{4736}{4806}- Sir.|- General.
{5040}{5078}Sir.
{5442}{5481}Lean and hungry.
{5556}{5626}- Still nothing?|- Not a sign.
{5628}{5697}- How long has he been gone?|- Nearly two hours.
{5768}{5841}- Will they fight, sir?|- We shall know soon enough.
{5843}{5906}Soldier, I ordered you|to move those catapults forward.
{5908}{5969}- They're out of range.|- Range is good.
{5995}{6077}- The danger to the cavalry...|- Is acceptable. Agreed?
{6321}{6349}They say no.
{6576}{6626}Steady! Steady!
{6965}{7015}People should know|when they're conquered.
{7281}{7342}Would you, Quintus?
{7344}{7375}Would I?
{7774}{7831}- Strength and honor.|- Strength and honor.
{7979}{8049}At my signal,|unleash hell.
{8596}{8633}Load the catapults.
{8659}{8699}Infantry form up for advance.
{8736}{8793}- Archers ready.|- Archers!
{8795}{8839}- Nock!|- Nock!
{9407}{9440}Fratres!
{9442}{9486}Maximus!
{9515}{9613}Three weeks from now,|I will be harvesting my crops.
{9615}{9722}Imagine where you will be,|and it will be so.
{9745}{9825}Hold the line!|Stay with me!
{9827}{9891}If you find yourself alone...
{9893}{9957}riding in green fields|with the sun on your face...
{9995}{10064}do not be troubled.
{10066}{10154}For you are in Elysium,|and you're already dead!
{10209}{10249}Brothers...
{10278}{10346}what we do in life...
{10348}{10395}echoes in eternity.
{10585}{10616}Pull!
{10804}{10873}Pull! Pull!
{10992}{11041}Catapults ready, sir!
{11302}{11358}Archers, ignite!
{11360}{11423}- Ignite!|- Ignite!
{11559}{11625}Archers, draw!
{11691}{11723}Loose!
{11776}{11807}Loose!
{12439}{12487}All right, men, ready!
{12632}{12677}Hold the line!
{12813}{12876}Draw! Loose!
{12878}{12929}Loose! Loose!
{12931}{12966}Reload!
{13087}{13134}Hold the line!
{13136}{13191}Draw! Loose!
{13255}{13297}Stay with me!
{13425}{13479}Stay with me!
{14145}{14215}Roma victor!
{17887}{17935}Roma victor!
{18932}{18979}Do you think|he's really dying?
{19031}{19079}He's been dying|for ten years.
{19113}{19185}If he weren't really dying,|he wouldn't have sent for us.
{19187}{19235}Maybe he just misses us.
{19237}{19303}And the senators?|He wouldn't have summoned them if...
{19305}{19331}Peace, Commodus.
{19333}{19405}After two weeks on the road, your|incessant scheming is hurting my head.
{19590}{19639}He's made his decision.
{19641}{19699}He's going to announce it.
{19775}{19821}He will name me.
{19887}{19955}The first thing I shall do...
{19957}{19991}when...
{20046}{20133}is honor him with games|worthy of His Majesty.
{20135}{20243}For now, the first thing|I shall do is have a hot bath.
{20283}{20325}Your Highness?
{20409}{20453}We seem to be|almost there, sir.
{20615}{20661}- Sire.|- Where's the emperor?
{20663}{20738}He's at the front, sire.|They've been gone for 1 9 days.
{20740}{20806}The wounded are|still coming in.
{20808}{20854}My horse.
{20856}{20903}My lord.
{20965}{20989}Kiss?
{21863}{21947}You have proved your valor|yet again, Maximus.
{22002}{22067}Let us hope|for the last time.
{22069}{22132}There's no one|left to fight, sire.
{22134}{22197}There is always|someone left to fight.
{22199}{22269}How can I reward|Rome's greatest general?
{22392}{22423}Let me go home.
{22463}{22527}Ah. Home.
{22973}{23014}They honor you, Caesar.
{23016}{23090}It's for you, Maximus.|They honor you.
{23634}{23699}Have I missed it?|Have I missed the battle?
{23738}{23784}You have missed the war.
{23786}{23839}Father, congratulations.
{23841}{23895}I shall sacrifice a hundred bulls|to honor your triumph.
{23897}{23945}Save the bulls.
{23947}{23999}Honor Maximus.|He won the battle.
{24021}{24073}- General.|- Highness.
{24098}{24185}Rome salutes you,|and I embrace you as a brother.
{24187}{24233}It has been too long,|my old friend.
{24235}{24285}- Highness.|- Here, Father.
{24287}{24343}Take my arm.
{24371}{24441}I think it is time|for me to leave.
{24794}{24877}So much for|the glory of Rome.
{25375}{25414}Magnificent battle.
{25984}{26031}- General.|- Still alive?
{26033}{26105}- Still alive.|- The gods must have a sense of humor.
{26107}{26171}- The gods must love you.|- Valerius.
{26173}{26234}Back to barracks, General?|Or to Rome?
{26236}{26311}Home. My wife,|the son, the harvest.
{26331}{26411}Maximus the farmer.|I still have difficulty imagining that.
{26413}{26501}You know, dirt cleans off a lot|easier than blood, Quintus.
{26503}{26554}- Here he is.|- Highness.
{26556}{26601}Senator Gaius, Senator Falco.
{26603}{26685}Beware of Gaius. He'll pour|a honeyed potion in your ear...
{26687}{26753}and you'll wake up one day and all|you'll say is, "Republic, republic."
{26755}{26829}Well, why not?|Rome was founded as a republic.
{26831}{26899}Yes, and in a republic|the senate has the power.
{26901}{26959}But Senator Gaius isn't|influenced by that, of course.
{26961}{27025}Where do you stand, General?|Emperor or senate?
{27027}{27080}A soldier has the advantage|of being able...
{27082}{27153}to look his enemy|in the eye, Senator.
{27155}{27251}Well, with an army behind you,|you could be extremely political.
{27253}{27322}I warned you.|Now I shall save you. Senators.
{27557}{27612}Maximus.
{27614}{27673}I'm going to need|good men like you.
{27729}{27792}How may I be of service,|Highness?
{27794}{27863}You're a man who knows|what it is to command.
{27865}{27948}You give your orders, the orders|are obeyed and the battle is won.
{27950}{28060}But these senators scheme and squabble|and flatter and deceive.
{28062}{28146}Maximus, we must save Rome|from the politicians, my friend.
{28148}{28234}Can I count on you|when the time comes?
{28370}{28450}Highness, when your father releases me,|I intend to return home.
{28452}{28551}Home? Well, no one's earned it more.
{28553}{28650}Don't get too comfortable.|I may call on you before long.
{28691}{28766}Lucille's here.|Did you know?
{28768}{28814}She's not forgotten you.
{28842}{28893}And now you're the great man.
{29186}{29254}If only you|had been born a man.
{29279}{29327}What a Caesar|you would have made!
{29375}{29410}Father.
{29551}{29599}You would have been strong.
{29601}{29675}I wonder,|would you have been just?
{29677}{29740}I would have been|what you taught me to be.
{29805}{29848}How was your journey?
{29850}{29950}Long. Uncomfortable.|Why have I come?
{29952}{30013}I need your help.|With your brother.
{30015}{30066}Of course.
{30068}{30114}He loves you.|He always has.
{30143}{30178}And...
{30216}{30299}he will need you now|more than ever.
{30412}{30457}Enough of politics.
{30459}{30547}Let us pretend that|you are a loving daughter...
{30549}{30614}and I am a good father.
{30740}{30826}This is a pleasant fiction,|isn't it?
{31118}{31153}Good morning.
{31470}{31525}I need three more horses.
{31764}{31820}Two! Three!
{31822}{31868}Four!
{31870}{31934}One! Two!
