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The goddess of death
rises again.
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Upon wings of your instruction.
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Achillia honors this house
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in fucking Primus!
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Can she fight?
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By end of month.
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Who stands above
all others beyond Achillia?
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There is but one.
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Caesar maneuvers Pompey
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towards alignment with
himself and Crassus.
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If they form triumvirate,
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republic and all within
will fall to severest concern.
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I have been asked to consider
marriage to Pompey.
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He but marries towards
power and position.
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- What man does not?
- The one before you.
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My goddess.
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I see how her eyes
fall upon you.
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And yours upon her.
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And you would deny me
the same comfort
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that you seek with your whore?
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And call me son no more.
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You are the past.
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I forge my own future.
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It stands grievous loss
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if such thing were
allowed to happen.
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Gabinius would not be offering
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his fucking daughter
to Pompey
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if you had not interfered
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in proposed coupling
with Quintus Thermus.
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Viridia is to be married
to Pompey?
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Remove yourself. Both of you.
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Go!
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You have undone everything
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Crassus and my noble husband
have worked towards.
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There must stand a way
to stop this.
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Is it marriage to Pompey
that so moves you
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or thought of Viridia
in the arms of another?
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You stray from pressing concern.
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As you stray from reason,
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harboring desire towards one
far beyond your station.
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My desires do not change fact.
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If Pompey is allowed
to marry Viridia,
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he will forever be
aligned with Gabinius
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and have his ear
in the Senate,
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swaying them to his will
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against Crassus
and your noble fucking husband.
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I shall send message to Caesar
informing him of your failure.
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I suggest you mirror fucking
effort in alerting Crassus.
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I broke words with him
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before he faced
the Scythian.
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They were not kind.
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There has never been father and
son who have not shared such.
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I would that I had fallen
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in the arena in his place.
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He would not wish it so.
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Words broken in anger can never
erase his love for you.
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What is to be done with him?
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He will be washed
and wrapped in shroud,
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then taken to funeral pyre.
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I would see him cleansed
by my hands alone.
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So shall it be.
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Doctore?
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How do you move beyond it?
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By keeping close
those who remain.
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- Who claimed his fucking life?
- A Scythian.
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She does not carry a name.
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Celadus fell to a woman?
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I stand unsure the creature
could be called such.
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If I had not fallen to
altercation and injured hand,
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she would be called towards
fucking afterlife!
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Such outcome far from certain.
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The Scythian takes form unlike
any I've ever laid eyes upon.
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The bitch could stand colossus,
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and I would yet see
scales balanced
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for what she's taken from me.
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From you?
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The boy has lost his father.
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And I the only man in this
fucking house I called friend.
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Balm coming days with purpose
towards forging more.
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I must see him.
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Tarchon prepares his father
for funeral rites.
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I am denied opportunity
to break farewells?
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Words last shared
must hold for such.
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We spoke of his son,
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and rift formed between them
because of me.
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Disagreement seldom thrives
but within single heart.
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I moved to find resolution,
for Celadus...
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yet failed in attempt.
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Tarchon yet lives.
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Honor his father's memory
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and see conflicts
of the past abandoned.
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I am your father, Tarchon,
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you are my son.
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I would see you
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rise above all others.
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Once again,
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we feel the bitter sting
of loss.
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Warm embrace, so cherished,
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torn from us too soon.
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Yet let's move beyond
the swell of sorrow
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and fix eyes upon days ahead,
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shadowed
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and...
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...uncertain
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as they may present.
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Achillia!
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Wild cunt.
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Evaporate.
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Hand no longer troubles you?
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Pain lingers, yet purpose
is fucking restored.
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Passing of days heals
even the deepest of wounds.
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Not all wounds.
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Pompey arrives in Capua?
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To meet with Gabinius,
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towards further discussion
of union with Viridia.
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What of Caesar?
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- Does he accompany the consul?
- He does.
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And wishes to break
fucking words with you.
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Has there ever stood
such a vision?
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I do not feel as such.
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No woman truly ever sees herself
as the world does.
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Yet...
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gaze upon your reflection
in eyes of loving mother,
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and know
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it is so.
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Leave us.
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This belonged to
your grandmother.
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Would that she yet drew breath
to see you so elevated.
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Tell me of him.
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- Pompey?
- Mm.
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You are...
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well versed
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in military victories
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and laurels showered upon him,
as all Romans are.
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Legend presents cold company.
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I would know of the man.
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He is disarming
of smile and attitude,
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yet oft,
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upon occasion,
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distant and...
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cold.
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As all men veer
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upon time and mood.
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Father does not stand so.
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Opinion of your father
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was formed through lens
of beloved child.
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Unclouded vision of wife
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beholds
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all facets of...
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complicated relationship.
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Your words do not carry
original passion
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towards marriage to Pompey.
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They but caution reality.
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Place thoughts of love aside
and fix mind firmly upon benefit
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and protection
such union provides.
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Protection?
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What imagined threat
requires such?
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All men pass from this life,
and when regretful day arrives,
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and your father succumbs
to sad tradition,
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we must be secure in knowledge
that you are protected
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from those who would
see you toward...
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disadvantage.
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You
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speak of Uncle Servius?
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He looms but one of many
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to hold towards concern.
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Then union
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not only serves republic,
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but honored mother
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and daughter as well.
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It is you
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who honor me.
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Cease leisured chatter and
let us move towards egress.
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I would not have Pompey
standing idle upon arrival.
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I am ready.
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The storm of shit
you have conjured arrives.
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You've been too long
from my arms.
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As I from yours.
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I would my husband
had fallen to Spartacus
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and stood I intended bride.
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Such a man is wasted upon
a woman of slight experience.
