Romulus (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Memento - full transcript
Yemos.
Wake up.
Wake up.
We're alive.
- Where we are?
- I don't know.
Did you see them?
Who are they?
- Why are you keeping us here?
- We're thirsty.
Water, please! I beg you.
We're thirsty.
What's that?
What...
Tell me your names.
I'm Wiros.
And who are you?
We're the children of Rumia,
the only Goddess.
Older than the starry sky
and the mountains.
We were taught to fear her,
but on the day of misfortune
we invoked her and she saved us.
Rumia...
Will she save us as well?
Today you two
will die together.
Rumia, Mother of men and Gods,
you who create and destroy,
welcome these your children.
I am the She-wolf.
I protect the children.
Children.
Children.
You're dead.
And today Rumia
has given you new life.
Puppies have tender meat,
cut me the best piece.
I'm hungry and I want to eat.
Nobody eats this meat.
What are you talking about, Lucius?
This is a sacrifice.
The Lady of the Wolves hates us.
- At night we hear her breath.
- You make sacrifices to Rumia?
I told them
that you'd have punished them,
but they didn't listen to me.
Was it you who decided, Lucius?
Or who was it?
I decided.
You?
You know these things
are decided by the king.
We're all dying!
First Hostus, then Taurus.
Silence!
If you want to decide,
you have to take my place.
It's over, Cnaeus.
You are no longer our king.
Wait.
What will you do without a king?
Lucius...
We need someone to command.
Do you want a king, Maccus?
Go with him.
There are ten of us, Cnaeus,
and you are alone.
If you want to live,
find somewhere
far away from this camp.
You don't know what you're doing.
Without a leader,
you'll kill each other.
And Rumia...
will come to drink your blood.
I know she survived.
I want to see her.
What did he do to you?
He erased vain thoughts,
he illuminated only what matters.
When will you come back home?
When Enitos has been avenged.
It will happen soon.
Numitor and Silvia
have violated their exile.
Ertas is hiding them in Gabi,
and they're waiting there for Yemos
to give him power that is not his.
Will you leave with your army?
Yes, in five days.
Take me with you.
I'll bring him to you alive.
You'll be the one who kills him.
They aren't Latin,
they have names
I've never heard before.
Don't stare at her.
They feed her only fruit and milk.
Is she sick?
She isn't sick...
she's sacred.
Let's get away from here.
Tonight, when everyone is asleep.
Nobody leaves without
the permission of the pack.
Ask them to heal you.
They have herbs.
Convince my father
to take me with him.
You're not ready.
I will show you
that Mars is with me.
Your body is still not as strong
as that of a man.
Does it hurt?
Get that looked at,
or you'll lose it.
We aren't like other peoples.
Our fathers' fathers were born
in the land of the Osci.
From the day of their birth
they were destined for exile.
They followed a pack of wolves
and came to your lands.
They learned your language,
they built a village.
They only wanted to live in peace.
But your kings
burned that village
and exterminated them.
Some survived,
they fled to the forest...
and consecrated themselves
to the Goddess all peoples hate.
This mark
that we carry on our bodies
they imposed it on their children.
Have you never seen a city?
Herennèis has seen one.
And with him Deftri.
I was very young,
I remember only the blood.
We walked the way of our fathers
in the other direction,
to the lands of the Osci.
But the time had not yet come.
Only Deftri and I survived.
How old are you, Wiros?
More than 15 and less than 20.
I think.
Don't you know when you were born?
In Velia I was a slave.
Nobody counted my age.
Look at him carefully, Herennèis.
Do you remember him?
Not at all.
You have our mark.
That's why we saved you.
Let's eat.
He has your mark.
I'm a Latin.
Why do you want me with you?
While you were in the forest,
we followed you,
we saw you fighting for him
and that's why we decided
to keep you alive.
But now you know who we are
and we can't let you go.
My place is where there is justice.
Was it Attus who sent you here?
You should go back to him.
I have memory and rage.
This will be enough for me.
We will kill Yemos,
then I promise you that
I will be only your daughter.
Men!
Celebrate Ilia,
daughter of Mars
and daughter of Amulius!
She will be Alba's salvation.
- How much longer?
- All night,
if it serves
to get rid of the fever.
Amulius is marching towards us
with armed men.
Hirtius isn't with us.
Yes, Cordius.
