Original subtitles

Be gentle, Hannah.

Invoke you by your great names to come to our aid.

Defeat the Romans, destroy their ships, their engines of war, and their soldiers.

We will prevail.

I know.

You did not make an offering today.

I prefer to sacrifice a Roman.

Where you are, I am too.

And where you are, I am too, forever, my wife.

The wind is too strong.

Furl sail and strike water.

Furl sail, strike water.

Furl sail and strike water.

Strike water.

They have no lands but the ones they've stolen.

Wherever they go, they leave destruction and call it peace.

This is the last free city in Africa, Nova.

Today, we go into battle.

Pray that your God is with you, if he is not, he is no God.

We've nothing to fear, but death is, we are not.

But we are.

Death is not.

Stay together and listen for my command.

Rise up and you're head out.

Release.

Raise the tower.

Raise the tower.

Back to stone.

Back to stone.

Drop, drop range.

The drop range is stuck.

I'll wait for you.

What damage have they done you?

Lift up.

Easy, easy.

Hold that.

Alley shots.

I am sorry my son.

Hmm.

I have not long.

This galley is sailing us to something I cannot endure.

I am ready to be taken to another place.

Stay here a while longer.

I remember well when you first were brought to us.

A lonely boy from the desert, guileless, afraid.

You embraced everything we taught you.

You found that he shut love.

Your soul was replenished.

When I die, my ancestors will meet me in the next world.

Who will meet you?

I know.

I am done.

Do not let them change what you are.

You seen this boy?

Imo, Imo!

You must go alone now, Hano.

Never let them find you.

Go, go.

In Brigata.

Emperor Caracol.

General Acasis.

I have taken Numidia in your names,

but your dominion may eclipse that of every emperor

that came before you.

Crown him with laurels, brother.

In honor of your conquest,

there will be games in the Colosseum.

I require no games in my honor.

Serving the Senate and the people of Rome

is honor enough for me.

You are too modest, Acasis.

Does not suit a general as accomplished as yourself.

Your glory is yours, not mine.

I only ask for some respite from war

to spend time with my wife.

Your wife, yes.

Remember the privileges we have granted her?

Where is she now to ignore such an occasion?

There are victories yet still to come.

Persia.

India.

Both must be conquered.

Rome has so many subjects.

She must feed them.

They can eat war.

Your triumphs will be celebrated

as a tribute to the greatness of the Roman people.

Macrinus of Fisters, master of gladiators.

No mistake votes.

You go out of the town councilors.

Distinguished guests.

You gotta write a pack, citizens of Antia.

Behold the fate of the conquered enemies of Rome.

The barbarian, you idiots, and their chief,

their new god, Lord.

Which one is interesting?

I'll fire.

Hold.

Here goes there.

General.

My lady.

I thank the gods that brought you back home safe.

Thank the army they protected me.

Let me feed you.

Go.

To the wall.

The arena is a sacred temple.

For the bravest of you, the road to glory runs through the arena.

The arena turns slaves into gladiators and gladiators into free men.

You have worms.

I know this one.

He eats monkeys.

Go. Sit. Eat.

You.

I know. Get up.

What is your native language? I speak them all.

You don't answer because you can't or because you won't.

All right.

Violence is the universal language.

Vigo, put him through his paces.

He can fight an ape. Let's see if he can fight a man.

The arena!

Very good.

Very good.

Close him down.

Bring him to me.

Ah!

Strong jaw.

Good arms.

Better smell.

Ah, you would do well.

It is an art.

Choosing gladiators.

Some choose entertainers.

Some choose brute force.

I choose rage.

Crowd loves blood and they love those who love blood as much as they do.

And you, my friend, rage,

pours out of you like...

like milk.

From a horse tit.

You will be quite the fighter.

Not for you.

You're right. You do not fight for me.

I put you in the ring. You fight or you die. The choice is yours.

But whose head could I give you that would satisfy this fury?

The entire Roman armies.

Too much.

The general will do.

General?

General Acacis?

Use your rage in my service, then you will have his head ready for your sword.

Serve me and host serve you. Deny me.

And you will die.

At times I will wish you the best.

