1 00:00:01,131 --> 00:00:02,785 -Are you insane? -[screams] 2 00:00:02,915 --> 00:00:04,656 Smashing every household shrine! 3 00:00:04,787 --> 00:00:06,832 Have you forgotten we're completely dependent 4 00:00:06,963 --> 00:00:08,269 on his charity? 5 00:00:08,399 --> 00:00:09,705 He's taken a risk sheltering us. 6 00:00:09,835 --> 00:00:11,359 Do you understand that? 7 00:00:11,489 --> 00:00:12,664 I've come back for my birth. 8 00:00:12,795 --> 00:00:14,710 But for that, I need a new husband. 9 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:16,668 Someone with money and influence. 10 00:00:16,799 --> 00:00:19,280 -[kissing] -Livia? 11 00:00:19,410 --> 00:00:21,673 -You're all grown up. -So are you. 12 00:00:21,804 --> 00:00:23,936 Get the chains off! 13 00:00:24,067 --> 00:00:26,722 Years of war, Gaius, struggle, and luck. 14 00:00:26,852 --> 00:00:28,637 ...brought you here. 15 00:00:28,767 --> 00:00:30,334 I'd be very sorry to see you throw it all away. 16 00:00:30,465 --> 00:00:31,944 Do you think he's a better bet than me? 17 00:00:32,075 --> 00:00:33,685 How long do you think he'll last 18 00:00:33,816 --> 00:00:35,557 sharing power with Marcus Antonius? 19 00:00:35,687 --> 00:00:38,081 -I'll never be your mistress. -Then state your terms. 20 00:00:38,212 --> 00:00:40,649 -I want my inheritance back. -In return, what do I get? 21 00:00:40,779 --> 00:00:43,391 You get to divorce Scribonia and marry Livia Drusilla 22 00:00:43,521 --> 00:00:44,566 of the Claudii. 23 00:01:17,860 --> 00:01:20,776 [laughing] 24 00:01:20,906 --> 00:01:23,474 [Scribonia] Good and beautiful Proserpina, 25 00:01:23,605 --> 00:01:25,650 queen of the dead and wife of Pluto, 26 00:01:25,781 --> 00:01:27,261 lord of the underworld. 27 00:01:27,391 --> 00:01:29,393 It's me, Scribonia, 28 00:01:29,524 --> 00:01:32,353 daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo. 29 00:01:32,483 --> 00:01:34,442 Today I ask you to make burning pains 30 00:01:34,572 --> 00:01:36,357 in the womb of Livia Drusilla. 31 00:01:36,487 --> 00:01:38,750 Let the baby of Gaius Julius 32 00:01:38,881 --> 00:01:42,276 in the womb of Livia Drusilla die in writhing agony. 33 00:01:45,670 --> 00:01:48,891 Let the baby of Livia Drusilla and Gaius Julius 34 00:01:49,021 --> 00:01:50,762 slither out onto the floor, 35 00:01:50,893 --> 00:01:54,592 stinking and dead like those before it. 36 00:01:54,723 --> 00:01:57,552 Then let blood pour from the vagina of Livia Drusilla 37 00:01:57,682 --> 00:02:00,250 until she dies in grief and despair. 38 00:02:04,820 --> 00:02:09,825 Take mother and child into your underworld, kind Proserpina, 39 00:02:09,955 --> 00:02:12,262 and let them rot there in darkness 40 00:02:12,393 --> 00:02:14,177 for the rest of time. 41 00:02:15,918 --> 00:02:17,920 Do this for me, generous Proserpina, 42 00:02:18,050 --> 00:02:19,791 before the Ides of January, 43 00:02:19,922 --> 00:02:21,967 and in return I will give you red wine, dates, 44 00:02:22,098 --> 00:02:24,405 and a litter of pink piglets. 45 00:02:30,628 --> 00:02:35,807 The Saturnalia is an ancient, religious festival, 46 00:02:35,938 --> 00:02:38,375 not an excuse to get blind drunk. 47 00:02:38,506 --> 00:02:41,161 A day of freedom is a privilege, 48 00:02:41,291 --> 00:02:44,599 so this year anyone coming back after dark 49 00:02:44,729 --> 00:02:48,472 or soiling the floor will be dealing with me. 50 00:02:48,603 --> 00:02:51,345 The ladies Octavia and Scribonia are invited today, 51 00:02:51,475 --> 00:02:53,129 so those responsible 52 00:02:53,260 --> 00:02:55,392 will make sure the dinner is left out ready in the kitchen 53 00:02:55,523 --> 00:02:56,567 and the table is set. 54 00:02:56,698 --> 00:02:58,308 Thank you. 55 00:03:01,746 --> 00:03:02,704 Hey. 56 00:03:03,922 --> 00:03:05,489 Lord, forgive me, but... 57 00:03:06,795 --> 00:03:08,188 you've got visitors. 58 00:03:09,754 --> 00:03:10,755 It's a holiday. 59 00:03:12,104 --> 00:03:14,368 Senators. 60 00:03:14,498 --> 00:03:16,761 Corvinus and Crassus. 61 00:03:16,892 --> 00:03:18,198 Murena, too. 62 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:20,896 The rest I don't know. 63 00:03:22,985 --> 00:03:25,596 We knew someone would come sooner or later. 64 00:03:29,034 --> 00:03:32,647 Didn't think Crassus would be one of them. 65 00:03:32,777 --> 00:03:34,257 Your enemies are coming out in the open. 66 00:03:35,693 --> 00:03:37,478 It's better that way. 67 00:03:41,786 --> 00:03:44,006 They haven't come to kill you, not here. 68 00:03:44,136 --> 00:03:46,487 Not now. 69 00:03:46,617 --> 00:03:48,793 Those two are smarter than that. 70 00:03:51,579 --> 00:03:53,494 That's what Caesar thought. 71 00:04:03,765 --> 00:04:05,462 Crassus. 72 00:04:05,593 --> 00:04:07,856 Murena. Corvinus. 73 00:04:07,986 --> 00:04:09,771 [laughs] Welcome. 74 00:04:13,209 --> 00:04:15,559 [indistinct greetings] 75 00:04:16,865 --> 00:04:18,693 [Gaius] Welcome. 