ÿþ<SAMI> <HEAD> <HEAD> <TITLE></TITLE> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> <!-- P { margin-left:8pt; margin-right:8pt; margin-bottom:2pt; margin-top:2pt; text-align:center; font-size:20pt; font-family:arial, sans-serif; font-weight:normal; color:white; } .ENCC { Name:English; lang:en-US; SAMIType:CC;} #STDPrn { Name:Standard Print;} #LargePrn { Name:Large Print; font-size:25pt;} #SmallPrn { Name:Small Print; font-size:15pt;} --> </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <SYNC Start=196614><P Class=ENCC> - Sir.<br>- General. <SYNC Start=199950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=200034><P Class=ENCC> - General.<br>- Sir. <SYNC Start=202328><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=202411><P Class=ENCC> General. <SYNC Start=204580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=204622><P Class=ENCC> -Sir.<br>- General. <SYNC Start=206707><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=206791><P Class=ENCC> General. <SYNC Start=208376><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=208459><P Class=ENCC> - Sir. <SYNC Start=211045><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=226268><P Class=ENCC> Lean and hungry. <SYNC Start=228479><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=231023><P Class=ENCC> - Still nothing?<br>- Not a sign. <SYNC Start=233901><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=233984><P Class=ENCC> - How long has he been gone?<br>- Nearly two hours. <SYNC Start=236862><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=239824><P Class=ENCC> - Will they fight, sir?<br>- We shall know soon enough. <SYNC Start=242868><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=242952><P Class=ENCC> Soldier, I ordered you<br>to move those catapults forward. <SYNC Start=245579><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=245663><P Class=ENCC> - They're out of range.<br>- Range is good. <SYNC Start=249166><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=249250><P Class=ENCC> - The danger to the cavalry-<br>- It is acceptable. Agreed? <SYNC Start=252712><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=262096><P Class=ENCC> They say no. <SYNC Start=264056><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=273149><P Class=ENCC> - Steady! Steady! <SYNC Start=275609><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=289749><P Class=ENCC> People should know<br>when they're conquered. <SYNC Start=291834><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=302928><P Class=ENCC> Would you, Quintus?<br>Would l? <SYNC Start=306849><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=321947><P Class=ENCC> Strength and honor. <SYNC Start=324200><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=324283><P Class=ENCC> - Strength and honor.<br>- Strength and honor. <SYNC Start=326827><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=332041><P Class=ENCC> At my signal,<br>unleash hell. <SYNC Start=334960><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=357775><P Class=ENCC> Load the catapults. <SYNC Start=361070><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=361153><P Class=ENCC> Infantry form up<br>for advance. <SYNC Start=363572><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=363656><P Class=ENCC> - Archers ready.<br>- Archers! <SYNC Start=366033><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=366117><P Class=ENCC> - Knock!<br>- Knock! <SYNC Start=367910><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=391600><P Class=ENCC> - Patres!<br>- Maximus! <SYNC Start=394895><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=396522><P Class=ENCC> Three weeks from now,<br>I will be harvesting my crops. <SYNC Start=400192><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=400276><P Class=ENCC> Imagine where you will be,<br>and it will be so. <SYNC Start=404739><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=405823><P Class=ENCC> Hold the line!<br>Stay with me! <SYNC Start=409035><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=409118><P Class=ENCC> If you find yourself alone, <SYNC Start=411829><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=411912><P Class=ENCC> riding in green fields<br>with the sun on your face, <SYNC Start=414540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=416167><P Class=ENCC> do not be troubled. <SYNC Start=419045><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=419086><P Class=ENCC> For you are in Elysium,<br>and you're already dead! <SYNC Start=422757><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=425092><P Class=ENCC> Brothers, <SYNC Start=426761><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=427928><P Class=ENCC> what we do in life... <SYNC Start=430806><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=430890><P Class=ENCC> echoes in eternity. <SYNC Start=432850><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=439774><P Class=ENCC> - Pull! <SYNC Start=442109><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=449950><P Class=ENCC> Pull! Pull! <SYNC Start=452828><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=457750><P Class=ENCC> Catapults ready, sir! <SYNC Start=459794><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=470721><P Class=ENCC> Archers, ignite! <SYNC Start=473015><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=473099><P Class=ENCC> - Ignite!<br>- Ignite! <SYNC Start=475685><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=481440><P Class=ENCC> Archers, draw! <SYNC Start=484151><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=486904><P Class=ENCC> Loose! <SYNC Start=488864><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=490449><P Class=ENCC> Loose! <SYNC Start=493035><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=500292><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=502253><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=502294><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=504422><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=509927><P Class=ENCC> - Aah!<br>- Aah! <SYNC Start=512388><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=518102><P Class=ENCC> All right, men, ready! <SYNC Start=521105><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=525609><P Class=ENCC> Hold the line! <SYNC Start=528029><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=533701><P Class=ENCC> Draw! Loose! <SYNC Start=536328><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=536412><P Class=ENCC> Loose! Loose! <SYNC Start=538581><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=538664><P Class=ENCC> Reload! <SYNC Start=540583><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=544879><P Class=ENCC> Hold the line! <SYNC Start=547131><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=547214><P Class=ENCC> Draw! Loose! <SYNC Start=549508><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=552178><P Class=ENCC> Stay with me! <SYNC Start=554889><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=558726><P Class=ENCC> Stay with me! <SYNC Start=561520><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=589298><P Class=ENCC> Roma Victor! <SYNC Start=592218><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=608859><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=610695><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=620162><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=622581><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=636262><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=638556><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=644020><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=646355><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=648274><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=650568><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=667501><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=669545><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=674675><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=677636><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=704330><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=706248><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=745371><P Class=ENCC> Roma Victor! <SYNC Start=747373><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=789415><P Class=ENCC> Do you think<br>he's really dying? <SYNC Start=792043><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=793085><P Class=ENCC> He's been dying<br>for ten years. <SYNC Start=795087><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=795171><P Class=ENCC> If he weren't really dying,<br>he wouldn't have sent for us. <SYNC Start=798382><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=799592><P Class=ENCC> Maybe he just<br>misses us. <SYNC Start=801635><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=801719><P Class=ENCC> And the senators?<br>He wouldn't have summoned them if- <SYNC Start=804472><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=804555><P Class=ENCC> Peace, Commodus. <SYNC Start=806474><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=806557><P Class=ENCC> After two weeks on the road, your<br>incessant scheming is hurting my head. <SYNC Start=810144><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=816484><P Class=ENCC> He's made<br>his decision. <SYNC Start=818486><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=818569><P Class=ENCC> He's going to announce it. <SYNC Start=820988><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=824158><P Class=ENCC> He will name me. <SYNC Start=826077><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=828829><P Class=ENCC> The first thing I shall do... <SYNC Start=831665><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=831749><P Class=ENCC> when- <SYNC Start=833668><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=835461><P Class=ENCC> is honor him with games<br>worthy of His Majesty. <SYNC Start=839131><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=839173><P Class=ENCC> For now, the first thing<br>I shall do is have a bath. <SYNC Start=843636><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=843719><P Class=ENCC> - Your Highness? <SYNC Start=847098><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=849266><P Class=ENCC> We seem to be almost there, sir. <SYNC Start=852436><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=858234><P Class=ENCC> - Sire.<br>- Where's the Emperor? <SYNC Start=861153><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=861237><P Class=ENCC> He's at the front, sire.<br>They've been gone for 1 9 days. <SYNC Start=864365><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=864407><P Class=ENCC> The wounded are<br>still coming in. <SYNC Start=867201><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=867243><P Class=ENCC> My horse. <SYNC Start=869203><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=869245><P Class=ENCC> Mylord. <SYNC Start=871205><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=873874><P Class=ENCC> Kiss? <SYNC Start=876293><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=910619><P Class=ENCC> You have proved<br>your valor... <SYNC Start=912538><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=912621><P Class=ENCC> yet again, Maximus. <SYNC Start=915750><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=917043><P Class=ENCC> Let us hope<br>for the last time. <SYNC Start=919795><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=919879><P Class=ENCC> There's no one<br>left to fight, sire. <SYNC Start=922673><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=922757><P Class=ENCC> Ah. There is always<br>someone left to fight. <SYNC Start=925217><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=925301><P Class=ENCC> How can I reward<br>Rome's greatest general? <SYNC Start=928220><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=933642><P Class=ENCC> Let me go home. <SYNC Start=936228><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=936312><P Class=ENCC> Ah. Home. <SYNC Start=938981><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=945488><P Class=ENCC> Whoa! Whoa! <SYNC Start=947406><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=957166><P Class=ENCC> They honor you, Caesar. <SYNC Start=959293><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=959377><P Class=ENCC> It's for you, Maximus.<br>They honor you. <SYNC Start=962296><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=984902><P Class=ENCC> Have I missed it?<br>Have I missed the battle? <SYNC Start=987863><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=987905><P Class=ENCC> You have<br>missed the war. <SYNC Start=990616><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=990700><P Class=ENCC> Father, congratulations. <SYNC Start=993035><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=993119><P Class=ENCC> I shall sacrifice a hundred bulls<br>to honor your triumph. <SYNC Start=996038><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=996122><P Class=ENCC> Save the bulls. <SYNC Start=998124><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=998207><P Class=ENCC> Honor Maximus.<br>He won the battle. <SYNC Start=1000376><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1000459><P Class=ENCC> - General.<br>- Highness. <SYNC Start=1003462><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1003546><P Class=ENCC> Rome salutes you,<br>and I embrace you as a brother. <SYNC Start=1007842><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1007883><P Class=ENCC> It has been too long,<br>my old friend. <SYNC Start=1010177><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1010219><P Class=ENCC> - Highness.<br>- Here, Father. <SYNC Start=1012346><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1012388><P Class=ENCC> Take my arm. <SYNC Start=1014724><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1015891><P Class=ENCC> I think it is time<br>for me to leave. <SYNC Start=1018811><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1033576><P Class=ENCC> So much for<br>the glory of Rome. <SYNC Start=1036996><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1057808><P Class=ENCC> Magnificent battle. <SYNC Start=1059727><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1083209><P Class=ENCC> - General.<br>- Still alive? <SYNC Start=1085169><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1085211><P Class=ENCC> -Still alive.<br>- The gods must have a sense of humor. <SYNC Start=1088255><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1088339><P Class=ENCC> - The gods must love you.<br>- Valerius. <SYNC Start=1091008><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1091092><P Class=ENCC> Back to barracks, General?<br>Or to Rome? <SYNC Start=1093636><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1093719><P Class=ENCC> Home. My wife,<br>the son, the harvest. <SYNC Start=1096806><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1096889><P Class=ENCC> Maximus the farmer.<br>I still have difficulty imagining that. <SYNC Start=1101018><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1101102><P Class=ENCC> You know, dirt cleans off a lot<br>easier than blood, Quintus. <SYNC Start=1104730><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1104814><P Class=ENCC> - Here he is.<br>- Highness. <SYNC Start=1106982><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1107066><P Class=ENCC> Senator Gaius,<br>Senator Falco. <SYNC Start=1108943><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1109026><P Class=ENCC> Beware of Gaius. He'll pour a honeyed<br>potion in your ear... <SYNC Start=1112446><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1112488><P Class=ENCC> and you'll wake up one day,<br>and all you'll say is,<br>" Republic, republic, republic." <SYNC Start=1115282><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1115366><P Class=ENCC> Well, why not?<br>Rome was founded as a republic. <SYNC Start=1118452><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1118536><P Class=ENCC> Yes, and in a republic<br>the senate has the power. <SYNC Start=1121372><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1121455><P Class=ENCC> But Senator Gaius isn't<br>influenced by that, of course. <SYNC Start=1123874><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1123958><P Class=ENCC> Where do you stand, General?<br>Emperor or senate? <SYNC Start=1126627><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1126669><P Class=ENCC> The soldier has the advantage<br>of being able to look<br>his enemy in the eye, Senator. <SYNC Start=1131966><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1132008><P Class=ENCC> Well, with an army behind you,<br>you could be extremely political. <SYNC Start=1136053><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1136137><P Class=ENCC> I warned you.<br>Now I shall save you. Senators. <SYNC Start=1139015><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1148190><P Class=ENCC> Maximus. <SYNC Start=1151152><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1151193><P Class=ENCC> I'm going to need<br>good men like you. <SYNC Start=1154071><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1155781><P Class=ENCC> How may I be of service,<br>Highness? <SYNC Start=1158659><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1158743><P Class=ENCC> You're a man who knows<br>what it is to command. <SYNC Start=1161620><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1161704><P Class=ENCC> You give your orders, the orders<br>are obeyed and the battle is won. <SYNC Start=1165166><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1165249><P Class=ENCC> But these senators scheme<br>and squabble and flatter and deceive. <SYNC Start=1169879><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1169920><P Class=ENCC> Maximus, we must save Rome<br>from the politicians, my friend. <SYNC Start=1173424><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1173507><P Class=ENCC> Can I count on you...<br>when the time comes? <SYNC Start=1177053><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1182767><P Class=ENCC> Highness, when your father releases me,<br>I intend to return home. <SYNC Start=1186103><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1186187><P Class=ENCC> Home?<br>Well, no one's earned it more. <SYNC Start=1190316><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1190399><P Class=ENCC> Don't get too comfortable.<br>I may call on you before long. <SYNC Start=1194403><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1196155><P Class=ENCC> Lucilla's here.<br>Did you know? <SYNC Start=1199283><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1199367><P Class=ENCC> She's not forgotten you. <SYNC Start=1202244><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1202328><P Class=ENCC> And now you're<br>the great man. <SYNC Start=1204580><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1216759><P Class=ENCC> If only you<br>had been born a man. <SYNC Start=1219637><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1220680><P Class=ENCC> What a caesar<br>you would have made. <SYNC Start=1222682><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1224684><P Class=ENCC> Father. <SYNC Start=1226644><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1232066><P Class=ENCC> You would have<br>been strong. <SYNC Start=1234026><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1234110><P Class=ENCC> I wonder,<br>would you have been just? <SYNC Start=1237196><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1237279><P Class=ENCC> I would have been<br>what you taught me to be. <SYNC Start=1239907><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1239990><P Class=ENCC> Oh. <SYNC Start=1242410><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1242493><P Class=ENCC> How was your journey? <SYNC Start=1244412><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1244495><P Class=ENCC> Long. Uncomfortable.<br>Why have I come? <SYNC Start=1248749><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1248791><P Class=ENCC> I need your help.<br>With your brother. <SYNC Start=1251335><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1251419><P Class=ENCC> Of course. <SYNC Start=1253546><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1253587><P Class=ENCC> He loves you.