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We have won many victories
in the arena.

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Sent many an unworthy opponent
to the afterlife.

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Yet self-important men hold us
to the lesser matches of the morning,

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absent both eyes and prominence.

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Such time has found its end.

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Two days hence,
our champion will take to the sands

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to face another of
Vettius' shit-eating dogs.

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Not in the streets,
but in the fucking Primus!

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Behold the champion
whose recent performance

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inspired good Varis to return

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the House of Batiatus
to proper position!

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Behold, Gannicus!

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Gannicus! Gannicus!

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An inspired performance, indeed.

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One not to be repeated.

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A true god of the arena!

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A man to be admired and emulated!

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This is but glorious beginning!

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Soon you will litter the sands
with the blood and bone

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of all who present challenge!

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Instructed in the ways of
death and glory

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by a former champion!

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One of our very own!

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I give you Oenomaus!

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No longer to hold that name!
No longer a gladiator!

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Now and forever more,
to be revered as your Doctore!

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Doctore!

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This has been wielded with
pride by each before you,

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since the time of my grandfather.

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Bestowed on only the most
loyal and honourable of men.

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Your will. My hands.

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The Primus.

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To gain such position,
Varis must truly

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have been impressed
with your prowess.

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As am I.

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- It was nothing.
- It is a great honour.

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For yourself, and this ludus.

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Both of you bring honour
to this ludus.

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Each in his own way.

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Did you note how
he could scarce meet my eye?

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He must now heed my commands,
and does not embrace it.

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Will the other men share sentiment
towards my honoured position?

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It is his position
that stirs troubled thoughts.

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He sets mind to the Primus,

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as you must to training the men.

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I know this is not
what you wished for.

47
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And yet, here I stand elevated.

48
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As you deserve.

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For taking a life?

50
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For betraying hand that forged
the man before you?

51
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There was no betrayal
in what you did.

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Some acts cannot be avoided,
when stripped of choice.

53
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Now turn thoughts
from unfortunate past.

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We must look towards days to come,
and embrace them.

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Barca, pair with Crixus.

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The rest of you, continue training.

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At last, the gods remove cock
from fucking assl

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The House of Batiatus, no.

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The House of
Quintus Lentulus Batiatus

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rises to the fucking heavens!

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Soon my champions
will be carved in stone,

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towering above all who came before.

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And Gannicus will be
the first of them

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after his victory
in the fucking Primus.

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The position was not
gained absent aid.

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I offered naught but introduction

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and a few selective words
of suggestion.

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You could wile
the Goddess Laverna herself.

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Your place in this will not pass
without much fucking gratitude.

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The kind I favour most.

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Has a man ever been so blessed?

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Quintus.

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Father?

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Gather yourself. I would have words.

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I leave this house in your care,

76
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and this is what greets me
upon return?

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I was not expecting your arrival.

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Am I to announce myself
to the walls that I own?

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Of course not, yet if I had known
of your return from Sicilia...

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The knowledge would have
produced what result?

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Flowers and scented oils
laid to meet me,

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masking sight of a son gone to shit?

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I but celebrate.

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Upon what cause?

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Angering Tullius with refusal
of reasonable offer?

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Your exclusion from the games?

87
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How do you come by that?

88
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I am old, Quintus. Not dead.

89
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There are still those in Capua
that hold my name in regard

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and would see me well informed.

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- Good Solonius counted among them.
- Solonius?

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He sent word of his concerns
regarding your dealings with Tullius.

93
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The man is seized
by unnecessary worry.

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Your face suggests otherwise.

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A minor disagreement.

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Nothing with a man such as Tullius
is ever minor.

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A fact obvious
to the simplest of minds.

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Then it is a blessing a greater one
than mine has arrived.

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My frustration is more with myself.

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You never wished for this.

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The ludus, gladiators,
the blood, the sand.

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Your eyes were always
towards the horizon,

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to glories and triumphs forever out
of reach of a common lanista.

104
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And yet here I stand,
a lanista like my father.

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Not like him at all.

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You have never been able to look
into the eyes of a man

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and gauge his true heart.

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Only days past, I looked
into the eyes of Quintilius Varis

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and gauged way to secure the Primus
in his games.

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Varis has never employed a lanista
not blessed by Tullius.

111
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Why now break tradition?

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Because I possess
what Tullius does not.

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- Gannicus.
- Gannicus?

114
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The man is a jest,
inciting more laughter than awe.

115
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And now I find he is desired
by half of Rome?

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Much has changed in your absence.

117
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And much has remained the same.

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I would review my men,
and see how they have fared,

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denied proper guidance.

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Have feast prepared as instructed.

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And send to market
for an amphora of mulsum.

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- Yes, Domina.
- The highest quality,

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not that shit from Flavus.

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Again with the honeyed wine.

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Does the corpse drink nothing else?

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Lower your fucking voice.

127
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The man has severed you
from moorings.

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He is the paterfamilias!

129
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One word dropped from his tongue
could send us both to the streets.

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We must be beyond reproach,
or fall to ruin.

