GLADIATOR OF ROME
| Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance | 1962 |
Original title: Il gladiatore di Roma
Plot:
A warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the Roman arenas.
Crew:
• Directed by: Mario Costa
• Written by: Gian Paolo Callegari, Giuseppe Mariani, John Davis Hart
• Starring: Gordon Scott, Wandisa Guida, Roberto Risso, Ombretta Colli
• Produced by: Giorgio Agliani
• Music by: Carlo Franci
• Cinematography: Pier Ludovico Pavoni
• Edited by: Antonietta Zita
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| Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance | 1962 |
Original title: Il gladiatore di Roma
Plot:
A warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the Roman arenas.
Crew:
• Directed by: Mario Costa
• Written by: Gian Paolo Callegari, Giuseppe Mariani, John Davis Hart
• Starring: Gordon Scott, Wandisa Guida, Roberto Risso, Ombretta Colli
• Produced by: Giorgio Agliani
• Music by: Carlo Franci
• Cinematography: Pier Ludovico Pavoni
• Edited by: Antonietta Zita
About TRENDEST MOVIES - ENGLISH:
Welcome to TRENDEST MOVIES - ENGLISH, your ultimate destination for an expansive collection of movies across all genres. From timeless classics to modern-day blockbusters, we bring you the best of cinema. Dive into our vast library, where you’ll find everything from thrilling action movies to heartwarming dramas, iconic comedies, and unforgettable sci-fi adventures. Stay tuned as we continue to expand our collection, offering something for every movie lover.
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00:03:00Broustus! What a pleasure.
00:03:10Greetings, Estabi.
00:03:12Have you brought me news?
00:03:13Yes. This evening we're to meet a freedman who will give us some accurate information.
00:03:17He's treacherous and mercenary, but he knows the secrets of half-Rome.
00:03:21You think he'll tell the truth?
00:03:23Nah, it takes gold to make such men truthful and talkative.
00:03:26You're the only person I can count on you've been my friend ever since I met you as a legionnaire
00:03:32in Felicia come and sit down there in the tavern with me we'll refresh ourselves with
00:03:37a cup of wine and have a talk about old times bring us some wine
00:03:53happy days weren't they when we were serving on the eastern frontier that's when Uris was
00:03:58only a tribal chieftain I've never forgotten the time that he said to me now
00:04:11but tell me Astarte why are you trying to find the princess Neres are you in love with
00:04:17her no you've always been like a brother to me which is why I can trust you I have to
00:04:25kill Nisa kill her yes by order of King Uris I was the one who helped him overthrow King
00:04:33Achilleus and take possession of his throne and now I'm rewarded like this is either the head
00:04:39of the princess Nisa or it's my own that's terrible you can count on me for anything
00:04:46how beautiful Nisa was I can still see her standing beside King Achilleus you see we
00:04:53murdered every member of the royal family with a king except for princess Nisa who managed to
00:04:58escape promise and today he's afraid that his enemies might restore the power I must never
00:05:04return to Felicia unless I can take him that woman's head but tell me how Nisa managed to
00:05:09get away with the help of a slave loyal to King Achilleus a real giant Marcus it was a miracle
00:05:16he didn't crush us with his bare hands drink up and don't worry now I think you're about to
00:05:22achieve the purpose of your mission what is it everything is in order in the stables the
00:05:29fodder arrived and has been distributed and the blacksmith has finished the work you ordered
00:05:33very well Valerius is leaving for Rome now is this horse ready for him have it brought around
00:05:38to the front door also have them bring the chariot with the team of white horses because
00:05:43the senator has to go out hurry night away how are you Marcus when you can work in peace you're
00:05:54always well the master is quite pleased with the work you do yesterday I heard him say he wants to
00:05:59reward you reward me why why because you cleared out the cellars in such a short time removing
00:06:05those enormous barrels that no one else was able to budge that was nothing for me it was easy and
00:06:09do you ever feel homesick for Celicia no because I couldn't feel safe there mm-hmm tell me Nisa
00:06:17she's a noble birth isn't she the fate of human beings is changeable today she's a slave like
00:06:24myself and I swore to her father that I would protect her well you must admit fate has been
00:06:29kind to her up till now and if the gods are willing fate will be even kinder to her thanks
00:06:34to the noble heart of our young master Valerius and I love you Valerius but I'm afraid I know
00:06:43you will never have the consent of your parents to marry me you are the only son of one of the
00:06:49most illustrious families of Rome and I I'm only a poor wretched slave girl whom your mother herself
00:06:55bought and paid for in a public slave market they won't ever let us marry and I will lose you
00:07:02forever no we won't lose each other my mother and father both love me and are kind-hearted they will
00:07:08understand that they must not forbid our happiness Nisa and when I return to you here you're leaving
00:07:13you're going to abandon us another time I have to return immediately to Rome from there in a few
00:07:20days I'll have to proceed to Brindisi along with my legion when will I see you again I don't know
00:07:25but I promise the day I return I'll speak to my parents of our love and I'll ask them to give
00:07:29you your freedom and their consent to marry you. Publius! Here comes your father well let's hope
00:07:36this visit of yours to Macrinus may serve our purpose I trust it will have you had my chariot
00:07:42brought around yes senator it's time for you to go now
00:07:58may the gods watch over you both during my absence and now I have to leave you but first father I
00:08:03would like to speak with you leaving so soon Valerius my son who knows when I will see you
00:08:08soon I hope this particular departure sign is not the same as the others have been your father
00:08:13and I are most upset Valerius what's to become of us what do you mean mother we're accused of
00:08:18embracing Christianity and you know that means being faced with the threat of persecution
00:08:22Vettius Rufus you know envies our family but now he is the prefect of the praetorians all his
00:08:27spitefulness may quite suddenly give way to unbridled fury but the emperor would never allow
00:08:32such a man to commit an act as unjust as that against a family that added so greatly to the
00:08:36glory of the Romans the emperor Caracalla will now listen only to the words of Vettius Rufus
00:08:41and the longer he does so he grows more and more pitiless the best of Romans accused of imaginary
00:08:46crimes are falling beneath the blows of the praetorians and now they dare to accuse even
00:08:51us of embracing Christianity it's inconceivable that Caracalla should believe this of us it would
00:08:56seem he does Valerius I can't believe that the emperor is as utterly blind and cruel as you say
00:09:02now don't worry how are you neither I've never been so happy
00:09:13you can tell me everything in Rome now I too must be on my way in Rome you'll be there tomorrow I
00:09:18should go into the city for an audience with the emperor and there I'll refute these absurd
00:09:23accusations at least I shall make every attempt to but I'm not very confident will the senate
00:09:28give their support certainly but today I shall seek guidance and good counsel for Marcus Ophelius
00:09:33Macrinus who has just arrived at his villa here in the neighborhood the senators who oppose these
00:09:38merciless policies of Caracalla's all heed as one the advice of Marcus Macrinus and he is the only
00:09:43senator who can command the fear and respect of that pack of criminal lunatics surrounding Caracalla
00:09:49so
00:10:11farewell
00:10:19oh
00:10:23oh
00:10:24here this is the place
00:10:26oh
00:10:51well let's sit down why don't we so we can talk more easily there
00:10:55bring us two pictures of your best Falernian
00:11:04let's hear it uh I found out where you can find that girl the one you're hunting where is she
00:11:11oh she's living with some patrician where it's not far not more than a mile or so take us there
00:11:18immediately but it's almost dark now we'd better wait until daybreak I'm losing my patience over two
00:11:25years now I've hunted for that miserable slave girl I sympathize but after two years can't you
00:11:30wait a few longer but if you knew what an effort and what a lot of cash it cost me to get this
00:11:36information then you're still not sure of it you haven't seen her with your own eyes no I haven't
00:11:42but a person that I trust hasn't anyway I'll lead you to her if you'll agree to give me another uh
00:11:49hundred sestercies a hundred sistercies but you gave him a hundred didn't you yes I did give them
00:11:56to him oh come on now what's a mere hundred sestercies to a general from Cilicia very well
00:12:03finish the business quickly and I'll give you another hundred sestercies but only when I have
00:12:06neither within my power agreed and now let's have a drink to the success of our little enterprise
00:12:12stop stop I say what are you doing I am a senator of law and my household is sacred
00:12:24that is Rufus who gave the order for this disturbance how dare you you'll pay dearly
00:12:29for this outrage that is Rufus I warn you call off your men at once call off your men
00:12:42oh
00:13:04don't let one get away
00:13:04don't let one get away
00:13:25go away from here
00:13:34Marcus! Marcus!
00:13:36Retrain that madman!
00:13:38Marcus! Marcus!
00:14:04Stop you fool! That giant of a man is worth his weight in gold! I want him alive!
00:14:16Take him away!
00:14:22Destroy every single thing here and remove everyone! These slaves have been confiscated and now belong to the state!
00:14:29Move on! Move on quickly!
00:14:46Marcus Aurelius Macrinus what is your business here?
00:14:50I see you've vented your hatred against Valerius and all his family. I'm the prefect of the Praetorians and I've acted solely on the orders of the Emperor.
