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Spar - ta - cus!
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Spar - ta - cus!
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They roar your name.
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Soon they shall roar yours as well.
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Or mourn it, if your
mind is absent the task.
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I'm yet to have word
on my wife and son..
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I will not fight alongside a man
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who is not clear to his purpose.
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I am clear.
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My purpose is blood.
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Shield!!
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Oh yes!
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Even chained to an
inferior gladiator,
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Spartacus prevails!
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One would expect no less
from the Champion of Capua!
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See how he ignites the crowd!
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His presence at your son's birthday
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will be the talk of the Republic.
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Ha!
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A far cry from my
own fifteenth year.
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When I put on the toga virilis
and passed into manhood,
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it was a stuffy, formal ceremony
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ridden with corpses and hags.
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My father deemed himself an orator.
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Lulled our guests to slumber,
some never to awaken!
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We would not have
it so for Numerius.
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He's been clamoring for
a pair of your finest,
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to battle in exhibition
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at his celebration.
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Well, we would see
him well satisfied.
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And by extension his noble father.
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Though thought strikes if
you hold the celebration
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beneath my humble roof,
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then your boy can bear close
witness to all my gladiators.
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Could we, father? Please?!
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And the extra cost
for such generosity?
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A favor between friends.
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Received with much gratitude!
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Uh!
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You're next Spartacus.
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Come here.
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Are you certain it
won't cause imposition?
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Place it from your thoughts.
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A boy becomes a man
but once in his life.
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He should be richly
indulged in his interests.
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He never ceases to
tire of the games.
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He's of the same
obsessive ilk as Ilithyia
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regarding blood and sport.
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Her absence comes as surprise.
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Has she returned to Rome,
absent farewells?
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No.
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She has been feeling... unwell.
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Nothing serious, I hope?
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It will pass, as all things
born of a weak stomach.
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His armor gives pause.
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Then we shall aim higher.
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Pull!
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Oh!
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Oh yeah!
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I've never seen anything like it!
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Yeah!!
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Get up.
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Spartacus!
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Live to fight another day.
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It pains me to watch
others claim your laurels.
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Your pain shall increase if you
continue to stand beside me.
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Yeah, well done brother.
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Well done.
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You fought well today.
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The gods favored me,
to count you as ally.
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Their favor extends
beyond the arena.
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Aurelia...
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Ah, I feared I would
never hold you again.
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Ashur said he found only blood
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when I sent him to
you with message.
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Titus had returned.
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Did he hurt you?
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I will see his heart
from his fucking chest..
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The blood was not mine.
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I cut him, deep and low.
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He will never force
himself on a woman again.
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Afterwards I sought refuge
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with my brother's family,
in the hills.
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The slave girl found me there,
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by Spartacus' direction.
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Thank the gods you're safe.
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Where were they when Titus
first laid hands on me?
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I still carry his child.
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Nothings changed, Varro.
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The entire world has changed.
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And I along with it.
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The child.
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It springs from your belly,
a part of you.
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I would love it as such...
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If you would have it so.
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Your absence was noticed.
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Absence...?
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The games.
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You were supposed to join us.
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I could not face prying eyes.
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One look into mine and they
would have full knowledge.
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Licinia's blood...
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Her skull steeped
between my fingers...
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Jupiter's cock,
would you come to grips!
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Licinia's murder and
your part in it,
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have been concealed.
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The truth will only unfold if,
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if your jaw splits and your
tongue unfurls in song.
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Would you have me do?
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Appear yourself,
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absent conscience of deeds unknown.
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The magistrate's celebration
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provides a perfect opportunity.
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The venue turns to
my husband as host.
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You won't even have to
move from under this roof,
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my hand ever present
to steady your resolve.
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You will guide me through this?
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As trusted friend.
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And as such, I require favor.
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We would swell the
ranks of celebration
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with these noble citizens.
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Ones I am certain
would accept invite
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from the daughter
of senator Albinius.
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Gather yourself,
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and see it done.
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I owe you more than
I can ever repay.
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If you had not sent
Mira to find my wife...
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She has taken you back, then?
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And I will yet be the
man she deserves.
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If not, I shall remind
you of your shortcomings.
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Oh. It lifts the heart.
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To see a man reunited
with his woman.
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Now you'll have someone
to weep for you
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when you die.
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If I fall, it will be in the arena,
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as a gladiator.
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You remember what that is like,
do you not?
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Spartacus, Crixus...
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You are summoned.
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We are to fight each other?
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Numerius has chosen.
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He insisted on drinking
in the spectacle
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of present glories
pitted against the past.
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And his thirst shall
be satisfied, Dominus.
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Keep to mind this is an exhibition.
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Blood may be spilled,
but only for show.
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Serious punishment
will be meted out
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to the man who caused them.
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We shall serve you
with honor, Dominus.
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I expect no less.
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Return to quarters.
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Spartacus, remain.
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What make you of Crixus?
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Numerius insisted upon him,
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yet with his wounds
barely sealed...
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He believes himself ready.
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To a fault.
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The ego bruises
deeper than the flesh.
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He brought this house
great honor, not long ago.
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Do not overly embarrass the man.
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I will give Numerius a show,
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nothing more.
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When I put on the toga virilis,
it was in this very room,
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surrounded by my
father's champions.
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Even then I knew
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that one day my own titans
would eclipse them all.
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None more so than Spartacus,
the bringer of rain.
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Ugh?
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You honor me.
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You stand above all others.
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Continue on this path,
and we will have the world...
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Grrrr!
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You have been avoiding me.
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I have been tending my duties.