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Consul.
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Capua stands in amazement to at
last host such exalted company.
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Apologies for delayed
arrival, Senator.
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Caesar and I have had
much to discuss.
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Oh, pleasure delayed
is but pleasure enhanced.
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You recall beloved wife,
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and... daughter.
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Seared into memory.
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When last I laid eyes,
you were but a child.
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How you have blossomed.
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You flatter.
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He but states the obvious.
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Just so.
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And is this the Syrian, Gaius?
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Who stands Crassus' man
in Capua?
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In all his glory.
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I am humbled in your presence,
Consul.
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Gaius has been regaling me
with stories of your Nubian.
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I would set aside quarrel
with patron Crassus
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and witness spectacle
for myself.
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Let us retire to
the Syrian's villa,
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see desires satisfied.
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I shall rejoin directly,
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yet first would break further
word with good Gabinius
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regarding proposed union
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to fairest daughter.
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My villa
stands as your own.
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Let us remove ourselves from
midday sun to take refreshment.
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And plot divine
future benefiting all.
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Smile, you fucking shit,
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or I'll have your life
where you stand.
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I fall from presence
for briefest moment
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and return to find piss
in place of wine.
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Apologies, I--
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You yet draw breath by grace
of Crassus' patronage.
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Absent such,
those foolish enough
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to hold you to heart
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would be mourning
fucking loss.
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Did I not warn against
laying trust in him?
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Men such as this
always believe
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they can maneuver
beyond their betters.
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Apologies.
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I hold deepest regret for
my misjudgment of the past.
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Yet I would look towards horizon
and solution to current dilemma.
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The toad would sprout wings
and become soaring dove.
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The gods perform
such miracles daily...
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...and have blessed the Syrian
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towards exalted purpose.
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You have thoughts on the matter?
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Solidified towards action.
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I have consulted Crassus
via messenger,
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and we are in agreement
of path forward.
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Illuminate, so Ashur may
swiftly trod upon it.
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If Gabinius no longer
stood senator,
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Pompey's interest
would quickly wane.
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You intend to remove Gabinius
from the Senate?
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No. I intend to remove
him from fucking life.
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You would send
the old fool to grass?
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How will hands
remain clean of deed?
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By task falling
to another's.
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No.
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Viridia places her father above
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all others.
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There must be another way.
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Then produce
fucking alternative.
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I...
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I cannot do this.
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If union moves forward,
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Crassus shall
withdraw patronage.
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And in wake of such,
you shall stand exposed, Syrian.
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Yet see matter
to fateful conclusion,
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and he has expressed willingness
to entertain your plea
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to rebuild the arena destroyed
by Spartacus and his rebels,
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granting you control of it
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and of all games within Capua.
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He has promised this?
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He has.
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You stand a free man, Syrian,
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carrying such responsibility
such agency affords.
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The choice is yours.
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Message carrying offer
of marriage was most unexpected.
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Did it find favor?
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It is a difficult thing to turn
mind towards marital bliss
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when other pressing interests
weigh upon mind.
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Such are the burdens
of a consul of the Republic.
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As Crassus also stands.
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00:19:34,507 --> 00:19:36,801
You are but mirrors
towards one another,
269
00:19:37,343 --> 00:19:40,889
equal in reflecting highest
position among the Senate.
270
00:19:41,055 --> 00:19:43,057
You would place us upon level?
271
00:19:44,267 --> 00:19:46,436
I would but see tensions eased,
272
00:19:46,603 --> 00:19:49,731
and feet moved towards
common ground.
273
00:19:50,064 --> 00:19:51,274
As would I.
274
00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:55,820
Yet we stand unfortunately
opposed within the Senate-
275
00:19:56,613 --> 00:19:58,406
Crassus towards tax policies
to fill his coffers,
276
00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:01,200
and I towards more honorable
pursuit of seeing my men,
277
00:20:01,326 --> 00:20:03,453
so vital in the defeat
of Spartacus,
278
00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:07,790
to proper reward of land and
coin commensurate with effort.
279
00:20:10,251 --> 00:20:14,505
There may yet be revealed
path forward, however narrow.
280
00:20:18,051 --> 00:20:20,261
Let us thread
needle of possibility.
281
00:20:21,054 --> 00:20:24,265
If my voice could move Senate
towards your desires,
282
00:20:24,432 --> 00:20:29,562
then perhaps yours could lend
support to those of Crassus.
283
00:20:31,731 --> 00:20:32,774
Perhaps.
284
00:20:32,941 --> 00:20:34,317
Such an agreement
would first need to see
285
00:20:34,484 --> 00:20:38,112
respective armies dissolved
outside the gates of Rome,
286
00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:40,281
a contingent from both
dispatched
287
00:20:40,448 --> 00:20:43,159
to at last address
mounting Cilician threat.
288
00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:45,954
They have become
rather bothersome.
289
00:20:46,371 --> 00:20:48,498
And I would see them
all nailed upon cross
290
00:20:48,623 --> 00:20:51,042
for offence against
beleaguered citizens-
291
00:20:51,209 --> 00:20:53,628
those closest to me
among them.
292
00:20:57,215 --> 00:20:59,926
Tell me of your daughter.
293
00:21:00,885 --> 00:21:03,680
Your eyes have beheld
her beauty, have they not?
294
00:21:04,347 --> 00:21:08,685
Gloriously so. Yet I inquire
towards the mind of the woman.
295
00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:10,770
She is of keen intellect,
296
00:21:11,521 --> 00:21:13,982
holding knowledge
towards literature,
297
00:21:14,399 --> 00:21:17,235
uh, rhetoric,
logic, the histories,
298
00:21:17,402 --> 00:21:19,529
languages,
Greek being of second nature.