00:15:04Caracalla I'm sure never ordered you to kill these two. Valerius and his wife were guilty of the crime of belonging to the outlawed sect called Christian.
00:15:12I categorically refuse to believe that either one was stained with so great an offense. They have never failed to honor the gods.
00:15:20Marcus Aurelius Macrinus proceed to give their bodies decent burial but I advise you not to argue. The Emperor knows all too well your rebellious spirit and your words of hostility in the Senate and elsewhere.
00:15:32My words will now protest this infamy. Recall to your master's attention that tyrants like him in Rome have always been shot live and punished.
00:16:02Lost by a flock of sheep. This way we'll never get there.
00:16:20Just a little more patience. The villa isn't far away. No more than my hundred justice sheets.
00:16:50Let me pass. I am Valerius the Younger. Let me pass I say. No one is allowed to enter here. Out of my way. Criminals. Murderers. Barbarians. What is your explanation for this?
00:17:06Leave this place at once. I sympathize with your feelings but I'm forced to obey my orders. I want to bury my parents' bodies. No power on earth can prevent my doing so.
00:17:14Senator Macrinus has arranged for the burial. Filthy cowards. You've killed two innocent people savagely. You're a lot of common outlaws. You and your commanding officer. But I'll have my revenge on you.
00:17:25Control yourself Valerius the Younger. I'll say it again. My father was the most obedient and faithful of Romans. What you've done here is criminal.
00:17:33There's no use your shouting at me. I'll cry it out in front of the Emperor then. I refuse to serve any longer in an army of captors.
00:17:40Stop it Valerius. Now get out of here or I'll be forced to put you under arrest.
00:18:01You and your pictures of Palermo. Let's drink to our enterprise. If we'd started when I wanted to yesterday evening we'd have had the slave girl.
00:18:08I hope my information was correct, wasn't it? Don't blame me if the Emperor decided to confiscate all that belonged to Valerius.
00:18:14And my hundred sestuses? Be off with you.
00:18:19Astarte, there's still hope for you. You're the general of a friendly monarch. Make an application to the Prefect asking to buy Nysa yourself.
00:18:30The Emperor wouldn't even grant me a single audience. He made me refer my complaint to the Prefect.
00:18:35What did you say to Vexius Rufus?
00:18:37That it's not clemency but justice I ask. And that I still refuse to serve in an army that destroyed my entire family.
00:18:44Imprudence with the best intentions is in practice the most ineffective weapon in overthrowing a tyranny I assure you.
00:18:51He who tramples on the freedom of Rome won't have much more time to vent his fury on free-born citizens.
00:18:57The best men among us, even at the cost of their own lives, will soon put an end to this Emperor's reign of terror.
00:19:08Macrinus, you must do your best to help me recover one of my slave girls who was confiscated with the others.
00:19:14This is hardly the moment to lose your head because you happen to be in love with a slave girl.
00:19:18But Nysa isn't a slave girl in that sense, but a girl of refinement who has won my heart and whom I insist on marrying.
00:19:24If the gods had not wished to see us treated cruelly, I would have set her free and asked my parents to give their consent and blessing to our marriage.
00:19:31But now she is simply a slave girl and you are as ever a patrician of Rome in a moment of difficulty.
00:19:37I'm aware of it. I wish to thank you for your wise counsel, Macrinus.
00:19:43Tomorrow, my household is leaving Rome for a few days' rest in my villa at Cuma.
00:19:48I want to breathe air somewhat purer than the city's.
00:19:51They say the Emperor also will be able to breathe freely, knowing that I am out of town.
00:20:01Is this as far as you've gotten?
00:20:21Forgive us, Master. The baggage cart is heavily loaded and the horses were nearly exhausted.
00:20:26I had to rest and water them. We can't keep up the same pace that you do.
00:20:29How cool this water is!
00:20:31Would you like to try it, my lord?
00:20:33Thank you.
00:20:37I don't believe I've ever tasted water better than this.
00:20:39It comes from those mountains where there is an altar to one of the Sybils.
00:20:42They say that this water has the power to soothe the pangs of love.
00:20:45Perfect. In that case, I'll need a couple of jars of it.
00:20:48Yes, Master.
00:20:49Fill them and don't be long now.
00:20:50We will meet at the villa of Agnus Quadrius at Minturnus.
00:21:02I don't need the rain. I want to drive a while.
00:21:32Lean on me, Nisa, if you're tired.
00:21:39It wouldn't make any difference.
00:21:40Where are we going now?
00:21:42To Minturnus to work on a new road.
00:21:44How far away is it?
00:21:46It shouldn't be very far from here.
00:21:51Minturnus isn't very far now. I know this neighborhood.
00:21:54And what would you hear with us?
00:21:56I was put out to work by my master. He said that I robbed him, but I never stole from him.
00:22:01No, no.
00:22:21Help!
00:22:22Move!
00:22:29Help!
00:22:31Help!
00:22:48Help!
00:22:58Help!
00:23:01Help!
00:23:31Help!
00:24:01Help!
00:24:08Was it you who saved me?
00:24:09Yes.
00:24:11Tell me your name.
00:24:12Marcus.
00:24:14I'm grateful to you, and I won't forget you.
00:24:19Put him back in the line in time again.
00:24:22You, come here.
00:24:32The emperor is delighted to grant your request, and this is his decree of freedom for the slave girl Nisa.
00:24:37King Oras, my sovereign lord, will be ever grateful for the clemency of the emperor.
00:24:41The divine Caracalla approves what your sovereign lord is doing to bring peace to Cilicia,
00:24:46restoring the freedom and respect to the daughter of his predecessor.
00:24:49But how can I find the girl in question?
00:24:51The slaves that once belonged to Valerius were declared the property of the state.
00:24:55The emperor has already assigned them to public agencies.
00:24:58One part is in the quarries of Taquena, and the other is building a road in Minternes.
00:25:02But Nisa is with which group exactly?
00:25:04Well, the slaves, as long as they remain of no particular importance to us,
00:25:08can't be expected to have records kept of them.
00:25:11But with a sealed imperial edict to display, it won't be difficult, General Astarte,
00:25:15to trace the girl and have her consigned to you wherever you please.
00:25:18I'm grateful to you, Rufus.
00:25:21My friends, I have enjoyed your hospitality more than I can tell you.
00:25:25I wish to thank you for this banquet as I leave,
00:25:28and above all, Prisca, for this wine, which I would willingly drink all my life.
00:25:33But we must drink to your complete recovery, McQuirinus,
00:25:36and also to your permanent good health.
00:25:39And now, McQuirinus, how would you like to pay a visit to my gladiator school?
00:25:44At Rome, you may have heard some talk about it.
00:25:47It's famous, that I know, but I will reserve that pleasure for another visit.
00:25:51At Cuma, I have kept my overseer waiting for me.
00:25:55You, Agnus, are interested in creating gladiators,
00:25:58and I would be delighted to have you join me.
00:26:01Thank you, General Astarte.
00:26:05You, Agnus, are interested in creating gladiators,
00:26:08and I, in breeding bulls.
00:26:11In a time of crisis like this, which do we use,
00:26:14my professional swordsmen or your bulls?
00:26:18Well, now that you raise the question,
00:26:20I think too many swords are drawn against respectable citizens.
00:26:23The rate of such crimes is mounting every day,
00:26:25and the Emperor does not prevent them, perhaps he even orders them.
00:26:28You wouldn't be in doubt as to the justice of Caracalla.
00:26:31I would like to be in doubt,
00:26:33but my conviction is that today it's non-existent.
00:26:46To tell the truth, I am still grief-stricken
00:26:48by what has been done to the family of Valerius.
00:26:50Christians must not be shown the slightest mercy.
00:26:53We cannot admit exceptions to an order of the Emperor.
00:26:56When I think of the crimes committed in the Emperor's name.
00:26:58Look, Agnus, you know that Christianity represents a threat to the security of the Empire.
00:27:02For that reason, you should be destroyed.
00:27:04I don't think so, and Valerius wasn't a Christian at all.
00:27:07In any case, it's better that we be kind and tolerant,
00:27:10since these Christians have never resorted either to violence or to weapons.
00:27:14I wish to thank you again.
00:27:16Oh, not at all, Your Highness. It's you who have honored us.
00:27:18You will come back soon, won't you?
00:27:20At the end of the season, when I'm on my way to Rome,
00:27:22I would like to be of help to that slave,
00:27:24the one I mentioned who came to my rescue in the water.
00:27:27Agnus, I wish you would trace him.
00:27:31Well, there are a great many slaves being employed on public works in the neighborhood, you know.
00:27:36It won't be easy.
00:27:37Do me the favor, I beg you. I shall be your debtor.
00:27:40You can rely on me, Macrinus.
00:27:41I promise I will do everything in my power to help you.
00:27:44Till we meet again.
00:27:50Farewell.
00:27:51Farewell.
00:28:00Do you really intend to make a search for that slave?
00:28:05Not even for a moment.
00:28:07Macrinus doesn't count in Rome anymore.
00:28:10He has fallen into disgrace.
00:28:12And for us, it wouldn't be wise to be compromised with him.
00:28:31Beyond the hill of the pines there, the ground becomes marshy.