You should abandon me rather than fight their wars.

I've made my choice.

I can live with it.

But my patience with those two is at an end.

Letter.

You may go to your quarters now.

We need nothing more.

To hear wives and mothers mourning their dead on that beach at Numidia.

Silla.

No more.

I will not waste another generation of young men for their vanity.

If I fight another campaign, it must be to depose them.

When will your troops arrive?

We landed Austrian ten days.

How many of them will be loyal to you alone?

All of them.

The empress do not have the support of the people.

The people are weary of the madness, of the tyranny.

What is the dream of Rome?

That people are not free.

Enjoy yourselves, everyone.

To excess.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Wow.

Please.

Drink.

Ah!

Excuse me.

I knew the provinces were not enough for you.

I'm just here for the games.

Ah, well.

You won't be disappointed.

Rome has all the games that men like you like to play.

Men like me, Thrax, men like us.

I know nothing happens in Rome unless you've tasted it first.

How's my purpose here?

We'll find out. It's only now.

What's this we hear about you being interested

in standing for election to the Senate, Macalus?

Me? No. No, I'm not.

I don't even know how to use an abacus.

But I do understand that it's customary for your guests to make wages.

How large a sum did you have in mind?

A thousand gold denarii?

Two.

Two?

Denarii.

Mmm.

Stand back!

Stand back!

My emperors, lords, ladies and gentlemen, and senators,

for your entertainment, the art of combat.

May I present the barbarian versus from my own stable, the mighty Vitek!

This is your radiator.

It is.

Three rounds, hand to hand. Swords!

We want swords to fight to the death.

No quarter to be offered or given. Fight now.

Brother, I am the king of the gods.

Let's not kill each other for their amusement.

Remarkable!

Remarkable!

Drex, you looked expensive for her.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Remarkable.

From where do you hail?

Speak.

I said speak.

He is from the colonies.

Your Majesty, his native tongue is all he understands.

The gates of hell are open night and day.

Smooth is the descent and easiest away.

But to come back from hell and view the cheerful skies in this,

the task and mighty labor lies.

Virgil, your Majesty.

Poetry!

Very clever, my goodness.

Thank you.

I've grown so bored, but you surprised me.

To amuse you is my only wish.

We are amused. We are amused.

We are amused.

And we all look forward to seeing your poet perform in the arena.

As do I, your Majesties.

Thank you.

Vigo, come with me.

You fought well today, but you were lucky too.

The lines you recited.

You didn't learn that in Africa. I know that.

A good verse travels far.

Who taught you poetry?

A captioned Roman officer.

I was posted guard over him, and he used to tell us tales to pass the time.

And what became of this prison?

How we ate him.

As barbarians do.

As barbarians do.

And where were you born?

Why does my past matter if it is my future to die for you in the arena?

Tell me what you survive for Roman money.

A gladiator can buy his own freedom.

His liberty.

The Roman dream.

The slave dreams not of freedom, but of a slave to call his own.

Cicero.

Is that what you were raised on, Maccrelas?

What did you have to do for Roman money?

You promised me a head.

Earn your keep and you can have anyone's head.

Father, protect us and guide us.

Senators.

My lady.

I wish we were meeting in better times.

Better times will come.

And why are we here?

To take back the city.

And restore Rome to where she should be.

An exciting venture.

When? On the final day of the games. When? On the final day of the games. When?

On the final day of the games.

My army waits for my command at Ostia.

Five thousand soldiers loyal to me.

We'll enter Rome and then the Colosseum where they will arrest the emperors for

their crimes against the Senate and their people.

This plan is ambitious and risky.

Rome will be yours to administer and to...

Marcus Aurelius talked of restoring power to the Senate.

But that was a generation ago. Much has changed.

The people have not seen hope.

For many years.

But with time.

And guidance.

Lucilla, you are the daughter of Marcus Aurelius.

He had my loyalty.

And so do you.

Senator Thraxx.

Politics follows power, my lady.

Take back what is rightfully yours.

And the Senate will support you.

Thank you.

When I was told of this place, you never mentioned the stink.

That would be Hanos.

Well, you'll have to put up with me as I am.