{32310}{32357}You sent for me, Caesar?
{32468}{32566}- Caesar?|- Tell me again, Maximus.
{32568}{32637}Why are we here?
{32639}{32709}For the glory of the empire, sire.
{32711}{32746}Ah, yes.
{32784}{32830}Ah, yes, I remember.
{32904}{32961}Do you see that map, Maximus?
{32963}{33038}That is the world|which I created.
{33063}{33119}For 25 years...
{33121}{33236}I have conquered, spilt blood,|expanded the empire.
{33238}{33332}Since I became Caesar,|I've known four years without war.
{33334}{33389}Four years of peace in 20.
{33391}{33438}And for what?
{33614}{33700}I brought the sword.|Nothing more.
{33731}{33765}Caesar, your life...
{33767}{33841}Please.|Please don't call me that.
{33843}{33909}Come. Please.
{33911}{33964}Come sit.
{33966}{34046}Let us talk together now...
{34048}{34099}very simply... as men.
{34140}{34228}Maximus, talk.
{34317}{34384}Five thousand of my men are|out there in the freezing mud.
{34386}{34444}Three thousand of them|are bloodied and cleaved.
{34446}{34496}Two thousand will never|leave this place.
{34498}{34556}I will not believe that they|fought and died for nothing.
{34558}{34604}And what would you believe?
{34606}{34684}They fought for you and for Rome.
{34686}{34730}And what is Rome?
{34781}{34839}I've seen much|of the rest of the world.
{34841}{34936}It is brutal and cruel and dark.|Rome is the light.
{34938}{34986}Yet you have|never been there.
{34988}{35046}You have not seen|what it has become.
{35048}{35121}I am dying, Maximus.
{35123}{35169}When a man sees his end...
{35171}{35256}he wants to know there was|some purpose to his life.
{35258}{35344}How will the world speak my name|in years to come?
{35346}{35402}Will I be known|as the philosopher?
{35404}{35439}The warrior?
{35441}{35475}The tyrant?
{35517}{35628}Or will I be the emperor who|gave Rome back her true self?
{35654}{35704}There was once a dream|that was Rome.
{35706}{35779}You could only whisper it.
{35781}{35853}Anything more than a whisper|and it would vanish...
{35855}{35907}it was so fragile.
{35909}{35998}And I fear that it will not|survive the winter.
{36034}{36089}Maximus...
{36091}{36161}Let us whisper now...
{36163}{36217}together, you and I.
{36219}{36259}You have a son.
{36285}{36327}Tell me about your home.
{36494}{36611}My house is in the hills|above Trujillo. A very simple place.
{36647}{36718}Pink stones|that warm in the sun.
{36720}{36816}A kitchen garden that|smells of herbs in the day...
{36818}{36864}jasmine in the evening.
{36902}{36974}Through the gate|is a giant poplar.
{36976}{37044}Figs, apples, pears.
{37046}{37129}The soil, Marcus... black.|Black like my wife's hair.
{37163}{37217}Grapes on the south slopes,|olives on the north.
{37219}{37312}Wild ponies play near my house.|They tease my son. He wants to be one.
{37314}{37434}- Remember the last time you were home?|- Two years, 264 days and this morning.
{37470}{37527}I envy you, Maximus.
{37529}{37618}It's a good home.|Worth fighting for.
{37698}{37762}There is one more duty...
{37764}{37843}that I ask of you|before you go home.
{37875}{37929}What would you|have me do, Caesar?
{37931}{38014}I want you to become|the protector of Rome after I die.
{38046}{38118}I will empower you|to one end alone...
{38120}{38222}to give power back|to the people of Rome...
{38224}{38300}and end the corruption|that has crippled it.
{38446}{38528}Will you accept this great honor|that I have offered you?
{38570}{38617}With all my heart, no.
{38674}{38728}Maximus...
{38730}{38800}that is why it must be you.
{38802}{38848}But surely a prefect,|a senator...
{38850}{38918}somebody who knows the city,|who understands her politics.
{38920}{38992}But you have not been|corrupted by her politics.
{39113}{39214}- And Commodus?|- Commodus is not a moral man.
{39216}{39270}You have known that|since you were young.
{39272}{39334}Commodus cannot rule.
{39336}{39390}He must not rule.
{39423}{39488}You are the son|that I should have had.
{39558}{39636}Commodus will accept my decision.
{39682}{39794}He knows that you command|the loyalty of the army.
{39912}{39954}I need some time, sire.
{39956}{39991}Yes.
{39993}{40100}By sunset,|I hope you will have agreed.
{40102}{40163}Now embrace me as my son.
{40238}{40303}And bring an old man|another blanket.
{40688}{40738}- My father favors you now.|- My lady.
{40760}{40851}- It was not always so.|- Many things change.
{40853}{40921}Many things.|Not everything.
{40986}{41034}Maximus, stop.
{41114}{41162}Let me see your face.
{41222}{41282}- You seem upset.|- I lost many men.
{41310}{41385}What did my father|want with you?
{41387}{41463}To wish me well|before I leave for home.
{41465}{41514}You're lying.
{41516}{41600}I could always tell when you were lying|because you were never any good at it.
{41602}{41662}- I never acquired your comfort with it.|- True.
{41664}{41726}But then you never had to.
{41728}{41793}Life is more simple|for a soldier.
{41837}{41890}Or do you think me heartless?
{41916}{41982}I think you have|a talent for survival.
{42125}{42163}Maximus, stop.
{42199}{42269}Is it really so terrible|seeing me again?
{42271}{42360}No. I'm tired from battle.
{42362}{42429}It hurts you to see|my father so fragile.
{42504}{42592}Commodus expects that my father will|announce his succession within days.
{42638}{42720}Will you serve my brother|as you served his father?
{42771}{42823}I will always serve Rome.
{42867}{42913}Do you know...
{42915}{42975}I still remember you|in my prayers.
{43000}{43069}Oh, yes. I pray.
{43179}{43249}I was sad to hear|of your husband's death. I mourned him.
{43303}{43371}- Thank you.|- And I hear you have a son.
{43411}{43477}Yes. Lucius.
{43503}{43549}He'll be nearly|eight years old.
{43551}{43605}My son is also nearly eight.
{43675}{43727}I thank you for your prayers.
{43916}{43977}Ancestors, I ask|for your guidance.
{44010}{44095}Blessed Mother, come to me|with the gods" desire for my future.
{44120}{44211}Blessed Father, watch over|my wife and son with a ready sword.
{44253}{44321}Whisper to them I live|only to hold them again.
{44347}{44404}Ancestors, I honor you...
{44430}{44500}and will try to live with|the dignity you have taught me.
{45057}{45083}Cicero.
{45187}{45209}Sir.
{45310}{45375}You don't find it hard|to do your duty?
{45456}{45534}Sometimes I do|what I want to do.
{45536}{45603}The rest of the time|I do what I have to.
{45670}{45740}We may not be able|to go home after all.
{46450}{46526}Are you ready to do|your duty for Rome?
{46593}{46621}Yes, Father.
{46654}{46700}You will not be emperor.
{46780}{46838}Which wiser, older man|is to take my place?
{46840}{46919}My powers|will pass to Maximus...
{46921}{46975}to hold in trust...
{46977}{47086}until the senate|is ready to rule once more.
{47088}{47203}Rome is to be|a republic again.
{47234}{47285}- Maximus.|- Yes.
{47439}{47489}My decision disappoints you?
{47581}{47631}You wrote to me once...
{47675}{47735}Listing the four chief virtues.
{47769}{47845}Wisdom, justice...
{47847}{47885}fortitude...
{47887}{47927}and temperance.
{47987}{48054}As I read the list,|I knew I had none of them.
{48084}{48146}But I have other virtues, Father.
{48171}{48206}Ambition.