00:28:34We'll have to double the depth of the road bed
00:28:36and anchor it in place by sinking pilings this far beneath.
00:28:38Well, if they don't send us some more slaves,
00:28:40the work will fall behind schedule more and more every day.
00:28:43Yes, it can't be helped.
00:28:46Water.
00:28:48Give me some water.
00:28:50Get to work there.
00:28:51Keep moving.
00:28:52Keep moving.
00:28:53Keep moving.
00:28:54Keep moving.
00:28:55Keep moving.
00:28:56Keep moving.
00:28:57Keep moving.
00:28:58Keep moving.
00:28:59Keep moving.
00:29:06Get up. On your feet.
00:29:07Move.
00:29:09Move.
00:29:11Move.
00:29:12Move.
00:29:29Move.
00:29:30Move.
00:29:31Move.
00:29:32Move.
00:29:33Move.
00:29:34Move.
00:29:35Move.
00:29:36Move.
00:29:37Move.
00:29:38Move.
00:29:39Move.
00:29:40Move.
00:29:41Move.
00:29:42Move.
00:29:43Move.
00:29:44Move.
00:29:45Move.
00:29:46Move.
00:29:47Move.
00:29:48Move.
00:29:49Move.
00:29:50Move.
00:29:51Move.
00:29:52Move.
00:29:53Move.
00:29:54Move.
00:29:55Move.
00:29:56Move.
00:29:57Move.
00:29:59Stand where you are.
00:30:12He's a Hercules.
00:30:13He's too big for you.
00:30:14Better keep an eye on him.
00:30:16Yes, I agree with you.
00:30:18Get on with the work.
00:30:20That Marcus is amazing.
00:30:22It's really extraordinary what that man can do.
00:30:24He's as strong as a bullet.
00:30:25With ten men of such strength, the work would proceed ahead of schedule.
00:30:28I'm sure of that.
00:30:32Do you have a permit to enter here?
00:30:34Oh, what a nuisance.
00:30:35Is this the first time you've seen me come here with wine for your soldiers?
00:30:39Ah, you are the one who is always a nuisance to us, Aglaya.
00:30:53Aglaya.
00:30:54Marcus, my dearest, I couldn't come here these last few days
00:30:57because there was so much work to do at the tavern.
00:30:59I was beside myself.
00:31:01Tomorrow.
00:31:02We're working near the river.
00:31:03I'll come at any cost.
00:31:05I'll think of some excuse to satisfy my master.
00:31:07That's enough of your chatter.
00:31:08Go on, pour out the wine now.
00:31:12I'll see you tomorrow, Marcus.
00:31:13Go on, I said.
00:31:14You too, Marcus.
00:31:23That's all for today.
00:31:25All in line.
00:31:26Quickly.
00:31:38Are you tired, Nisa?
00:31:41This work is too heavy.
00:31:44These slave drivers.
00:31:48Forward march.
00:31:52Faster.
00:31:53Faster.
00:32:22You wait for word from me at the place we agreed upon.
00:32:46Very well.
00:32:52Imagine what a life it was.
00:33:04Three years in Bithynia.
00:33:05You're lucky.
00:33:06Three years without the nagging of your wife.
00:33:09Go on, you throw.
00:33:14What may I offer you, sir?
00:33:15Bring me a picture of your Falernian.
00:33:17Tell me, can I have lodging for the night in this inn?
00:33:20Yes, indeed.
00:33:23A picture of Falernian.
00:33:32There's someone who wants a nice lodging.
00:33:34Well, let him have a look at the room upstairs.
00:33:45Tell me, do you know of any slaves around here assigned to work on the new highway?
00:33:49There's only one group, and with women in it, too.
00:33:54Have you noticed a tall man working among them?
00:33:56A very strong man, and his name is Marcus.
00:33:58Yes, I have seen him.
00:34:00And I know where you can find him.
00:34:02Where's the room I wanted?
00:34:04This way.
00:34:11Seven for me.
00:34:12Believe me, she was something you see once in a lifetime.
00:34:15You never got a chance to see her.
00:34:18You never got a chance to look at her, but she was the most beautiful woman in all of Bithynia.
00:34:24I bet you'll be dazzled by any old crone of 80.
00:34:26Dice.
00:34:27My throw.
00:34:30Eleven, now it's your throw.
00:34:35Does it suit you?
00:34:36Yes.
00:34:41Why are you so interested in that slave?
00:34:44I'm very fond of him.
00:34:45He once belonged to my family.
00:34:47Have you also noticed a girl with green eyes and beautiful blonde hair whose name is Nisa?
00:34:51Ah, I begin to see.
00:34:53You've fallen in love with her.
00:34:55It's she you want to rescue.
00:34:57Would you be kind enough to help me?
00:34:59I'll see that you're well paid.
00:35:00No, I don't want a thing.
00:35:02And I will do what I can for you.
00:35:04You can trust in me completely.
00:35:06And why?
00:35:07Because I'm in love with Marcus.
00:35:10What's the name of this man?
00:35:12Jesus.
00:35:13He is called Christ.
00:35:14And his followers are beyond counting.
00:35:16And spread throughout the world.
00:35:18And you, do you believe all this nonsense?
00:35:21The message of Christ is our only hope of salvation.
00:35:24The day will also come in which there will be no more slaves or masters either.
00:35:29And all our chains of iron will be broken and taken away forever from our hands and feet.
00:35:35Are we supposed to forgive even the overseers who are cruel to us?
00:35:38Why, of course.
00:35:39We must forgive even our enemies, my child.
00:35:41Because only through forgiveness may we enter into the kingdom of heaven.
00:35:45And sit on the right hand of the one who is the only king in existence.
00:35:49Our Lord.
00:35:53Listen.
00:35:54Listen.
00:35:55Over here.
00:35:59Get away from there.
00:36:00If not, I'll whip you.
00:36:02Listen to me.
00:36:03I have news of importance.
00:36:04Let me speak to the chief overseer right away.
00:36:06Yes.
00:36:07Go on, go on.
00:36:11Go on.
00:36:20You must eat something.
00:36:21If you want to survive, you must keep up your strength.
00:36:26No.
00:36:29Valerius has forgotten me, I know.
00:36:33An obedient slave girl does wrong to raise her eyes to those of her own master.
00:36:38I should have expected it.
00:36:40Valerius will keep his word.
00:36:42If I still control myself, it's because I'm waiting for his orders.
00:36:45Believe me.
00:36:49What do you want?
00:36:50I overheard them plotting as Christians.
00:36:53The old one said that their god would return because he wants to reign as king.
00:36:56In place of the emperor and all that.
00:36:57And the soldiers of this king are supposed to be those dogs?
00:37:00A pack of slaves in chains?
00:37:02Don't let them scare you.
00:37:03But they say there are Christians even among the gladiators, trained by Annulus.
00:37:06Don't you know they have weapons?
00:37:08If you're imagining all this, I'll have your tongue burnt out with a pair of red hot pincers.
00:37:11I warn you.
00:37:12I swear, it's only what I heard.
00:37:15I'll go tell the questor, then.
00:37:30Eight.
00:37:34Eleven.
00:37:35Tomorrow night, you'll be the one who pays the wine at the tavern.
00:37:38We're not through yet.
00:37:53That's the only outside window in the prison.
00:37:55You wait here now.
00:37:56I'll go and try to draw the sentinel away.
00:38:06Aglai, where were you going?
00:38:08My master, the innkeeper, sent me to bring you some wine.
00:38:10It's a gift from your centurion, in fact.
00:38:12Give me a taste of it.
00:38:14Uh-uh.
00:38:15First, I have to deliver it to the guardhouse.
00:38:17If you want any, come along.
00:38:19I can't do it.
00:38:20I'm on guard duty.
00:38:21Oh, don't let it worry you.
00:38:22I'm sure those bars are much stronger than even your mighty arms.
00:38:26Come on.
00:38:27Do.
00:38:28Now, Aglai, where were you going?
00:38:30My master, the innkeeper, sent me to bring you some wine.
00:38:32It's a gift from your centurion, in fact.
00:38:34Do.
00:38:40You wait here.
00:38:46Aglai.
00:38:47I brought you some wine.
00:38:49It's a present from your commanding officer.
00:38:51Seems like the centurion must have heard what we were saying a little while ago.
00:38:54Wonderful.
00:38:55I never refuse free wine.
00:38:57Hey, where's mine?
00:38:59You'll be next, dear.
00:39:05Lisa!
00:39:07Lisa!
00:39:09Valerius!
00:39:16I'd almost given up hope.
00:39:18My darling, I've come to get you out of here.
00:39:20Call Marcus.
00:39:22Marcus!
00:39:23Marcus!
00:39:24Marcus!
00:39:25Marcus!
00:39:26Marcus!
00:39:27Marcus!
00:39:28Marcus!
00:39:29Marcus!
00:39:30Marcus!
00:39:31Marcus!
00:39:32Marcus!
00:39:33Marcus!
00:39:34Marcus!
00:39:35Marcus!
00:39:38Valerius!
00:39:39Marcus, we haven't a moment to lose.
00:39:41I have two trustworthy men on guard to keep us covered.
00:39:44Aglai has been able to draw away the sentinel.
