 years earlier 89 00:09:02,250 --> 00:09:04,020 is now coming true. 90 00:09:04,250 --> 00:09:07,490 The Republic is making slaves of the barbarians. 91 00:09:07,820 --> 00:09:12,830 But one man, Spartacus, is making a break for freedom. 92 00:09:31,210 --> 00:09:33,380 Let's get out of this shithole. 93 00:09:45,060 --> 00:09:46,260 Crixus, no! 94 00:09:57,670 --> 00:09:58,870 Swords! 95 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:00,900 Now we have two swords. 96 00:10:01,010 --> 00:10:04,010 Now we have two dead soldiers and an army sure to follow. 97 00:10:12,150 --> 00:10:15,220 Spartacus and a group of 60 barbarian slaves 98 00:10:15,350 --> 00:10:17,780 seize the opportunity to escape, 99 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,650 but they break out of Capua without a plan. 100 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,170 He wants to get away from Capua. 101 00:10:25,300 --> 00:10:28,340 Put distance between himself and his former captives. 102 00:10:28,470 --> 00:10:32,540 By the same token, he needs food, he needs shelter and he needs weapons. 103 00:10:36,340 --> 00:10:38,540 When they get over that wall, they gotta hit the ground running. 104 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:40,200 Law enforcement's gonna be right behind 'em, 105 00:10:40,350 --> 00:10:42,620 once they figure out, you know, they're gone. 106 00:10:43,780 --> 00:10:47,240 The clock is ticking as the fugitives move south. 107 00:10:47,620 --> 00:10:51,190 Rome responds by dispatching a small militia to track them down. 108 00:10:55,090 --> 00:10:58,060 Freedom is what's motivating these individuals 109 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,620 to stay out there and again, they'll fight their way out, 110 00:11:00,730 --> 00:11:02,690 they'll kill somebody, they'll kill themselves, 111 00:11:02,830 --> 00:11:06,230 they'll do whatever it takes, because, uh, you know, give me freedom or give me death. 112 00:11:08,710 --> 00:11:12,580 Nearly every Roman household in the area holds barbarian slaves. 113 00:11:45,610 --> 00:11:49,750 Spartacus' escape quickly becomes a real problem 114 00:11:49,850 --> 00:11:52,850 for the wealthy estate owners of Campania. 115 00:11:52,980 --> 00:11:56,550 Uh, first of all, he and his men are trained killers. 116 00:11:56,660 --> 00:12:00,130 Secondly, they begin attracting other slaves to them. 117 00:12:09,630 --> 00:12:12,060 Look what I found. 118 00:12:16,540 --> 00:12:17,940 Let's go. 119 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,840 Let's get to higher ground, where we can see what's coming for us. 120 00:12:22,110 --> 00:12:24,140 Here, they'll round us up like sheep. 121 00:12:24,250 --> 00:12:25,450 Vesuvius? 122 00:12:26,890 --> 00:12:29,160 Demons live there. 123 00:12:29,790 --> 00:12:30,860 No. 124 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,480 They live here. 125 00:12:34,190 --> 00:12:36,450 Up there, we can see for 50 miles in all directions, 126 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:38,960 we can bide our time. 127 00:12:39,100 --> 00:12:41,170 You do what you want, Spartacus. 128 00:12:41,300 --> 00:12:42,840 I'm going to enjoy my freedom. 129 00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:46,760 Fine. 130 00:12:47,210 --> 00:12:49,740 And when the Romans roast you like the pig you are, 131 00:12:50,380 --> 00:12:53,150 you tell them we're going East, back to Thrace. 132 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:00,240 If you come with us, you'll likely die. 133 00:13:00,850 --> 00:13:02,750 If I don't, then I'll die for sure. 134 00:13:02,850 --> 00:13:06,980 Very quickly, we see Spartacus evolve. 135 00:13:07,630 --> 00:13:12,330 He frees other slaves, there's strength in numbers. He secures equipment. 136 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:14,830 Most significantly, he decides 137 00:13:14,930 --> 00:13:17,960 to head toward Vesuvius, his high ground, if you will. 138 00:13:29,180 --> 00:13:31,220 When were you taken from Thrace? 139 00:13:35,590 --> 00:13:39,730 I think maybe it was 10 years ago. 140 00:13:41,730 --> 00:13:42,860 I've lost count. 141 00:13:44,630 --> 00:13:46,300 They dragged us from our homes. 142 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:48,100 Burned our towns. 143 00:13:49,430 --> 00:13:51,900 To my great shame, I fell into their hands... 144 00:13:53,540 --> 00:13:55,480 and, well, you know the rest. 145 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:19,920 The others are getting anxious. 146 00:14:20,070 --> 00:14:22,040 Tell them to enjoy their freedom. 147 00:14:22,130 --> 00:14:24,090 We've got an army snapping at our feet, my friend. 148 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,810 Spartacus is invincible. I know that, we all know that. 149 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:38,690 He has got a plan. 150 00:14:42,020 --> 00:14:45,030 I've seen a giant fade to nothing before my eyes. 151 00:14:59,740 --> 00:15:01,070 He wasn't even hurt. 152 00:15:02,140 --> 00:15:05,210 He laughed at me, as if to say, "Is that the best you can do?" 153 00:15:09,180 --> 00:15:10,780 I knew I had killed him. 154 00:15:11,980 --> 00:15:13,240 And then he knew. 155 00:15:29,270 --> 00:15:32,010 So, you are invincible then. 156 00:15:35,670 --> 00:15:37,530 People like Spartacus, 157 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,370 like some of the slave revolts in our country, 158 00:15:40,950 --> 00:15:42,750 they made a decision 159 00:15:45,450 --> 00:15:47,850 that they'd rather make the effort, 160 00:15:48,250 --> 00:15:51,850 to be free and risk their lives 161 00:15:52,990 --> 00:15:55,420 than to spend one more day 162 00:15:56,590 --> 00:15:58,460 as a slave in captivity. 163 00:16:00,170 --> 00:16:01,470 Soldiers! 164 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:03,240 Roman soldiers! 165 00:16:07,870 --> 00:16:09,400 How many? 166 00:16:11,010 --> 00:16:12,510 200. 167 00:16:12,610 --> 00:16:13,780 Maybe three. 168 00:16:13,910 --> 00:16:15,140 And we're 60. 169 00:16:16,050 --> 00:16:17,680 Maybe we shouldn't wait for them. 170 00:16:17,950 --> 00:16:21,250 If we don't meet them here, we'll have to meet them somewhere else. 171 00:16:21,820 --> 00:16:23,760 Let's show them who we are. 172 00:16:29,230 --> 00:16:31,930 Three miles up the slopes of Vesuvius, 173 00:16:32,060 --> 00:16:35,130 Spartacus holds his position on the high ground. 174 00:16:36,030 --> 00:16:40,460 In the valley below, 300 Roman soldiers make camp. 175 00:16:41,070 --> 00:16:43,400 There's only one road up and down Vesuvius. 176 00:16:43,540 --> 00:16:45,840 They feel that they've got Spartacus cornered 177 00:16:45,980 --> 00:16:47,660 and they merely have to wait for him to try 178 00:16:47,780 --> 00:16:50,420 to foolishly fight his way out or to starve to death. 179 00:16:59,060 --> 00:17:01,830 Spartacus has his men fashion ropes of vines 180 00:17:01,930 --> 00:17:04,000 that they find growing on Mount Vesuvius. 181 00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:06,370 And launch a surprise attack on the Romans. 182 00:17:18,110 --> 00:17:20,050 By choosing to stand, by choosing to fight 183 00:17:20,180 --> 00:17:21,700 and coming up with a military solution, 184 00:17:22,010 --> 00:17:24,570 Spartacus is showing what kind of man he is. 185 00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:56,440 Rome is rapidly expanding as it seeks to dominate the ancient world. 186 00:17:59,610 --> 00:18:02,010 But some are rising up to fight back. 187 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,950 The defeat at Vesuvius was a complete surprise to the Romans, 188 00:18:12,090 --> 00:18:14,120 they weren't expecting to be ambushed. 189 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:16,260 They thought they were dealing with fugitives 190 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:20,930 and the fugitives would run rather than that the fugitives would take the fight to them. 191 00:18:25,610 --> 00:18:28,610 Best part about this, they're brothers! 