I have no news and I don't want
to imagine the worst.
If Amulius is on the march,
the worst has already happened.
We don't know yet
what brings Amulius to Gabi.
No, Lausus, what's happening
is clear to everyone.
I brought a king here
who was cursed by the Gods.
And I supported the cause of a boy
everyone believes
killed his brother.
Now I will have to face
the consequences of my acts.
So what do you want to do?
I won't decide for myself,
you are here to be heard.
Numitor is here for your decision.
You have decided, we accept.
Why are you asking us now
what to do?
I need to know that you are with me.
Hiding Numitor
perhaps will keep hope alive
until Yemos, the rightful heir,
appears alive.
If the Council agrees...
We will hide Numitor
20 miles from here.
In the lands of Eulinos,
the Greek potter.
Lausus,
I entrust Numitor
and his daughter to you.
Only the six of us know this secret.
I invoke all the Gods to watch
over this sacred covenant.
We are with you.
We are with you.
Will I help you?
The She-wolf says that maybe
you were with me and Herennèis
when we tried to leave the forest.
I don't remember anything.
Maybe.
One word...
Children.
Is that all?
Blood.
Blood.
Land.
Land.
I am Deftri.
Daughter of Rumia.
You are Wiros,
son of Rumia.
Son of Rumia.
Maybe we should go home, to Velia.
Don't talk nonsense.
You know what happens to those
who come back before the time.
Let's say what happened!
That some of them died,
that the others drove us out,
that they made sacrifices
to the Lady of the Wolves...
Do you want to go home?
Go.
I'll manage it on my own,
I don't need you.
They won't believe me if I go alone.
We'll stay here.
And in the end
only the two of us will return,
because the others will all be dead.
And when we come back
the people of Velia
will gather along the sacred way
and raise their hands to the sky.
The king will give us
crowns of myrtle.
And everyone will know our names.
Maccus!
She's here!
Maccus! Hold her still!
Hold her still!
Run, catch her!
Where is she?
You're an idiot. She ran away.
It's getting dark, Cnaeus,
let's not go any further.
I'm not afraid. I'm just hungry.
I want that goat.
Did you hear that?
What are you doing?
Cnaeus!
Cnaeus!
Cnaeus, let's go back!
Stop!
- What are you looking for, Latin?
- Make him talk.
What does it matter
what he has to say?
We have to kill him.
Who are you?
You!
You know them!
Wiros?
Tell them I'm your king.
You're no longer my king, Cnaeus.
I'm no longer anybody's servant.
Save me!
Wiros...
say something.
I don't want to die!
If I hurt you,
I ask you for forgiveness.
Please!
Bleat!
Bleat.
Bleat.
Do you want to punish me again?
Eat!
If you don't want them to kill you,
eat.
Did you see Cnaeus' eyes?
He was afraid.
It was one against 50.
Everyone is afraid
when they're alone.
He saw that the spirits are men.
They had to do it,
there was no choice.
I'm not like you.
You ate a man's heart as if
it were the heart of a lamb.
I was horrified, like you.
But these are the laws of Rumia,
and if I want to stay here
I have to respect them.
Wiros, you are like them,
you have the same blood,
you remember their language.
I don't remember anything.
The words they say
are unknown to me.
I said I remember because
they wanted to hear that.
- You've the mark on your neck.
- I have no idea what it is.
If they want to believe
I'm one of them,
I will be one of them.
Because I am nothing
and so I can be anything.
I, on the other hand, know who I am.
I know my truth.
Everyone believes
you killed your brother.
Your truth no longer exists.
You're nothing as well,
just like me.
If you want to go home,
you have to wait
for everyone to forget you.
Nobody in the cities
must remember your name.
Then you can return.
Until then you have to stay here
a long time,
where nobody cares who you are.
Greetings to the King of Gabi.
Why do you come armed
to an inhabited land?
My people are your friends.
If it is as you say,
you have nothing to fear.
Come, Amulius, sit down.
I'll get you some wine.
We didn't come to drink.
Hirtius...
Do you want to speak?
For the loyalty that unites us
I revealed your betrayal
to the Thirty Peoples.
What are you accusing me of,
Hirtius?
You led Numitor into our lands.
You came all this way for no reason.
You believed the words of a liar.
What reason would he have
to make up this story?
Some men will do anything
just to gain power.