{48235}{48307}That can be a virtue|when it drives us to excel.
{48339}{48419}Resourcefulness.|Courage.
{48421}{48497}Perhaps not on|the battlefield, but...
{48499}{48578}there are many forms of courage.
{48580}{48658}Devotion to my family...
{48660}{48721}and to you.
{48751}{48814}But none of my virtues|were on your list.
{48870}{48940}Even then it was as if|you didn't want me for your son.
{49004}{49069}You go too far.
{49071}{49157}I searched the faces|of the gods...
{49159}{49273}for ways to please you,|to make you proud.
{49275}{49331}One kind word...
{49333}{49389}one full hug...
{49391}{49479}where you pressed me|to your chest and held me tight...
{49509}{49579}would have been like the sun|on my heart for a thousand years.
{49655}{49732}What is it in me|you hate so much?
{49777}{49831}All I've ever wanted...
{49833}{49941}was to live up to you, Caesar.
{49967}{50029}- Father.|- Commodus.
{50133}{50207}Your fault as a son...
{50209}{50287}is my failure as a father.
{50544}{50579}Come.
{50668}{50703}Father.
{51070}{51145}I would butcher|the whole world...
{51147}{51212}if you would only have loved me!
{52102}{52176}Maximus, the emperor needs you.|It's urgent.
{52315}{52416}Lament with me, brother.|Our great father is dead.
{53072}{53111}How did he die?
{53141}{53205}The surgeons say|there was no pain.
{53207}{53257}His breath gave out as he slept.
{53489}{53523}Father.
{53583}{53643}Your emperor asks|for your loyalty, Maximus.
{53682}{53741}Take my hand.
{53786}{53830}I only offer it once.
{54171}{54205}Quintus.
{55405}{55460}Hail, Caesar.
{55462}{55528}I must talk to the senators.|I need their counsel.
{55530}{55591}Wake Gaius and Falco.
{55593}{55647}- Sword.|- Sword.
{55705}{55774}Maximus, please be careful.|That was not prudent.
{55776}{55849}Prudent?|The emperor has been slain.
{55851}{55928}The emperor died|of natural causes.
{55956}{56003}- Why are you armed, Quintus?|- Guards!
{56085}{56139}Please don't fight, Maximus.
{56164}{56237}I'm sorry.|Caesar has spoken.
{56239}{56308}Ride until dawn...
{56310}{56348}and then execute him.
{56350}{56408}Quintus, look at me.|Look at me!
{56410}{56484}Promise me that you will|look after my family.
{56520}{56575}Your family will meet you|in the afterlife.
{57183}{57218}Kneel.
{57298}{57353}Blessed Father,|watch over my wife and son.
{57355}{57417}Whisper to them that I live|only to hold them again.
{57478}{57537}At least give me a clean death.
{57584}{57623}A soldier's death.
{58158}{58225}The frost, sometimes|it makes the blade stick.
{58707}{58733}Praetorian!
{60657}{60782}- Remember the last time you were home?|- Two years, 264 days and this morning.
{60817}{60920}Blessed Father, watch over|my wife and son with a ready sword.
{60922}{61031}Whisper to them I live only to hold them|again, for all else is dust and air.
{61033}{61119}Whisper to them|I live only to hold them again...
{61121}{61193}for all else is dust and air.
{62609}{62661}Papa! Papa!
{66603}{66643}Don't die.
{66793}{66847}You'll meet them again.
{66888}{66918}Not yet.
{67117}{67217}No. They will clean it.|Wait and see.
{68028}{68077}Don't die.
{68079}{68136}They'll feed you to the lions.
{68138}{68185}They are worth more than we are.
{68437}{68472}Better now?
{68501}{68539}Clean. You see?
{69279}{69318}Proximo!
{69320}{69379}My old friend.
{69381}{69461}Every day is a great day|when you are here...
{69463}{69575}but today|is your most fortunate day.
{69630}{69691}Those giraffes you sold me...
{69693}{69732}they won't mate.
{69734}{69801}They just walk around eating...
{69803}{69854}and not mating.
{69856}{69896}You sold me...
{69898}{69935}queer giraffes.
{69937}{70018}- I want my money back.|- Not a chance.
{70089}{70135}I do special price for you.
{70137}{70183}On what?
{70219}{70289}Have you seen my new stock?|Come and see them.
{70623}{70693}Do any of them fight?|I've got a match coming up.
{70695}{70759}Some are good for fighting,|others for dying.
{70761}{70807}You need both, I think.
{70809}{70855}Get up.
{71031}{71093}What's your trade?
{71095}{71126}I was a hunter.
{71147}{71221}I bought him from a salt mine|in Carthage.
{71223}{71254}Sit down.
{71367}{71421}Mark of the legion.
{71423}{71497}- Deserter.|- Maybe so. But who cares?
{71499}{71550}- He's a Spaniard.|- I'll take six.
{71552}{71598}- For one thousand.|- One thousand?
{71600}{71652}The Numidian alone is worth 2,000.
{71654}{71719}These slaves are rotten.
{71721}{71773}It all adds to the flavor.
{71775}{71805}Wait, wait. Wait!
{71807}{71841}I can negotiate.
{71871}{71925}I'll give you 2,000...
{71927}{71975}and four for the beasts.
{71977}{72029}That's 5,000 for an old friend.
{72441}{72511}Come on! How long does it take|to get into my own house?
{72534}{72580}I am Proximo.
{72582}{72652}I shall be closer to you|for the next few days...
{72654}{72714}which will be the last|of your miserable lives...
{72716}{72813}than that bitch of a mother that|brought you screaming into this world.
{72815}{72909}I did not pay good money for you|for your company.
{72931}{73001}I paid it so that I could|profit from your death.
{73040}{73130}And as your mother was there|at your beginning...
{73132}{73211}so I shall be there at your end.
{73239}{73313}And when you die,|and die you shall...
{73338}{73409}your transition|shall be to the sound of...
{73517}{73552}Gladiators...
{73579}{73609}I salute you.
{73708}{73754}- Red.|- Red.
{73842}{73882}Yellow.
{73903}{73942}Yellow.
{74190}{74230}Good.
{74232}{74267}- Red.|- Red.
{74383}{74426}Spaniard.
{75217}{75280}That's enough for the moment!
{75283}{75319}His time will come.
{75400}{75422}Next.
{75739}{75770}Spaniard.
{75789}{75843}Why don't you fight?
{75845}{75884}We all have to fight.
{76229}{76278}Is that the sign of your gods?
{76402}{76446}Will that not anger them?


{124}{174}The gods favor you.
{176}{230}Red is the gods" color.
{260}{318}You will need their help today.
{730}{806}Some of you are thinking|you won't fight...
{833}{879}and some that you can't fight.
{906}{960}They all say that...
{962}{1010}until they're out there.
{1054}{1091}Listen.
{1093}{1166}Kill! Kill! Kill!
{1324}{1398}Thrust this|into another man's flesh.
{1400}{1456}They will applaud|and love you for that.
{1458}{1492}And you...
{1547}{1594}you may begin to love them...
{1617}{1651}for that.
{1749}{1785}Ultimately...
{1810}{1857}we're all dead men.
{1890}{1979}Sadly, we cannot choose how, but...
{1981}{2063}we can decide|how we meet that end...
{2065}{2125}in order|that we are remembered...
{2172}{2208}as men.
{2299}{2379}On the left,|draw your shields!
{2381}{2451}On the right,|draw your swords!
{2453}{2502}Kill! Kill! Kill!
{2533}{2591}Pair them up...|red with yellow.
{2702}{2734}Next!
{2854}{2888}Move it!
{8206}{8272}- Go away!|- You'll never rule us, Commodus!
{8995}{9119}He enters Rome like a conquering hero.|But what has he conquered?
