La via Augusta (2007): Season 1, Episode 12 - Amor/Roma - full transcript
The person who will inherit all the
property from our most beloved Vespasian...
-...is me.
- I knew it!
- You know I'm marrying Aurelius?
- What?
I wouldn't like to see my
granddaughter marrying an old man.
He's as old as Vespasian!
I agree with mother.
Make sure she's pregnant soon.
Or I won't stop until I see
you dead on the arena.
She loves her husband
as much as I love my wife.
Take Numantia with you
to Tarraco and sell her.
No, Hasdrubal! Don't do it!
No, Hasdrubal!
Where is Numantia?
Why do you want me to kill you?
Because I'm already dead.
Will you marry me?
You?
And me?
THE VIA AUGUSTA
XII. Love/Rome
What are you doing?
Me?
Nothing, madam.
Why are you looking
so surprised?
Surprised?
You're like "oh, the old
woman slept with a man".
No, madam...
Go and tell your
comrades about it.
I won't.
You're dying to tell them.
And so am I.
Let the whole empire know that
Drusilla is a woman again!
Yes, madam.
I want you to go to the
city to rescue my wife!
There's nothing I
can do about it!
You misled her to go there.
They know!
You don't know the tears I shed!
I hope you still
have some for now.
What do you want?
The mistress ordered me to!
So do you do everything
she tells you?
Don't you?
Where did you sleep tonight?
You are lower than
the vilest hyenas.
First, they take my son...
And now my woman.
I'll kill them all, starting
off with the old woman.
- The old woman!
- What?
She has slept with the man with the
husky voice who came from Rome.
She spent the night with Aurelius?
Doing what?
They were counting no sheep.
They look like cosy rabbits.
- Let's kill some rabbits!
- Stop! What are you doing?
The circus is the place to be
killed if he wants to, not here!
No hurry to congratulate us.
We have all morning.
So you will be
our stepfather?
The husband of your mother.
What about me?
You what, my dear?
- What about my estate?
- It will be in good hands, my dear.
Those of your grandmother.
He wanted to marry me.
He's a clever man.
He knows you're not
a one-man woman.
Did you hear that?
- Yes, she called you a slut.
- Stop it, please!
We're not in any position
to judge anyone's life.
And certainly not our mother's
or our grandmother's.
We all have the right
to a second chance.
May the gods protect you.
As her eldest son, I hereby demand
to be the organizer of the ceremony.
Congratulations.
You didn't come to bed tonight.
They declared a curfew.
Were you worried about me?
I worried about both of us.
I don't understand you.
I don't mean to be understood.
Not now.
So when?
Not now.
Have you seen my mother?
Yes.
- Where is she?
- Don't worry. You'll see her soon.
What are you doing?
My job. I'm a slave.
No. You're the lover of one of the
most influential man in Rome,
Caesar's personal doctor.
How could I let you
ruin your hands?
- What will you get from my hands?
- Just everything.
Gold, contacts, favours...
There's nothing better than a man in
love for the finances of a brothel.
- Who's in love?
- Him.
See how he treated you:
sweet kisses, soft caresses...
- How do you know...?
- I have eyes in all my rooms.
They'd never made
love to you, right?
Of course.
I have a man and a son.
I'm talking about love, dear.
Men can be pleasant.
Some of them have the key that
opens up the door to our senses.
Don't ever be ashamed to feel.
I'm late.
Tie my shoes.
- Aren't you Mandoni's woman?
- Yes, I am.
If he perseveres, he'll become
the best gladiator of our time.
- Will you see him now?
- Yes.
Can I come with you?
Women are only allowed on the
eve of the games in my school.
When will that be?
Mandoni will fight his
first combat within five days.
- Against whom?
- I don't know yet.
But I heard Caesar had some lions
brought from the other side of the sea.
Plants are like women, Marcus.
They root into men's hearts and give
us sons to give meaning to life.
Yes, sir.
Unfortunately,
I married twice...
but the gods never
rewarded with a son.
- There's still plenty of time.
- Not so much. I'm not in good health.
Drafts affect me a lot.
Isn't that ridiculous?
I rule the world, but I
can't control the air.
On the other hand, my wife Livia
isn't getting any younger.
But you adopted
her two children.
Did you know she was five months
pregnant when I fell in love with her?
I didn't.
I thought: "this woman
will make me become a father".
But I was wrong.
You're the father of every
citizen in Rome, sir.
- You could be a good son.
- I am.
- I mean a son of mine.
- Oh...
You've proven your bravery.
You defended my gold. You put
your life in danger for me.
I wouldn't hesitate
to do it again, sir.
Did you know that I was
adopted by Julius Caesar? - No!
- You see? This is your problem!
- Which problem?
You don't know shit!
Sit down.
If I were to adopt you,
you should be a bit more...
- Smart.
- Yes.
- I try, sir, but I never succeed.
- Have you always been like this?
Yes, always.
Did your parents try to
give you a good education?
They did, but I don't
like studying.
- Really?
- I think it's a useless thing to do.
Come on...
History, for example. As much as
you study it, you can't change it.
- That's true.
- Humanities: poetry, drama...
What's the point in
writing about things...
if things are already as they are even
if nobody would write about them?
Let's do this.
I'll give you the most
important assignment.
Supervising the construction
of the Via Augusta.
I don't really understand what
you mean by "supervising".
Long words are not for me...
To oversee, to control...
The works are progressing very slowly, and
I want to see it finished before I die.
- How long would we be talking about?
- I don't know.
- Two years?
- Maybe five.
It's not a simple thing to do.
We're talking about leagues and
leagues of road from Gades to Rome.
If you prove to me
that before 5 years...
you're capable of culminating
such a great work...
I...
- Great news just arrived from Rome, sir.
- What is it?
Your wife, the great Livia, is coming
here to celebrate your anniversary.
My birthday is in September.
But we begin to celebrate
in July, your excellence.
Who decided that?
- The people want it.
- The people can be very annoying!
The wealthy are preparing
parties in your honour.
They even brought lions.
They won't be needed if Livia comes.
She's worse. Beat it!
Shit!
- Should I go too?
- No, you stay here.
Here's another
assignment for you.
Supervising Livia.
You see, Marcus?
There's still hope for you!
You're not as dumb as you think.
There are so many
people in the list!
But unfortunately the most
relevant ones are in Rome.
The Viniciis, the Tuliis,
the Catos...
But Caesar's here anyway.
And they say Livia is about to arrive.
Is she coming with her children?
I'd love to invite Tiberius.
Why so?
I have the feeling he
will be the next Caesar.
And he's 18.
Like you.
You'd end up stealing
him from me anyway.
I don't know what dress to wear.
I drew some sketches.
Then go and get them for me now!
I hate this country.
It's full of mosquitoes!
- Mother...
- What?
I am confused.
You don't know what
to wear either?
Last night...
I did with I had to
do with Mandoni.
- Haven't you been doing it for days now?
- No. Yesterday was the first time.
- But days ago you said...