- Did you never meet any?
- Of course.
And they are all my enemies.
Hand Numitor over to me
along with his daughter Silvia,
and we will be friends again.
Numitor isn't here.
That is my word.
I know the grudge
you bear against me.
But a king's word is worth more
than a subject's.
This man lied,
he has pitted us against each other.
He deserves to be punished.
We'll cut off his head now.
And you will do it.
Tell the truth!
That Numitor's here!
Silence!
If you want our peoples
to remain at peace,
kill him.
Numitor is in exile, according
to the order of the haruspex.
If Hirtius told you otherwise,
you have been deceived.
I ask you for forgiveness
on his behalf and all my people.
If you don't kill him...
I will take it as a challenge.
- Kneel down.
- Ertas, hand Numitor over
and King Amulius will have mercy
on you and all Gabi.
In the name of the Gods, stop,
I don't deserve death.
This is Gabi,
here my law applies.
I know who you are, Ertas.
You won't kill him
because you know he didn't lie.
You have already decided, Amulius.
You only want to humiliate me
and destroy the only man who
doesn't bow to your false power.
You have power, Amulius,
but the Gods curse you.
I will kill your subjects
one at a time
and you will be the last.
Those who support the fratricide
Yemos cannot be forgiven.
Lower your weapons, or nobody
will ever remember this city.
Find Numitor!
Out! Everyone out!
Out! Everyone out!
I will never forget
what you did for us.
We did it for justice.
The Gods will not abandon us.
My people fill you with horror.
How we live. How we kill.
But you have courage
and for this reason
you deserve our respect.
Who are you?
Tell him who you are.
My name is Yemos,
descended from Numitor,
son of Proca.
I was destined to be king of Alba.
But now I'm nothing.
I'll give you back
what we took from you.
I don't have a city to go back to.
Teach me to be like you.
Come with me.
One day we too will have a city.
Nobody will dare fight us.
And all peoples will tremble
at the name of our Goddess.
Then there will be peace
and justice for all
and we will live free from fear.
Who did these drawings?
The Lady of the Wolves, Rumia.
This is the city she promised us.
It will be called...
Ruma.
Subtitles: Issaverdens -Rome
Wake up.
Wake up.
We're alive.
- Where we are?
- I don't know.
Did you see them?
Who are they?
- Why are you keeping us here?
- We're thirsty.
Water, please! I beg you.
We're thirsty.
What's that?
What...
Tell me your names.
I'm Wiros.
And who are you?
We're the children of Rumia,
the only Goddess.
Older than the starry sky
and the mountains.
We were taught to fear her,
but on the day of misfortune
we invoked her and she saved us.
Rumia...
Will she save us as well?
Today you two
will die together.
Rumia, Mother of men and Gods,
you who create and destroy,
welcome these your children.
I am the She-wolf.
I protect the children.
Children.
Children.
You're dead.
And today Rumia
has given you new life.
Puppies have tender meat,
cut me the best piece.
I'm hungry and I want to eat.
Nobody eats this meat.
What are you talking about, Lucius?
This is a sacrifice.
The Lady of the Wolves hates us.
- At night we hear her breath.
- You make sacrifices to Rumia?
I told them
that you'd have punished them,
but they didn't listen to me.
Was it you who decided, Lucius?
Or who was it?
I decided.
You?
You know these things
are decided by the king.
We're all dying!
First Hostus, then Taurus.
Silence!
If you want to decide,
you have to take my place.
It's over, Cnaeus.
You are no longer our king.
Wait.
What will you do without a king?
Lucius...
We need someone to command.
Do you want a king, Maccus?
Go with him.
There are ten of us, Cnaeus,
and you are alone.
If you want to live,
find somewhere
far away from this camp.
You don't know what you're doing.
Without a leader,
you'll kill each other.
And Rumia...
will come to drink your blood.
I know she survived.
I want to see her.
What did he do to you?
He erased vain thoughts,
he illuminated only what matters.
When will you come back home?
When Enitos has been avenged.
It will happen soon.
Numitor and Silvia
have violated their exile.
Ertas is hiding them in Gabi,
and they're waiting there for Yemos
to give him power that is not his.
Will you leave with your army?
Yes, in five days.
Take me with you.
I'll bring him to you alive.
You'll be the one who kills him.