And what's that up there? A wolf?

The twins there, they were outcasts.

Left in the hills to die.

That wolf found them. She suckled them on her milk.

Raised by an animal that's in their blood.

How do you know this place?

I know the chaos they brought.

This city infects everything it touches.

I never dreamt it would be so big.

Don't fall for it. This city is diseased.

The No way!

Ah!

Stare speakers and happy honeyfuckers.

Ah, the barbarian.

I haven't forgotten.

I always repay my debts.

I was merely going to suggest

that perhaps your luck might change,

shall we say double of things.

Light up, light up.

Lay, lay.

Emperor Katicala,

Emperor Gator,

citizens of Rome.

These sacred games are held to honor the victory of Rome

over the barbarians of Numidia.

And honor Rome's legionary commander,

General Eustace Acacius.

And with him, Lucilla,

the daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Acacius.

General.

Speak to them.

I am not an orator or a politician.

I am a soldier.

I've seen bravery in men and women during war,

and even once in this arena.

So if you ask anything of the gods,

ask for that same bravery.

Because Rome needs it now.

From the South Gate,

bakers from the stable of Matronos of Vistrus.

From the stables of Emperors Calicalla and Gator themselves,

the undefeated champion, Glissero the Destroyer.

Oh!

Oh!

Help, Jesus!

Hold together and when the charges break for the wall.

Why should I?

Hold, hold!

Cows!

Brother, is that poet, is it not?

I can't remember.

That night was a blur.

The gates of hell are open night and day.

Smooth as I forget.

Smooth as the scent.

Smooth as the scent.

Easy as the way.

Kill!

Brother.

You sit.

Shall we show mercy?

Mercy.

No mercy!

Your life has been spared by the gods.

I will sooner face your blade

than accept Roman mercy.

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

The road to freedom doesn't run through the arena.

Leads to this.

Go to yourself.

Now let's go.

Gates of hell are open night and day.

Smooth as the descent.

Easiest away.

Dad, Dad.

And I bought you an maximus, the single road.

It's got to end our gentle.

Lucius is safe.

Lucius.

Lucius.

You're the sole heir to the throne now.

There are men who want to kill you so they can take power.

I promise I'll bring you back as soon as I'm safe.

Mother, why can't you come with me?

I have to stay here for your sake.

I'm here for the sake of room.

Remember who you are and that I love you.

I love you.

Come.

Give me your leg.

Go, go.

So.

What's your name?

I'm Ravi.

I'm Doctor.

Because more men die of infected wounds

than out there in the arena.

This needs to be cleaned, needs to be stitched,

and it is going to hurt.

This is devil's breath and opium.

It's for the pain you should breathe in.

I've been here so long now.

They don't even notice anymore.

I've done more amputations than I can count.

Where do you learn your trade?

Why do you ask?

You've got a heavy hand.

I used to be a gladiator myself.

Yeah.

What would you have bested me in your prime course?

In your current state, I could best you now.

Luckily for you, I have put down my sword

so now I spend my days saving lives

instead of taking them.

Why such a change so late in life?

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

I feel like I know those words.

I can't take credit.

It's written on one of the tombs.

With the bones of a gladiator.

My champion, I smell devil's breath.

My.

Champion, did you hear that crowd?

Did you hear that crowd?

You have something.

I knew it from the start.

Did you now?

Yes, the Greeks call it thymos, smoke, rage.

That rage is your gift.

Like the great Achilles, never let it go.

It will carry you to greatness, my champion.

Thank you for inviting me.

This is truly an honor.

I hear you are the talk of the court.

Yes.

We met before.

Have we?

Long ago.

Where?

I was in the service of your father's army

on this African campaign.

You served with my father.

Hmm.

I had the privilege of reading his meditations.

Hmm.

The best revenge is to be unlike him

who performed the injury.

I hear you've been arming half the legions

in the entire empire, and here, now, in Rome,

you're gaining influence by sponsoring gladiators.

I do it for the love of the sport.

And where did you find these gladiators?

They're usually prisoners of war or vagrants.

Why do you ask?

A man can choose to fight and stay alive.

It's the same in life as it is in the arena, is it not?

