1 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,996 Around the time of the first years of the Christian calendar, 2 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:52,472 the Romans were pushing their great empire to the corners of the known earth. 3 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:54,631 Through Greece and Turkey, 4 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,633 across the desert sands of Northern Africa, 5 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,820 over the arid plains of Libya, 6 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,232 across the blood-soaked battlefields of France, 7 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,310 and finally, to the end of the world, as they knew it, 8 00:01:10,681 --> 00:01:15,755 to the 45th and last province of the Roman Empire: Britain. 9 00:01:17,441 --> 00:01:20,353 The little kingdoms that made up this inhospitable island... 10 00:01:20,601 --> 00:01:23,559 were governed by a handful of Roman officers. 11 00:01:23,801 --> 00:01:26,998 These officers trained only in the art of warfare, 12 00:01:27,241 --> 00:01:30,995 did their best to govern wisely, but it was not easy. 13 00:01:31,241 --> 00:01:36,156 They were commanding less than 40,000 men- disgruntled soldiers. 14 00:01:36,801 --> 00:01:39,941 Now that the fighting was over, there were very few of them 15 00:01:40,041 --> 00:01:43,592 who were not eager to get back to the sunny shores and farms of Italy, 16 00:01:44,001 --> 00:01:46,861 away from the rainy skies of Britain... 17 00:01:46,961 --> 00:01:50,795 and the still present threat of attack blue-woaded bandits. 18 00:01:52,601 --> 00:01:55,195 - Bloody country! - Get along there! 19 00:04:43,485 --> 00:04:47,160 They can handle their chariots. I'll say that for these Britons. 20 00:04:47,405 --> 00:04:49,317 Is that all you can say for them, Octavian? 21 00:04:49,465 --> 00:04:52,305 Caesar was defeated twice by those same chariots. 22 00:04:52,405 --> 00:04:55,442 That was a hundred years ago. They've grown soft since then. 23 00:04:55,685 --> 00:05:00,236 Soft or peaceful? It's not necessarily the same. 24 00:05:00,765 --> 00:05:05,077 This is what kept the peace, a Roman sword. You seem to forget that. 25 00:05:05,365 --> 00:05:08,243 I do not forget that I am Governor General, Octavian, 26 00:05:08,845 --> 00:05:11,795 but you sometimes need reminding. 27 00:05:18,005 --> 00:05:19,279 Ave, Justinian! 28 00:05:19,525 --> 00:05:20,640 Tristram! 29 00:05:21,185 --> 00:05:22,459 Meet my son, Fergus! 30 00:05:22,745 --> 00:05:25,155 He drives your chariot well. You must be proud of him. 31 00:05:26,405 --> 00:05:27,496 Octavian, 32 00:05:27,686 --> 00:05:30,405 has the king's will been approved in Rome? 33 00:05:30,686 --> 00:05:33,246 Tiberian has just returned with him. 34 00:05:33,846 --> 00:05:36,883 - The Emperor has approved it. - Good, but we must hurry. 35 00:05:37,166 --> 00:05:41,766 King Priam is sinking fast. The Chief Druid has already started the death rites. 36 00:05:41,866 --> 00:05:45,586 - The Druid? The religion is forbidden! - In public, Octavian, that's all. 37 00:05:45,686 --> 00:05:48,986 To acknowledge them at all undermines discipline. They preach treason. 38 00:05:49,086 --> 00:05:52,886 A dying man has their right to their prayers, if he expects to be reborn. 39 00:05:52,986 --> 00:05:55,746 They preach against the rule of Nero and the ceremonies are filthy, disgusting... 40 00:05:55,946 --> 00:05:57,061 Enough! 41 00:05:57,986 --> 00:06:00,898 Emperor Nero is about to inherit half the kingdom, 42 00:06:01,586 --> 00:06:04,054 more than fair exchange for one Druid ceremony. 43 00:06:04,666 --> 00:06:07,942 - We're riding on ahead! - There's a short route over the hills. 44 00:06:08,706 --> 00:06:11,015 Warn your men there are blue bandits about! 45 00:06:13,546 --> 00:06:16,060 Captain Servion, build your line! 46 00:06:16,306 --> 00:06:18,616 Centurions, muster your men at ease! 47 00:06:43,947 --> 00:06:45,300 Tristram! 48 00:06:49,167 --> 00:06:50,837 Where are you? 49 00:06:51,327 --> 00:06:52,601 He's not back yet, father. 50 00:06:54,087 --> 00:06:58,207 Back... My will... 51 00:07:02,047 --> 00:07:03,862 You may not have any need for it. 52 00:07:07,147 --> 00:07:10,618 There is the greatest need for it, Salina. 53 00:07:10,868 --> 00:07:12,301 It should never have been made. 54 00:07:13,108 --> 00:07:13,968 Beatrice! 55 00:07:14,068 --> 00:07:15,262 A betrayal to us all! 56 00:07:18,108 --> 00:07:19,223 Maelgan! 57 00:07:27,948 --> 00:07:30,178 He is very near to death, my ladies. 58 00:07:30,428 --> 00:07:34,262 - He must live to complete his wish. - It would be better if he died. 59 00:07:34,508 --> 00:07:38,448 It is written in the clouds that the king shall sign such a will. 60 00:07:38,548 --> 00:07:43,224 And that you will wear armour and carry a sword in your right hand. 61 00:07:43,868 --> 00:07:45,760 It has been written. 62 00:07:52,588 --> 00:07:55,819 I must name my successor. 63 00:07:56,828 --> 00:07:57,943 Successor? 64 00:08:06,649 --> 00:08:07,764 Beatrice, 65 00:08:08,449 --> 00:08:11,441 you would be the natural choice, 66 00:08:12,449 --> 00:08:15,399 but it would not be a wise one. 67 00:08:17,089 --> 00:08:20,525 You and the Romans are like oil and water. 68 00:08:20,749 --> 00:08:23,138 Father, how can you? It is my birthright. 69 00:08:23,749 --> 00:08:26,586 And your association with the Druids... 70 00:08:28,189 --> 00:08:31,503 would end only in disaster. 71 00:08:31,649 --> 00:08:34,959 The Druids are the priests of your sacred brotherhood. 72 00:08:35,969 --> 00:08:37,909 And you, Maelgan, 73 00:08:38,009 --> 00:08:41,682 are ambitious to rule this country. 74 00:08:44,209 --> 00:08:45,767 Do you deny that? 75 00:08:50,329 --> 00:08:53,447 And that would be ruin for us all. 76 00:08:55,850 --> 00:08:57,283 Little Talia, 77 00:08:57,450 --> 00:09:01,238 if innocence and a sweet disposition 78 00:09:01,970 --> 00:09:05,680 were all that was required to run the country, 79 00:09:06,010 --> 00:09:08,046 you would be my choice. 80 00:09:09,370 --> 00:09:11,167 Unfortunately, 81 00:09:12,690 --> 00:09:16,888 it needs a level head too. 82 00:09:22,730 --> 00:09:28,326 I have given this much thought, Salina, 83 00:09:29,410 --> 00:09:31,750 And you are my choice. 84 00:09:33,850 --> 00:09:38,790 You will govern with tolerance and understanding. 85 00:09:40,290 --> 00:09:42,042 Like your mother, 86 00:09:42,850 --> 00:09:45,171 you will be a Viking queen. 87 00:09:46,651 --> 00:09:49,749 Come closer, my child. 88 00:09:52,211 --> 00:09:56,045 My blessing. 89 00:10:36,852 --> 00:10:38,960 Justinian is here, Your Majesty. 90 00:10:39,595 --> 00:10:42,867 - Justinian? - Yes 91 00:10:43,251 --> 00:10:44,366 Your Majesty. 92 00:10:46,719 --> 00:10:47,758 The will? 93 00:10:49,011 --> 00:10:51,889 The terms are exactly as you wish. 94 00:10:53,412 --> 00:10:55,281 Read it to me. 95 00:10:58,939 --> 00:11:02,515 "I, Tiberian, appointed Notary by the court of Rome, 96 00:11:02,615 --> 00:11:06,347 have prepared the following last will and testament of King Priam of Icenia, 97 00:11:06,447 --> 00:11:07,880 on the island of Brittany. 98 00:11:08,592 --> 00:11:09,786 According to your wishes, 99 00:11:10,052 --> 00:11:13,564 the Kingdom of Icenia will belong jointly to the Emperor Nero... 100 00:11:13,938 --> 00:11:17,172 and the daughter who succeeds King Priam as queen." 