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Your manner hardens.
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I prefer it soft, as the moment
we shared not so long ago...
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You mistake smile and
friendly touch beyond intent.
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And the key that went
missing from my clasp,
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after your "friendly" touch?
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It did not by "mistake"
draw into your palm, did it?
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It did not.
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And yet you tense from question.
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Such reaction warrants
fair search...
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My hands service Domina alone.
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She would not be
pleased to have yours
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laid upon me without her consent.
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Or to learn a guard
has misplaced his key.
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I would not have it so.
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You have reputation for
your handling of women.
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Seek your loss among them,
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and do not press me
again with accusation.
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You trust Ilithyia not
to come unhinged..
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In front of the magistrate?
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I shall keep watchful
eyes upon her.
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More watchful than
the last, I pray.
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Everything worked to our advantage.
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Ilithyia's in our debt,
and through collection
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we gained access to the
most noble of families.
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She attends to the list?
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She will draw all to the
magistrate's celebration,
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so artfully placed
within our walls.
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There must be no cause
for disappointment.
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After the exhibition between
Spartacus and Crixus
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has ignited his son,
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I will broach the magistrate
on subject of political office.
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And be well received.
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Ha!
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To behold Solonius's
face when he sees me
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consort with the
highest echelon of Capua.
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Solonius?
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Well, how should he
witness such a thing?
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By invitation.
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I desire his eyes upon me
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when I am anointed
by the magistrate.
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I want him to see that
as my fortunes rise,
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his plummet.
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You taunt an injured snake,
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one that may yet turn and strike.
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Ease your mind.
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The serpent's head will
be struck from its body
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in due course.
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Ha, and Solonius will
never see it coming.
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So, you and Crixus battling
as entertainment, eh?
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Something the boy
will never forget.
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It is only exhibition.
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Dominus gave strict instructions
to avoid grievous injury.
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Do not believe he was listening.
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Your gaul is restored.
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He is not alone.
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The sun has revived what
the night had withered.
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Due to kindness of a dear friend.
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And is that kindness returned?
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The magistrate's
celebration will swell
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with all names provided.
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Gratitude.
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Would that I had words to
multiply it in response.
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Yet the value of a friend
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cannot be expressed by the
clever grouping of letters.
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It is blood and flesh,
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granting life to the world.
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You submit like a fucking girl,
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begging for a cock
to split her open.
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I was bested.
What would you have me do?
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Rise and fight 'till
your final breath
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or prove the name "brother" false.
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Heard of opportunities in Sicilia.
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Had I been wise,
we would have moved there
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to escape my debts.
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Yet the advice of my wife
fell short of its mark.
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It is a distance to travel,
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from a woman's mouth
to a man's ears.
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I shall close the gap,
from this point forward.
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Aurelia tells me Sicilia is
an island blessed by the gods.
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You must visit us there,
when you gain freedom.
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I no longer concern myself with
thoughts beyond these walls.
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And nor should you.
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A true champion dreams
only of the arena.
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And what does one dream of
when he's no longer champion?
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Regaining the title from the thief
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who stole it from me.
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He stole nothing.
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If I am a thief, the crime was
witnessed by all of Capua.
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And is still
celebrated to this day.
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Spartacus!
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You are summoned.
266
00:18:43,167 --> 00:18:44,200
The magistrate will arrive tomorrow,
267
00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,369
well in advance of his guests,
268
00:18:46,369 --> 00:18:49,072
to ensure that preparations
are to his standards.
269
00:18:49,072 --> 00:18:53,376
While I reassure him,
I would have you tend the boy,
270
00:18:53,376 --> 00:18:55,778
it's imperative that
he is well satisfied,
271
00:18:55,778 --> 00:18:58,748
and by proximity his noble father.
272
00:18:58,748 --> 00:19:01,584
The name Batiatus will be honored.
273
00:19:01,584 --> 00:19:03,286
And envied throughout the Republic.
274
00:19:09,526 --> 00:19:11,227
You move unwisely.
275
00:19:12,996 --> 00:19:14,430
You play?
276
00:19:14,430 --> 00:19:16,199
I've had occasion,
277
00:19:16,199 --> 00:19:17,800
during my time with the auxiliary.
278
00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,037
By all means, grace us
with your knowledge.
279
00:19:23,774 --> 00:19:24,841
Mm.
280
00:19:34,318 --> 00:19:35,518
It appears our champion has no head
281
00:19:35,518 --> 00:19:37,320
for games of strategy.
282
00:19:43,193 --> 00:19:45,394
Mm, battles maybe lost...
283
00:19:45,394 --> 00:19:48,531
And yet the war
concludes in victory.
284
00:19:51,468 --> 00:19:54,237
Ahh! Treacherous fuck.
285
00:19:56,340 --> 00:19:58,708
Played like a true roman.
286
00:19:58,708 --> 00:20:00,176
Fall from your chair
and bring us wine.
287
00:20:11,622 --> 00:20:14,190
The syrian could swindle
the scales from a snake,
288
00:20:14,190 --> 00:20:15,725
but never command a charge.
289
00:20:15,725 --> 00:20:16,926
Come!
290
00:20:16,926 --> 00:20:18,461
Let us have contest between men...
291
00:20:33,844 --> 00:20:36,112
Oh, your touch has been missed.
292
00:20:36,112 --> 00:20:39,048
And thoughts of yours consume me.
293
00:20:39,048 --> 00:20:42,385
Soon you will feel the
hands of a champion
294
00:20:42,385 --> 00:20:45,021
once again upon you.