{9121}{9193}Give him time, Gracchus.|He's young.
{9195}{9241}I think he could do very well.
{9243}{9290}For Rome, or for you?
{9436}{9502}Go to your mother, Lucius.|It's what she'd like.
{9661}{9697}Lucius!
{9699}{9734}Mother!
{9775}{9812}Hail, Caesar.
{9814}{9850}Senators.
{9938}{10007}Rome greets her new emperor.
{10009}{10094}Your loyal subjects|bid you welcome, Highness.
{10096}{10141}Thank you, Falco.
{10143}{10240}And for the loyal subjects,|I trust they weren't too expensive.
{10242}{10291}- Caesar.|- Gracchus.
{10293}{10350}All Rome rejoices|in your return, Caesar.
{10352}{10418}There are many matters|that require your attention.
{10502}{10576}To order, please!|To order!
{10578}{10689}For your guidance, Caesar, the senate|has prepared a series of protocols...
{10691}{10769}to begin addressing|the many problems in the city...
{10771}{10876}beginning with basic sanitation|for the Greek quarter...
{10878}{10952}to combat the plague|which is already springing up there.
{10954}{10997}So, if Caesar...
{11060}{11106}Don't you see, Gracchus?
{11139}{11192}That's the very problem,|isn't it?
{11194}{11268}My father spent|all his time at study...
{11310}{11402}at books of learning|and philosophy.
{11404}{11486}He spent his twilight hours|reading scrolls from the senate.
{11518}{11608}And all the while|the people were forgotten.
{11634}{11680}But the senate|is the people, sire...
{11682}{11758}chosen from among the people|to speak for the people.
{11760}{11850}I doubt many of the people|eat so well as you do, Gracchus...
{11876}{11919}or have such|splendid mistresses, Gaius.
{11921}{11991}I think I understand my own people.
{11993}{12084}Then perhaps Caesar will be so good|as to teach us...
{12086}{12143}out of his own extensive experience.
{12236}{12284}I call it love.
{12286}{12331}I am their father.
{12333}{12379}The people are my children.
{12381}{12427}I shall hold them to my bosom|and embrace them tightly.
{12429}{12495}Have you ever embraced someone|dying of plague, sire?
{12666}{12734}No, but if you interrupt me again...
{12759}{12795}I assure you that you shall.
{12797}{12868}Senator,|my brother is very tired.
{12870}{12930}Leave your list with me.
{12932}{12994}Caesar shall do|all that Rome requires.
{12996}{13046}My lady, as always...
{13048}{13116}your lightest touch|commands obedience.
{13284}{13345}Who are they to lecture me?
{13347}{13408}Commodus, the senate has its uses.
{13410}{13485}What uses?|All they do is talk.
{13512}{13558}It should be just...
{13560}{13584}you and me...
{13586}{13615}and Rome.
{13617}{13647}Don't even think it.
{13649}{13708}There's always been a senate.
{13710}{13751}Rome has changed.
{13753}{13812}It takes an emperor|to rule an empire.
{13814}{13880}Of course,|but leave the people their...
{13882}{13917}Illusions?
{13948}{14006}Traditions.
{14008}{14087}My father's war|against the barbarians...
{14089}{14173}He said it himself: it achieved nothing.|But the people loved him.
{14175}{14228}The people always love victories.
{14230}{14272}Why?
{14274}{14331}They didn't see the battles.
{14333}{14379}What do they care about Germania?
{14395}{14441}They care about|the greatness of Rome.
{14443}{14494}The greatness of Rome.
{14546}{14580}Well, what is that?
{14650}{14694}It's an idea...
{14696}{14742}greatness.
{14818}{14858}Greatness is a vision.
{14860}{14919}Exactly. A vision.
{14953}{14999}Do you not see, Lucilla?
{15038}{15143}I will give the people a vision of Rome,|and they will love me for it.
{15145}{15263}And they'll soon forget the tedious|sermonizing of a few dry old men.
{15534}{15616}I will give the people|the greatest vision of their lives.
{16832}{16902}White and red wine|for your drinking pleasure!
{17100}{17138}Games.
{17184}{17258}One hundred and fifty days|of games.
{17260}{17308}He's cleverer than I thought.
{17310}{17340}Clever.
{17342}{17420}The whole of Rome|would be laughing at him...
{17422}{17477}if they weren't so afraid|of his praetorian.
{17479}{17528}Fear and wonder...|a powerful combination.
{17562}{17632}You really think the people|are going to be seduced by that?
{17634}{17692}I think he knows what Rome is.
{17694}{17734}Rome is the mob.
{17736}{17822}Conjure magic for them,|and they'll be distracted.
{17824}{17914}Take away their freedom,|and still they'll roar.
{17916}{17976}The beating heart of Rome...
{17978}{18024}is not the marble of the senate.
{18026}{18084}It's the sand of the Colosseum.
{18124}{18170}He'll bring them death...
{18209}{18280}and they will love him for it.
{18796}{18843}Spaniard.
{20613}{20647}Are you not entertained?
{20666}{20703}Are you not entertained?
{20764}{20822}Is this not why you are here?
{20933}{20968}Spaniard! Spaniard!
{21420}{21466}What do you want?
{21520}{21553}Girl?
{21578}{21618}Boy?
{21620}{21654}You sent for me.
{21656}{21703}Yes, I did.
{21705}{21770}You're good, Spaniard,|but you're not that good.
{21772}{21810}You could be magnificent.
{21812}{21869}I'm required to kill, so I kill.
{21871}{21908}That is enough.
{21910}{21984}That's enough for the provinces,|but not for Rome.
{22070}{22104}The young emperor...
{22106}{22162}has arranged|a series of spectacles...
{22164}{22218}to commemorate his father...
{22220}{22277}Marcus Aurelius.
{22279}{22331}I find that amusing...
{22333}{22381}since it was Marcus Aurelius...
{22383}{22448}the wise,|the all- knowing Marcus Aurelius...
{22450}{22497}that closed us down.
{22565}{22664}So, finally, after five years|of scratching a living...
{22666}{22725}in flea- infested villages...
{22727}{22808}we're finally going back|to where we belong...
{22810}{22856}the Colosseum.
{22907}{22972}Oh, you should see|the Colosseum, Spaniard.
{22998}{23050}Fifty thousand Romans...
{23075}{23170}watching every movement|of your sword...
{23201}{23259}willing you to make|that killer blow.
{23289}{23348}The silence before you strike...
{23350}{23398}and the noise afterwards.
{23400}{23439}It rises.
{23441}{23487}It rises up like...
{23524}{23572}Like a storm...
{23574}{23623}as if you were|the thunder god himself.
{23625}{23671}You were a gladiator?
{23673}{23711}Yes, I was.
{23862}{23915}You won your freedom?
{23917}{23975}A long time ago, the emperor...
{24014}{24063}presented me with a rudis.
{24065}{24135}It's just a wooden sword.
{24174}{24236}The symbol of your freedom.
{24274}{24356}He touched me on the shoulder,|and I was free.
{24385}{24435}You knew Marcus Aurelius?
{24437}{24527}I did not say I knew him. I said|he touched me on the shoulder once.
{24562}{24618}You asked me what I want.
{24646}{24717}I, too, want to stand|in front of the emperor...
{24745}{24779}as you did.
{24781}{24836}Then listen to me.
{24838}{24878}Learn from me.
{24880}{24984}I wasn't the best|because I killed quickly.
{24986}{25070}I was the best|because the crowd loved me.
{25072}{25118}Win the crowd...
{25120}{25166}and you'll win your freedom.
{25258}{25304}I will win the crowd.
{25361}{25437}I will give them something|they've never seen before.
{25466}{25552}So, Spaniard,|we shall go to Rome together...
{25554}{25600}and have bloody adventures...
