-I can't see anything. -I tell you someone's there.
Look now!
Can't you see it?
Who's there?
Speak!
Who are you?
Speak!
Hostus...
is that you?
I marked all the trees,
like you told me to...
Did you call me?
Come, I want to show you something.
A giant.
Rumia keeps them to serve her,
tied up beneath the ground.
Let's go back to the camp, please.
If we leave now we'll get there before it's dark.
Don't touch it. We don't know if it's sacred...
What's wrong?
That's Picus' cord.
Hostus...
Let me explain.
You're a cowardly bastard, you let him die!
Leave me alone!
I didn't kill Picus...
Welcome back, little sheep!
Wiros, what's wrong?
Where's Hostus? What happened to you?
-What happened to you? Speak! -Call Cnaeus.
You can't tell us what happened?
-Cnaeus! -Where's Hostus?
Cnaeus!
What's going on here?
Cnaeus!
Please, forgive me.
I was with Hostus and then...
I watched and I did nothing...
What's he talking about?
Something happened in the forest.
We had moved away and then...
We both saw her...
Who did you see?
Do I really have to say her name?
She was as tall as three people,
and had claws like iron...
She took Hostus, she split him in two
and ate his heart.
Why did she only take him?
I don't know.
I... I hid...
What can you do when faced by Rumia?
You say Hostus is dead,
but in the meantime you're here and talking,
you dirty coward...
Enough, Pacuvius, silence!
Wiros...
Did you really see the Lady of the Wolves?
Yes.
She ate his heart.
From today we will light three more fires.
We have to keep her at bay.
Now get back to work.
And will we leave Hostus there?
-Will we not bring his body back? -Do you want to go, Pacuvius?
Get back to work!
Father Jupiter,
Mars, Lord of Battles,
and you, mother Vesta, the fruitful one:
look at this daughter of yours...
who has come back from the swamps of the dead
to fill us with dismay.
Tell us
if it is right
to welcome her into our homes, or if...
she should be punished again
and return to the darkness.
Do not be afraid.
Well? What should we do?
She'll tell you what to do.
Don't you object,
there's a God who speaks to her heart.
We found her like this.
It would take five men to move those stones.
Are you not eating, Pacuvius?
Has fear taken away your hunger?
It isn't fear.
And what is it, then?
I don't like you looking at me in that way.
-We are here to become... -Today we thought about Hostus.
All day.
If you want to go and find him I told you before
that you are free.
We can't go alone, you know that.
Pacuvius and I are ready, but you...
You're the king...
You can decide to send someone else with us.
Lucius, would you go?
I asked you a question.
There are others who are much braver than me.
There's Taurus...
You hear that, Taurus?
He says you're the bravest.
You're the bravest, Cnaeus.
Why don't you go?
Because Hostus means nothing to me.
And you're a coward.
Like all the others.
Call the assembly.
I will guide them.
Then you'll see if I'm a coward.
Taurus wants to lead an expedition,
and Appius and Pacuvius will be going with him.
If anyone else wants to follow him, they have my permission.
Comrades...
If what happened to Hostus today
were to happen to you,
wouldn't you want someone to come looking for you to bury you?
Or would you prefer us to leave your body
to feed the birds?
Think about it...
If you promise...
-I'll come with you. -We swear to you, Vibius.
On all the Gods.
Nobody else is coming with us?
That's enough, Taurus.
You'll leave tomorrow at dawn.
Wiros!
Come closer.
You will lead them
to the place where Hostus died.
-Wait, Cnaeus... -Be quiet!
Do as I commanded.
And take them to the place you know.
Was it him again?
Your brother?
Why aren't you sleeping?
In Velia when a slave disobeys,
they tie his arms to two horses,
they set them off and rip him in two.
This is what they'll do to me.
Because I lied.
You killed Hostus.
He attacked me and I had to defend myself.
It's the truth, you have to believe me.
Now... when they see his body
they'll realise what happened.
I have no hope.
Come with us tomorrow.
-Why do you ask me that? -Because you have courage.
With you, I would be less afraid.
Please.
I have no courage.
I'm just like you.
I was with my brother when they killed him.
I wasn't able to save him.
I'd like to go back to that day and die with him,
but this is not granted by the Gods.
Ilia?
Go back to sleep, Ilia.
In sleep the Gods will show you the way to go.
I've slept enough.
I was afraid I'd lost you,
but instead here you are. A blessing in my home.
I won't let anyone take you away again.
I'm not a blessing.
I'm revenge.
Mars is the God who gave me my life back.
I belong to him now.
You're my daughter.
You belong to Alba.
You belong to me.
Let's go home now.
You're still weak.
You will take me to the priest of Mars.
Only to him will I say what I saw and what the God told me.
You didn't see anything.
No, instead I saw.
Whether or not they were vain visions,
only the priest of Mars can say.
In the end Cnaeus got what he wanted.
Be quiet!
You challenged him,
and he seized the opportunity to get rid of his rival.