192 00:18:37,090 --> 00:18:38,220 Kill him. 193 00:18:45,190 --> 00:18:46,350 Do it! 194 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:48,170 Kill him! 195 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:52,100 Or I'll bury you both alive. 196 00:19:04,650 --> 00:19:05,920 Go to your commanders. 197 00:19:06,180 --> 00:19:09,040 Tell them what you've seen here today. Go! 198 00:19:12,620 --> 00:19:13,720 No more. 199 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,260 We are better than this. 200 00:19:20,460 --> 00:19:22,720 We've got as many swords as we can carry. 201 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:26,400 Now we need to head north to freedom. 202 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,370 Before Rome unleashes hell on us. 203 00:19:35,173 --> 00:19:38,073 Spartacus isn't looking to start a war. 204 00:19:38,313 --> 00:19:40,753 He's searching for a way home. 205 00:19:41,213 --> 00:19:45,443 Thrace is 700 miles away through hostile territory. 206 00:19:46,553 --> 00:19:49,193 His target is the Cisalpine pass, 207 00:19:49,893 --> 00:19:54,163 a break in the Alps leading to the homelands the barbarians left behind. 208 00:19:56,333 --> 00:19:59,803 Word of Spartacus' victory at Vesuvius spreads. 209 00:20:00,263 --> 00:20:02,593 Barbarian slaves from across the Republic 210 00:20:02,733 --> 00:20:06,863 flee their masters to join the man they believe will set them free. 211 00:20:07,003 --> 00:20:09,203 He's reminiscent of other people in history. 212 00:20:09,313 --> 00:20:14,153 Abraham Lincoln never expected to be leading an army engaged in a great civil war. 213 00:20:14,613 --> 00:20:19,083 Nelson Mandela didn't expect that he would become the head of a revolutionary movement. 214 00:20:19,183 --> 00:20:21,343 And yet these people, like Spartacus, 215 00:20:21,493 --> 00:20:23,593 show that it is possible to rise to the occasion. 216 00:20:23,923 --> 00:20:27,353 The whole society functions using slaves. 217 00:20:27,493 --> 00:20:29,023 So if there is an uprising, 218 00:20:29,163 --> 00:20:32,773 this is gonna really strike at the core of how the Republic works. 219 00:20:33,463 --> 00:20:36,863 Rome's plan to bring the barbarians within its border 220 00:20:37,003 --> 00:20:39,033 is starting to backfire. 221 00:20:43,443 --> 00:20:48,343 We need to get rid of the Romans. Wipe 'em out. 222 00:20:50,053 --> 00:20:52,393 Not just free ourselves. Yes, but here? 223 00:20:53,183 --> 00:20:54,383 In their own country? 224 00:20:55,923 --> 00:20:57,093 That's a death wish. 225 00:20:58,623 --> 00:21:00,423 I don't care how many there are of us. 226 00:21:00,563 --> 00:21:02,433 There will always be more of them. 227 00:21:02,933 --> 00:21:07,033 But in our homelands, in Gaul, in Thrace, it is possible. 228 00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:08,963 Maybe. 229 00:21:10,673 --> 00:21:11,703 Maybe not. 230 00:21:12,373 --> 00:21:16,583 But what we can do is we can damage them, badly. 231 00:21:16,673 --> 00:21:19,673 I say we go South to Sicily. 232 00:21:20,083 --> 00:21:22,253 Kill as many of 'em as we can along the way. 233 00:21:22,353 --> 00:21:25,283 Crixus, you are a warrior. 234 00:21:25,553 --> 00:21:27,853 You will die in battle, that I know. 235 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:32,153 If we were an army, Crixus, I would turn and fight, 236 00:21:32,793 --> 00:21:34,293 but look around you. 237 00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:36,723 These people are not warriors. 238 00:21:38,633 --> 00:21:42,033 They're farmers, nurse maids, artisans. 239 00:21:42,173 --> 00:21:43,443 Yes, more's the pity. 240 00:21:43,573 --> 00:21:47,813 They want to live! They've a right to live. 241 00:21:54,153 --> 00:21:55,823 We are near the mountains. 242 00:21:56,713 --> 00:22:01,383 And beyond the mountains, are the roads, North to Gaul, East to Thrace. 243 00:22:03,153 --> 00:22:04,953 Now you do what you will. 244 00:22:06,193 --> 00:22:08,163 You die a warrior's death. 245 00:22:13,203 --> 00:22:16,573 My greatest shame is that I was captured. 246 00:22:17,573 --> 00:22:19,243 Mine, too. 247 00:22:20,103 --> 00:22:23,073 We valued our lives above our freedom. 248 00:22:24,213 --> 00:22:26,013 Would you make that choice again? 249 00:22:37,123 --> 00:22:38,383 No. 250 00:22:40,723 --> 00:22:42,423 Then I'll see you in the next life. 251 00:22:50,903 --> 00:22:53,863 Spartacus and Crixus divide their forces. 252 00:22:54,103 --> 00:22:56,573 Crixus and 3,000 fighters splinter off 253 00:22:56,673 --> 00:23:00,043 and move South to confront the Romans head on. 254 00:23:00,343 --> 00:23:03,113 He's set out to buy Spartacus and his followers, 255 00:23:03,913 --> 00:23:07,843 now numbering more than 12,000, time to escape North. 256 00:23:07,953 --> 00:23:12,353 Crixus' split from Spartacus gives Rome a major problem. 257 00:23:12,493 --> 00:23:17,733 Now they have two very capable and very mobile enemies that they have to deal with, 258 00:23:17,833 --> 00:23:19,803 and they have to deal with them piecemeal. 259 00:23:20,763 --> 00:23:23,733 While Spartacus marches for the Alps, 260 00:23:23,833 --> 00:23:26,303 Roman citizens flee in fear. 261 00:23:26,773 --> 00:23:30,783 But first, they ensure the slaves they leave behind 262 00:23:30,883 --> 00:23:33,283 won't be able to join the rebellion. 263 00:24:07,683 --> 00:24:10,523 They blind them and lame them so they cannot run. 264 00:24:17,693 --> 00:24:18,763 You. 265 00:24:18,893 --> 00:24:20,493 You are Spartacus? 266 00:24:21,693 --> 00:24:22,753 I am. 267 00:24:25,663 --> 00:24:26,723 No! 268 00:24:27,633 --> 00:24:29,193 You bow to no one. 269 00:24:34,643 --> 00:24:38,113 All I wanted was to escape that hellhole Capua 270 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:39,843 and get back to Thrace. 271 00:24:42,613 --> 00:24:44,943 I know you didn't want it, 272 00:24:46,053 --> 00:24:48,123 but the people now look to you. 273 00:24:48,253 --> 00:24:50,353 They see you as salvation. 274 00:24:50,493 --> 00:24:52,433 And where do they expect this to end? 275 00:24:52,563 --> 00:24:54,293 What do they think I can do? 276 00:24:56,733 --> 00:25:02,073 When a leader achieves success and others start flocking to your standard, 277 00:25:02,203 --> 00:25:06,313 then that responsibility takes over yourself, also. 278 00:25:06,443 --> 00:25:09,243 And, "How do I handle this?" "What do I do with it?" 279 00:25:09,373 --> 00:25:11,703 "How do I take care of my people" 280 00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:15,103 "and wield them into a force of maximum power?" 281 00:25:15,253 --> 00:25:18,153 And this is one of the great problems of Spartacus. 282 00:25:20,523 --> 00:25:22,893 By the autumn of 73 BC, 283 00:25:23,493 --> 00:25:27,493 Spartacus' flock is growing at the rate of hundreds a day. 284 00:25:36,803 --> 00:25:39,733 Rome is now expanding faster than ever. 285 00:25:40,313 --> 00:25:42,713 But its growth depends on enslavement, 286 00:25:42,843 --> 00:25:47,103 the latest weapon in the 300-year war to crush the barbarians. 287 00:25:48,483 --> 00:25:51,923 Spartacus' followers now number 25,000, 288 00:25:52,353 --> 00:26:00,233 with hundreds more joining the cause every day. 289 00:26:00,363 --> 00:26:04,503 Spartacus knows that the Romans will be bent on his destruction. 290 00:26:04,633 --> 00:26:09,873 He has no choice but to not only lead, but to train an army. 291 00:26:10,103 --> 00:26:11,133 No! 292 00:26:16,113 --> 00:26:17,843 To create an elite force, 293 00:26:18,013 --> 00:26:21,323 you're talking an investment of two to three years minimum. 294 00:26:26,223 --> 00:26:27,393 Hit me. 295 00:26:29,323 --> 00:26:31,683 He doesn't have the luxury of years 296 00:26:31,793 --> 00:26:34,033 to create a well-trained cohesive army, 297 00:26:34,963 --> 00:26:36,703 he has months at best. 298 00:26:39,973 --> 00:26:41,873 He had this great mass of people 299 00:26:41,973 --> 00:26:44,403 that could be slaughtered if they fought as individuals. 300 00:26:44,973 --> 00:26:47,983 So, he took that time that he had during the winter 301 00:26:48,243 --> 00:26:52,613 to train his forces and to turn them into an army themselves, 302 00:26:52,683 --> 00:26:56,623 that could meet the Romans on the field of battle with a good chance of success. 