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Very well. I will be a vision of
demure obedience and propriety.

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On the outside, at least.

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We are honoured by your return
to Capua, father.

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I am certain your heart swells.

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The clime of Sicilia
has most certainly restored health.

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Perhaps you do not recall me.

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Gaia, a dear friend of...

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The memory of you has not yet faded.
Quintus.

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We must prove
this fucking house in order

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and prompt decision for
his quick return to Sicilia.

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Withered old fuck.

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Eat, brothers! You bear the mark now.

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Savour the taste of victory!

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Welcome, boys.

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Our piss once again finds its way
into their mouths!

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As if sucked from our cocks!

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We bear the fucking mark!

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Received absent the test.

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A fucking goat may bear the mark,
it does not make him a brother.

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Hey!

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- What the fuck did he say?
- Fucked if I know.

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He wants some more.

153
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You should not eat with lower men.
You are Doctore now.

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A title I did not seek.

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I would not have events absent
my control come between us.

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Nor would I.

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Greetings.

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Auctus. Nurto.

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Oenomaus!

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You assume mantle of Doctore?

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After unfortunate death
of his predecessor.

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I chose Oenomaus as replacement,
knowing that he...

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Gather your food
and let us retire to your cell.

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I would exchange stories
of the passing years, old friend.

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Dominus.

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The way they fawn over him.

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Falling to knee
to lick his fucking ass!

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He takes over my house,
my gladiators, my fucking bed!

169
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Did he give voice toward
length of stay?

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He gives voice
only towards considerable faults

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of un-fucking-worthy son.

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Leave.

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I secure the Primus, and he acts
as if I shit upon the name Batiatus.

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You raise it
beyond anything he can imagine.

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He will see this, and bitter tongue
will turn to praise.

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He would sooner bite it off,
than have it betray him so.

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I had forgotten the feeling,

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this sudden abyss,
as he sets disapproving eye upon me.

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Come.

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You will not need to endure
his presence long.

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His health has fled
in these climes before.

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Should he fail to realise
that his house, his name,

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is in proper hands,

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a forced return to Sicilia
will eventually arise.

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I would see him removed sooner.

186
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Your return lifts the heart, Dominus.

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Only for those who yet possess one.
Gratitude.

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Attend!

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Pair up!

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Crixus, spar with Barca.

191
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Auctus, work the palus
until Gannicus joins us.

192
00:15:36,803 --> 00:15:39,533
Oenomaus, this one is too small!

193
00:15:40,039 --> 00:15:41,904
I would have something
the size of a man!

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Barca!

195
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Do as your Doctore commands.

196
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Yes, Dominus.

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Come, let us see
what is between your legs.

198
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The Gaul winces from spear,
as he would from my cock!

199
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Is my long, hard weapon
too much for you, little man?

200
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I am without lesson against it,

201
00:16:23,616 --> 00:16:26,312
but your instructions
are well received.

202
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Apologies.
You rise earlier than expected.

203
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I rise at proper hour.

204
00:16:55,882 --> 00:16:59,648
An attribute neither you nor
your man Gannicus seem to share.

205
00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:02,119
Harsh words will find the man's ear.

206
00:17:02,622 --> 00:17:05,056
It could be shouted yet ignored.

207
00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:08,020
Gannicus is no champion.

208
00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:11,790
I would promote Auctus
or half a dozen men in his place.

209
00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:14,492
- A matter we disagree on.
- One of many.

210
00:17:16,402 --> 00:17:18,632
What man spars with Barca?

211
00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,973
Crixus, a fierce Gaul
of worthy stock.

212
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I recall name from the ledger.

213
00:17:24,844 --> 00:17:26,971
A sapling of exceeding cost.

214
00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:29,480
The man will earn the mark,
and see investment well returned.

215
00:17:31,817 --> 00:17:34,308
Doctore, bring Crixus up.

216
00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:36,014
My father would have
closer inspection...

217
00:17:36,088 --> 00:17:37,749
No. Continue training.

218
00:17:37,857 --> 00:17:39,984
We are to town
for necessary business.

219
00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:42,150
I will have Barca
prepared as an escort.

220
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Barca is a gladiator,
trained to wield weapon in the arena,

221
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not be yours in the street. Now come.

222
00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:51,701
Your late rise already
threatens the appointed hour.

223
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You would have me sit
with this fucking man?

224
00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:06,583
I would have you silent.

225
00:18:06,686 --> 00:18:09,553
While I attempt repair
of damaged relation.

226
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Titus.

227
00:18:15,528 --> 00:18:18,019
Good to lay eyes, old friend.

228
00:18:27,239 --> 00:18:30,606
Your experience in delicate matters
of business has been sorely missed.

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To be rectified presently.

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Come, sit.

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You recall my associate, Vettius?

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Vettius?

233
00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:47,582
You were but a child last I knew.

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00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,628
How the years flee from us.

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00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:53,264
How fares your father?

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- Dead.
- Apologies.

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How terrible.

238
00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:03,575
The boy is ill-starred acquaintance
with such misfortunes.