- I lied to you.
I'd rather let you stab me
than letting you lie to me.
- You don't say...!
- I don't know.
- Have you fallen in love?
- I don't know.
That would be
awful, my daughter!
- But mother, nobody ever, ever...
- What?
Nobody had ever done
these things to me!
How can you appreciate
such a ridiculous thing?
That men have a good
time, this I understand.
They're dumb and primitive.
But we...
You opened your bed to Aurelius.
I guess you both did more
than just sleeping there.
The minimum. Just for him to
feel he's still young inside.
What about you?
As usual: I do, I let
them do and I watch.
The only thing that
gives me pleasure...
is watching the ludicrous
display of male convulsions.
- I thought you loved him.
- And I do.
But I like him better when he's
standing up than when he's lying down.
So what I feel is not normal?
Provided that you're not a dog,
or the sluttiest of the slaves...
it's not normal.
Mandoni can't stay here anymore.
How about me?
I don't like these two.
They're too rude.
I like them.
They're funny.
Hadrian wrote a piece for grandma.
We must find someone
to stage it.
They're great.
That one just farted!
It's not smart to use shit
to make people laugh.
People are shit, Marcus.
When shit makes us laugh,
we're laughing at ourselves.
There are some
others down there.
Let's check them out.
I'll be right up.
You too, Hasdrubal?
What about me?
Drusilla asked you to follow me?
I'm not following you, sir.
How could I follow a person
who arrives after me?
- You know Numantia is here?
- In the brothel?
I love her madly and I
don't know what to do.
It's only natural.
I say so because
you are possibly...
the only person I can
trust right now.
You're giving me an honour
I don't deserve, sir.
I'm feeling something new.
How can I help you?
I'm just asking you to
be discreet for now.
Love is the best medicine, Hasdrubal.
The only one.
- What are you doing here?
- What is a brothel?
I don't know.
My mother is inside.
The only mother you have is Claudia.
Just forget about any other.
Arinsal!
- Oops! Sorry.
- Dear Antonius!
- The masseur told me...
I asked him to let you in.
Come in.
I want to let you in on a historical
fact that will revolutionize the world.
- Me?
- I know you want to be a public man.
You're sick of business and you
have a political vocation.
Oh.
Rome isn't right.
We need people like you.
Oh...
Men who can return the
power to the people.
Oh.
Men who are firm believers
in the republic.
Augustus' days are
numbered, my friend.
- Is he ill?
- The empire is.
Oh.
The public treasury is squandered
on pharaonic works.
Farmers see their
land in danger...
as they're forced to share
them with the soldiers.
Traders are abandoning the cities,
as they're unable to pay the taxes.
It's dreadful!
I knew you felt
the same way as we do.
Who are "you"?
The 11 righteous men.
- 11?
- 12 if you join us.
Me?
From now on you're a part
of the future of Rome.
Is that so?
You will be a great... senator!
Are you sure about it?
It will be at the wedding.
What wedding?
At your mother's and mine.
At your place.
What will it be?
The assassination.
The death of the dictator.
Are you intending to
kill Caesar at my house?
So now you understand why you're
the twelfth man, don't you?
What are you doing?
What are you doing?!
So you can't bear
to have me here?
I can't bear what I feel.
- Don't you feel good with me?
- I'm not feeling good with myself.
I won't come back if
you don't want me to.
It's not about what I want.
- So what is it?
- Will I be forced to live here forever?
- Just waiting for you all the time?
- It's temporary.
You don't know what
to do with me.
I do.
Then tell me.
Because I'm clueless.
Julia!
What's this?
The new faith.
Don't be scared.
What about the gods you have
worshiped so intensely for years?
They're fake gods.
Oh...
And yours are the real
ones because you say so.
Mine are just one.
He says it all.
Did you know that the first man
and woman lived in a paradise?
And that they were expelled from it
because they ate a forbidden fruit?
- What fruit was that?
- An apple.
What's wrong with apples?
The evil is not the apple itself,
but the temptation to eat it.
Adam and Eve fell
into temptation...
And because of them we must work to
live and feel pain when giving birth.
Too much of a punishment for a
petty apple, don't you think?
No jokes about our god, madam.
- Where do you have the sacred book?
- In the barn, next to my bed.
I'll show it to you.
I don't like sects.
My god can punish but
he can also forgive.
Just embrace his faith
and he'll forgive you.
What should he forgive me for?
You know.
You're playing with the
feelings of a young girl...
What feelings are you playing with?
Your eyes show guilt.
- What?
- God can see you.
You don't have to look for him.
He's always around.
Get out of my house!
Was God in your room
yesterday night?
I said get out of my house!
You're a bad influence for my daughter!
God is the butterflies
in your stomach.
You can't kick him out.
He's a holy man!
He's an impostor!
- I have seen him perform miracles!
- He's the devil.
He's the Messiah!
- Livia, my wife...
- What about her?
I'm with Diana.
Livia accepts your
extramarital forays.
Forays, but not
long-term affairs.
She chose women for
you more than once.
Granted, she's the
great Roman matron.
She lives modestly, she makes
my clothes with her hands...
- She's discreet and austere, but...
- What?
She'll kill Diana.
- Are you sure about that?
- And you'll be next.
- Why me?
- She's just jealous.
Of me?
Of anyone who can
influence my reasoning.
Why did we stop talking to each
other for a couple of years?
Because of my affair with Diana.
Have you already figured out
that Livia poisoned Diana...
so you could treat her
while I was away?
She devised your
treason against me.
She thought I'd have
you killed, but...
Good doctors and good lovers
are not easily found.
What do you want me to do?
Just be careful.
Omens are awful, Pompey.
12 crows were flying over
the palace this morning.
No... you know I don't
believe in omens.
On the other hand, I had a lamb killed
and they found two frogs inside of it.
- Lambs don't eat frogs.
- There you go.
- Two will die.
- What if we disappear?
- Diana and you?
- While Livia is here.
- To be cheated on again?
- There's no such risk.
I'm slave to another woman.
Your women never lasted much.
No, sir.
This one is forever.
Why should he have to tell you about
it and jeopardize the ambush?
He needs me to hide the soldiers who will
neutralise the Caesar's guards home.
- What did you tell him?
- That I'd do it.
That they can count on me.
What a misfortune!
What terrible destiny!
Why do I always have to be in the
middle of every conspiracy?!
This is just great, Antonius!
Murdering Augustus, the son of the gods,
the greatest emperor in history,
here, in my house, on my
mother's wedding day...
This is just great?!
If it all works out,
you'll be a senator.
Better still, you'll be one
of the liberators of Rome!
What if we blow it?
Why should you?
Aurelius knows what he's doing.
Just like Brutus and his people when
they killed Julius Caesar, right?
But isn't he endorsed
by 11 righteous men?
There are 12 of us now.
- You are one of the righteous men?
- The twelfth one.
We belong to the cream of the
Roman patrician society!
He also says that a top level
person is behind the plot.
- Top level!
- And that person will arrive shortly.