<br>He always has. <SYNC Start=1255548><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1256757><P Class=ENCC> And... <SYNC Start=1259719><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1259760><P Class=ENCC> he will need you now<br>more than ever. <SYNC Start=1263222><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1267601><P Class=ENCC> Enough of politics. <SYNC Start=1269854><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1269937><P Class=ENCC> Let us pretend that you<br>are a loving daughter... <SYNC Start=1274275><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1274316><P Class=ENCC> and I am a good father. <SYNC Start=1276360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1281657><P Class=ENCC> This is a pleasant fiction,<br>isn't it? <SYNC Start=1285202><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1297423><P Class=ENCC> Good morning. <SYNC Start=1299467><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1311729><P Class=ENCC> I need three more horses. <SYNC Start=1314690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1324367><P Class=ENCC> Two! Three! <SYNC Start=1326702><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1326744><P Class=ENCC> Four! <SYNC Start=1328746><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1328788><P Class=ENCC> One! Two! <SYNC Start=1331457><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1347139><P Class=ENCC> You sent for me, Caesar? <SYNC Start=1350017><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1352395><P Class=ENCC> Caesar? <SYNC Start=1354313><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1354397><P Class=ENCC> Tell me again, Maximus. <SYNC Start=1357817><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1357900><P Class=ENCC> Why are we here? <SYNC Start=1360820><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1360861><P Class=ENCC> For the glory<br>of the Empire, sire. <SYNC Start=1363823><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1363864><P Class=ENCC> Ah, yes. <SYNC Start=1365825><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1366909><P Class=ENCC> Ah, yes, I remember. <SYNC Start=1369328><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1371706><P Class=ENCC> Do you see that map,<br>Maximus? <SYNC Start=1374333><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1374375><P Class=ENCC> That is the world<br>which I created. <SYNC Start=1378504><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1378546><P Class=ENCC> For25years... <SYNC Start=1380881><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1380965><P Class=ENCC> I have conquered, spilt blood,<br>expanded the Empire. <SYNC Start=1385761><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1385845><P Class=ENCC> Since I became caesar,<br>I've known four years without war. <SYNC Start=1389807><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1389890><P Class=ENCC> Four years of peace in 20. <SYNC Start=1392184><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1392226><P Class=ENCC> And for what? <SYNC Start=1395021><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1401569><P Class=ENCC> I brought the sword.<br>Nothing more. <SYNC Start=1405114><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1405197><P Class=ENCC> Caesar, your life- <SYNC Start=1407867><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1407950><P Class=ENCC> Please.<br>Please don't call me that. <SYNC Start=1411037><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1411120><P Class=ENCC> Come. Please. <SYNC Start=1413873><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1413956><P Class=ENCC> Come sit. <SYNC Start=1416125><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1416208><P Class=ENCC> Let us talk together now- <SYNC Start=1419420><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1419503><P Class=ENCC> very simply-as men. <SYNC Start=1421797><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1423466><P Class=ENCC> Maximus... talk. <SYNC Start=1427136><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1430848><P Class=ENCC> Five thousand of my men<br>are out there in the freezing mud. <SYNC Start=1433642><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1433726><P Class=ENCC> Three thousand of them<br>are bloodied and cleaved. <SYNC Start=1436145><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1436228><P Class=ENCC> Two thousand will never<br>leave this place. <SYNC Start=1438314><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1438397><P Class=ENCC> I will not believe that they<br>fought and died for nothing. <SYNC Start=1440858><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1440900><P Class=ENCC> And what would you<br>believe, Maximus? <SYNC Start=1442860><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1442902><P Class=ENCC> They fought for you...<br>and for Rome. <SYNC Start=1446155><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1446238><P Class=ENCC> And what is Rome,<br>Maximus? <SYNC Start=1449116><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1450201><P Class=ENCC> I've seen much of<br>the rest of the world. <SYNC Start=1452661><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1452703><P Class=ENCC> It is brutal and cruel and dark.<br>Rome is the light. <SYNC Start=1456665><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1456749><P Class=ENCC> Yet you have<br>never been there. <SYNC Start=1458793><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1458876><P Class=ENCC> You have not seen<br>what it has become. <SYNC Start=1461295><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1461379><P Class=ENCC> I am dying, Maximus. <SYNC Start=1464423><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1464507><P Class=ENCC> When a man sees his end, <SYNC Start=1466425><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1466509><P Class=ENCC> he wants to know there was<br>some purpose this life. <SYNC Start=1470012><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1470096><P Class=ENCC> How will the world speak my name<br>in years to come? <SYNC Start=1473724><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1473808><P Class=ENCC> Will I be known<br>as the philosopher? <SYNC Start=1476143><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1476227><P Class=ENCC> The warrior?<br>The tyrant? <SYNC Start=1479480><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1480940><P Class=ENCC> Or will I be the emperor who<br>gave Rome back her true self? <SYNC Start=1485569><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1486612><P Class=ENCC> There was once a dream<br>that was Rome. <SYNC Start=1488739><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1488781><P Class=ENCC> You could only<br>whisper it. <SYNC Start=1491867><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1491951><P Class=ENCC> Anything more than a whisper<br>and it would vanish. <SYNC Start=1494954><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1495037><P Class=ENCC> It was so fragile. <SYNC Start=1497206><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1497289><P Class=ENCC> And I fear that it will not<br>survive the winter. <SYNC Start=1500960><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1502503><P Class=ENCC> Maximus, <SYNC Start=1504797><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1504880><P Class=ENCC> Let us whisper now, <SYNC Start=1507800><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1507883><P Class=ENCC> together, you and l. <SYNC Start=1510136><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1510219><P Class=ENCC> You have a son. <SYNC Start=1512888><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1512972><P Class=ENCC> Tell me about your home. <SYNC Start=1515725><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1521689><P Class=ENCC> My house is in the hills above Tiujillo.<br>A very simple place. <SYNC Start=1526569><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1528070><P Class=ENCC> Pinkstones<br>that warm in the sun. <SYNC Start=1531032><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1531115><P Class=ENCC> A kitchen garden that<br>smells of herbs in the day, <SYNC Start=1535119><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1535202><P Class=ENCC> jasmine in the evening. <SYNC Start=1537121><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1538748><P Class=ENCC> Through the gate<br>is a giant poplar. <SYNC Start=1541709><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1541792><P Class=ENCC> Figs, apples, pears. <SYNC Start=1544628><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1544712><P Class=ENCC> The soil, Marcus-<br>black. <SYNC Start=1546630><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1546714><P Class=ENCC> - Black like my wife's hair. <SYNC Start=1549550><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1549592><P Class=ENCC> Grapes on the south slopes,<br>olives on the north. <SYNC Start=1551886><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1551927><P Class=ENCC> Wild ponies play near my house.<br>They tease my son. <SYNC Start=1554555><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1554597><P Class=ENCC> - He wants to be one of them.<br>- Remember the last time you were home? <SYNC Start=1557475><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1557558><P Class=ENCC> Two years, 264 days,<br>and this morning. <SYNC Start=1560936><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1562396><P Class=ENCC> I envy you, Maximus. <SYNC Start=1564774><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1564857><P Class=ENCC> It's a good home.<br>Worth fighting for. <SYNC Start=1568569><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1570696><P Class=ENCC> There is one more duty... <SYNC Start=1574617><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1574658><P Class=ENCC> that I ask of you<br>before you go home. <SYNC Start=1577953><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1579330><P Class=ENCC> What would you<br>have me do, Caesar? <SYNC Start=1581582><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1581665><P Class=ENCC> I want you to become<br>the protector of Rome after I die. <SYNC Start=1585086><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1586462><P Class=ENCC> I will empower you<br>to one end alone. <SYNC Start=1589465><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1589507><P Class=ENCC> To give power back<br>to the people of Rome... <SYNC Start=1593803><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1593844><P Class=ENCC> and end the corruption<br>that has crippled it. <SYNC Start=1597014><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1603145><P Class=ENCC> Will you accept this great honor<br>that I have offered you? <SYNC Start=1606524><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1608317><P Class=ENCC> With all my heart, no. <SYNC Start=1611320><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1612613><P Class=ENCC> Maximus, <SYNC Start=1614907><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1614990><P Class=ENCC> that is why<br>it must be you. <SYNC Start=1617910><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1617952><P Class=ENCC> But surely a prefect,<br>a senator, <SYNC Start=1619912><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1619954><P Class=ENCC> somebody who knows the city,<br>who understands her politics. <SYNC Start=1622832><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1622915><P Class=ENCC> But you have not been<br>corrupted by her politics. <SYNC Start=1625876><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1630923><P Class=ENCC> - And Commodus?<br>- Commodus is not a moral man. <SYNC Start=1635177><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1635261><P Class=ENCC> You have known that<br>since you were young. <SYNC Start=1637513><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1637596><P Class=ENCC> Commodus cannot rule. <SYNC Start=1640182><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1640266><P Class=ENCC> He must not rule. <SYNC Start=1642518><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1643894><P Class=ENCC> You are the son<br>that I should have had. <SYNC Start=1646605><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1649316><P Class=ENCC> Commodus will accept<br>my decision. <SYNC Start=1652778><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1654655><P Class=ENCC> He knows that you command<br>the loyalty of the army. <SYNC Start=1659326><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1662955><P Class=ENCC> I- I need<br>some time, sire. <SYNC Start=1666042><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1666125><P Class=ENCC> Yes. <SYNC Start=1668044><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1668127><P Class=ENCC> By sunset,<br>I hope you will have agreed. <SYNC Start=1672131><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1672214><P Class=ENCC> Now embrace me as my son. <SYNC Start=1675176><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1677887><P Class=ENCC> And bring an old man<br>another blanket. <SYNC Start=1680598><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1696322><P Class=ENCC> - My father favors you now.<br>- My lady. <SYNC Start=1698741><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1698824><P Class=ENCC> It was not always so. <SYNC Start=1701160><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1701243><P Class=ENCC> Many things change. <SYNC Start=1703454><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1703537><P Class=ENCC> Many things.<br>Not everything. <SYNC Start=1706332><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1709085><P Class=ENCC> Maximus, stop. <SYNC Start=1711087><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1714465><P Class=ENCC> Let me see your face. <SYNC Start=1717426><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1717468><P Class=ENCC> Hmm. You seem upset. <SYNC Start=1720262><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1720346><P Class=ENCC> I lost many men. <SYNC Start=1722473><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1722556><P Class=ENCC> What did my father<br>want with you? <SYNC Start=1725393><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1725476><P Class=ENCC> To wish me well<br>before I leave for home. <SYNC Start=1728979><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1729063><P Class=ENCC> You're lying. <SYNC Start=1731107><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1731190><P Class=ENCC> I could always tell when you were lying<br>because you were never any good at it. <SYNC Start=1734694><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1734777><P Class=ENCC> - I never acquired your comfort with it.<br>- True. <SYNC Start=1737279><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1737363><P Class=ENCC> But then you never had to. <SYNC Start=1739949><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1740032><P Class=ENCC> Life is more simple<br>for a soldier. <SYNC Start=1742743><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1744578><P Class=ENCC> Or do you<br>think me heartless? <SYNC Start=1747832><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1747873><P Class=ENCC> I think you have<br>a talent for survival. <SYNC Start=1750876><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1756590><P Class=ENCC> Maximus, stop. <SYNC Start=1759635><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1759719><P Class=ENCC> Is it really so terrible<br>seeing me again? <SYNC Start=1762555><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1762638><P Class=ENCC> No. I'm tired<br>from battle. <SYNC Start=1766350><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1766434><P Class=ENCC> It hurts you to see<br>my father so fragile. <SYNC Start=1769228><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1772398><P Class=ENCC> Commodus expects that my father will<br>announce his succession within days. <SYNC Start=1776027><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1777945><P Class=ENCC> Will you serve my brother<br>as you served his father? <SYNC Start=1781407><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1783492><P Class=ENCC> I will always serve Rome. <SYNC Start=1785995><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1787496><P Class=ENCC> Do you know, <SYNC Start=1789457><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1789498><P Class=ENCC> I still remember you<br>in my prayers. <SYNC Start=1792001><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1793085><P Class=ENCC> Oh, yes. I pray. <SYNC Start=1796964><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1800509><P Class=ENCC> I was sad to hear<br>of your husband's death. I mourned him. <SYNC Start=1803471><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1805681><P Class=ENCC> - Thank you.<br>- And I hear you have a son. <SYNC Start=1808517><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1810227><P Class=ENCC> Yes. Lucius. <SYNC Start=1813647><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1813689><P Class=ENCC> He'll be nearly<br>eight years old. <SYNC Start=1815983><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1816025><P Class=ENCC> My son is also<br>nearly eight. <SYNC Start=1818611><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1821238><P Class=ENCC> I thank you<br>for your prayers. <SYNC Start=1823366><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1831290><P Class=ENCC> Ancestors, I ask for your guidance. <SYNC Start=1835127><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1835211><P Class=ENCC> Blessed mother, come tome<br>with the gods' desire for my future. <SYNC Start=1839715><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1839799><P Class=ENCC> Blessed father, watch over<br>my wife and son with a ready sword. <SYNC Start=1843594><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1845346><P Class=ENCC> Whisper to them I live<br>only to hold them again. <SYNC Start=1849225><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1849266><P Class=ENCC> Ancestors, I honor you... <SYNC Start=1852645><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1852728><P Class=ENCC> and will try to live with<br>the dignity you have taught me. <SYNC Start=1856148><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1878045><P Class=ENCC> Cicero. <SYNC Start=1879964><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1883509><P Class=ENCC> Sir. <SYNC Start=1886178><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1889432><P Class=ENCC> You don't find it hard<br>to do your duty? <SYNC Start=1892143><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1895521><P Class=ENCC> Sometimes I do<br>what I want to do. <SYNC Start=1898816><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1898858><P Class=ENCC> The rest of the time<br>I do what I have to. <SYNC Start=1901652><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1904447><P Class=ENCC> We may not be able<br>to go home after all. <SYNC Start=1907366><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1936979><P Class=ENCC> Are you ready to do<br>your duty for Rome? <SYNC Start=1940149><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1942985><P Class=ENCC> Yes, Father. <SYNC Start=1945446><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1945488><P Class=ENCC> You will not be emperor. <SYNC Start=1947448><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1950284><P Class=ENCC> Which wiser,<br>older man is to take my place? <SYNC Start=1953204><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1953287><P Class=ENCC> My powers<br>will pass to Maximus... <SYNC Start=1956582><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1956665><P Class=ENCC> to hold<br>in trust... <SYNC Start=1958918><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1959001><P Class=ENCC> until the Senate<br>is ready to rule once more. <SYNC Start=1963547><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1963631><P Class=ENCC> Rome is to be<br>a republic again. <SYNC Start=1968386><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1969679><P Class=ENCC> - Maximus.<br>- Yes. <SYNC Start=1972807><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1977895><P Class=ENCC> My decision<br>disappoints you? <SYNC Start=1980356><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1984193><P Class=ENCC> You wrote to me once, <SYNC Start=1988030><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1988072><P Class=ENCC> Listing the four chief virtues. <SYNC Start=1991951><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1992034><P Class=ENCC> Wisdom, justice, <SYNC Start=1995204><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=1995246><P Class=ENCC> fortitude and temperance. <SYNC Start=1998582><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2001085><P Class=ENCC> As I read the list,<br>I knew I had none of them. <SYNC Start=2005089><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2005172><P Class=ENCC> But I have other virtues, Father. <SYNC Start=2008718><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2008801><P Class=ENCC> Ambition. <SYNC Start=2011387><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2011470><P Class=ENCC> That can be a virtue<br>when it drives us to excel. <SYNC Start=2014432><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2015766><P Class=ENCC> Resourcefulness.<br>Courage. <SYNC Start=2019145><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2019228><P Class=ENCC> Perhaps not on<br>the battlefield, but... <SYNC Start=2022440><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2022481><P Class=ENCC> there are many forms of courage. <SYNC Start=2025776><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2025860><P Class=ENCC> Devotion-<br>to my family... <SYNC Start=2029113><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2029196><P Class=ENCC> and to you. <SYNC Start=2031741><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2032992><P Class=ENCC> But none of my virtues<br>were on your list. <SYNC Start=2036454><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2037955><P Class=ENCC> Even then it was as if<br>you didn't want me for your son. <SYNC Start=2040875><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2040958><P Class=ENCC> Oh, Commodus. <SYNC Start=2043461><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2043544><P Class=ENCC> You go too far. <SYNC Start=2046255><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2046339><P Class=ENCC> I search the faces<br>of the gods... <SYNC Start=2049925><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2050009><P Class=ENCC> for ways to please you,<br>to make you proud. <SYNC Start=2054764><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2054847><P Class=ENCC> One kind word, <SYNC Start=2057183><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2057266><P Class=ENCC> one full hug... <SYNC Start=2059602><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2059685><P Class=ENCC> where you pressed me<br>to your chest and held me tight, <SYNC Start=2064523><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2064607><P Class=ENCC> would have been like the sun<br>on my heart for a thousand years. <SYNC Start=2067568><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2070738><P Class=ENCC> - What is it in me you hate so much?