Who is this?

That is my father as a youth.

She had a child.

Hmm.

It's common knowledge when comatose was killed,

the boy disappeared.

Hmm.

Well, he would care.

Silla would care.

More wine!

More wine.

He was of the royal bloodline, after all.

And his father?

Ostensibly.

Lucius Verus.

You see, it was an arranged marriage.

She was 14.

Females were not his taste.

Not mine, some days.

Not yours.

No, no, no.

By rumor, you see, she took lovers,

and by rumor, the real father was comatose.

Brotherly love, you see.

If he died, there has to be remains.

And if he lived, that would make him about...

Well, let's work it out.

He was about 12 when he died.

Yes.

So that would make him...

My lady.

Crackers.

Here's the cold.

Thank you.

Gladiator.

Do you know me?

Hmm.

Do you have a family?

A wife?

Arishat?

Arishat?

She was killed under your husband's commands.

For all drowns in its own blood.

And yet you enjoy the pleasures of the Colosseum.

There's much you do not understand.

Duchess.

I do not know who you think I am.

My name is Hano, and I have no mother

or none that I can remember.

I'm so sorry.

If you're somewhere here,

I would tell you not to grieve him,

for he would not be the boy that you sent away.

That boy is dead.

You may think I have little worth.

You may think I betrayed you.

But I need you to know,

if you will not have your mother's love

and take your father's strength,

you need it.

His name was Maximus Decimus Mervidius.

And I see him in you.

Get out.

My lady, we must go at once.

It's just you were loved.

By myself and by your father.

Your name was on his lips.

Get out!

Lucius is alive.

Are you certain?

Yes.

I know my son.

I spoke to him tonight.

He may be lost to me for what I did.

But he lives.

The third day of the games is tomorrow.

Most fighters won't survive.

The cases.

You must help him.

Help him? Yes.

I failed him then.

I know I did.

I cannot fail him now.

The army is in Ostia.

If we wait a few days.

He could be dead by then.

The cases.

I would willingly give my life forever.

Willingly give my life from...

But I will not give my sons.

One!

And two!

And one!

And one!

And one!

And two!

And two!

And one!

And one!

You won't get far like this.

Just him.

You go.

Go.

Let's see how far you can go on your own without your team.

Ready?

One!

And two!

Diamond, diamond!

Come on, more!

More!

Leave it.

Just vinegar, my friend. Ah.

There will be no more opium for you.

There is plenty of pain waiting for you in the next life.

Are you a free man, Ravi?

Free.

I am.

I laid down my sword and I swore never to pick it up again.

And yet you choose this home.

Mm-hmm.

What was your home before?

But I'm Asi.

And why don't you go back?

I wish I could.

Asi.

I met a woman.

It's always a woman. Afterwards.

She's from Lomdinium, Britannia.

So now, our sons, they speak only Latin.

My daughter's eyes, they are as blue as yours.

We are Romans now.

I grew up hearing stories at my grandfather's knee.

He used to talk the dream that was Rome.

It was so fragile, you could only whisper it.

Or it would vanish.

So...

What was this dream?

A Rome where all could live under fair law and be protected.

A Rome with the Senate.

A Rome with hope.

Your grandfather, he sounds like a...

Like a dangerous man.

The odds are against you.

The odds are always against me.

Don't worry old man.

You should get some rest.

Your men will need you to lead them to me.

It's about survival!

Survive!

In the name of Poseidon, we celebrate the glory of naval war.

May your marches be ready to listen for my command.

We are together as cool as one, yes?

Yes!

Yes!

Today, we relive the Battle of Salamis!

The Trojans versus the Persians!

Pose out!

And pull!

Pull!

Order on!

Order!

Pull!

Pull!

Pull!

On time!

On time!

Let's die! Ready?

And two more down!

Push in! Push in!

Get down!

Pull!

Pull!

Pull!

Don't shoot!

Don't shoot!

Pull!

Pull!

Ready to ram!

And run!

Freeze!

Get him off!

Everybody, be free!

Just don't react!

Pull, pull.

In the name of the Emperor, the victor is...

Hanno!

Forget this!