76 00:04:18,823 --> 00:04:21,086 [Crassus] How's Livia? Will she be joining us? 77 00:04:21,217 --> 00:04:23,524 [Gaius] You're referring to the malicious rumor 78 00:04:23,654 --> 00:04:26,309 that my wife has opinions on politics. 79 00:04:27,963 --> 00:04:29,573 And that I actually listen to them. 80 00:04:29,704 --> 00:04:32,881 [laughing] 81 00:04:33,011 --> 00:04:35,927 Forgive this intrusion on a public holiday, 82 00:04:36,058 --> 00:04:38,016 but we wanted to talk unofficially 83 00:04:38,147 --> 00:04:40,062 before the Senate reconvenes in the new year. 84 00:04:40,192 --> 00:04:42,325 On behalf of the Senate as a whole, 85 00:04:42,456 --> 00:04:46,895 we were hoping to get some sense of your views on the future. 86 00:04:47,025 --> 00:04:50,725 -The future? -How you see things evolving. 87 00:04:50,855 --> 00:04:51,900 Or not. 88 00:04:52,030 --> 00:04:53,684 Huh. 89 00:04:56,383 --> 00:04:59,821 We've all lived through turbulent times. 90 00:04:59,951 --> 00:05:01,649 Since the killing of Caesar, 91 00:05:01,779 --> 00:05:05,348 an entire generation has known nothing but civil war. 92 00:05:05,479 --> 00:05:09,483 But now the wars are over and have been for a while. 93 00:05:09,613 --> 00:05:12,312 Yes, how time flies. 94 00:05:13,965 --> 00:05:16,794 Amazing to think it's been 15 years 95 00:05:16,925 --> 00:05:20,232 since you, Marcus Antonius, and Lepidus were granted 96 00:05:20,363 --> 00:05:23,975 complete and absolute powers over everything. 97 00:05:24,106 --> 00:05:26,195 By the Senate itself. 98 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:29,981 For a certain fixed term which lapsed some time ago. 99 00:05:30,112 --> 00:05:32,114 Well, special measures were necessary. 100 00:05:32,244 --> 00:05:34,203 [Crassus] And now Marcus Antonius is dead, 101 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:36,640 and Lepidus may as well be. 102 00:05:36,771 --> 00:05:40,035 So, suddenly... there's just you. 103 00:05:40,165 --> 00:05:44,692 All of which the Senate has been wondering leaves us where? 104 00:05:44,822 --> 00:05:46,563 Legally. 105 00:05:46,694 --> 00:05:47,782 Constitutionally. 106 00:05:47,912 --> 00:05:49,305 Practically. 107 00:05:49,436 --> 00:05:51,481 Now that the peace has been restored 108 00:05:51,612 --> 00:05:53,875 and your work is, well... 109 00:05:57,269 --> 00:05:58,488 done. 110 00:06:08,106 --> 00:06:10,021 You were right. 111 00:06:10,152 --> 00:06:14,025 The Senate just told me to step down or else. 112 00:06:14,156 --> 00:06:16,158 Caesar chose "or else," and look what happened to him. 113 00:06:16,288 --> 00:06:18,508 I'm not fucking stepping anywhere. 114 00:06:22,773 --> 00:06:24,819 All right. 115 00:06:24,949 --> 00:06:27,648 But we can't make the same mistake. 116 00:06:27,778 --> 00:06:30,085 ♪♪ 117 00:07:24,356 --> 00:07:26,968 Father... 118 00:07:27,098 --> 00:07:30,841 this is the cheese you like from our old farm in Caperna, 119 00:07:30,972 --> 00:07:32,887 which did very well last year. 120 00:07:37,282 --> 00:07:39,154 Gaius won't give back power. 121 00:07:39,284 --> 00:07:42,113 Like Caesar, he's defying the Senate. 122 00:07:42,244 --> 00:07:43,724 Anything could happen. 123 00:07:45,943 --> 00:07:47,728 Gaius has been a good husband 124 00:07:47,858 --> 00:07:50,208 and a father to Tiberius and Drusus. 125 00:07:50,339 --> 00:07:52,472 You know I've come to love him. 126 00:07:59,304 --> 00:08:01,481 I don't want him to die like Caesar. 127 00:08:04,092 --> 00:08:07,051 Maybe there's still a way to restore the Republic. 128 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,842 [exhales sharply] 129 00:08:14,972 --> 00:08:16,931 Help me find it. 130 00:08:19,281 --> 00:08:22,240 [Drusus] You ready? 131 00:08:22,371 --> 00:08:23,677 [Tiberius] Come on, Romulus. Come on. 132 00:08:23,807 --> 00:08:25,330 [Drusus] Tiberius... 133 00:08:25,461 --> 00:08:27,158 -you'll lose again. -[Tiberius] Come on. 134 00:08:27,289 --> 00:08:28,899 [Drusus] Oh, yes. Let's keep going, Remus! 135 00:08:29,030 --> 00:08:30,292 All the way, all the way, all the way. 136 00:08:30,422 --> 00:08:31,859 [Tiberius] Romulus is catching up. 137 00:08:31,989 --> 00:08:33,513 [Drusus] That's cheating! 138 00:08:33,643 --> 00:08:35,253 [Tiberius] Hey, you put him ahead at the start. 139 00:08:38,648 --> 00:08:40,694 [Maecenas] Tell me who else knows about this. 140 00:08:40,824 --> 00:08:42,304 Maecenas. 141 00:08:42,434 --> 00:08:44,001 Ah! 142 00:08:48,310 --> 00:08:50,573 Agrippa. 143 00:08:50,704 --> 00:08:53,489 I was just saying, we should tell Crassus to fuck off. 144 00:08:53,620 --> 00:08:55,360 I know. I heard you from the garden. 145 00:08:55,491 --> 00:08:58,276 And I was just saying they are forcing him to choose. 