299
00:21:19,696 --> 00:21:21,698
You misunderstand the question.
300
00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:25,743
How bends her mind
towards will of husband?
301
00:21:35,294 --> 00:21:38,214
She grasps meaning
of the word
302
00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:39,924
duty...
303
00:21:47,682 --> 00:21:49,684
...and all it implies.
304
00:21:50,852 --> 00:21:52,145
Hmm.
305
00:21:59,861 --> 00:22:02,572
I fear you have lost the game...
306
00:22:08,369 --> 00:22:10,747
...yet gained
vaunted son-in-law.
307
00:22:13,207 --> 00:22:14,751
News to lift heart.
308
00:22:16,919 --> 00:22:21,090
Yet know it beats with the love
of a father towards only child-
309
00:22:21,716 --> 00:22:23,342
one I would see happy
310
00:22:23,926 --> 00:22:25,470
and cared for,
311
00:22:26,554 --> 00:22:29,015
given all courtesy and respect
312
00:22:29,515 --> 00:22:30,725
imagined.
313
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,854
To the glory of the republic.
314
00:22:35,938 --> 00:22:37,231
Ah. Apologies.
315
00:22:37,565 --> 00:22:39,859
We do not mean to
interrupt your game.
316
00:22:40,026 --> 00:22:43,613
Ah, game has reached
satisfactory conclusion.
317
00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:48,534
Bless the gods, daughter.
318
00:22:48,910 --> 00:22:50,495
You are to be wed.
319
00:22:51,913 --> 00:22:56,250
What wondrous news!
320
00:22:58,002 --> 00:22:59,003
Indeed.
321
00:23:00,171 --> 00:23:02,173
I look forward to
consummation of the union
322
00:23:02,340 --> 00:23:05,301
between our families,
dearest Viridia.
323
00:23:06,344 --> 00:23:07,386
Hmm.
324
00:23:08,137 --> 00:23:10,181
I could never have
dreamed of...
325
00:23:10,598 --> 00:23:11,849
such a day.
326
00:23:30,034 --> 00:23:30,910
Achillia...
327
00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:42,255
Why do eyes fucking linger?
328
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:43,923
I...
329
00:23:44,048 --> 00:23:45,758
Apologies.
For a moment, I thought--
330
00:23:45,925 --> 00:23:48,177
I give no shit towards
turning of your thoughts.
331
00:23:49,554 --> 00:23:51,514
You claim your father's cell
as your own?
332
00:23:51,681 --> 00:23:53,224
As is my fucking right,
333
00:23:54,058 --> 00:23:54,684
as son.
334
00:23:54,851 --> 00:23:56,227
He would not have wished this-
335
00:23:56,686 --> 00:23:59,438
you and I, standing in
constant opposition.
336
00:23:59,605 --> 00:24:01,274
Then relinquish
title of champion
337
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,025
and see disagreement fade.
338
00:24:03,192 --> 00:24:06,612
This is all that consumes you?
Even now?
339
00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:08,489
Glory in the arena?
340
00:24:08,656 --> 00:24:10,116
I am but consumed
341
00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:12,535
with seeing my father avenged,
342
00:24:12,702 --> 00:24:14,036
to stand upon the sands
of fucking Primus
343
00:24:14,203 --> 00:24:16,539
and claim life of the Scythian
that took him from me.
344
00:24:16,956 --> 00:24:19,876
Such revenge
does not belong to you.
345
00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:23,337
I am the champion
of this house.
346
00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:27,341
Mantle seized
absent proper contest...
347
00:24:28,342 --> 00:24:29,927
against the man before you.
348
00:24:31,637 --> 00:24:33,222
I see but a boy.
349
00:24:33,598 --> 00:24:35,433
Achillia. Tarchon.
350
00:24:35,850 --> 00:24:37,977
Pompey arrives.
Fall to formation,
351
00:24:38,352 --> 00:24:40,855
and see passions quelled.
352
00:24:53,701 --> 00:24:55,369
This is where it began.
353
00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:58,873
Spartacus and his rebellion
that so threatened the republic.
354
00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:00,416
The mad fucks claimed the life
355
00:25:00,583 --> 00:25:02,543
of the former dominus
of this house.
356
00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:04,587
As well as many
prominent Romans.
357
00:25:04,754 --> 00:25:07,340
And yet the Syrian survived.
358
00:25:08,007 --> 00:25:09,926
I was not yet among
those of privilege.
359
00:25:10,051 --> 00:25:11,093
Yes.
360
00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:13,471
The gladiator slave who
turned against his own,
361
00:25:13,596 --> 00:25:15,848
raising question anew-
362
00:25:17,558 --> 00:25:18,935
how did you survive?
363
00:25:19,101 --> 00:25:20,770
By fortitude and wit.
364
00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:23,940
Honed by years
among the Brotherhood.
365
00:25:24,106 --> 00:25:25,942
From humble beginnings
366
00:25:26,108 --> 00:25:27,276
to humble present.
367
00:25:28,653 --> 00:25:30,780
Let us not gauge a man's worth
by faded past
368
00:25:30,947 --> 00:25:33,699
but of vaunted offerings
of the here and now.
369
00:25:34,242 --> 00:25:35,493
Let it be so.
370
00:25:36,118 --> 00:25:38,287
Achillia! Present yourself.
371
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,381
She stands of a form,
as promised.
372
00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:50,883
Savage barely survived
contest in the arena.
373
00:25:51,008 --> 00:25:52,927
Yet survive she did,
and stood victorious
374
00:25:53,094 --> 00:25:55,388
against opponent of
greater size and skill.