<br>- Shah, Commodus. <SYNC Start=2073908><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2075785><P Class=ENCC> All I've ever wanted... <SYNC Start=2078037><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2078120><P Class=ENCC> was to live up to you,<br>Caesar. <SYNC Start=2082625><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2083709><P Class=ENCC> Father. <SYNC Start=2085628><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2085711><P Class=ENCC> Commodus. <SYNC Start=2088297><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2090633><P Class=ENCC> Your faults as a son... <SYNC Start=2093761><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2093803><P Class=ENCC> is my failure as a father. <SYNC Start=2097765><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2107817><P Class=ENCC> Come. <SYNC Start=2110569><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2112988><P Class=ENCC> Father. <SYNC Start=2115408><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2129714><P Class=ENCC> I would butcher<br>the whole world... <SYNC Start=2132883><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2132967><P Class=ENCC> if you would<br>only love me! <SYNC Start=2135678><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2172798><P Class=ENCC> Maximus, the Emperor needs you.<br>It's urgent. <SYNC Start=2176886><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2181640><P Class=ENCC> Lament with me, brother.<br>Our great father is dead. <SYNC Start=2185895><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2213255><P Class=ENCC> How did he die? <SYNC Start=2216050><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2216133><P Class=ENCC> The surgeons say there was no pain. <SYNC Start=2218803><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2218886><P Class=ENCC> His breath gave out<br>as he slept. <SYNC Start=2220971><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2230147><P Class=ENCC> Father. <SYNC Start=2232066><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2234443><P Class=ENCC> Your emperor asks<br>for your loyalty, Maximus. <SYNC Start=2237071><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2238698><P Class=ENCC> Take my hand. <SYNC Start=2241158><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2243035><P Class=ENCC> I only offer it once. <SYNC Start=2245830><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2259093><P Class=ENCC> Quintus. <SYNC Start=2261012><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2310603><P Class=ENCC> Hail, Caesar. <SYNC Start=2312897><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2312938><P Class=ENCC> I must go to the senators.<br>I need their counsel. <SYNC Start=2315733><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2315775><P Class=ENCC> - Wake Gaius and Falco.<br>- Gaius and Falco. <SYNC Start=2318361><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2318444><P Class=ENCC> - Sword.<br>- Sword. <SYNC Start=2320654><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2322281><P Class=ENCC> Maximus, please be careful.<br>That was not prudent. <SYNC Start=2325659><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2325743><P Class=ENCC> Prudent?<br>The Emperor has been slain. <SYNC Start=2329121><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2329163><P Class=ENCC> The Emperor died of natural causes. <SYNC Start=2332416><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2332500><P Class=ENCC> - Why are you armed, Quintus?<br>- Guards! <SYNC Start=2335503><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2338673><P Class=ENCC> Please don't fight,<br>Maximus. <SYNC Start=2340966><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2342259><P Class=ENCC> I'm sorry. Caesar has spoken. <SYNC Start=2345304><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2345346><P Class=ENCC> Ride until dawn...<br>and then execute him. <SYNC Start=2349934><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2350017><P Class=ENCC> Quintus, look at me.<br>Look at me! <SYNC Start=2352436><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2352520><P Class=ENCC> Promise me that you will<br>look after my family. <SYNC Start=2355606><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2356774><P Class=ENCC> Your family will meet you<br>in the afterlife. <SYNC Start=2359360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2359443><P Class=ENCC> - No! <SYNC Start=2360695><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2384760><P Class=ENCC> Kneel. <SYNC Start=2387263><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2390016><P Class=ENCC> Blessed Father,<br>watch over my wife and son. <SYNC Start=2392393><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2392435><P Class=ENCC> - Whisper to them that I live<br>only to hold them again. <SYNC Start=2394562><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2397148><P Class=ENCC> At least give me<br>a clean death. <SYNC Start=2399650><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2401277><P Class=ENCC> A soldier's death. <SYNC Start=2403195><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2424508><P Class=ENCC> The frost, sometimes it makes<br>the blade stick. <SYNC Start=2428012><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2448574><P Class=ENCC> Praetorian! <SYNC Start=2450534><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2451786><P Class=ENCC> Hyah! Hyah! <SYNC Start=2454372><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2528988><P Class=ENCC> Remember the last time you were home? <SYNC Start=2531907><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2531991><P Class=ENCC> Two years, 264 days, and this morning. <SYNC Start=2536537><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2536620><P Class=ENCC> Blessed Father, watch over my<br>wife and son with a ready sword. <SYNC Start=2540958><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2541042><P Class=ENCC> Whisper to them I live only<br>to hold them again. <SYNC Start=2544378><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2544462><P Class=ENCC> For all else is dust and air,<br>and I live only to hold them again. <SYNC Start=2547798><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2549133><P Class=ENCC> For all else is dust and air. <SYNC Start=2552136><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2589173><P Class=ENCC> - Mama, isoldati! <SYNC Start=2592551><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2611195><P Class=ENCC> - Papa! Papa! <SYNC Start=2613406><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2618661><P Class=ENCC> Hyah! Hyah! <SYNC Start=2621247><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2777820><P Class=ENCC> - Don't die. <SYNC Start=2780906><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2785745><P Class=ENCC> - You'll meet them again. <SYNC Start=2787997><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2788080><P Class=ENCC> - Not yet. <SYNC Start=2791292><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2799008><P Class=ENCC> No! They will clean it.<br>Wait and see. <SYNC Start=2803471><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2837254><P Class=ENCC> Don't die. <SYNC Start=2839340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2839423><P Class=ENCC> They'll feed you<br>to the lions. <SYNC Start=2841759><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2841801><P Class=ENCC> They are worth more<br>than we are. <SYNC Start=2843803><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2854522><P Class=ENCC> Better now? <SYNC Start=2856565><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2856649><P Class=ENCC> Clean. You see? <SYNC Start=2858609><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2889265><P Class=ENCC> Proximo! <SYNC Start=2891183><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2891267><P Class=ENCC> My old friend. <SYNC Start=2893769><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2893853><P Class=ENCC> Every day is a great day<br>when you are here. <SYNC Start=2897106><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2897189><P Class=ENCC> Today...<br>is your most fortunate day. <SYNC Start=2901819><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2904238><P Class=ENCC> Those giraffes<br>you sold me... <SYNC Start=2906657><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2906741><P Class=ENCC> they won't mate. <SYNC Start=2908701><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2908743><P Class=ENCC> They just walk around<br>eating and not mating. <SYNC Start=2913372><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2913414><P Class=ENCC> You sold me...<br>queer giraffes. <SYNC Start=2916834><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2916917><P Class=ENCC> - I want my money back.<br>- Not a chance. <SYNC Start=2921255><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2923257><P Class=ENCC> - I do special price for you.<br>- On what? <SYNC Start=2926969><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2928763><P Class=ENCC> Have you seen my new stock?<br>Come and see them. <SYNC Start=2931390><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2945529><P Class=ENCC> Do any of them fight?<br>I've got a match coming up. <SYNC Start=2948324><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2948366><P Class=ENCC> Some are good for fighting,<br>others for dying. <SYNC Start=2951077><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2951160><P Class=ENCC> You need both, I think. <SYNC Start=2953162><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2953245><P Class=ENCC> Get up! <SYNC Start=2955206><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2962546><P Class=ENCC> - What's your trade?<br>- I was a hunter. <SYNC Start=2966509><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2966592><P Class=ENCC> Oh, no. I bought him<br>from a salt mine in Carthage. <SYNC Start=2970513><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2970554><P Class=ENCC> Sit down! <SYNC Start=2972848><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2976560><P Class=ENCC> Mark of the legion. <SYNC Start=2978854><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2978896><P Class=ENCC> - Deserter.<br>- Maybe so. But who cares? <SYNC Start=2982024><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2982066><P Class=ENCC> - He's a Spaniard.<br>- I'll take six... <SYNC Start=2984193><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2984276><P Class=ENCC> - for 1 ,000.<br>- 1,000? <SYNC Start=2986237><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2986278><P Class=ENCC> The Numidian alone<br>is worth 2,000! <SYNC Start=2988489><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2988572><P Class=ENCC> These slaves<br>are rotten. <SYNC Start=2991242><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2991325><P Class=ENCC> It all adds to the flavor.<br>No. No, no, no. Wait-Wait. <SYNC Start=2993536><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2993619><P Class=ENCC> Wait! Can negotiate. <SYNC Start=2997540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=2997623><P Class=ENCC> I'll give you 2,000...<br>and four for the beasts. <SYNC Start=3002086><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3002169><P Class=ENCC> That's 5,000<br>for an old friend. <SYNC Start=3005673><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3021647><P Class=ENCC> Come on! How long does it take<br>to get into my own house? <SYNC Start=3024316><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3024358><P Class=ENCC> I am Proximo! <SYNC Start=3027194><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3027278><P Class=ENCC> I shall be closer to you<br>for the next few days, <SYNC Start=3030281><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3030364><P Class=ENCC> which will be last of your miserable<br>lives, than that bitch of a mother... <SYNC Start=3033909><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3033993><P Class=ENCC> - that brought you screaming<br>into this world! <SYNC Start=3036912><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3036996><P Class=ENCC> I did not pay good money<br>for you for your company! <SYNC Start=3040875><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3040958><P Class=ENCC> - I paid it so that I could<br>profit from your death. <SYNC Start=3046297><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3046380><P Class=ENCC> And as your mother<br>was there at your beginning, <SYNC Start=3050134><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3050217><P Class=ENCC> so I shall be there<br>at your end. <SYNC Start=3053512><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3053554><P Class=ENCC> - And when you die, and die you shall, <SYNC Start=3058267><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3058351><P Class=ENCC> your transition shall be<br>to the sound of- <SYNC Start=3061312><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3066442><P Class=ENCC> Gladiators, I salute you. <SYNC Start=3070112><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3074450><P Class=ENCC> -Red!<br>-Red. <SYNC Start=3077161><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3077244><P Class=ENCC> - Yellow! <SYNC Start=3081499><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3081582><P Class=ENCC> Yellow. <SYNC Start=3084001><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3092468><P Class=ENCC> Hyah! <SYNC Start=3093636><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3093678><P Class=ENCC> Good. <SYNC Start=3096013><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3096097><P Class=ENCC> - Red.<br>- Red! <SYNC Start=3097556><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3102269><P Class=ENCC> Spaniard! <SYNC Start=3104188><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3128838><P Class=ENCC> - Uhh. <SYNC Start=3131674><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3137430><P Class=ENCC> That's enough<br>for the moment! <SYNC Start=3139849><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3139932><P Class=ENCC> His time will come. <SYNC Start=3142435><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3143519><P Class=ENCC> Next! <SYNC Start=3145730><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3158701><P Class=ENCC> Spaniard, why don't you fight? <SYNC Start=3163039><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3162872><P Class=ENCC> We all have to fight. <SYNC Start=3165499><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3178888><P Class=ENCC> Is that the sign<br>of your gods? <SYNC Start=3180931><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3186103><P Class=ENCC> Will that not anger them? <SYNC Start=3189190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3209835><P Class=ENCC> The gods favor you. <SYNC Start=3211837><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3211921><P Class=ENCC> Red is the gods' color. <SYNC Start=3214882><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3214965><P Class=ENCC> You will need<br>their help today. <SYNC Start=3218302><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3234819><P Class=ENCC> Some of you are thinking<br>you won't fight. <SYNC Start=3238656><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3238739><P Class=ENCC> Some that you can't fight. <SYNC Start=3241075><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3242535><P Class=ENCC> They all say that,<br>until they're out there. <SYNC Start=3246539><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3248541><P Class=ENCC> - Listen.<br>-Kill. Kill. Kill. <SYNC Start=3251502><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3251544><P Class=ENCC> Kill. Kill. Kill. <SYNC Start=3254046><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3259719><P Class=ENCC> Thrust this<br>into another man's flesh, <SYNC Start=3262179><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3262263><P Class=ENCC> and then they will applaud<br>and love you for that. <SYNC Start=3265141><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3265224><P Class=ENCC> You- <SYNC Start=3268477><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3268561><P Class=ENCC> You may begin<br>to love them... <SYNC Start=3270896><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3270938><P Class=ENCC> for that. <SYNC Start=3273774><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3277153><P Class=ENCC> Ultimately,<br>we're all dead men. <SYNC Start=3281323><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3283075><P Class=ENCC> Sadly, we cannot<br>choose how, but... <SYNC Start=3286829><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3286912><P Class=ENCC> we can decide how<br>we meet that end... <SYNC Start=3290499><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3290583><P Class=ENCC> in order that<br>we are remembered... <SYNC Start=3294462><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3294545><P Class=ENCC> as men. <SYNC Start=3296505><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3300885><P Class=ENCC> On the left,<br>draw your shields! <SYNC Start=3303637><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3303679><P Class=ENCC> On the right,<br>draw your swords! <SYNC Start=3306724><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3306807><P Class=ENCC> -Kill. Kill- <SYNC Start=3308768><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3309977><P Class=ENCC> Pair them up-<br>red with yellow. <SYNC Start=3313981><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3317109><P Class=ENCC> Next! <SYNC Start=3318444><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3321947><P Class=ENCC> Next! <SYNC Start=3323366><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3437480><P Class=ENCC> - Hyah! Hyah! <SYNC Start=3439648><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3546839><P Class=ENCC> - Go away! <SYNC Start=3549508><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3579663><P Class=ENCC> He enters Rome<br>like a conquering hero. <SYNC Start=3582792><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3582875><P Class=ENCC> But what<br>has he conquered? <SYNC Start=3584835><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3584919><P Class=ENCC> Give him time, Gracchus.<br>He's young. <SYNC Start=3587922><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3588005><P Class=ENCC> I think he could do very well. <SYNC Start=3589965><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3590007><P Class=ENCC> For Rome or for you? <SYNC Start=3591967><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3598057><P Class=ENCC> Go to your mother, Lucius.<br>It's what she'd like. <SYNC Start=3600810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3607441><P Class=ENCC> - Lucius!<br>- Mother! <SYNC Start=3611153><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3612196><P Class=ENCC> - Hail, Caesar.<br>- Senators. <SYNC Start=3616325><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3619120><P Class=ENCC> Rome greets<br>her new emperor. <SYNC Start=3621997><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3622039><P Class=ENCC> Your loyal subjects<br>bid you welcome, Highness. <SYNC Start=3625543><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3625626><P Class=ENCC> Thank you, Falco.<br>And for the loyal subjects, <SYNC Start=3629046><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3629088><P Class=ENCC> - I trust they weren't too expensive.<br>- Caesar. <SYNC Start=3632591><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3632675><P Class=ENCC> - Gracchus.<br>- All Rome rejoices<br>in your return, Caesar. <SYNC Start=3636762><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3636846><P Class=ENCC> There are many matters<br>that require your attention. <SYNC Start=3639015><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3642518><P Class=ENCC> - To order! To order! <SYNC Start=3645521><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3645563><P Class=ENCC> For your guidance, Caesar, the Senate<br>has prepared a series of protocols... <SYNC Start=3650317><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3650401><P Class=ENCC> to begin addressing<br>the many problems in the city. <SYNC Start=3653821><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3653904><P Class=ENCC> Beginning with basic sanitation<br>for the Greek quarter... <SYNC Start=3658075><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3658159><P Class=ENCC> to combat the plague which is already<br>springing up there. <SYNC Start=3661287><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3661370><P Class=ENCC> - So, if Caesar-<br>- Shah. <SYNC Start=3664790><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3665958><P Class=ENCC> Don't you see, Gracchus? <SYNC Start=3669003><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3669086><P Class=ENCC> That's the very problem,<br>isn't it? <SYNC Start=3671297><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3671380><P Class=ENCC> My father spent<br>all his time at study... <SYNC Start=3674467><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3676260><P Class=ENCC> of books and learning<br>and philosophy. <SYNC Start=3680097><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3680139><P Class=ENCC> He spent his twilight hours<br>reading scrolls from the Senate. <SYNC Start=3685227><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3685311><P Class=ENCC> And all the while,<br>the people have forgotten- <SYNC Start=3688647><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3688731><P Class=ENCC> But the Senate<br>is the People, sire. <SYNC Start=3691150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3691192><P Class=ENCC> Chosen from among the people...