101 00:11:17,272 --> 00:11:20,150 Contested by his own hand and dated this day. 102 00:11:21,052 --> 00:11:22,167 Good. 103 00:11:22,412 --> 00:11:26,247 Father, you can't sign that! Your people would never accept it! 104 00:11:27,493 --> 00:11:31,608 They will accept it, if they are allowed to. 105 00:11:40,020 --> 00:11:42,818 It is the richest... 106 00:11:44,092 --> 00:11:46,072 most peaceful kingdom... 107 00:11:48,326 --> 00:11:50,923 in this island of Britain. 108 00:11:51,553 --> 00:11:53,696 By signing this, 109 00:11:54,037 --> 00:11:58,149 it will remain so. 110 00:12:29,794 --> 00:12:30,909 Father! 111 00:12:34,834 --> 00:12:35,949 Hear! 112 00:12:37,354 --> 00:12:39,948 The gods have given their sign! 113 00:12:42,654 --> 00:12:45,250 I, Maelgan, 114 00:12:45,939 --> 00:12:48,886 by the powers vested in me by Dis and Zeus, 115 00:12:49,119 --> 00:12:52,613 do hereby charge you, Salina, queen of Icenia, 116 00:12:52,713 --> 00:12:56,634 before the sacred mistletoe and the golden sickle, 117 00:12:56,734 --> 00:12:59,202 to lead your people wisely, 118 00:12:59,531 --> 00:13:03,346 to shelter and protect them from all who seek to harm them... 119 00:13:03,699 --> 00:13:05,879 All who seek to dominate them... 120 00:13:05,979 --> 00:13:08,875 and all who seek to enslave them! 121 00:13:08,975 --> 00:13:10,405 Halt! 122 00:13:11,730 --> 00:13:15,190 Salina, now that you are queen, 123 00:13:15,503 --> 00:13:17,735 I beg you to govern wisely. 124 00:13:17,835 --> 00:13:21,225 - Half your lands belong to the Emperor Nero. - Stolen by a trick! 125 00:13:21,325 --> 00:13:23,778 Don't heed the political ravings of the Druids! 126 00:13:23,878 --> 00:13:25,590 We are the rightful leaders of the people! 127 00:13:25,690 --> 00:13:28,239 You are under Roman leadership! You'll do as you're told. 128 00:13:28,339 --> 00:13:29,215 Stop that! 129 00:13:29,315 --> 00:13:32,512 Can you not even let our dead king rest in peace? 130 00:13:34,206 --> 00:13:36,136 Go! All of you. 131 00:13:36,315 --> 00:13:37,907 And leave me alone with him. 132 00:13:42,275 --> 00:13:43,390 Please. 133 00:13:59,179 --> 00:14:00,295 Tristram... 134 00:14:01,836 --> 00:14:03,876 How can I be a queen? 135 00:14:05,116 --> 00:14:08,745 There is a time to be queen and a time to be a woman. 136 00:14:15,236 --> 00:14:16,351 Help me, father. 137 00:14:27,544 --> 00:14:29,199 Come on, dogs! 138 00:14:29,457 --> 00:14:32,027 You are not a lot of blue-painted, meat eating Britons! 139 00:15:08,917 --> 00:15:10,396 Catus, the horses. 140 00:15:13,357 --> 00:15:15,825 When do you wish to see our new queen? 141 00:15:29,234 --> 00:15:30,349 Your Majesty. 142 00:15:30,779 --> 00:15:34,432 I have a request to make before you leave. 143 00:15:34,870 --> 00:15:35,657 What? 144 00:15:35,757 --> 00:15:38,783 That the king... That the body of my father... 145 00:15:38,883 --> 00:15:41,977 be be burned on a funeral pyre before his subjects. 146 00:15:42,157 --> 00:15:44,274 - That's the Druid way! - Yes! 147 00:15:45,758 --> 00:15:49,592 You know that all public Druid ceremony is prohibited under Roman law. 148 00:15:50,284 --> 00:15:52,047 Not under Icenia law. 149 00:15:52,359 --> 00:15:55,358 The rule of Icenia is now jointly divided. 150 00:15:55,623 --> 00:15:59,013 Tristram, you are a wise man. What do you say? 151 00:15:59,756 --> 00:16:03,510 The trees that bend a little with the wind last longest. 152 00:16:07,329 --> 00:16:09,399 - You have my permission. - Thank you. 153 00:16:19,864 --> 00:16:22,178 You're a long, long way from London, Osiris. 154 00:16:22,278 --> 00:16:24,695 What's a rich merchant like you have to do here? 155 00:16:24,795 --> 00:16:27,917 I've come to pay my respects to the new queen of Icenia. 156 00:16:28,017 --> 00:16:31,154 Just how has your greedy brain worked out how to make gold out of her? 157 00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:34,345 I am your obedient servant governor General. 158 00:16:34,735 --> 00:16:38,025 - I'm not governor general. - Not yet. 159 00:16:40,744 --> 00:16:42,368 - What is it Centurion? - An ambush, sir. 160 00:16:42,468 --> 00:16:44,425 - What was that? - The column, sir. 161 00:16:44,525 --> 00:16:45,924 It was ambushed by Britons. 162 00:16:46,272 --> 00:16:47,546 - Dead? - Two. 163 00:16:47,955 --> 00:16:49,406 - Wounded? - Eight. 164 00:16:57,395 --> 00:16:59,117 I withdraw my consent. 165 00:16:59,223 --> 00:17:02,550 - You will not hold your Druid ceremony. - What do do mean? 166 00:17:02,650 --> 00:17:05,373 or until you learn to keep your savages under control. 167 00:17:05,473 --> 00:17:06,979 My people are not savages! 168 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:10,328 Furthermore you will hold no public ceremonies until I tell you. 169 00:17:10,758 --> 00:17:12,117 Is that understood? 170 00:17:13,328 --> 00:17:14,916 Is that understood? 171 00:17:15,016 --> 00:17:17,016 - I understand. - Good! 172 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:26,788 Prepare the funeral pyre for tonight. 173 00:18:05,830 --> 00:18:07,870 Oh, Zeus, 174 00:18:08,605 --> 00:18:12,439 Accept this offering of Priam's body. 175 00:18:13,515 --> 00:18:17,013 And see that his spirit does not wander long. 176 00:18:17,113 --> 00:18:19,377 Zeus, Zeus! 177 00:18:20,148 --> 00:18:24,585 And see we pray, that his new body and life 178 00:18:25,016 --> 00:18:26,517 will be fruitful. 179 00:18:27,037 --> 00:18:29,181 Zeus, Zeus! 180 00:18:29,347 --> 00:18:32,049 We beseech thee by the holy oak 181 00:18:32,163 --> 00:18:34,250 to see that his new body 182 00:18:34,350 --> 00:18:36,915 is firm and strong. 183 00:18:37,015 --> 00:18:43,676 And that his new life has meaning and direction to oust the invader from our shores! 184 00:18:43,912 --> 00:18:45,186 Zeus, Zeus! 185 00:18:50,549 --> 00:18:55,308 And we shall make a virgin sacrifice to Zeus. 186 00:18:56,226 --> 00:18:59,402 So that our words will not go unanswered. 187 00:18:59,543 --> 00:18:59,991 No! 188 00:19:00,091 --> 00:19:02,926 If any virgins are to be sacrificed, it'll be to us! 189 00:19:14,704 --> 00:19:16,137 I want them alive! 190 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:17,755 Drive them back! 191 00:19:19,665 --> 00:19:21,679 They're to be taken to London. All of them! 192 00:19:21,779 --> 00:19:23,637 The Empire needs slaves in Rome. 193 00:19:24,559 --> 00:19:27,005 Hold! Hold! 194 00:19:28,122 --> 00:19:30,317 The ritual for the burial of a Briton king... 195 00:19:30,922 --> 00:19:33,236 is older than the Roman law over this land. 196 00:19:33,336 --> 00:19:35,880 There's only one law here, my lady- ours! 197 00:19:36,067 --> 00:19:38,906 - And it's been violated! - By whose authority do you do this? 198 00:19:39,006 --> 00:19:41,192 A good question, Catus. 199 00:19:43,411 --> 00:19:47,161 What is the answer, Catus? By whose authority? 200 00:19:47,571 --> 00:19:50,739 - Arcadians? - Sir, this is a public ceremony of the Druid? 201 00:19:50,855 --> 00:19:52,049 And they preach treason. 202 00:19:55,187 --> 00:19:58,177 - Well? - You forbade a public ceremony. 203 00:19:59,098 --> 00:20:02,455 If you look at those with me you will see that it is private. 204 00:20:07,328 --> 00:20:10,138 - Release the prisoners. - Hand over the wounded. 205 00:20:10,364 --> 00:20:12,094 Go back to your village, all of you! 206 00:20:13,582 --> 00:20:17,052 Catus, take your men back to the encampment. 