- Livia!
- I thought about her too.
What benefit can the emperor's wife
get from murdering the emperor?
I'm sure she's trying
to avenge her father.
What father?
Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus took part
in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar.
He committed suicide along with Brutus and
Cassius when Augustus beat them.
I don't know, Calpurnia.
I'd disappear if I could.
What does your mother
know about all this?
Nothing, I guess.
We all know her.
Aurelius is much worse,
and he's using her.
Are you suggesting the
wedding is a hoax?
For Aurelius, sleeping with
my mother is an act of service.
- Do you think it's funny?
- It's hilarious!
What are you laughing at, Calpurnia?
I want to laugh too.
I'm so nervous with
all the preparations!
I don't understand why
Aurelius is in such a hurry.
Why such a rush,
after so many years?
Men live by impulse.
- Mother...
- What, my son?
Look at me in the eyes.
What do you want?
- He doesn't have to tell.
- Why not?
Because it's a surprise.
Something extraordinary he just
arranged for your wedding.
It won't be the same if
he tells you about it.
- I like surprises!
- Not sure about this one.
- This one will drive her crazy.
- Even more?
You bet!
Is everything alright?
Take it away from me!
- What is it?
- A wasp!
- Nice reflexes there.
- Thanks.
Considering your age.
- 60 is a beautiful age.
- 60!
I may not live that long.
I intend to live for 100 years.
Congratulations, then.
You've got almost another life left.
- The best half.
- You're a real optimist.
Optimism is the refuge of idiots.
- I'll keep it in mind.
- What do you mean?
Can't you see I'm the
greatest idiot of them all?
I marry a rich man,
I become a widow...
And I'm still poor.
It may seem hard for you, but
everything can change any time.
Really?
How?
As long as you join
the brave ones.
I don't get you.
You will.
Just be patient.
You're about to be my grandfather but you
don't look at me like a grandfather.
How are Roman women in bed?
I don't want to talk about that.
Is it true that their skin
is very white and fair?
I told you I don't want to talk about it.
Don't tell me that you care.
What?
Do you care about the mistress?
No.
I don't care about her.
Your lips are trembling.
The water is cold.
And the thought of
her is too hot.
Jut leave me alone, will you?
How can this happen to you, the
greatest enemy of the empire!
The talking's over.
There are some sacks full of
stones waiting for you outside.
I want you to carry them on your
back and do 20 laps to the arena.
Oh, and don't get dressed.
There are some ladies out there
who want to see you train.
Come with me.
You see? All Roman
women are like sows.
Father!
Arinsal!
Pompey's keeping
mum as a prisoner.
What?
- At the forum, in a brothel.
- What's a brothel?
A whorehouse!
What is this kid doing here?
It's his son.
And what are you two doing?
You're getting a little too friendly
after so much fighting against each other.
- You get away from here!
- Don't touch him!
What did you say?
I told you not to touch him.
Don't force me to go on.
I've invested a lot in you.
Damaging you would be the
last thing I'd want.
You should understand
once and for all...
that there's nothing you can
do about him or your wife.
- Both of them belong to the doctor.
- I don't belong to Pompey.
Well, it looks like your mother is.
And I'd say she's just
delighted about that.
Where's Arinsal?
Sir...
Where is he?
What?
- He heard our conversation.
- What conversation?
At the brothel's door. Then he
wanted to get it to see his mother.
When I tried to stop him...
he kicked me there where
it hurts the most.
And then he just flew away.
I tried to catch him,
but you know he runs like a hare.
I must find him before dusk.
Sooner or later he'll
see his mother again.
Yes, sure.
Run and tell Numantia...
that tonight we three
will leave from Tarraco.
- What?
- You heard right.
And when will you come back?
Never.
You mean never ever?
I'm sorry about Claudia
and the girls, but...
Could I escape with you?
Hasdrubal...
- You will need a slave.
- Just do as I tell you.
I eat very little.
Just do as I tell you.
Free!
Free!
- Hurray for Mandoni!
- Hurray!
- You are our captain!
- No!
We'll go where you tell us.
Just get the horses and
flee to the mountains.
Do it in groups of three
to avoid suspicion.
- Can't you see you're our captain?
- You know I can't come with you.
- Are you going to find Numantia?
- I must.
- After all you know now?
- What do I know now?
Look what we found!
The gods listened to me! I wanted
know how Roman women were and now...
- Wait!
- What is it?
Forget about them.
We can't waste no time!
- We'll be quick. Won't we, guys?
- Think with your head!
A hundred soldiers will
come for us shortly.
- So, we kill them?
- No!
We'll take them as our hostages!
You'll be able to do whatever you like
with them once we get to the mountains.
Okay.
- They're coming with us.
- No!
My son knows I'm here?
Yes, that's why I'm telling
you he's coming along.
I'll leave with him as
soon as he gets here.
- You must wait for Pompey.
- I won't wait for anyone!
The master wants to flee
with you and the kid.
The master has lost his mind.
He loves you.
- I know.
- Do you?
- What's up now?
- Nothing!
- Are you sure?
- I just want to leave this place.
Why are you so scared?
There has been a riot at
the school of gladiators!
- Where's Mandoni?
- I hope he's dead!
- What are you saying?
- And I hope you die too.
How did you know about that?
One of Agrippa's men escaped.
He says they caused a bloodbath.
They're coming to get her.
No, they won't come.
It's too risky.
Stay here if you want to.
I've survived 20 years in the business
because I know when it's time to leave.
You have no business being here.
Just go.
My people are coming to get me.
You're right.
I only have one master.
- Where is he?
- Follow me.
He's acting all weird.
What is it, father?
I want to disappear.
Come on, let's go to your room.
No, I don't want your
mother to see me.
Help me out.
Mother's not here. She went away with
Claudia to arrange a surprise for grandma.
Oh, poor grandma...
What did you drink?
A medicine from your uncle which
makes your sorrows drown.
He's dead drunk.
A medicine that will make me sleep
until the month of Augustus.
Oh, Augustus...
Poor Augustus, too!
Why do they have to kill
the unhappy fellow?
What has he done wrong?
Come on... let's go.
Granted, he's a dictator, but
why must it be at my place?
Why do they have to involve us?
- Do you understand what he's saying?
- No, I don't.
You will understand very soon.
Uncle!
- What's going on?
- It's something he must have drunk.
Opium?
Did you drink poppy juice?
We're all in danger, Pompey.
All of us.
Take him to his room.
Where are you going?
Where?
Out of town.
- Some errands for Augustus?
- Yes, more or less.
- I see it's a secret.
- Yes, more or less.
- But you will be here for the ceremony.
- Well, I don't know.
- Why did you do that?
- I needed to see you.
I can't betray my people.
Don't let him suffer, please.
Bergo, you and me.
The rest wait here.
Bring a few women along. We're many and
the two Roman women aren't enough.
- Just run away at the slightest doubt.
- Okay.
There's no one in here.
I heard Hasdrubal and
Pompey saying she was here.