303 00:27:31,083 --> 00:27:33,343 When Spring finally arrives, 304 00:27:33,453 --> 00:27:38,483 Spartacus and his newly trained army, now numbering 50,000, 305 00:27:38,593 --> 00:27:40,693 continue their journey home. 306 00:27:41,263 --> 00:27:44,803 Every slave owner is thinking, "Will my slaves be next?" 307 00:27:44,963 --> 00:27:46,363 "Will they join Spartacus?" 308 00:27:46,533 --> 00:27:49,633 "Just how far is this going to go?" It's an enormous threat. 309 00:27:50,443 --> 00:27:55,183 Rome responds, dispatching four legions to crush the uprising. 310 00:27:56,513 --> 00:27:58,083 The estimates are that at this point, 311 00:27:58,183 --> 00:28:01,523 Crixus has about 20,000 Germans and Gauls with him, um, 312 00:28:01,653 --> 00:28:04,523 Spartacus presumably has about 50,000 people with him 313 00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:06,883 and there is a real danger at this point 314 00:28:06,993 --> 00:28:10,793 that the rebellion actually spreads beyond just slaves. 315 00:28:11,793 --> 00:28:13,733 The plan is to intercept the rebels 316 00:28:13,833 --> 00:28:18,373 using a classic Roman military tactic called the Pincer Movement, 317 00:28:18,533 --> 00:28:22,073 a simultaneous attack on the enemy from two sides. 318 00:28:22,933 --> 00:28:25,203 The first army, under Consul Gellius, 319 00:28:25,273 --> 00:28:28,183 has orders to go South to wipe out Crixus, 320 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:31,903 then circle back to attack Spartacus and his rebels. 321 00:28:32,813 --> 00:28:35,813 The second army targets Spartacus head on, 322 00:28:35,913 --> 00:28:37,743 to cut off his escape to the North, 323 00:28:37,853 --> 00:28:41,723 and push his forces south into the jaws of Consul Gellius. 324 00:28:52,003 --> 00:28:53,073 Spartacus! 325 00:28:53,403 --> 00:28:56,403 Tell me. 326 00:28:56,843 --> 00:28:58,043 The Romans are coming. 327 00:28:58,173 --> 00:28:59,173 How many? 328 00:28:59,273 --> 00:29:00,573 Two legions. 329 00:29:07,053 --> 00:29:08,223 Crixus... 330 00:29:13,453 --> 00:29:14,643 Dead? 331 00:29:15,753 --> 00:29:17,283 Not one was left alive. 332 00:29:28,403 --> 00:29:30,473 You see how scared they are of us. 333 00:29:31,503 --> 00:29:33,233 Not one was left alive. 334 00:30:06,113 --> 00:30:07,673 For more than a century, 335 00:30:07,783 --> 00:30:10,543 Rome has been the dominant power in the ancient world. 336 00:30:12,023 --> 00:30:14,593 But now, a growing slave rebellion 337 00:30:14,763 --> 00:30:17,033 threatens to take it down from within. 338 00:31:09,083 --> 00:31:11,353 Spartacus! Spartacus! Spartacus! 339 00:31:13,253 --> 00:31:15,183 Spartacus! Spartacus! Spartacus! 340 00:31:16,723 --> 00:31:17,793 Spartacus! 341 00:31:26,733 --> 00:31:28,233 When the massive slave army 342 00:31:28,363 --> 00:31:30,963 defeats the first two legions sent to destroy them, 343 00:31:31,733 --> 00:31:34,593 they're just miles from their escape route through the mountains. 344 00:31:36,073 --> 00:31:38,643 But two more legions are still in pursuit. 345 00:31:46,183 --> 00:31:47,883 We did the impossible today. 346 00:31:49,253 --> 00:31:52,023 And the murderers of Crixus are only half a day away. 347 00:31:53,193 --> 00:31:55,363 You'd stay and wait for them? Why wait? 348 00:31:55,623 --> 00:31:56,883 Spartacus. 349 00:31:57,293 --> 00:31:59,153 Spartacus, we are home. 350 00:31:59,433 --> 00:32:01,063 This is our escape. 351 00:32:01,403 --> 00:32:02,633 The door is open. 352 00:32:02,733 --> 00:32:03,933 It is. 353 00:32:07,003 --> 00:32:08,643 Brothers. 354 00:32:08,743 --> 00:32:10,173 Sisters. 355 00:32:11,073 --> 00:32:12,303 Warriors. 356 00:32:15,383 --> 00:32:20,653 The Romans outnumber us but they only fight for money. 357 00:32:21,383 --> 00:32:23,943 They have no answer for our courage... 358 00:32:24,083 --> 00:32:26,083 and our thirst for freedom. 359 00:32:27,923 --> 00:32:33,453 The men who murdered our brother Crixus have come to meet us here. 360 00:32:34,733 --> 00:32:36,033 - Do we run from them? - No! 361 00:32:36,363 --> 00:32:38,563 Do we let them come for us like wolves? 362 00:32:39,403 --> 00:32:42,043 We are warriors. We're free to fight 363 00:32:42,203 --> 00:32:47,003 and free to die if need be, the way we choose, on our terms. 364 00:32:47,413 --> 00:32:49,283 We can make Rome bleed. 365 00:32:49,843 --> 00:32:52,843 We can make her weak the way she made us. 366 00:32:53,953 --> 00:32:58,753 If we can take Sicily, we can starve Rome and bring her to her knees. 367 00:33:04,223 --> 00:33:06,423 Let's avenge our fallen brothers! 368 00:33:09,763 --> 00:33:12,093 You know, one of the great mysteries of Spartacus is why 369 00:33:12,233 --> 00:33:13,963 having come within sight of the Alps 370 00:33:14,073 --> 00:33:16,773 does he turn around and decide to stay in Italy. 371 00:33:16,873 --> 00:33:18,313 And we can only speculate. 372 00:33:20,413 --> 00:33:22,613 He's become more than an individual. 373 00:33:22,683 --> 00:33:25,313 He's become the leader of an army. 374 00:33:25,413 --> 00:33:28,413 There's so much vengeance to wreak upon the Romans. 375 00:33:28,523 --> 00:33:29,993 Why give up now? 376 00:33:32,693 --> 00:33:35,593 Spartacus turns his army around, 377 00:33:35,693 --> 00:33:37,793 and marches straight into a collision 378 00:33:37,893 --> 00:33:41,123 with Consul Gellius and his 20,000 men. 379 00:33:43,033 --> 00:33:47,173 When their armies meet, Spartacus scores a critical victory. 380 00:33:49,043 --> 00:33:52,673 Consul Gellius' legions are the last viable defense force 381 00:33:52,813 --> 00:33:58,253 standing between the rebel army and the vital strategic territory of Sicily. 382 00:33:59,883 --> 00:34:03,353 A province that provides most of Rome's food supply. 383 00:34:05,193 --> 00:34:08,893 If Spartacus can take the island, he'll have Rome by the throat. 384 00:34:09,893 --> 00:34:13,533 Sicily is of immense geostrategic importance for Rome. 385 00:34:13,633 --> 00:34:17,733 It's almost a dagger pointed at the toe of the Italian boot. 386 00:34:18,003 --> 00:34:20,443 Whoever controls Sicily controls access to Italy. 387 00:34:22,003 --> 00:34:26,703 The Roman Senate moves quickly to crush the barbarian threat. 388 00:34:27,273 --> 00:34:31,373 They hand over supreme control of the military to one man. 389 00:34:33,183 --> 00:34:35,523 General Marcus Crassus. 390 00:34:36,723 --> 00:34:38,693 Rich and ruthless, 391 00:34:38,793 --> 00:34:43,733 he uses his fortune to raise an army of 30,000 men to take on Spartacus. 392 00:34:44,193 --> 00:34:48,623 Power that few men within Rome have ever been given before. 393 00:34:48,733 --> 00:34:51,203 Crassus knows that putting this rebellion down 394 00:34:51,303 --> 00:34:54,703 despite the fact that it is ostensibly an army of slaves, 395 00:34:54,843 --> 00:34:59,343 is going to make him appear to be the savior of Rome. 396 00:35:00,943 --> 00:35:02,003 We're here. 397 00:35:02,743 --> 00:35:05,003 Sicily is here. 398 00:35:05,983 --> 00:35:07,383 And we need to be there. 399 00:35:12,123 --> 00:35:15,293 Spartacus plans to bribe pirates and merchants 400 00:35:15,393 --> 00:35:18,533 to ferry his army across the sea to Sicily. 401 00:35:19,293 --> 00:35:20,823 Go now, the three of you. 402 00:35:20,933 --> 00:35:22,933 Race ahead, and make the deal. 403 00:35:23,033 --> 00:35:25,103 Tell them that for every man, woman and child they carry, 404 00:35:25,203 --> 00:35:26,843 there will be five pieces of gold. 405 00:35:28,033 --> 00:35:29,163 Go. 406 00:35:35,373 --> 00:35:38,013 Spartacus' rebellion has been the greatest threat 407 00:35:38,103 --> 00:35:39,733 to Roman supremacy in a century. 408 00:35:40,913 --> 00:35:45,253 Now he's aiming to crush the enemy by cutting off their food supply from Sicily. 409 00:35:46,753 --> 00:35:50,893 But General Crassus bribes the Sicilian pirates with Roman gold 410 00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:53,813 before Spartacus ever reaches the coast. 411 00:36:20,113 --> 00:36:23,283 Spartacus has beaten the odds for two years. 412 00:36:23,553 --> 00:36:27,193 But now, just 19 miles from his goal, 413 00:36:27,593 --> 00:36:29,663 he's left with only one option. 414 00:36:31,393 --> 00:36:33,393 Turn and face his enemy. 