{25602}{25648}and the great whore|will suckle us...
{25650}{25709}until we are fat and happy|and can suckle no more.
{25711}{25746}And then...
{25775}{25822}when enough men have died...
{25866}{25912}perhaps you will have your freedom.
{26037}{26111}Here. Use this.
{26663}{26716}It's somewhere out there...
{26718}{26765}my country...
{26767}{26810}my home.
{26830}{26900}My wife is preparing food.
{26902}{26985}My daughters carry water|from the river.
{26987}{27046}Will I ever see them again?
{27072}{27119}I think no.
{27121}{27167}Do you believe you'll see them again|when you die?
{27169}{27222}I think so.
{27224}{27272}But then...
{27274}{27313}I will die soon.
{27344}{27418}They will not die for many years.
{27420}{27462}I'll have to wait.
{27464}{27521}But you would wait?
{27523}{27566}Of course.
{27608}{27642}You see...
{27671}{27706}my wife...
{27740}{27788}and my son...
{27790}{27836}are already waiting for me.
{27838}{27898}You'll meet them again.
{27916}{27954}But not yet.
{28045}{28121}Not yet, unless...
{28123}{28158}Not yet.
{28243}{28278}Not yet.
{28574}{28621}There.|There it is.
{29794}{29829}Out.
{29858}{29904}Go! Go! Out!
{30204}{30254}Good to see you again,|old friend.
{30389}{30427}Bring me fortune.
{30540}{30618}Have you ever seen anything|like that before?
{30640}{30710}I didn't know men|could build such things.
{30938}{30984}Win the crowd.
{30986}{31040}Get inside! Move!
{31042}{31076}Inside!
{32250}{32321}He sleeps so well|because he's loved.
{32389}{32459}Come, brother. It's late.
{32515}{32597}I will make Rome|the wonder of the ages.
{32654}{32728}That is what Gracchus and his friends|don't understand.
{32752}{32831}All my desires|are splitting my head to pieces.
{33026}{33063}Drink this tonic.
{33295}{33370}I think the time is almost right.
{33372}{33423}I could announce|the dissolution of the senate...
{33425}{33471}at the celebration|to honor our father.
{33473}{33519}Do you think I should?
{33549}{33595}Are the people ready?
{33636}{33683}I think you need your rest now.
{33836}{33882}Will you stay with me?
{33884}{33931}Still afraid of the dark,|brother?
{34108}{34143}Still.
{34182}{34216}Always.
{34252}{34323}- Stay with me tonight.|- You know I won't.
{34429}{34464}Then kiss me.
{34678}{34712}Sleep, brother.
{35167}{35202}Come on!
{35255}{35290}Take me.
{35405}{35463}All right, that's enough.
{36000}{36074}The emperor wants battles, and I don't|want to sacrifice my best fighters.
{36076}{36165}The crowd wants battles,|so the emperor gives them battles.
{36167}{36254}- And you get the battle of Carthage.|- The massacre of Carthage.
{36302}{36380}Why don't you go down to the prison,|round up all the beggars and thieves?
{36382}{36422}We've done that.
{36424}{36502}If you want to give away the best|gladiators in the whole of the empire...
{36504}{36562}then I want double the rates.
{36564}{36652}You'll get your contract rates,|or you'll get your contract canceled.
{36654}{36689}You don't like it?
{36691}{36773}Then you can crawl back down|that shithole that you came from.
{36862}{36904}Cassius, please!|Cassius!
{37621}{37691}Gladiator, are you the one|they call the Spaniard?
{37693}{37723}Yes.
{37749}{37814}They said you were a giant.
{37816}{37868}They said you could crush|a man's skull with one hand.
{37870}{37924}A man's? No.
{37950}{37993}A boy's.
{38052}{38123}- They have good horses in Spain?|- Some of the best.
{38148}{38196}This is Argento...
{38198}{38244}and this is Scarto.
{38246}{38292}They were my horses.
{38320}{38369}They were taken from me.
{38371}{38460}I like you, Spaniard.|I shall cheer for you.
{38462}{38550}- They let you watch the games?|- My uncle says it makes me strong.
{38552}{38631}- And what does your father say?|- My father is dead.
{38669}{38718}Master Lucius, it is time.
{38749}{38778}I have to go.
{38780}{38818}Your name is Lucius?
{38874}{38940}Lucius Verus, after my father.
{39673}{39715}Lower!
{39838}{39880}Claudius!
{39882}{39927}- Yes?|- More shields!
{40425}{40471}When the emperor enters...
{40473}{40539}raise your weapons, salute him...
{40541}{40587}and then speak together.
{40613}{40644}Face the emperor...
{40646}{40719}and don't turn your back on him.
{40721}{40803}Go, and die with honor.
{42110}{42160}Hail, mighty Caesar!
{42162}{42269}Caesar! Caesar!|Caesar! Caesar!
{42413}{42477}We who are about to die|salute you!
{42540}{42579}On this day...
{42581}{42666}we reach back|to hallowed antiquity...
{42668}{42714}to bring you a re- creation...
{42716}{42808}of the second fall|of mighty Carthage!
{42898}{43020}On the barren plain of Zama...
{43022}{43102}there stood the invincible armies...
{43104}{43158}of the barbarian Hannibal.
{43183}{43256}Ferocious mercenaries|and warriors...
{43258}{43322}from all brute nations...
{43324}{43397}bent on merciless...
{43399}{43449}destruction...
{43451}{43491}conquest.
{43493}{43542}Your emperor...
{43544}{43591}is pleased to give you...
{43593}{43659}the barbarian horde!
{43872}{43919}Anyone here been in the army?
{43921}{43992}Yes.|I served with you at Vindobona.
{44017}{44060}You can help me.
{44085}{44132}Whatever comes out of these gates...
{44161}{44232}we've got a better chance of survival|if we work together.
{44257}{44307}Do you understand?
{44341}{44407}If we stay together, we survive.
{44409}{44467}The emperor is pleased to bring you|the legionnaires...
{44469}{44540}of Scipio Africanus!
{44835}{44858}To the death!
{44950}{44996}Kill! Kill! Kill!
{45113}{45151}Stay close!
{45291}{45336}Come together!
{45379}{45463}Staggered columns!|Staggered columns!
{45749}{45824}- Soon all your men will be slain.|- You don't have a chance.
{46109}{46176}Lock your shields!|Stay as one!
{46196}{46234}Hold!
{46283}{46321}Hold!
{46323}{46354}As one!
{46430}{46471}Well done!
{46748}{46786}Hold!
{46788}{46827}Down low! Down low!
{46971}{47000}Yes!
{47298}{47328}Hagen!
{47905}{47990}This column to the chariot!|This column stay with me!
{48077}{48119}Quickly!
{48121}{48187}- Get out there!|- Hurry!
{49180}{49203}Maximus!
{49501}{49551}Single column!|Single column!
{50645}{50679}We win!
{50802}{50884}My history's a little hazy,|Cassius...
{50886}{50956}but shouldn't the barbarians|lose the battle of Carthage?
{50958}{51004}Yes, sire.
{51039}{51069}Forgive me, sire.
{51071}{51160}No, I rather enjoy surprises.
{51162}{51196}Who is he?
{51198}{51288}They call him the Spaniard, sire.
{51330}{51400}- I think I'll meet him.|- Yes, sire.
{51459}{51505}Hail to the barbarians!
{51867}{51949}Forward! Arms at ready!
{52262}{52293}Drop your weapons.
{52405}{52482}Gladiator,|the emperor has asked for you.
{52484}{52531}I am at the emperor's service.
{53182}{53233}Rise. Rise.
{53460}{53514}Your fame is well deserved,|Spaniard.
{53516}{53588}I don't think there's ever been|a gladiator to match you.
{53590}{53679}As for this young man, he insists you|are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules?