Well, she's no longer here.
Have you looked everywhere?
- Pompey just beat us to it.
- What do we do now?
We have Claudia.
We'll offer an exchange.
- How.
- You'll go there to tell him about it.
- I'm not going back to that house!
- So what do you suggest we do?
We forget about her?
We give up on her?
I want to go to the
mountains with you!
Your mother gave birth to you
in the middle of a battle.
And she saved your life by
playing dead in a lousy field.
Come on, Arinsal.
Everything will be alright.
Mandoni...
Ursus!
The soldiers came.
Lydia betrayed us.
They killed the Roman woman.
Father...
Go away!
No! No!
No!
- My dear Livia!
- My king of the world!
- How was your journey?
- Simply dreadful.
It'll be a more pleasant one when
the Via Augusta is finished.
- You're looking good.
- Really?
It seems your beloved doctor found
a cure to all of your ailments.
What a wonderful plant!
Plants like Hispania's
weather a lot.
- So do conspirers.
- I beg your pardon?
There's a plan to
murder you, my dear.
Eh?
This evening at your
beloved Pompey's place.
At the old woman's wedding?
Aurelius is the chief
of this conspiracy.
He's backed by 10 republican
senators and the Scipio family.
How do you know?
I made them believe
I was endorsing it.
You got into a criminal
conspiracy against me?
You have many enemies, my darling.
And many bad spies.
- You made them believe that you...?
- I have a bad reputation.
They'd believe just
anything coming from me.
Pompey would never do
anything like this to me.
Pompey has Republican leanings,
and you know it as well as I do.
But he's loyal to me.
Just as you were to the slut?
Where are you hiding Diana now?
- Me?
- Yes, Diana.
- Do you know everything?
- I do have good spies.
You scare me sometimes.
You're doomed if you don't
scare people in Rome.
Two will die.
- I don't get you.
- The omen.
I won't go to the party.
- You have to!
- To put myself in danger?
You have the chance to unmask
all the traitors around you.
I won't risk even the
slightest exposure.
You won't have to.
I have this plot under control.
I even thought about what punishment
to apply to each individual conspirer.
A terrible plague epidemic has broken
out in the Britannia labour camps.
And not a single
doctor in sight!
You're obsessed with
Pompey and his family.
Do you think they influence
my decision-making?
- Don't they?
- No!
Emperors can't have friends.
Or wife, for that matter.
Do you all know the lyrics?
Yes, yes.
Please tell me how did you
assign each character.
Mother!
It's me.
Where's your father?
I mustn't be afraid.
Don't worry.
I'm here.
Nobody knows what
it's like to die.
Dying is nothing.
Nothing.
It's sleeping and not waking up.
If that's so...
Then it's very easy.
No!
No!
You're supposed to be a doctor!
You're an impostor!
You're a failure!
My...
My precious pearl!
Why are you throwing it away?
You told me you liked it.
Claudia is dead.
I didn't know it was so serious.
The wound didn't look like it,
but then she got a fever.
Shut the doors.
- Keep out the sun.
- What about the ceremony?
It will be a funeral ceremony.
There are 10 senators outside
who came all the way from Rome.
How dare you!
You're heartless!
Either way, you can't possible bring
your daughter back to life now.
Think with your head.
What do we do with Caesar?
We kill him.
Stop it.
We're having a serious talk here.
There's nothing more serious
than killing the emperor.
Lock your workshop or else your
brother-in-law will take all your drugs.
He's planning a plot
against Augustus.
The wedding is a setup.
He's under the effects
of an hallucinogen!
What about the 50 armed men you
made me hide in the cellar?
Are they also the effect
of an hallucinogen?
Augustus is coming!
- Is he heavily escorted?
- No, just a simple patrol.
Where are you going?
To mourn my wife's body.
Are taking me for a fool?
My men are everywhere!
Dare to spoil my plan...
and your children won't see
the moon this evening.
My future grandfather
is threatening us?
Your future
grandfather, Marcus...
is a bastard.
A patriot.
I told her that God
would punish us.
Oh, my dear.
No god, no matter how powerful, would
never inflict such a cruel punishment.
- Only one thing makes me happy.
- What?
- There's life after death.
- Is that what the Hebrew guy told you?
There's paradise for the
good and hell for the bad.
Yes, there are both things.
But they're here.
And it's not always
like you say.
- Mother is in heaven.
- Above the clouds.
And in company of angels.
What are they?
Some very beautiful winged spirits.
What's their purpose?
To fulfil Yahweh's wishes.
I get it now!
They're some kind
of of God's slaves.
Hey, what are you doing here?
- What is this all about?
- Be quiet!
Is grandma really going to
go through with the wedding? - Quiet!
I won't!
My mother is dead!
- Do you have knife?
- Yes.
Sir.
I'm devastated, sir.
- They want to murder you.
- I know.
- You do?
- I know all about it.
Don't pick your nose!
What an honour!
What a great honour!
Let me embrace you,
oh son of the gods!
Hold it right there!
Yes, you heard right:
you are free.
Here are your freed
slave papers.
The masters are going
back to Rome...
and you're such a lousy
bunch of slaves...
that they'd rather let you starve
in your mountains instead.
- You mean we can leave now?
- Yes, you have no business here anymore.
Livia and young Tiberius
will move here tonight.
They'll bring new
slaves with them.
Can we really go wherever we
want to without being killed?
Theoretically, yes you can.
Let's go.
Can I go to Rome too?
Aren't you afraid of
travelling by ship?
No.
Maybe you're afraid of
sleeping in my bunk...?
No...
I like mountains.
Here's yours.
When I think of how much
did Mandoni fight for this...
If only he'd been more patient.
You can't be patient when you have
someone's foot crushing your neck.
Pompey's not a spiteful man.
He signed another
paper for your son.
We haven't heard
from him since then.
- He lost something very important.
- Didn't we too?
Good luck!
Be careful not to get
eaten by sharks!
Hurry up! I don't want to delay
the departure of our ship.
Time is money.
I can't wait to
be in Rome again.
I'm really through
with this country.
You'll be able to brag now.
You have an heroic husband
who turned into a senator.
So good that you listened to me
and didn't join the conspiracy.
What?
- I'll miss you.
- I'll miss you too.
I don't envy you. All day
long serving that witch...
I'll make points with Livia.
I'll be rich and I'll
be able to marry you.
I'm already rich.
I got the whole inheritance from Vespasian.
But you're crazy
in love with me.
With some parts of you only.
I love all of yours.
I hope the empress will
appreciate you as much as I do.
I'll only be her assistant.
That doesn't mean that...
Oh yes, it does.
Tell Tiberius about me.
What about your father?
He's not coming to Rome.
Of course, he must be
where Augustus is.
And away from my mother's memory.
Marcia!
See you never, land of rabbits!
My horse is strong.
It can carry us three.
But now you can do
whatever you want.
You are free.
This one for the kitchen.
These two for household chores.
This one looks like a shepherd.
He'll take care of the barn.