207 00:20:22,540 --> 00:20:26,097 Hail, Justinian, the Roman who understands us! 208 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,145 Don't misinterpret what you've seen here tonight, Maelgan. 209 00:20:30,550 --> 00:20:33,004 If need be, my hand can be heavy. 210 00:20:33,228 --> 00:20:40,066 No man-made laws can truly set aside the teachings and the powers of the Druids. 211 00:20:40,166 --> 00:20:41,281 Please, Maelgan. 212 00:20:41,592 --> 00:20:44,231 Justinian has proved himself a friend tonight. 213 00:20:45,173 --> 00:20:46,288 My lady... 214 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:53,190 do not spurn those whose strength you will need one day. 215 00:21:06,325 --> 00:21:09,450 My family are grateful for what you have done this night. 216 00:21:09,833 --> 00:21:12,888 And the queen? Is she? 217 00:21:28,791 --> 00:21:30,371 Hail, Justinian! 218 00:21:30,561 --> 00:21:33,757 Catus is confined to quarters until further notice. 219 00:21:33,857 --> 00:21:35,383 He was acting under my orders. 220 00:21:35,483 --> 00:21:38,419 Of course he was! He hasn't the intelligence to act on his own. 221 00:21:39,022 --> 00:21:40,137 Well? 222 00:21:41,964 --> 00:21:44,525 Your explanation, I'm not interested Catus! 223 00:21:45,985 --> 00:21:48,233 I don't consider any explanation needed. 224 00:21:48,521 --> 00:21:50,462 Your orders for the Britons were quite clear. 225 00:21:50,562 --> 00:21:53,592 They were disobeyed. I took punitive measure. 226 00:21:53,722 --> 00:21:56,748 You took measures? You took measures! 227 00:21:57,431 --> 00:21:59,736 Octavian, when you will learn? 228 00:21:59,836 --> 00:22:01,920 - As far as I can see... - You will never see! 229 00:22:02,092 --> 00:22:03,217 Not ever! 230 00:22:06,266 --> 00:22:11,763 Octavian... you have been in the service of the Empire longer than I. 231 00:22:11,863 --> 00:22:14,580 And I raised my rank by hard work and experience. 232 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:16,751 Not because of friends in Rome. 233 00:22:16,851 --> 00:22:20,292 If I have been promoted above you may seem unfair... 234 00:22:20,392 --> 00:22:22,837 nevertheless, it is a fact! 235 00:22:22,937 --> 00:22:25,423 I am Governor General. 236 00:22:25,523 --> 00:22:29,708 And until I am relieved of that post, I intend to govern! 237 00:22:30,056 --> 00:22:33,569 Without any interference from you! Is that clear? 238 00:22:34,447 --> 00:22:37,120 May I remind you excellency that you are a soldier... 239 00:22:37,661 --> 00:22:38,776 A Roman soldier... 240 00:22:39,290 --> 00:22:42,444 and with respect may I suggest you behave like one? 241 00:22:43,077 --> 00:22:45,077 Octavian! 242 00:22:50,481 --> 00:22:54,054 You have my permission... to leave. 243 00:22:56,099 --> 00:22:57,099 Now. 244 00:23:41,554 --> 00:23:42,873 Hail Justinian. 245 00:23:43,116 --> 00:23:46,153 Your Majesty, we have horses for you. 246 00:23:46,967 --> 00:23:48,015 What for? 247 00:23:48,115 --> 00:23:50,678 Surely you don't intend to hunt boar in that? 248 00:23:51,513 --> 00:23:52,387 Why not? 249 00:23:52,487 --> 00:23:55,186 - The ground is rough. - We are used to that. 250 00:23:55,404 --> 00:23:56,688 You should try it. 251 00:23:56,788 --> 00:23:58,670 By Jupiter, I wish I could. 252 00:23:58,796 --> 00:24:01,217 You can. Have mine. 253 00:24:05,026 --> 00:24:06,986 The ground is rough. 254 00:25:32,553 --> 00:25:33,668 This way! 255 00:27:16,977 --> 00:27:18,729 Salina, Salina, slow down! 256 00:28:52,098 --> 00:28:54,328 It's strange this should happen to me. 257 00:28:55,497 --> 00:28:59,824 - Oh? - I'm speaking of love. 258 00:29:01,376 --> 00:29:04,254 It's strange it should happen to me in this way. 259 00:29:05,528 --> 00:29:08,253 - Are you sorry, Salina? - No. 260 00:29:09,670 --> 00:29:11,441 That's settled, then. 261 00:29:12,323 --> 00:29:13,397 Settled? 262 00:29:13,497 --> 00:29:15,886 We'll announce our forthcoming marriage. 263 00:29:19,785 --> 00:29:23,175 Is a Roman governor not suitable for a queen? 264 00:29:23,892 --> 00:29:27,387 - If the Druids will permit it. - The Druids, they have no power now. 265 00:29:28,252 --> 00:29:30,428 New laws, even the Roman ones. 266 00:29:30,528 --> 00:29:32,294 can't change the way people feel. 267 00:29:32,532 --> 00:29:34,204 Well, what about the way we feel? 268 00:29:34,428 --> 00:29:36,498 - Doesn't that matter? - No. 269 00:29:37,050 --> 00:29:39,370 I am a queen now. 270 00:29:41,620 --> 00:29:44,578 I wish my father I would have chosen Beatriz. 271 00:29:47,568 --> 00:29:50,321 Let us leave well alone now and know a little happiness. 272 00:29:54,584 --> 00:29:56,654 Justinian, you must understand. 273 00:29:56,952 --> 00:30:01,503 You alone must understand. I cannot allow dissension to divide my people. 274 00:30:02,099 --> 00:30:04,567 You are speaking like a Roman law book. 275 00:30:05,567 --> 00:30:08,081 Our marriage would make peace more certain. 276 00:30:09,661 --> 00:30:12,733 If we are to have a son, your son, 277 00:30:13,857 --> 00:30:16,608 who will be accepted by all under our law, 278 00:30:17,405 --> 00:30:20,397 the Druids must agree to our marriage. 279 00:30:21,495 --> 00:30:25,151 I am Governor. Laws can be changed. 280 00:30:25,692 --> 00:30:28,292 Changing laws won't change people. 281 00:30:31,733 --> 00:30:34,022 Then I shall see that enough people want the law changed 282 00:30:34,122 --> 00:30:36,590 so that even the chief Druid will have to agree. 283 00:30:37,419 --> 00:30:38,852 My poor Justin. 284 00:30:39,793 --> 00:30:41,203 You don't know Maelgan as I do. 285 00:30:42,095 --> 00:30:46,168 Only signs in Heaven, not people, can do that. 286 00:30:47,751 --> 00:30:49,941 Let us pray that the signs are favourable. 287 00:30:58,763 --> 00:31:02,402 Read this page of wind and air. 288 00:31:03,137 --> 00:31:05,927 I don't care what that old man reads in the clouds. 289 00:31:06,776 --> 00:31:09,006 Salina is entitled to be happy. 290 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,075 Besides, I like Justinian. 291 00:31:12,175 --> 00:31:14,790 - A Roman? - He's a man. 292 00:31:14,890 --> 00:31:18,435 He can never be trusted! His first allegiance is to Nero. 293 00:31:19,517 --> 00:31:20,711 Well, Dalan? 294 00:31:22,261 --> 00:31:24,331 Ill tidings, father. 295 00:31:27,455 --> 00:31:28,570 He learns. 296 00:31:29,816 --> 00:31:30,931 What does he learn? 297 00:31:32,556 --> 00:31:35,685 This land will run with blood. 298 00:31:36,062 --> 00:31:39,849 Possibly. The sign that people want today concerns a marriage. 299 00:31:40,490 --> 00:31:42,654 Not the political hopes of the Druids. 300 00:31:42,974 --> 00:31:45,873 Save your wit for the court, Tristram. 301 00:32:00,043 --> 00:32:02,153 If you will only use your eyes, 302 00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:05,005 you will see that the will of Zeus is clearly written. 303 00:32:05,105 --> 00:32:06,458 The future is there! 304 00:32:06,919 --> 00:32:08,768 Written in the clouds! 305 00:32:11,417 --> 00:32:12,532 Rain? 306 00:32:21,271 --> 00:32:24,034 When Roman steel... 307 00:32:24,578 --> 00:32:26,338 pierces your chest, 308 00:32:26,829 --> 00:32:30,424 you may have a moment to recall this day. 309 00:32:32,484 --> 00:32:33,678 Yes, Tristram. 310 00:32:34,926 --> 00:32:37,759 Yes, Tristram. That too is written in the clouds. 311 00:32:39,969 --> 00:32:44,651 All right, Maelgan, do you agree to this marriage or not? 312 00:32:45,540 --> 00:32:47,856 There will be no marriage for Queen Salina 313 00:32:47,956 --> 00:32:50,866 neither now or any other time. 314 00:32:50,966 --> 00:32:53,574 But your queen wishes this marriage. You must agree! 