415 00:36:43,303 --> 00:36:45,763 Can you hear me, Spartacus? 416 00:36:48,113 --> 00:36:49,543 Can you see this cage? 417 00:36:53,583 --> 00:36:57,423 I'm going to take you back to Rome in this cage. 418 00:36:59,123 --> 00:37:00,823 Don't let them take you. 419 00:37:02,123 --> 00:37:03,323 I won't. 420 00:37:04,023 --> 00:37:05,953 And don't be afraid of death. 421 00:37:47,873 --> 00:37:48,903 Kill him! 422 00:37:50,443 --> 00:37:51,613 No! 423 00:38:07,523 --> 00:38:12,863 What better way for him to die than to die fighting, to die as a warrior, 424 00:38:12,993 --> 00:38:16,323 to die staying true to his guiding principles? 425 00:38:19,373 --> 00:38:22,443 40,000 barbarians fall at Messina. 426 00:38:23,603 --> 00:38:27,433 Those who survive the battle face a more gruesome fate. 427 00:38:41,553 --> 00:38:45,183 Crassus parades the captured slaves through the streets of Rome, 428 00:38:45,993 --> 00:38:49,653 and crucifies all 6,000 along the Appian Way. 429 00:38:51,463 --> 00:38:53,463 Rome's warning is clear. 430 00:38:53,833 --> 00:38:57,363 Rise against us and you will pay with blood. 431 00:39:00,273 --> 00:39:03,203 Though Spartacus fails to overthrow the Republic, 432 00:39:04,113 --> 00:39:06,653 his uprising reveals a weakness at the core 433 00:39:06,753 --> 00:39:09,483 of its plan to dominate the barbarians. 434 00:39:10,337 --> 00:39:13,577 It tells us that Roman society has tremendous vulnerabilities 435 00:39:13,707 --> 00:39:17,517 and that the Roman system is not nearly as strong as the Romans thought it was. 436 00:39:18,347 --> 00:39:23,717 As Rome expands its frontier, it encounters more and more resistance. 437 00:39:24,587 --> 00:39:28,157 Military glory becomes the quickest path to power. 438 00:39:30,257 --> 00:39:35,627 Rome descends into chaos as a handful of men fight for control. 439 00:39:35,997 --> 00:39:39,167 The death of the Republic really comes with one-man-rule, 440 00:39:39,267 --> 00:39:41,337 and that one man is Julius Caesar. 441 00:39:41,537 --> 00:39:43,337 He is the perpetual dictator. 442 00:39:43,437 --> 00:39:47,307 And it's his successor, Augustus, that takes it even further. 443 00:39:49,077 --> 00:39:51,047 Augustus was the legal heir of Julius Caesar. 444 00:39:51,177 --> 00:39:53,817 The hand-picked successor of the great dictator. 445 00:39:54,047 --> 00:39:56,317 He has the control of nearly all of the Roman army, 446 00:39:56,447 --> 00:39:58,687 and with that, he's able to do pretty much what he wants. 447 00:40:00,287 --> 00:40:03,257 Augustus succeeds where Caesar fails 448 00:40:03,557 --> 00:40:05,997 and perfects the art of empire building. 449 00:40:07,197 --> 00:40:13,837 Forty-five million people, 15% of the world's population, are now under Roman control. 450 00:40:14,367 --> 00:40:18,477 Augustus doubles the size of the empire during his reign, 451 00:40:18,537 --> 00:40:21,707 pushing its borders deep into barbarian territory, 452 00:40:22,007 --> 00:40:24,907 completing the conquest of Gaul and Spain, 453 00:40:25,547 --> 00:40:29,987 and setting his sights on a new prize to the north. Germania. 454 00:40:32,657 --> 00:40:35,557 A vast, untamed wilderness that will be the new front 455 00:40:35,657 --> 00:40:38,397 in the barbarians' fight for freedom. 456 00:40:39,927 --> 00:40:42,097 Augustus invades in 12 BC 457 00:40:42,197 --> 00:40:46,097 in search of resources like cattle, amber, and leather. 458 00:40:47,437 --> 00:40:50,437 But above all, he wants warriors. 459 00:40:53,537 --> 00:40:56,567 The Romans viewed these warriors from the North 460 00:40:56,747 --> 00:40:59,947 as tall, fierce, blood thirsty warriors who, 461 00:41:00,017 --> 00:41:04,757 if turned into soldiers for the Empire, could protect the Empire and help it expand. 462 00:41:09,217 --> 00:41:12,017 Defeating these tribes won't be easy. 463 00:41:13,127 --> 00:41:17,937 The Empire ignites a storm of resistance from the moment it sets foot in Germania. 464 00:41:32,107 --> 00:41:35,907 The campaign drags on for 30 long years. 465 00:41:36,217 --> 00:41:40,587 The Roman army spent huge amounts of money in order to conquer all of Germania. 466 00:41:42,387 --> 00:41:45,187 But still, the Germans refuse to fall. 467 00:41:45,487 --> 00:41:49,187 Leading the resistance are the Arivarii and the Cherusci, 468 00:41:49,427 --> 00:41:51,687 who fight to keep Rome at bay. 469 00:42:00,137 --> 00:42:02,697 Segimerus is Chief of the Cherusci, 470 00:42:02,777 --> 00:42:06,217 who grooms his sons, Arminius and Flavus, 471 00:42:06,347 --> 00:42:09,687 to one day take his place and lead their people. 472 00:42:23,667 --> 00:42:27,337 But before his oldest son, Arminius, can claim his birthright, 473 00:42:27,697 --> 00:42:30,967 the Empire steps up its assault on his tribe, 474 00:42:31,337 --> 00:42:34,807 unleashing a new weapon from its arsenal of tyranny. 475 00:42:42,497 --> 00:42:46,837 The Roman Empire is the ancient world's undisputed superpower. 476 00:42:49,537 --> 00:42:53,177 It spans 2.5 million square miles of territory 477 00:42:53,307 --> 00:42:58,417 from Hispania to Syria, a dominion built on barbarian blood. 478 00:42:59,677 --> 00:43:02,277 And still the Empire grows. 479 00:43:03,717 --> 00:43:05,957 It sets out to conquer Germania. 480 00:43:13,827 --> 00:43:16,597 But unable to defeat the barbarians by force, 481 00:43:17,027 --> 00:43:20,457 Rome once again resorts to a familiar strategy. 482 00:43:22,107 --> 00:43:25,577 It begins to negotiate deals with the rebels, 483 00:43:28,307 --> 00:43:32,607 promising gold and peace in exchange for surrender. 484 00:43:34,077 --> 00:43:39,577 One by one, battle-weary Germanic tribes accept Rome's terms. 485 00:43:40,817 --> 00:43:44,947 But this time, the Empire requires something more. 486 00:43:46,297 --> 00:43:49,437 To secure their loyalty, Rome forces the tribes 487 00:43:49,527 --> 00:43:52,027 to surrender their sons to the Empire. 488 00:43:52,537 --> 00:43:56,577 A generation of heirs born to be the next leaders of Germania 489 00:43:56,907 --> 00:43:59,037 become Romans instead. 490 00:44:00,237 --> 00:44:04,367 These sons will now be raised and accustomed to Roman ways. 491 00:44:04,507 --> 00:44:09,337 And ideally, they would see themselves as more Roman, 492 00:44:09,487 --> 00:44:11,357 than as Germanic barbarians. 493 00:44:18,097 --> 00:44:19,667 Help! Help! 494 00:44:19,797 --> 00:44:20,827 Let... Let go! 495 00:44:20,957 --> 00:44:23,127 Father, stop them! 496 00:44:25,937 --> 00:44:27,937 Thusnelda! Take this. 497 00:44:29,507 --> 00:44:30,637 Help! 498 00:44:30,737 --> 00:44:32,877 You can't do this! My father's the chief! 499 00:44:33,237 --> 00:44:34,567 He's the chief! 500 00:44:35,277 --> 00:44:36,347 Let go! 501 00:44:40,217 --> 00:44:41,587 - Arminius! - Uncle! 502 00:44:41,717 --> 00:44:42,747 Uncle! 503 00:44:43,447 --> 00:44:44,847 Remember who you are. 504 00:44:44,987 --> 00:44:47,227 Cherusci. Always. 505 00:44:51,187 --> 00:44:52,387 Always. 506 00:44:53,497 --> 00:44:56,497 This policy is called Romanization 507 00:44:56,627 --> 00:44:58,457 and is largely successful, 508 00:44:59,467 --> 00:45:02,407 but it depends on the obedience and loyalty 509 00:45:02,507 --> 00:45:06,107 of the barbarians being brought inside the walls of Rome. 510 00:45:06,562 --> 00:45:10,092 This is messing around with people's sense of themselves, their sense of identity, 511 00:45:10,232 --> 00:45:12,032 their sense of the landscape 512 00:45:12,142 --> 00:45:14,412 and their sense of family 513 00:45:14,512 --> 00:45:17,642 and that is when the stakes get dangerously high. 514 00:45:28,152 --> 00:45:29,312 Brother. 515 00:45:59,240 --> 00:46:02,710 I have heard good things of both of you. 516 00:46:02,810 --> 00:46:05,680 Thank you, sir. Flavus, 517 00:46:05,810 --> 00:46:09,820 you have distinguished yourself as a servant of Rome. 518 00:46:10,380 --> 00:46:15,650 And as reward, I will grant you a promotion. 519 00:46:18,250 --> 00:46:21,020 You will serve under. 520 00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:24,150 General Germanicus in the east. 521 00:46:26,300 --> 00:46:28,730 Prove yourself in the theater of war, Flavus, 522 00:46:29,270 --> 00:46:31,370 and you will rise in the ranks 523 00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:33,430 just like your brother. 