146 00:08:58,407 --> 00:09:00,235 Either step down 147 00:09:00,365 --> 00:09:01,889 and formally hand everything back to the Senate, 148 00:09:02,019 --> 00:09:05,327 which is effectively restoring the Republic, 149 00:09:05,457 --> 00:09:10,027 or... tell the Senate to go formally fuck themselves, 150 00:09:10,158 --> 00:09:13,117 which would be admitting you're now a dictator. 151 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:16,904 Why can't we just ignore them? 152 00:09:17,034 --> 00:09:19,167 Because they're right. 153 00:09:19,297 --> 00:09:22,736 My position is illegal and unconstitutional. 154 00:09:23,824 --> 00:09:25,260 So... fine. 155 00:09:27,305 --> 00:09:28,480 You'd make a great dictator. 156 00:09:28,611 --> 00:09:30,831 [Maecenas] That was never the idea. 157 00:09:30,961 --> 00:09:33,137 Was it? 158 00:09:33,268 --> 00:09:35,139 [Agrippa] Well, the minute we step down, we'll be vulnerable. 159 00:09:35,270 --> 00:09:36,837 We've made a lot of enemies. 160 00:09:36,967 --> 00:09:38,839 We'll make a lot more if you don't. 161 00:09:38,969 --> 00:09:40,884 Caesar was stabbed 23 times outside the Senate. 162 00:09:41,015 --> 00:09:43,887 Those mad-dog Republicans are all dead now. 163 00:09:46,237 --> 00:09:48,022 Sorry, Livia, I, uh... 164 00:09:48,152 --> 00:09:50,764 I meant no disrespect to your father. 165 00:09:50,894 --> 00:09:53,070 It's all right, Agrippa. 166 00:09:53,201 --> 00:09:56,030 He was a mad-dog Republican. 167 00:09:56,160 --> 00:10:01,905 What I'm saying is, people are sick of war. 168 00:10:02,036 --> 00:10:04,386 They'll take a dictator in return for peace. 169 00:10:04,516 --> 00:10:06,301 For a while. 170 00:10:06,431 --> 00:10:08,216 Until suddenly they won't. 171 00:10:08,346 --> 00:10:10,087 [Agrippa] All right. You're right. Let's kill them. 172 00:10:10,218 --> 00:10:12,002 Corvinus and Crassus and the rest of them. 173 00:10:12,133 --> 00:10:14,222 -That's not what I was saying. -Well, it worked before. 174 00:10:14,352 --> 00:10:16,398 That sounds just like "Go fuck yourselves" to me. 175 00:10:16,528 --> 00:10:19,053 [Agrippa] So what? You just want to give it all away. 176 00:10:19,183 --> 00:10:22,578 To an ambitious little fuck like Corvinus? 177 00:10:22,709 --> 00:10:24,319 He doesn't care about the Republic. 178 00:10:24,449 --> 00:10:26,277 He just wants to be you. 179 00:10:26,408 --> 00:10:28,366 And Crassus. 180 00:10:28,497 --> 00:10:31,326 He fought against us with Sextus and then with Antonius. 181 00:10:36,374 --> 00:10:40,248 We've been at war all our lives. 182 00:10:40,378 --> 00:10:43,381 We earned this the hard way. 183 00:10:43,512 --> 00:10:45,209 Why should we hand it back? 184 00:10:45,340 --> 00:10:47,472 It's yours, Gaius. 185 00:10:47,603 --> 00:10:50,214 Take it. Take it now. 186 00:10:50,345 --> 00:10:52,347 [Maecenas] You're better than that, Gaius. 187 00:10:52,477 --> 00:10:54,175 It's time to show it. 188 00:11:02,270 --> 00:11:04,272 They're both right. You have to choose. 189 00:11:04,402 --> 00:11:06,274 One or the other. 190 00:11:06,404 --> 00:11:08,145 And fast. 191 00:11:09,625 --> 00:11:11,714 Where are you going? 192 00:11:11,845 --> 00:11:13,803 I promised to take the boys to see their father... 193 00:11:13,934 --> 00:11:15,718 while you make your mind up. 194 00:11:15,849 --> 00:11:18,721 [Drusus, laughing] Oh, please don't stop there. Come on. 195 00:11:18,852 --> 00:11:21,419 No, he's gonna catch up. Quick! Keep going. Keep going. 196 00:11:21,550 --> 00:11:23,247 -Come on. -Tiberius, Drusus. 197 00:11:23,378 --> 00:11:25,380 -Your mother's here. -[Drusus] Quick. 198 00:11:32,387 --> 00:11:34,302 Are you gambling? 199 00:11:34,432 --> 00:11:36,870 It's the Saturnalia, Antigone. 200 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,741 -We're allowed. -[Chuckling] 201 00:11:38,872 --> 00:11:40,264 Yeah? 202 00:11:41,439 --> 00:11:42,832 Come! Quick! 203 00:11:42,963 --> 00:11:44,138 Come! Quiet. 204 00:11:46,357 --> 00:11:47,968 -Wait. Okay, go, go. -Go, go, go! 205 00:11:48,098 --> 00:11:50,927 Make sure it's Tiberius's terrapin. 206 00:11:51,058 --> 00:11:52,059 -Stop ordering me around. -Go! 207 00:11:52,189 --> 00:11:53,713 It's my plan! 208 00:11:57,064 --> 00:11:59,327 -[chuckling] -Let me see this. 209 00:11:59,457 --> 00:12:01,372 -Careful. Careful. -It's the right one. 210 00:12:01,503 --> 00:12:03,374 Let's go. Let's go. 211 00:12:03,505 --> 00:12:05,420 [chuckling] 212 00:12:08,379 --> 00:12:11,121 Iullus, wait. I'm not allowed to leave the house alone. 213 00:12:11,252 --> 00:12:12,862 You're with us. Come. 214 00:12:23,090 --> 00:12:24,744 Greet your father. 215 00:12:26,397 --> 00:12:28,182 Hello, Father. It's us. 216 00:12:28,312 --> 00:12:30,053 Father, please accept this gift of wine 217 00:12:30,184 --> 00:12:32,403 -from our estate at Privernum. -He can have the cakes. 218 00:12:32,534 --> 00:12:34,144 They're stale. 219 00:12:34,275 --> 00:12:36,364 He'll like them that way. 220 00:12:36,494 --> 00:12:38,888 The wine's for your grandfather. 221 00:12:40,585 --> 00:12:42,979 You're always mean about Father. 