295
00:20:45,021 --> 00:20:47,190
The match with Spartacus
is but exhibition.
296
00:20:47,190 --> 00:20:49,225
I know the crowd as my heart.
297
00:20:50,694 --> 00:20:54,096
They will yearn for blood,
and I shall give it to them.
298
00:20:56,767 --> 00:20:58,634
Dominus forbids injury.
299
00:20:58,634 --> 00:21:01,938
To make attempt on
Spartacus' life is to...
300
00:21:01,938 --> 00:21:03,306
Is to risk your own.
301
00:21:03,306 --> 00:21:04,473
This is my life.
302
00:21:06,577 --> 00:21:09,645
If not champion, I am nothing.
303
00:21:12,883 --> 00:21:15,151
Then I must be without my mind,
304
00:21:15,151 --> 00:21:17,453
to love only the man.
305
00:21:17,453 --> 00:21:18,988
Yes.
306
00:21:21,124 --> 00:21:23,159
And I relish your madness.
307
00:22:06,770 --> 00:22:08,337
Ah! Fuck the heavens!
308
00:22:10,274 --> 00:22:12,708
How can you keep besting a man
so far above your station?
309
00:22:14,811 --> 00:22:18,447
I sprung from my mother
with sword in hand.
310
00:22:18,447 --> 00:22:20,850
The ways of battle
are second nature,
311
00:22:20,850 --> 00:22:22,485
passed down from father to son.
312
00:22:25,756 --> 00:22:27,590
I regret my own father
never saw the advantage
313
00:22:27,590 --> 00:22:28,891
of military glory.
314
00:22:30,494 --> 00:22:32,728
Never saw the spoils
that could be won,
315
00:22:32,728 --> 00:22:35,197
the patronage, the alliances
forged had he taken up arms.
316
00:22:38,535 --> 00:22:41,070
He aspired to be no
further than what he was.
317
00:22:42,739 --> 00:22:46,475
A simple lanista, far from Rome.
318
00:22:46,475 --> 00:22:49,145
You and I, however...
319
00:22:49,145 --> 00:22:51,514
We have fashioned wings,
to raise us higher
320
00:22:51,514 --> 00:22:53,749
than the muck and mire of heritage.
321
00:22:53,749 --> 00:22:56,319
Higher than our fathers
could never imagine.
322
00:22:59,256 --> 00:23:01,257
Quintus?
323
00:23:01,257 --> 00:23:03,359
What stirs such a
vision from her dreams?
324
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,594
My husband not beside me.
325
00:23:07,297 --> 00:23:09,765
Spartacus was helping
me hone my game.
326
00:23:09,765 --> 00:23:13,736
Over a cup of wine? Hmm!
327
00:23:17,708 --> 00:23:18,974
Gratitude for the instruction.
328
00:23:24,815 --> 00:23:27,983
Have your senses flown?
329
00:23:27,983 --> 00:23:29,719
To share drink with a slave...
330
00:23:29,719 --> 00:23:32,288
I drink with the Champion of Capua.
331
00:23:32,288 --> 00:23:33,289
Crixus was champion,
332
00:23:33,289 --> 00:23:35,057
yet no cup was ever
raised with him.
333
00:23:35,057 --> 00:23:36,392
Argh!
334
00:23:36,392 --> 00:23:39,161
Crixus is a brute.
335
00:23:39,161 --> 00:23:41,163
Spartacus is different.
336
00:23:41,163 --> 00:23:44,633
We owe our good fortune to the man.
337
00:23:44,633 --> 00:23:47,370
He's beneath you
338
00:23:47,370 --> 00:23:50,406
and tomorrow we play
host to Capua's finest.
339
00:23:50,406 --> 00:23:52,608
Such behavior would be spat upon.
340
00:23:52,608 --> 00:23:56,112
They spit only to
stroke their own cocks.
341
00:23:56,112 --> 00:23:59,215
Spartacus is the reason the
magistrate graces our house,
342
00:23:59,215 --> 00:24:01,384
along with all the
shits that follow.
343
00:24:01,384 --> 00:24:05,888
They come to see you.
344
00:24:05,888 --> 00:24:08,991
A man ascended to the heavens.
345
00:24:08,991 --> 00:24:12,061
And Spartacus is merely the
beast that you ride upon.
346
00:24:15,632 --> 00:24:18,033
You and Varro fought
as if brothers.
347
00:24:18,033 --> 00:24:19,535
Your victory was a glorious sight.
348
00:24:19,535 --> 00:24:21,570
Did you see the key, huh?
349
00:24:21,570 --> 00:24:22,905
Huh?
350
00:24:22,905 --> 00:24:24,039
Don't suppose you know
anything about that? Huh?
351
00:24:24,039 --> 00:24:25,040
Spartacus.
352
00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:26,442
Still your tongue.
353
00:24:26,442 --> 00:24:28,511
What grievance has the woman given?
354
00:24:28,511 --> 00:24:29,812
None which concerns you.
355
00:24:29,812 --> 00:24:31,647
She is known to me.
356
00:24:31,647 --> 00:24:33,949
This one is known to
every cock in the villa.
357
00:24:33,949 --> 00:24:35,117
Move off.
358
00:24:35,117 --> 00:24:37,153
Tell me her grievance.
359
00:24:37,153 --> 00:24:40,489
I gave you command.
360
00:24:40,489 --> 00:24:41,657
Stop!
361
00:24:44,661 --> 00:24:46,662
What is the fucking
meaning of this?
362
00:24:46,662 --> 00:24:48,497
Speak!