And this one...
I'll tell you later.
**Fansubs by MoonCT**
property from our most beloved Vespasian...
-...is me.
- I knew it!
- You know I'm marrying Aurelius?
- What?
I wouldn't like to see my
granddaughter marrying an old man.
He's as old as Vespasian!
I agree with mother.
Make sure she's pregnant soon.
Or I won't stop until I see
you dead on the arena.
She loves her husband
as much as I love my wife.
Take Numantia with you
to Tarraco and sell her.
No, Hasdrubal! Don't do it!
No, Hasdrubal!
Where is Numantia?
Why do you want me to kill you?
Because I'm already dead.
Will you marry me?
You?
And me?
THE VIA AUGUSTA
XII. Love/Rome
What are you doing?
Me?
Nothing, madam.
Why are you looking
so surprised?
Surprised?
You're like "oh, the old
woman slept with a man".
No, madam...
Go and tell your
comrades about it.
I won't.
You're dying to tell them.
And so am I.
Let the whole empire know that
Drusilla is a woman again!
Yes, madam.
I want you to go to the
city to rescue my wife!
There's nothing I
can do about it!
You misled her to go there.
They know!
You don't know the tears I shed!
I hope you still
have some for now.
What do you want?
The mistress ordered me to!
So do you do everything
she tells you?
Don't you?
Where did you sleep tonight?
You are lower than
the vilest hyenas.
First, they take my son...
And now my woman.
I'll kill them all, starting
off with the old woman.
- The old woman!
- What?
She has slept with the man with the
husky voice who came from Rome.
She spent the night with Aurelius?
Doing what?
They were counting no sheep.
They look like cosy rabbits.
- Let's kill some rabbits!
- Stop! What are you doing?
The circus is the place to be
killed if he wants to, not here!
No hurry to congratulate us.
We have all morning.
So you will be
our stepfather?
The husband of your mother.
What about me?
You what, my dear?
- What about my estate?
- It will be in good hands, my dear.
Those of your grandmother.
He wanted to marry me.
He's a clever man.
He knows you're not
a one-man woman.
Did you hear that?
- Yes, she called you a slut.
- Stop it, please!
We're not in any position
to judge anyone's life.
And certainly not our mother's
or our grandmother's.
We all have the right
to a second chance.
May the gods protect you.
As her eldest son, I hereby demand
to be the organizer of the ceremony.
Congratulations.
You didn't come to bed tonight.
They declared a curfew.
Were you worried about me?
I worried about both of us.
I don't understand you.
I don't mean to be understood.
Not now.
So when?
Not now.
Have you seen my mother?
Yes.
- Where is she?
- Don't worry. You'll see her soon.
What are you doing?
My job. I'm a slave.
No. You're the lover of one of the
most influential man in Rome,
Caesar's personal doctor.
How could I let you
ruin your hands?
- What will you get from my hands?
- Just everything.
Gold, contacts, favours...
There's nothing better than a man in
love for the finances of a brothel.
- Who's in love?
- Him.
See how he treated you:
sweet kisses, soft caresses...
- How do you know...?
- I have eyes in all my rooms.
They'd never made
love to you, right?
Of course.
I have a man and a son.
I'm talking about love, dear.
Men can be pleasant.
Some of them have the key that
opens up the door to our senses.
Don't ever be ashamed to feel.
I'm late.
Tie my shoes.
- Aren't you Mandoni's woman?
- Yes, I am.
If he perseveres, he'll become
the best gladiator of our time.
- Will you see him now?
- Yes.
Can I come with you?
Women are only allowed on the
eve of the games in my school.
When will that be?
Mandoni will fight his
first combat within five days.
- Against whom?
- I don't know yet.
But I heard Caesar had some lions
brought from the other side of the sea.
Plants are like women, Marcus.
They root into men's hearts and give
us sons to give meaning to life.
Yes, sir.
Unfortunately,
I married twice...
but the gods never
rewarded with a son.
- There's still plenty of time.
- Not so much. I'm not in good health.
Drafts affect me a lot.
Isn't that ridiculous?
I rule the world, but I
can't control the air.
On the other hand, my wife Livia
isn't getting any younger.
But you adopted
her two children.
Did you know she was five months
pregnant when I fell in love with her?
I didn't.
I thought: "this woman
will make me become a father".
But I was wrong.
You're the father of every
citizen in Rome, sir.
- You could be a good son.
- I am.
- I mean a son of mine.
- Oh...
You've proven your bravery.
You defended my gold. You put
your life in danger for me.
I wouldn't hesitate
to do it again, sir.
Did you know that I was
adopted by Julius Caesar? - No!
- You see? This is your problem!
- Which problem?
You don't know shit!
Sit down.
If I were to adopt you,
you should be a bit more...
- Smart.
- Yes.
- I try, sir, but I never succeed.
- Have you always been like this?
Yes, always.
Did your parents try to
give you a good education?
They did, but I don't
like studying.
- Really?
- I think it's a useless thing to do.
Come on...
History, for example. As much as
you study it, you can't change it.
- That's true.
- Humanities: poetry, drama...
What's the point in
writing about things...
if things are already as they are even
if nobody would write about them?
Let's do this.
I'll give you the most
important assignment.
Supervising the construction
of the Via Augusta.
I don't really understand what
you mean by "supervising".
Long words are not for me...
To oversee, to control...
The works are progressing very slowly, and
I want to see it finished before I die.
- How long would we be talking about?
- I don't know.
- Two years?
- Maybe five.
It's not a simple thing to do.
We're talking about leagues and
leagues of road from Gades to Rome.
If you prove to me
that before 5 years...
you're capable of culminating
such a great work...
I...
- Great news just arrived from Rome, sir.
- What is it?
Your wife, the great Livia, is coming
here to celebrate your anniversary.
My birthday is in September.
But we begin to celebrate
in July, your excellence.
Who decided that?
- The people want it.
- The people can be very annoying!
The wealthy are preparing
parties in your honour.
They even brought lions.
They won't be needed if Livia comes.
She's worse. Beat it!
Shit!
- Should I go too?
- No, you stay here.
Here's another
assignment for you.
Supervising Livia.
You see, Marcus?
There's still hope for you!
You're not as dumb as you think.
There are so many
people in the list!
But unfortunately the most
relevant ones are in Rome.
The Viniciis, the Tuliis,
the Catos...
But Caesar's here anyway.
And they say Livia is about to arrive.
Is she coming with her children?
I'd love to invite Tiberius.
Why so?
I have the feeling he
will be the next Caesar.
And he's 18.
Like you.
You'd end up stealing
him from me anyway.
I don't know what dress to wear.
I drew some sketches.
Then go and get them for me now!
I hate this country.
It's full of mosquitoes!
- Mother...
- What?
I am confused.
You don't know what
to wear either?
Last night...
I did with I had to
do with Mandoni.
- Haven't you been doing it for days now?
- No. Yesterday was the first time.
- But days ago you said...
- I lied to you.