315 00:32:54,328 --> 00:32:58,386 Even a queen must give way to the messenger of Zeus. 316 00:32:59,298 --> 00:33:01,368 Perhaps the Druids will have to give way. 317 00:33:01,645 --> 00:33:02,873 Threats? 318 00:33:04,062 --> 00:33:06,509 Be a disbeliever if you wish, Tristram, 319 00:33:08,024 --> 00:33:09,977 but I'll tell you one more thing. 320 00:33:11,471 --> 00:33:14,454 Salina herself, in the near future, 321 00:33:15,199 --> 00:33:17,691 will call on the power of the Druids... 322 00:33:17,791 --> 00:33:22,180 to aid her in cutting the Roman shackles that bind this land. 323 00:33:27,613 --> 00:33:31,652 We'll have our honeymoon in a big white villa overlooking the sea. 324 00:33:32,016 --> 00:33:34,893 And we'll go swimming every morning before breakfast. 325 00:33:34,993 --> 00:33:36,105 No! 326 00:33:36,205 --> 00:33:41,405 No, the sea is warm there and it's a deep blue-green 327 00:33:41,797 --> 00:33:44,025 - As blue-green as... - Your eyes. 328 00:33:45,881 --> 00:33:50,259 - And we'll have a little boat and go fishing. - No. 329 00:33:51,684 --> 00:33:53,399 You go and fish, 330 00:33:53,499 --> 00:33:57,333 as I lay in the sun until my skin goes black like a Nubian slave. 331 00:33:59,448 --> 00:34:02,889 And we'll drink wine... lots and lots of wine. 332 00:34:03,919 --> 00:34:06,334 And you will fall out of the boat. 333 00:34:06,434 --> 00:34:09,317 No! On the terrace, in the evenings 334 00:34:09,417 --> 00:34:13,933 I will watch the slaves coming back from the fields carrying their baskets of grapes and singing. 335 00:34:14,819 --> 00:34:15,934 Grapes? 336 00:34:16,559 --> 00:34:18,873 Yes, they're big brown berries 337 00:34:18,973 --> 00:34:21,967 and they make wine from them by tramping on them with their feet. 338 00:34:22,505 --> 00:34:23,984 And then you drink that? 339 00:34:25,136 --> 00:34:28,193 The sun always shines there. It almost never rains. 340 00:34:28,970 --> 00:34:31,530 And it's the most beautiful place in all the world. 341 00:34:34,366 --> 00:34:37,163 - And... - And? 342 00:34:44,784 --> 00:34:47,000 And we'll live happily. 343 00:34:47,100 --> 00:34:49,170 If it is the will of the gods. 344 00:34:51,006 --> 00:34:52,405 Oh, pray that it will be. 345 00:35:19,674 --> 00:35:20,789 Salina, look! 346 00:35:31,655 --> 00:35:33,488 The Chief Druid refuses, my lady. 347 00:35:33,588 --> 00:35:35,519 I have been too lenient with him. 348 00:35:35,619 --> 00:35:37,682 - Some Roman discipline... - No, Justinian. 349 00:35:37,782 --> 00:35:41,120 Action against the Druids will only lead to trouble among our people. 350 00:35:41,220 --> 00:35:43,761 It will destroy everything you and my father have worked for. 351 00:35:43,861 --> 00:35:47,049 Then order him to perform the rite! You are queen, order him! 352 00:35:47,149 --> 00:35:49,430 Maelgan reads the signs as the gods decree! 353 00:35:49,614 --> 00:35:51,769 Your gods are politicians! 354 00:35:51,869 --> 00:35:53,930 No more than Roman ones, I presume. 355 00:35:57,545 --> 00:35:59,376 Thank you for reminding me, Tristram. 356 00:36:00,141 --> 00:36:01,401 But even in Rome, 357 00:36:01,501 --> 00:36:05,260 sometimes the voices of the people are louder than those of the gods. 358 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,527 The Queen should hear the full prophecy. 359 00:36:07,627 --> 00:36:09,870 - He said this land shall run with blood, and... - Whose? 360 00:36:09,970 --> 00:36:12,516 - Who's blood? Did he say? - His, I hope. 361 00:36:14,327 --> 00:36:16,728 Well said, my Briton friend. 362 00:36:17,342 --> 00:36:20,933 Nevertheless, the queen cannot accept a marriage not blessed by the Chief Druid. 363 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,993 You can't wipe out a thousand years of religious belief, just like that! 364 00:36:26,556 --> 00:36:29,610 With the people on our side they'll have to listen. 365 00:36:35,662 --> 00:36:39,376 As I said, I can't possibly pay in full, your majesty. 366 00:36:39,657 --> 00:36:42,694 Not with the stinking, rotten harvest we had last year. 367 00:36:43,424 --> 00:36:45,260 Your majesty's pardon. 368 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,212 But you know what it was like as well as I do. 369 00:36:48,312 --> 00:36:51,357 although the Druids promised it would be good if we just... 370 00:36:51,768 --> 00:36:53,691 If we did what they said. 371 00:36:53,791 --> 00:36:55,355 But they let us down again. 372 00:36:55,455 --> 00:36:58,526 With respect to your majesty, as they always do. 373 00:36:58,626 --> 00:36:59,761 Get to the point man. 374 00:36:59,861 --> 00:37:03,406 Yes, well the point is that I can't pay my taxes. 375 00:37:03,739 --> 00:37:07,192 Not all of them, that is, unless I sell one of my oxen. 376 00:37:07,292 --> 00:37:10,923 And if I sell him I won't be able to plough my land properly. 377 00:37:11,455 --> 00:37:14,492 And that means another stinking harvest next year. 378 00:37:14,727 --> 00:37:17,121 - Begging your majesty's pardon and... - That's enough! 379 00:37:17,321 --> 00:37:18,985 Yes your Majesty. 380 00:37:19,479 --> 00:37:21,792 You know that the Roman taxes must be paid. 381 00:37:21,892 --> 00:37:23,231 I do, your majesty, 382 00:37:23,331 --> 00:37:26,415 - Indeed I do. - Do you know why they must be paid? 383 00:37:27,227 --> 00:37:28,728 - Yes, sir. - Why? 384 00:37:30,147 --> 00:37:33,095 - Well? - Because you'll knock us about if we don't! 385 00:37:38,323 --> 00:37:41,281 The money you pay in taxes we use to build your new roads, 386 00:37:41,393 --> 00:37:44,110 provide an army to protect you against aggressors 387 00:37:44,607 --> 00:37:51,048 - Do you appreciate that? Well, do you? - Yes, I do. 388 00:37:51,525 --> 00:37:53,113 You don't seem very impressed. 389 00:37:53,213 --> 00:37:55,985 With respect, general, I am an old man. 390 00:37:56,530 --> 00:38:00,126 I've never left this village, and never likely to now. 391 00:38:00,774 --> 00:38:02,765 What good are your roads to me? 392 00:38:03,420 --> 00:38:05,822 - How much do you owe? - 20 croats. 393 00:38:06,541 --> 00:38:08,133 And how much can you pay? 394 00:38:11,464 --> 00:38:12,579 Six? 395 00:38:13,703 --> 00:38:16,799 Then pay the six. You are excused the remainder. 396 00:38:18,309 --> 00:38:20,304 That is if her majesty agrees. 397 00:38:20,404 --> 00:38:22,455 I think your actions to be most generous. 398 00:38:32,338 --> 00:38:34,646 The law says that all taxes must be paid in full. 399 00:38:34,746 --> 00:38:37,760 The law was made in Rome, This is not Rome. 400 00:38:37,890 --> 00:38:39,629 If the emperor should get word of it... 401 00:38:39,729 --> 00:38:42,260 We'll make up our loses, Tiberian. Never fear. 402 00:38:52,023 --> 00:38:53,323 If it please your majesty, 403 00:38:53,557 --> 00:38:56,732 I too am having trouble to meet the demand to pay my taxes. 404 00:38:56,832 --> 00:38:59,392 Was yours a poor harvest too, Osiris? 405 00:38:59,624 --> 00:39:02,507 With respect, your majesty knows I'm not a farmer. 406 00:39:02,607 --> 00:39:04,154 - Not even a... - What are you then? 407 00:39:04,254 --> 00:39:07,227 I buy and sell things, general. 408 00:39:07,327 --> 00:39:08,934 Then you are a merchant! 409 00:39:09,273 --> 00:39:10,706 Are you a good merchant? 