375
00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:58,307
I would weigh merit
with eyes my own.
376
00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:01,435
Whatever the consul desires,
Ashur provides.
377
00:26:02,061 --> 00:26:04,605
Choose among my men
who shall face her.
378
00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:08,609
All stand titan, and shall
provide thrilling adversary.
379
00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:11,112
What of that one?
380
00:26:17,451 --> 00:26:19,120
Apologies, Consul.
381
00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:21,706
This man offers
little challenge.
382
00:26:22,623 --> 00:26:24,375
I would present you
with spectacle
383
00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,919
more worthy of storied name.
384
00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:28,254
A savage,
385
00:26:28,713 --> 00:26:30,006
as so indicated.
386
00:26:30,131 --> 00:26:32,883
I shall see her to discipline
for speaking beyond her station.
387
00:26:33,175 --> 00:26:34,427
Doctore!
388
00:26:34,927 --> 00:26:36,053
Hold.
389
00:26:37,096 --> 00:26:39,807
She is but bold of purpose,
390
00:26:39,932 --> 00:26:41,892
a thing to be admired.
391
00:26:44,895 --> 00:26:46,647
Let us entertain request.
392
00:26:47,398 --> 00:26:50,151
Who would you choose
to honor me, champion?
393
00:26:51,485 --> 00:26:52,570
Tarchon,
394
00:26:53,112 --> 00:26:54,655
son of Celadus.
395
00:27:01,162 --> 00:27:03,539
The son of Celadus
gladly accepts.
396
00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:05,041
Doctore,
397
00:27:05,583 --> 00:27:07,126
see practice weapons
to their hands.
398
00:27:07,293 --> 00:27:10,171
Practice?
Is this not proper contest?
399
00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:13,132
Your will, Consul.
400
00:27:13,299 --> 00:27:14,550
Doctore,
401
00:27:15,134 --> 00:27:17,303
see wood give way to steel.
402
00:27:19,221 --> 00:27:21,098
Dacus, attend!
403
00:27:21,265 --> 00:27:22,350
Come.
404
00:27:33,152 --> 00:27:35,029
She adopts style
dissimilar to one
405
00:27:35,196 --> 00:27:36,739
during the games
of the Ludi Apollinares.
406
00:27:36,906 --> 00:27:39,909
Circumstance of injury
requires shift in strategy.
407
00:27:40,076 --> 00:27:41,911
Are we to prattle
until sun breaks?
408
00:27:42,078 --> 00:27:44,038
They but ready themself, Consul.
409
00:27:44,205 --> 00:27:45,831
Upon the moment,
you shall have blood.
410
00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:49,001
Present entertainment,
411
00:27:49,168 --> 00:27:51,879
yet slip not towards
fatal conflict.
412
00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:04,392
Let this decide who is truly
deserving of fucking title.
413
00:28:04,558 --> 00:28:05,518
Gratitude...
414
00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:09,230
...for opportunity
to see you fall.
415
00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:11,732
Begin!
416
00:28:21,659 --> 00:28:23,411
Your Nubian does not disappoint.
417
00:28:30,668 --> 00:28:32,128
The youngling draws blood.
418
00:28:47,351 --> 00:28:49,270
Returned in kind.
419
00:28:49,437 --> 00:28:50,271
Splendid.
420
00:28:50,438 --> 00:28:51,605
Wine!
421
00:28:59,572 --> 00:29:02,450
Oh, your champion fades.
422
00:29:02,616 --> 00:29:06,787
As all dreams must,
when faced with stark reality.
423
00:29:20,426 --> 00:29:21,260
Oh!
424
00:29:24,180 --> 00:29:25,598
Well fought!
425
00:29:26,348 --> 00:29:27,766
Claim his life!
426
00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:49,121
He has proven
worthy opponent, Consul,
427
00:29:50,372 --> 00:29:51,790
as was his father.
428
00:29:54,418 --> 00:29:55,628
I would see him
429
00:29:56,921 --> 00:29:58,923
- live.
- Achillia.
430
00:30:00,382 --> 00:30:02,510
I am of a buoyant mood,
431
00:30:02,927 --> 00:30:05,554
raised aloft by my
impending nuptials.
432
00:30:05,721 --> 00:30:06,931
She stands victor.
433
00:30:07,723 --> 00:30:10,726
The boy's life is hers
to do as she pleases.
434
00:30:16,899 --> 00:30:18,901
You have had your
proper contest
435
00:30:19,693 --> 00:30:22,238
and yet live
because of debt owed
436
00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:24,114
to your father.
437
00:30:27,618 --> 00:30:29,453
She truly exceeds expectation.
438
00:30:30,913 --> 00:30:32,081
As Venus Victrix
439
00:30:32,248 --> 00:30:34,250
earthed in flesh,
440
00:30:35,626 --> 00:30:37,253
demanding praise.
441
00:30:42,049 --> 00:30:43,676
Worship of such
442
00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:44,969
perhaps
443
00:30:45,135 --> 00:30:47,012
better suited towards more...
444
00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:49,223
intimate contemplation?
445
00:30:53,310 --> 00:30:55,062
Notion well received.
446
00:30:55,229 --> 00:30:56,522
Attend.
447
00:30:58,399 --> 00:31:00,901
Have her bathed and sent to me.
448
00:31:01,485 --> 00:31:03,529
Let us take
food and wine, then.
449
00:31:04,238 --> 00:31:05,906
Until appointed time.
450
00:31:08,784 --> 00:31:10,119
Hilara.
451
00:31:10,536 --> 00:31:12,037
I would have you linger
452
00:31:13,163 --> 00:31:14,123
and assist
453
00:31:14,290 --> 00:31:16,333
towards urgent matter.