When we come back with Hostus' body,
everyone will know that I too
am capable of commanding.
Are you that sure we'll make it back?
Cnaeus knows what's in the forest,
and he prevented you bringing your slave with us.
You can make him understand that things have changed.
You have men on your side as well.
We're ready.
The road is long.
The sooner we get there,
the sooner we'll get back to the camp.
Wait.
He'll never let him go.
Now we can go.
Lead the way.
Was it you who gave him this idea?
If you're there, I know I'm not alone.
Forgive me.
You'll continue from here on your own.
Her fate cannot be here.
Let's take her away.
When she sees Attus,
she herself will want to come back.
Are you the vestal who came back from the dead?
I am.
When I was immersed in the darkness,
the God appeared to me.
I asked him to let me live
to avenge the blood of Enitos.
Mars doesn't appear to women.
He appeared to me.
Go back to Mother Vesta
and beg her to welcome you.
Women aren't born to use weapons.
It's getting dark.
It would be better if we stopped.
It can't be that far, where are you taking us?
I'm sure this is the right way,
but everything looks the same here.
I can't orient myself any more.
You don't know where we are.
I'm almost certain I came through here with Hostus.
Let's go back, Taurus.
Hostus' body might have been eaten by the beasts.
Did I give you permission to speak?
We won't be going back without Hostus' body.
Let's stay here.
We'll wait for day.
And now you and my slave
light the fire.
I've seen the place where you were buried.
I've seen the blood of your hands on the stone
that imprisoned you.
You suffered, Ilia.
But if the Goddess forgave you,
it is right that you should return to her home.
The Goddess took from me everything I had.
You didn't come back for weapons, Ilia,
but to watch over the fire...
which is a source of life.
You'll stay here.
Tomorrow your father will beg the Vestals
to welcome you back to the temple.
Everything will return to how it was.
What do you want?
If I want to live I have to leave now.
Flee.
Come with me.
No.
I'll be dead before daybreak in the forest.
They've believed you up to now,
tomorrow they'll understand
and they'll kill you for what you did.
Are you more afraid of the forest or of them?
Come with me.
I can't.
What do you gain from staying?
You're not from Velia,
you don't have to stay in the forest.
You don't know anything about me.
Please come with me.
Set me free.
I can't, my lady.
You heard your mother's order.
Soldier...
do you know who I am?
There is nobody who doesn't know, my lady.
No, you don't know.
You only see a woman,
your king's daughter, a vestal.
But if you weren't blind, behind me you would see
the Lord of Battles
armed with his spear and shield,
and you would hear his voice louder than thunder,
and you would fall to your knees trembling for your life.
You recognise him.
I know you can see him now.
Obey his command,
or his fury will descend upon you and your children
and you will be spared no evil, known or unknown.
You said we were close.
Enough, Taurus, he's mocking us.
There are signs here!
Did you make them?
Move!
Why have you stopped?
What is that...?
I don't know, we were here when she appeared.
I hid there. And then I ran away.
Let's go.
We won't find him.
What did I tell you?
You didn't believe me.
The Lady of the Wolves ate his heart.
Whoever you are,
a God or a Goddess,
you who brought her back among the living.
You who have now guided her steps away from her home.
Let her heart find peace again.
And erase from her mind all fury...
and hate.
She left the palace before the sun was up.
The soldier on guard untied her, frightened by her delusions.
You call them delusions,
but she speaks of revenge,
and fury.
Ilia doesn't know what she's saying.
Hunger and thirst have upset her mind.
Remember what the haruspex said. Someday she will save Alba.
We have to...
We have to offer sacrifices to the Gods.
A lamb, a pig and an unyoked bull.
So that they forgive us for what we did.
We'll do it.
He has the same mark.
Can you see it? It's the same mark!
That's why the spirits didn't kill you!
He brought Hostus here to give him to Rumia!
I don't know what this mark is.
Believe me.
You tell him as well.
It wasn't me who did this!
Believe me.
-Believe me. -Let's kill him.
-We'll bring his body to Cnaeus! -No.
No.
Please, Taurus.
Come on!
-Please. -Come on!
Come on!
Damned!
It doesn't matter whether I'm male or female.
Mars appeared to me,
and you will teach me to kill.
I knew you would come back.
And I'll come back again,
-if you don't kill me. -I know.
Mortals do things that appear to be crazy,
when the Lord of Battles speaks to their hearts.
I don't know who gave me this mark.
I've always had it.
You saved my life
and I don't know your name.
My name is Yemos.
I am the son of Silvia, daughter of Numitor.
I don't understand.
Why is a king's son hiding in the forest?
Amulius is the king of Alba now.
He killed my brother,
and his soldiers are looking for me on every road and in every village.
What are you going to do now?
I don't know.
Two days from Velia there's a place called Gabi.
Maybe there's a man there I can trust.
You want to get to Gabi through the forest?
It's the only chance I have.
But if you want you can look for the cart track.
Subtitles: Issaverdens - Rome