410 00:39:11,487 --> 00:39:14,116 I am generally considered to be so, yes. 411 00:39:14,216 --> 00:39:17,630 Good. Then you make a profit on your dealings? 412 00:39:17,778 --> 00:39:20,028 A small profit, sir, yes. 413 00:39:22,865 --> 00:39:26,309 Your customers seem to think you too modest, merchant. 414 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,796 from the looks of your clothing I'd say you make a very good profit. 415 00:39:32,218 --> 00:39:33,586 Times are hard, sir. 416 00:39:33,686 --> 00:39:36,026 They always are, for all of us. 417 00:39:36,305 --> 00:39:40,743 In the course of your business, do you make use of our fine new roads? 418 00:39:41,973 --> 00:39:43,506 On occasion. 419 00:39:43,679 --> 00:39:47,990 And on those occasions, have you ever been robbed? 420 00:39:48,614 --> 00:39:50,329 Never. 421 00:39:50,429 --> 00:39:54,900 Then you've found the protection given you by our soldiers to be of value to you? 422 00:39:55,433 --> 00:39:57,264 - Yes sir. - Excellent. 423 00:39:58,119 --> 00:40:00,394 How much do you owe, merchant? 424 00:40:01,288 --> 00:40:04,727 20 croats, that was the sum of the tax, sir... twenty croats. 425 00:40:04,827 --> 00:40:07,785 Which I am sure you will agree is an insufficient sum... 426 00:40:08,048 --> 00:40:10,365 for all the services that we provide for you. 427 00:40:10,884 --> 00:40:15,095 I would suggest that a more reasonable figure would be... 428 00:40:15,525 --> 00:40:17,720 - Fifty croats. - Fifty! 429 00:40:18,936 --> 00:40:21,814 That is unless your majesty thinks I'm being too harsh. 430 00:40:22,282 --> 00:40:23,556 Or too lenient. 431 00:40:24,187 --> 00:40:26,267 I know that this man can well afford it. 432 00:40:26,517 --> 00:40:27,632 That's settled then. 433 00:40:34,691 --> 00:40:38,826 All you rich merchants, you have grown fat on your trading. 434 00:40:39,189 --> 00:40:43,102 While most of your countrymen are poor, their taxes will be lowered. 435 00:40:43,202 --> 00:40:46,000 And yours will be raised to make up the difference. 436 00:40:53,494 --> 00:40:55,803 - This man is impossible. - Yes. 437 00:40:56,510 --> 00:40:58,614 What can we do about it? 438 00:40:58,714 --> 00:41:01,814 I have a powerful friend in the garrison. 439 00:41:02,376 --> 00:41:05,306 He owes me some return for past favours. 440 00:41:09,429 --> 00:41:10,544 All right! 441 00:41:13,274 --> 00:41:14,753 Keep your ranks. 442 00:41:17,142 --> 00:41:19,271 Is it true about these tax concessions? 443 00:41:19,371 --> 00:41:22,487 Concessions for some, harsher measures for others. 444 00:41:23,035 --> 00:41:24,951 Weakness. That's what they'll say it is. 445 00:41:25,051 --> 00:41:26,794 When you become weak to the conquered people, 446 00:41:26,894 --> 00:41:28,894 they think you've grown tired- even afraid! 447 00:41:31,198 --> 00:41:34,076 - Justinian, for your own good... - And the good of your friends? 448 00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:36,549 I'm not thinking of myself, only of the Empire. 449 00:41:36,957 --> 00:41:38,072 Of course. 450 00:41:38,613 --> 00:41:40,560 We must treat these Britons for what they are- 451 00:41:40,660 --> 00:41:42,302 A conquered people! Part of our empire, 452 00:41:42,402 --> 00:41:45,161 paying Roman tribute because of this- the strength of our steel! 453 00:41:45,261 --> 00:41:47,123 - Always the conqueror. - My watch. 454 00:41:47,223 --> 00:41:49,448 So is your blindness. 455 00:41:50,123 --> 00:41:53,011 I agree that an army must be run by the book, 456 00:41:53,172 --> 00:41:55,572 but this is a race of civilians that we rule, 457 00:41:55,672 --> 00:41:57,916 not a legion of trained men. 458 00:41:58,016 --> 00:42:01,410 If they prosper we prosper, and Rome prospers. 459 00:42:01,690 --> 00:42:05,683 But if we break them with taxes they'll be no good for themselves or anyone else. 460 00:42:06,121 --> 00:42:10,023 Are you sure your generosity towards these Britons is inspired by the Empire? 461 00:42:10,757 --> 00:42:13,686 Or could it be that your love for one particular Briton 462 00:42:13,787 --> 00:42:15,699 may be influencing your decision? 463 00:42:20,002 --> 00:42:24,074 Get out of my sight. Get out! 464 00:42:26,749 --> 00:42:27,977 Hail, Justinian. 465 00:42:34,125 --> 00:42:35,285 Get out of the way! 466 00:42:40,385 --> 00:42:41,898 You too, Tiberian? 467 00:42:42,696 --> 00:42:45,369 - What do you mean? - Please. 468 00:42:47,316 --> 00:42:52,996 Your behaviour at the queen's court. It was rather indiscreet, almost dangerous. 469 00:42:53,887 --> 00:42:55,445 But amusing, don't you think? 470 00:42:56,340 --> 00:42:59,537 when word of this gets about people will flock to our side. 471 00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:01,993 We will be heroes too. 472 00:43:03,325 --> 00:43:04,440 And then? 473 00:43:05,230 --> 00:43:07,744 We can snap our fingers at the Druids. 474 00:43:08,331 --> 00:43:10,287 And you can marry the queen? 475 00:43:12,616 --> 00:43:13,731 Yes. 476 00:43:26,331 --> 00:43:27,923 Why bring us here? 477 00:43:28,275 --> 00:43:30,994 To save your skins while you still have them. 478 00:43:32,020 --> 00:43:33,469 It will cost you money though. 479 00:43:33,569 --> 00:43:38,006 Money! There'll be none of that left by the time Justinian is finished with us. 480 00:43:38,322 --> 00:43:41,497 So, the sooner we finish with him, the better. 481 00:43:41,932 --> 00:43:46,130 - We finish him? - No, the Druids. 482 00:43:47,087 --> 00:43:51,922 We are merchants, my friend. You must be prepared to spend money to make it. 483 00:43:53,698 --> 00:43:57,632 Maelgan seeks power. We shall buy it for him. 484 00:43:59,582 --> 00:44:02,849 Maelgan's lust for power is his weakness. 485 00:44:03,653 --> 00:44:05,564 We shall make it our strength. 486 00:44:10,434 --> 00:44:13,364 Every man has his weakness, my friend. 487 00:44:30,572 --> 00:44:33,325 He listens to every word you say. 488 00:44:37,705 --> 00:44:38,933 Young upstart! 489 00:44:41,548 --> 00:44:44,153 Accept you can't influence everything. 490 00:44:44,253 --> 00:44:46,244 By rights I should be the governing general. 491 00:44:48,407 --> 00:44:51,205 - Is there a chance then? - No, none. 492 00:44:55,244 --> 00:44:56,359 It... 493 00:44:58,082 --> 00:44:59,240 could be arranged. 494 00:45:02,910 --> 00:45:04,700 Well, go on merchant! 495 00:45:04,992 --> 00:45:07,258 Suppose there were an outbreak of Druidism. 496 00:45:07,358 --> 00:45:11,779 From somewhere far away... Let us say, in Anglesey. 497 00:45:12,671 --> 00:45:14,805 You and your troops would have to go. 498 00:45:14,905 --> 00:45:17,437 And who would have to lead them? I would! 499 00:45:17,537 --> 00:45:20,990 But um, suppose you were not here to lead them? 500 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:23,339 Suppose you were away on another mission? 501 00:45:23,439 --> 00:45:27,114 A small uprising that I can arrange with my friend over there. 502 00:45:28,044 --> 00:45:29,955 You might even volunteer for that. 503 00:45:30,975 --> 00:45:32,741 Then when you were away... 504 00:45:32,841 --> 00:45:34,751 We can start the larger uprising 505 00:45:34,851 --> 00:45:38,763 in Anglesby and Justinian and his troops would have to go. 506 00:45:41,251 --> 00:45:42,319 As soon as he's gone? 507 00:45:43,115 --> 00:45:46,947 You come back to become Governor General 508 00:45:47,047 --> 00:45:49,670 and reinstate proper Roman law. 509 00:45:50,816 --> 00:45:52,791 Which would suit you better, hey merchant? 510 00:45:52,891 --> 00:45:54,834 Which would suit us both, governor. 