454
00:31:18,419 --> 00:31:20,129
You ask the impossible, Hilara.
455
00:31:20,296 --> 00:31:22,298
It is of vital importance
to this house.
456
00:31:22,464 --> 00:31:24,091
You mean to your dominus.
457
00:31:24,258 --> 00:31:27,219
You shall never see feelings
deeply held for him returned,
458
00:31:27,386 --> 00:31:29,179
if he is capable of them at all.
459
00:31:29,346 --> 00:31:31,807
I no longer cling to such hopes.
460
00:31:33,183 --> 00:31:34,685
Yet in aiding him
in this act,
461
00:31:34,852 --> 00:31:37,438
it will avert bloodshed and ruin
462
00:31:38,772 --> 00:31:40,566
for all beneath this roof.
463
00:31:43,861 --> 00:31:45,904
I ask you this as friend
464
00:31:47,948 --> 00:31:50,534
who once you embraced
above all others.
465
00:32:01,211 --> 00:32:02,254
The way he leers
466
00:32:02,421 --> 00:32:03,756
as if considering
the taste of your flesh.
467
00:32:03,881 --> 00:32:05,424
It's not unthinkable
such forbidden meal
468
00:32:05,591 --> 00:32:06,967
has parted the man's lips.
469
00:32:09,762 --> 00:32:12,389
Why do you stand as doe
faced with hunter's arrow?
470
00:32:12,556 --> 00:32:13,599
Apologies. I...
471
00:32:13,766 --> 00:32:15,768
Busy yourself
with drawing of bath.
472
00:32:16,268 --> 00:32:17,895
The Syrian may forgive
indolent hands,
473
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,857
yet those of a Roman's body
slave must never fall to such.
474
00:32:22,232 --> 00:32:23,651
I shall see it done.
475
00:32:28,489 --> 00:32:29,907
You favor the girl.
476
00:32:30,658 --> 00:32:33,285
She has proven adequate
morsel upon your absence.
477
00:32:33,452 --> 00:32:34,286
Hmm.
478
00:32:34,953 --> 00:32:38,332
And now that loving husband
has returned?
479
00:32:38,499 --> 00:32:40,959
Thoughts turn towards more...
480
00:32:41,126 --> 00:32:42,878
substantial feast.
481
00:32:51,178 --> 00:32:52,971
I am your man, then.
482
00:32:55,724 --> 00:32:57,267
I am to lay with Pompey?
483
00:32:57,434 --> 00:32:59,395
It is a thing often
requested of champions.
484
00:32:59,853 --> 00:33:01,063
Spartacus,
Gannicus before him,
485
00:33:01,188 --> 00:33:04,316
both commanded towards same,
and fell to compliance.
486
00:33:05,484 --> 00:33:06,443
Yet...
487
00:33:07,194 --> 00:33:09,863
if you do as I instruct,
absent discovery,
488
00:33:10,030 --> 00:33:12,282
Pompey will be unable
to lay hand upon you,
489
00:33:12,449 --> 00:33:15,536
nor shall cock ever
straighten towards offence.
490
00:33:17,037 --> 00:33:18,414
If such is your will.
491
00:33:18,580 --> 00:33:20,582
I do not wish it so.
492
00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:23,585
Yet I stand bereft
of fucking option.
493
00:33:23,752 --> 00:33:24,920
Dominus.
494
00:33:29,591 --> 00:33:31,969
Were you able to acquire
what I've asked of you?
495
00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:34,847
Messia has seen to it.
496
00:33:35,597 --> 00:33:38,058
Then perhaps the gods
not fuck us this day.
497
00:33:41,061 --> 00:33:42,980
See message dispatched,
498
00:33:43,647 --> 00:33:47,234
then Achillia
to honored fucking guest.
499
00:33:48,277 --> 00:33:49,111
Go.
500
00:33:52,573 --> 00:33:56,702
The boy you fought, why did you
petition for his life?
501
00:33:58,620 --> 00:34:01,832
It was not his life
that held concern.
502
00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:04,960
I knew his father
503
00:34:05,836 --> 00:34:07,004
before he fell.
504
00:34:08,297 --> 00:34:10,466
He was one of the Syrian's men?
505
00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:13,469
He stood champion of this house
506
00:34:14,511 --> 00:34:16,054
for but a moment.
507
00:34:17,848 --> 00:34:20,726
Well, interest lies
in current owner of title.
508
00:34:22,144 --> 00:34:23,228
So tell me,
509
00:34:23,395 --> 00:34:27,566
how did you find yourself
guest of our fair republic?
510
00:34:29,151 --> 00:34:31,737
Through circumstances
of misfortune,
511
00:34:32,946 --> 00:34:34,656
as most who find themselves so.
512
00:34:35,491 --> 00:34:38,660
Hmm. Generalities are the
comfort of lesser intellect.
513
00:34:38,827 --> 00:34:43,040
I would seize upon
more revealing detail.
514
00:34:47,336 --> 00:34:49,171
I was sold to the Romans.
515
00:34:50,756 --> 00:34:53,008
Mm, it's an occurrence
not uncommon.
516
00:34:53,175 --> 00:34:56,011
It was by hand
of my own father.
517
00:35:02,351 --> 00:35:03,936
Ah.
518
00:35:04,394 --> 00:35:06,271
Details revealed.
519
00:35:08,982 --> 00:35:09,983
Did he hate you so,
520
00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:12,361
to condemn you to slavery
in a foreign land?
521
00:35:13,487 --> 00:35:16,156
His love for me
was beyond measure.
522
00:35:17,825 --> 00:35:19,785
And yet here you stand.