239
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Why, only days past
he was set upon in our own streets,

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on way to appointment
with Quintilius Varis.

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00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:13,811
Varis?

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The same man who,
absent Vettius' presence,

243
00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:17,679
managed to find way to your ludus...

244
00:19:17,790 --> 00:19:21,021
Where this fucking cock eater
stole the Primus from me!

245
00:19:21,127 --> 00:19:24,028
Vettius! Hold your tongue.

246
00:19:26,699 --> 00:19:28,257
How do you answer this?

247
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He accuses absent cause.

248
00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,100
My wife and her friend Gaia
came upon good Varis in town,

249
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baking under noon-day sun.

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00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:40,437
Gaia?

251
00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:43,346
She knew Varis from her days in Rome,
offered respite at my villa

252
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while he waited for the
absent boy to come to purpose.

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00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:49,516
A fortunate coincidence
for all involved.

254
00:19:49,622 --> 00:19:51,715
And was it this same fortune
that saw me set upon

255
00:19:51,824 --> 00:19:53,155
by your fucking men?

256
00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:56,786
Did you see faces?
Did they bear my mark, you wet cunt?

257
00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,056
Enough!

258
00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:00,627
Remove yourself to the street.

259
00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:02,359
Go.

260
00:20:02,468 --> 00:20:04,959
And leave reasonable
men to discourse.

261
00:20:07,239 --> 00:20:11,972
Your son has much to learn
in the ways of diplomacy.

262
00:20:12,645 --> 00:20:15,375
A subject all young men
struggle to master.

263
00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:18,546
Let us school them in its ways.

264
00:20:50,516 --> 00:20:52,575
You are better matched
against wooden men.

265
00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:57,180
Work the palus, Gaul.

266
00:20:57,957 --> 00:20:59,356
Resume!

267
00:21:10,402 --> 00:21:13,030
Are we to follow
Barca's commands now?

268
00:21:13,305 --> 00:21:14,863
He shares my thoughts.

269
00:21:15,207 --> 00:21:17,607
The Gaul falters against spear.

270
00:21:17,877 --> 00:21:21,244
Perhaps advice from a champion
would aid his cause?

271
00:21:27,887 --> 00:21:31,550
Days past you fought me
with something approaching skill,

272
00:21:31,991 --> 00:21:33,720
yet opposite Barca,
you act as his lover,

273
00:21:33,793 --> 00:21:36,227
face down with your cheeks spread.

274
00:21:36,829 --> 00:21:38,922
The spear is unknown to me.

275
00:21:41,734 --> 00:21:43,224
You are Gaul.

276
00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:45,934
Did you never face the Arverni?

277
00:21:46,572 --> 00:21:49,234
My years before capture
never held the privilege.

278
00:21:49,742 --> 00:21:51,801
They wield spear with deadly purpose.

279
00:21:52,678 --> 00:21:54,578
As does Barca, from the judging.

280
00:21:55,181 --> 00:21:56,808
He but instructs.

281
00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:59,479
Each blow a lesson
never to be repeated.

282
00:21:59,585 --> 00:22:01,917
You should be quite the scholar

283
00:22:02,121 --> 00:22:04,248
by the time he has
beaten you to death.

284
00:22:08,928 --> 00:22:10,088
Crixus.

285
00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:14,524
You fought well against
my two swords.

286
00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:16,931
Rid a Hoplomachus of his spear,

287
00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:19,433
and he is left with only one weapon.

288
00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:29,674
Barca!

289
00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:35,142
If you're done with your man's cock,
I would have proper contest.

290
00:22:35,221 --> 00:22:38,622
The gods bless Barca
with another tiny man to fuck.

291
00:22:44,129 --> 00:22:46,791
Your man Gannicus
appears in fine form.

292
00:22:47,132 --> 00:22:48,827
As he will in the Primus,

293
00:22:48,901 --> 00:22:51,836
elevating the house
with glorious performance.

294
00:22:52,671 --> 00:22:55,970
My heart yet races
at the thought of his last.

295
00:22:57,910 --> 00:23:00,640
We'll place such memories behind us.

296
00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:08,145
A difficult feat,
when so enjoyed by all.

297
00:23:11,323 --> 00:23:12,756
Some more than others.

298
00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:14,552
Come here.

299
00:23:14,660 --> 00:23:17,151
Apologies, Domina.
Guests have arrived.

300
00:23:17,997 --> 00:23:18,986
Guests?

301
00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:23,561
Varis.

302
00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:26,234
We were not expecting...

303
00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:29,432
The fault is mine,
for failing to announce.

304
00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:37,371
Good Cossutius is on stay from Rome
to celebrate the Vinalia.

305
00:23:37,683 --> 00:23:40,083
After I extolled the virtues
of the House of Batiatus...

306
00:23:40,185 --> 00:23:42,278
I demanded introduction immediately.

307
00:23:42,388 --> 00:23:45,016
You honour us,
but my husband tends to

308
00:23:45,124 --> 00:23:48,025
final preparations for
tomorrow's games in town.