222 00:12:43,110 --> 00:12:44,241 He betrayed the Republic. 223 00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:48,593 We keep that to ourselves. 224 00:12:48,724 --> 00:12:51,118 Marcellus said you poisoned him. Father. 225 00:12:51,248 --> 00:12:53,120 He says everyone knows 226 00:12:53,250 --> 00:12:55,122 that you invited him to dinner so you could poison him. 227 00:12:55,252 --> 00:12:56,297 [Livia] Marcellus said that? 228 00:13:01,258 --> 00:13:02,782 Listen to me. 229 00:13:03,695 --> 00:13:05,436 Both of you. 230 00:13:05,567 --> 00:13:07,699 I had nothing against your father. 231 00:13:07,830 --> 00:13:09,571 But if I wanted to poison anyone, 232 00:13:09,701 --> 00:13:13,401 the last place I'd do it is my own dinner party. 233 00:13:13,531 --> 00:13:16,273 It was just some bad oysters. 234 00:13:16,404 --> 00:13:19,059 And you know how your father loved oysters. 235 00:13:21,322 --> 00:13:23,063 I told Marcellus he was a liar. 236 00:13:23,193 --> 00:13:24,542 Then he stuck your head in the toilet. 237 00:13:24,673 --> 00:13:26,109 No, he didn't! 238 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,590 Tiberius! 239 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:30,070 I got Marcellus back after. 240 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,854 A Roman fights his own battles. 241 00:13:38,295 --> 00:13:40,645 I'd like to know where Marcellus heard that rumor. 242 00:13:40,776 --> 00:13:42,082 Why? It's not true. 243 00:13:42,212 --> 00:13:44,388 Exactly. 244 00:13:44,519 --> 00:13:46,564 Look at his little terra-penis. 245 00:13:46,695 --> 00:13:49,002 -No, it's a tail. -That is a terra-penis. 246 00:13:49,132 --> 00:13:50,612 -[laughing] -[Woman] Whoo! 247 00:13:50,742 --> 00:13:53,006 [scoffs] 248 00:13:53,136 --> 00:13:55,225 Now what? 249 00:13:55,356 --> 00:13:57,401 Well, now we just wait until Tiberius finds out it's gone. 250 00:13:57,532 --> 00:13:59,664 Right, and then it's, "Sorry, we stole your stupid terrapin." 251 00:13:59,795 --> 00:14:01,710 He's not coming out. 252 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:03,277 [Julia] No, Iullus, we'll just quietly put it back 253 00:14:03,407 --> 00:14:05,366 after he's spent ages looking for it. 254 00:14:05,496 --> 00:14:07,629 -And is that... funny? -It's the Saturnalia, stupid. 255 00:14:07,759 --> 00:14:09,239 People play jokes on pe... 256 00:14:09,370 --> 00:14:11,241 -[Iullus groans] -[Julia] Marcellus! 257 00:14:12,677 --> 00:14:15,028 What did you do that for? 258 00:14:15,158 --> 00:14:16,464 Because it's Tiberius's. 259 00:14:18,814 --> 00:14:20,337 [Octavia] Antonia! 260 00:14:20,468 --> 00:14:23,471 Okay. Go, go, go. 261 00:14:23,601 --> 00:14:25,734 [Octavia] Vinnius is here. We're late for dinner! 262 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:27,562 Where are Marcellus and Iullus? 263 00:14:27,692 --> 00:14:29,520 Behind you, Mother. 264 00:14:29,651 --> 00:14:31,479 Where have you... You have not been out alone? 265 00:14:31,609 --> 00:14:33,698 We saw a dead body. 266 00:14:33,829 --> 00:14:35,613 Well, Vinnius will get rid of it. What were you thinking? 267 00:14:35,744 --> 00:14:37,659 We will talk about this later. 268 00:14:37,789 --> 00:14:39,443 Julia, I shall tell your mother. 269 00:14:39,574 --> 00:14:42,098 [Scribonia] Tell me what? 270 00:14:42,229 --> 00:14:44,013 [indistinct chattering] 271 00:14:46,450 --> 00:14:48,583 Marcella, where's your husband? 272 00:14:48,713 --> 00:14:50,715 Agrippa's already here. Uncle Gaius called him over at dawn. 273 00:14:50,846 --> 00:14:53,849 -So who will? -I'm not scared of Livia. 274 00:14:53,980 --> 00:14:55,895 -Then you're stupid! -You're stupid. 275 00:14:57,505 --> 00:14:59,289 Why don't you kill him, too? 276 00:15:02,597 --> 00:15:04,381 [indistinct chattering] 277 00:15:04,512 --> 00:15:06,122 -Welcome, everyone! -Ah! 278 00:15:06,253 --> 00:15:07,689 Happy Saturnalia. 279 00:15:07,819 --> 00:15:09,299 So good to see you. These are for you. 280 00:15:09,430 --> 00:15:10,648 Thank you. 281 00:15:14,696 --> 00:15:17,742 -How's the bump? -I felt a kick this morning. 282 00:15:17,873 --> 00:15:20,354 -I've been praying for you. -Thank you. 283 00:15:23,444 --> 00:15:24,924 Oh, Julia. 284 00:15:29,711 --> 00:15:30,755 Don't worry. 285 00:15:30,886 --> 00:15:32,627 We'll find him. 286 00:15:45,770 --> 00:15:49,165 I heard a rumor today that I poisoned my first husband. 287 00:15:49,296 --> 00:15:50,775 Yes, I heard that, too. 288 00:15:50,906 --> 00:15:53,169 -I hope you did. -I wish I had. 289 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:54,954 Can we please eat, Gaius? 290 00:15:58,653 --> 00:16:00,437 We ask great Saturn, 291 00:16:00,568 --> 00:16:02,787 to whom these days of freedom are devoted, 292 00:16:02,918 --> 00:16:06,182 to bring us health and prosperity. 293 00:16:06,313 --> 00:16:07,879 May he remember this family 294 00:16:08,010 --> 00:16:11,274 and keep us safe from our enemies. 