363
00:24:48,497 --> 00:24:51,066
Your man attacks
Mira without cause.
364
00:24:51,066 --> 00:24:52,268
What reason have you
for laying hands
365
00:24:52,268 --> 00:24:55,404
on one of my slaves?
366
00:24:55,404 --> 00:24:56,739
The girl is a thief.
367
00:24:56,739 --> 00:24:58,908
I stole nothing!
368
00:24:58,908 --> 00:25:00,543
What exactly do you
believe she has stolen?
369
00:25:05,148 --> 00:25:06,449
Nothing of worth.
370
00:25:11,455 --> 00:25:12,688
Go.
371
00:25:12,688 --> 00:25:14,423
You overstep.
372
00:25:14,423 --> 00:25:16,058
A month's wages, forfeited.
373
00:25:16,058 --> 00:25:19,995
Press further and coin
will be replaced by blood.
374
00:25:19,995 --> 00:25:21,230
Remove yourself.
375
00:25:21,230 --> 00:25:22,765
Dominus.
376
00:25:25,769 --> 00:25:26,769
Apologies.
377
00:25:26,769 --> 00:25:29,472
Do not fucking speak!
378
00:25:29,472 --> 00:25:30,873
I defend your worth to my wife,
379
00:25:30,873 --> 00:25:34,343
only to turn and find you
shitting in my fucking house.
380
00:25:34,343 --> 00:25:36,712
If the toga virilis
were not tomorrow,
381
00:25:36,712 --> 00:25:39,148
I would have you lashed
until the flesh peeled
382
00:25:39,148 --> 00:25:41,050
from your back.
383
00:25:41,050 --> 00:25:43,552
Lay hands on one
of my guards again,
384
00:25:43,552 --> 00:25:45,754
and you will receive far worse.
385
00:25:48,792 --> 00:25:49,992
Dominus.
386
00:26:00,470 --> 00:26:02,571
You attack a guard yet
escape punishment?
387
00:26:04,608 --> 00:26:07,643
Being champion is not
without advantage.
388
00:26:07,643 --> 00:26:09,745
I must remember to stay
close to your side.
389
00:26:13,316 --> 00:26:15,417
Perhaps a swath of your good
fortune will rub off upon me.
390
00:26:17,888 --> 00:26:19,321
Your efforts would
be better focused
391
00:26:19,321 --> 00:26:21,223
protecting your flank.
392
00:26:21,223 --> 00:26:23,926
Oh, fuck!
393
00:26:28,298 --> 00:26:30,099
Magistrate Calavius!
394
00:26:30,099 --> 00:26:31,700
The House of Batiatus welcomes you,
395
00:26:31,700 --> 00:26:34,136
on this glorious day!
396
00:26:34,136 --> 00:26:36,739
A young boy enters my doors,
but leaves a man!
397
00:26:36,739 --> 00:26:37,973
Gratitude for your hospitalities.
398
00:26:37,973 --> 00:26:39,275
We are in your debt.
399
00:26:39,275 --> 00:26:40,776
As are we all.
400
00:26:40,776 --> 00:26:42,177
Ilithyia!
401
00:26:44,114 --> 00:26:45,281
I'd begun to fear for your health.
402
00:26:45,281 --> 00:26:46,849
A momentary lapse.
403
00:26:46,849 --> 00:26:48,651
I've been tended to with
most compassionate care
404
00:26:48,651 --> 00:26:51,654
within these walls.
405
00:26:51,654 --> 00:26:52,988
Where are the gladiators?
406
00:26:52,988 --> 00:26:54,857
Numerius.
407
00:26:54,857 --> 00:26:56,592
He couldn't sleep last night,
for excitement.
408
00:26:56,592 --> 00:26:57,660
Who can blame him?!
409
00:26:57,660 --> 00:26:59,495
To stand among the greatest titans
410
00:26:59,495 --> 00:27:01,397
of the Republic, his to command.
411
00:27:01,397 --> 00:27:03,232
Mine? Really?
412
00:27:03,232 --> 00:27:05,401
Each of my proud warriors
has been instructed
413
00:27:05,401 --> 00:27:07,903
to regard your orders
as if from my own lips.
414
00:27:07,903 --> 00:27:09,939
Flavius will be filled
with great envy.
415
00:27:09,939 --> 00:27:11,507
As he should!
416
00:27:11,507 --> 00:27:15,611
Even more so when he hears
the Champion of Capua himself
417
00:27:15,611 --> 00:27:17,279
has given you a tour of the ludus.
418
00:27:17,279 --> 00:27:18,714
Spartacus?!
419
00:27:18,714 --> 00:27:20,482
He awaits your presence,
with permission of your father...
420
00:27:20,482 --> 00:27:23,786
I would have better fortune
reigning Apollo's horses.
421
00:27:25,055 --> 00:27:26,922
Guards! Escort young Numerius
422
00:27:26,922 --> 00:27:28,290
to the training square.
423
00:27:30,694 --> 00:27:32,261
I've never seen him
in higher spirits.
424
00:27:32,261 --> 00:27:35,497
The House of Batiatus
has such an effect.
425
00:27:35,497 --> 00:27:38,067
Have you ever witnessed a
view from their balcony?
426
00:27:38,067 --> 00:27:40,369
It simply overwhelms the senses.
427
00:27:40,369 --> 00:27:41,503
Come.
428
00:27:41,503 --> 00:27:44,473
Let us gaze upon
Capua's perfection.
429
00:27:44,473 --> 00:27:45,908
And give the men private moment
430
00:27:45,908 --> 00:27:48,510
to discuss how ravishing
their women are.