523
00:35:25,541 --> 00:35:28,460
Errant spear
took the life of royal.
524
00:35:31,588 --> 00:35:33,298
One I was sworn to protect.
525
00:35:34,258 --> 00:35:36,426
Now we come to the meat of it.
526
00:35:36,593 --> 00:35:40,055
Such a thing is punishable
by death in my kingdom.
527
00:35:40,597 --> 00:35:42,182
Giving me to the Romans
528
00:35:42,683 --> 00:35:44,101
was a mercy,
529
00:35:45,394 --> 00:35:47,771
in his eyes.
530
00:35:54,528 --> 00:35:55,946
I would have more wine.
531
00:35:56,572 --> 00:35:57,906
As would I.
532
00:36:04,621 --> 00:36:08,709
You move with a grace beyond
those of abject station.
533
00:36:10,752 --> 00:36:11,920
Gratitude.
534
00:36:12,796 --> 00:36:16,008
It was not meant as compliment.
Merely observation.
535
00:36:17,551 --> 00:36:19,761
Gratitude remains...
536
00:36:19,928 --> 00:36:21,430
...despite intention.
537
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:36,987
I must confess,
538
00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:40,240
I've never had a Nubian.
539
00:36:42,075 --> 00:36:44,328
Nor I a consul of Rome.
540
00:36:46,914 --> 00:36:49,750
Had not promise to cherish
the daughter of Gabinius
541
00:36:49,875 --> 00:36:52,085
been sworn but hours past,
542
00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:58,383
we would see such
mutual failing rectified.
543
00:37:00,344 --> 00:37:01,678
A pity, then.
544
00:37:21,615 --> 00:37:23,325
The gods are angry.
545
00:37:25,327 --> 00:37:27,245
When do they stand otherwise?
546
00:37:30,290 --> 00:37:31,583
I would keep from edge.
547
00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:34,962
Cliff has been known to
claim the unsuspecting.
548
00:37:36,964 --> 00:37:39,675
Then why has wall never been
rebuilt to prevent calamity?
549
00:37:39,841 --> 00:37:41,718
Some things defy repair,
550
00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:44,304
in spite of will
to hold otherwise.
551
00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:53,605
He comes to me.
552
00:37:55,941 --> 00:37:57,192
In my dreams.
553
00:37:59,152 --> 00:38:01,446
As it often is with
those we have lost.
554
00:38:04,741 --> 00:38:06,576
I make attempt to call to him...
555
00:38:08,704 --> 00:38:10,831
yet tongue becomes as stone.
556
00:38:13,834 --> 00:38:15,502
Does he speak to you?
557
00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:19,923
He does...
558
00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:24,052
yet I cannot hear him.
559
00:38:26,847 --> 00:38:29,266
I would give all to break
words with him once more.
560
00:38:32,227 --> 00:38:33,395
As you shall,
561
00:38:34,146 --> 00:38:35,230
upon a day.
562
00:38:35,981 --> 00:38:37,983
As I shall with Opiter,
563
00:38:39,067 --> 00:38:40,527
when we fall from this world
564
00:38:40,694 --> 00:38:42,821
towards welcome
upon distant shore.
565
00:38:48,243 --> 00:38:50,746
Yet while we remain
of this world,
566
00:38:51,204 --> 00:38:53,749
I would see aid
given Achillia.
567
00:38:55,584 --> 00:38:56,877
She does not fucking require it.
568
00:38:57,044 --> 00:38:59,504
She is but bone and meat
as any other,
569
00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:02,549
and she will face
the freshly-born champion
570
00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:05,343
of the House of Proculus
in coming games.
571
00:39:06,803 --> 00:39:09,848
Let us see her
towards vengeance.
572
00:39:14,478 --> 00:39:16,229
I would ask to see Elata.
573
00:39:16,980 --> 00:39:20,192
You are far removed from
favor with your dominus.
574
00:39:22,027 --> 00:39:24,029
Yet I will broach request
575
00:39:24,196 --> 00:39:25,655
upon opportunity.
576
00:39:27,783 --> 00:39:29,743
My father did not care for her.
577
00:39:32,579 --> 00:39:35,999
Athena herself would not have
stood worthy of your affections,
578
00:39:36,666 --> 00:39:38,043
in his eyes.
579
00:39:50,597 --> 00:39:52,808
You have afforded yourself
with measured grace
580
00:39:52,974 --> 00:39:54,935
beyond courtesy of years.
581
00:39:56,728 --> 00:39:59,523
Would that heart swelled
towards that of loving husband
582
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,735
in place of one
presented through necessity.
583
00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:08,073
I shall find joy
584
00:40:08,573 --> 00:40:11,243
in knowledge that I have
honored my father,
585
00:40:12,953 --> 00:40:14,412
who I hold closest to heart.
586
00:40:14,579 --> 00:40:17,374
Oh, do not let your mother
hear you break such words.
587
00:40:19,084 --> 00:40:20,210
Hmm.
588
00:40:21,169 --> 00:40:22,629
I shall miss our games
589
00:40:23,755 --> 00:40:25,257
when I'm no longer
of this house.
590
00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:26,508
Oh...
591
00:40:27,050 --> 00:40:28,760
Well, you are yet among us.
592
00:40:29,469 --> 00:40:32,597
Let us embrace each day
by hour and minute.
593
00:40:32,764 --> 00:40:33,932
Set board,
594
00:40:34,099 --> 00:40:36,393
and we shall play.
595
00:40:37,978 --> 00:40:39,688
Apologies. Dispatch arrives.
596
00:40:39,855 --> 00:40:41,940
Ah, well see it set aside
towards later hour.