I'd rather let you stab me
than letting you lie to me.
- You don't say...!
- I don't know.
- Have you fallen in love?
- I don't know.
That would be
awful, my daughter!
- But mother, nobody ever, ever...
- What?
Nobody had ever done
these things to me!
How can you appreciate
such a ridiculous thing?
That men have a good
time, this I understand.
They're dumb and primitive.
But we...
You opened your bed to Aurelius.
I guess you both did more
than just sleeping there.
The minimum. Just for him to
feel he's still young inside.
What about you?
As usual: I do, I let
them do and I watch.
The only thing that
gives me pleasure...
is watching the ludicrous
display of male convulsions.
- I thought you loved him.
- And I do.
But I like him better when he's
standing up than when he's lying down.
So what I feel is not normal?
Provided that you're not a dog,
or the sluttiest of the slaves...
it's not normal.
Mandoni can't stay here anymore.
How about me?
I don't like these two.
They're too rude.
I like them.
They're funny.
Hadrian wrote a piece for grandma.
We must find someone
to stage it.
They're great.
That one just farted!
It's not smart to use shit
to make people laugh.
People are shit, Marcus.
When shit makes us laugh,
we're laughing at ourselves.
There are some
others down there.
Let's check them out.
I'll be right up.
You too, Hasdrubal?
What about me?
Drusilla asked you to follow me?
I'm not following you, sir.
How could I follow a person
who arrives after me?
- You know Numantia is here?
- In the brothel?
I love her madly and I
don't know what to do.
It's only natural.
I say so because
you are possibly...
the only person I can
trust right now.
You're giving me an honour
I don't deserve, sir.
I'm feeling something new.
How can I help you?
I'm just asking you to
be discreet for now.
Love is the best medicine, Hasdrubal.
The only one.
- What are you doing here?
- What is a brothel?
I don't know.
My mother is inside.
The only mother you have is Claudia.
Just forget about any other.
Arinsal!
- Oops! Sorry.
- Dear Antonius!
- The masseur told me...
I asked him to let you in.
Come in.
I want to let you in on a historical
fact that will revolutionize the world.
- Me?
- I know you want to be a public man.
You're sick of business and you
have a political vocation.
Oh.
Rome isn't right.
We need people like you.
Oh...
Men who can return the
power to the people.
Oh.
Men who are firm believers
in the republic.
Augustus' days are
numbered, my friend.
- Is he ill?
- The empire is.
Oh.
The public treasury is squandered
on pharaonic works.
Farmers see their
land in danger...
as they're forced to share
them with the soldiers.
Traders are abandoning the cities,
as they're unable to pay the taxes.
It's dreadful!
I knew you felt
the same way as we do.
Who are "you"?
The 11 righteous men.
- 11?
- 12 if you join us.
Me?
From now on you're a part
of the future of Rome.
Is that so?
You will be a great... senator!
Are you sure about it?
It will be at the wedding.
What wedding?
At your mother's and mine.
At your place.
What will it be?
The assassination.
The death of the dictator.
Are you intending to
kill Caesar at my house?
So now you understand why you're
the twelfth man, don't you?
What are you doing?
What are you doing?!
So you can't bear
to have me here?
I can't bear what I feel.
- Don't you feel good with me?
- I'm not feeling good with myself.
I won't come back if
you don't want me to.
It's not about what I want.
- So what is it?
- Will I be forced to live here forever?
- Just waiting for you all the time?
- It's temporary.
You don't know what
to do with me.
I do.
Then tell me.
Because I'm clueless.
Julia!
What's this?
The new faith.
Don't be scared.
What about the gods you have
worshiped so intensely for years?
They're fake gods.
Oh...
And yours are the real
ones because you say so.
Mine are just one.
He says it all.
Did you know that the first man
and woman lived in a paradise?
And that they were expelled from it
because they ate a forbidden fruit?
- What fruit was that?
- An apple.
What's wrong with apples?
The evil is not the apple itself,
but the temptation to eat it.
Adam and Eve fell
into temptation...
And because of them we must work to
live and feel pain when giving birth.
Too much of a punishment for a
petty apple, don't you think?
No jokes about our god, madam.
- Where do you have the sacred book?
- In the barn, next to my bed.
I'll show it to you.
I don't like sects.
My god can punish but
he can also forgive.
Just embrace his faith
and he'll forgive you.
What should he forgive me for?
You know.
You're playing with the
feelings of a young girl...
What feelings are you playing with?
Your eyes show guilt.
- What?
- God can see you.
You don't have to look for him.
He's always around.
Get out of my house!
Was God in your room
yesterday night?
I said get out of my house!
You're a bad influence for my daughter!
God is the butterflies
in your stomach.
You can't kick him out.
He's a holy man!
He's an impostor!
- I have seen him perform miracles!
- He's the devil.
He's the Messiah!
- Livia, my wife...
- What about her?
I'm with Diana.
Livia accepts your
extramarital forays.
Forays, but not
long-term affairs.
She chose women for
you more than once.
Granted, she's the
great Roman matron.
She lives modestly, she makes
my clothes with her hands...
- She's discreet and austere, but...
- What?
She'll kill Diana.
- Are you sure about that?
- And you'll be next.
- Why me?
- She's just jealous.
Of me?
Of anyone who can
influence my reasoning.
Why did we stop talking to each
other for a couple of years?
Because of my affair with Diana.
Have you already figured out
that Livia poisoned Diana...
so you could treat her
while I was away?
She devised your
treason against me.
She thought I'd have
you killed, but...
Good doctors and good lovers
are not easily found.
What do you want me to do?
Just be careful.
Omens are awful, Pompey.
12 crows were flying over
the palace this morning.
No... you know I don't
believe in omens.
On the other hand, I had a lamb killed
and they found two frogs inside of it.
- Lambs don't eat frogs.
- There you go.
- Two will die.
- What if we disappear?
- Diana and you?
- While Livia is here.
- To be cheated on again?
- There's no such risk.
I'm slave to another woman.
Your women never lasted much.
No, sir.
This one is forever.
Why should he have to tell you about
it and jeopardize the ambush?
He needs me to hide the soldiers who will
neutralise the Caesar's guards home.
- What did you tell him?
- That I'd do it.
That they can count on me.
What a misfortune!
What terrible destiny!
Why do I always have to be in the
middle of every conspiracy?!
This is just great, Antonius!
Murdering Augustus, the son of the gods,
the greatest emperor in history,
here, in my house, on my
mother's wedding day...
This is just great?!
If it all works out,
you'll be a senator.
Better still, you'll be one
of the liberators of Rome!
What if we blow it?
Why should you?
Aurelius knows what he's doing.
Just like Brutus and his people when
they killed Julius Caesar, right?
But isn't he endorsed
by 11 righteous men?
There are 12 of us now.
- You are one of the righteous men?
- The twelfth one.
We belong to the cream of the
Roman patrician society!
He also says that a top level
person is behind the plot.
- Top level!
- And that person will arrive shortly.
- Livia!
- I thought about her too.