511 00:46:00,493 --> 00:46:03,639 I thought it better if Justinian didn't return. 512 00:46:04,956 --> 00:46:07,080 They came down from the hills, hundreds of them. 513 00:46:07,180 --> 00:46:09,105 All painted with that filthy blue stuff. 514 00:46:09,205 --> 00:46:11,191 - Were they armed? - To the teeth! 515 00:46:11,291 --> 00:46:15,300 Of course we were so taken by surprise we could do nothing. 516 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:18,752 Besides, we carry no arms as you well know. 517 00:46:18,852 --> 00:46:20,693 We're not permitted to under Roman law. 518 00:46:20,793 --> 00:46:24,050 - Yes, yes. Are you sure of your facts? - Where are the rest of your party? 519 00:46:24,150 --> 00:46:28,313 Dead, assassinated, brutally murdered, every last one of them. 520 00:46:28,769 --> 00:46:30,856 Fifty groats I paid. Fifty! 521 00:46:30,956 --> 00:46:32,884 And how is it that you escaped, merchant? 522 00:46:32,984 --> 00:46:35,809 I feigned death. It wasn't difficult! 523 00:46:35,909 --> 00:46:38,759 - I was near enough to it. - Send Octavian to me. 524 00:46:45,065 --> 00:46:47,379 - When did this happen? - Three days ago. 525 00:46:47,479 --> 00:46:50,202 Three days it took me to reach here. I had to walk. 526 00:46:50,302 --> 00:46:53,021 All my mules had been stolen by the savages. 527 00:46:54,067 --> 00:46:56,460 - You've heard? - The whole garrison's buzzing with it. 528 00:46:56,560 --> 00:47:00,504 - Do you want me to go? - Yes. Take a sufficient force to deal with it. 529 00:47:00,604 --> 00:47:03,575 - Shouldn't take long. - Take this fellow with you too. 530 00:47:03,675 --> 00:47:07,517 - What? - He can indicate exactly where it happened. 531 00:47:24,002 --> 00:47:25,117 To Anglesey! 532 00:47:59,697 --> 00:48:01,210 Death to the Romans! 533 00:48:02,787 --> 00:48:07,563 Death to the Romans! Death to the Romans! 534 00:48:07,709 --> 00:48:11,654 Death to the Romans! 535 00:50:10,034 --> 00:50:11,919 - I have grave news. - What is it? 536 00:50:12,019 --> 00:50:15,380 A Druid rebellion at the home of their sacred fire, Anglesey. 537 00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:17,357 And Fergus has joined them. 538 00:50:17,716 --> 00:50:19,477 - I know. - You know? 539 00:50:19,579 --> 00:50:21,251 Beatriz is with them too. 540 00:50:25,111 --> 00:50:27,671 What happens if it spreads to here? 541 00:50:29,398 --> 00:50:32,733 Justinian leaves for Anglesby tonight with a legion of picked men. 542 00:50:32,975 --> 00:50:35,627 He intends to destroy the power of the Druids forever. 543 00:50:35,727 --> 00:50:37,104 - Fergus? - He chose to join them! 544 00:50:37,204 --> 00:50:40,401 Salina, no matter what he has done I want him to live. 545 00:50:41,483 --> 00:50:43,474 Justinian will listen to you. 546 00:50:43,763 --> 00:50:45,327 Speak with him before he leaves. 547 00:50:46,655 --> 00:50:49,375 - Beg him for mercy. - And for your sister? 548 00:50:56,204 --> 00:50:58,320 - Poor child. - Poor father. 549 00:50:58,751 --> 00:51:00,184 I have no son. 550 00:51:03,139 --> 00:51:06,059 Justinian has to pass this way. 551 00:51:06,319 --> 00:51:07,891 I will ride out and meet him. 552 00:51:12,417 --> 00:51:13,645 Come on, fall in. 553 00:51:16,886 --> 00:51:18,938 Come on, fall in. Pick it up there now! 554 00:51:22,463 --> 00:51:23,711 Come on, fall in. 555 00:51:25,519 --> 00:51:26,998 Come on, fall in! 556 00:51:35,012 --> 00:51:38,828 When Octavio returns, he will soon command. 557 00:51:38,928 --> 00:51:42,142 I fear for the Britons under him. You understand? 558 00:51:42,462 --> 00:51:43,577 I understand 559 00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:51,269 - Hail, Tiberio. - Hail, Justinian. 560 00:51:59,746 --> 00:52:01,176 We match! 561 00:52:53,161 --> 00:52:54,276 Their Queen, sir. 562 00:52:55,761 --> 00:52:57,797 March on. I'll rejoin the column. 563 00:53:00,321 --> 00:53:01,436 March! 564 00:53:25,882 --> 00:53:27,076 I have to go. 565 00:53:28,242 --> 00:53:31,871 - Couldn't Tiberian? - No, Salina, he's a civilian. 566 00:53:32,802 --> 00:53:34,440 He stays in my place. 567 00:53:38,235 --> 00:53:40,146 Until Octavian returns? 568 00:53:43,697 --> 00:53:45,227 Too much is happening at once. 569 00:53:46,242 --> 00:53:48,188 We want to get married. 570 00:53:48,362 --> 00:53:49,875 Maelgan refuses. 571 00:53:50,242 --> 00:53:52,141 You make the laws easier for the people, 572 00:53:52,562 --> 00:53:54,359 and the Druids revolt. 573 00:53:55,722 --> 00:53:57,912 Now you have to go away from me. 574 00:54:01,385 --> 00:54:06,709 Call it what you like, but to me everything is happening more like some evil plan. 575 00:54:13,123 --> 00:54:15,000 When I return we will be married. 576 00:54:15,963 --> 00:54:18,955 The power of the Druids will be broken forever. 577 00:54:20,563 --> 00:54:24,238 - How long will you be away? - Six weeks, perhaps. 578 00:54:25,443 --> 00:54:29,763 - Maybe shorter. - Six weeks... without you. 579 00:54:34,243 --> 00:54:35,392 Hold me close. 580 00:54:43,747 --> 00:54:45,817 It's a long way to rejoin my column. 581 00:54:54,827 --> 00:54:56,663 Don't worry about Octavian. 582 00:54:56,763 --> 00:55:00,802 It's true he's ambitious, but he knows he'll have to answer to me on my return. 583 00:55:01,763 --> 00:55:06,792 Justinian, Tristram's son has joined them- the Druids. 584 00:55:09,284 --> 00:55:14,662 - I'll do what I can, but... - I understand. Thank you. 585 00:55:42,524 --> 00:55:45,084 We'll wait till he's well on his way to Anglesey... 586 00:55:45,745 --> 00:55:46,860 Then we'll strike! 587 00:55:50,014 --> 00:55:51,451 Come on! 588 00:56:06,591 --> 00:56:08,968 I think it's going to work out well for us. 589 00:56:09,965 --> 00:56:13,560 And Rome shall be pleased with an extra batch of Britain's slaves. 590 00:56:14,586 --> 00:56:17,339 Pleased, and I hope appreciated. 591 00:56:31,565 --> 00:56:33,157 Watch those ranks right there! 592 00:57:03,289 --> 00:57:04,642 Charge! 593 00:57:32,766 --> 00:57:35,392 All my goods, your majesty. They took them all. 594 00:57:35,492 --> 00:57:38,422 And the little gold I had saved. They took that as well. 595 00:57:38,669 --> 00:57:40,235 They said it was for an increase in taxes. 596 00:57:40,335 --> 00:57:44,467 Our son was taken... for service in Rome, my lady! 597 00:57:45,601 --> 00:57:46,826 What are we to do? 598 00:57:47,927 --> 00:57:50,122 What are we to do? 599 00:57:51,415 --> 00:57:54,327 I know what you are suffering under Octavian's rule. 600 00:57:54,911 --> 00:57:56,663 But we must have patience. 601 00:57:57,007 --> 00:58:01,370 All of you. Justinian will return. I promise you. 602 00:58:01,470 --> 00:58:02,585 Aye, but when? 603 00:58:03,967 --> 00:58:05,267 But when, your majesty? 604 00:58:05,367 --> 00:58:06,915 He's been gone six weeks now. 605 00:58:07,015 --> 00:58:09,444 We can't stand another six weeks of this situation. 606 00:58:11,807 --> 00:58:13,206 The Queen... 607 00:58:13,847 --> 00:58:15,360 Your queen is tired. 608 00:58:15,879 --> 00:58:18,193 She's had little rest these past weeks. 609 00:58:18,293 --> 00:58:21,831 But with respect, sir, we must have an answer. 610 00:58:22,247 --> 00:58:24,995 You shall have it. Tomorrow. 611 00:58:38,208 --> 00:58:42,121 Salina, I have given this much thought. 612 00:58:42,728 --> 00:58:45,192 And you are my choice. 613 00:58:46,208 --> 00:58:50,918 You will govern with tolerance and understanding. 