431
00:27:53,583 --> 00:27:55,117
Ilithyia resides with you?
432
00:27:55,117 --> 00:27:56,285
For the moment.
433
00:27:56,285 --> 00:27:58,153
A valued friend.
434
00:27:58,153 --> 00:28:00,522
With connection to the senate
in both husband and father.
435
00:28:00,522 --> 00:28:02,057
Value indeed.
436
00:28:02,057 --> 00:28:05,027
One must choose one's
company with exceeding care.
437
00:28:05,027 --> 00:28:07,796
Or else be dragged down by them.
438
00:28:07,796 --> 00:28:10,432
Preparations are in order?
439
00:28:10,432 --> 00:28:11,567
Set as if the boy was my own.
440
00:28:11,567 --> 00:28:12,935
Ease all concern.
441
00:28:12,935 --> 00:28:15,371
This night will be
etched in the memories of
442
00:28:15,371 --> 00:28:16,672
all in attendance.
443
00:28:20,076 --> 00:28:21,677
What is it like,
having the life of another
444
00:28:21,677 --> 00:28:23,812
resting in your hands?
445
00:28:23,812 --> 00:28:25,381
My sword may deliver
the final blow,
446
00:28:27,450 --> 00:28:29,418
but a gladiator's
fate is for the crowd
447
00:28:29,418 --> 00:28:32,087
and the editor to decide.
448
00:28:36,459 --> 00:28:37,793
You have no wall over by the cliff!
449
00:28:39,429 --> 00:28:42,431
The very reason I find it
best not to train there.
450
00:28:42,431 --> 00:28:44,800
Has anyone ever fallen below?
451
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,468
I've witnessed but one.
452
00:28:46,468 --> 00:28:47,718
Come.
453
00:28:48,805 --> 00:28:50,773
It's been a long time
since last we trained.
454
00:28:51,841 --> 00:28:53,208
Let us see what you remember.
455
00:29:07,757 --> 00:29:11,560
The magistrate's son
graces our sands...
456
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:12,795
And this is what greets him?
457
00:29:15,899 --> 00:29:18,967
Would that I had an opponent
worthy of his interest.
458
00:29:22,472 --> 00:29:24,406
I would spar with you.
459
00:29:24,406 --> 00:29:26,742
I meant a real gladiator.
460
00:29:37,387 --> 00:29:39,588
Crixus shows impeccable form.
461
00:29:39,588 --> 00:29:43,559
Mm, I shall prove otherwise
at your ceremony tonight.
462
00:29:43,559 --> 00:29:45,894
Anyone else dare challenge?
463
00:29:51,401 --> 00:29:53,435
Our fight is not yet finished.
464
00:29:53,435 --> 00:29:54,937
Stand down, pup,
465
00:29:54,937 --> 00:29:57,106
before your shriveling
cock wets the sand.
466
00:30:07,817 --> 00:30:09,184
The man is beaten.
467
00:30:09,184 --> 00:30:11,787
In body, perhaps.
468
00:30:13,656 --> 00:30:14,890
Yet confrontation
469
00:30:14,890 --> 00:30:19,061
is often not won by force,
470
00:30:19,061 --> 00:30:20,129
but by will.
471
00:30:50,126 --> 00:30:52,628
Stay down, you ignorant shit.
472
00:31:03,606 --> 00:31:05,841
Enough!
473
00:31:30,700 --> 00:31:33,068
The man is soundly defeated,
yet treated as victor?
474
00:31:34,804 --> 00:31:37,306
A sign of respect,
475
00:31:37,306 --> 00:31:39,041
for his courage.
476
00:31:39,041 --> 00:31:40,342
See him to the Medicus.
477
00:31:48,918 --> 00:31:50,552
Is everyday like this?
478
00:32:00,330 --> 00:32:01,263
I was unaware you possessed
479
00:32:01,263 --> 00:32:03,732
such a skilled hand at latrunculi.
480
00:32:03,732 --> 00:32:06,735
Well, I consider myself a
student of military strategy.
481
00:32:06,735 --> 00:32:10,973
To win, one must maneuver to
catch ones opponent unawares.
482
00:32:10,973 --> 00:32:15,777
As it is in war,
so it is in politics.
483
00:32:15,777 --> 00:32:18,513
Hm, another subject of my interest.
484
00:32:18,513 --> 00:32:19,681
Perhaps..
485
00:32:19,681 --> 00:32:21,717
Father!
486
00:32:21,717 --> 00:32:23,919
Spartacus gave me his sword,
so I could practice!
487
00:32:23,919 --> 00:32:25,654
Numerius, you are filthy!
488
00:32:25,654 --> 00:32:27,956
I fear he will form a crust
if not sent to water.
489
00:32:27,956 --> 00:32:29,191
No, we shall see him well prepared
490
00:32:29,191 --> 00:32:31,059
before the guests arrive.
491
00:32:31,059 --> 00:32:33,662
Naevia, escort
Numerius to the bath.
492
00:32:33,662 --> 00:32:35,497
Yes, Domina.
493
00:32:35,497 --> 00:32:36,247
Ah!
494
00:32:39,636 --> 00:32:42,004
Just through here.
495
00:32:42,906 --> 00:32:45,140
There is yet much the boy in him.
496
00:32:45,140 --> 00:32:47,576
For but a moment longer.
497
00:32:47,576 --> 00:32:49,678
Tonight Numerius becomes a man.
498
00:33:02,392 --> 00:33:03,558
Clean?
499
00:33:05,295 --> 00:33:07,529
Or do you yet require
a hard scrubbing...