What benefit can the emperor's wife
get from murdering the emperor?
I'm sure she's trying
to avenge her father.
What father?
Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus took part
in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar.
He committed suicide along with Brutus and
Cassius when Augustus beat them.
I don't know, Calpurnia.
I'd disappear if I could.
What does your mother
know about all this?
Nothing, I guess.
We all know her.
Aurelius is much worse,
and he's using her.
Are you suggesting the
wedding is a hoax?
For Aurelius, sleeping with
my mother is an act of service.
- Do you think it's funny?
- It's hilarious!
What are you laughing at, Calpurnia?
I want to laugh too.
I'm so nervous with
all the preparations!
I don't understand why
Aurelius is in such a hurry.
Why such a rush,
after so many years?
Men live by impulse.
- Mother...
- What, my son?
Look at me in the eyes.
What do you want?
- He doesn't have to tell.
- Why not?
Because it's a surprise.
Something extraordinary he just
arranged for your wedding.
It won't be the same if
he tells you about it.
- I like surprises!
- Not sure about this one.
- This one will drive her crazy.
- Even more?
You bet!
Is everything alright?
Take it away from me!
- What is it?
- A wasp!
- Nice reflexes there.
- Thanks.
Considering your age.
- 60 is a beautiful age.
- 60!
I may not live that long.
I intend to live for 100 years.
Congratulations, then.
You've got almost another life left.
- The best half.
- You're a real optimist.
Optimism is the refuge of idiots.
- I'll keep it in mind.
- What do you mean?
Can't you see I'm the
greatest idiot of them all?
I marry a rich man,
I become a widow...
And I'm still poor.
It may seem hard for you, but
everything can change any time.
Really?
How?
As long as you join
the brave ones.
I don't get you.
You will.
Just be patient.
You're about to be my grandfather but you
don't look at me like a grandfather.
How are Roman women in bed?
I don't want to talk about that.
Is it true that their skin
is very white and fair?
I told you I don't want to talk about it.
Don't tell me that you care.
What?
Do you care about the mistress?
No.
I don't care about her.
Your lips are trembling.
The water is cold.
And the thought of
her is too hot.
Jut leave me alone, will you?
How can this happen to you, the
greatest enemy of the empire!
The talking's over.
There are some sacks full of
stones waiting for you outside.
I want you to carry them on your
back and do 20 laps to the arena.
Oh, and don't get dressed.
There are some ladies out there
who want to see you train.
Come with me.
You see? All Roman
women are like sows.
Father!
Arinsal!
Pompey's keeping
mum as a prisoner.
What?
- At the forum, in a brothel.
- What's a brothel?
A whorehouse!
What is this kid doing here?
It's his son.
And what are you two doing?
You're getting a little too friendly
after so much fighting against each other.
- You get away from here!
- Don't touch him!
What did you say?
I told you not to touch him.
Don't force me to go on.
I've invested a lot in you.
Damaging you would be the
last thing I'd want.
You should understand
once and for all...
that there's nothing you can
do about him or your wife.
- Both of them belong to the doctor.
- I don't belong to Pompey.
Well, it looks like your mother is.
And I'd say she's just
delighted about that.
Where's Arinsal?
Sir...
Where is he?
What?
- He heard our conversation.
- What conversation?
At the brothel's door. Then he
wanted to get it to see his mother.
When I tried to stop him...
he kicked me there where
it hurts the most.
And then he just flew away.
I tried to catch him,
but you know he runs like a hare.
I must find him before dusk.
Sooner or later he'll
see his mother again.
Yes, sure.
Run and tell Numantia...
that tonight we three
will leave from Tarraco.
- What?
- You heard right.
And when will you come back?
Never.
You mean never ever?
I'm sorry about Claudia
and the girls, but...
Could I escape with you?
Hasdrubal...
- You will need a slave.
- Just do as I tell you.
I eat very little.
Just do as I tell you.
Free!
Free!
- Hurray for Mandoni!
- Hurray!
- You are our captain!
- No!
We'll go where you tell us.
Just get the horses and
flee to the mountains.
Do it in groups of three
to avoid suspicion.
- Can't you see you're our captain?
- You know I can't come with you.
- Are you going to find Numantia?
- I must.
- After all you know now?
- What do I know now?
Look what we found!
The gods listened to me! I wanted
know how Roman women were and now...
- Wait!
- What is it?
Forget about them.
We can't waste no time!
- We'll be quick. Won't we, guys?
- Think with your head!
A hundred soldiers will
come for us shortly.
- So, we kill them?
- No!
We'll take them as our hostages!
You'll be able to do whatever you like
with them once we get to the mountains.
Okay.
- They're coming with us.
- No!
My son knows I'm here?
Yes, that's why I'm telling
you he's coming along.
I'll leave with him as
soon as he gets here.
- You must wait for Pompey.
- I won't wait for anyone!
The master wants to flee
with you and the kid.
The master has lost his mind.
He loves you.
- I know.
- Do you?
- What's up now?
- Nothing!
- Are you sure?
- I just want to leave this place.
Why are you so scared?
There has been a riot at
the school of gladiators!
- Where's Mandoni?
- I hope he's dead!
- What are you saying?
- And I hope you die too.
How did you know about that?
One of Agrippa's men escaped.
He says they caused a bloodbath.
They're coming to get her.
No, they won't come.
It's too risky.
Stay here if you want to.
I've survived 20 years in the business
because I know when it's time to leave.
You have no business being here.
Just go.
My people are coming to get me.
You're right.
I only have one master.
- Where is he?
- Follow me.
He's acting all weird.
What is it, father?
I want to disappear.
Come on, let's go to your room.
No, I don't want your
mother to see me.
Help me out.
Mother's not here. She went away with
Claudia to arrange a surprise for grandma.
Oh, poor grandma...
What did you drink?
A medicine from your uncle which
makes your sorrows drown.
He's dead drunk.
A medicine that will make me sleep
until the month of Augustus.
Oh, Augustus...
Poor Augustus, too!
Why do they have to kill
the unhappy fellow?
What has he done wrong?
Come on... let's go.
Granted, he's a dictator, but
why must it be at my place?
Why do they have to involve us?
- Do you understand what he's saying?
- No, I don't.
You will understand very soon.
Uncle!
- What's going on?
- It's something he must have drunk.
Opium?
Did you drink poppy juice?
We're all in danger, Pompey.
All of us.
Take him to his room.
Where are you going?
Where?
Out of town.
- Some errands for Augustus?
- Yes, more or less.
- I see it's a secret.
- Yes, more or less.
- But you will be here for the ceremony.
- Well, I don't know.
- Why did you do that?
- I needed to see you.
I can't betray my people.
Don't let him suffer, please.
Bergo, you and me.
The rest wait here.
Bring a few women along. We're many and
the two Roman women aren't enough.
- Just run away at the slightest doubt.
- Okay.
There's no one in here.
I heard Hasdrubal and
Pompey saying she was here.
Well, she's no longer here.