614 00:58:52,008 --> 00:58:53,600 Like your mother, 615 00:58:54,504 --> 00:58:57,037 you will be a Viking queen. 616 00:58:58,128 --> 00:59:01,757 He cannot help you now, my child. 617 00:59:02,968 --> 00:59:05,482 Only I can do that. 618 00:59:05,808 --> 00:59:07,527 Do you dare to return? 619 00:59:07,728 --> 00:59:10,551 Your true destiny is at hand. 620 00:59:10,928 --> 00:59:13,158 It cannot be averted. 621 00:59:13,408 --> 00:59:16,050 It was written long ago by Zeus. 622 00:59:16,150 --> 00:59:19,339 Written in the clouds for all with eyes to see! 623 00:59:19,439 --> 00:59:23,220 Written and foretold by me. 624 00:59:24,289 --> 00:59:27,493 Your voice shall be heard across the heart of the land. 625 00:59:27,889 --> 00:59:29,389 He speaks the truth, Salina. 626 00:59:29,489 --> 00:59:31,719 "A queen shall take up the sword... 627 00:59:31,969 --> 00:59:34,932 and drive the invader from our land 628 00:59:35,032 --> 00:59:37,349 while his strength is still divided." 629 00:59:37,449 --> 00:59:39,731 It was ordained by the gods. Don't you see? 630 00:59:39,831 --> 00:59:43,931 - It is their doing. A sign. - Take up the sword! 631 00:59:45,337 --> 00:59:47,337 Lead your people. 632 00:59:53,409 --> 00:59:56,910 I realise Octavian that I am not in a position to criticise what you do. 633 00:59:57,065 --> 01:00:00,660 - Then don't. - But I have definite orders from Justinian. 634 01:00:01,369 --> 01:00:05,629 Justinian, Justinian. Your Justinian's a long way away, Tiberian. 635 01:00:05,729 --> 01:00:07,799 And it may be a long time before he returns. 636 01:00:08,797 --> 01:00:10,310 If he returns. 637 01:00:11,707 --> 01:00:14,753 - I wish to apply for leave of absence to rejoin him. - Not granted. 638 01:00:15,130 --> 01:00:17,221 That is all there is to be said on that matter. 639 01:00:18,630 --> 01:00:21,588 But there is another matter I wish to discuss with you, Tiberian. 640 01:00:24,250 --> 01:00:27,879 That will, yes the one signed by the dead king. 641 01:00:28,930 --> 01:00:31,000 Has it been returned to Rome? 642 01:00:33,050 --> 01:00:34,851 No, I still have it. 643 01:00:35,658 --> 01:00:39,328 Then you will destroy it, and you will draw up another. 644 01:00:39,604 --> 01:00:41,885 I'm sure a man of your education will find no difficulty 645 01:00:41,985 --> 01:00:44,190 in duplicating the signature of a dying man? 646 01:00:44,290 --> 01:00:45,417 You're asking the impossible. 647 01:00:45,517 --> 01:00:48,987 Nothing is impossible when ordered by your superior officer. 648 01:00:49,930 --> 01:00:52,763 - Rome will not tolerate it. - Rome would welcome it. 649 01:00:53,010 --> 01:00:54,390 The will was read in front of witnesses. 650 01:00:54,490 --> 01:00:59,439 Witnesses? Three foolish women, a rebel Druid and a dead king! 651 01:01:01,330 --> 01:01:03,845 - And Tristram? - Can be silenced. 652 01:01:04,748 --> 01:01:06,978 His son has joined the rebels. 653 01:01:07,291 --> 01:01:08,406 I cannot do it. 654 01:01:11,411 --> 01:01:13,220 I am ordering you to do it. 655 01:01:16,251 --> 01:01:18,242 As you know I was a slave once. 656 01:01:18,771 --> 01:01:22,810 Even lower than these Britons that you hold in such poor esteem. 657 01:01:23,323 --> 01:01:28,447 It took years of study to cast away my chains and reach the position I hold now. 658 01:01:29,011 --> 01:01:33,243 But I would far prefer to return to slavery and keep my self respect. 659 01:01:34,631 --> 01:01:35,658 Then keep it. 660 01:01:48,791 --> 01:01:49,906 Catus! 661 01:01:54,292 --> 01:01:55,441 There was an ambush. 662 01:01:55,701 --> 01:01:58,281 He died fighting bravely. See to it. 663 01:02:01,572 --> 01:02:05,942 And have his quarters searched. There's something there I want destroyed. 664 01:02:07,292 --> 01:02:08,407 I have made my decision. 665 01:02:11,052 --> 01:02:14,089 Tristram will take a message from me to Justinian, 666 01:02:14,572 --> 01:02:16,482 telling him of all that is happening here. 667 01:02:16,872 --> 01:02:20,072 But your Majesty, that will take a long time. 668 01:02:20,172 --> 01:02:22,342 I shall ride day and night. 669 01:02:22,852 --> 01:02:25,166 I'll reach Anglesby before the moon has changed. 670 01:02:25,266 --> 01:02:28,312 With respect, sir, you've got to get there and back! 671 01:02:28,412 --> 01:02:30,187 By then it may be too late. 672 01:02:30,953 --> 01:02:34,112 I say we should answer the Romans in the only way they understand. 673 01:02:34,212 --> 01:02:36,032 - Yeas! - Before it is too late. 674 01:02:36,132 --> 01:02:39,664 I know of your losses, Nigel, and what you have suffered. 675 01:02:40,526 --> 01:02:44,360 But I also know that Icenia blood must not be spilled on our land.. 676 01:02:45,226 --> 01:02:46,979 We must have patience. 677 01:02:47,124 --> 01:02:50,679 Your majesty, we all know your motives are of the highest, 678 01:02:50,899 --> 01:02:52,981 but surely it is better we have weapons 679 01:02:53,081 --> 01:02:55,337 forged and die with them in our hands, 680 01:02:56,132 --> 01:02:59,654 rather than be trampled into the ground like insects? 681 01:03:01,053 --> 01:03:05,012 My father, your king, wanted peace in our land. 682 01:03:05,253 --> 01:03:08,370 He said that Romans and Britons could live together. 683 01:03:08,613 --> 01:03:11,868 And with Justinian carrying out the terms of his will in this land. 684 01:03:11,968 --> 01:03:14,004 Will? What will? 685 01:03:19,333 --> 01:03:22,052 You have entered this court uninvited, Octavian. 686 01:03:22,622 --> 01:03:24,412 Court? 687 01:03:25,020 --> 01:03:28,111 It's only Roman indulgence that allows you even to live here. 688 01:03:28,211 --> 01:03:31,009 Your rudeness is only surpassed by your ignorance! 689 01:03:33,373 --> 01:03:36,126 And now even that indulgence no longer exists. 690 01:03:38,054 --> 01:03:40,170 The soft days are over. 691 01:03:40,735 --> 01:03:42,248 The Empire requires gold! 692 01:03:48,674 --> 01:03:50,150 Under the terms of this will, 693 01:03:50,250 --> 01:03:53,315 all the property of Icenia belongs to the Emperor-Nero, 694 01:03:53,415 --> 01:03:54,650 and I declare them forfeit. 695 01:03:54,750 --> 01:03:56,741 What manner of lie is this? 696 01:03:59,001 --> 01:04:00,116 Read it. 697 01:04:28,171 --> 01:04:30,002 This is not the will of the king. 698 01:04:32,476 --> 01:04:33,710 This will is a forgery. 699 01:04:34,993 --> 01:04:36,108 It's a forgery! 700 01:04:51,319 --> 01:04:52,319 Talia! 701 01:05:15,375 --> 01:05:17,411 Talia! Talia! 702 01:05:51,616 --> 01:05:53,334 Come, my little one. Watch the sport. 703 01:05:53,434 --> 01:05:55,434 No! Talia! 704 01:06:03,816 --> 01:06:05,010 You will be next. 705 01:06:23,057 --> 01:06:25,497 Enough. Enough! 706 01:08:16,019 --> 01:08:17,983 About turn. On the double. 707 01:08:34,859 --> 01:08:36,289 Talia! 708 01:08:45,500 --> 01:08:47,491 See the work of your Roman friends! 709 01:09:02,500 --> 01:09:03,910 Now! 710 01:09:15,260 --> 01:09:17,840 Now will you take up the sword? 711 01:09:18,340 --> 01:09:20,442 You were right in your prophecy. 712 01:09:22,271 --> 01:09:24,200 This land shall run with blood. 713 01:10:16,641 --> 01:10:17,756 Father! 714 01:10:19,765 --> 01:10:20,880 Father! 715 01:10:22,090 --> 01:10:23,205 Who is that? 716 01:10:28,469 --> 01:10:29,584 Bring him in here! 717 01:10:34,556 --> 01:10:35,671 Sir! 718 01:10:37,012 --> 01:10:38,802 Bring him as well. 719 01:10:46,574 --> 01:10:48,364 Some wine 720 01:10:53,957 --> 01:10:55,072 Father. 