They aren't Latin,
they have names
I've never heard before.
Don't stare at her.
They feed her only fruit and milk.
Is she sick?
She isn't sick...
she's sacred.
Let's get away from here.
Tonight, when everyone is asleep.
Nobody leaves without
the permission of the pack.
Ask them to heal you.
They have herbs.
Convince my father
to take me with him.
You're not ready.
I will show you
that Mars is with me.
Your body is still not as strong
as that of a man.
Does it hurt?
Get that looked at,
or you'll lose it.
We aren't like other peoples.
Our fathers' fathers were born
in the land of the Osci.
From the day of their birth
they were destined for exile.
They followed a pack of wolves
and came to your lands.
They learned your language,
they built a village.
They only wanted to live in peace.
But your kings
burned that village
and exterminated them.
Some survived,
they fled to the forest...
and consecrated themselves
to the Goddess all peoples hate.
This mark
that we carry on our bodies
they imposed it on their children.
Have you never seen a city?
Herennèis has seen one.
And with him Deftri.
I was very young,
I remember only the blood.
We walked the way of our fathers
in the other direction,
to the lands of the Osci.
But the time had not yet come.
Only Deftri and I survived.
How old are you, Wiros?
More than 15 and less than 20.
I think.
Don't you know when you were born?
In Velia I was a slave.
Nobody counted my age.
Look at him carefully, Herennèis.
Do you remember him?
Not at all.
You have our mark.
That's why we saved you.
Let's eat.
He has your mark.
I'm a Latin.
Why do you want me with you?
While you were in the forest,
we followed you,
we saw you fighting for him
and that's why we decided
to keep you alive.
But now you know who we are
and we can't let you go.
My place is where there is justice.
Was it Attus who sent you here?
You should go back to him.
I have memory and rage.
This will be enough for me.
We will kill Yemos,
then I promise you that
I will be only your daughter.
Men!
Celebrate Ilia,
daughter of Mars
and daughter of Amulius!
She will be Alba's salvation.
- How much longer?
- All night,
if it serves
to get rid of the fever.
Amulius is marching towards us
with armed men.
Hirtius isn't with us.
Yes, Cordius.
I have no news and I don't want
to imagine the worst.
If Amulius is on the march,
the worst has already happened.
We don't know yet
what brings Amulius to Gabi.
No, Lausus, what's happening
is clear to everyone.
I brought a king here
who was cursed by the Gods.
And I supported the cause of a boy
everyone believes
killed his brother.
Now I will have to face
the consequences of my acts.
So what do you want to do?
I won't decide for myself,
you are here to be heard.
Numitor is here for your decision.
You have decided, we accept.
Why are you asking us now
what to do?
I need to know that you are with me.
Hiding Numitor
perhaps will keep hope alive
until Yemos, the rightful heir,
appears alive.
If the Council agrees...
We will hide Numitor
20 miles from here.
In the lands of Eulinos,
the Greek potter.
Lausus,
I entrust Numitor
and his daughter to you.
Only the six of us know this secret.
I invoke all the Gods to watch
over this sacred covenant.
We are with you.
We are with you.
Will I help you?
The She-wolf says that maybe
you were with me and Herennèis
when we tried to leave the forest.
I don't remember anything.
Maybe.
One word...
Children.
Is that all?
Blood.
Blood.
Land.
Land.
I am Deftri.
Daughter of Rumia.
You are Wiros,
son of Rumia.
Son of Rumia.
Maybe we should go home, to Velia.
Don't talk nonsense.
You know what happens to those
who come back before the time.
Let's say what happened!
That some of them died,
that the others drove us out,
that they made sacrifices
to the Lady of the Wolves...
Do you want to go home?
Go.
I'll manage it on my own,
I don't need you.
They won't believe me if I go alone.
We'll stay here.
And in the end
only the two of us will return,
because the others will all be dead.
And when we come back
the people of Velia
will gather along the sacred way
and raise their hands to the sky.
The king will give us
crowns of myrtle.
And everyone will know our names.
Maccus!
She's here!
Maccus! Hold her still!
Hold her still!
Run, catch her!
Where is she?
You're an idiot. She ran away.
It's getting dark, Cnaeus,
let's not go any further.
I'm not afraid. I'm just hungry.
I want that goat.
Did you hear that?
What are you doing?
Cnaeus!