295 00:16:11,405 --> 00:16:16,236 We are all of us here bound together forever by blood. 296 00:16:16,366 --> 00:16:17,498 And there is nothing greater than that. 297 00:16:19,239 --> 00:16:20,501 Family. 298 00:16:23,330 --> 00:16:25,245 -Family. -[All] Family. 299 00:16:31,251 --> 00:16:32,643 [laughing] 300 00:16:34,471 --> 00:16:36,212 Stop. Stop it. 301 00:16:36,343 --> 00:16:38,388 What did I tell you earlier? 302 00:16:38,519 --> 00:16:39,694 Marcellus! 303 00:16:41,565 --> 00:16:43,437 I don't know what you were thinking. 304 00:16:43,567 --> 00:16:45,830 Hello? Marcellus, Iullus, I'm talking to you. 305 00:16:45,961 --> 00:16:48,181 Taking Julia out in the street... [continues] 306 00:16:48,311 --> 00:16:49,878 Did you make up your mind yet? 307 00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:52,446 -He always takes forever. -I know. 308 00:16:52,576 --> 00:16:54,665 Wasting his time thinking about stuff. 309 00:16:54,796 --> 00:16:57,059 [Agrippa] Huh! Exactly. 310 00:17:00,149 --> 00:17:01,977 We need to find Romulus whilst they're at dinner. 311 00:17:02,108 --> 00:17:05,154 I've already searched the house twice. 312 00:17:05,285 --> 00:17:07,069 Ugh! 313 00:17:08,505 --> 00:17:09,506 -[exhales] -Mm. 314 00:17:12,335 --> 00:17:13,423 It's those kids again. 315 00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:17,819 Come on. Let's look outside. 316 00:17:17,949 --> 00:17:19,299 Mm. 317 00:17:28,438 --> 00:17:30,440 -[sighs] -[Gaius] You all right? 318 00:17:31,789 --> 00:17:33,487 [chuckles] 319 00:17:34,444 --> 00:17:36,055 Yes. 320 00:17:37,621 --> 00:17:39,493 Just pregnant. 321 00:17:39,623 --> 00:17:42,583 I've made up my mind about the Senate. 322 00:17:43,671 --> 00:17:45,542 [moans] 323 00:17:45,673 --> 00:17:47,196 But I still want to know what you think I should do. 324 00:17:56,031 --> 00:17:58,381 You won the war, 325 00:17:58,512 --> 00:18:02,820 made your fortune and brought honor to your family. 326 00:18:02,951 --> 00:18:07,608 You have nothing left to prove to me or anyone else. 327 00:18:07,738 --> 00:18:09,697 We have everything we'll ever need. 328 00:18:11,002 --> 00:18:12,482 Step back. 329 00:18:12,613 --> 00:18:14,267 Live life. 330 00:18:16,747 --> 00:18:19,533 And make history as the Roman who restored the Republic. 331 00:18:22,884 --> 00:18:27,280 The Republic was corrupt and lazy... 332 00:18:27,410 --> 00:18:28,498 and complacent. 333 00:18:30,457 --> 00:18:33,373 We can achieve so much more. 334 00:18:35,897 --> 00:18:38,204 So, a dictator, then? 335 00:18:38,334 --> 00:18:39,770 No, Livia. 336 00:18:41,816 --> 00:18:43,818 I don't want to be a dictator. 337 00:18:47,082 --> 00:18:48,692 I want to be a God. 338 00:18:52,348 --> 00:18:53,784 [chuckles] 339 00:19:03,446 --> 00:19:05,144 All right. 340 00:19:08,843 --> 00:19:10,671 Then that's what we'll do. 341 00:19:39,961 --> 00:19:42,050 We found Romulus. 342 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:45,184 -What? -Tiberius's terrapin. 343 00:19:45,314 --> 00:19:47,925 Down a sewer opening in an alley near the house. 344 00:19:48,056 --> 00:19:50,537 They tried to hide the body there after they killed it. 345 00:19:50,667 --> 00:19:52,147 Who knows about this? 346 00:19:52,278 --> 00:19:55,933 -Only Tycho and me. -Keep it that way. 347 00:19:56,064 --> 00:20:00,547 I've been telling you to step in and stop them bullying Tiberius. 348 00:20:00,677 --> 00:20:01,983 He's nearly a man. 349 00:20:02,113 --> 00:20:04,072 He needs to stand up for himself. 350 00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:06,683 -It's gone too far. -This city will eat you alive. 351 00:20:08,163 --> 00:20:10,252 You need to speak to Octavia. 352 00:20:10,383 --> 00:20:13,516 I've spent the last ten years making friends with Octavia 353 00:20:13,647 --> 00:20:16,432 and pretending to do the same with Scribonia. 354 00:20:16,563 --> 00:20:18,695 I'm not blowing that over a fucking terrapin. 355 00:20:27,791 --> 00:20:30,794 [Rooster crows] 356 00:20:30,925 --> 00:20:32,883 We don't need to make an announcement. 357 00:20:33,014 --> 00:20:35,059 There's no point provoking the Senate. 358 00:20:35,190 --> 00:20:38,628 And we don't want to start another war, unless we have to. 359 00:20:38,759 --> 00:20:41,022 We already gave control of the treasury back to the Senate. 360 00:20:41,152 --> 00:20:42,980 We re-opened the law courts. 361 00:20:43,111 --> 00:20:45,113 They want their legions back, Gaius. 362 00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:47,507 That's what this is all about. 363 00:20:47,637 --> 00:20:49,073 You control the army, you control everything. 364 00:20:49,204 --> 00:20:50,814 You know that and so do they. 365 00:20:50,945 --> 00:20:52,903 You give the army back, you're nothing. 366 00:20:53,034 --> 00:20:56,255 -They know that, too. -I'm not giving the army back! 367 00:21:00,389 --> 00:21:03,131 I'll buy Crassus off with a big campaign. 