{53714}{53806}Why doesn't the hero reveal himself|and tell us all your real name?
{53855}{53894}You do have a name?
{53920}{53971}My name is Gladiator.
{54041}{54101}How dare you show|your back to me?
{54103}{54138}Slave!
{54163}{54237}You will remove your helmet|and tell me your name.
{54516}{54569}My name is|Maximus Decimus Meridius...
{54571}{54627}commander of|the armies of the north...
{54629}{54695}general of the Felix Legions...
{54697}{54776}Loyal servant to the true emperor,|Marcus Aurelius...
{54808}{54866}father to a murdered son...
{54868}{54930}husband to a murdered wife...
{54932}{55021}and I will have my vengeance,|in this life or the next.
{55203}{55253}Arms!
{55563}{55629}Live! Live! Live! Live!
{56750}{56812}Guards, at rest!
{58022}{58127}Maximus! Maximus!|Maximus! Maximus!
{58767}{58813}Why is he still alive?
{58844}{58894}I don't know.
{58896}{58946}He shouldn't be alive.
{58948}{58982}It vexes me.
{59024}{59070}I'm terribly vexed.
{59333}{59380}I did what I had to do.
{59402}{59502}If Father had had his way,|the empire would have been torn apart.
{59504}{59551}You do see that?
{59694}{59772}What did you feel|when you saw him?
{59824}{59870}I felt nothing.
{59912}{59968}He wounded you deeply, didn't he?
{59998}{60044}No more than I wounded him.
{60154}{60204}They lied to me in Germania.
{60250}{60300}They told me he was dead.
{60348}{60409}If they lie to me,|they don't respect me.
{60411}{60481}If they don't respect me,|how can they ever love me?
{60518}{60564}Then you must|let the legions know...
{60583}{60617}their treachery...
{60619}{60672}will not go unpunished.
{60674}{60708}Poor sister.
{60726}{60784}I wouldn't want to be your enemy.
{60812}{60844}What will you do?
{61159}{61183}This way.


{770}{851}Rich matrons pay well to be pleasure|by the bravest champions.
{853}{926}I knew your brother|would send assassins.
{928}{998}I didn't realize|he would send his best.
{1032}{1064}Maximus, he doesn't know.
{1100}{1170}My family was burnt and crucified|while they were still alive.
{1172}{1243}- I knew nothing...|- Don't lie to me!
{1396}{1447}I wept for them.
{1449}{1543}As you wept for your father?|As you wept for your father?
{1545}{1634}I have been living in a prison of fear|since that day.
{1636}{1718}To be unable to mourn your father|for fear of your brother.
{1749}{1822}To live in terror|every moment of every day...
{1824}{1898}because your son|is heir to the throne.
{1940}{1977}Oh, I have wept.
{2003}{2041}My son...
{2043}{2080}was innocent.
{2097}{2146}So is mine.
{2181}{2252}Must my son die, too,|before you'll trust me?
{2301}{2387}What does it matter|if I trust you or not?
{2389}{2462}The gods have spared you.|Don't you understand?
{2464}{2544}Today I saw a slave become more powerful|than the emperor of Rome.
{2546}{2596}The gods have spared me?
{2598}{2679}I am at their mercy,|with the power only to amuse the mob.
{2681}{2728}That is power.
{2730}{2826}The mob is Rome, and while Commodus|controls them, he controls everything.
{2856}{2904}Listen to me.
{2906}{2982}My brother has enemies,|most of all in the senate.
{2984}{3034}But while the people follow him...
{3036}{3119}no one would dare stand up to him|until you.
{3121}{3190}They oppose him,|yet they do nothing.
{3192}{3282}There are some politicians|who have dedicated their lives to Rome.
{3284}{3350}One man above all.
{3352}{3429}If I can arrange it,|will you meet him?
{3431}{3483}Do you not understand?
{3485}{3539}I may die in this cell tonight,|or in the arena tomorrow.
{3541}{3585}I am a slave!
{3587}{3647}What possible difference can I make?
{3649}{3711}This man wants what you want.
{3713}{3785}Then have him kill Commodus!
{3828}{3894}I knew a man once...
{3896}{3978}a noble man,|a man of principle...
{3980}{4043}who loved my father...
{4045}{4114}and my father loved him.
{4141}{4200}This man served Rome well.
{4294}{4358}That man is gone.
{4360}{4406}Your brother did his work well.
{4408}{4455}Let me help you.
{4596}{4646}Yes...
{4648}{4694}you can help me.
{4752}{4800}Forget you ever knew me...
{4802}{4856}and never come here again.
{4929}{5004}Guard!|The lady is finished with me.
{5682}{5719}Maximus.
{5721}{5809}You commanded legions?|You had many victories?
{5852}{5882}In Germania?
{5924}{5987}In many countries.
{6009}{6044}General!
{7213}{7260}You have a great name.
{7297}{7375}He must kill your name|before he kills you.
{7584}{7616}Yes, at the far end.
{7618}{7679}- Senator Gaius.|- Hello.
{7681}{7728}Senator Gracchus.
{7764}{7838}Don't often see you enjoying|the pleasures of the vulgar crowd.
{7840}{7910}I don't pretend to be|a man of the people, Senator...
{7912}{7986}but I do try to be|a man for the people.
{8345}{8457}Caesar! Caesar!|Caesar! Caesar!
{8608}{8656}People of Rome!
{8701}{8770}On the fourth day of Antioch...
{8772}{8869}we can celebrate|the 64th day of the games.
{8896}{9014}And in his majestic charity...
{9016}{9129}the emperor has deigned this day|to favor the people of Rome...
{9131}{9230}with an historical final match.
{9232}{9348}Returning to the Colosseum today,|after five years in retirement...
{9373}{9459}Caesar is pleased to bring you...
{9461}{9546}the only undefeated champion...
{9548}{9602}in Roman history...
{9604}{9693}the legendary Tigris...
{9695}{9733}of Gaul!
{10236}{10323}He knows too well|how to manipulate the mob.
{10325}{10390}Marcus Aurelius had a dream|that was Rome.
{10392}{10450}This is not it.|This is not it!
{10452}{10516}Marcus Aurelius is dead, Maximus.
{10540}{10594}We mortals|are but shadows and dust.
{10617}{10677}Shadows and dust, Maximus!
{10679}{10759}Representing the training lyceum|of Antonius Proximo...
{10761}{10852}Caesar is proud to give you...
{10854}{10958}Aelius Maximus!
{11253}{11310}They embrace him|like he's one of their own.
{11312}{11401}The mob is fickle, brother.|He'll be forgotten in a month.
{11472}{11556}No, much sooner than that.
{11586}{11624}It's been arranged.
{12070}{12138}We who are about to die|salute you.
{12225}{12285}We're with you, Maximus!
{14012}{14052}Pull! Pull! Pull!
{14824}{14862}Loose! Loose!
{15540}{15585}- Gut him!|- Kill! Kill!
{15587}{15672}Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
{16175}{16215}Kill! Kill!
{17147}{17197}Maximus the Merciful!
{17716}{17800}Forward, guards!|On battery!
{18523}{18605}What am I going to do with you?
{18607}{18669}You simply won't...
{18671}{18705}die.
{18802}{18860}Are we so different, you and I?
{18888}{18937}You take life when you have to...
{18939}{18986}as I do.
{18988}{19085}I have only one more life to take.|Then it is done.
{19087}{19142}Then take it now.
{19446}{19508}They tell me your son...
{19510}{19566}squealed like a girl...
{19568}{19638}when they nailed him to the cross...
{19661}{19696}and your wife...
{19728}{19792}moaned like a whore...
{19794}{19850}when they ravaged her...
{19852}{19910}again and again...
{19944}{19978}and again.
{20104}{20187}The time for honoring yourself|will soon be at an end...