500
00:33:07,529 --> 00:33:10,365
No, I am...
501
00:33:10,365 --> 00:33:12,334
I am...
502
00:33:12,334 --> 00:33:13,402
Yes, you are.
503
00:33:16,572 --> 00:33:19,041
Nothing more sensual
than a warm bath.
504
00:33:21,878 --> 00:33:25,047
Mm, the water caressing your skin.
505
00:33:27,984 --> 00:33:30,986
Your eyes seem rather... fixed.
506
00:33:30,986 --> 00:33:33,021
Apologies.
507
00:33:33,021 --> 00:33:34,356
None required.
508
00:33:34,356 --> 00:33:36,358
This is your night, Numerius.
509
00:33:37,694 --> 00:33:40,062
One that occurs but once
in a man's lifetime.
510
00:33:41,331 --> 00:33:43,098
I am filled with much excitement.
511
00:33:43,098 --> 00:33:44,833
Of course you are.
512
00:33:44,833 --> 00:33:48,303
Your life unfolds before you.
513
00:33:48,303 --> 00:33:49,538
Many glories.
514
00:33:49,538 --> 00:33:52,174
Many honors.
515
00:33:52,174 --> 00:33:55,610
Many pleasures...
516
00:33:55,610 --> 00:33:57,479
The choices you make tonight
517
00:33:57,479 --> 00:33:59,548
will ripple through time,
518
00:33:59,548 --> 00:34:01,917
altering fates and destinies.
519
00:34:03,886 --> 00:34:06,021
So much rests in your hands.
520
00:34:07,857 --> 00:34:09,925
And I would see them
properly filled...
521
00:35:01,010 --> 00:35:02,077
Um, very nice.
522
00:35:04,047 --> 00:35:06,181
Then he'd jump up and
stab him down like that..
523
00:35:06,181 --> 00:35:07,516
Yeah!
524
00:35:07,516 --> 00:35:08,650
He'd block that back...
525
00:35:08,650 --> 00:35:10,218
A fine celebration, Batiatus!
526
00:35:10,218 --> 00:35:13,355
I've never seen the boy so happy.
527
00:35:13,355 --> 00:35:16,024
Let us call him boy no longer.
528
00:35:16,024 --> 00:35:17,926
Uh, does he not
appear to you a man?
529
00:35:21,697 --> 00:35:24,366
He does seem to stand taller,
does he not?
530
00:35:24,366 --> 00:35:25,967
By quite some measure.
531
00:35:25,967 --> 00:35:28,470
Soon he will rival the stature
of his honored father.
532
00:35:29,605 --> 00:35:31,106
It gives great pride, to know
533
00:35:31,106 --> 00:35:33,508
I have such an heir to
carry the name Calavius.
534
00:35:34,644 --> 00:35:36,645
Every house should be so blessed.
535
00:35:36,645 --> 00:35:40,015
I believe your son will
do extraordinary things.
536
00:35:40,015 --> 00:35:43,151
I for one cannot wait to see them.
537
00:35:43,151 --> 00:35:44,986
Give me a go, come on..
538
00:35:54,097 --> 00:35:55,630
It appears the wife of the Legatus
539
00:35:55,630 --> 00:35:57,766
yet harbors grudge.
540
00:35:57,766 --> 00:36:01,536
She is a cat absent claws.
541
00:36:01,536 --> 00:36:03,238
Yet fangs remain.
542
00:36:06,776 --> 00:36:09,044
Gratitude for last night.
543
00:36:09,044 --> 00:36:12,314
The man overstepped.
544
00:36:12,314 --> 00:36:13,381
I merely made correction.
545
00:36:15,284 --> 00:36:18,386
Still, the heart swells
at such kindness.
546
00:36:18,386 --> 00:36:20,388
Then see it deflate.
547
00:36:20,388 --> 00:36:23,859
I would have done the
same for any woman.
548
00:36:23,859 --> 00:36:25,594
You are an ass.
549
00:36:30,299 --> 00:36:31,733
Uh, the Champion of Capua...
550
00:36:31,733 --> 00:36:33,268
Always making friends.
551
00:36:33,268 --> 00:36:35,637
I need but one.
552
00:36:35,637 --> 00:36:36,905
Fortunate.
553
00:36:36,905 --> 00:36:38,640
Since it appears one
is all you have.
554
00:36:45,882 --> 00:36:48,383
Her husband is mad with worry!
555
00:36:48,383 --> 00:36:50,285
Licinia has completely vanished!
556
00:36:50,285 --> 00:36:51,553
She slipped away in the night
557
00:36:51,553 --> 00:36:54,322
absent slaves and not seen since.
558
00:36:54,322 --> 00:36:56,958
A proper woman should never
travel without escort.
559
00:36:56,958 --> 00:36:58,560
Her cousin good Crassus has offered
560
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,229
substantial reward
for her discovery,
561
00:37:01,229 --> 00:37:02,397
larger still towards punishment
562
00:37:02,397 --> 00:37:03,798
if harm's been done.
563
00:37:03,798 --> 00:37:04,866
But who would wish such a thing
564
00:37:04,866 --> 00:37:07,335
upon a relation of Crassus?
565
00:37:07,335 --> 00:37:10,071
Why that would be madness.
566
00:37:10,071 --> 00:37:11,673
It is revelation what
we are capable of,
567
00:37:11,673 --> 00:37:12,841
when pushed to brink.
568
00:37:12,841 --> 00:37:14,276
Or pulled.