Who did this?

It was me!

I did it!

I did it!

Gaeta will want retribution for all of you.

Did you learn to shoot the same place you learned to recite poetry?

Be glad it wasn't me or that arrow would have found you.

Be seated.

I have news for you.

He's here, sir.

Oh, you're here.

Back in the...

work.

Yes, I'm listening.

You know this is my house now.

Your debt to me is over 10,000 denarii.

You know that.

I have other things. Cattle. Art!

Truth, then.

What do you want?

Truth. That's what I want.

Nothing happens in Rome without your knowledge.

You have the senator's trust.

You have Lucilla's trust.

More importantly, you have my trust.

You wish my loyalty.

I own your house.

I want your loyalty.

I...

I have heard of a plot to dethrone the emperors.

Yes.

But the plan has been delayed.

Our gladiator is to be rescued from the arena tonight.

I know not one.

I know why. I know who.

Pac.

Quickly.

Open for the emperor's guard.

My lady.

Come with us.

Thanks to the civic virtue of men like Thrax and Macronus,

your insurrection has been revealed.

The honor, the dignitas that Rome has bestowed upon you,

all this you have forfeited by your treachery.

Please, the embracada, torture me if you want, but do not lecture me.

Your name will be forgotten!

Lost to history!

You are damned, Jimmy.

You laugh.

You damn me.

I don't care.

Everything is forgotten in time, empires fall, so do emperors.

Why wait?

I will guard him!

Come, come!

His death must be public.

Public?

Hang his entrails from the city gates and crucify her!

Crucify her!

Take them away!

Thank you, Macronus.

In these last days, I have come to think of you not as a subject,

but as a true friend.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, but as a friend, I must counsel caution.

Akatas is a hero of Rome,

crucifixion is for thieves, Christians.

He's too common.

He is a traitor. He must die.

I agree.

Let the gods decide his fate in the Colosseum.

Let the gods decide.

You know, last night I woke dreaming of the dark river.

This time, the first time, I was crossing it.

You know where I come from?

Crossing a river, it represents forgiveness, it represents salvation.

Oh, where I come from, it means you're already dead.

As I saw it, I was not afraid.

For someone who was waiting for me on the other side.

Who is this man?

Scratched out? I'm sorry. What the hell? Who is this man? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Who is this man? Who is this man? Who is this man? Who is this man? What is he? Who is this man? Scratched out.

Maximus.

I saw him fight once.

He was magnificent.

My time in the arena, it was after his, but many still talked of him in with Faz.

Spoke of him.

What he did.

I met him once.

He was kind.

He bowed to no one.

Come with me.

Come with me.

When a rebel gladiator dies, we bury them.

Here.

What we do in life echoes an eternity.

This is Argento, Mrs. Scato.

There.

And stop.

For his treason against the lives of the

emperors and the Roman state, General Eustace Acacia,

an enemy of the people.

We are your ancestors!

Ray Victus. General.

Get in!

From the vanquished city of Numidia,

the victor of two conquests in the Colosseum...

Go now. Vay Victus.

Hello!

Oh, Lord, any honour I have, I will give it to you.

It's too late.

The Roman traitor or the barbarian hero?

Let the gods decide.

Vay Victus, wait.

Wait! Wait!

I am a vessel.

Fill me with vengeance.

Invite with the betrayal.

Pick it up!

No, no, no, no!

We love you, Acacia!

What are you waiting for? He was nice!

I know who you are.

Lucius Varys Aurelius.

Acacia has raised his hand!

He has surrendered!

Let the gods decide!

The gods have rented their judgement.

Do what you must.

But on my death you have to know...

I love your mother, Lucilla.

And your father.

Maximus...

I would have died for him.

Kill him!

That's it, babe!

Kill him!

Don't kill him!

I can't!

No!

Kill him!

Kill him!

Kill him!

Kill him!

Kill him!

Acacia!

Acacia!

Acacia!

No!

No!

Acacia!

I'll damn you!

Death will be too good for you!

Is this how Rome treats its hero?

Tell me!

If his life has no value, what do yours want?

The gods have spoken!

For our own safety, we should return to the palace.