00:40:04And you know, the centurion ordered me to bring him five whole pitches of wine.
00:40:08Well, the first one he poured down standing on parade in honor of Mars.
00:40:12And the second one stretched out in Marsha's embrace in honor of Venus.
00:40:16Why don't you sacrifice with us in honor of Venus, Aglai?
00:40:19No one gets to sacrifice to the love goddess with me unless he delivers me from that foul-tempered innkeeper once and for all.
00:40:25For like a fence of turtledove, Venus aglai,
00:40:28Francis!
00:40:29for den keeper once and for all.
00:40:31Too expensive, Turtle Dove.
00:40:33Venus herself wouldn't cost us so much.
00:41:00They're escaping! They're escaping!
00:41:05Hurry! Hurry! After them!
00:41:29Oh!
00:41:32Oh!
00:41:36Oh!
00:41:44Oh!
00:41:46Valerius! Valerius!
00:41:51Oh!
00:42:00Put him back in the cell and chain him to the wall.
00:42:06Don't stand there! Do just as I told you!
00:42:13I'll cure you of trying to run away, you weak-minded monster!
00:42:16You'll pay me for what you've done!
00:42:18Move! Move!
00:42:30Pull those chains tighter around him so he can't move at all.
00:42:40You're gonna pay too for this night's work.
00:42:42That beast can't protect you now.
00:42:44He'll never be able to help you.
00:42:46I'll cure you both of wanting to run away.
00:42:59When a slave rebels the way you did, he should be strung up and nailed to a cross.
00:43:03But to do away with a brute who has the strength of a hundred slaves would be too wasteful.
00:43:07We can do something to you to make you docile and helpless without affecting the strength of your arms.
00:43:12You'll find out.
00:43:13Even a lion without his eyesight is no longer a wild lion.
00:43:20There's nothing to worry about.
00:43:22You'll be on your feet in a few days. Your wound isn't a serious one.
00:43:25The soldiers evidently didn't know you, otherwise they would have been here to get you.
00:43:28No, I'm all right now.
00:43:30It's for Nisa that I'm so upset.
00:43:32Now that she's back in the hands of those butchers, they'll be more vicious after our attempt to get her away.
00:43:37Don't worry for Nisa.
00:43:38The strength of our invincible friend Marcus will protect her even now.
00:43:43The iron is white-hot now.
00:43:51Yes, it's just right.
00:43:58Oh!
00:44:02Oh!
00:44:05Oh!
00:44:07Oh!
00:44:09Oh!
00:44:12Look straight into my eyes.
00:44:14Because this is the last time you'll look at anyone.
00:44:34Stop! What are you doing?
00:44:35Wester, this slave was caught trying to escape and inciting the others to rebellion.
00:44:39That's why the man's a constant threat to us with his superhuman strength.
00:44:43You want to destroy an invaluable treasure such as this?
00:44:46He could become a most magnificent gladiator.
00:44:49What is your name?
00:44:51My name is Marcus.
00:44:53I'll take you into my service.
00:44:56If you show as much strength and spirit when you fight in the arena as you've shown in prison here, I might even grant you your liberty.
00:45:03I am willing to fight as a gladiator if you will let her come with me.
00:45:10Is this woman... yours?
00:45:14No. But I promise to protect and defend her.
00:45:18Conduct this slave under close escort to my gladiator school.
00:45:22And have the girl taken to my villa. She can serve my wife.
00:45:31The gods protect you more than any mortal deserves.
00:45:34You, release the slave at once.
00:45:39Let's go.
00:46:09Attack.
00:46:13That's right.
00:46:15Go.
00:46:18Right there. Faster.
00:46:21Carry with your shield.
00:46:27Stay at close quarters.
00:46:29Put the shield higher.
00:46:31Force them.
00:46:36Now move in.
00:46:37Move.
00:46:42If I had your muscles and you had my brain power, who knows what we'd be in the world.
00:46:46We could be emperors at least.
00:46:48What would you do if you were emperor, Papilius?
00:46:51I'd run away, yes. Because for me here, there's no future.
00:46:55But an emperor can't run away.
00:46:56That's what you think.
00:47:00Yesterday I saw Glyde. She asked me to help her get inside here. She wants to see me.
00:47:04She's in love like a pussycat in the moonlight.
00:47:06Meow, meow.
00:47:07Help her if you can.
00:47:12Listen, I told her to make a noise like a hootow, see?
00:47:15And to bring some wine too, otherwise she won't get in.
00:47:18Drink it, drink it. To keep up your spirit.
00:47:24Follow through.
00:47:30That's it. That's it.
00:47:36That's enough for you.
00:47:37Your turn now, Marcus. The rest of you out of the ring.
00:47:45You there, you can be the first to try him out.
00:47:47Try him out.
00:48:05See what you can do.
00:48:18Come on.
00:48:34Get him, Marcus! Get him, Marcus!
00:48:37Stay back here, Marcus!
00:48:39He's Hercules!
00:48:40He's a sensation!
00:48:41He's a...
00:48:42Hold your tongue!
00:48:43We're not at the circus!
00:48:44Easy there, or else you'll be sorry.
00:48:45You've made excellent progress here, Marcus.
00:48:46When you come to fight in Rome, the gladiator I know will be in the class with you.
00:48:47When do we go to Rome?
00:48:48Ah, that's whenever the master says.
00:48:49We're going to Rome.
00:48:50We're going to Rome.
00:48:51We're going to Rome.
00:48:52We're going to Rome.
00:48:53We're going to Rome.
00:48:54We're going to Rome.
00:48:55We're going to Rome.
00:48:56We're going to Rome.
00:48:57We're going to Rome.
00:48:58We're going to Rome.
00:48:59We're going to Rome.
00:49:00We're going to Rome.
00:49:01We're going to Rome.
00:49:02We're going to Rome.
00:49:03You, you!
00:49:04Some practice!
00:49:05Come on out here lively!
00:49:06Get your helmet on!
00:49:07Don't wash yourself too much, otherwise your muscles will get a chill in them.
00:49:08Now, what's all this attention for?
00:49:09I've already met all my sisters.
00:49:10She's on your first professional fight.
00:49:11Don't you expect her to take good care of you?
00:49:12Marcus!
00:49:13Marcus!
00:49:14Marcus!
00:49:15Marcus!
00:49:16Marcus!
00:49:17Marcus!
00:49:18Marcus!
00:49:19Marcus!
00:49:20Marcus!
00:49:21Marcus!
00:49:22Marcus!
00:49:23Marcus!
00:49:24Marcus!
00:49:25Marcus!
00:49:26Marcus!
00:49:27Marcus!
00:49:28Marcus!
00:49:29Marcus!
00:49:30Marcus!
00:49:31Marcus!
00:49:33Oh!
00:49:38Darn.
00:49:39Now, you dry yourself well!
00:49:41Nisa, finally!
00:49:43I tried over and over again to come here, but the sentinels always sent me away before.
00:49:46Today they let me come in for once.
00:49:48Pope Ilias brings me news of you.
00:49:50How does your mistress treat you?
00:49:52I must say she's fair.
00:49:54Life with Friske is more humane than laboring on the highway, but I still feel in it easier.
00:49:57Better if I had not survived and perished in that hell house, then Valerius would never
00:50:02have been wounded.
00:50:03I've had no word of him since then.
00:50:06Never fear.
00:50:07If it were serious, Aglai would have let me know.
00:50:09Oh, Marcus, I'm so worried.
00:50:11If I only could be near him now.
00:50:12I am sure, Nisa, that we'll have news of Valerius very soon.
00:50:17Now I must go, or my mistress will look for me.
00:50:20Remember, if you ever need me, just tell Popilius.
00:50:22Thank you.
00:50:25I'm leaving for Rome.
00:50:26I must speak with the Emperor at once.
00:50:29I've discovered some Christians, even here in Menturnus.
00:50:32Caracalla will have another proof of your fidelity, but with your weak character, I'm
00:50:36afraid it will avail you nothing.
00:50:38We'll remain forever rotting away here in this dreary wilderness, while other men of
00:50:42less capacity are raised to the highest positions of courtiers.
00:50:46You'll see.
00:50:47This time Caracalla will listen to my request, if only because of the hatred he feels for
00:50:50the Christians.
00:50:51Then tell him also what we learned from Macrinus.
00:50:52I shall also tell him that.
00:50:54In a word, beg him, promise him, but please do something that will get us out of this
00:50:58provincial life, which is so suffocating.
00:51:00I'll do my best.
00:51:01Keep calm, Prisca.
00:51:02Oh, the same old promises as usual.
00:51:05No, believe me, Prisca.
00:51:06This time I will be successful.
00:51:09Your wish will be granted.
00:51:10That was all I needed.
00:51:11Don't be afraid of him.
00:51:12Come, big coward, you don't have enough spirit to be a good fighter.
00:51:40Arvey!
00:51:45Arrest those two gladiators.
00:51:47I know they're Christians.
00:51:52Eight guards, come with me.
00:51:53Step forward.
00:51:54To the prison!
00:51:55They're Christians, you say?
00:51:56Yes, I have definite proof.
00:52:01Be careful, because these fanatics are known to be infiltrating everywhere.