569
00:37:16,913 --> 00:37:18,647
Well, there can only be one cause
570
00:37:18,647 --> 00:37:19,681
to slip out in the night,
571
00:37:19,681 --> 00:37:22,484
absent slaves or husbands.
572
00:37:22,484 --> 00:37:23,234
Oh!
573
00:37:24,620 --> 00:37:26,321
She is married to a fat little man,
574
00:37:26,321 --> 00:37:28,623
who sprouts hair as if beast.
575
00:37:30,726 --> 00:37:32,561
Who could blame her?
576
00:37:32,561 --> 00:37:36,565
Flown to the arms of another,
as Helen to Paris!
577
00:37:36,565 --> 00:37:37,315
Ha!
578
00:37:38,234 --> 00:37:40,802
I fear Rome must be
absent her beauty...
579
00:37:40,802 --> 00:37:42,604
For tonight the
jewels of the Republic
580
00:37:42,604 --> 00:37:46,274
stand glittering
before me in Capua.
581
00:37:46,274 --> 00:37:48,510
Good Solonius.
582
00:37:48,510 --> 00:37:49,844
You decided to attend.
583
00:37:49,844 --> 00:37:52,380
Who could resist
such divine company?
584
00:37:52,380 --> 00:37:54,749
Do my eyes deceive!
585
00:37:54,749 --> 00:37:56,918
Solonius, come from
the shadow to the light?
586
00:37:56,918 --> 00:37:58,220
Embrace me as brother!
587
00:37:58,220 --> 00:37:59,521
Would that blood were our bond.
588
00:38:02,158 --> 00:38:04,426
I almost did not recognize you,
589
00:38:04,426 --> 00:38:05,460
so gaunt of cheek.
590
00:38:05,460 --> 00:38:07,062
Are you quite well?
591
00:38:07,062 --> 00:38:08,730
My health has never been better.
592
00:38:08,730 --> 00:38:09,664
Sadly the same can't be said
593
00:38:09,664 --> 00:38:12,033
for your fortunes
in the arena, huh?
594
00:38:12,033 --> 00:38:14,069
Have you had opportunity
to greet the magistrate?
595
00:38:14,069 --> 00:38:16,805
He was deep in conference with
the consularis when I arrived.
596
00:38:16,805 --> 00:38:19,140
As the evening wears,
I am certain he will find time
597
00:38:19,140 --> 00:38:21,843
for the less significant guests.
598
00:38:21,843 --> 00:38:23,378
Gratitude for the invitation.
599
00:38:23,378 --> 00:38:25,180
I hope soon to return the favor.
600
00:38:28,117 --> 00:38:30,885
Did you see the look upon his face?
601
00:38:30,885 --> 00:38:32,454
He's the rictus of a man dying,
602
00:38:32,454 --> 00:38:34,589
a slice at a time.
603
00:38:34,589 --> 00:38:37,158
I would have the fatal
cut in a single stroke.
604
00:38:37,158 --> 00:38:39,628
Oh, I prefer as many
strokes as possible,
605
00:38:39,628 --> 00:38:41,162
to maximize the pleasure.
606
00:38:52,608 --> 00:38:55,944
I was unaware you had taste
for such exotic treats.
607
00:38:58,114 --> 00:39:00,949
We cannot be seen together.
608
00:39:00,949 --> 00:39:02,584
I find it curious
that Batiatus would
609
00:39:02,584 --> 00:39:04,419
extend me invitation.
610
00:39:04,419 --> 00:39:05,754
What is he planning?
611
00:39:08,391 --> 00:39:12,193
To humiliate you
before the magistrate.
612
00:39:12,193 --> 00:39:14,529
Your master swims in deep waters.
613
00:39:14,529 --> 00:39:16,998
Some day soon he shall
disappear beneath the waves.
614
00:39:20,169 --> 00:39:21,603
Come! Gather,
615
00:39:21,603 --> 00:39:23,872
esteemed guests,
616
00:39:23,872 --> 00:39:26,007
and those of questionable repute.
617
00:39:28,077 --> 00:39:30,645
Tonight the house of
Batiatus is humbled
618
00:39:30,645 --> 00:39:34,416
to help celebrate a
most glorious occasion.
619
00:39:34,416 --> 00:39:37,018
The son of magistrate Calavius,
620
00:39:37,018 --> 00:39:39,854
casts off the robes of a boy
621
00:39:39,854 --> 00:39:42,023
and becomes a proper roman man!
622
00:39:48,097 --> 00:39:51,766
Yet before he dons
the toga virilis,
623
00:39:51,766 --> 00:39:56,604
let us honor him
with sport and blood!
624
00:39:56,604 --> 00:39:59,774
A contest between the
present and the past.
625
00:39:59,774 --> 00:40:04,012
Spartacus, Champion of Capua!
626
00:40:04,012 --> 00:40:05,513
Step forward!
627
00:40:09,752 --> 00:40:10,819
And Crixus!
628
00:40:10,819 --> 00:40:12,087
Former champion, step...
629
00:40:12,087 --> 00:40:13,337
Wait.
630
00:40:14,657 --> 00:40:16,991
I fear Crixus has seen
his best day past.
631
00:40:19,895 --> 00:40:22,297
I would have Varro
fight in his place.
632
00:40:29,004 --> 00:40:30,672
You are the editor, young master!
633
00:40:30,672 --> 00:40:34,809
Your will, our hands!
634
00:40:34,809 --> 00:40:36,378
Varro! Step forward!
635
00:40:42,284 --> 00:40:44,652
Did you have hand in my elevation?
636
00:40:44,652 --> 00:40:46,588
The boy's change comes as surprise.