<br>to speak for the people. <SYNC Start=3694945><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3695029><P Class=ENCC> I doubt that many of the people<br>eat so well as you do, Gracchus. <SYNC Start=3699617><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3699700><P Class=ENCC> Or have such splendid mistresses, Gaius.<br>I think I understand my own people. <SYNC Start=3704872><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3704955><P Class=ENCC> Then, perhaps Caesar will<br>be so good as to teach us... <SYNC Start=3708668><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3708751><P Class=ENCC> out of his own<br>extensive experience. <SYNC Start=3711003><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3714882><P Class=ENCC> - I call it love. <SYNC Start=3716884><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3716926><P Class=ENCC> - I am their father.<br>The people are my children. <SYNC Start=3720846><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3720930><P Class=ENCC> And I shall hold them to my bosom<br>and embrace them tightly. <SYNC Start=3723140><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3723224><P Class=ENCC> Have you ever embraced someone<br>dying of plague, sire? <SYNC Start=3725685><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3732608><P Class=ENCC> No, but if you interrupt me again,<br>I assure you that you shall. <SYNC Start=3738197><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3738280><P Class=ENCC> Senator, my brother<br>is very tired. <SYNC Start=3741242><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3741283><P Class=ENCC> Leave your list with me. <SYNC Start=3743869><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3743953><P Class=ENCC> Caesar shall do<br>all that Rome requires. <SYNC Start=3746622><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3746706><P Class=ENCC> My lady, as always,<br>your lightest touch commands obedience. <SYNC Start=3751585><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3758551><P Class=ENCC> Who are they<br>to lecture me? <SYNC Start=3761137><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3761220><P Class=ENCC> Commodus, the Senate has its uses. <SYNC Start=3763806><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3763889><P Class=ENCC> What uses?<br>All they do is talk. <SYNC Start=3766642><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3768102><P Class=ENCC> It should be just...<br>you and me... <SYNC Start=3771105><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3771188><P Class=ENCC> - and Rome.<br>- Don't even think it! <SYNC Start=3773733><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3773816><P Class=ENCC> There's always<br>been a Senate. <SYNC Start=3776235><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3776318><P Class=ENCC> Rome has changed.<br>It takes an emperor... <SYNC Start=3780614><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3780698><P Class=ENCC> -to rule an empire.<br>-Of course, but leave the people their- <SYNC Start=3783534><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3783576><P Class=ENCC> Illusions. <SYNC Start=3786203><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3786287><P Class=ENCC> Traditions. <SYNC Start=3788539><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3788622><P Class=ENCC> My father's war<br>against the barbarians- <SYNC Start=3791876><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3791959><P Class=ENCC> He said it himself,<br>it achieved nothing. <SYNC Start=3794670><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3794754><P Class=ENCC> - But the people loved him.<br>- The people always love victories. <SYNC Start=3797882><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3797965><P Class=ENCC> Why? They didn't see the battles. <SYNC Start=3802845><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3802928><P Class=ENCC> - What do they care about Germania?<br>- They care about the greatness of Rome. <SYNC Start=3806891><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3806932><P Class=ENCC> The greatness of Rome. <SYNC Start=3810853><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3810936><P Class=ENCC> Well, what is that? <SYNC Start=3813647><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3815358><P Class=ENCC> It's an idea-<br>greatness. <SYNC Start=3819487><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3822573><P Class=ENCC> - Greatness is a vision.<br>- Exactly. A vision. <SYNC Start=3826786><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3827953><P Class=ENCC> Do you not see, Lucilla? <SYNC Start=3831540><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3831624><P Class=ENCC> I will give the people a vision of Rome,<br>and they'll love me for it. <SYNC Start=3836253><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3836337><P Class=ENCC> And they'll soon forget the tedious<br>sermonizing of a few dry, old men. <SYNC Start=3840883><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3852436><P Class=ENCC> I will give the people<br>the greatest vision of their lives. <SYNC Start=3855690><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3905489><P Class=ENCC> Vino, vino, vino!<br>White and red wine<br>for your drinking pleasure! <SYNC Start=3909535><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3911829><P Class=ENCC> Vino, vino, vino! Red and white wine<br>for your drinking pleasure! <SYNC Start=3917668><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3917710><P Class=ENCC> Games. <SYNC Start=3919670><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3921464><P Class=ENCC> 1 50 days of games. <SYNC Start=3924383><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3924467><P Class=ENCC> - He's cleverer than I thought.<br>- Oh, clever. <SYNC Start=3928095><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3928179><P Class=ENCC> The whole of Rome would<br>be laughing at him... <SYNC Start=3930848><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3930931><P Class=ENCC> if they weren't so afraid<br>of his Praetorians. <SYNC Start=3933517><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3933601><P Class=ENCC> Fear and wonder-<br>a powerful combination. <SYNC Start=3937063><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3937146><P Class=ENCC> You really think the people<br>are going to be seduced by that? <SYNC Start=3939982><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3940066><P Class=ENCC> I think he knows what Rome is.<br>Rome is the mob. <SYNC Start=3944362><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3944403><P Class=ENCC> Conjure magic for them,<br>and they'll be distracted. <SYNC Start=3947740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3947782><P Class=ENCC> Take away their freedom<br>and still they'll roar. <SYNC Start=3951869><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3951911><P Class=ENCC> The beating heart<br>of Rome... <SYNC Start=3954497><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3954580><P Class=ENCC> is not the marble<br>of the Senate. <SYNC Start=3956791><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3956874><P Class=ENCC> It's the sand<br>of the Colosseum. <SYNC Start=3959251><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3960336><P Class=ENCC> He'll bring them death, <SYNC Start=3962630><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3964215><P Class=ENCC> and they will<br>love him for it. <SYNC Start=3967009><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3971180><P Class=ENCC> Spaniard! Spaniard!<br>Spaniard! Spaniard! <SYNC Start=3975768><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3988280><P Class=ENCC> Spaniard. <SYNC Start=3990491><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3990574><P Class=ENCC> - Spain.<br>- Spaniard.<br>- Spaniard. <SYNC Start=3992993><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3993035><P Class=ENCC> - Spaniard.<br>- Spaniard.<br>- Spaniard. <SYNC Start=3996205><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=3997915><P Class=ENCC> Guard! <SYNC Start=3999834><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4062980><P Class=ENCC> - Are you not entertained? <SYNC Start=4065775><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4065858><P Class=ENCC> Are you not entertained? <SYNC Start=4068110><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4070654><P Class=ENCC> Is this not why you are here? <SYNC Start=4073366><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4077870><P Class=ENCC> Spaniard! Spaniard!<br>Spaniard! Spaniard! <SYNC Start=4081374><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4081457><P Class=ENCC> Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard! <SYNC Start=4085753><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4088381><P Class=ENCC> Spaniard! Spaniard! Spaniard! <SYNC Start=4090758><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4090841><P Class=ENCC> Spaniard! Spaniard!<br>Spaniard! Spaniard! <SYNC Start=4094845><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4097181><P Class=ENCC> What do you want? <SYNC Start=4100059><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4100142><P Class=ENCC> Huh? <SYNC Start=4102144><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4102228><P Class=ENCC> Girl? <SYNC Start=4104146><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4104230><P Class=ENCC> Boy? <SYNC Start=4106148><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4106232><P Class=ENCC> - You sent for me?<br>- Yes, I did. <SYNC Start=4109360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4109443><P Class=ENCC> You're good, Spaniard,<br>but you're not that good. <SYNC Start=4112613><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4112697><P Class=ENCC> - You could be magnificent.<br>- I'm required to kill, so I kill. <SYNC Start=4116325><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4116409><P Class=ENCC> That is enough. <SYNC Start=4118327><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4118411><P Class=ENCC> That's enough for the provinces,<br>but not for Rome. <SYNC Start=4121789><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4124250><P Class=ENCC> - The young emperor... <SYNC Start=4126544><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4126627><P Class=ENCC> has arranged<br>a series of spectacles... <SYNC Start=4129588><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4129630><P Class=ENCC> to commemorate his father,<br>Marcus Aurelius. <SYNC Start=4134051><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4134135><P Class=ENCC> I find that amusing... <SYNC Start=4136095><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4136178><P Class=ENCC> since it was Marcus Aurelius- <SYNC Start=4138139><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4138180><P Class=ENCC> the wise, the all-knowing<br>Marcus Aurelius- <SYNC Start=4140975><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4141017><P Class=ENCC> - that closed us down. <SYNC Start=4143269><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4145855><P Class=ENCC> So, finally, after five years<br>of scratching a living... <SYNC Start=4149817><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4149900><P Class=ENCC> in flea-infested<br>villages, <SYNC Start=4152486><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4152528><P Class=ENCC> we're finally going back<br>to where we belong- <SYNC Start=4155865><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4155906><P Class=ENCC> the Colosseum. <SYNC Start=4158034><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4158117><P Class=ENCC> Oh, you should see<br>the Colosseum, Spaniard. <SYNC Start=4162538><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4163831><P Class=ENCC> Fifty-thousand Romans... <SYNC Start=4167168><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4167209><P Class=ENCC> watching...<br>every movement of your sword, <SYNC Start=4171213><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4171297><P Class=ENCC> willing you to make<br>that killer blow. <SYNC Start=4174633><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4175885><P Class=ENCC> The silence before you strike... <SYNC Start=4178429><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4178512><P Class=ENCC> and the noise afterwards, <SYNC Start=4180556><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4180598><P Class=ENCC> it rises-<br>it rises up like- <SYNC Start=4183642><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4183726><P Class=ENCC> Like th-<br>Like- Like a storm... <SYNC Start=4187813><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4187897><P Class=ENCC> as if you were<br>the thunder god himself. <SYNC Start=4189899><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4189982><P Class=ENCC> - You were a gladiator?<br>- Yes, I was. <SYNC Start=4194028><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4200159><P Class=ENCC> You won your freedom? <SYNC Start=4202119><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4202161><P Class=ENCC> A long time ago,<br>the emperor... <SYNC Start=4205790><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4205831><P Class=ENCC> presented me<br>with a rudius. <SYNC Start=4208376><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4208459><P Class=ENCC> It's just a wooden sword. <SYNC Start=4211295><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4212838><P Class=ENCC> The symbol of your freedom.<br>He- <SYNC Start=4216967><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4217051><P Class=ENCC> - He touched me on the shoulder,<br>and I was free. <SYNC Start=4221639><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4221681><P Class=ENCC> - You knew Marcus Aurelius?<br>- I did not say I knew him. <SYNC Start=4225518><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4225559><P Class=ENCC> I said he touched me<br>on the shoulder once. <SYNC Start=4227770><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4229146><P Class=ENCC> You asked me what I want. <SYNC Start=4232525><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4232566><P Class=ENCC> I, too, want to stand<br>in front of the emperor... <SYNC Start=4235152><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4236445><P Class=ENCC> as you did. <SYNC Start=4238364><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4238447><P Class=ENCC> Then, listen to me.<br>Learn from me. <SYNC Start=4242284><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4242368><P Class=ENCC> I wasn't the best<br>because I killed quickly. <SYNC Start=4246539><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4246622><P Class=ENCC> I was the best<br>because the crowd loved me. <SYNC Start=4250209><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4250292><P Class=ENCC> Win the crowd,<br>and you'll win your freedom. <SYNC Start=4255381><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4258134><P Class=ENCC> I will win the crowd. <SYNC Start=4260511><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4262221><P Class=ENCC> - I will give them something<br>they have never seen before.<br>- Ha! <SYNC Start=4266726><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4266767><P Class=ENCC> So, Spaniard,<br>we shall go to Rome together... <SYNC Start=4270479><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4270563><P Class=ENCC> and have bloody adventures! <SYNC Start=4272565><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4272648><P Class=ENCC> And the great whore<br>will suckle us until we are... <SYNC Start=4274734><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4274817><P Class=ENCC> fat and happy and<br>can suckle no more. <SYNC Start=4276944><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4277028><P Class=ENCC> And then, <SYNC Start=4279530><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4279613><P Class=ENCC> when enough men have died, <SYNC Start=4283367><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4283451><P Class=ENCC> perhaps you will<br>have your freedom. <SYNC Start=4285411><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4290958><P Class=ENCC> Here. Use this. <SYNC Start=4293711><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4315733><P Class=ENCC> It's somewhere out there- <SYNC Start=4317943><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4318027><P Class=ENCC> my country, my home. <SYNC Start=4322865><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4322907><P Class=ENCC> My wife is preparing food. <SYNC Start=4326702><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4326744><P Class=ENCC> My daughters carry<br>water from the river. <SYNC Start=4330206><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4330247><P Class=ENCC> Will I ever<br>see them again? <SYNC Start=4332583><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4332625><P Class=ENCC> I think no. <SYNC Start=4334710><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4334794><P Class=ENCC> Do you believe you'll see<br>them again when you die? <SYNC Start=4337755><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4337838><P Class=ENCC> I think so. <SYNC Start=4340341><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4340424><P Class=ENCC> But then, I will die soon. <SYNC Start=4344804><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4344887><P Class=ENCC> They will not die<br>for many years. <SYNC Start=4346806><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4348516><P Class=ENCC> - I'll have to wait.<br>- But you would... wait. <SYNC Start=4352561><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4352645><P Class=ENCC> Of course. <SYNC Start=4356273><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4356357><P Class=ENCC> You see, <SYNC Start=4358776><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4358818><P Class=ENCC> my wife...<br>and my son... <SYNC Start=4363656><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4363698><P Class=ENCC> are already<br>waiting for me. <SYNC Start=4365658><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4365741><P Class=ENCC> You'll meet them again. <SYNC Start=4368244><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4368327><P Class=ENCC> But not yet. <SYNC Start=4371497><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4374375><P Class=ENCC> Not yet. Unless- <SYNC Start=4377586><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4377670><P Class=ENCC> Not yet. <SYNC Start=4379588><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4382675><P Class=ENCC> Not yet. <SYNC Start=4385136><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4447365><P Class=ENCC> Out! <SYNC Start=4449992><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4450076><P Class=ENCC> Go, go. Out! <SYNC Start=4452244><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4464507><P Class=ENCC> Good to see you again,<br>old friend. <SYNC Start=4466509><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4471847><P Class=ENCC> Bring me fortune. <SYNC Start=4473766><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4478521><P Class=ENCC> Have you ever seen<br>anything like that before? <SYNC Start=4481732><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4481774><P Class=ENCC> - I didn't know men<br>could build such things. <SYNC Start=4485861><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4495079><P Class=ENCC> Win the crowd. <SYNC Start=4496997><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4497081><P Class=ENCC> Get Inside! Move. Inside. <SYNC Start=4500710><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4550051><P Class=ENCC> He sleeps so well<br>because he's loved. <SYNC Start=4553137><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4555598><P Class=ENCC> Come, brother.<br>It's late. <SYNC Start=4559727><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4561354><P Class=ENCC> I will make Rome<br>the wonder of the ages. <SYNC Start=4564315><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4566650><P Class=ENCC> That is what Gracchus<br>and his friends don't understand. <SYNC Start=4569737><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4569820><P Class=ENCC> All my desires are splitting<br>my head to pieces. <SYNC Start=4574617><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4581082><P Class=ENCC> Commodus,<br>drink this tonic. <SYNC Start=4583709><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4592927><P Class=ENCC> I think the time<br>is almost right. <SYNC Start=4596555><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4596639><P Class=ENCC> I could announce<br>the dissolution of the Senate... <SYNC Start=4598766><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4598849><P Class=ENCC> at the celebration<br>to honor our father. <SYNC Start=4600768><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4600851><P Class=ENCC> You think I should? <SYNC Start=4603979><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4604021><P Class=ENCC> Are the people ready? <SYNC Start=4606023><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4607608><P Class=ENCC> I think you need<br>your rest now. <SYNC Start=4609568><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4616200><P Class=ENCC> - Will you stay with me?