Have you looked everywhere?
- Pompey just beat us to it.
- What do we do now?
We have Claudia.
We'll offer an exchange.
- How.
- You'll go there to tell him about it.
- I'm not going back to that house!
- So what do you suggest we do?
We forget about her?
We give up on her?
I want to go to the
mountains with you!
Your mother gave birth to you
in the middle of a battle.
And she saved your life by
playing dead in a lousy field.
Come on, Arinsal.
Everything will be alright.
Mandoni...
Ursus!
The soldiers came.
Lydia betrayed us.
They killed the Roman woman.
Father...
Go away!
No! No!
No!
- My dear Livia!
- My king of the world!
- How was your journey?
- Simply dreadful.
It'll be a more pleasant one when
the Via Augusta is finished.
- You're looking good.
- Really?
It seems your beloved doctor found
a cure to all of your ailments.
What a wonderful plant!
Plants like Hispania's
weather a lot.
- So do conspirers.
- I beg your pardon?
There's a plan to
murder you, my dear.
Eh?
This evening at your
beloved Pompey's place.
At the old woman's wedding?
Aurelius is the chief
of this conspiracy.
He's backed by 10 republican
senators and the Scipio family.
How do you know?
I made them believe
I was endorsing it.
You got into a criminal
conspiracy against me?
You have many enemies, my darling.
And many bad spies.
- You made them believe that you...?
- I have a bad reputation.
They'd believe just
anything coming from me.
Pompey would never do
anything like this to me.
Pompey has Republican leanings,
and you know it as well as I do.
But he's loyal to me.
Just as you were to the slut?
Where are you hiding Diana now?
- Me?
- Yes, Diana.
- Do you know everything?
- I do have good spies.
You scare me sometimes.
You're doomed if you don't
scare people in Rome.
Two will die.
- I don't get you.
- The omen.
I won't go to the party.
- You have to!
- To put myself in danger?
You have the chance to unmask
all the traitors around you.
I won't risk even the
slightest exposure.
You won't have to.
I have this plot under control.
I even thought about what punishment
to apply to each individual conspirer.
A terrible plague epidemic has broken
out in the Britannia labour camps.
And not a single
doctor in sight!
You're obsessed with
Pompey and his family.
Do you think they influence
my decision-making?
- Don't they?
- No!
Emperors can't have friends.
Or wife, for that matter.
Do you all know the lyrics?
Yes, yes.
Please tell me how did you
assign each character.
Mother!
It's me.
Where's your father?
I mustn't be afraid.
Don't worry.
I'm here.
Nobody knows what
it's like to die.
Dying is nothing.
Nothing.
It's sleeping and not waking up.
If that's so...
Then it's very easy.
No!
No!
You're supposed to be a doctor!
You're an impostor!
You're a failure!
My...
My precious pearl!
Why are you throwing it away?
You told me you liked it.
Claudia is dead.
I didn't know it was so serious.
The wound didn't look like it,
but then she got a fever.
Shut the doors.
- Keep out the sun.
- What about the ceremony?
It will be a funeral ceremony.
There are 10 senators outside
who came all the way from Rome.
How dare you!
You're heartless!
Either way, you can't possible bring
your daughter back to life now.
Think with your head.
What do we do with Caesar?
We kill him.
Stop it.
We're having a serious talk here.
There's nothing more serious
than killing the emperor.
Lock your workshop or else your
brother-in-law will take all your drugs.
He's planning a plot
against Augustus.
The wedding is a setup.
He's under the effects
of an hallucinogen!
What about the 50 armed men you
made me hide in the cellar?
Are they also the effect
of an hallucinogen?
Augustus is coming!
- Is he heavily escorted?
- No, just a simple patrol.
Where are you going?
To mourn my wife's body.
Are taking me for a fool?
My men are everywhere!
Dare to spoil my plan...
and your children won't see
the moon this evening.
My future grandfather
is threatening us?
Your future
grandfather, Marcus...
is a bastard.
A patriot.
I told her that God
would punish us.
Oh, my dear.
No god, no matter how powerful, would
never inflict such a cruel punishment.
- Only one thing makes me happy.
- What?
- There's life after death.
- Is that what the Hebrew guy told you?
There's paradise for the
good and hell for the bad.
Yes, there are both things.
But they're here.
And it's not always
like you say.
- Mother is in heaven.
- Above the clouds.
And in company of angels.
What are they?
Some very beautiful winged spirits.
What's their purpose?
To fulfil Yahweh's wishes.
I get it now!
They're some kind
of of God's slaves.
Hey, what are you doing here?
- What is this all about?
- Be quiet!
Is grandma really going to
go through with the wedding? - Quiet!
I won't!
My mother is dead!
- Do you have knife?
- Yes.
Sir.
I'm devastated, sir.
- They want to murder you.
- I know.
- You do?
- I know all about it.
Don't pick your nose!
What an honour!
What a great honour!
Let me embrace you,
oh son of the gods!
Hold it right there!
Yes, you heard right:
you are free.
Here are your freed
slave papers.
The masters are going
back to Rome...
and you're such a lousy
bunch of slaves...
that they'd rather let you starve
in your mountains instead.
- You mean we can leave now?
- Yes, you have no business here anymore.
Livia and young Tiberius
will move here tonight.
They'll bring new
slaves with them.
Can we really go wherever we
want to without being killed?
Theoretically, yes you can.
Let's go.
Can I go to Rome too?
Aren't you afraid of
travelling by ship?
No.
Maybe you're afraid of
sleeping in my bunk...?
No...
I like mountains.
Here's yours.
When I think of how much
did Mandoni fight for this...
If only he'd been more patient.
You can't be patient when you have
someone's foot crushing your neck.
Pompey's not a spiteful man.
He signed another
paper for your son.
We haven't heard
from him since then.
- He lost something very important.
- Didn't we too?
Good luck!
Be careful not to get
eaten by sharks!
Hurry up! I don't want to delay
the departure of our ship.
Time is money.
I can't wait to
be in Rome again.
I'm really through
with this country.
You'll be able to brag now.
You have an heroic husband
who turned into a senator.
So good that you listened to me
and didn't join the conspiracy.
What?
- I'll miss you.
- I'll miss you too.
I don't envy you. All day
long serving that witch...
I'll make points with Livia.
I'll be rich and I'll
be able to marry you.
I'm already rich.
I got the whole inheritance from Vespasian.
But you're crazy
in love with me.
With some parts of you only.
I love all of yours.
I hope the empress will
appreciate you as much as I do.
I'll only be her assistant.
That doesn't mean that...
Oh yes, it does.
Tell Tiberius about me.
What about your father?
He's not coming to Rome.
Of course, he must be
where Augustus is.
And away from my mother's memory.
Marcia!
See you never, land of rabbits!
My horse is strong.
It can carry us three.
But now you can do
whatever you want.
You are free.
This one for the kitchen.
These two for household chores.
This one looks like a shepherd.
He'll take care of the barn.
And this one...
I'll tell you later.
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