309
00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:49,955
How disappointing.

310
00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:53,626
Yet we could remove
ourselves to the balcony

311
00:23:53,732 --> 00:23:56,701
for proper viewing of his gladiators
until his return.

312
00:23:57,803 --> 00:23:59,862
I fear you mistake intent.

313
00:24:00,706 --> 00:24:03,971
I was not regaling Cossutius
with tales of your men.

314
00:24:04,076 --> 00:24:10,709
But of your house's more
intimate delights.

315
00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:16,117
I fear that was
a special consideration.

316
00:24:18,257 --> 00:24:19,451
Was it?

317
00:24:21,794 --> 00:24:24,786
Perhaps Vettius will be more
accommodating then,

318
00:24:24,897 --> 00:24:27,092
concerning this and my Primus.

319
00:24:31,103 --> 00:24:34,732
It would be unfortunate
to have come so far,

320
00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:36,604
and find hands empty.

321
00:24:37,576 --> 00:24:39,009
Would it not?

322
00:24:40,245 --> 00:24:41,644
I would not have it so.

323
00:24:43,349 --> 00:24:44,646
Excellent!

324
00:24:44,750 --> 00:24:46,581
Let us prepare Gannicus and...

325
00:24:46,752 --> 00:24:47,776
No.

326
00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:53,348
For what joy is there in exploring
ground already discovered?

327
00:24:54,093 --> 00:24:55,424
None at all.

328
00:24:59,798 --> 00:25:01,459
What do you offer?

329
00:25:02,768 --> 00:25:08,502
A gladiator of your choosing
paired with a slave

330
00:25:09,842 --> 00:25:11,605
as yet untouched?

331
00:25:13,012 --> 00:25:14,343
Untouched?

332
00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:19,281
A delicacy no longer present
at the moment in my house.

333
00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:23,018
Then it is fortunate you find
yourself in ours.

334
00:25:27,893 --> 00:25:29,793
Solonius! A word.

335
00:25:29,962 --> 00:25:31,862
One for you, sir?
Fresh just this morning.

336
00:25:31,964 --> 00:25:33,898
I would share its equal.

337
00:25:34,466 --> 00:25:36,024
I came to you as trusted friend,

338
00:25:36,168 --> 00:25:39,194
carrying news of Tullius'
renewed offer towards Gannicus.

339
00:25:39,471 --> 00:25:41,905
You carried but shit
spewed from an errant hole.

340
00:25:42,041 --> 00:25:44,805
And what of other knowledge
I lighted upon treacherous ears?

341
00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:47,572
That of Varis' arrival,
to be met by Vettius?

342
00:25:47,679 --> 00:25:48,873
Vettius is a fool.

343
00:25:48,981 --> 00:25:50,312
Under the employ of Tullius!

344
00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:52,179
He will think I had hand
in the boy's assault.

345
00:25:52,317 --> 00:25:53,306
He suspects nothing!

346
00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:55,046
His thoughts have turned
towards my father inside.

347
00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:57,679
What seizes fucking mind,
dispatching message to him?

348
00:25:57,756 --> 00:25:58,916
Your father is in Capua?

349
00:25:59,024 --> 00:26:01,652
He sits with Tullius as you bleat,
stroking fucking cock.

350
00:26:01,827 --> 00:26:04,660
- Why do you remain in the streets?
- Why do you think?

351
00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:06,994
I did not mean for his return.

352
00:26:07,166 --> 00:26:08,997
I sought only advice

353
00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:12,666
towards worry for a man
I hold as brother.

354
00:26:12,771 --> 00:26:14,204
Intentions well received.

355
00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:19,408
Let us place transgressions aside
in favour of more pressing concerns.

356
00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:23,908
Your patience and reason
recalls joyous times,

357
00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:27,716
when business was conducted by those
who shared respect for it.

358
00:26:27,853 --> 00:26:29,946
I fear we are a dying breed.

359
00:26:30,355 --> 00:26:33,916
I am certain you shall
outlive us all, Master Batiatus.

360
00:26:34,026 --> 00:26:36,688
Solonius. I hardly placed you.

361
00:26:36,895 --> 00:26:39,090
The years weigh heavy on a man,
do they not?

362
00:26:40,065 --> 00:26:43,865
Your presence is fortuitous,
striking need to seek you out.

363
00:26:44,303 --> 00:26:47,136
Share walk,
and let us review recent events.

364
00:26:59,318 --> 00:27:00,717
Am I allowed voice now?

365
00:27:02,654 --> 00:27:04,884
Could the gods halt the sound?

366
00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:08,388
Whatever Tullius
and the boy may think,

367
00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:11,759
I gained the Primus
on merit of Gannicus' prowess.

368
00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:14,955
Even if true, it is of no matter now.

369
00:27:15,067 --> 00:27:16,967
Gannicus will not appear
in the games.

370
00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:18,934
But Varis has made personal request!

371
00:27:19,238 --> 00:27:22,105
A necessary sacrifice,
towards levelling unequal ground.