597
00:40:42,107 --> 00:40:45,652
Apologies once more.
It carries from Pompey himself.
598
00:40:47,070 --> 00:40:48,822
Ah, give it here.
599
00:40:52,492 --> 00:40:54,995
What does future husband convey?
600
00:40:56,746 --> 00:40:59,583
Hmm. He tarries
at the Syrian's villa
601
00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:02,169
and requests my immediate
fucking presence?
602
00:41:02,294 --> 00:41:06,006
Send reply that
I stand regrettably occupied,
603
00:41:06,173 --> 00:41:09,467
and I shall broach gathering
upon morning light.
604
00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:10,635
Dominus.
605
00:41:11,178 --> 00:41:12,179
Wait.
606
00:41:14,347 --> 00:41:16,766
- Duty towards Republic beckons.
- Oh.
607
00:41:16,933 --> 00:41:19,227
I would not see
vital purpose set aside
608
00:41:19,394 --> 00:41:23,565
for pleasure of mere game,
no matter how desired.
609
00:41:27,110 --> 00:41:28,528
Set board,
610
00:41:28,695 --> 00:41:33,200
and I shall return to you as
fleetly as obligation allows.
611
00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:44,961
Door!
612
00:41:48,423 --> 00:41:51,301
Why have I been summoned
as if common slave?
613
00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:53,720
Pompey's mind is his own.
614
00:41:53,887 --> 00:41:56,681
I would not presume to fathom
what thoughts lie within it.
615
00:41:57,224 --> 00:41:59,392
Forever magnanimous
in response.
616
00:41:59,935 --> 00:42:03,230
A thing your perceived betters
could glean instruction from.
617
00:42:03,396 --> 00:42:04,397
I but serve the Republic
618
00:42:04,564 --> 00:42:07,025
and those who guide her
through darkest night.
619
00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:11,947
There stood a time I received
such humble prostration
620
00:42:12,072 --> 00:42:14,532
as cunning ruse to gain favor.
621
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:18,495
Yet your embrace
of the necessity of union
622
00:42:18,620 --> 00:42:21,873
between beloved daughter
and the man you lead me towards
623
00:42:23,291 --> 00:42:25,543
begs differing conclusion.
624
00:42:26,127 --> 00:42:28,755
I would know of it,
if so inclined.
625
00:42:28,922 --> 00:42:32,717
That you truly place the
republic above personal desire.
626
00:42:33,677 --> 00:42:37,847
Again, a thing your betters
could take lesson from.
627
00:42:39,349 --> 00:42:40,642
You honor me.
628
00:42:41,226 --> 00:42:43,311
You honor yourself, Ashur.
629
00:42:49,985 --> 00:42:51,236
You call me by name.
630
00:42:51,987 --> 00:42:53,613
You have earned
such consideration,
631
00:42:54,197 --> 00:42:59,411
navigating treacherous waters
of oft tempestuous acquaintance.
632
00:43:00,245 --> 00:43:02,122
It is of
633
00:43:02,706 --> 00:43:04,040
greatest comfort
634
00:43:04,624 --> 00:43:06,960
to see them calm between us.
635
00:43:07,127 --> 00:43:08,920
Sentiment deeply shared.
636
00:43:11,089 --> 00:43:13,425
If father were yet known to you,
637
00:43:15,635 --> 00:43:17,012
he would stand
638
00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:20,640
as proud as the man
you see before you
639
00:43:21,641 --> 00:43:26,438
that his son set aside
impossible notions of the heart
640
00:43:27,689 --> 00:43:29,649
and accepted what must be.
641
00:43:30,775 --> 00:43:33,778
Yet, take comfort
in thought that Viridia
642
00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:37,699
considers you fondly.
643
00:43:40,076 --> 00:43:42,037
And I suspect always shall.
644
00:43:48,376 --> 00:43:50,462
Come. Pompey awaits.
645
00:43:52,589 --> 00:43:53,548
Uh...
646
00:43:53,923 --> 00:43:56,509
night churns beyond reason.
647
00:43:57,761 --> 00:43:58,845
I will make excuse
648
00:43:59,012 --> 00:44:00,805
and see meeting delayed
to more favorable hour.
649
00:44:00,972 --> 00:44:02,640
I'm here now,
upon appointed moment.
650
00:44:02,807 --> 00:44:06,102
Let us to purpose
and see matter concluded.
651
00:44:10,815 --> 00:44:13,443
What stands so urgent
that you call upon me to...
652
00:44:15,528 --> 00:44:17,238
What is this fucking shit?
653
00:44:17,405 --> 00:44:19,908
- Dominus, I-
- Remove yourself. Go!
654
00:44:20,617 --> 00:44:21,618
Apologies.
655
00:44:22,077 --> 00:44:25,038
Pompey requested closer
inspection of my champion.
656
00:44:25,163 --> 00:44:26,414
I did not know!
657
00:44:26,581 --> 00:44:30,293
You swear to see my daughter
treated with love and respect,
658
00:44:30,877 --> 00:44:34,547
and within same breath fuck me
as you fuck the Nubian slave?
659
00:44:35,131 --> 00:44:38,093
Gabinius.
What has happened?
660
00:44:38,259 --> 00:44:40,970
An end to proposed marriage
661
00:44:41,388 --> 00:44:44,641
and severance of
fucking association.
662
00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:47,727
Place cock where whim dictates,
663
00:44:47,894 --> 00:44:51,314
and may disease see
it wither upon vine!
664
00:44:55,610 --> 00:44:56,486
Gather yourself, Consul.
665
00:44:56,653 --> 00:44:59,239
I shall attempt to calm
inflamed humors.