00:52:05Arvey!
00:52:07I hear that you've become the best of them all.
00:52:09He's better than the trainer, he is.
00:52:11You shall have your reward, my friend.
00:52:14When I return from Rome, your first professional fight before the public will be to the death.
00:52:19No one after such brief training has ever entered the arena before, but I have great
00:52:23confidence in you, Marcus.
00:52:26Inside, come on.
00:52:31Won't you sit down, Valerius?
00:52:40Serve the wine.
00:52:43To what do I owe the honor of your welcome visit?
00:52:45I've come here to seek the kindness and the compassion of the good Prester Agnus Quadrius.
00:52:49My husband has gone to Rome for an important conference for the emperor, but you may speak
00:52:53freely with me.
00:52:54If I can be of use to you, I should be delighted.
00:52:57I wish to thank you, Prisca.
00:52:59I have heard, of course, of how you've lost all of your family, and I'm distressed beyond
00:53:02words, but a noble young man like you, brilliant and gifted, should never be in doubt of himself.
00:53:08We'll see that the emperor is told.
00:53:10Don't.
00:53:11No, it's out of the question.
00:53:13I wish to redeem two slaves who are now in your household, and who formerly belonged
00:53:17to our own.
00:53:18I would like to free them.
00:53:20Who are they?
00:53:21Their names are Nisa and Marcus.
00:53:24Explain about Marcus.
00:53:25As a slave, he's invaluable.
00:53:28A gladiator like Marcus could at any moment be sold and bring you a fortune.
00:53:31Oh, I assure you, Prisca, that is not what I intended.
00:53:34My true affection for him is like a brother's.
00:53:36And what does the girl mean to you?
00:53:39She enjoyed affection all the time she was in our house.
00:53:42My mother loved her well.
00:53:44Valerius, don't think that I can't appreciate what your tenderness is for her.
00:53:48I find it hard to believe that a little slave girl is of such worth that she merits as much
00:53:52attention as all this.
00:53:54Of course, unless...
00:53:55Don't ask for more reasons, I beg you.
00:53:57I count on your understanding, and I shall be grateful.
00:54:00Very well, Valerius.
00:54:03When Agnus returns from Rome, I shall speak to him and let you know what he says.
00:54:07But why don't you call on me more often?
00:54:10I'll be happy to.
00:54:27Valerius!
00:54:28Valerius!
00:54:29Valerius!
00:54:59I love you, my darling.
00:55:12It almost seems impossible to me, after all we've been through that terrible night.
00:55:16And that horrid cell for the slave.
00:55:18How I suffered.
00:55:20How I longed for you to come.
00:55:22And you were wounded.
00:55:23It's healed now.
00:55:25I was lucky at least for once.
00:55:26I'd like it to be hidden out of danger.
00:55:28But don't let's be seen together.
00:55:29If they find us, it might be dangerous for you.
00:55:31I'm past caring.
00:55:33If I can only stay near you, I'm willing to submit again to the overseer's lash.
00:55:37It wouldn't be prudent in view of what I've just asked your mistress to do.
00:55:41I mean to redeem you and Marcus both from Agnus.
00:55:44Oh, Valerius.
00:55:45Are you sure that's not a hopeless dream of yours?
00:55:47No, it's not hopeless.
00:55:48I've spoken to Prisca, and I've persuaded her to use all her influence with Equestor.
00:55:53Pray that heaven is willing that we all be happy.
00:55:57My parents are gone now.
00:55:59They can't share our happiness.
00:56:02I know.
00:56:03I'll try to give you all my love to make up for them.
00:56:07I shall always be near you.
00:56:10Is Prisca kind?
00:56:12She's rather demanding.
00:56:13She's kind, really.
00:56:14I enjoy a degree of liberty in the household, but I'm not with you.
00:56:19And that's what's worse than chains and iron fetters.
00:56:21It will soon be over.
00:56:23Nisa!
00:56:24Nisa!
00:56:25Valerius.
00:56:26Don't worry.
00:56:27I'll get you here.
00:56:28Papilius.
00:56:29Papilius.
00:56:30Papilius.
00:56:31Hurry up.
00:56:32Open the door.
00:56:33Between the two of you, I'll get into trouble.
00:56:34Quietly.
00:56:35I'll let you drink wine for nothing for a whole week.
00:56:36That's a great idea.
00:56:37Now be careful.
00:56:38Oh, stop worrying.
00:56:39No one is going to find out.
00:56:40Let's go.
00:56:41Let's go.
00:56:42Let's go.
00:56:43Let's go.
00:56:44Let's go.
00:56:45Let's go.
00:56:46Let's go.
00:56:47Let's go.
00:56:48Let's go.
00:56:49Let's go.
00:56:50Let's go.
00:56:51Let's go.
00:56:52Let's go.
00:56:53Let's go.
00:56:54Let's go.
00:56:55Let's go.
00:56:56I don't think anyone is going to find out.
00:56:57Let's hope not.
00:56:58Go ahead.
00:56:59Let's pray to God you're on our side.
00:57:06Wait a minute.
00:57:12Wait a minute.
00:57:16Go ahead.
00:57:19They'll be kissing each other and I'll probably get beaten up.
00:57:22There's no justice.
00:57:27What are you doing here? Who are you?
00:57:29Don't you recognize her? She's an old friend of Marcus. Go on. Go on in.
00:57:32But...
00:57:33Now be good. There'll be free wine for you too.
00:57:36They're so much in love.
00:57:38Haven't you ever been in love? Well then.
00:57:41Look.
00:57:47Valerius has gone in to talk to Tulio Prisca.
00:57:49He's going to ask if he can buy Nysa's and your freedom.
00:57:51I was sure he wouldn't desert us.
00:57:53He promised to try to do the same for me.
00:57:55We're going to be so happy, Marcus.
00:57:59Tell me, Nysa, why do you think Valerius is so anxious to buy your redemption?
00:58:04I don't know. He was once my master.
00:58:07For such great generosity there must be a strong motive.
00:58:10The Valerian family has perhaps some reason to feel indebted towards you.
00:58:14On the contrary.
00:58:16I am the one who owes them a life of serenity and comfort.
00:58:19Until the day that...
00:58:21And it's simple, really.
00:58:22Our friend Valerius wants to redeem his mistress.
00:58:26I have never been his mistress.
00:58:28Our love has always been pure and honest.
00:58:31A young slave girl like you is only to be used as a plaything for her young master.
00:58:35As long as she pleases him.
00:58:37As long as she pleases him.
00:58:39But when it's over, she finds herself sold to an ugly old merchant.
00:58:42Or perhaps...
00:58:43No, no. You wouldn't do that, would you, mistress?
00:58:45I know Valerius loves me.
00:58:47You thought you knew it.
00:58:49But perhaps you'll find him change towards you.
00:58:51Don't say that, mistress.
00:58:53Accept his offer of redemption.
00:58:55Have some pity on me.
00:58:57I beg you, let him redeem me.
00:59:00I beg you.
00:59:07Come in.
00:59:13Come in.
00:59:16There's a slave girl here from the questor.
00:59:18Show her in.
00:59:19Come in.
00:59:21Were you sent by Prisca, the wife of Agnus?
00:59:25You!
00:59:26For a Valerian, this is indeed a miserable hovel.
00:59:29And you don't even have an attendant.
00:59:31Now I understand your anxiety to find Nisa.
00:59:34Have you come here to let me redeem her as I asked you?
00:59:36I have come to give you some good advice, Valerius.
00:59:39Instead of wasting your time with some wretched little slave girl,
00:59:42why not think about reestablishing your place among the Romans?
00:59:45And cultivating those friendships that might help you to regain your rightful position.
00:59:49I must confess the truth.
00:59:51Your Nisa is the girl I love with all my heart.
00:59:53That's why I want to redeem her.
00:59:55How low you have fallen, even in your sentiments.
00:59:58I shall do well in refusing to sell her to you,
01:00:00at least for the prestige of the Valerian family.
01:00:02Whatever the cost, I intend to have that girl.
01:00:04Don't you think it's a little imprudent to speak in such a way
01:00:07to the mistress of the slave girl you love?
01:00:13Tulia Prisca, listen to me.
01:00:28I heard what she said to you.
01:00:30Be careful, Valerius.
01:00:32You know, Aglaya, I love Nisa.
01:00:34I will save her if it costs me my life.
01:00:36Just don't forget that a woman who enjoys cruelty
01:00:38can inflict any torture that she wishes on one of her slaves.
01:00:55On your feet!
01:00:56That's the word!
01:01:01No! No!
01:01:05No! No!
01:01:20It'll be all right, Nisa.
01:01:21Marcus.
01:01:23You'll not suffer much longer.
01:01:24Valerius has made an offer to redeem you.
01:01:26I don't believe it'll happen.
01:01:28My mistress is jealous.
01:01:29That's why she sent me to work here.
01:01:30Valerius will rescue you.
01:01:32It won't be very long now.
01:01:34Have faith in him.
01:01:42I hope that you've learned your lesson.
01:01:44Don't play the spy.
01:01:46And keep your hands off these poor people.