372
00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:23,641
You will make apology to Varis,

373
00:27:23,742 --> 00:27:26,142
relaying Gannicus
found injury in training.

374
00:27:26,245 --> 00:27:29,271
And that Vettius is amply capable
of seeing the Primus attended.

375
00:27:29,414 --> 00:27:32,315
You give away the Primus, and now ask
that I tongue the fucking boy's ass?

376
00:27:32,417 --> 00:27:33,748
I ask nothing.

377
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,785
This is how it will be.

378
00:27:37,923 --> 00:27:40,483
In return a few of our men
will be paired against each other

379
00:27:40,592 --> 00:27:41,684
after midday sun.

380
00:27:42,828 --> 00:27:44,159
Our men fight themselves?

381
00:27:44,263 --> 00:27:46,993
The only plank salvaged
from such wreckage.

382
00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:48,464
Then we must choose
the men with care.

383
00:27:48,534 --> 00:27:49,967
They have been chosen for us.

384
00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:52,694
Tullius now selects
my fucking men as well?

385
00:27:52,804 --> 00:27:54,829
An unavoidable concession.

386
00:27:55,174 --> 00:27:59,440
Barca and Gnaeus, Auctus
to face your Gaul, Crixus.

387
00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:01,976
Crixus is but a recruit,
not yet a fucking gladiator!

388
00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:04,277
Who you failed to mention was
purchased from Tullius.

389
00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:05,714
To gain...

390
00:28:06,051 --> 00:28:07,518
To gain his favour.

391
00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:10,315
And what fruits did your scheme bear?

392
00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:15,456
This is price due for attempting
to manoeuvre men above your station.

393
00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:18,018
Be thankful it was not more costly.

394
00:28:30,676 --> 00:28:33,804
Are you certain you would not prefer
the man bathed and scented?

395
00:28:33,879 --> 00:28:36,473
He stands perfect towards his cause.

396
00:28:39,184 --> 00:28:43,644
I would, however, gauge the freshness
of your offerings.

397
00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:49,888
Remove your robes.

398
00:29:03,008 --> 00:29:04,703
Did I not tell you?

399
00:29:05,544 --> 00:29:07,273
They are of a form.

400
00:29:09,014 --> 00:29:13,007
But a woman's worth
is not always revealed to the eyes.

401
00:29:15,187 --> 00:29:20,181
A man must probe deeper
for true value.

402
00:29:29,568 --> 00:29:31,968
Remove yourself to the vestibule.

403
00:29:32,704 --> 00:29:35,696
Return if Dominus and his father
are seen upon the road.

404
00:29:47,386 --> 00:29:49,251
I shall have this one.

405
00:29:49,554 --> 00:29:51,545
She's considerably tighter.

406
00:30:07,072 --> 00:30:08,835
Move on top of him.

407
00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:24,317
Do you know why I chose this man
so crudely etched?

408
00:30:26,525 --> 00:30:29,153
The smell of shit
hot upon his breath.

409
00:30:31,530 --> 00:30:38,436
Because this world is filled
with the grotesque and the divine.

410
00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:47,806
They exist together,
two sides of a coin.

411
00:30:53,118 --> 00:30:54,983
You cannot have one

412
00:30:59,358 --> 00:31:01,451
absent threat of the other,

413
00:31:03,128 --> 00:31:08,862
yet words do not convey
the true nature of this.

414
00:31:11,236 --> 00:31:12,897
It must be experienced.

415
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:21,977
It must be felt and never forgotten.

416
00:31:23,248 --> 00:31:27,309
Your presence has been missed in Rome
since your husband's passing.

417
00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:30,483
Your charms will brighten
darkest night.

418
00:31:31,690 --> 00:31:33,317
I long to return

419
00:31:34,226 --> 00:31:37,992
and crest dawn upon a husband
yet of this world.

420
00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:42,825
How does your dowry stand?

421
00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:46,901
I was under impression
you were absent family of means.

422
00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:50,106
Gaia is a treasure within herself.

423
00:31:50,842 --> 00:31:52,207
One to be coveted

424
00:31:52,277 --> 00:31:54,507
by a man untethered to the
burden of position and appearance.

425
00:32:01,686 --> 00:32:03,017
Cossutius.

426
00:32:04,122 --> 00:32:05,612
You were well satisfied?

427
00:32:06,124 --> 00:32:09,525
Praise laid upon your house
has not been exaggerated.

428
00:32:10,562 --> 00:32:11,893
It is a wonder.

429
00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:14,898
Such base diversion would
be impossible to conceal in Rome.

430
00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:17,295
Capua is a city of many pleasures.

431
00:32:17,636 --> 00:32:22,198
Often obscured by pressing business,
to which we sadly must attend.

432
00:32:23,542 --> 00:32:25,407
You take leave so soon?

433
00:32:25,544 --> 00:32:27,205
A regrettable necessity.

434
00:32:27,579 --> 00:32:29,376
Gratitude for your hospitality.