524 00:46:41,610 --> 00:46:45,070 Congratulations on making the rank of Equestrian. 525 00:46:45,780 --> 00:46:48,680 Our most trusted officers. 526 00:46:49,220 --> 00:46:51,620 Well done, Arminius. 527 00:46:52,620 --> 00:46:55,850 A remarkable feat for, uh, 528 00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:57,260 a barbarian. 529 00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:04,000 You will be posted to Germania. 530 00:47:05,540 --> 00:47:07,040 Governor Varus will continue 531 00:47:07,170 --> 00:47:09,140 to monitor the borders of the Rhine 532 00:47:09,240 --> 00:47:12,240 and I will send auxiliaries for you 533 00:47:12,380 --> 00:47:14,780 to aid the garrison of the North. 534 00:47:15,150 --> 00:47:17,920 Those inbreds are still resisting, 535 00:47:18,050 --> 00:47:20,090 we must bring them to heel. 536 00:47:24,220 --> 00:47:28,830 You return to your homeland not as a barbarian, 537 00:47:30,090 --> 00:47:31,490 but as a son, 538 00:47:32,460 --> 00:47:33,990 a son of Rome. 539 00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:51,780 He's our Emperor. 540 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:53,510 Can you show some respect? 541 00:47:54,020 --> 00:47:55,220 He's no God, Flavus, 542 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:56,820 even though you think him to be one. 543 00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,560 You are just angry that they're sending you back to Germany, 544 00:47:59,690 --> 00:48:03,900 away from your villas and privilege, back to the rain and filth. 545 00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:08,470 Remember what you are. 546 00:48:10,300 --> 00:48:12,300 Where you're from. I remember enough. 547 00:48:12,700 --> 00:48:14,700 I remember that I hated it. 548 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,300 It was our home, Flavus. 549 00:48:16,410 --> 00:48:18,040 That was 15 years ago, brother. 550 00:48:18,170 --> 00:48:23,670 And for 15 years I have dreamt of the Rhine, to taste the waters again. 551 00:48:24,710 --> 00:48:26,270 This is our home now. 552 00:48:27,020 --> 00:48:30,090 Our father surrendered us to Rome. To bring peace to our tribe. 553 00:48:30,220 --> 00:48:32,460 To bring gold, Arminius. 554 00:48:33,820 --> 00:48:37,520 Our noble father surrendered his sons and his weapons 555 00:48:39,130 --> 00:48:40,730 for Roman gold. 556 00:49:08,510 --> 00:49:12,910 Rome's 400-year march toward total domination of the ancient world 557 00:49:13,020 --> 00:49:14,820 comes north to Germania 558 00:49:15,820 --> 00:49:18,460 where the barbarians' fiercest resistance yet 559 00:49:18,620 --> 00:49:22,020 is keeping the Emperor from claiming his ultimate prize. 560 00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:29,440 Born to the Cherusci tribe but captured and raised by the Empire, 561 00:49:29,530 --> 00:49:31,830 Arminius returns to his homeland 562 00:49:31,940 --> 00:49:35,110 as one of the highest ranking barbarians in the Roman army, 563 00:49:35,470 --> 00:49:37,900 with orders to crush the uprising. 564 00:49:47,180 --> 00:49:49,580 Arminius would have been greatly conflicted. 565 00:49:50,390 --> 00:49:54,190 In all likelihood, he would have burned villages. 566 00:49:54,290 --> 00:49:57,120 Slaughtered whole peoples. 567 00:49:57,260 --> 00:50:00,020 And then as he stands at the Rhine, 568 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:02,740 looking eastwards towards his own homeland 569 00:50:02,930 --> 00:50:05,900 he would have been thinking, "I may be called upon to do" 570 00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:08,540 "the same thing for Rome to my own people." 571 00:50:14,210 --> 00:50:16,540 Arminius! Remember who you are. 572 00:50:16,650 --> 00:50:19,050 Cherusci. Always. 573 00:50:42,670 --> 00:50:44,500 Arminius will be under the command 574 00:50:44,610 --> 00:50:48,210 of the Emperor's most notorious enforcer, 575 00:50:48,350 --> 00:50:50,050 General Varus. 576 00:50:52,850 --> 00:50:56,660 Quintilianus Varus had a reputation for using raw Roman power 577 00:50:56,790 --> 00:51:01,460 to deter rebellions and to put them down fiercely whenever they occurred. 578 00:51:03,260 --> 00:51:06,970 Dispatched to crush the barbarian resistance once and for all, 579 00:51:07,060 --> 00:51:11,890 Varus intensifies the efforts to round up children for surrender to Rome. 580 00:51:12,540 --> 00:51:16,880 And imposes harsh taxes on the tribes, to be paid under penalty of death. 581 00:51:35,530 --> 00:51:36,630 Take me to Varus. 582 00:51:44,100 --> 00:51:46,960 Any more skirmishes, and I want them pacified again. 583 00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,610 Well, what are you waiting for? 584 00:52:05,790 --> 00:52:08,360 I can't drink this filth for much longer. 585 00:52:11,300 --> 00:52:12,570 Arminius. 586 00:52:13,700 --> 00:52:16,370 The boy hostaged by his tribe to Rome. 587 00:52:16,930 --> 00:52:19,700 The boy who rose through the ranks to become Equestrian, 588 00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:21,740 in our great and mighty army. 589 00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:24,380 What an abomination. 590 00:52:26,740 --> 00:52:28,370 I need an enforcer, 591 00:52:28,550 --> 00:52:31,850 someone capable of enlisting warriors and capturing tax evaders. 592 00:52:31,980 --> 00:52:33,010 Can you do that? 593 00:52:33,180 --> 00:52:34,240 Yes, sir. 594 00:52:34,390 --> 00:52:35,720 And how would you do that? 595 00:52:36,550 --> 00:52:38,280 I know how the Germans think. 596 00:52:38,390 --> 00:52:39,660 Of course you do. 597 00:52:40,860 --> 00:52:42,200 That's what you are. 598 00:52:44,660 --> 00:52:47,920 A Roman hero with a barbarian soul. 599 00:52:51,900 --> 00:52:54,030 We need more men for our armies. 600 00:52:54,670 --> 00:52:59,100 For some reason, the Emperor wants these uncultured savages. 601 00:53:00,180 --> 00:53:02,820 Most of the tribal leaders will fall in line and give up their sons 602 00:53:02,910 --> 00:53:04,670 without much resistance. 603 00:53:05,550 --> 00:53:07,020 Like your father did. 604 00:53:08,450 --> 00:53:10,850 Those that don't will answer to you. 605 00:53:17,390 --> 00:53:18,590 Arminius. 606 00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:22,470 I do not have to question your loyalties here, do I? 607 00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:26,470 You know who you belong to now. 608 00:53:28,470 --> 00:53:29,870 For the Emperor. 609 00:53:31,140 --> 00:53:32,500 For the Empire. 610 00:53:47,590 --> 00:53:49,650 Your once proud nation. 611 00:53:51,930 --> 00:53:54,230 This is what you left behind, Arminius. 612 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:58,440 Germans selling Germans, for nothing more than trinkets. 613 00:53:59,240 --> 00:54:02,040 Is that what I am, is it? A trinket of Rome? 614 00:54:02,510 --> 00:54:03,980 What else are you? 615 00:54:04,580 --> 00:54:07,780 You climb to the highest rank of any barbarian in the Roman army, 616 00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:09,950 and yet the Emperor sends you back here? 617 00:54:12,150 --> 00:54:13,990 Who am I to question the Emperors wisdom? 618 00:54:15,150 --> 00:54:16,350 After all, 619 00:54:16,850 --> 00:54:19,980 you crucified 2,000 Jewish rebels in the Syrian uprising, 620 00:54:20,420 --> 00:54:22,350 and the Emperor saw it fit to send you here. 621 00:54:23,890 --> 00:54:25,050 Sir. 622 00:54:27,500 --> 00:54:31,070 Careful, Arminius, I'm beginning to like you. 623 00:54:54,830 --> 00:54:56,800 Why haven't you not paid your taxes, Emsger? 624 00:54:56,890 --> 00:54:57,920 I have. 625 00:55:02,100 --> 00:55:03,200 Not all. 626 00:55:03,830 --> 00:55:05,260 I'll take her instead. 627 00:55:16,450 --> 00:55:17,650 Take the boys. 628 00:55:21,750 --> 00:55:23,380 They would be more useful, no? 629 00:55:28,190 --> 00:55:29,450 What did he say? 630 00:55:30,460 --> 00:55:31,720 He called me a traitor. 631 00:55:36,770 --> 00:55:37,840 Very well. 632 00:55:41,310 --> 00:55:44,410 Do not mistake my leniency for weakness, Emsger. 