{20305}{20340}Highness.
{20984}{21018}General!
{21044}{21069}General!
{21184}{21244}- General!|- Cicero!
{21421}{21466}- Where are you camped?|- Ostia.
{21627}{21694}- We love you, Maximus!|- Praise the victor!
{21696}{21761}Tell the men their general lives.|Find me.
{21763}{21793}- Move along!|- Find me!
{22416}{22463}Can they hear you?
{22562}{22593}Who?
{22595}{22653}Your family, in the afterlife.
{22703}{22761}- Oh, yes.|- What do you say to them?
{22850}{22884}To my boy...
{22932}{22993}I tell him|I will see him again soon...
{22995}{23077}and to keep his heels down|when he is riding his horse.
{23112}{23147}To my wife...
{23208}{23262}that is not your business.
{23440}{23505}And now they love Maximus|for his mercy.
{23544}{23627}So I can't just kill him,|or it makes me even more unmerciful.
{23663}{23790}The whole thing|is like some great nightmare.
{23792}{23838}He is defying you.
{23840}{23927}His every victory|is an act of defiance.
{23929}{24027}The mob sees this,|and so do the senate.
{24029}{24130}Every day he lives,|they grow bolder.
{24132}{24192}- Kill him.|- No.
{24225}{24284}I will not make a martyr of him.
{24421}{24473}I have been told...
{24475}{24521}of a certain sea snake...
{24523}{24627}which has a very unusual method|of attracting its prey.
{24629}{24741}It will lie at the bottom of the ocean|as if wounded.
{24743}{24793}Then its enemies will approach...
{24795}{24869}and yet it will lie quite still.
{24871}{24971}Then its enemies|will take little bites of it...
{24973}{25067}and yet it remains still.
{25131}{25186}So...
{25188}{25249}we will lie still...
{25251}{25338}and let our enemies come to us|and nibble.
{25359}{25421}Have every senator followed.
{25831}{25915}Cicero, my old friend. I thought|perhaps I'd seen you for the last time.
{25917}{25972}- I thought you were dead.|- Close.
{25997}{26062}- How long have the men been in Ostia?|- All winter.
{26064}{26158}- And how do they look?|- Fat and bored.
{26160}{26242}- Who's in command?|- Some fool from Rome.
{26272}{26318}How soon could they be|ready to fight?
{26320}{26363}For you, tomorrow.
{26400}{26466}I need you to do something for me.
{26567}{26679}Come see. If you haven't been|in the arena, you can see the show here.
{26681}{26770}Giant Maximus is defeating|our emperor Commodus.
{26772}{26862}What are we to do?|He's defying everyone.
{26900}{26929}My goodness!
{26992}{27054}- He got him! He's defeated!|- Give way! Give way!
{27207}{27277}My lady?|I served your father at Vindobona.
{27279}{27320}- Back.|- My lady.
{27322}{27374}I served your father at Vindobona.
{27376}{27405}Back!
{27407}{27466}And I served General Maximus.|I serve him still.
{27507}{27529}Stop.
{27548}{27576}Stop.
{27619}{27656}Stand back.
{27681}{27747}The general sends word|he will meet your politician.
{27799}{27834}For your loyalty, soldier.
{27836}{27876}Thank you, my lady.
{28113}{28148}Leave us.
{28282}{28328}Senator Gracchus.
{28651}{28677}General.
{28709}{28774}I hope my coming here today|is evidence enough...
{28776}{28855}that you can trust me.
{28956}{29004}- The senate is with you?|- The senate?
{29053}{29131}Yes. I can speak for them.
{29133}{29199}You can buy my freedom|and smuggle me out of Rome?
{29224}{29288}To what end?
{29290}{29354}Get me outside the city walls.
{29356}{29408}Have fresh horses ready|to take me to Ostia.
{29410}{29461}My army is encamped there.
{29463}{29542}By nightfall of the second day,|I shall return at the head of 5,000 men.
{29544}{29594}But the legions all have|new commanders...
{29596}{29632}Loyal to Commodus.
{29634}{29709}Let my men see me alive and you|shall see where their loyalties lie.
{29711}{29762}This is madness.
{29764}{29846}No Roman army has entered the capital|in a hundred years.
{29848}{29893}I will not trade|one dictatorship for another!
{29895}{29998}The time for half measures|and talk is over, Senator.
{30000}{30075}And after your glorious coup,|what then?
{30100}{30182}You'll take your 5,000 warriors|and leave?
{30184}{30238}I will leave.
{30240}{30288}The soldiers will stay|for your protection...
{30290}{30330}under the command of the senate.
{30332}{30368}So...
{30370}{30472}once all of Rome is yours,|you'll just give it back to the people?
{30504}{30535}Tell me why.
{30674}{30732}Because that was the last wish|of a dying man.
{30824}{30870}I will kill Commodus.
{30914}{30996}The fate of Rome|I leave to you.
{31032}{31088}Marcus Aurelius trusted you.
{31128}{31180}His daughter trusts you.
{31273}{31321}I will trust you.
{31323}{31384}But we have little time.
{31386}{31437}Give me two days...
{31439}{31514}and I will buy your freedom.
{31516}{31551}And you...
{31586}{31651}you stay alive...
{31653}{31700}or I'll be dead.
{31739}{31787}Now we must go.
{31906}{31944}It won't work.
{31970}{32045}The emperor knows too much.
{32047}{32093}And as for me...
{32120}{32167}it's becoming dangerous.
{32197}{32256}You'll be paid on my return.
{32300}{32351}I give you my word.
{32353}{32418}Your word?|What if you don't return?
{32454}{32526}Do you remember what it was|to have trust, Proximo?
{32528}{32565}Trust?
{32658}{32694}Who am I to trust?
{32717}{32786}- I will kill Commodus.|- Why would I want that?
{32810}{32856}He makes me rich.
{32919}{32972}Oh, I...
{32974}{33040}I know that you are|a man of your word, General.
{33084}{33149}I know that|you would die for honor.
{33184}{33251}You would die for Rome.
{33253}{33306}You would die for|the memory of your ancestors.
{33328}{33375}But I, on the other hand...
{33448}{33494}I'm an entertainer.
{33574}{33608}Guard!
{33720}{33770}He killed the man|who set you free.
{33992}{34039}Praetorians, master.
{34194}{34228}Halt!
{34477}{34529}Where have you been?
{34531}{34577}I sent for you.
{34606}{34640}Please, brother.
{34780}{34809}What's troubling you?
{34884}{34948}Does Gracchus have a new lover?
{34986}{35032}I don't know.
{35074}{35110}I thought you'd seen him.
{35142}{35210}He infects everyone|like a putrid fever.
{35246}{35295}For the health of Rome,|the senate must be bled.
{35331}{35377}And he will bleed too.
{35404}{35444}Very soon.
{35474}{35525}But not tonight.
{35869}{35917}Do you remember|what our father said once?
{35974}{36017}"It's a dream...
{36057}{36122}a frightful dream...
{36165}{36196}Life is."
{36263}{36317}Do you think that's true?
{36319}{36380}I don't know.
{36450}{36496}I think it is.
{36556}{36624}And I have only you|to share it with.
{37524}{37570}Open your mouth.
{38452}{38498}You know I love you.
{38546}{38592}And I love you.
{39465}{39517}Out. Get out!
{39544}{39576}Move!
{39672}{39722}Congratulations, General.
{39724}{39804}You've got very persuasive friends.
{39936}{39997}My brother's had Gracchus arrested.
{39999}{40083}We can't wait any longer.|We must leave tonight.
{40085}{40156}Proximo will come at midnight|and take you to the gate.
{40186}{40255}Your servant, Cicero,|will be waiting there with horses.
{40318}{40364}You have done all this?
{40366}{40404}Yes.