<br>- Still afraid of the dark, brother? <SYNC Start=4619912><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4627420><P Class=ENCC> Still. Always. <SYNC Start=4633259><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4633342><P Class=ENCC> - Stay with me tonight?<br>- You know I won't. <SYNC Start=4636262><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4640266><P Class=ENCC> Then, kiss me. <SYNC Start=4642184><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4651277><P Class=ENCC> Sleep, brother. <SYNC Start=4653988><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4671505><P Class=ENCC> Come on now.<br>Get out of the way! <SYNC Start=4673883><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4678679><P Class=ENCC> I want you. I want you.<br>I want you so- <SYNC Start=4681515><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4681599><P Class=ENCC> All right, Let him pass! <SYNC Start=4683851><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4700076><P Class=ENCC> -Sixty! <SYNC Start=4702411><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4702495><P Class=ENCC> -500! <SYNC Start=4706040><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4706082><P Class=ENCC> The emperor wants battles, and I don't<br>want to sacrifice my best fighters. <SYNC Start=4709251><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4709335><P Class=ENCC> The crowd wants battles,<br>so the emperor gives them battles. <SYNC Start=4712880><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4712922><P Class=ENCC> And you get<br>the battle of Carthage. <SYNC Start=4715216><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4715257><P Class=ENCC> The massacre of Carthage.<br>Guten tag. <SYNC Start=4718761><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4718844><P Class=ENCC> Oh, why don't you go down<br>to the prison and round up<br>all the beggars and thieves. <SYNC Start=4722056><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4722098><P Class=ENCC> We've done that. <SYNC Start=4724058><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4724141><P Class=ENCC> If you want to give away<br>the best gladiators<br>in the whole of the empire, <SYNC Start=4727019><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4727103><P Class=ENCC> I want double the rates. <SYNC Start=4729563><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4729647><P Class=ENCC> You'll get your contract rates,<br>or you'll get your contract cancelled. <SYNC Start=4733109><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4733192><P Class=ENCC> You don't like it? <SYNC Start=4735152><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4735194><P Class=ENCC> Then you can crawl back down<br>that shithole that you came from. <SYNC Start=4739156><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4740825><P Class=ENCC> -Cassius, please! Please, Cassius! <SYNC Start=4743744><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4774025><P Class=ENCC> Gladiator, are you the one<br>they call the Spaniard? <SYNC Start=4776652><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4776736><P Class=ENCC> - Yes.<br>- They said you were a giant. <SYNC Start=4780740><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4780823><P Class=ENCC> They said you could<br>crush a man's skull with one hand. <SYNC Start=4783993><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4784076><P Class=ENCC> A man's? No. <SYNC Start=4787329><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4787413><P Class=ENCC> A boy's. <SYNC Start=4790207><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4791667><P Class=ENCC> - They have good horses in Spain?<br>- Some of the best. <SYNC Start=4795212><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4795296><P Class=ENCC> This is Argento,<br>and this is Scarto. <SYNC Start=4799675><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4799759><P Class=ENCC> They were my horses. <SYNC Start=4802803><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4802887><P Class=ENCC> - They were taken from me.<br>- I like you, Spaniard. <SYNC Start=4807475><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4807558><P Class=ENCC> - I shall cheer for you.<br>- They let you watch the games? <SYNC Start=4810061><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4810144><P Class=ENCC> - My uncle says it makes me strong.<br>- And what does your father say? <SYNC Start=4813773><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4813856><P Class=ENCC> My father's dead. <SYNC Start=4815816><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4817443><P Class=ENCC> Master Lucius, it is time. <SYNC Start=4820946><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4821030><P Class=ENCC> - I have to go.<br>- Your name is Lucius? <SYNC Start=4824658><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4826369><P Class=ENCC> Lucius Verus,<br>after my father. <SYNC Start=4828746><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4858859><P Class=ENCC> Lower! <SYNC Start=4861028><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4865950><P Class=ENCC> -Claudius! More shields!<br>- Yes, sir. <SYNC Start=4869870><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4890182><P Class=ENCC> When the emperor enters, <SYNC Start=4892977><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4893060><P Class=ENCC> raise your weapons,<br>salute him and then speak together! <SYNC Start=4897231><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4898524><P Class=ENCC> Face the emperor and don't<br>turn your back on him! <SYNC Start=4902528><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4902611><P Class=ENCC> Go, and die with honor! <SYNC Start=4906407><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4960961><P Class=ENCC> Hail, mighty Caesar! <SYNC Start=4963589><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4963631><P Class=ENCC> Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! <SYNC Start=4967593><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4967677><P Class=ENCC> Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! <SYNC Start=4970179><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4973599><P Class=ENCC> And we who are about to die, salute you! <SYNC Start=4976268><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4977478><P Class=ENCC> On this day, <SYNC Start=4980523><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4980606><P Class=ENCC> we reach back<br>to hallowed antiquity... <SYNC Start=4984485><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4984527><P Class=ENCC> to bring you a recreation<br>of the second fall... <SYNC Start=4987947><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4988030><P Class=ENCC> of mighty Carthage! <SYNC Start=4990074><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4994203><P Class=ENCC> On the barren<br>plain of Zama, <SYNC Start=4998999><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=4999083><P Class=ENCC> there stood<br>the invincible armies... <SYNC Start=5002461><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5002545><P Class=ENCC> of the barbarian, Hannibal. <SYNC Start=5005715><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5005756><P Class=ENCC> Ferocious mercenaries and warriors... <SYNC Start=5008884><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5008926><P Class=ENCC> from all brute nations... <SYNC Start=5011595><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5011679><P Class=ENCC> bent on merciless... <SYNC Start=5014849><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5014932><P Class=ENCC> destruction, conquest. <SYNC Start=5018644><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5018728><P Class=ENCC> Your emperor<br>is pleased to give you... <SYNC Start=5022773><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5022857><P Class=ENCC> the barbarian horde! <SYNC Start=5025609><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5034493><P Class=ENCC> - Anyone here been in the army?<br>- No.<br>- Yes. <SYNC Start=5037747><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5037830><P Class=ENCC> I served<br>with you at Vindobona. <SYNC Start=5039874><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5039957><P Class=ENCC> You can help me. <SYNC Start=5042835><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5042918><P Class=ENCC> Whatever comes<br>out of these gates, <SYNC Start=5046589><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5046672><P Class=ENCC> we've got a better chance<br>of survival if we work together. <SYNC Start=5049467><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5050843><P Class=ENCC> Do you understand? <SYNC Start=5052970><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5054013><P Class=ENCC> If we stay together,<br>we survive. <SYNC Start=5056807><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5056849><P Class=ENCC> I'm pleased to bring you<br>the legionnaires... <SYNC Start=5059477><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5059518><P Class=ENCC> of Scipio Africanus! <SYNC Start=5064190><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5074742><P Class=ENCC> To the death! <SYNC Start=5077203><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5079455><P Class=ENCC> - Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=5084377><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5086253><P Class=ENCC> Stay close! <SYNC Start=5087838><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5093636><P Class=ENCC> Come together! <SYNC Start=5095888><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5095930><P Class=ENCC> - Staggered columns! <SYNC Start=5098516><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5098599><P Class=ENCC> Staggered columns! <SYNC Start=5100810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5112780><P Class=ENCC> Soon all your men<br>will be slain. <SYNC Start=5114699><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5114782><P Class=ENCC> You don't have a chance! <SYNC Start=5116701><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5127795><P Class=ENCC> Lock your shields! Stay as one! <SYNC Start=5129296><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5129338><P Class=ENCC> As one! As one! <SYNC Start=5131340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5131424><P Class=ENCC> Hold! <SYNC Start=5133009><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5135136><P Class=ENCC> Hold! <SYNC Start=5136721><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5136804><P Class=ENCC> - As one!<br>- As one! <SYNC Start=5138889><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5141225><P Class=ENCC> Well done! <SYNC Start=5142935><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5145980><P Class=ENCC> Hyah! Hyah! <SYNC Start=5148315><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5154447><P Class=ENCC> Hold! <SYNC Start=5156032><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5156115><P Class=ENCC> Diamond! Diamond! <SYNC Start=5159076><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5163748><P Class=ENCC> - Yes! <SYNC Start=5165583><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5177386><P Class=ENCC> - Haken! <SYNC Start=5179263><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5202745><P Class=ENCC> This column to the chariots!<br>This column... <SYNC Start=5205122><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5205164><P Class=ENCC> -stay with me! <SYNC Start=5206999><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5209919><P Class=ENCC> Quickly! <SYNC Start=5211671><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5211754><P Class=ENCC> - Get out there!<br>- Hurry! <SYNC Start=5214507><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5255965><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! <SYNC Start=5258009><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5261137><P Class=ENCC> Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh. <SYNC Start=5262388><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5268477><P Class=ENCC> Single column!<br>Single column! <SYNC Start=5271397><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5271480><P Class=ENCC> Single column! Single column! <SYNC Start=5273107><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5317068><P Class=ENCC> - We win! <SYNC Start=5319737><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5323657><P Class=ENCC> My history's<br>a little hazy, Cassius. <SYNC Start=5327078><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5327119><P Class=ENCC> But shouldn't the barbarians<br>lose the battle of Carthage? <SYNC Start=5330039><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5330122><P Class=ENCC> Uh, yes, sire. <SYNC Start=5332458><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5332500><P Class=ENCC> Um, forgive me, sire. <SYNC Start=5334794><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5334835><P Class=ENCC> No, I rather<br>enjoy surprises. <SYNC Start=5338547><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5338631><P Class=ENCC> - Who is he?<br>- They call him the Spaniard, sire. <SYNC Start=5343844><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5345388><P Class=ENCC> - I think I'll meet him.<br>- Yes, sire. <SYNC Start=5349809><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5349892><P Class=ENCC> Hail to the barbarians! <SYNC Start=5353896><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5367993><P Class=ENCC> Forward! Arms at ready! <SYNC Start=5372665><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5384593><P Class=ENCC> Drop your weapons! <SYNC Start=5386846><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5389098><P Class=ENCC> Gladiator, the emperor<br>has asked for you. <SYNC Start=5393728><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5393769><P Class=ENCC> I'm at the emperor's service. <SYNC Start=5395771><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5422715><P Class=ENCC> Rise. Rise. <SYNC Start=5426886><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5434518><P Class=ENCC> Your fame is well deserved,<br>Spaniard. <SYNC Start=5436729><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5436812><P Class=ENCC> I don't think there's ever<br>been a gladiator to match you. <SYNC Start=5439815><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5439857><P Class=ENCC> As for this young man,<br>he insists you are Hector reborn. <SYNC Start=5442401><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5442485><P Class=ENCC> Or was it Hercules? <SYNC Start=5445071><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5445154><P Class=ENCC> Why doesn't the hero reveal himself<br>and tell us all your real name? <SYNC Start=5448991><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5450993><P Class=ENCC> - You do have a name?<br>- My name is Gladiator. <SYNC Start=5455831><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5458751><P Class=ENCC> - How dare you show your back to me? <SYNC Start=5461253><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5461337><P Class=ENCC> Slave! <SYNC Start=5463756><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5463839><P Class=ENCC> You will remove your helmet<br>and tell me your name. <SYNC Start=5465883><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5477812><P Class=ENCC> My name is<br>Maximus Decimus Meridius, <SYNC Start=5480731><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5480773><P Class=ENCC> commander of the armies<br>of the north, <SYNC Start=5483150><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5483234><P Class=ENCC> general of the Felix Legions, <SYNC Start=5485986><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5486070><P Class=ENCC> Loyal servant to the true emperor,<br>Marcus Aurelius, <SYNC Start=5490491><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5490574><P Class=ENCC> father to a murdered son, <SYNC Start=5493035><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5493119><P Class=ENCC> husband to a murdered wife... <SYNC Start=5495913><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5495996><P Class=ENCC> and I will have my vengeance...<br>in this life or the next. <SYNC Start=5499583><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5506173><P Class=ENCC> Arms! <SYNC Start=5509301><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5520438><P Class=ENCC> Live! Live! Live!<br>Live! Live! Live! <SYNC Start=5524942><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5525026><P Class=ENCC> Live! Live! Live!<br>Live! Live! Live! <SYNC Start=5530698><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5532783><P Class=ENCC> Live! Live! Live! <SYNC Start=5535453><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5535536><P Class=ENCC> Live! Live!<br>Live! Live! <SYNC Start=5539040><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5571739><P Class=ENCC> Guards, at rest! <SYNC Start=5575284><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5624500><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus!<br>Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=5629130><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5629213><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=5632425><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5632508><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=5635511><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5655239><P Class=ENCC> Why is he still alive? <SYNC Start=5658451><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5658534><P Class=ENCC> I don't know. <SYNC Start=5660661><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5660745><P Class=ENCC> He shouldn't be alive. <SYNC Start=5662997><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5663080><P Class=ENCC> It vexes me. <SYNC Start=5665916><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5665958><P Class=ENCC> I'm terribly vexed. <SYNC Start=5668919><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5678888><P Class=ENCC> I did what I had to do. <SYNC Start=5680806><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5680890><P Class=ENCC> If Father had had his way,<br>the empire would have been torn apart. <SYNC Start=5685770><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5685811><P Class=ENCC> You do see that? <SYNC Start=5688064><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5688147><P Class=ENCC> Yes. <SYNC Start=5690066><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5693778><P Class=ENCC> What did you feel...<br>when you saw him? <SYNC Start=5697198><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5699450><P Class=ENCC> I felt nothing. <SYNC Start=5702328><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5702370><P Class=ENCC> He wounded you deeply,<br>didn't he? <SYNC Start=5705373><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5706499><P Class=ENCC> No more than<br>I wounded him. <SYNC Start=5709877><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5713381><P Class=ENCC> They lied to me in Germania. <SYNC Start=5715716><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5716967><P Class=ENCC> They told me he was dead. <SYNC Start=5719804><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5721097><P Class=ENCC> If they lie to me,<br>they don't respect me. <SYNC Start=5724016><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5724058><P Class=ENCC> If they don't respect me,<br>how can they ever love me? <SYNC Start=5726769><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5728646><P Class=ENCC> Then you must<br>let the legions know... <SYNC Start=5731357><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5731440><P Class=ENCC> their treachery<br>will not go unpunished. <SYNC Start=5734985><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5735069><P Class=ENCC> Poor sister, I wouldn't<br>want to be your enemy. <SYNC Start=5739448><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5740574><P Class=ENCC> What will you do? <SYNC Start=5742910><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5754130><P Class=ENCC> This way! <SYNC Start=5756048><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5791959><P Class=ENCC> Rich matrons pay well to be pleasured<br>by the bravest champions. <SYNC Start=5795129><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5795212><P Class=ENCC> I knew your brother<br>would send assassins. <SYNC Start=5798215><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5798299><P Class=ENCC> I didn't realize<br>he would send his best. <SYNC Start=5801010><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5802511><P Class=ENCC> Maximus,<br>he doesn't know. <SYNC Start=5805431><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5805473><P Class=ENCC> My family was burned and crucified<br>while they were still alive. <SYNC Start=5808434><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5808476><P Class=ENCC> - I knew nothing-<br>- Don't lie to me! <SYNC Start=5811437><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5817985><P Class=ENCC> - I wept for them.