01:01:52I suggest you listen carefully to Marcus,
01:01:54and keep his words clearly in mind here,
01:01:57because we're sure to be here again sometime
01:01:59when you don't expect us.
01:02:01Or what's next in the curriculum.
01:02:13Now don't you forget.
01:02:19Get back to work there.
01:02:21That's the word!
01:02:28Well, what are you stopping for?
01:02:30Did you see what they're doing to Nisa?
01:02:33Prisca has decided that Valerius can't have her.
01:02:35Well, anyway, those beasts of overseers
01:02:37will remember the lesson we gave them.
01:02:39And in the meantime, Nisa's at the mercy of her mistress,
01:02:42who won't let her be redeemed,
01:02:44because she's in love with Valerius.
01:02:46Valerius is a handsome man.
01:02:47If I were a girl, I'd fall in love with him myself.
01:02:50Listen to me.
01:02:51We're going to help Nisa to escape.
01:02:53What do you mean escape, huh?
01:02:55I've got to rescue that poor girl.
01:02:57I can't leave her there.
01:02:59You've got to help me.
01:03:01I'll get her out if it costs me my life.
01:03:03Just a minute.
01:03:04Just a minute.
01:03:05If it costs you, it's not mine.
01:03:06You're big and strong.
01:03:07You can use a sword.
01:03:08You're not afraid of anyone or anything.
01:03:09I know.
01:03:10Look at me.
01:03:11Just look.
01:03:12One careless touch from one of your great poison.
01:03:14I'd be broken right in half.
01:03:15Even if your body is weak,
01:03:16your heart's as strong as a lion's.
01:03:18My heart, my heart.
01:03:20I tell you, this is going to end badly.
01:03:22Will you help me?
01:03:26Well, all right.
01:03:28Ambassador Astarte on a mission from the king of Cilicia.
01:03:31He has a sealed decree from the emperor.
01:03:33In what way can I be of service to you?
01:03:35General Astarte is looking for a Cilician slave girl
01:03:37whose name is Nisa.
01:03:39Nisa?
01:03:40There are many slaves belonging to the state
01:03:41working on this project.
01:03:43I don't recall that one.
01:03:44Are you quite sure?
01:03:45You can look for yourselves if you wish.
01:03:46I'm quite certain that she's not here.
01:03:48Come on.
01:03:55Lighten up, you two.
01:04:25Keep moving.
01:04:27Come on, keep moving.
01:04:41Welcome home, master.
01:04:42Ave.
01:04:43Ave.
01:04:49See that they're shut up in the dungeons
01:04:50below the gladiator cells.
01:04:52You'll be responsible,
01:04:53and I want you to make sure your soldiers guard them
01:04:54day and night.
01:04:55They are Christians.
01:04:56You shall be obeyed, Cuesta.
01:04:58Also, the slaves that I've transferred from the project
01:05:00of public works will be placed under your supervision.
01:05:02I intend to have them dig an eel pond on my estate.
01:05:05Guard them closely.
01:05:06I know how to take care of the scum.
01:05:08Leave it to me.
01:05:10Who are they?
01:05:11They're Christian slaves.
01:05:12Wait and see what happens to them.
01:05:14After they finish digging the pond
01:05:15to keep the lampreys in,
01:05:16they'll be fed to the same lampreys for lunch.
01:05:18I guess he must have got the idea in Rome.
01:05:23Come on.
01:05:33Agnes, you're back at last.
01:05:37I've awaited you so anxiously.
01:05:39I hope you have good news to give me.
01:05:41Well, I think I have.
01:05:43Then you are satisfied with your decision
01:05:45to visit the emperor.
01:05:46Extremely satisfied.
01:05:48He treated me just like an old friend.
01:05:50He kept ambassadors and all kinds of important people
01:05:52waiting in order to talk to me.
01:05:53Caracalla gave me a free hand
01:05:55in order to get rid of the Christians.
01:05:56So before I started back,
01:05:57I arrested a good number of them.
01:05:59They're strange criminals.
01:06:00Don't try to resist arrest
01:06:01and confess immediately.
01:06:02Quite incredible.
01:06:03But have you spoken to him about your aspiration?
01:06:06Five years in Mintonus are a real exile.
01:06:08Oh, if I can help to exterminate the Christians,
01:06:10I'm quite sure that I will be given
01:06:12a high position at court.
01:06:13While I was in Rome,
01:06:14I spoke with Vizius Rufus,
01:06:15the prefect of the Praetorians, about this.
01:06:17He was very encouraging indeed.
01:06:23Who are these men?
01:06:25They want to speak to you
01:06:26on behalf of an ambassador from Cilicia.
01:06:28Ah.
01:06:33Health to you and prosperous days, Aeneas Quadrius.
01:06:36Astarte, general and ambassador
01:06:38from the king of Cilicia,
01:06:39is eager to be known to you
01:06:41in order to discuss the affairs of his nation.
01:06:44The ambassador of a king friendly to Rome
01:06:47will always be a most welcome guest in my house.
01:06:51Please convey to General Astarte and his suite
01:06:54an invitation to dine with me
01:06:56at my table tomorrow evening.
01:06:57I am honored.
01:06:59Accept my thanks, Aeneas Quadrius.
01:07:03Farewell.
01:07:04Farewell.
01:07:15The warm reception I had from Caracalla,
01:07:18give me some wine,
01:07:19has obviously increased my prestige.
01:07:25You see how the ambassador of the king of Cilicia
01:07:28wants to discuss his private affairs with me.
01:07:31I know your prestige won't improve at all
01:07:33until you have crushed the conspiracy of the Christians.
01:07:35When I have all of them in my hands,
01:07:36I will send them as a present to the emperor
01:07:38for the games in the circus.
01:07:40Only the claws of a lion will crush forever
01:07:43those miserable rebels.
01:07:49My mistress.
01:07:50Have you agreed to my redemption?
01:07:52You will find your redemption in the jaws of the lion
01:07:55in the circus of Rome.
01:07:57Why do I pretend?
01:07:59You're a Christian, aren't you?
01:08:01You were praying to their cross, weren't you?
01:08:03Don't pretend you're not.
01:08:05If you say praying to the one God
01:08:08who asks for life,
01:08:10then I am a Christian.
01:08:12I am a Christian.
01:08:14I am a Christian.
01:08:16I am a Christian.
01:08:18Who asks for love and forgiveness for all men
01:08:21is a crime.
01:08:24Then I can only confess to it.
01:08:26Take her away and throw him in prison with the others.
01:08:44Marcus.
01:08:46Marcus, have you heard the latest?
01:08:47What's happened?
01:08:48Prisca has ordered Nisa thrown into prison.
01:08:50I found out from the maids.
01:08:51In prison?
01:08:52Yes, with all the Christians.
01:08:53Why must they persecute her so when she's innocent?
01:08:56I'm afraid Nisa has confessed she worships the cross
01:08:58and wants to share the same...
01:08:59Enough!
01:09:00We can't wait any longer.
01:09:01We have to escape.
01:09:02What is it, Marcus?
01:09:03Nisa has been imprisoned as a Christian.
01:09:05She'll be condemned like our comrades who were arrested.
01:09:07She is not going to be martyred.
01:09:09We'll rebel and save her.
01:09:11That's a desperate attempt for so few of us.
01:09:13Marcus, it's worth a hundred soldiers.
01:09:14If they capture us, we'll all be killed.
01:09:16If we don't try, our comrades and Nisa will face certain death.
01:09:20And what will our fate be except to die in the circus to entertain the mob?
01:09:24We must try this very night.
01:09:26There are four of us.
01:09:27Five!
01:09:28And the others?
01:09:29You, speak to the rest of the gladiators.
01:09:31They love liberty as much as we.
01:09:32And you, secure the weapon.
01:09:34And me?
01:09:35Don't move from here.
01:09:36You keep a sharp eye on the sentinels.
01:09:38Leave it to me.
01:09:47Ah, don't be so high and mighty.
01:09:49Don't you know who I am?
01:09:51Aglai.
01:09:52Accept my profound respects, my noble lord.
01:09:54I advise you not to be so aloof with these friends of mine.
01:09:57We're members of the suite of the ambassador from the King of Cilicia.
01:10:01You should have respect for us.
01:10:03At this very minute, he's being entertained by the Cuesta Arles.
01:10:07I'll bet you're here on a mission of great importance, aren't you, now?
01:10:12Wouldn't you like me to tell you?
01:10:14Well, you know, it's always interesting to hear what's going on in foreign countries.
01:10:18I'm the one to tell you because I like you.
01:10:21I've come here with a very influential person.
01:10:24Ambassador Astarte.
01:10:28I drink to the health of King Uruk.
01:10:30And to that of Astarte, his most noble ambassador.
01:10:41Now, tell me.
01:10:43To what do I owe the honor of your visit, noble Astarte?
01:10:48I'm here in search of a royal princess of Cilicia who was led as a slave to Rome about two years ago.
01:10:54She's the youngest daughter of King Achilleus, whom you probably recall.
01:10:57Her name is Nisa.
01:10:59In my household staff, I have no Cilician slave girl with a name like that.
01:11:03Nisa was a slave in the house of Valerius and subsequently assigned to public works in this zone.