Stay back! Stay back!

We had a bargain.

I gave him to you.

You let him live.

And you got what you wanted.

I always get what I want.

Why did you let him live?

You bought a gladiator, not a slave.

My will is my own.

Ah.

How blue is your blood?

Perhaps the heart of a Roman beats in that chest.

The greatest temple Rome ever built, the Colosseum,

because this is what they believe in, power.

They gather here to watch the strong strike down of the...

There has to be something else.

There is nothing else.

There has to be another Rome.

There is no other Rome.

The dream?

The dream of Rome?

It's an old man's fantasy.

Who are you?

What was your name before you traded it for a Roman one?

You'll never know.

I have a destiny.

The gods delivered you to me.

You will be my instrument.

I will never be your instrument in this life for the next.

That will not be my destiny.

But I will see your end.

What else could I do?

He and his pigs were plotting to kill us.

Don't you hear them? They're calling for our heads.

The Platorians will put down this crowd like they have every other.

You brought this on us.

Shoo!

Perhaps you should take Dondys elsewhere to comfort him.

Forgive my brother's outburst.

The disease that infects his loins has spread to his brain.

Every day gets worse.

I will reason with him.

I see you.

I see you.

Gotta get on, gotta get on.

Come on, stand up.

Get up, get up, not you.

All right, here you go.

Now, listen to me.

What's the matter?

Nothing's ever mine.

Everything is ours always.

Even in the womb, you try it.

Do I get my umbilicus so that I couldn't have any more hair?

You remember that, do you?

Certainly.

Sit.

One cannot forget.

My conscience compels me.

What?

Sit.

Your brother means to blame you in front of the entire Senate.

But I did not do it.

Well, what's happening in the streets? The chaos.

He's lying.

No testimony can be more damning than one brother against another.

That's a lie. He always lies.

He can be very persuasive.

So, what will they do to me?

I don't dare imagine, but imagine this.

What will they do to Dondys?

What will they do to Dondys?

To Dondys?

It's your decision.

Help me, young man!

Brother.

Put down the blade.

You lie.

Give it to me.

You always lie.

Give it to me.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Lie!

Let me break this spell.

Lie!

Break this spell.

I've always protected you.

Because I love you.

Come back.

Help me.

Help me.

Doucheous.

Never could have imagined the fates would lead us here.

And yet here we are.

Everything has brought us full circle.

You sent me away and you had fate.

Brought me back to the very ground where he died.

This ring belonged to my father.

He gave it to your father, Maximus, as a token of trust.

I gave it to Cacius for his valor.

This ring belonged to my wife.

I shall wear it next to yours.

I'm truly sorry for Cacius.

I could not see the man.

He was a soldier from...

There was a plan.

He was readying troops at Ostia under the command of Darius Cixtus.

Troops he was to lead against the emperors.

Cacius, Maximus, Marcus Aurelius.

They lived and died for Rome.

We all do.

Is it true they intend to kill you?

One man or another has had a sword against my neck since the day my father died.

But now that I've found you, it doesn't matter.

I am not afraid.

I've become well versed in losing the things that I love.

But now that I've found you, I have no desire to lose you again.

You stand like him.

Alert.

Proud.

I do not have his strength.

I wish that were true.

I wish I were telling you to free this place.

Go now.

Strength and honor.

Strength and honor.

As emperor, I have convened the Senate to appoint my first consul

and bestow upon him the power to administer

the military and civic functions of the empire.

I name Citizen Dardas!

Hail Dardas!

Hail Dardas!

Hail Dardas.

Hail Dardas!

Hail Dardas!

As second consul,

I name

Citizen

Macronus.

Hail Macronus!

Hail Macronus!

Hail Macronus!

There will be a triumphal parade to celebrate.

There will be games

and mass executions.

Long live the empire.

Long live the empire.

Sit down.

I happen to have,

with good fortune and not a little skill,

the remaining emperors here.

I can speak logic to it.

And tame the madness in the street.

But,

do we still order?

I must have power

and command over the Platorian army.

Ballot?

Or hand?

Your humble servant.

Put your hands down.

You can sit down.

So,

I'm fine.