<br>- As you wept for your father? <SYNC Start=5821238><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5821280><P Class=ENCC> As you wept for<br>your father? <SYNC Start=5823991><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5824075><P Class=ENCC> I have been living in<br>a prison of fear since that day. <SYNC Start=5827745><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5827787><P Class=ENCC> To be unable to mourn your father<br>for fear of your brother. <SYNC Start=5832458><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5832500><P Class=ENCC> To live in terror<br>every moment of every day... <SYNC Start=5835461><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5835503><P Class=ENCC> because your son<br>is heir to the throne. <SYNC Start=5837797><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5839882><P Class=ENCC> Oh, I have wept. <SYNC Start=5843094><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5843177><P Class=ENCC> My son was innocent. <SYNC Start=5846347><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5846430><P Class=ENCC> So is mine. <SYNC Start=5849100><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5850601><P Class=ENCC> Must my son die, too,<br>before you will trust me? <SYNC Start=5853521><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5855564><P Class=ENCC> What does it matter<br>if I trust you or not? <SYNC Start=5859360><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5859443><P Class=ENCC> The gods have spared you.<br>Don't you understand? <SYNC Start=5862321><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5862363><P Class=ENCC> Today I saw a slave become<br>more powerful than the emperor of Rome. <SYNC Start=5865866><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5865950><P Class=ENCC> The gods<br>have spared me? <SYNC Start=5867993><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5868077><P Class=ENCC> I am at their mercy,<br>with the power only to amuse a mob! <SYNC Start=5871455><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5871539><P Class=ENCC> That is power.<br>The mob is Rome. <SYNC Start=5874709><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5874750><P Class=ENCC> And while Commodus controls them,<br>he controls everything. <SYNC Start=5877503><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5878796><P Class=ENCC> Listen to me. <SYNC Start=5880756><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5880840><P Class=ENCC> My brother has enemies,<br>most of all in the senate. <SYNC Start=5884051><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5884093><P Class=ENCC> But while<br>the people follow him, <SYNC Start=5886554><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5886595><P Class=ENCC> no one would dare<br>stand up to him until you. <SYNC Start=5889724><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5889807><P Class=ENCC> They oppose him,<br>yet they do nothing. <SYNC Start=5892810><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5892893><P Class=ENCC> There are some politicians<br>who have dedicated their lives to Rome. <SYNC Start=5896605><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5896647><P Class=ENCC> One man above all. <SYNC Start=5899358><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5899442><P Class=ENCC> If I can arrange it,<br>will you meet him? <SYNC Start=5902653><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5902737><P Class=ENCC> Do you not understand? <SYNC Start=5904989><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5905072><P Class=ENCC> I may die in this cell tonight,<br>or in the arena tomorrow. I am a slave! <SYNC Start=5909285><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5909326><P Class=ENCC> What possible<br>difference can I make? <SYNC Start=5911787><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5911829><P Class=ENCC> This man wants<br>what you want. <SYNC Start=5914457><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5914498><P Class=ENCC> Then have him<br>kill Commodus! <SYNC Start=5917501><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5919420><P Class=ENCC> I knew a man once, <SYNC Start=5922131><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5922173><P Class=ENCC> a noble man,<br>a man of principle... <SYNC Start=5925551><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5925634><P Class=ENCC> who loved<br>my father. <SYNC Start=5928346><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5928429><P Class=ENCC> And my father<br>loved him. <SYNC Start=5931223><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5932350><P Class=ENCC> This man<br>served Rome well. <SYNC Start=5934935><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5938856><P Class=ENCC> That man is gone. <SYNC Start=5941108><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5941192><P Class=ENCC> Your brother<br>did his work well. <SYNC Start=5943444><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5943527><P Class=ENCC> Let me help you. <SYNC Start=5945946><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5951494><P Class=ENCC> Yes, you can help me. <SYNC Start=5955206><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5957875><P Class=ENCC> Forget you ever knew me... <SYNC Start=5960002><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5960086><P Class=ENCC> and never<br>come here again. <SYNC Start=5962171><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5965257><P Class=ENCC> Guard! The lady has finished with me. <SYNC Start=5968678><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5996288><P Class=ENCC> Maximus? <SYNC Start=5998207><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=5998290><P Class=ENCC> You commanded legions?<br>You had many victories? <SYNC Start=6001961><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6002003><P Class=ENCC> - Yes.<br>- In Germania? <SYNC Start=6005006><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6006757><P Class=ENCC> In many countries. <SYNC Start=6009343><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6010428><P Class=ENCC> General. <SYNC Start=6013014><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6060519><P Class=ENCC> You have a great name. <SYNC Start=6063064><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6063147><P Class=ENCC> He must kill your name<br>before he kills you. <SYNC Start=6066108><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6075534><P Class=ENCC> Yes, at the far end. <SYNC Start=6077495><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6077536><P Class=ENCC> - Senator Gaius.<br>- Hello. <SYNC Start=6079997><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6080039><P Class=ENCC> Senator Gracchus. <SYNC Start=6081999><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6083542><P Class=ENCC> Don't often see you enjoying<br>the pleasures of the vulgar crowd. <SYNC Start=6086921><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6087004><P Class=ENCC> I don't pretend to be a man<br>of the people, Senator. <SYNC Start=6089590><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6089674><P Class=ENCC> But I do try to be a man<br>for the people. <SYNC Start=6092760><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6106732><P Class=ENCC> Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! <SYNC Start=6110403><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6110486><P Class=ENCC> Caesar! Caesar! <SYNC Start=6112446><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6112488><P Class=ENCC> Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! <SYNC Start=6116242><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6118452><P Class=ENCC> People of Rome! <SYNC Start=6120705><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6122790><P Class=ENCC> On the fourth day<br>of Antioch, <SYNC Start=6125626><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6125710><P Class=ENCC> we can celebrate<br>the 64th day of the games. <SYNC Start=6129630><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6130798><P Class=ENCC> And, in his<br>majestic charity, <SYNC Start=6135720><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6135803><P Class=ENCC> the Emperor has deigned this day<br>to favor the people of Rome... <SYNC Start=6140433><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6140516><P Class=ENCC> with an historical<br>final match. <SYNC Start=6144687><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6144770><P Class=ENCC> Returning to the Colosseum today... <SYNC Start=6147023><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6147106><P Class=ENCC> after five years<br>in retirement, Caesar... <SYNC Start=6151569><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6151652><P Class=ENCC> is pleased to bring you<br>the only... <SYNC Start=6155531><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6155573><P Class=ENCC> undefeated champion... <SYNC Start=6157867><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6157950><P Class=ENCC> - Yah! Yah!<br>-in Roman history, <SYNC Start=6160369><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6160453><P Class=ENCC> the legendary Tigris of Gaul! <SYNC Start=6165666><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6180765><P Class=ENCC> Whoa! Whoa! <SYNC Start=6182975><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6186771><P Class=ENCC> He knows too well<br>how to manipulate the mob. <SYNC Start=6190274><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6190358><P Class=ENCC> Marcus Aurelius had a dream<br>that was Rome, Proximo. <SYNC Start=6193069><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6193152><P Class=ENCC> This is not it!<br>This is not it! <SYNC Start=6195613><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6195654><P Class=ENCC> Marcus Aurelius is dead,<br>Maximus. <SYNC Start=6198282><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6198366><P Class=ENCC> We mortals are but<br>shadows and dust. <SYNC Start=6201577><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6201619><P Class=ENCC> - Shadows and dust, Maximus! <SYNC Start=6205039><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6205122><P Class=ENCC> Representing the training<br>lyceum of Antonius Proximo, <SYNC Start=6208459><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6208542><P Class=ENCC> Caesar is proud<br>to give you... <SYNC Start=6212380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6212463><P Class=ENCC> Aelius Maximus! <SYNC Start=6215758><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6221847><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6226310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6226394><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6229146><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6229230><P Class=ENCC> They embrace him like<br>he's one of their own. <SYNC Start=6231482><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6231524><P Class=ENCC> The mob is fickle, brother.<br>He'll be forgotten in a month. <SYNC Start=6235236><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6235319><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6238155><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6238197><P Class=ENCC> No, much sooner<br>than that. <SYNC Start=6241242><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6243035><P Class=ENCC> It's been arranged. <SYNC Start=6245579><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6251293><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6254422><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6263264><P Class=ENCC> We who are about to die salute you. <SYNC Start=6265975><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6269603><P Class=ENCC> We're with you, Maximus! <SYNC Start=6272148><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6313689><P Class=ENCC> Come on, finish it! <SYNC Start=6316442><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6342218><P Class=ENCC> - No!<br>- Pull! Pull! <SYNC Start=6344804><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6358567><P Class=ENCC> - Aah! <SYNC Start=6361278><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6366867><P Class=ENCC> Yeah! <SYNC Start=6368744><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6378004><P Class=ENCC> Loose! Loose!<br>Loose! Loose! <SYNC Start=6380506><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6395062><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=6398107><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6401068><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=6403696><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6407908><P Class=ENCC> Get him!<br>Kill him! <SYNC Start=6409785><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6409869><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6413372><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6413456><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6416417><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6416459><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6419545><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6419628><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6422715><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6422798><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6425801><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6425885><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6430097><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6430139><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6433142><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6433184><P Class=ENCC> - Kill! Kill!<br>- Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6436062><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6436145><P Class=ENCC> - Kill!<br>- Kill! <SYNC Start=6438647><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6438731><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6441692><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6441776><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6445821><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6445905><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6449408><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6449492><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6453162><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6453245><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6456248><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6456332><P Class=ENCC> Kill! Kill!<br>Kill! Kill! <SYNC Start=6460044><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6473933><P Class=ENCC> Maximus!<br>Maximus the Merciful! <SYNC Start=6477019><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6477103><P Class=ENCC> Maximus the Merciful! <SYNC Start=6480147><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6484694><P Class=ENCC> Maximus the Merciful! <SYNC Start=6486987><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6487071><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6489031><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6489073><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6491409><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6491450><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus!<br>Maximus! <SYNC Start=6495746><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6495788><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus!<br>Maximus! <SYNC Start=6498416><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6498624><P Class=ENCC> Forward, guards! On battery! <SYNC Start=6502253><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6502294><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6504296><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6507258><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6510845><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6510928><P Class=ENCC> Maximus!<br>Maximus! <SYNC Start=6513264><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6531532><P Class=ENCC> What am I going<br>to do with you? <SYNC Start=6535870><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6535953><P Class=ENCC> You simply won't... <SYNC Start=6538539><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6538622><P Class=ENCC> die. <SYNC Start=6540541><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6544170><P Class=ENCC> Are we so different,<br>you and l? <SYNC Start=6547548><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6547590><P Class=ENCC> You take life<br>when you have to... <SYNC Start=6549592><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6549675><P Class=ENCC> as I do. <SYNC Start=6551677><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6551761><P Class=ENCC> I have only one more life to take.<br>Then it is done. <SYNC Start=6555806><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6555890><P Class=ENCC> Then take it now. <SYNC Start=6558184><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6570946><P Class=ENCC> They tell me your son... <SYNC Start=6573574><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6573616><P Class=ENCC> squealed like a girl... <SYNC Start=6575951><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6576035><P Class=ENCC> when they nailed him<br>to the cross. <SYNC Start=6578871><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6578954><P Class=ENCC> And your wife...<br>moaned like a whore... <SYNC Start=6583584><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6585711><P Class=ENCC> when they ravaged her... <SYNC Start=6587838><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6587922><P Class=ENCC> again and again... <SYNC Start=6590216><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6591592><P Class=ENCC> and again. <SYNC Start=6593511><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6598307><P Class=ENCC> The time for honoring yourself<br>will soon be at an end. <SYNC Start=6601977><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6606857><P Class=ENCC> Highness. <SYNC Start=6608984><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6620454><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6624500><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6624542><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6627962><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6628045><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus!<br>Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6633009><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6635011><P Class=ENCC> General! General! <SYNC Start=6638556><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6638639><P Class=ENCC> General! <SYNC Start=6640516><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6640599><P Class=ENCC> - General! General!<br>- Get back! <SYNC Start=6643269><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6643352><P Class=ENCC> - General!<br>- Cicero! <SYNC Start=6645855><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6645938><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6648899><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6648983><P Class=ENCC> - General! <SYNC Start=6651193><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6651277><P Class=ENCC> - General.<br>- Where are you camped? <SYNC Start=6653863><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6653946><P Class=ENCC> - Ostia.<br>- Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6657491><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6657575><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus!<br>Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6661787><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6661829><P Class=ENCC> - We love you, Maximus!<br>- Praise the victor! <SYNC Start=6664665><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6664749><P Class=ENCC> Tell the men their general lives.<br>Find me. <SYNC Start=6667460><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6667501><P Class=ENCC> - Move along!<br>- Find me! <SYNC Start=6670629><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6670713><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus!<br>Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=6675384><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6694779><P Class=ENCC> Can they hear you? <SYNC Start=6697198><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6700242><P Class=ENCC> Who? <SYNC Start=6702161><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6702244><P Class=ENCC> Your family,<br>in the afterlife. <SYNC Start=6705247><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6706749><P Class=ENCC> - Oh, yes.<br>- What do you say to them? <SYNC Start=6709168><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6713089><P Class=ENCC> To my boy, <SYNC Start=6715383><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6715424><P Class=ENCC> I tell him I will<br>see him again soon. <SYNC Start=6717677><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6717760><P Class=ENCC> To keep his heels down<br>when he's riding his horse. <SYNC Start=6722264><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6723933><P Class=ENCC> To my wife- <SYNC Start=6725851><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6727770><P Class=ENCC> That is not<br>your business. <SYNC Start=6730064><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6737405><P Class=ENCC> And now they love Maximus<br>for his mercy. <SYNC Start=6740449><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6741992><P Class=ENCC> So I can't just kill him,<br>or it makes me even more unmerciful! <SYNC Start=6745246><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6746872><P Class=ENCC> The whole thing's<br>like some crazed nightmare. <SYNC Start=6751293><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6752336><P Class=ENCC> He is defying you. <SYNC Start=6754797><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6754839><P Class=ENCC> His every victory<br>is an act of defiance. <SYNC Start=6757842><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6757883><P Class=ENCC> The mob sees this,<br>and so do the senate. <SYNC Start=6761971><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6762013><P Class=ENCC> Every day he lives,<br>they grow bolder. <SYNC Start=6766475><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6766517><P Class=ENCC> - Kill him.