666
00:45:01,741 --> 00:45:03,034
Gabinius.
667
00:45:03,952 --> 00:45:05,328
What finds you here
at such hour?
668
00:45:05,495 --> 00:45:07,163
And seized by tempestuous mood?
669
00:45:07,330 --> 00:45:10,875
Honored guest
beneath this fucking roof!
670
00:45:11,042 --> 00:45:11,918
Pompey?
671
00:45:12,043 --> 00:45:13,044
The man has proved himself
672
00:45:13,211 --> 00:45:15,380
the villain Crassus
has always assumed.
673
00:45:15,547 --> 00:45:16,589
Curse upon me
674
00:45:17,173 --> 00:45:19,342
for not gleaning truth
with eyes my own.
675
00:45:19,509 --> 00:45:21,594
He is nothing more
than arrogant shit
676
00:45:21,761 --> 00:45:23,471
overflowing with
military laurels
677
00:45:23,638 --> 00:45:26,057
in place of spirit
and fucking soul.
678
00:45:26,224 --> 00:45:29,144
Harshest of words
towards a consul of Rome.
679
00:45:29,310 --> 00:45:32,147
Fuck title
and all pretense bestowed.
680
00:45:32,939 --> 00:45:36,609
He but sees himself reflected in
the eyes of everyone he beholds.
681
00:45:36,734 --> 00:45:40,405
Senator, I beg of you,
let us give pause and consider--
682
00:45:40,572 --> 00:45:42,407
There stands
nothing to consider,
683
00:45:43,199 --> 00:45:46,161
save unfolding years
absent the name Pompey Magnus
684
00:45:46,327 --> 00:45:48,830
ever being conjured
by favorable tongue.
685
00:45:48,997 --> 00:45:52,167
- Let us take wine to quiet the-
- I will not be quelled.
686
00:45:52,333 --> 00:45:54,502
Pompey reforms as enemy to me.
687
00:45:55,211 --> 00:45:57,964
Equal in spiteful intent
of the fucking Cilicians
688
00:45:58,131 --> 00:46:00,216
he fails to bring to justice!
689
00:46:00,633 --> 00:46:02,177
You wound me
690
00:46:02,302 --> 00:46:05,138
as knife to chest.
691
00:46:05,305 --> 00:46:07,223
What...
692
00:46:07,390 --> 00:46:09,476
What cause
693
00:46:09,642 --> 00:46:12,812
have I given towards such wrath?
694
00:46:13,229 --> 00:46:15,482
What cause?
695
00:46:15,648 --> 00:46:18,193
I bend to requested summons
696
00:46:18,359 --> 00:46:20,820
only to find you entwined
with the Nubian,
697
00:46:20,987 --> 00:46:23,072
and you cry
what fucking cause?
698
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:27,744
I have no memory of summoning
you or bedding the Nubian.
699
00:46:29,579 --> 00:46:32,332
An excess of wine does not
negate grievous insult.
700
00:46:32,499 --> 00:46:35,502
I beg you, we must not
let overripe passions--
701
00:46:35,668 --> 00:46:37,504
To think I ever considered
702
00:46:37,670 --> 00:46:40,798
fucking union towards you
with treasured daughter!
703
00:46:41,174 --> 00:46:42,634
You are beneath her
704
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,928
and shall forever remain so!
705
00:46:45,094 --> 00:46:47,055
Send word to Crassus.
706
00:46:47,222 --> 00:46:48,473
I would meet to discuss
707
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,726
granting him my full support
in the Senate,
708
00:46:52,060 --> 00:46:53,853
to stand in opposition
709
00:46:54,020 --> 00:46:56,314
of the shitfuck Pompey!
710
00:47:07,534 --> 00:47:09,160
What have you fucking done?
711
00:47:09,327 --> 00:47:12,247
- Call your medicus!
- I have no fucking medicus!
712
00:47:12,413 --> 00:47:13,039
Consul!
713
00:47:13,206 --> 00:47:14,958
Prepare his horse! Quickly!
714
00:47:16,292 --> 00:47:17,877
I will see to this.
You must flee.
715
00:47:18,044 --> 00:47:19,045
I- I didn't mean--
716
00:47:19,212 --> 00:47:21,297
Intent tumbles to irrelevance
in eye of Senate.
717
00:47:21,464 --> 00:47:23,341
Come! Let us see you away.
718
00:47:32,183 --> 00:47:34,394
I have underestimated you,
Syrian.
719
00:47:34,519 --> 00:47:38,356
You have halted union between
Viridia and Pompey as commanded,
720
00:47:39,774 --> 00:47:42,485
absent blood upon your hands.
721
00:47:50,994 --> 00:47:52,829
I did not mean for this.
722
00:47:55,582 --> 00:47:57,166
I...
723
00:47:58,167 --> 00:47:59,836
I did not want this.
724
00:48:02,922 --> 00:48:03,840
You.
725
00:48:06,217 --> 00:48:07,093
You did this?
726
00:48:07,218 --> 00:48:08,803
No.
727
00:48:08,970 --> 00:48:11,097
She will know of it...
728
00:48:11,806 --> 00:48:13,850
Viridia...
729
00:48:14,767 --> 00:48:16,477
...will know the...
730
00:48:17,103 --> 00:48:18,980
the man you truly are.
731
00:48:19,105 --> 00:48:20,356
- No.
- She will know!
732
00:48:20,523 --> 00:48:21,899
- No.
- She will...
733
00:48:33,036 --> 00:48:35,455
No, no!
734
00:48:40,627 --> 00:48:41,669
No.
735
00:48:59,979 --> 00:49:00,980
Oh...
736
00:49:11,324 --> 00:49:12,492
Oh...