637
00:40:50,659 --> 00:40:52,560
It seems the gods
favor us both now.
638
00:40:54,830 --> 00:40:56,765
Honor the boy.
639
00:40:56,765 --> 00:40:58,400
Honor the ludus.
640
00:41:01,137 --> 00:41:03,204
Numerius insults Crixus
in our own house!
641
00:41:03,204 --> 00:41:05,774
Let it pass.
642
00:41:05,774 --> 00:41:09,377
The magistrate's happiness
is our only concern. Hm!
643
00:41:09,377 --> 00:41:10,545
Come Numerius!
644
00:41:10,545 --> 00:41:12,180
These men, these
titans of the arena,
645
00:41:12,180 --> 00:41:13,615
await your command!
646
00:41:13,615 --> 00:41:14,816
Let us give them a show.
647
00:41:16,952 --> 00:41:18,052
Begin!
648
00:41:25,261 --> 00:41:26,011
Oh!
649
00:42:24,253 --> 00:42:26,688
My fucking flank!
650
00:42:26,688 --> 00:42:27,856
Protect it,
651
00:42:27,856 --> 00:42:30,058
and next time it may be
you who stands victorious.
652
00:42:34,630 --> 00:42:37,699
Spartacus, still the
Champion of Capua!
653
00:42:37,699 --> 00:42:40,201
And Varro, formidable opponent,
654
00:42:40,201 --> 00:42:42,670
one to watch closely in the arena!
655
00:42:42,670 --> 00:42:43,905
Come Numerius!
656
00:42:43,905 --> 00:42:45,840
Pass judgment on
our fallen warrior!
657
00:43:09,398 --> 00:43:10,465
Apologies, magistrate,
658
00:43:10,465 --> 00:43:12,867
it was agreed this was
an exhibition only.
659
00:43:12,867 --> 00:43:16,037
Not a fight to the death.
660
00:43:16,037 --> 00:43:17,117
Father...
661
00:43:19,275 --> 00:43:20,842
Numerius has made his decision.
662
00:43:22,177 --> 00:43:24,445
I will reimburse you
the cost of the man.
663
00:43:35,391 --> 00:43:36,958
Proceed.
664
00:43:48,704 --> 00:43:51,205
Do we have a problem, Batiatus?
665
00:44:01,016 --> 00:44:02,684
I said proceed.
666
00:44:20,436 --> 00:44:21,502
Don't...
667
00:44:26,375 --> 00:44:27,095
Don't.
668
00:44:29,278 --> 00:44:33,548
They will kill us both.
669
00:44:33,548 --> 00:44:37,218
There is no choice.
670
00:44:37,218 --> 00:44:38,786
There is always a choice.
671
00:44:41,690 --> 00:44:43,725
Not this time.
672
00:44:49,231 --> 00:44:50,865
Spartacus!
673
00:45:08,717 --> 00:45:10,818
Live...
674
00:45:10,818 --> 00:45:14,856
And see my family provided for.
675
00:45:14,856 --> 00:45:16,624
And know...
676
00:45:16,624 --> 00:45:18,893
I would have done the same...
677
00:46:35,704 --> 00:46:39,273
I am forever indebted to
your hospitality, Batiatus.
678
00:46:39,273 --> 00:46:40,274
Think nothing of it.
679
00:46:40,274 --> 00:46:42,677
A favor for a dear friend.
680
00:46:42,677 --> 00:46:44,612
He calls for blood
without hesitation!
681
00:46:44,612 --> 00:46:47,081
Such boldness will one day
lead him to the senate.
682
00:46:49,318 --> 00:46:51,252
The noblest of ambitions.
683
00:46:51,252 --> 00:46:54,489
I myself have designs
towards political office.
684
00:46:54,489 --> 00:46:55,823
Is that so?
685
00:46:55,823 --> 00:46:56,958
Well, not the senate, not so soon,
686
00:46:56,958 --> 00:46:58,226
but something local.
687
00:46:58,226 --> 00:47:00,495
I would speak to you of support,
perhaps tomorrow..
688
00:47:00,495 --> 00:47:02,830
I leave for the coast on business.
689
00:47:02,830 --> 00:47:04,565
Well, when you return then.
690
00:47:06,668 --> 00:47:09,871
Politics is too dull for
a man of your persuasion!
691
00:47:09,871 --> 00:47:12,907
You would ache for the sights
and sounds of the arena.
692
00:47:12,907 --> 00:47:15,109
A sacrifice I would gladly make
693
00:47:15,109 --> 00:47:17,145
in the service to Rome.
694
00:47:19,414 --> 00:47:21,883
Batiatus, you are a fine lanista.
695
00:47:21,883 --> 00:47:24,218
Perhaps the finest
in all the Republic.
696
00:47:24,218 --> 00:47:25,953
But politics...
697
00:47:25,953 --> 00:47:28,156
It requires a different sort.
698
00:47:28,156 --> 00:47:32,226
Citizens of status,
with the proper heritage.
699
00:47:32,226 --> 00:47:34,428
Just so.
700
00:47:34,428 --> 00:47:36,430
Relish what you know best.
701
00:47:36,430 --> 00:47:39,934
Leave politics to the men
with breeding for it.
702
00:47:39,934 --> 00:47:41,369
Come, good Solonius!
703
00:47:41,369 --> 00:47:44,038
We have not had occasion
to speak this evening.
704
00:47:48,210 --> 00:47:50,878
The magistrate's response?
705
00:47:50,878 --> 00:47:53,047
To be answered in blood.