<br>- No. <SYNC Start=6768644><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6770229><P Class=ENCC> I will not make<br>a martyr of him. <SYNC Start=6772815><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6778404><P Class=ENCC> I have been told... <SYNC Start=6780573><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6780656><P Class=ENCC> of a certain sea snake... <SYNC Start=6782575><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6782658><P Class=ENCC> which has a very unusual method<br>of attracting its prey. <SYNC Start=6786996><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6787079><P Class=ENCC> It will lie at the bottom<br>of the ocean as if wounded. <SYNC Start=6791751><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6791834><P Class=ENCC> Then its enemies<br>will approach, <SYNC Start=6794086><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6794170><P Class=ENCC> and yet it will<br>lie quite still. <SYNC Start=6797089><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6797173><P Class=ENCC> And then its enemies<br>will take little bites of it, <SYNC Start=6801469><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6801552><P Class=ENCC> and yet it remains... <SYNC Start=6803846><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6803929><P Class=ENCC> still. <SYNC Start=6806557><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6808100><P Class=ENCC> So, <SYNC Start=6810394><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6810478><P Class=ENCC> we will lie still... <SYNC Start=6813022><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6813105><P Class=ENCC> and let our enemies<br>come to us and nibble. <SYNC Start=6816650><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6816734><P Class=ENCC> Have every senator followed. <SYNC Start=6820154><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6833209><P Class=ENCC> Maximus. <SYNC Start=6835169><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6836712><P Class=ENCC> Cicero, my old friend. <SYNC Start=6838673><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6838714><P Class=ENCC> I thought perhaps<br>I'd seen you for the last time. <SYNC Start=6840758><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6840841><P Class=ENCC> - I thought you were dead.<br>- Close. <SYNC Start=6843094><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6843177><P Class=ENCC> How long have the men<br>been in Ostia? <SYNC Start=6845513><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6845596><P Class=ENCC> - All winter.<br>- And how do they look? <SYNC Start=6848557><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6848641><P Class=ENCC> Fattened and bored. <SYNC Start=6850851><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6850935><P Class=ENCC> Who's in command? <SYNC Start=6852895><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6852937><P Class=ENCC> Some fool from Rome. <SYNC Start=6855898><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6855940><P Class=ENCC> - How soon do you think they<br>could be ready to fight?<br>- For you, tomorrow. <SYNC Start=6859402><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6861070><P Class=ENCC> I need you to<br>do something for me. <SYNC Start=6863698><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6868035><P Class=ENCC> Come see. Witness. <SYNC Start=6869954><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6870037><P Class=ENCC> If you haven't been in the arena,<br>you can see the show here. <SYNC Start=6872873><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6872957><P Class=ENCC> Giant Maximus is defeating<br>our Emperor Commodus. What are we to do? <SYNC Start=6877420><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6877503><P Class=ENCC> He's defying everyone.<br>What will we do? <SYNC Start=6880256><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6880297><P Class=ENCC> - Ah! Look at that! <SYNC Start=6883050><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6883134><P Class=ENCC> - Oh, he got him! <SYNC Start=6885594><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6885636><P Class=ENCC> Give way! Give way! <SYNC Start=6888264><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6888305><P Class=ENCC> Give way! <SYNC Start=6890433><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6892309><P Class=ENCC> Three casks of red wine. <SYNC Start=6894937><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6895021><P Class=ENCC> My lady?<br>I served your father at Vindobona. <SYNC Start=6897565><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6897648><P Class=ENCC> -Back.<br>- Mylady. <SYNC Start=6899567><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6899650><P Class=ENCC> I served your father<br>at Vindobona. <SYNC Start=6901610><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6901694><P Class=ENCC> - Back!<br>- And I served the General Maximus. <SYNC Start=6904447><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6904530><P Class=ENCC> I serve him still. <SYNC Start=6906782><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6906866><P Class=ENCC> Stop. <SYNC Start=6908784><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6908868><P Class=ENCC> - Stop.<br>-Stop! <SYNC Start=6910995><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6912079><P Class=ENCC> Stand back. <SYNC Start=6914331><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6914415><P Class=ENCC> The General sends word.<br>He will meet your politician. <SYNC Start=6917168><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6919337><P Class=ENCC> - For your loyalty, soldier.<br>- Thank you, my lady. <SYNC Start=6923507><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6923591><P Class=ENCC> Hup! <SYNC Start=6925968><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6932391><P Class=ENCC> Leave us. <SYNC Start=6934852><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6939482><P Class=ENCC> Senator Gracchus. <SYNC Start=6941400><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6954955><P Class=ENCC> General. <SYNC Start=6957249><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6957291><P Class=ENCC> I hope my coming here today<br>is evidence enough that... <SYNC Start=6961337><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6961420><P Class=ENCC> you can trust me. <SYNC Start=6963339><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6967093><P Class=ENCC> - The senate is with you?<br>- The senate? <SYNC Start=6969595><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6971639><P Class=ENCC> Yes. I can speak for them. <SYNC Start=6974934><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6974975><P Class=ENCC> You can buy my freedom<br>and smuggle me out of Rome? <SYNC Start=6978479><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6978562><P Class=ENCC> To what end? <SYNC Start=6981482><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6981524><P Class=ENCC> Get me outside<br>the city walls. <SYNC Start=6984318><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6984360><P Class=ENCC> Have fresh horses ready to take me<br>to Ostia. My army's encamped there. <SYNC Start=6988364><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6988447><P Class=ENCC> By nightfall of the second day,<br>I shall return at the head of5,000 men. <SYNC Start=6992034><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6992118><P Class=ENCC> But the legions all have new commanders<br>loyal to Commodus. <SYNC Start=6995663><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6995746><P Class=ENCC> Let my men see me alive, and you<br>shall see where their loyalties lie. <SYNC Start=6998999><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=6999041><P Class=ENCC> This is madness. <SYNC Start=7001168><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7001252><P Class=ENCC> - No Roman army has entered<br>the capital in a hundred years.<br>- Gracchus- <SYNC Start=7004714><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7004755><P Class=ENCC> I will not trade<br>one dictatorship for another! <SYNC Start=7006674><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7006716><P Class=ENCC> The time for half-measures<br>and talk is over, Senator. <SYNC Start=7011554><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7011637><P Class=ENCC> And after your glorious coup,<br>what then? <SYNC Start=7015141><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7015224><P Class=ENCC> You'll take your<br>5,000 warriors and leave? <SYNC Start=7018686><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7018769><P Class=ENCC> I will leave. <SYNC Start=7021105><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7021188><P Class=ENCC> The soldiers will stay<br>for your protection,<br>under the command of the senate. <SYNC Start=7024900><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7024984><P Class=ENCC> So, once all<br>of Rome is yours, <SYNC Start=7028362><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7028446><P Class=ENCC> you'll just give it<br>back to the people? <SYNC Start=7031407><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7031490><P Class=ENCC> Tell me why. <SYNC Start=7033451><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7039206><P Class=ENCC> Because that was the<br>last wish of a dying man. <SYNC Start=7041667><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7045421><P Class=ENCC> I will kill Commodus. <SYNC Start=7047340><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7049216><P Class=ENCC> The fate of Rome<br>I leave to you. <SYNC Start=7052678><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7054180><P Class=ENCC> Marcus Aurelius trusted you. <SYNC Start=7056766><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7058267><P Class=ENCC> His daughter trusts you. <SYNC Start=7060686><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7064231><P Class=ENCC> I will trust you. <SYNC Start=7066317><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7066400><P Class=ENCC> But we have little time. <SYNC Start=7068903><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7068986><P Class=ENCC> Give me two days... <SYNC Start=7071072><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7071155><P Class=ENCC> and I will buy your freedom. <SYNC Start=7074367><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7074450><P Class=ENCC> And you- <SYNC Start=7077203><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7077286><P Class=ENCC> You stay alive. <SYNC Start=7080039><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7080122><P Class=ENCC> Or I'll be dead. <SYNC Start=7082458><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7083668><P Class=ENCC> Now we must go. <SYNC Start=7085670><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7090841><P Class=ENCC> It won't work. <SYNC Start=7093260><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7093302><P Class=ENCC> The Emperor<br>knows too much. <SYNC Start=7096389><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7096430><P Class=ENCC> And as for me, <SYNC Start=7098432><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7099600><P Class=ENCC> it's becoming dangerous. <SYNC Start=7102770><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7102853><P Class=ENCC> You will be paid<br>on my return. <SYNC Start=7105314><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7107108><P Class=ENCC> - I give you my word. <SYNC Start=7109235><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7109276><P Class=ENCC> Your word?<br>What if you don't return? <SYNC Start=7111987><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7112071><P Class=ENCC> Do you remember what it was<br>to have trust, Proximo? <SYNC Start=7115491><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7115574><P Class=ENCC> Trust? <SYNC Start=7118119><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7121580><P Class=ENCC> Who am I to trust? <SYNC Start=7123499><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7123582><P Class=ENCC> I will kill Commodus. <SYNC Start=7126293><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7126335><P Class=ENCC> Why would I want that? <SYNC Start=7128337><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7128421><P Class=ENCC> He makes me rich. <SYNC Start=7130339><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7132925><P Class=ENCC> Oh, l- <SYNC Start=7135136><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7135177><P Class=ENCC> I know that you are<br>a man of your word, General. <SYNC Start=7138472><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7139849><P Class=ENCC> I know that you<br>would die for honor. <SYNC Start=7142476><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7143978><P Class=ENCC> You would<br>die for Rome. <SYNC Start=7146522><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7146605><P Class=ENCC> You would die for<br>the memory of your ancestors. <SYNC Start=7149025><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7149108><P Class=ENCC> But l,<br>on the other hand- <SYNC Start=7151902><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7155072><P Class=ENCC> I'm an entertainer. <SYNC Start=7156991><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7159035><P Class=ENCC> Hmm? Guard! <SYNC Start=7161454><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7165958><P Class=ENCC> He killed the man<br>who set you free. <SYNC Start=7168419><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7177678><P Class=ENCC> Praetorians, master. <SYNC Start=7180097><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7186145><P Class=ENCC> Halt! <SYNC Start=7188105><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7198032><P Class=ENCC> Where have you been? <SYNC Start=7200117><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7200201><P Class=ENCC> I sent for you. <SYNC Start=7202161><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7203329><P Class=ENCC> Please, brother. <SYNC Start=7205289><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7209835><P Class=ENCC> What's troubling you? <SYNC Start=7211754><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7215007><P Class=ENCC> Does Gracchus<br>have a new lover? <SYNC Start=7217468><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7219220><P Class=ENCC> I don't know. <SYNC Start=7221138><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7222390><P Class=ENCC> I thought you'd seen him. <SYNC Start=7224308><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7225726><P Class=ENCC> He infects everyone<br>like a putrid fever. <SYNC Start=7228479><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7229730><P Class=ENCC> For the health of Rome,<br>the senate must be bled. <SYNC Start=7232024><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7233526><P Class=ENCC> And he will bleed, too. <SYNC Start=7235444><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7235528><P Class=ENCC> Very soon. <SYNC Start=7238239><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7239448><P Class=ENCC> But not tonight. <SYNC Start=7241617><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7255548><P Class=ENCC> Do you remember what<br>our father said once? <SYNC Start=7257967><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7260219><P Class=ENCC> "It's a dream- <SYNC Start=7262138><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7263973><P Class=ENCC> a frightful dream- <SYNC Start=7266517><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7268436><P Class=ENCC> Life is." <SYNC Start=7270604><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7272398><P Class=ENCC> Do you think that's true? <SYNC Start=7274650><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7274734><P Class=ENCC> I don't know. <SYNC Start=7277278><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7280239><P Class=ENCC> I think it is. <SYNC Start=7282158><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7284702><P Class=ENCC> And I have only you<br>to share it with. <SYNC Start=7287371><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7325159><P Class=ENCC> Open your mouth. <SYNC Start=7327203><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7363531><P Class=ENCC> You know I love you. <SYNC Start=7365658><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7367785><P Class=ENCC> And I love you. <SYNC Start=7370037><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7405740><P Class=ENCC> Out. Get out! <SYNC Start=7408159><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7408242><P Class=ENCC> Move! <SYNC Start=7410619><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7414749><P Class=ENCC> Congratulations, General. <SYNC Start=7416792><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7416876><P Class=ENCC> You've got very...<br>persuasive friends. <SYNC Start=7420338><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7425676><P Class=ENCC> My brother's had<br>Gracchus arrested. <SYNC Start=7428179><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7428262><P Class=ENCC> We daren't wait any longer.<br>We must leave tonight. <SYNC Start=7432266><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7432350><P Class=ENCC> Proximo will come at midnight<br>and take you to the gate. <SYNC Start=7436062><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7436145><P Class=ENCC> Your servant, Cicero,<br>will be waiting there with horses. <SYNC Start=7438939><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7441692><P Class=ENCC> You have done all this? <SYNC Start=7443652><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7443694><P Class=ENCC> - Yes.<br>- You risk too much. <SYNC Start=7446572><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7447990><P Class=ENCC> I have much to pay for. <SYNC Start=7450409><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7452161><P Class=ENCC> You have nothing to pay for. <SYNC Start=7454080><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7454163><P Class=ENCC> You love your son.<br>You're strong for him. <SYNC Start=7457750><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7460920><P Class=ENCC> I am tired of being strong. <SYNC Start=7464632><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7464715><P Class=ENCC> My brother hates all the world, <SYNC Start=7467468><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7467551><P Class=ENCC> and you most of all. <SYNC Start=7469470><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7469553><P Class=ENCC> - Because your father chose me.<br>- No. <SYNC Start=7473432><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7474517><P Class=ENCC> Because my father loved you. <SYNC Start=7477061><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7480606><P Class=ENCC> And because I loved you. <SYNC Start=7483442><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7485611><P Class=ENCC> A long time ago. <SYNC Start=7487571><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7491659><P Class=ENCC> Was I very different then? <SYNC Start=7493953><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7500668><P Class=ENCC> You laughed more. <SYNC Start=7502586><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7506507><P Class=ENCC> I have felt alone<br>all my life, <SYNC Start=7510136><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7510219><P Class=ENCC> except with you. <SYNC Start=7512304><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7515016><P Class=ENCC> I must go. <SYNC Start=7516934><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7517018><P Class=ENCC> Yes. <SYNC Start=7519603><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7546213><P Class=ENCC> There. There. <SYNC Start=7548341><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7548424><P Class=ENCC> - There. There. There.<br>There. There. There. <SYNC Start=7551844><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7551927><P Class=ENCC> There. There. There. <SYNC Start=7554055><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7554138><P Class=ENCC> There. There. There. <SYNC Start=7556223><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7556307><P Class=ENCC> - There. There. There. There. <SYNC Start=7558809><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7558893><P Class=ENCC> And I've got you. <SYNC Start=7560811><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7563481><P Class=ENCC> Isn't it late<br>to be playing legionnaire? <SYNC Start=7565941><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7565983><P Class=ENCC> I'm not a legionnaire. <SYNC Start=7568361><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7568444><P Class=ENCC> - Not a legionnaire?<br>- I'm a gladiator. <SYNC Start=7570613><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7572198><P Class=ENCC> A gladiator?