435
00:32:29,448 --> 00:32:30,972
I look forward to seeing
you at the games,

436
00:32:31,082 --> 00:32:34,483
and your man Gannicus upon my Primus.

437
00:32:36,321 --> 00:32:37,948
You honour us.

438
00:33:00,412 --> 00:33:02,607
Crixus begins to show promise.

439
00:33:02,681 --> 00:33:04,171
Upon his back?

440
00:33:04,316 --> 00:33:06,580
The man always rises.
A trait to be admired.

441
00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:08,676
So you have eyes for the Gaul now?

442
00:33:08,787 --> 00:33:10,914
- And if I did?
- I would fucking kill you.

443
00:33:24,803 --> 00:33:26,202
Come here...

444
00:33:56,568 --> 00:33:57,899
You fucking cunts!

445
00:33:58,236 --> 00:33:59,863
You soil our food!

446
00:33:59,971 --> 00:34:02,201
Why should we not make meal
of your fucking pets?

447
00:34:39,578 --> 00:34:40,840
Crixus!

448
00:34:45,183 --> 00:34:46,673
You do not help your friend?

449
00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:50,885
This is a fight between brothers.
I do not yet bear the mark.

450
00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:57,395
Have you lost fucking mind?

451
00:34:57,696 --> 00:34:59,129
Stand down!

452
00:35:22,487 --> 00:35:24,250
Calm yourselves!

453
00:35:30,061 --> 00:35:32,222
Is this what my house has fallen to?

454
00:35:32,764 --> 00:35:34,664
Brother setting upon brother,

455
00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:37,834
so far removed from
the honour of the arena,

456
00:35:37,936 --> 00:35:40,404
where such contest holds meaning?

457
00:35:43,408 --> 00:35:47,242
This points to reason the gods
have turned from us,

458
00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:50,411
stripping the Primus from our hands.

459
00:35:51,082 --> 00:35:52,606
I do not fight in the games?

460
00:35:52,684 --> 00:35:54,083
You do not.

461
00:35:57,589 --> 00:36:00,422
Yet our sacrifices
do not stand unrewarded.

462
00:36:01,092 --> 00:36:03,754
A few of you will take to the sands
after midday sun.

463
00:36:04,496 --> 00:36:07,829
And I expect those chosen
to bring more honour

464
00:36:07,932 --> 00:36:11,766
to the House of Batiatus
than you now bring to yourselves.

465
00:36:25,717 --> 00:36:29,153
Yeah! Fuck you! Gnaeus fights Barca!

466
00:36:29,454 --> 00:36:31,388
And I will split your ass in two.

467
00:36:31,623 --> 00:36:32,783
Fuck.

468
00:36:33,992 --> 00:36:35,857
You do not gain position?

469
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,326
I do. Against Crixus.

470
00:36:39,964 --> 00:36:41,454
Your favourite.

471
00:36:41,533 --> 00:36:44,627
The man does not even bear
the fucking mark.

472
00:36:45,303 --> 00:36:46,793
Am I to fight?

473
00:36:50,575 --> 00:36:52,133
You are to die.

474
00:36:53,745 --> 00:36:56,009
At the end of my spear.

475
00:37:02,353 --> 00:37:07,256
So you fight in the arena, I do not.

476
00:37:08,693 --> 00:37:10,684
The gods truly punish me.

477
00:37:11,529 --> 00:37:15,761
I long to be of the Brotherhood,
to become a gladiator.

478
00:37:17,769 --> 00:37:19,999
But to be awarded position,

479
00:37:22,507 --> 00:37:24,441
it is an honour I have not earned.

480
00:37:25,710 --> 00:37:30,374
There are many things given to us
in this life for the wrong reasons.

481
00:37:32,050 --> 00:37:37,511
What we do with such blessings,
that is the true test of a man.

482
00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:08,544
Go well, be victorious, brother.

483
00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:20,390
May Auctus fall and Barca follow.

484
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,894
Auctus. Gnaeus.

485
00:38:31,576 --> 00:38:35,239
Return victorious, brothers,
for I am out of wine.

486
00:38:44,589 --> 00:38:46,079
After all we've done.

487
00:38:46,257 --> 00:38:47,815
The sacrifices made.

488
00:38:49,093 --> 00:38:51,755
Only to have the Primus
torn from grasp.

489
00:38:52,864 --> 00:38:54,593
Torn would imply resistance.

490
00:38:54,699 --> 00:38:56,462
My father offers none.

491
00:38:56,534 --> 00:38:58,502
You could not move him
from this decision?

492
00:38:58,603 --> 00:39:01,094
Hercules would fail in the labour.

493
00:39:01,472 --> 00:39:02,769
Are we set to leave?

494
00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:04,835
I would not arrive late.

495
00:39:04,943 --> 00:39:06,774
Doctore gathers the men.

496
00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:09,678
Perhaps some mulsum
while you wait, father.

497
00:39:10,114 --> 00:39:12,639
To celebrate your
return to the games.

498
00:39:12,717 --> 00:39:15,515
You seek to ply me with honeyed wine?