01:11:08The slaves confiscated from the Valerian family are property of the state.
01:11:12And I can't possibly...
01:11:14I have a decree from the emperor.
01:11:16I'm informed that the slave girl is actually in your possession.
01:11:19Very well, Astarte.
01:11:21Very well. Of course I'll look for this girl.
01:11:23But there are thousands of slaves employed on my estate.
01:11:27And unfortunately, I cannot tell you now if this Nisa exists or not.
01:11:31May it please the gods that she be found in our possession.
01:11:34I should be delighted to honor your king by setting her free.
01:11:37But I'm certain that these informers of yours are mistaken.
01:11:43Astarte hopes to get his hands on Nisa to put her to death.
01:11:45And it's by order of the king of Cilicia.
01:11:47She is the only surviving princess of the royal family that was driven from the throne.
01:11:51And she represents a danger to the king who usurped it.
01:11:54Nisa born a princess of Cilicia?
01:11:56I can believe it.
01:11:58The stories told by a drunkard are often true.
01:12:01What are you going to do?
01:12:03We must act at once, together with Marcus.
01:12:05We must save her before it's too late.
01:12:07I'm coming, too.
01:12:12Hey, Papilius. Why out so late?
01:12:14Well, I just can't sleep, that's all.
01:12:16I envy you. I can't hold my eyes open.
01:12:18Well, that's because you drink water.
01:12:20If you drank wine like me, you'd be more alert.
01:12:23Yes, you get your wine for nothing.
01:12:24You get special treatment from that tavern girl.
01:12:26Oh, well, what do you expect? I'm so handsome.
01:12:36Go ahead.
01:12:42Marcus!
01:12:44Marcus!
01:12:46Valerius! Marcus!
01:12:47We must save Nisa at once.
01:12:49Astarte has come here to kill her.
01:12:51Astarte here? That murderer?
01:12:54He's dining with Agnus.
01:12:56There's not a moment to lose. Where is Nisa?
01:12:58In the prison with the other Christians.
01:13:00We must get her out and find her.
01:13:02Come on.
01:13:09We're ready to do what we can.
01:13:11We'll be glad to fight for you.
01:13:13Thank you. I thank all of you.
01:13:33Hurry!
01:13:58Hurry!
01:14:03They're escaping!
01:14:05Don't be alarmed! They're escaping!
01:14:07Quick! Get away!
01:14:33Now, Glyke, don't be afraid.
01:14:35I'm still alive here, aren't I?
01:14:49Come on! Hurry! Hurry!
01:14:53Hurry! Quick!
01:14:55Come on!
01:15:03Move! Quick!
01:15:05Hurry! Hurry! Quick!
01:15:16Escaped?
01:15:18All of them?
01:15:20Christians and gladiators?
01:15:24All of my huge investments swept away?
01:15:27The guards were taken completely by surprise, sir.
01:15:29What good to me were your hundred legionnaires on guard duty?
01:15:33And overseer, supposed to be first class?
01:15:37How did they manage to break away from their chains and bars?
01:15:40With the aid of a slave of great power, together with an overseer.
01:15:43Marcus.
01:15:45I should have known better than to prevent them from blinding him...
01:15:49...when he was on the road gang and rebelled.
01:15:51Ever since Marcus was enrolled in the school for gladiators...
01:15:54...discipline has been impossible.
01:15:57What did you say was the name of this slave who rebelled?
01:15:59Marcus. He's a Silesian slave.
01:16:02Was there by chance a slave girl with him named Nisa?
01:16:05Yes. She was in the death cells...
01:16:07...because she has confessed herself a Christian and she too has run away.
01:16:10The girl I was looking for was in your possession and you flatly denied it.
01:16:13You countermanded an order of the emperor.
01:16:16Astarte, we too have just learned for the first time...
01:16:19...that the slave girl you wanted was here.
01:16:21How could we know all the names of those miserable Christians that we have had arrested?
01:16:24But now I'll never get my hands on Princess Nisa.
01:16:26Noble Astarte, you shall have your princess.
01:16:29And you shall have her sooner than you think.
01:16:32Because those runaway slaves can't have got so very far away up till now.
01:16:36And when I get my hands on Marcus...
01:16:38...I'll punish him as he deserves.
01:16:50If we stay here much longer, sooner or later they're bound to capture us.
01:16:53For me that would mean the axe, but for you the cross.
01:16:55Don't any of you forget that for a moment.
01:16:58The only thing left for us to do...
01:17:00...is to try to make our way to safety across the sea.
01:17:02In Iberia my uncle is pro consul and he can be counted on to save our lives.
01:17:06But how do we get there?
01:17:08I'll go to Formia and find a ship that will give us passage to Iberia.
01:17:11Once there, we will be safe at last.
01:17:18I'll be back soon. Formia isn't a long way off.
01:17:20Marcus will take care of you, Nisa, and the others as well.
01:17:23Don't worry. She's here with us.
01:17:51I bid you welcome, Vetsius Rufus.
01:17:54And you too, noble Astarte.
01:17:56May the gods look with favor upon you.
01:17:58More so than on you, I trust.
01:18:00The emperor is most perturbed at what is happening in Minternus.
01:18:03Why didn't you turn over to Astarte the slave girl he had been granted?
01:18:07He will have the girl as soon as we can capture those rebels.
01:18:10Why, there are a mere handful of slaves badly armed...
01:18:12...and feeble Christians incapable of putting up a fight.
01:18:15Astarte, I'm afraid you're mistaken.
01:18:17...and feeble Christians incapable of putting up a fight.
01:18:20But commanded by a patrician as clever and courageous as young Valerius.
01:18:23And what about Marcus?
01:18:24I've been sent to take over full command of the military operation.
01:18:27I shall go with you. I have to deliver Nisa to my king.
01:18:29That's agreed. You, Agnius, are to follow my orders now.
01:18:33Very well. What do you intend doing?
01:18:36I intend to comb the neighborhood with constant patrols...
01:18:38...and I'll force those rebellious slaves to surrender.
01:18:41Then I shall punish them without mercy to set an example.
01:18:44How soon can you muster your soldiers?
01:18:46I'll see to it immediately.
01:18:47Please come inside.
01:18:56Here's the water.
01:18:57And you'll need it too. There aren't any springs in the forest.
01:19:00Oh, but when are you going to bring us wine again, Aglai?
01:19:03Water makes tadpoles grow in your belly.
01:19:05You should be thankful you have something to drink at least.
01:19:11Pretty soon I'll have to bow to you as a patrician Roman lady.
01:19:15Until Valerius has returned, I don't dare hope for any...
01:19:17Oh, he'll be back. Rest assured of that.
01:19:21There are better times ahead for us too, Marcus.
01:19:24Good girl, Aglai. You have a good heart.
01:19:30Keep Nisa company and cheer her up, will you?
01:19:34Let's go.
01:19:38Good hunting.
01:19:39Hey, watch out for wolves now.
01:19:41Aren't you coming with us, Popilius?
01:19:43Oh, no. I always go hunting all by myself.
01:20:05Now, here is where we'll separate.
01:20:07We must search closely everywhere.
01:20:09You, Agnus. Take your men through the valley.
01:20:12I'll follow along the riverside.
01:20:15You will enter the forest with your cavalry only.
01:20:17The infantry is to be left at the edge of the forest.
01:20:20Very well.
01:20:22I'll go with Agnus.
01:20:23Yes. You come with me.
01:20:33Wonderful!
01:20:34See what a good hunter I am?
01:20:35Oh, yes, I should say so.
01:20:36Much less work and more to show for it too.
01:20:38But it's sweet, isn't it?
01:20:39Oh, yes, indeed. It's delicious.
01:20:40Poor little fellow. It breaks my heart.
01:20:42Why, there's nothing to be sorry for.
01:20:44You say we let him go, eh?
01:20:45Have you lost your mind with all of us practically famished?
01:20:48Look at me!
01:20:49Let's let him run away.
01:20:50What do you mean? You love it.
01:20:51Just wait till I've roasted him on a spit, then you'll see.
01:20:53On a spit?
01:20:54Yes.
01:20:55What do you mean, on a spit?
01:20:56Now, come on. Give him to me. Come on.
01:20:57Halt.
01:21:01Infantry column to the right.
01:21:04March.
01:21:08Cavalry, follow me.
01:21:39We did it.
01:21:50Halt.
01:21:52You two keep along the left bank of the river.
01:21:53The rest, follow me.
01:22:02Looks to me like they've forgotten us.
01:22:03I'm not so sure about that.
01:22:05There's no cause to worry.
01:22:06Look, the questor Arneus hasn't even bothered to try to catch us.
01:22:10Maybe he's waiting for the winter weather to drive us down into the lowlands.
01:22:14I hope you're right, Aglai.
01:22:16Oh, I wish I could bathe in warm milk like they do in Rome.
01:22:20Wouldn't it be divine?
01:22:23Aglai, you should be grateful for this clean running water to wash yourself in.
01:22:27And for not having welts on your back from being whipped, too.
01:22:30Today, I'm pretending to be a real patrician lady.
01:22:35Nysa. Nysa, the soldiers are here.
01:22:52Tell me where the other soldiers are.