368 00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:05,220 He can avenge his grandfather's defeat in Parthia, 369 00:21:05,351 --> 00:21:07,440 get the lost army standards back. 370 00:21:08,919 --> 00:21:11,052 You promised me that campaign. 371 00:21:11,182 --> 00:21:13,750 I also need you to resign as consul for next year. 372 00:21:15,665 --> 00:21:17,754 I have to give it to someone else. 373 00:21:17,885 --> 00:21:19,800 Corvinus. Murena? 374 00:21:20,975 --> 00:21:22,324 Piso. 375 00:21:25,719 --> 00:21:27,764 Gaius, he was my father's closest friend. 376 00:21:27,895 --> 00:21:29,940 He fought against Caesar. 377 00:21:30,071 --> 00:21:31,942 He fought against you. 378 00:21:32,073 --> 00:21:33,466 He's the leader of the old Republican faction, 379 00:21:33,596 --> 00:21:34,641 such as it is now. 380 00:21:34,771 --> 00:21:36,207 Having him as the other consul 381 00:21:36,338 --> 00:21:39,210 will make everything feel very... reassuring. 382 00:21:39,341 --> 00:21:40,864 He'll know that. He won't take it. 383 00:21:40,995 --> 00:21:42,736 He will... 384 00:21:42,866 --> 00:21:44,999 if you ask him. 385 00:21:45,129 --> 00:21:47,610 Go to him privately. 386 00:21:47,741 --> 00:21:49,830 -For me. -[scoffs] 387 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,137 -He loves you like a daughter. -He did till I married you. 388 00:21:53,268 --> 00:21:54,791 -He owes you his life. -He doesn't know that. 389 00:21:58,142 --> 00:22:01,450 If anyone can get him to be consul with me, 390 00:22:01,581 --> 00:22:03,322 it's you. 391 00:22:15,072 --> 00:22:16,552 [Horse neighing] 392 00:22:16,683 --> 00:22:18,119 Should you be riding? 393 00:22:18,249 --> 00:22:20,600 You did promise Agrippa that campaign. 394 00:22:34,875 --> 00:22:36,920 [Drusus] What do you want, Marcellus? 395 00:22:37,051 --> 00:22:39,749 Can we help you? 396 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,797 We, um... we heard you were looking for your terrapin. 397 00:22:43,927 --> 00:22:46,321 We're very good at finding terrapins. 398 00:22:46,452 --> 00:22:48,628 You're not good at anything, Marcellus. 399 00:22:48,758 --> 00:22:50,064 [Marcellus] What did you say? 400 00:22:51,979 --> 00:22:54,155 I said, "Fuck you." 401 00:22:54,285 --> 00:22:55,504 [Grunting] 402 00:23:00,291 --> 00:23:03,033 [Marcellus] Let go of me! 403 00:23:03,164 --> 00:23:04,252 -[Tycho] All right. -[Antigone] Enough! 404 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:07,255 [Drusus] I don't need your help. 405 00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:10,389 Leave my boys alone and get out! 406 00:23:13,130 --> 00:23:16,569 My father was a Roman consul. 407 00:23:16,699 --> 00:23:19,572 You were a slave and a whore. 408 00:23:19,702 --> 00:23:20,703 [Angry scream] 409 00:23:22,662 --> 00:23:23,576 -[Grunts] -Don't! 410 00:23:25,099 --> 00:23:26,056 [Antigone] Drusus. 411 00:23:28,015 --> 00:23:29,712 Let's go. 412 00:23:34,761 --> 00:23:37,851 [loud moaning, squealing] 413 00:23:37,981 --> 00:23:39,766 Crassus! You... 414 00:23:39,896 --> 00:23:41,855 You can come now. 415 00:23:43,291 --> 00:23:45,815 -[Julia] Mother! -Who's that? 416 00:23:45,946 --> 00:23:47,338 -Your wife. -[Julia] Mother! 417 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:50,037 -What? -[chuckling] Wait here. 418 00:23:50,167 --> 00:23:52,169 [panting] 419 00:23:56,826 --> 00:23:57,740 [grunts] 420 00:24:00,569 --> 00:24:03,093 You'll never guess what Antigone just did. 421 00:24:10,536 --> 00:24:13,495 You fought together nobly. Like Romans. 422 00:24:20,850 --> 00:24:23,462 -It isn't over yet. -Yes, it is. 423 00:24:24,724 --> 00:24:26,595 No. 424 00:24:26,726 --> 00:24:28,467 It isn't. 425 00:25:22,782 --> 00:25:23,826 Ha! 426 00:25:24,958 --> 00:25:26,394 Livia Drusilla. 427 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:28,701 Who taught you to ride a horse? 428 00:25:30,311 --> 00:25:33,793 -He did. -[laughs] 429 00:25:33,923 --> 00:25:35,185 What? 430 00:25:37,144 --> 00:25:38,058 [chuckling] 431 00:25:43,324 --> 00:25:44,804 Livia Drusilla? 432 00:25:46,849 --> 00:25:49,983 Piso. How are you? 433 00:25:50,113 --> 00:25:51,898 The boys? 434 00:25:52,028 --> 00:25:53,290 Alive. 435 00:25:54,291 --> 00:25:55,249 You? 436 00:25:55,379 --> 00:25:57,556 Pregnant... again. 437 00:25:58,295 --> 00:25:59,862 Huh! 438 00:26:08,044 --> 00:26:09,568 Can I speak to you? 439 00:26:11,526 --> 00:26:13,397 In the new year, 440 00:26:13,528 --> 00:26:16,400 Marcus Agrippa will resign as the second consul. 441 00:26:16,531 --> 00:26:19,273 It is my husband's wish that you take Agrippa's place 442 00:26:19,403 --> 00:26:21,231 and serve Rome alongside him. 443 00:26:22,537 --> 00:26:24,844 Oh, he sent you. 444 00:26:24,974 --> 00:26:26,367 Well, he believes Rome would be lucky 445 00:26:26,497 --> 00:26:28,108 to have a man of your experience. 