633 00:55:45,310 --> 00:55:46,950 The Emperor will have his payment, 634 00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:48,710 one way or another. 635 00:55:49,910 --> 00:55:51,370 The sons of the Arivarii 636 00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:53,440 will cover your debt. 637 00:55:57,860 --> 00:55:59,230 I'll kill you! 638 00:56:09,470 --> 00:56:11,400 You are Cherusci tribe, yes? Yes. 639 00:56:11,500 --> 00:56:14,160 You will go and collect their unpaid taxes. 640 00:56:14,670 --> 00:56:17,370 Show them we are no longer in a position of striking deals. 641 00:56:17,510 --> 00:56:18,680 Yes, sir. 642 00:56:19,310 --> 00:56:21,010 Come down hard on them, Arminius. 643 00:56:21,380 --> 00:56:23,420 They must fear you. 644 00:56:23,580 --> 00:56:27,120 No negotiations, grain, soldiers, 645 00:56:27,220 --> 00:56:28,920 and silver. That is all. 646 00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:38,030 Arminius's people, the Cherusci, live in small tribal groups 647 00:56:38,130 --> 00:56:40,700 scattered across North-Western Germania, 648 00:56:40,830 --> 00:56:43,230 united by alliances forged in war 649 00:56:43,330 --> 00:56:46,700 and steeped in a tradition that reveres its ancestors. 650 00:56:59,250 --> 00:57:00,350 Wait here. 651 00:58:17,060 --> 00:58:21,300 When Arminius sees the reality of Roman imperial domination 652 00:58:21,430 --> 00:58:25,290 and what it means to his people, he's faced 653 00:58:25,470 --> 00:58:27,170 with difficult choices. 654 00:58:28,110 --> 00:58:29,680 What does he do? 655 00:58:30,010 --> 00:58:35,380 Is he going to be the enforcer of Rome's Empire that he's been trained to be? 656 00:58:35,550 --> 00:58:41,350 Is he going to turn back to his own society and lead resistance to Rome? 657 00:58:41,450 --> 00:58:45,450 And if he does decide to take that path, will anyone believe him? 658 00:58:52,860 --> 00:58:53,920 At last. 659 00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:56,370 Our favorite son has returned. 660 00:58:56,770 --> 00:58:58,400 An Equestrian, no less. 661 00:58:58,770 --> 00:59:00,970 Your father would have been very proud. 662 00:59:01,310 --> 00:59:02,370 As am I. 663 00:59:03,140 --> 00:59:04,940 I see you've taken my family home? 664 00:59:05,280 --> 00:59:08,280 When your father died, I only did as was expected of me. 665 00:59:11,820 --> 00:59:14,150 The bones of our ancestors lay scattered and plundered. 666 00:59:14,220 --> 00:59:15,590 My own father's grave defiled. 667 00:59:15,690 --> 00:59:17,060 Yet you do nothing. 668 00:59:17,420 --> 00:59:19,420 Your countrymen take taxes. 669 00:59:20,490 --> 00:59:22,700 Yet, you have still defaulted, Segestes? 670 00:59:23,230 --> 00:59:25,760 With our favorite son rising to Equestrian, 671 00:59:25,860 --> 00:59:29,330 I hoped we could renegotiate? 672 00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:32,740 That we could have a special favor. 673 00:59:33,870 --> 00:59:35,570 Rome favors no one but itself. 674 00:59:37,140 --> 00:59:40,310 Bring me the harvest, or its value in silver, or you will be in contempt. 675 00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:45,220 Where is Iguiomerus? 676 00:59:45,620 --> 00:59:48,020 I would stay away from him if I were you. 677 00:59:48,150 --> 00:59:50,580 Your uncle is very much like your father. 678 00:59:50,790 --> 00:59:52,260 Wants nothing but trouble. 679 00:59:53,220 --> 00:59:54,250 Where is he? 680 00:59:54,490 --> 00:59:56,020 Where he always is. 681 01:00:05,540 --> 01:00:06,910 Thusnelda? 682 01:00:14,580 --> 01:00:15,980 No! 683 01:00:19,150 --> 01:00:20,890 I am not what you think me to be. 684 01:00:39,900 --> 01:00:41,530 I heard you were back. 685 01:00:43,340 --> 01:00:45,080 From Emsger. 686 01:00:49,610 --> 01:00:51,070 I'm not one of them. 687 01:00:53,150 --> 01:00:56,160 Your actions will decide that. 688 01:01:01,660 --> 01:01:02,930 So... 689 01:01:05,100 --> 01:01:06,470 Who are you? 690 01:01:17,970 --> 01:01:19,330 I'm Cherusci. 691 01:01:20,610 --> 01:01:21,910 Like you. 692 01:01:22,480 --> 01:01:28,220 Cherusci are not in the habit of abducting their friend's children. 693 01:01:28,350 --> 01:01:31,010 I had to save his girl. I can get his boys to freedom later. 694 01:01:31,190 --> 01:01:32,560 I had no choice. 695 01:01:36,030 --> 01:01:37,900 Your father was devastated. 696 01:01:39,030 --> 01:01:41,670 Surrendering his sons to Rome. 697 01:01:42,770 --> 01:01:45,940 You, putting on that uniform. 698 01:01:46,570 --> 01:01:48,540 Not knowing what you would become. 699 01:01:49,410 --> 01:01:51,110 Drove him to his grave. 700 01:01:53,110 --> 01:01:54,280 His son, 701 01:01:54,950 --> 01:01:56,120 the Roman. 702 01:01:57,310 --> 01:01:58,670 But that's not who I am. 703 01:01:59,020 --> 01:02:00,120 So you say. 704 01:02:00,950 --> 01:02:02,910 I was just a boy, Uncle. 705 01:02:04,220 --> 01:02:07,380 It was not my choice to go to their hateful city. 706 01:02:08,490 --> 01:02:10,820 I did what I had to do to survive. 707 01:02:11,600 --> 01:02:13,870 I did what I did to protect my brother. 708 01:02:15,670 --> 01:02:18,370 I have done horrible things in their armies, 709 01:02:19,240 --> 01:02:23,510 things that I will never be able to forgive, but I will do them no more. 710 01:02:27,140 --> 01:02:28,500 I must atone. 711 01:02:30,180 --> 01:02:31,380 How? 712 01:02:31,850 --> 01:02:33,520 By doing what you and he did. 713 01:02:34,790 --> 01:02:36,020 I must fight. 714 01:02:36,150 --> 01:02:37,950 You are a Roman now. 715 01:02:40,520 --> 01:02:42,220 I am Roman. 716 01:02:45,060 --> 01:02:46,860 And that's why I can beat them. 717 01:02:47,660 --> 01:02:49,320 They will never suspect me, 718 01:02:50,070 --> 01:02:52,070 Arminius, the Equestrian. 719 01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:55,070 I know their movements, 720 01:02:56,410 --> 01:02:57,940 how they fight, 721 01:02:59,340 --> 01:03:00,700 their weaknesses. 722 01:03:02,250 --> 01:03:04,050 If we can gather enough men, 723 01:03:04,150 --> 01:03:06,420 we can beat Varus and his legions. 724 01:03:06,720 --> 01:03:08,450 Drive Rome from our lands. 725 01:03:10,850 --> 01:03:12,410 We can be free again. 726 01:03:12,890 --> 01:03:14,890 Why would anyone trust you, 727 01:03:16,060 --> 01:03:17,230 the Roman? 728 01:03:19,260 --> 01:03:20,890 You will vouch for me, Uncle. 729 01:03:22,330 --> 01:03:24,060 Why would I do that? 730 01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:27,900 Because I am my father's son. 731 01:03:30,770 --> 01:03:32,670 Out of the crucible, 732 01:03:33,140 --> 01:03:39,070 of unfreedom emerges somebody with an extra dose of will and sacrifice 733 01:03:39,180 --> 01:03:40,440 and becomes leader. 734 01:03:42,320 --> 01:03:44,460 Arminius' uncle, Iguiomerus, 735 01:03:44,620 --> 01:03:48,220 travels to all the Western tribes, seeking allies. 736 01:03:48,990 --> 01:03:52,690 As word spreads, it awakens a sleeping giant. 737 01:03:53,530 --> 01:03:58,700 Roman imperial domination challenged something that lies at the heart of everything 738 01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:01,540 that we're told about Germanic society. 739 01:04:01,640 --> 01:04:04,180 That it's all about political independence. 740 01:04:04,270 --> 01:04:06,100 It's all about political freedom 741 01:04:06,280 --> 01:04:10,550 and faced with a challenge to those ideological traditions, 742 01:04:10,710 --> 01:04:14,010 I think a lot of Germanic warriors felt they had no choice but to fight. 743 01:04:16,650 --> 01:04:19,650 Arminius acts as a catalyst to bring everyone together. 744 01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:23,260 And that makes him dangerous, much more dangerous than Rome could ever imagine. 745 01:04:25,100 --> 01:04:28,270 Arminius knows Rome's plans and tactics. 746 01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:31,200 Intelligence he'll use to take them down. 747 01:04:32,300 --> 01:04:36,930 He's devising a battle plan that combines the barbarians' guerilla tactics 748 01:04:37,070 --> 01:04:39,740 with the scale and precision of a Roman attack. 