Rome must fall.

I need to only give it a push.

And after Rome falls,

what then?

You are your father's child.

His dream of Rome was never a dream.

It was a fiction.

The best revenge is to become unlike the one who did the injury.

I have made myself unlike your father.

He spoke of dreams,

I speak of truth,

and the only truth in my Rome

is the law of the strongest.

I was owned

by an emperor.

Now I control an empire.

Where else but in Rome can a man do that?

Do you recognize your father's mark on me?

If there is anything,

if there is anything you need,

in these last hours,

we will provide.

Your death will clear my path to the throne.

Tomorrow, there will be games,

and at them,

I will prevail.

Robbie!

Can you get me a message to Ostia by morning?

What is it, Ostia?

There is an army.

I'm asking you to risk yourself, my friend,

on the surface of something greater.

Ride to Ostia.

Take this ring to General Darius Sextus, are you listening?

Darius Sextus?

You will know it as a caseus's ring.

And, uh,

who shall I say is

sent me with this ring?

I am Lucius Verus Eradius,

the Prince of Rome.

Tell him I am summoning the army to the defense of a new republic.

Should I trust you?

Yes.

Should I?

Yes.

Robbie, I need your keys.

Thank you.

No!

Come back!

Who gave you this?

Lucius Verus Eradius?

The Prince of Rome?

A street kill, Lucerne.

Until she dies, you will never know peace.

Ever.

If the people love her, her death will incite the mob.

If she dies and the streets rise up in anger,

I shall deliver them Caracalla's head,

and the people shall acclaim me that my friend is...

Shall we?

Yes.

Today will be your last fight, Champion.

And our master has bestowed on you.

The wooden sword of freedom.

But you have to earn it first.

Today, you're going to defend your mother.

Would all steal a point? There's still a point!

Wait for me.

In honor of the acclimation of Emperor Caracalla,

the first council, dondus and second council, macronuts,

and as punishment for her conspiracy against the empire,

for her calamities, against the emperor's imperial bloodline,

and for fermenting military mutiny.

Along with her husband, the queen will face divine justice

at the hands of the praetorian guard.

I'm not a general, but we are all soldiers.

[And up until now, we have fought for nothing more than another day's survival.]

What will you have us do?

Well, you can return to yourselves if you do not wish to fight this battle.

Or,

you can join me

and fight for a freedom far beyond these walls.

That once was a time when honor meant something and road.

In this road, I no longer believe that exists.

We must find it.

And know this, where death is, we are not.

Where we are, death is not.

By my sword.

Strength another!

Strength another!

Strength another!

Strength another!

Get up, guys!

Let it not be said that the Emperor is not merciful.

The Queen will be granted a single gladiator

to defend her against the Praetorian Guard.

The champion, Hano!

The Queen will be granted a single gladiator

to defend her against the Praetorian Guard.

Summon the cavalry. Put this down at once.

This is war! Real war!

The army of Arces is advancing just outside of Rome, sir.

We can still out-flank them. They have only 5,000 troops. No more.

How many are we?

6,000, perhaps more.

Ride to the gate and hold them.

They are barfing fire at their

Go, please, go!

Delicious.

Gimme the bowl.

Go, my son.

Losers.

Pause.

Will nothing kill this barbarian?

Name is Lucius Ferris Aurelius.

The man does not become emperor by bloodline alone.

He must be taken by force and kept by force.

Are you such a man as this?

I don't fight for power.

I fight to free Rome from men like you

and to return it to them.

The gods themselves want Rome reborn.

They sent me to fulfill that task.

And what if your gods sent me here to kill you?

It's time to end this, Maconess.

Strengthen on her, myself.

You look to me to speak.

I know not what to say other than we have all known too much death.

Let no more blood be spilled in the name of tyranny.

My grandfather Marcus Aurelius talked of the dream that would be roamed.

A dream that my father, Maximus Decimus Meridius, died for.

An ideal.

A city for the many and a refuge for those in need.

A home worth fighting for.

A home that Maximus spent his life defending.

That dream is lost.

But dare we...

dare we...

rebuild that dream together?

What say you?

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Mother.

Speak to me, Father.