446 00:26:28,238 --> 00:26:29,588 [scoffs] 447 00:26:31,372 --> 00:26:35,158 Hunted through the sewers with a price on my head. 448 00:26:35,289 --> 00:26:37,421 Condemned to death without trial, 449 00:26:37,552 --> 00:26:40,120 which is the right of every Roman citizen. 450 00:26:42,078 --> 00:26:44,037 You were pardoned. 451 00:26:44,167 --> 00:26:47,997 Anyone would be lucky to have my experience. 452 00:26:48,128 --> 00:26:49,564 You know the system of two consuls 453 00:26:49,695 --> 00:26:52,262 was devised to provide a balance. 454 00:26:52,393 --> 00:26:55,004 My husband knows your political views, and he respects them. 455 00:26:56,223 --> 00:26:57,964 The offer's genuine. 456 00:26:58,094 --> 00:27:00,183 But his mandate from the Senate ran out years ago. 457 00:27:00,314 --> 00:27:01,881 What, is he going to give back that power? 458 00:27:02,011 --> 00:27:03,752 Hand over control of the army? 459 00:27:03,883 --> 00:27:05,145 -He... -Oh, don't bother. 460 00:27:05,275 --> 00:27:07,538 -Piso. -You married a thief, Livia. 461 00:27:07,669 --> 00:27:10,933 And I won't stand next to him to make fools believe he isn't. 462 00:27:11,064 --> 00:27:13,457 Nobody can hold on to power legitimately 463 00:27:13,588 --> 00:27:16,896 unless the Senate of Rome chooses to grant it! 464 00:27:18,332 --> 00:27:20,421 Think of your sons, Piso. 465 00:27:20,551 --> 00:27:22,902 How it would help their prospects. 466 00:27:23,032 --> 00:27:25,687 Is that a bribe or a threat? 467 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,695 I embraced your father after Philippi. 468 00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:38,352 With his last words he asked me to look after you. 469 00:27:38,482 --> 00:27:41,094 But you betrayed him and everything he stood for. 470 00:27:41,224 --> 00:27:43,183 You married the man who destroyed him 471 00:27:43,313 --> 00:27:45,359 and everything he believed in. 472 00:27:45,489 --> 00:27:48,318 For the first time, truly... 473 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:52,192 I'm glad my friend is dead. 474 00:27:57,153 --> 00:27:58,851 I betrayed him. 475 00:28:05,248 --> 00:28:07,294 You let him die. 476 00:28:07,424 --> 00:28:09,992 Did you take your life with his? 477 00:28:10,123 --> 00:28:13,474 No. You came crawling back to hide out here. 478 00:28:13,604 --> 00:28:16,042 I begged my husband for your life! 479 00:28:16,172 --> 00:28:18,479 On my fucking knees! 480 00:28:18,609 --> 00:28:21,438 And you took that pardon and you saved yourself. 481 00:28:23,527 --> 00:28:26,182 He should've come home. 482 00:28:26,313 --> 00:28:28,968 He put his honor before me. 483 00:28:33,189 --> 00:28:34,843 He left me on my own. 484 00:28:48,161 --> 00:28:49,858 [Sheep bleating] 485 00:29:08,616 --> 00:29:10,444 Thank you for your support. 486 00:29:18,669 --> 00:29:20,236 [panting] 487 00:29:21,585 --> 00:29:23,283 [panting intensifies] 488 00:29:30,638 --> 00:29:32,292 What's wrong? 489 00:29:32,422 --> 00:29:34,424 Nothing. Just... Just get rid of her. 490 00:29:42,171 --> 00:29:43,042 Domina. 491 00:29:45,174 --> 00:29:47,568 You're not normally so timid with her. 492 00:29:47,698 --> 00:29:49,135 I hate it when you watch. 493 00:29:49,265 --> 00:29:51,093 I wasn't watching. 494 00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:55,489 Why did you kill the terrapin? 495 00:29:57,534 --> 00:29:59,536 I don't know. I just did it. 496 00:29:59,667 --> 00:30:02,626 -I suppose Julia blabbed. -Listen to me. 497 00:30:02,757 --> 00:30:05,107 You are Marcus Claudius Marcellus. 498 00:30:05,238 --> 00:30:07,675 Your uncle is the most powerful man in Rome, 499 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,460 and you are his favorite. You can't just do things. 500 00:30:10,591 --> 00:30:12,680 I'll try to make this go away, but... 501 00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:16,118 if it comes to it, you'll have to stand up straight, 502 00:30:16,249 --> 00:30:18,991 speak the truth and tell everyone it was Iullus. 503 00:30:19,121 --> 00:30:21,341 Iullus? But that's not the truth. 504 00:30:21,471 --> 00:30:23,212 Iullus is not our blood. 505 00:30:23,343 --> 00:30:25,301 He's the son of Marcus Antonius, 506 00:30:25,432 --> 00:30:28,391 and if Octavia hadn't adopted him, he'd be dead. 507 00:30:28,522 --> 00:30:31,133 He's expendable. You are not. 508 00:30:31,264 --> 00:30:32,787 Do you understand? 509 00:30:32,918 --> 00:30:35,529 You have a brilliant future, Marcellus. 510 00:30:35,659 --> 00:30:39,968 Don't mess it all up. Not for Tiberius or anyone else. 511 00:30:41,665 --> 00:30:43,406 Iullus will understand. 512 00:30:44,755 --> 00:30:46,105 Mm? 513 00:30:47,454 --> 00:30:49,282 Okay? 514 00:30:55,331 --> 00:30:56,985 The Lady Octavia is here. 515 00:31:00,249 --> 00:31:03,252 I'm sorry to have to bring this to you. 516 00:31:03,383 --> 00:31:05,515 This morning, my son Marcellus, 517 00:31:05,646 --> 00:31:08,997 he offered to help Tiberius look for his missing terrapin. 