749 01:04:40,380 --> 01:04:43,720 Arminius is uniting the Germanic tribes under one leader 750 01:04:44,210 --> 01:04:46,140 for the first time. 751 01:04:46,950 --> 01:04:48,550 To guard against betrayal, 752 01:04:48,650 --> 01:04:52,750 Arminius decides that tribal leaders must join, or die. 753 01:04:52,860 --> 01:04:55,660 Those who resist, give him the perfect cover. 754 01:05:12,680 --> 01:05:14,110 This one wouldn't pay his taxes. 755 01:05:16,580 --> 01:05:20,920 Food supplies are low, and I tire of this rat-hole. 756 01:05:21,950 --> 01:05:24,950 I don't want to be here any longer than I have to. 757 01:05:25,790 --> 01:05:27,790 We move South for our winter camp 758 01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:29,660 in seven days. 759 01:05:33,430 --> 01:05:35,030 Or does that not agree with you? 760 01:05:36,130 --> 01:05:38,891 I will make sure the tribes have made their contributions before then. 761 01:05:52,980 --> 01:05:54,310 The plan has changed. 762 01:05:56,850 --> 01:05:58,410 We have seven days. 763 01:06:01,100 --> 01:06:03,600 The barbarian tribes of Germania 764 01:06:03,740 --> 01:06:07,550 are uniting to fight for their freedom from the Roman Empire. 765 01:06:08,450 --> 01:06:13,420 Leading them is Arminius, a son of Germania, who was raised as a Roman, 766 01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:15,520 an enemy on the inside, 767 01:06:16,150 --> 01:06:19,920 with a plan to defeat the Empire using its own battle plans, 768 01:06:20,060 --> 01:06:23,800 combined with a barbarian guerilla tactics. 769 01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:56,800 Where are my boys? Where are they? 770 01:07:02,830 --> 01:07:03,890 Where are they? 771 01:07:10,270 --> 01:07:11,800 They've been taken to Rome. 772 01:07:11,940 --> 01:07:13,570 Then they're dead, you bastard! 773 01:07:14,080 --> 01:07:16,580 When they get word of your rebellion in Rome, 774 01:07:16,680 --> 01:07:18,360 they will kill them. They were dead anyway. 775 01:07:18,450 --> 01:07:20,290 They would have been taken next year as fodder. 776 01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:22,040 At least this way they have a chance. 777 01:07:22,190 --> 01:07:23,720 Your daughter did not. 778 01:07:28,560 --> 01:07:30,130 You must trust me, Emsger, 779 01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:35,600 as I trust you. 780 01:07:47,740 --> 01:07:48,970 It's all right. 781 01:07:52,980 --> 01:07:54,310 You do as you must. 782 01:07:55,620 --> 01:07:56,860 But hear me out. 783 01:07:57,890 --> 01:08:01,730 I need you and the Arivarii to join with me, with us. 784 01:08:02,290 --> 01:08:03,850 Our tribes have always been allies. 785 01:08:05,130 --> 01:08:07,500 Varus marches South in seven days. 786 01:08:07,800 --> 01:08:09,520 And we need to gather as many men as we can. 787 01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:11,970 Varus commands three legions, 788 01:08:12,100 --> 01:08:13,800 around 20,000 men. 789 01:08:14,810 --> 01:08:16,440 We will be slaughtered. 790 01:08:17,140 --> 01:08:19,410 We cannot beat them on open ground. 791 01:08:19,540 --> 01:08:22,070 We know that, our scars are proof. 792 01:08:23,210 --> 01:08:24,870 We force them into the Teutoburg Forest. 793 01:08:25,020 --> 01:08:28,420 Varus is no fool, he will never take his army through the forest. 794 01:08:28,520 --> 01:08:29,960 Then we make him! 795 01:08:30,620 --> 01:08:32,960 Varus believes this whole area is under his control. 796 01:08:33,090 --> 01:08:35,030 So we make him believe there is a rebellion brewing in the East. 797 01:08:35,130 --> 01:08:36,330 And we give him no choice but to take the forest. 798 01:08:36,460 --> 01:08:37,600 Arminius, we can't... 799 01:08:37,730 --> 01:08:39,570 We can! And we will! 800 01:08:40,500 --> 01:08:42,200 I have fought with them long enough, 801 01:08:42,330 --> 01:08:46,760 I know their weaknesses. Without their formations, they cannot fight. 802 01:08:48,510 --> 01:08:50,540 And I know our strengths. 803 01:08:54,340 --> 01:08:56,210 How do we hide an army? 804 01:08:56,710 --> 01:08:58,570 We build ramparts along the tree-line. 805 01:08:58,680 --> 01:08:59,880 We've done it before. 806 01:09:00,020 --> 01:09:01,920 It'll be too late before they see us. 807 01:09:02,420 --> 01:09:04,020 We can slaughter them all. 808 01:09:19,170 --> 01:09:23,080 Arminius has designed a complex battle plan 809 01:09:23,210 --> 01:09:27,350 that depends on luring Varus and his legions into the Teutoburg Forest. 810 01:09:29,010 --> 01:09:34,310 There, the tribes have hand-built a primitive rampart, two miles long, 811 01:09:34,450 --> 01:09:36,750 concealed by the dense woodland. 812 01:09:37,620 --> 01:09:40,450 He cuts through terrain that's perfect for an ambush, 813 01:09:40,890 --> 01:09:45,150 a thin track with a steep bank on one side and marshland on the other. 814 01:09:47,700 --> 01:09:51,440 He aims to funnel the Roman legions into the kill zone. 815 01:09:51,570 --> 01:09:56,540 Where 15,000 Germanic warriors will stream from behind their fortifications, 816 01:09:56,640 --> 01:09:59,580 and slaughter the Romans where they stand. 817 01:10:00,810 --> 01:10:05,250 Now, more than ever, secrecy is critical. 818 01:10:05,380 --> 01:10:08,780 But as the tribes grow more desperate under the occupation, 819 01:10:09,290 --> 01:10:11,690 it becomes impossible to maintain. 820 01:10:12,720 --> 01:10:15,150 There's plenty of opportunity for divide and rule. 821 01:10:15,290 --> 01:10:19,090 You only have to offer a not massively advantageous set of terms 822 01:10:19,200 --> 01:10:21,570 to one Germanic group and they will fight their neighbors. 823 01:10:23,530 --> 01:10:25,960 What's even more incredible is that there's 824 01:10:26,100 --> 01:10:28,700 a member of his own tribe in the end who will sell him out. 825 01:10:45,690 --> 01:10:47,330 Find Arminius. Now. 826 01:10:53,160 --> 01:10:54,790 Never underestimate your enemy. 827 01:10:54,930 --> 01:10:56,410 Always think the other guy's stronger, 828 01:10:56,530 --> 01:11:01,030 smarter, better than you are, because it keeps you hungry. 829 01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:29,400 We are betrayed. Varus knows. 830 01:11:32,370 --> 01:11:34,970 Her father sold us out for gold and favor. 831 01:11:36,610 --> 01:11:38,280 Varus has sent riders to get you. 832 01:11:41,340 --> 01:11:43,270 Get her to safety. East, 833 01:11:43,410 --> 01:11:44,770 to the Elbe River. 834 01:11:47,820 --> 01:11:48,920 Where are you going? 835 01:11:49,050 --> 01:11:51,050 Segestes condemns us all to the blade. 836 01:11:51,150 --> 01:11:52,850 I need to find a way to reason with Varus. 837 01:11:53,360 --> 01:11:55,490 Varus will cut your heart out, boy. 838 01:11:55,630 --> 01:11:57,360 The Empire has already cut my heart out. 839 01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:03,970 Arminius is under an enormous amount of pressure, 840 01:12:04,100 --> 01:12:07,440 he's really riding both sides of the fence and on the one hand, 841 01:12:07,570 --> 01:12:09,980 he's preparing the ambush, preparing those troops, 842 01:12:10,070 --> 01:12:11,630 getting ready for this slaughter, 843 01:12:11,780 --> 01:12:14,650 and on the other hand, he's gotta perform his normal functions 844 01:12:14,780 --> 01:12:16,320 as a Roman military man. 845 01:12:16,450 --> 01:12:19,220 And all the while, Varus is becoming suspicious. 846 01:12:46,410 --> 01:12:47,610 You've been cut? 847 01:12:48,650 --> 01:12:51,120 Ah. Resistance from a Chauci leader. 848 01:12:51,410 --> 01:12:54,110 He now rots in the marshes along with his ancestors. 849 01:12:54,250 --> 01:12:55,850 You can never trust Germans. 850 01:12:56,890 --> 01:13:00,760 There are always undercurrents of deceit. 851 01:13:01,090 --> 01:13:02,320 Huh. 852 01:13:05,100 --> 01:13:09,530 Cover it. He already has a taste for barbarian flesh. 853 01:13:13,770 --> 01:13:15,770 Your old friend Segestes was here. 854 01:13:16,440 --> 01:13:18,880 And what tax concession did he barter for this time? 855 01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:24,050 He says there are fires of a barbarian rebellion. 856 01:13:27,620 --> 01:13:30,120 He says that it is you who fans the flames. 857 01:13:32,090 --> 01:13:33,560 That you mean to kill me. 858 01:13:37,990 --> 01:13:39,990 That wine will kill you quicker than I ever could. 