01:22:54I'll tell you where they are.
01:22:55I'll tell you where they are.
01:22:56I'll tell you where they are.
01:22:58Tell me where the others are hiding, or I'll have a lot of you killed.
01:23:04Round up those women before they get away.
01:23:27Well, did you find anything?
01:23:28No.
01:23:32I wonder where they can be hiding.
01:23:34We must capture those slaves.
01:23:35Rufus may be a great general, but I don't see the necessity of using so many men to hunt a handful of slaves.
01:23:41It's not Spartacus and his army that we need such complicated maneuvers.
01:23:45What would you have done instead?
01:23:46I'd have waited until Hungary and the Romans were here.
01:23:49I'd have waited until the Romans were here.
01:23:51I'd have waited until the Romans were here.
01:23:53I'd have waited until the Romans were here.
01:23:55I'd have waited until the Romans were here.
01:23:57One of your men, in cold, drove them out of the forest.
01:24:06March the prisoners away!
01:24:27Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
01:24:57I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I
01:25:27I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I
01:25:57We'll attack the Romans even if they do outnumber us.
01:25:59And for the others in the caves.
01:26:00It'll still be too few to beat them.
01:26:02I'm not eager to die.
01:26:05But I won't abandon our friends.
01:26:07Whoever wants to keep the freedom I gave him can stay behind.
01:26:11I'm going.
01:26:13Come on, let's go.
01:26:17The majority of the fugitives have been recaptured.
01:26:19There are very few left and we'll get them soon.
01:26:21That won't be easy.
01:26:22They still haven't captured Marcus and he's the worst of all.
01:26:25We'll capture him too, don't worry.
01:26:31Bring them down.
01:26:32Don't let one get away.
01:26:55You'll pay for it, huh?
01:27:25Now you'll pay for the murder of my king!
01:27:55Put him in chains, and take him along with the other prisoners!
01:28:14Come forward!
01:28:15Oh!
01:28:16He's as big as Hercules!
01:28:20And handsome, too!
01:28:21Just a mass of muscles!
01:28:22The slave girl's attractive.
01:28:25So the sheep have come back to the fold, eh?
01:28:29Little Nisa doesn't look so pleased with herself.
01:28:31Where is your handsome Valerius, my dear?
01:28:35I run away slave and confessed Christian.
01:28:38One death is not enough to punish both crimes.
01:28:42Your patrician lover will come to the same end.
01:28:45How often I've repented having saved your life that time.
01:28:49But now I will be splendidly entertained watching you die like a bull in the slaughterhouse.
01:28:57Why don't you call upon your miracle-working God to free you?
01:29:00Someone told me that an old Christian during the night invoked this God of his and went
01:29:05flying head over heels.
01:29:10Invoke your God, why don't you?
01:29:12Let's see you fly if you can.
01:29:14Show us this fantastic magic of the Christian traitors.
01:29:18Our summary punishment will serve as an example.
01:29:21Take them away!
01:29:31When are we going to see these famous dancing girls?
01:29:35I promised you a magnificent spectacle, but it's something much more exciting than dancing
01:29:39girls.
01:29:40Some jugglers, then, or the gladiators that you have no more.
01:29:44There could be even more rare and far more exciting.
01:29:48The Christians.
01:29:49Worthy of a poet.
01:29:50They say that they die singing songs.
01:29:56A centurion wishes to speak with you at once.
01:29:58Not now.
01:29:59They believe in their resurrection.
01:30:04Viteas Rufus.
01:30:05What do you want?
01:30:07The Emperor Caracalla was killed yesterday in a palace revolution.
01:30:12And who has been proclaimed the new emperor?
01:30:14The legions, the senate, the people are claiming various names, including your own, but nothing
01:30:19is decided so far.
01:30:20But very soon the senate will establish who is to be the legitimate successor.
01:30:23I will accompany you with my legion.
01:30:26We mustn't miss the spectacle of the Christians and the slaves' death.
01:30:29We will leave immediately afterwards.
01:30:30I pray that the gods grant you the robe of imperial power.
01:30:32You won't go and forget your old friend, Caesar?
01:30:34Let us drink to the health and fortune of our dearest friend, Viteas Rufus.
01:30:39I offer the sacrifice of those rebels to the father of the gods, that he may protect my
01:30:43interests.
01:30:44Glory to Rufus!
01:30:45Glory to Rufus!
01:30:47...and prisoner and hauled to Mintonus in chains.
01:30:53They wounded and captured even Marcus.
01:30:55We all fought as hard as we were able, but the Romans outnumbered us, ten to one.
01:31:00Don't think that any of us ran away.
01:31:01Look, nearly all of us were killed or wounded.
01:31:04It's not enough to be brave against such overwhelming odds, believe me, Valerius.
01:31:08However, we managed to get away with a few of their horses.
01:31:11The gods are truly pitiless to me.
01:31:14I had found a ship to take us to safety in Iberia.
01:31:17Why can't I escape this curse that haunts me with misfortune?
01:31:21Why can't I?
01:31:22Look there, Valerius.
01:31:23Here comes a slave who belongs to Agnus.
01:31:33I've run away from the villa to warn you.
01:31:35Today there is a great feast in honor of Viteas Rufus who is going to Rome.
01:31:38As a spectacle worthy of such an important guest, they're going to crucify the Christians
01:31:43and all the runaway slaves.
01:31:44While we stand here talking, they may be dying.
01:31:46Oh, my God.
01:31:47Oh, my dear God.
01:31:48Oh, have mercy.
01:31:49I beg you.
01:31:50Have mercy.
01:31:51I beg you.
01:31:52Marcus, I don't want either of us to die.
01:31:53I want us to live.
01:31:54I want us to live.
01:31:55I want us to live.
01:31:56I want us to live.
01:31:57I want us to live.
01:31:58I want us to live.
01:31:59I want us to live.
01:32:00I want us to live.
01:32:01I want us to live.
01:32:02I want us to live.
01:32:03I want us to live.
01:32:04I want us to live.
01:32:05I want us to live.
01:32:06I want us to live.
01:32:07I want us to live.
01:32:08I want us to live.
01:32:09I want us to live.
01:32:10I want us to live.
01:32:11I want us to live.
01:32:12Marcus.
01:32:13You must try to be brave, Aglaya.
01:32:14Oh, dear God.
01:32:15Lord, please give us strength.
01:32:16O Lord.
01:32:17O Lord.
01:32:18O Lord.
01:32:19O Lord.
01:32:20O Lord.
01:32:21So, you're dying.
01:32:22I don't want to die.
01:32:56I must admit that this is much more entertaining than the usual dancing.
01:33:20There should really be a long line of them stretching to Rome to remind them of Spartacus.
01:33:24I think you would miss least of all some musicians, so that you wouldn't have to listen to their screams.
01:33:28Ha! If you'd ever been a soldier, you wouldn't be so sensitive to a few little moans.
01:33:33Why don't you prove your strength to us now? Tear yourself loose from there! Come down!
01:33:39Show what you can do!
01:33:42Be brave, Oglia.
01:33:45I'll try. The woman you love should show herself worthy of you.
01:33:51What a pity your beloved Valerius isn't here to admire you now.
01:33:54Well, my little princess, you've finally ascended your rightful throne, huh?
01:34:00Oh, Lord, forgive us our sins.
01:34:04Oh, no!
01:34:19The lady!
01:34:21The lady!
01:34:26Guards! Come with me!
01:34:57Guards!
01:35:11Guards!
01:35:26Guards!
01:35:56Guards!
01:36:12Guards!
01:36:26Guards!
01:36:43Guards! These are the orders of Marcius Superius Macrinus, the new emperor!
01:36:57Macrinus, I thank you for having saved the lives of my friends. We shall always be grateful to you.
01:37:05To have saved the life of the son of my old friend Valerius the Elder is my first joyful achievement as emperor.
01:37:11But how did all this occur?
01:37:13Lettrist Rufus condemned these innocent people to die on the cross.
01:37:17I tried to rescue them, but if you had not arrived on time, all of us would have been slaughtered.
01:37:22You will see justice done, Valerius.
01:37:24You will have the honors due a patrician of Rome and the property that you inherited.
01:37:29Why, that man is Marcus!
01:37:31Yes.
01:37:33You are the slave that once saved my life.
01:37:37I, the emperor of Rome, owe you an enormous debt of gratitude.
01:37:41I saved the life of a man without thinking if he were a king or a slave.
01:37:47Take this man down from the cross and all the other slaves.
01:37:52I want my reign as emperor to begin with this act of clemency.
01:38:06Hail, Caesar.
01:38:18See that full honors are rendered to Agnus and that he is buried as befits a patrician.
01:38:39Aglaea has consented to be my wife.
01:38:42She can't find words to thank you.
01:38:44From this moment, you are both free.
01:38:47Thank you, Caesar.
01:38:48And with Valerius and Nysa, you will join my suite in Rome.
01:38:52At my court, you'll find it easy to forget these terrible trials and start a happy and prosperous life.
01:39:05I hereby declare you all free citizens of Rome.
01:39:09Hail, Caesar.
01:39:11Hail, Caesar.
01:39:41Hail, Caesar.