499
00:39:17,455 --> 00:39:20,549
You find my weakness,
and I would have it exploited.

500
00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:26,391
- I shall join you.
- It disquiets your stomach too much.

501
00:39:26,497 --> 00:39:28,124
Especially in hot weather
such as this.

502
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,700
- It never did agree with you.
- Guards!

503
00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:33,032
A trait gained from your mother.

504
00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:34,627
A presence sorely missed.

505
00:39:35,173 --> 00:39:36,504
Every day.

506
00:39:43,481 --> 00:39:45,506
Your Gaul appears ragged.

507
00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:48,708
The result of extensive training

508
00:39:48,820 --> 00:39:50,981
in preparation for the test
he is yet to take.

509
00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:54,183
You set this in motion, Quintus,
by purchasing the man to gain favour.

510
00:39:54,259 --> 00:39:56,227
Only after I looked into his eyes,
and saw a spark,

511
00:39:56,327 --> 00:39:57,726
as you always spoke of.

512
00:39:58,596 --> 00:40:01,190
Then today presents rare opportunity.

513
00:40:01,766 --> 00:40:06,169
Auctus, a man forged beneath my rule,
to face Crixus, forged beneath yours.

514
00:40:06,838 --> 00:40:09,272
The outcome to prove
if son has learned

515
00:40:09,374 --> 00:40:11,604
anything of worth from father.

516
00:41:09,834 --> 00:41:11,165
Your time has come.

517
00:41:13,504 --> 00:41:16,405
Gratitude for all you have taught me.

518
00:41:17,108 --> 00:41:18,302
Fight with honour.

519
00:41:19,143 --> 00:41:21,907
And if the gods will it,
die the same.

520
00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:25,176
Crixus.

521
00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:27,410
A word.

522
00:41:37,528 --> 00:41:39,587
You have shown great promise

523
00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:41,928
in practise, in exhibition
against Gannicus.

524
00:41:42,133 --> 00:41:44,033
Yet this is the arena.

525
00:41:44,869 --> 00:41:47,429
This is where men become gods.

526
00:41:49,273 --> 00:41:51,503
Legions with far greater
training and skill than you

527
00:41:51,609 --> 00:41:52,871
have fallen upon this sacred ground,

528
00:41:52,977 --> 00:41:55,002
many beneath Auctus' spear,

529
00:41:55,113 --> 00:41:57,445
but I do not think that you
will be one of them.

530
00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:00,951
You have the blood of a champion,

531
00:42:01,486 --> 00:42:04,284
to rival any my father
has ever heralded.

532
00:42:06,891 --> 00:42:10,793
Do you wish to behold
such miracle come to pass?

533
00:42:11,996 --> 00:42:13,725
It is all I desire.

534
00:42:15,333 --> 00:42:17,324
Then seize fucking glory.

535
00:42:18,469 --> 00:42:20,699
And see us both proven worthy.

536
00:42:47,865 --> 00:42:50,060
Have you set Crixus to purpose?

537
00:42:50,168 --> 00:42:53,160
I stoke the flame as best I can.
It is now up to the man to ignite

538
00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:56,236
or be forever extinguished.

539
00:42:57,208 --> 00:43:00,075
It is a pity it is not Gannicus,
nor the Primus.

540
00:43:00,178 --> 00:43:01,907
It was well earned.

541
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:04,773
Yet he is the one honoured,

542
00:43:05,083 --> 00:43:07,517
while his only fucking son
is left to languish.

543
00:43:08,019 --> 00:43:10,351
Soon your father
will attest your worth.

544
00:43:10,621 --> 00:43:12,748
Or decay into the afterlife.

545
00:43:12,857 --> 00:43:15,587
Either way, we will be free of him.

546
00:43:59,070 --> 00:44:02,301
An epic showing from
the House of Batiatus,

547
00:44:02,406 --> 00:44:04,499
certain to please the gods!

548
00:44:04,609 --> 00:44:08,636
In gratitude, we will be merciful,
and grant life!

549
00:44:21,826 --> 00:44:23,521
You are overly kind.

550
00:44:23,794 --> 00:44:26,422
Your house has been
most accommodating,

551
00:44:26,497 --> 00:44:27,930
and should be rewarded.

552
00:44:30,768 --> 00:44:32,633
Well, gratitude. I...

553
00:44:35,373 --> 00:44:36,840
Are you unwell?

554
00:44:36,941 --> 00:44:38,932
Perhaps the excitement
is too much for him.

555
00:44:40,378 --> 00:44:42,437
It is but the heat and dust.

556
00:44:42,513 --> 00:44:43,673
Water.

557
00:44:44,348 --> 00:44:47,545
I would not have torrid throat
announce your final offering.

558
00:44:48,286 --> 00:44:49,651
Address the crowd?

559
00:44:52,156 --> 00:44:53,680
The honour is unfit a lanista.

560
00:44:53,791 --> 00:44:56,817
We decide what befits
a lanista, Batiatus.

561
00:44:57,528 --> 00:44:59,723
Make introduction and let us move on.