<br>Gladiators only fight in the games. <SYNC Start=7576077><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7576160><P Class=ENCC> Wouldn't you rather be... <SYNC Start=7578245><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7578329><P Class=ENCC> a great Roman warrior<br>like Julius Caesar? <SYNC Start=7580498><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7580581><P Class=ENCC> I'm Maximus,<br>the savior of Rome! <SYNC Start=7583668><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7585294><P Class=ENCC> The savior of Rome? <SYNC Start=7587630><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7595971><P Class=ENCC> And who said that? <SYNC Start=7597890><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7606482><P Class=ENCC> Where's Lucius? <SYNC Start=7608901><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7608943><P Class=ENCC> He's with the Emperor, my lady. <SYNC Start=7610903><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7614740><P Class=ENCC> -She couldn't.<br>- Yes, she did. <SYNC Start=7617785><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7617868><P Class=ENCC> She took it from a basket<br>and pressed it to her breast, <SYNC Start=7621455><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7621539><P Class=ENCC> right here<br>above her heart. <SYNC Start=7623457><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7625584><P Class=ENCC> It bit her in the breast? <SYNC Start=7627837><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7627920><P Class=ENCC> Yes. <SYNC Start=7629839><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7629922><P Class=ENCC> You see, Lucius,<br>sometimes royal ladies... <SYNC Start=7632967><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7633050><P Class=ENCC> behave very strangely and do<br>very odd things in the name of love. <SYNC Start=7636846><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7636929><P Class=ENCC> I think it's silly. <SYNC Start=7638848><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7638931><P Class=ENCC> So do l. <SYNC Start=7640850><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7642351><P Class=ENCC> So do l. <SYNC Start=7644311><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7644353><P Class=ENCC> Sister, join us. <SYNC Start=7646522><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7646605><P Class=ENCC> I've been reading<br>to dear Lucius. <SYNC Start=7648816><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7648899><P Class=ENCC> - I've been reading too.<br>- Yes. <SYNC Start=7651610><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7651652><P Class=ENCC> He's a very clever<br>little boy. <SYNC Start=7653612><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7653654><P Class=ENCC> He'll make a grand<br>emperor one day. <SYNC Start=7656782><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7656824><P Class=ENCC> We've been reading about the great<br>Mark Antony and his adventures in Egypt. <SYNC Start=7660536><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7660619><P Class=ENCC> The queen killed herself<br>with a snake. <SYNC Start=7662705><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7662788><P Class=ENCC> And just wait until you hear what<br>happened to our ancestors. <SYNC Start=7666000><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7666083><P Class=ENCC> If you're very good, <SYNC Start=7668586><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7668669><P Class=ENCC> tomorrow night I'll tell you<br>the story of Emperor Claudius. <SYNC Start=7672715><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7672798><P Class=ENCC> He was betrayed... <SYNC Start=7675509><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7675593><P Class=ENCC> by those closest to him. <SYNC Start=7677845><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7679221><P Class=ENCC> By his own blood. <SYNC Start=7681140><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7682725><P Class=ENCC> They whispered in dark corners... <SYNC Start=7685227><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7685269><P Class=ENCC> and went out<br>late at night... <SYNC Start=7687229><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7687271><P Class=ENCC> and conspired... <SYNC Start=7689940><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7690024><P Class=ENCC> and conspired. <SYNC Start=7692026><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7693569><P Class=ENCC> But the Emperor Claudius<br>knew that they were up to something. <SYNC Start=7696530><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7697740><P Class=ENCC> He knew they were<br>busy little bees. <SYNC Start=7700076><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7702119><P Class=ENCC> And one night he sat down<br>with one of them... <SYNC Start=7705873><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7705956><P Class=ENCC> and he looked at her... <SYNC Start=7708501><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7708584><P Class=ENCC> and he said, <SYNC Start=7710503><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7711587><P Class=ENCC> "Tell me what you've been doing, <SYNC Start=7714757><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7714799><P Class=ENCC> busy little bee, <SYNC Start=7716759><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7718803><P Class=ENCC> or I shall strike down<br>those dearest to you. <SYNC Start=7722056><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7722139><P Class=ENCC> You shall watch<br>as I bathe in their blood. " <SYNC Start=7726560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7729480><P Class=ENCC> And the Emperor<br>was heartbroken. <SYNC Start=7732274><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7734193><P Class=ENCC> The little bee had<br>wounded him more deeply... <SYNC Start=7736654><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7736696><P Class=ENCC> than anyone else<br>could ever have done. <SYNC Start=7739865><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7741283><P Class=ENCC> And what do you think<br>happened then, Lucius? <SYNC Start=7745204><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7745287><P Class=ENCC> I don't know, Uncle. <SYNC Start=7747707><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7753295><P Class=ENCC> The little bee<br>told him everything. <SYNC Start=7755548><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7795254><P Class=ENCC> Open, in the name of the Emperor! <SYNC Start=7798883><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7798966><P Class=ENCC> Proximo! <SYNC Start=7800885><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7800968><P Class=ENCC> Open the gates in the name<br>of the Emperor! <SYNC Start=7804430><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7804513><P Class=ENCC> - Proximo! <SYNC Start=7807350><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7807433><P Class=ENCC> Open the gates! <SYNC Start=7810061><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7815900><P Class=ENCC> Open the gates, Proximo! <SYNC Start=7818652><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7818694><P Class=ENCC> Do you want to die, old man? <SYNC Start=7821822><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7821864><P Class=ENCC> Here. <SYNC Start=7824158><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7824241><P Class=ENCC> Everything is prepared. <SYNC Start=7826535><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7826619><P Class=ENCC> - It seems you've won your freedom.<br>- Proximo, <SYNC Start=7829538><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7829622><P Class=ENCC> are you in danger<br>of becoming a good man? <SYNC Start=7832249><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7832333><P Class=ENCC> Ha! <SYNC Start=7834001><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7837296><P Class=ENCC> -Juba.<br>- All enemies of the Emperor die! <SYNC Start=7841175><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7841258><P Class=ENCC> Open the gates!<br>The Emperor commands! <SYNC Start=7845513><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7849350><P Class=ENCC> Pull! <SYNC Start=7851560><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7853521><P Class=ENCC> Move! Two columns on the left! <SYNC Start=7856524><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7859652><P Class=ENCC> I only need moments,<br>so do not be careless with your lives. <SYNC Start=7862446><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7862530><P Class=ENCC> If you don't want any part of this,<br>go back to your cells. <SYNC Start=7865950><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7866033><P Class=ENCC> We'll wait here for you,<br>Maximus. <SYNC Start=7867952><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7868035><P Class=ENCC> - Strength and honor.<br>- Go! <SYNC Start=7870913><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7872039><P Class=ENCC> Strength and honor. <SYNC Start=7874959><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7876168><P Class=ENCC> Aim! Break the bars! <SYNC Start=7879714><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7945946><P Class=ENCC> Shadows and dust. <SYNC Start=7947907><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7947990><P Class=ENCC> Aah! <SYNC Start=7950034><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7988364><P Class=ENCC> - Maximus! <SYNC Start=7990700><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7995371><P Class=ENCC> I'm sorry. <SYNC Start=7997415><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=7997498><P Class=ENCC> No! <SYNC Start=7999792><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8024066><P Class=ENCC> It's done. <SYNC Start=8025985><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8032658><P Class=ENCC> And what of my nephew? <SYNC Start=8035161><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8035202><P Class=ENCC> And what of his mother? <SYNC Start=8037663><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8039540><P Class=ENCC> Should they share<br>her lover's fate? <SYNC Start=8042293><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8043919><P Class=ENCC> Or should<br>I be merciful? <SYNC Start=8046380><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8048674><P Class=ENCC> Commodus the Merciful. <SYNC Start=8051093><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8057141><P Class=ENCC> Lucius will stay with me now. <SYNC Start=8060311><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8060394><P Class=ENCC> And if his mother... <SYNC Start=8063606><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8063689><P Class=ENCC> so much as looks at me... <SYNC Start=8067068><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8067151><P Class=ENCC> in a manner that displeases me, <SYNC Start=8070112><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8071405><P Class=ENCC> he will die. <SYNC Start=8073366><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8076494><P Class=ENCC> If she decides... <SYNC Start=8078746><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8078788><P Class=ENCC> to be noble... <SYNC Start=8081374><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8081457><P Class=ENCC> and takes her own life, <SYNC Start=8085002><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8085086><P Class=ENCC> he will die. <SYNC Start=8087004><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8089799><P Class=ENCC> And as for you, <SYNC Start=8091717><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8094595><P Class=ENCC> you will love me... <SYNC Start=8097181><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8097264><P Class=ENCC> as I loved you. <SYNC Start=8099392><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8100643><P Class=ENCC> You will provide me<br>with an heir... <SYNC Start=8103104><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8103145><P Class=ENCC> of pure blood... <SYNC Start=8105439><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8105481><P Class=ENCC> so that Commodus<br>and his progeny... <SYNC Start=8108484><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8108526><P Class=ENCC> will rule for<br>a thousand years. <SYNC Start=8110986><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8115116><P Class=ENCC> Am I not merciful? <SYNC Start=8117576><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8138889><P Class=ENCC> Am I not merciful? <SYNC Start=8141308><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8153529><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8155656><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8155740><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus!<br>Maximus! <SYNC Start=8158576><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8158617><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8161412><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8161495><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8163748><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8163831><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8165916><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8165958><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus!<br>Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8169920><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8169962><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8172923><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8172965><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8175676><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8175760><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8178304><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8178387><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8180306><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8180389><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8182767><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8182808><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8185019><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8185102><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8188356><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8188439><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8191442><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8191525><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8193819><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8198240><P Class=ENCC> Maximus. <SYNC Start=8200409><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8200493><P Class=ENCC> Maximus. <SYNC Start=8202661><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8202745><P Class=ENCC> Maximus. <SYNC Start=8204705><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8205915><P Class=ENCC> They call for you. <SYNC Start=8208000><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8209627><P Class=ENCC> The general<br>who became a slave. <SYNC Start=8213381><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8213464><P Class=ENCC> The slave<br>who became a gladiator. <SYNC Start=8216717><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8217968><P Class=ENCC> The gladiator<br>who defied an emperor. <SYNC Start=8221097><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8222765><P Class=ENCC> A striking story. <SYNC Start=8225393><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8225476><P Class=ENCC> Now the people want to know<br>how the story ends. <SYNC Start=8228437><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8230940><P Class=ENCC> Only a famous death will do. <SYNC Start=8233192><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8234777><P Class=ENCC> And what could be<br>more glorious... <SYNC Start=8237738><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8237780><P Class=ENCC> than to challenge the Emperor<br>himself in the great arena? <SYNC Start=8241742><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8244120><P Class=ENCC> You would fight me? <SYNC Start=8246414><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8246455><P Class=ENCC> Why not?<br>Do you think I'm afraid? <SYNC Start=8250167><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8251377><P Class=ENCC> I think you have been afraid<br>all your life. <SYNC Start=8254171><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8254255><P Class=ENCC> Unlike Maximus the Invincible,<br>who knows no fear? <SYNC Start=8258384><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8264015><P Class=ENCC> I knew a man who once said,<br>" Death smiles at us all. <SYNC Start=8268310><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8268352><P Class=ENCC> All a man can do<br>is smile back." <SYNC Start=8271522><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8271605><P Class=ENCC> I wonder. <SYNC Start=8274275><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8274358><P Class=ENCC> Did your friend<br>smile at his own death? <SYNC Start=8276777><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8277862><P Class=ENCC> You must know. <SYNC Start=8279780><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8282199><P Class=ENCC> He was your father. <SYNC Start=8284535><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8287872><P Class=ENCC> You loved my father,<br>I know. <SYNC Start=8291542><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8291625><P Class=ENCC> But so did l. <SYNC Start=8293544><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8294628><P Class=ENCC> That makes us brothers,<br>doesn't it? <SYNC Start=8296839><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8299091><P Class=ENCC> Smile for me now, brother. <SYNC Start=8301927><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8305765><P Class=ENCC> - Strap on his armor. <SYNC Start=8308476><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8308559><P Class=ENCC> Conceal the wound. <SYNC Start=8311270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8317026><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8318778><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8318861><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8321614><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8363989><P Class=ENCC> Ring formation! <SYNC Start=8365991><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8366075><P Class=ENCC> Ring formation! <SYNC Start=8368869><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8398399><P Class=ENCC> Off with his head, Maximus! <SYNC Start=8401569><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8465758><P Class=ENCC> - Aah! <SYNC Start=8469428><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8477019><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! Maximus! Maximus! <SYNC Start=8479188><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8479271><P Class=ENCC> Quintus, sword! <SYNC Start=8481649><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8481691><P Class=ENCC> Give me your sword! <SYNC Start=8484485><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8486487><P Class=ENCC> Sword! Give me a sword! <SYNC Start=8489031><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8489115><P Class=ENCC> - Sheathe your swords! <SYNC Start=8491909><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8491992><P Class=ENCC> Sheathe yours words! <SYNC Start=8494995><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8629588><P Class=ENCC> Maximus. <SYNC Start=8631507><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8635553><P Class=ENCC> - Maximus.<br>- Quintus. <SYNC Start=8639056><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8640975><P Class=ENCC> Free my men. <SYNC Start=8643894><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8643978><P Class=ENCC> Senator Gracchus<br>is to be reinstated. <SYNC Start=8646522><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8647606><P Class=ENCC> There was a dream<br>that was Rome. <SYNC Start=8649608><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8650860><P Class=ENCC> It shall be realized. <SYNC Start=8653487><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8653571><P Class=ENCC> These are the wishes<br>of Marcus Aurelius. <SYNC Start=8656115><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8656198><P Class=ENCC> Free the prisoners!<br>Go! <SYNC Start=8659118><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8683059><P Class=ENCC> Maximus! <SYNC Start=8684977><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8686854><P Class=ENCC> Lucius is safe. <SYNC Start=8689148><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8704663><P Class=ENCC> Go to them. <SYNC Start=8706749><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8754922><P Class=ENCC> You're home. <SYNC Start=8757383><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8783159><P Class=ENCC> Is Rome worth<br>one good man's life? <SYNC Start=8786579><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8789707><P Class=ENCC> We believed it once. <SYNC Start=8791959><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8794211><P Class=ENCC> Make us<br>believe it again. <SYNC Start=8796172><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8800551><P Class=ENCC> He was a soldier of Rome. <SYNC Start=8803012><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8806432><P Class=ENCC> Honor him. <SYNC Start=8808768><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8808851><P Class=ENCC> Who will help me carry him? <SYNC Start=8811270><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8855231><P Class=ENCC> Now we are free. <SYNC Start=8857692><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8863030><P Class=ENCC> I will see you again. <SYNC Start=8865616><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8867743><P Class=ENCC> But not yet. <SYNC Start=8870329><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp <SYNC Start=8870371><P Class=ENCC> Not yet. <SYNC Start=8872331><P Class=ENCC>&nbsp </BODY> </SAMI>