859 01:13:41,870 --> 01:13:43,570 The locals piss in it. 860 01:13:46,370 --> 01:13:48,440 But my gut tells me the rebellion is real. 861 01:13:49,570 --> 01:13:51,170 I would not move South. 862 01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:53,240 I would hold up here for the winter, 863 01:13:53,340 --> 01:13:55,370 pacify any tribal uprising. 864 01:13:56,810 --> 01:13:58,810 Why would Segestes say such things 865 01:13:59,980 --> 01:14:02,080 when he knows the price of lying? 866 01:14:04,550 --> 01:14:06,350 I am to wed his daughter. 867 01:14:07,760 --> 01:14:08,960 You knew? 868 01:14:10,530 --> 01:14:13,900 I too have ears and eyes everywhere, Arminius. 869 01:14:17,370 --> 01:14:18,800 He promised her to another 870 01:14:18,940 --> 01:14:20,610 in order to unite their two tribes. 871 01:14:20,740 --> 01:14:23,180 A move that stands to make him very powerful. 872 01:14:23,440 --> 01:14:26,180 But he'll lose it all when I take her back to Rome. 873 01:14:30,880 --> 01:14:34,050 Send auxiliaries to reinforce our garrisons in the east. 874 01:14:34,820 --> 01:14:36,620 Protect the route to the Rhine. 875 01:14:40,360 --> 01:14:41,560 They piss in it, you say? 876 01:14:43,290 --> 01:14:44,390 Uh-huh. 877 01:14:44,960 --> 01:14:46,390 I'll drink to that. 878 01:15:02,810 --> 01:15:04,510 Varus suspects an insurgence. 879 01:15:05,180 --> 01:15:06,710 The scouts will be vigilant. 880 01:15:06,850 --> 01:15:09,190 We still have over a mile of ramparts to build. 881 01:15:13,460 --> 01:15:14,830 If they suspect anything... 882 01:15:14,920 --> 01:15:16,280 We will be ready. 883 01:15:16,690 --> 01:15:19,350 If they see anything out of place, any bit of the structure, 884 01:15:19,600 --> 01:15:20,930 we're all dead. 885 01:15:21,060 --> 01:15:22,520 Look around you, Arminius, 886 01:15:22,670 --> 01:15:24,600 there are thousands prepared to fight. 887 01:15:24,730 --> 01:15:26,130 Prepared to die. 888 01:15:26,240 --> 01:15:27,770 They need this more than you. 889 01:15:29,670 --> 01:15:31,170 We will be ready. 890 01:15:36,580 --> 01:15:40,690 Just to conceive of how you get the Roman Army 891 01:15:40,820 --> 01:15:43,120 spread out, in a line, 892 01:15:43,250 --> 01:15:46,850 in terrain that will nullify all its military advantages. 893 01:15:46,960 --> 01:15:50,860 This is an extraordinary act of intelligence, daring and imagination. 894 01:15:51,730 --> 01:15:55,330 Arminius builds a dam to turn the only other forest path 895 01:15:55,470 --> 01:15:57,370 into an impassable swamp. 896 01:15:57,700 --> 01:16:01,610 This will force Varus' men directly into the line of fire. 897 01:16:02,440 --> 01:16:05,610 Finally, Arminius lays the bait. 898 01:16:06,010 --> 01:16:08,380 He gets his allies, the Cimbri, 899 01:16:08,480 --> 01:16:10,850 to start a revolt for Varus to crush. 900 01:16:11,480 --> 01:16:13,310 The only way to reach the uprising, 901 01:16:13,580 --> 01:16:16,810 is to travel east through the Teutoburg forest. 902 01:16:16,920 --> 01:16:20,960 Most courageous of all, has to put himself right beside Varus 903 01:16:21,620 --> 01:16:24,750 and guide him, walk him into the trap personally. 904 01:16:32,970 --> 01:16:34,640 Tell me of the Cimbri. 905 01:16:36,940 --> 01:16:38,880 A once proud tribe of the Rhine. 906 01:16:39,340 --> 01:16:41,070 They have no love of the Empire. 907 01:16:41,380 --> 01:16:42,480 Why? 908 01:16:43,110 --> 01:16:45,640 Your predecessor burnt their families alive. 909 01:16:48,620 --> 01:16:51,860 If the Cimbri are in revolt, they should be crushed before it escalates. 910 01:16:51,960 --> 01:16:53,220 We should make a point. 911 01:16:53,320 --> 01:16:55,820 And what point are we trying to make? 912 01:16:56,130 --> 01:16:58,600 That any disloyalty will be met by force. 913 01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:02,890 If we let this fester over the winter it will be out of control when we return. 914 01:17:06,170 --> 01:17:10,080 Tomorrow we leave this camp and I lead my men through this hostile territory. 915 01:17:10,210 --> 01:17:13,550 They're nothing more than farmers, they wouldn't attack three marching legions. 916 01:17:13,640 --> 01:17:16,670 And if the tribes are aligned as Segestes says? 917 01:17:18,920 --> 01:17:20,920 The route is open, 918 01:17:21,050 --> 01:17:23,050 but we lead through marshlands. 919 01:17:24,290 --> 01:17:25,890 Progress will be slow. 920 01:17:26,020 --> 01:17:27,420 But defendable. 921 01:17:34,900 --> 01:17:36,430 I shall sleep on it. 922 01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:38,940 Let the Gods... 923 01:17:40,040 --> 01:17:41,970 and the wine decide. 924 01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:48,450 Arminius. 925 01:17:49,650 --> 01:17:52,480 Tomorrow, you shall ride alongside me. 926 01:17:53,850 --> 01:17:55,190 As you wish. 927 01:18:11,200 --> 01:18:13,540 Tonight, the Gods judge me. 928 01:18:16,370 --> 01:18:18,600 Tomorrow, they will judge us all. 929 01:18:25,522 --> 01:18:29,692 The barbarians of ancient Germania have united for the first time, 930 01:18:29,962 --> 01:18:34,402 to reclaim their freedom and expel the Empire from their homeland. 931 01:18:35,532 --> 01:18:39,402 Their fate depends on their native son, Arminius. 932 01:18:41,172 --> 01:18:44,242 Varus orders his 20,000 Roman legionaries 933 01:18:44,372 --> 01:18:46,972 deep into the dense Teutoburg Forest. 934 01:18:48,412 --> 01:18:51,912 Hidden there are 15,000 Germanic warriors poised to strike. 935 01:18:54,352 --> 01:18:55,892 When the time comes, 936 01:18:55,982 --> 01:18:59,782 small bands of Germanic warriors hiding in the marsh 937 01:18:59,922 --> 01:19:02,092 will attack on Arminius' signal. 938 01:19:03,462 --> 01:19:07,102 They'll launch a series of lightning strikes as a distraction, 939 01:19:07,192 --> 01:19:12,462 giving him the cover he needs to escape and lead his people into battle. 940 01:19:12,602 --> 01:19:19,112 Arminius' entire plan depends upon the success of his disinformation campaign. 941 01:19:20,712 --> 01:19:22,652 He has to get Varus and his commanders 942 01:19:22,742 --> 01:19:26,012 and all the various other troops to go the appointed route. 943 01:19:26,112 --> 01:19:27,912 That's where he's laid the trap. 944 01:19:28,022 --> 01:19:31,292 If they go another route, the problem is at that point the whole thing is lost. 945 01:19:43,532 --> 01:19:44,832 The other route is also flooded. 946 01:19:44,932 --> 01:19:46,192 Can we cross the marsh? 947 01:19:47,742 --> 01:19:49,472 Not without the fork. Go around. 948 01:19:52,842 --> 01:19:54,812 If you value your tongue, 949 01:19:54,912 --> 01:19:57,012 don't even think about questioning me, boy. 950 01:19:57,112 --> 01:19:59,272 You dare bring an entire army to a halt? 951 01:21:01,095 --> 01:21:02,665 I have a message for Rome. 952 01:21:28,925 --> 01:21:30,055 Arminius. 953 01:21:31,795 --> 01:21:33,065 These are for you. 954 01:21:37,435 --> 01:21:38,965 They were your father's. 955 01:21:57,055 --> 01:21:58,255 Arminius. 956 01:22:15,335 --> 01:22:16,335 The scouts are upon us. 957 01:22:16,505 --> 01:22:17,705 Get it covered now. 958 01:22:26,345 --> 01:22:28,775 We can't strike until the vanguard has passed. 959 01:22:29,085 --> 01:22:30,825 We wait for Varus. 960 01:22:31,085 --> 01:22:32,985 If we hit them too soon, they'll regroup. 961 01:22:34,185 --> 01:22:36,315 Do not let them get into formation. 962 01:22:47,105 --> 01:22:49,375 In the deafening silence of battle, 963 01:22:49,905 --> 01:22:51,805 you discover who you really are. 964 01:22:53,445 --> 01:22:54,545 Cherusci. 965 01:22:57,245 --> 01:23:00,015 Next time on Barbarians Rising... 966 01:23:12,525 --> 01:23:14,885 I will kill you. Then let us begin. 967 01:23:21,735 --> 01:23:23,625 For freedom! 968 01:23:28,305 --> 01:23:30,805 You will regret making enemies of us! 969 01:23:31,175 --> 01:23:33,675 I doubt that, you filthy animal. 970 01:23:33,815 --> 01:23:35,185 What are you doing with our queen? 971 01:23:35,285 --> 01:23:36,585 No! 972 01:23:36,715 --> 01:23:38,215 Teach her some respect. 973 01:23:38,265 --> 01:23:42,815 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0