Cnaeus!
Cnaeus, let's go back!
Stop!
- What are you looking for, Latin?
- Make him talk.
What does it matter
what he has to say?
We have to kill him.
Who are you?
You!
You know them!
Wiros?
Tell them I'm your king.
You're no longer my king, Cnaeus.
I'm no longer anybody's servant.
Save me!
Wiros...
say something.
I don't want to die!
If I hurt you,
I ask you for forgiveness.
Please!
Bleat!
Bleat.
Bleat.
Do you want to punish me again?
Eat!
If you don't want them to kill you,
eat.
Did you see Cnaeus' eyes?
He was afraid.
It was one against 50.
Everyone is afraid
when they're alone.
He saw that the spirits are men.
They had to do it,
there was no choice.
I'm not like you.
You ate a man's heart as if
it were the heart of a lamb.
I was horrified, like you.
But these are the laws of Rumia,
and if I want to stay here
I have to respect them.
Wiros, you are like them,
you have the same blood,
you remember their language.
I don't remember anything.
The words they say
are unknown to me.
I said I remember because
they wanted to hear that.
- You've the mark on your neck.
- I have no idea what it is.
If they want to believe
I'm one of them,
I will be one of them.
Because I am nothing
and so I can be anything.
I, on the other hand, know who I am.
I know my truth.
Everyone believes
you killed your brother.
Your truth no longer exists.
You're nothing as well,
just like me.
If you want to go home,
you have to wait
for everyone to forget you.
Nobody in the cities
must remember your name.
Then you can return.
Until then you have to stay here
a long time,
where nobody cares who you are.
Greetings to the King of Gabi.
Why do you come armed
to an inhabited land?
My people are your friends.
If it is as you say,
you have nothing to fear.
Come, Amulius, sit down.
I'll get you some wine.
We didn't come to drink.
Hirtius...
Do you want to speak?
For the loyalty that unites us
I revealed your betrayal
to the Thirty Peoples.
What are you accusing me of,
Hirtius?
You led Numitor into our lands.
You came all this way for no reason.
You believed the words of a liar.
What reason would he have
to make up this story?
Some men will do anything
just to gain power.
- Did you never meet any?
- Of course.
And they are all my enemies.
Hand Numitor over to me
along with his daughter Silvia,
and we will be friends again.
Numitor isn't here.
That is my word.
I know the grudge
you bear against me.
But a king's word is worth more
than a subject's.
This man lied,
he has pitted us against each other.
He deserves to be punished.
We'll cut off his head now.
And you will do it.
Tell the truth!
That Numitor's here!
Silence!
If you want our peoples
to remain at peace,
kill him.
Numitor is in exile, according
to the order of the haruspex.
If Hirtius told you otherwise,
you have been deceived.
I ask you for forgiveness
on his behalf and all my people.
If you don't kill him...
I will take it as a challenge.
- Kneel down.
- Ertas, hand Numitor over
and King Amulius will have mercy
on you and all Gabi.
In the name of the Gods, stop,
I don't deserve death.
This is Gabi,
here my law applies.
I know who you are, Ertas.
You won't kill him
because you know he didn't lie.
You have already decided, Amulius.
You only want to humiliate me
and destroy the only man who
doesn't bow to your false power.
You have power, Amulius,
but the Gods curse you.
I will kill your subjects
one at a time
and you will be the last.
Those who support the fratricide
Yemos cannot be forgiven.
Lower your weapons, or nobody
will ever remember this city.
Find Numitor!
Out! Everyone out!
Out! Everyone out!
I will never forget
what you did for us.
We did it for justice.
The Gods will not abandon us.
My people fill you with horror.
How we live. How we kill.
But you have courage
and for this reason
you deserve our respect.
Who are you?
Tell him who you are.
My name is Yemos,
descended from Numitor,
son of Proca.
I was destined to be king of Alba.
But now I'm nothing.
I'll give you back
what we took from you.
I don't have a city to go back to.
Teach me to be like you.
Come with me.
One day we too will have a city.
Nobody will dare fight us.
And all peoples will tremble
at the name of our Goddess.
Then there will be peace
and justice for all
and we will live free from fear.
Who did these drawings?
The Lady of the Wolves, Rumia.
This is the city she promised us.
It will be called...
Ruma.
Subtitles: Issaverdens -Rome