721 01:11:06,924 --> 01:11:11,446 Back... I must go back before it's too late. 722 01:11:12,376 --> 01:11:14,556 - Octavian? - Yes 723 01:11:15,942 --> 01:11:17,341 A brutal attack. 724 01:11:18,102 --> 01:11:20,573 - The Queen... - What about her? 725 01:11:21,162 --> 01:11:24,097 Flogged. Publicly flogged. 726 01:11:24,303 --> 01:11:26,456 - And Talia? - No. 727 01:11:27,223 --> 01:11:28,338 Octavian... 728 01:11:29,075 --> 01:11:32,214 - What of Tiberian? - Vanished. 729 01:11:33,623 --> 01:11:36,104 The Britons will fight back. 730 01:11:36,583 --> 01:11:37,857 They will fight. 731 01:11:39,103 --> 01:11:40,582 You must go. 732 01:11:40,791 --> 01:11:43,464 - Maelgan was right then. - No. 733 01:11:45,063 --> 01:11:46,781 It was I who was wrong. 734 01:11:50,210 --> 01:11:51,210 Captain! 735 01:11:52,718 --> 01:11:55,027 Prepare to leave. We march tonight. 736 01:12:03,183 --> 01:12:04,411 He's dead. 737 01:12:58,624 --> 01:13:00,004 Come on, pick your feet up! 738 01:13:02,796 --> 01:13:04,627 Don't let those prisoners lag! 739 01:13:24,625 --> 01:13:26,104 Guard those prisoners! 740 01:13:36,265 --> 01:13:37,380 Take them! 741 01:13:41,825 --> 01:13:43,417 Make fast, they're only women! 742 01:13:47,125 --> 01:13:48,260 Come on! 743 01:14:31,027 --> 01:14:32,027 You! 744 01:14:35,826 --> 01:14:37,446 Mercy, mercy! 745 01:14:37,546 --> 01:14:39,104 No mercy. No mercy! 746 01:14:42,519 --> 01:14:43,634 Don't kill him! 747 01:14:44,599 --> 01:14:46,191 I want him prisoner! 748 01:15:03,987 --> 01:15:07,966 He shall die by the holy fire. 749 01:15:08,646 --> 01:15:09,761 A sacrifice 750 01:15:09,987 --> 01:15:12,711 Zeus has smiled on you today. 751 01:15:12,811 --> 01:15:15,147 Everything that is Roman shall be burnt to the ground. 752 01:15:15,347 --> 01:15:17,986 - No man shall live. - We shall have no mercy. 753 01:15:18,867 --> 01:15:21,565 - But Justinian? - He is a Roman too, isn't he? 754 01:15:22,999 --> 01:15:24,682 Then Fergus was always right. 755 01:15:42,555 --> 01:15:43,985 Look! 756 01:15:45,035 --> 01:15:46,968 - Hail, Justinian. - What happened? 757 01:15:47,068 --> 01:15:51,941 They came just like devils, men and women. 758 01:15:52,148 --> 01:15:59,511 For weeks they've been killing, burning wherever there are Romans. 759 01:16:00,983 --> 01:16:02,496 What of General Octavian? 760 01:16:03,108 --> 01:16:05,732 He is a prisoner of their queen. 761 01:16:15,277 --> 01:16:16,426 See to this man. 762 01:16:19,180 --> 01:16:22,616 You shall die by the sacred fire at the next full moon! 763 01:16:22,988 --> 01:16:27,460 An offering to the gods for our present victory and success in the next battle. 764 01:16:29,342 --> 01:16:32,577 - Do you hear me, Salina? - Yes, I heard you. 765 01:16:34,109 --> 01:16:35,508 The next battle. 766 01:16:37,069 --> 01:16:38,468 Against Justinian. 767 01:16:41,768 --> 01:16:45,049 Your majesty, an emissary under a white flag has arrived from Justinian. 768 01:16:45,149 --> 01:16:46,554 He wishes to speak to you. 769 01:16:46,713 --> 01:16:51,007 The power of Zeus! He pleads for peace. 770 01:16:51,189 --> 01:16:53,019 Have none of this, Salina. 771 01:16:53,291 --> 01:16:54,519 I will receive him. 772 01:17:03,409 --> 01:17:06,040 My commanding officer requests a meeting on neutral ground. 773 01:17:06,240 --> 01:17:07,832 Only two riders will accompany you. 774 01:17:08,050 --> 01:17:09,635 - It's a trap! - And the same will be with him. 775 01:17:09,735 --> 01:17:10,955 A trap. Send him away. 776 01:17:11,055 --> 01:17:14,619 The word of Justinian has never been broken. Continue. 777 01:17:14,719 --> 01:17:16,635 One of those with you shall be Octavian. 778 01:17:16,735 --> 01:17:19,238 Octavian? No! 779 01:17:19,338 --> 01:17:22,511 He belongs to Zeus. He belongs to the gods. 780 01:17:22,611 --> 01:17:25,046 With Justinian will be the son of Tristram. 781 01:17:25,146 --> 01:17:26,261 Fergus! 782 01:17:26,405 --> 01:17:28,550 The exchange must be made before the meeting starts. 783 01:17:28,650 --> 01:17:32,558 It cannot be. Octavian must die by the holy fire. 784 01:17:32,658 --> 01:17:36,558 Salina, Fergus must live. I beseech you! 785 01:17:36,658 --> 01:17:37,777 I warn you. 786 01:17:37,877 --> 01:17:43,141 Deny your promised sacrifice and Zeus will turn away from you. 787 01:18:03,624 --> 01:18:04,739 The exchange. 788 01:18:24,987 --> 01:18:28,662 Talk, Roman! You asked for this meeting! 789 01:18:28,891 --> 01:18:30,006 No. 790 01:18:31,837 --> 01:18:33,190 We will talk alone. 791 01:18:52,285 --> 01:18:55,800 It would be easier to talk if I didn't have to look up to you. 792 01:19:01,668 --> 01:19:02,783 Come. 793 01:19:16,230 --> 01:19:17,345 Well, Justin? 794 01:19:18,962 --> 01:19:22,028 Salina, you must surrender. 795 01:19:22,378 --> 01:19:24,798 Surrender and somehow I'll satisfy Rome. 796 01:19:25,689 --> 01:19:27,247 It's too late now. 797 01:19:27,937 --> 01:19:32,169 My people have tasted freedom, They won't go back to slavery. 798 01:19:32,653 --> 01:19:35,138 There was no slavery while I was here. 799 01:19:35,238 --> 01:19:39,202 You are the exception, Justinian, but you cannot live forever. 800 01:19:40,191 --> 01:19:42,068 Salina, trust me. 801 01:19:43,178 --> 01:19:47,398 I can do that with my own live flesh, not with the lives of others. 802 01:19:48,174 --> 01:19:49,531 You must surrender. 803 01:19:50,644 --> 01:19:53,230 I have a legion of trained troops. 804 01:19:53,330 --> 01:19:54,891 Trained to kill. 805 01:19:55,641 --> 01:19:57,438 You'll all be massacred. 806 01:19:58,784 --> 01:20:00,852 Do you want to die, Salina? 807 01:20:01,332 --> 01:20:02,447 No. 808 01:20:02,873 --> 01:20:05,831 But you cannot measure the price of liberty in that way. 809 01:20:08,734 --> 01:20:09,928 What can I say? 810 01:20:13,352 --> 01:20:14,626 What can I say? 811 01:20:15,441 --> 01:20:18,478 Just say that you love me before I go back. 812 01:20:20,270 --> 01:20:22,203 I... I love you. 813 01:20:29,882 --> 01:20:31,520 Hurry! 814 01:20:51,988 --> 01:20:53,137 Come on! Keep moving. 815 01:21:24,482 --> 01:21:27,229 - Come on! faster! - Come on! 816 01:21:28,175 --> 01:21:29,449 Stand fast! 817 01:21:30,567 --> 01:21:32,083 Death to the Romans! 818 01:21:34,192 --> 01:21:35,193 Come on! 819 01:21:52,856 --> 01:21:53,971 Charge! 820 01:22:20,446 --> 01:22:22,786 Again! We attack them again! 821 01:22:25,935 --> 01:22:28,376 Legions, stay still! 822 01:22:28,476 --> 01:22:30,169 The chariots are reforming, sir. 823 01:22:30,813 --> 01:22:33,638 Standing! Reform your lines! 824 01:22:34,850 --> 01:22:36,419 Get under those trees! 825 01:22:44,530 --> 01:22:45,804 Under the trees! 826 01:23:10,781 --> 01:23:12,661 Listen, soldiers! 827 01:23:13,281 --> 01:23:15,751 When the chariots next attack, 828 01:23:15,851 --> 01:23:18,084 open up your ranks and let them through. 829 01:23:56,329 --> 01:23:57,738 Spread out! 830 01:24:10,939 --> 01:24:12,054 Close ranks! 831 01:24:56,719 --> 01:25:00,044 Close off these ranks here. Close off this flank! 832 01:25:56,876 --> 01:25:57,991 Hold! 833 01:25:59,151 --> 01:26:01,919 Kill then! You are a soldier! 834 01:26:02,019 --> 01:26:03,452 Do your duty! 835 01:26:03,690 --> 01:26:07,121 She's to be taken to Rome to stand public trial. 836 01:26:07,221 --> 01:26:08,336 To stand trial? 837 01:26:08,756 --> 01:26:11,377 To be sent to Rome as a slave! 838 01:26:12,121 --> 01:26:13,349 Salina! 839 01:26:16,843 --> 01:26:21,689 This is not the dream we made... my darling.