562
00:45:06,537 --> 00:45:08,528
I stand humbled

563
00:45:09,540 --> 00:45:11,974
before the great people of Capua.

564
00:45:12,910 --> 00:45:15,538
My home and my heart,

565
00:45:16,380 --> 00:45:18,473
too long parted from chest.

566
00:45:20,151 --> 00:45:21,584
In gratitude,

567
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:26,356
I present the final offering
from the House of Batiatus.

568
00:45:27,892 --> 00:45:29,655
Entering the arena,

569
00:45:30,194 --> 00:45:32,185
a virgin upon its sands,

570
00:45:32,663 --> 00:45:34,893
I give you Crixus,

571
00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:37,231
Murmillo!

572
00:45:53,584 --> 00:45:55,609
His opponent,

573
00:45:56,187 --> 00:45:59,748
a warrior unmatched
in skill and honour.

574
00:46:00,791 --> 00:46:02,452
I give you Auctus,

575
00:46:03,194 --> 00:46:04,559
Hoplomachus!

576
00:46:17,275 --> 00:46:18,435
Capua!

577
00:46:31,555 --> 00:46:34,456
Just like last time!
Just like last time! Come on!

578
00:46:34,558 --> 00:46:35,547
Begin!

579
00:47:14,432 --> 00:47:17,026
Auctus wields spear
to rival Mars himself.

580
00:47:17,134 --> 00:47:19,159
Well, he has been well trained.

581
00:47:19,270 --> 00:47:21,101
The same cannot be said of Crixus.

582
00:47:21,172 --> 00:47:24,039
Perhaps he should have remained
a haulier of stone.

583
00:47:45,796 --> 00:47:48,822
Cut him through, yeah!

584
00:48:10,221 --> 00:48:11,347
Stupid fuck!

585
00:48:26,670 --> 00:48:28,160
Kill the little cunt!

586
00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:29,900
Fuck!

587
00:48:33,844 --> 00:48:35,038
Fuck!

588
00:48:39,016 --> 00:48:40,574
Fuck!

589
00:48:57,802 --> 00:48:58,894
Fuck!

590
00:49:28,766 --> 00:49:31,997
Barca has taught you well.

591
00:49:40,778 --> 00:49:41,904
Yeah!

592
00:50:00,197 --> 00:50:03,132
Crixus! Crixus!

593
00:50:14,645 --> 00:50:16,840
A fine showing, Batiatus!

594
00:50:16,947 --> 00:50:18,608
With unexpected conclusion!

595
00:50:18,682 --> 00:50:19,774
Indeed it was.

596
00:50:25,523 --> 00:50:30,460
I swear to be burned, chained,
beaten, or die by the sword,

597
00:50:30,961 --> 00:50:33,862
in pursuit of honour in the arena.

598
00:50:40,471 --> 00:50:42,371
Welcome to the Brotherhood.

599
00:50:59,823 --> 00:51:01,654
Crixus proves himself.

600
00:51:03,327 --> 00:51:06,194
Perhaps even as match
for Gannicus one day.

601
00:51:07,064 --> 00:51:09,032
In and out of the arena.

602
00:51:23,881 --> 00:51:25,872
You fought well, brother.

603
00:51:49,373 --> 00:51:53,207
Your Gaul, still yet a recruit,
defeated a gladiator

604
00:51:53,277 --> 00:51:55,438
I considered among
the best of my men.

605
00:51:58,549 --> 00:52:01,780
It would appear
I underestimated Crixus.

606
00:52:04,288 --> 00:52:05,880
As I did my son.

607
00:52:08,325 --> 00:52:10,816
- You honour me, father.
- You honour yourself,

608
00:52:11,629 --> 00:52:14,063
when cleared of plots and schemes.

609
00:52:14,131 --> 00:52:16,122
Thoughts far removed,
never to return.

610
00:52:16,333 --> 00:52:19,234
Nothing pleases more than to see
reason take hold of senses,

611
00:52:20,070 --> 00:52:22,265
and a house righting its path.

612
00:52:22,506 --> 00:52:24,736
I will see it continued
in your absence.

613
00:52:24,908 --> 00:52:26,102
Absence?

614
00:52:26,744 --> 00:52:29,406
I assume you return to Sicilia.
Your health...

615
00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:32,171
Seeing Crixus' victory
stirred passions

616
00:52:32,282 --> 00:52:34,477
I have not felt in many years.

617
00:52:34,585 --> 00:52:37,645
The blood and the sand,
the roar of the crowd,

618
00:52:37,755 --> 00:52:41,589
it lifts spirits more than change
of clime could hope to offer.

619
00:52:41,925 --> 00:52:44,086
No, I will stay at your side,

620
00:52:44,328 --> 00:52:47,320
and together we shall see
the House of Batiatus

621
00:52:47,431 --> 00:52:49,331
rise to former glories.

622
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:51,592
You remain here?

623
00:52:51,702 --> 00:52:55,433
Until breath flees wearied flesh,
calling me to the afterlife.

624
00:54:57,728 --> 00:54:58,717
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