{40406}{40438}You risk too much.
{40470}{40524}I have much to pay for.
{40572}{40618}You have nothing to pay for.
{40620}{40706}You love your son.|You're strong for him.
{40778}{40846}I am tired of being strong.
{40885}{40986}My brother hates all the world,|and you most of all.
{40988}{41080}- Because your father chose me.|- No.
{41104}{41160}Because my father loved you.
{41252}{41322}And because I loved you.
{41372}{41418}A long time ago.
{41527}{41573}Was I very different then?
{41732}{41778}You laughed more.
{41874}{41932}I have felt alone all my life...
{41960}{41990}except with you.
{42078}{42124}I must go.
{42126}{42164}Yes.
{42825}{42878}There. There.
{43141}{43176}And I got you.
{43252}{43300}Isn't it late|to be playing Legionnaire?
{43302}{43356}I'm not a Legionnaire.
{43358}{43411}- Not a Legionnaire?|- I'm a gladiator.
{43449}{43500}A gladiator?
{43502}{43568}Gladiators only fight|in the games.
{43570}{43647}Wouldn't you rather be a great|Roman warrior like Julius Caesar?
{43649}{43716}I'm Maximus,|the savior of Rome!
{43787}{43819}The savior of Rome?
{44019}{44065}And who said that?
{44267}{44293}Where's Lucius?
{44340}{44376}He's with the emperor.
{44468}{44512}- She couldn't.|- Yes, she did.
{44514}{44566}She took it from a basket...
{44597}{44678}and pressed it to her breast,|right here above her heart.
{44726}{44782}It bit her in the breast?
{44784}{44819}Yes.
{44821}{44906}You see, Lucius,|sometimes royal ladies...
{44930}{45020}behave very strangely and do|very odd things in the name of love.
{45022}{45068}I think it's silly.
{45070}{45104}So do I.
{45134}{45180}So do I.
{45182}{45230}Sister, join us.
{45232}{45286}I've been reading to dear Lucius.
{45288}{45351}- I've been reading too.|- Yes.
{45353}{45436}He's a very clever little boy.|He'll make a grand emperor one day.
{45477}{45568}We've been reading about the great|Mark Antony and his adventures in Egypt.
{45570}{45618}And the queen killed herself|with a snake.
{45620}{45698}And just wait until you hear|what happened to our ancestors.
{45722}{45824}If you're very good, tomorrow night I'll|tell you the story of Emperor Claudius.
{45860}{45926}He was betrayed...
{45928}{45984}by those closest to him...
{46021}{46060}by his own blood.
{46097}{46158}They whispered in dark corners...
{46160}{46206}and went out late at night...
{46208}{46270}and conspired...
{46272}{46308}and conspired.
{46361}{46429}But the Emperor Claudius knew|that they were up to something.
{46457}{46515}He knew they were|busy little bees.
{46562}{46652}And one night he sat down|with one of them...
{46654}{46722}and he looked at her...
{46724}{46764}and he said...
{46790}{46862}"Tell me what you've been doing...
{46864}{46920}busy little bee...
{46964}{47041}or I shall strike down|those dearest to you.
{47068}{47140}You shall watch|as I bathe in their blood."
{47220}{47280}And the emperor was heartbroken.
{47332}{47390}The little bee|had wounded him more deeply...
{47392}{47468}than anyone else|could ever have done.
{47506}{47564}What do you think|happened then, Lucius?
{47597}{47644}I don't know, Uncle.
{47790}{47844}The little bee|told him everything.
{48796}{48882}Open, in the name of the emperor!
{48884}{48934}Proximo!
{48936}{49016}Open the gates,|in the name of the emperor!
{49116}{49151}Open the gates!
{49291}{49355}Open the gates, Proximo.
{49357}{49398}Do you want to die, old man?
{49433}{49458}Here.
{49482}{49532}Everything is prepared.
{49534}{49594}It seems|you have won your freedom.
{49636}{49683}Are you in danger|of becoming a good man?
{49804}{49896}- Juba.|- All enemies of the emperor die!
{49914}{49966}Open the gates!
{50092}{50139}Pull!
{50192}{50264}Move!|Form a column on the left!
{50340}{50407}I only need moments, so do not|be careless with your lives.
{50432}{50490}If you don't want any part of this,|go back to your cells.
{50492}{50538}We'll wait here for you, Maximus.
{50540}{50609}- Strength and honor.|- Go.
{50637}{50673}Strength and honor.
{50736}{50820}Aim. Arch your bows!
{52424}{52455}Shadows and dust.
{53616}{53642}I'm sorry.
{54282}{54327}It's done.
{54486}{54546}And what of my nephew?
{54548}{54596}And what of his mother?
{54654}{54720}Should they share|her lover's fate?
{54756}{54808}Or should I be merciful?
{54868}{54914}Commodus the Merciful.
{55072}{55128}Lucius will stay with me now.
{55154}{55200}And if his mother...
{55230}{55284}so much as looks at me...
{55313}{55370}in a manner that displeases me...
{55414}{55460}he will die.
{55534}{55588}If she decides...
{55590}{55652}to be noble...
{55654}{55704}and takes her own life...
{55741}{55788}he will die.
{55862}{55902}And as for you...
{55970}{56034}you will love me...
{56036}{56086}as I loved you.
{56114}{56174}You will provide me with an heir...
{56176}{56226}of pure blood...
{56228}{56298}so that Commodus and his progeny...
{56300}{56360}will rule for a thousand years.
{56464}{56522}Am I not merciful?
{57032}{57090}Am I not merciful?
{58638}{58684}They call for you.
{58726}{58766}The general...
{58768}{58819}who became a slave.
{58838}{58896}The slave|who became a gladiator.
{58928}{58996}The gladiator|who defied an emperor.
{59040}{59083}A striking story.
{59110}{59180}Now the people want to know|how the story ends.
{59245}{59293}Only a famous death will do.
{59341}{59425}And what could be more glorious...
{59427}{59497}than to challenge the emperor himself|in the great arena?
{59557}{59605}You would fight me?
{59607}{59633}Why not?
{59659}{59699}Do you think I'm afraid?
{59729}{59794}I think you have been afraid|all your life.
{59796}{59896}Unlike Maximus the Invincible,|who knows no fear?
{60029}{60094}I knew a man who once said,|"Death smiles at us all.
{60132}{60209}All a man can do is smile back."
{60234}{60279}I wonder.
{60281}{60359}Did your friend smile|at his own death?
{60361}{60407}You must know.
{60462}{60495}He was your father.
{60599}{60653}You loved my father, I know...
{60691}{60738}but so did I.
{60770}{60817}That makes us brothers,|doesn't it?
{60892}{60940}Smile for me now, brother.
{61076}{61140}Strap on his armor.|Conceal the wound.
{62451}{62511}Ring formation!
{65191}{65246}Quintus, sword.
{65248}{65316}Give me your sword.
{65375}{65425}Sword! Give me a sword!
{65459}{65494}Sheathe your swords.
{69068}{69101}Free my men.
{69138}{69198}Senator Gracchus|is to be reinstated.
{69225}{69272}There was a dream|that was Rome.
{69301}{69364}It shall be realized.
{69366}{69427}These are the wishes|of Marcus Aurelius.
{69444}{69500}Free the prisoners. Go!
{70167}{70198}Lucius is safe.
{70593}{70643}Go to them.
{71821}{71857}You're home.
{72479}{72549}Is Rome worth|one good man's life?
{72647}{72694}We believed it once.
{72766}{72801}Make us believe it again.
{72905}{72959}He was a soldier of Rome.
{73045}{73091}Honor him.
{73093}{73151}Who will help me carry him?
{74211}{74252}Now we are free.
{74407}{74459}I will see you again.
{74524}{74581}But not yet.
{74583}{74618}Not yet.