518 00:31:10,346 --> 00:31:12,218 Both your sons assaulted him. 519 00:31:12,348 --> 00:31:14,524 Your freedwoman Antigone, she then stuck him, 520 00:31:14,655 --> 00:31:16,744 without provocation, on the face, 521 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,267 and she scratched his eye. 522 00:31:20,966 --> 00:31:23,359 I'll... I'll talk to her, of course. 523 00:31:23,490 --> 00:31:26,928 No, no, no, Livia. I don't want you to talk to her. 524 00:31:27,059 --> 00:31:30,236 This behavior cannot be borne from a freewoman with her... 525 00:31:30,366 --> 00:31:31,541 past. 526 00:31:32,803 --> 00:31:34,457 She must be sent away. 527 00:31:39,854 --> 00:31:43,684 Well, this account as presented to me is clearly false. 528 00:31:43,814 --> 00:31:47,296 I'm sorry. Are you saying that my son is lying? 529 00:31:49,342 --> 00:31:51,344 You always look for the best in others, 530 00:31:51,474 --> 00:31:55,435 and Marcellus has nothing of your intelligence or character. 531 00:31:55,565 --> 00:31:57,916 You spoil him, but you don't seem to know him at all. 532 00:31:58,046 --> 00:32:00,614 Well, maybe if you hadn't neglected your son, 533 00:32:00,744 --> 00:32:02,181 he would've turned out normal 534 00:32:02,311 --> 00:32:03,965 and not an embarrassment to our family! 535 00:32:04,096 --> 00:32:06,750 A family such as yours is surely beneath embarrassment. 536 00:32:06,881 --> 00:32:09,014 Oh, you, you. 537 00:32:09,144 --> 00:32:12,365 You who seduced another woman's husband while you were pregnant. 538 00:32:12,495 --> 00:32:15,934 You're no better than an actress for all your heirs and graces. 539 00:32:21,026 --> 00:32:23,376 There is much in what you say, Octavia. 540 00:32:24,725 --> 00:32:28,642 But... while I live... 541 00:32:28,772 --> 00:32:31,950 Antigone will never be sent away from this house. 542 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:38,608 Good night. 543 00:32:43,396 --> 00:32:45,572 You were right. 544 00:32:45,702 --> 00:32:49,576 I should've stopped them bullying Tiberius. 545 00:32:49,706 --> 00:32:52,100 Octavia won't help us now. 546 00:32:52,231 --> 00:32:53,493 No. 547 00:33:03,111 --> 00:33:05,592 One of our friends left the signal tonight. 548 00:33:05,722 --> 00:33:06,636 The German. 549 00:33:08,638 --> 00:33:10,162 Let me know what she has for us. 550 00:33:13,513 --> 00:33:16,255 And... what about Tiberius? 551 00:33:18,605 --> 00:33:22,174 Get Tycho to put some ash from the ovens in a box. 552 00:33:26,221 --> 00:33:27,614 [Livia] Tiberius? 553 00:33:37,885 --> 00:33:40,192 Little Bear, Romulus is dead. 554 00:33:41,671 --> 00:33:43,543 Tycho found him in the kitchen. 555 00:33:43,673 --> 00:33:45,545 He must've eaten something bad. 556 00:33:45,675 --> 00:33:47,112 We didn't want to upset you. 557 00:33:47,242 --> 00:33:48,635 I'm so sorry. 558 00:33:48,765 --> 00:33:50,724 Here. 559 00:33:50,854 --> 00:33:53,031 We cremated him like a Roman. 560 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:12,050 [Gaius] Go to your lessons. 561 00:34:16,315 --> 00:34:18,056 Sorry. 562 00:34:20,623 --> 00:34:23,365 -You offended my sister. -She offended me. 563 00:34:23,496 --> 00:34:24,714 And Piso? 564 00:34:29,850 --> 00:34:31,852 -You're losing your touch. -What? 565 00:34:31,982 --> 00:34:34,376 I told you to fix this with the Senate two years ago! 566 00:34:34,507 --> 00:34:36,465 -I would've looked weak! -How do you look now? 567 00:34:39,251 --> 00:34:41,644 We need to do something. Something they're not expecting. 568 00:34:41,775 --> 00:34:43,733 Like what? 569 00:34:43,864 --> 00:34:45,735 How would I know? I've lost my touch. 570 00:34:45,866 --> 00:34:47,259 I'm not in the mood for this, Livia. 571 00:34:47,389 --> 00:34:48,564 Ask me nicely. 572 00:34:50,523 --> 00:34:52,264 [exhales, scoffs] 573 00:34:54,004 --> 00:34:55,354 What? 574 00:34:57,530 --> 00:34:58,574 Very nicely. 575 00:35:02,230 --> 00:35:05,277 [Gaius] Piso's sheep have given Livia an idea. 576 00:35:05,407 --> 00:35:07,801 Piso refused... 577 00:35:07,931 --> 00:35:10,804 as I said he would. 578 00:35:10,934 --> 00:35:15,635 He also said nobody could ever hold power legally. 579 00:35:15,765 --> 00:35:19,421 Unless the Senate chose to grant it. 580 00:35:19,552 --> 00:35:21,249 -So? -So... 581 00:35:22,598 --> 00:35:24,252 let's get them to do that. 582 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,256 Let's get them to give it to you. 583 00:35:29,388 --> 00:35:30,867 Legally. 584 00:35:30,998 --> 00:35:34,393 And why would the Senate do that exactly? 585 00:35:34,523 --> 00:35:36,656 Because enough of them are sheep. 586 00:35:56,763 --> 00:35:58,243 How are you, Fortunata? 587 00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:00,593 I'm a slave, Lady. 588 00:36:00,723 --> 00:36:02,290 How are you? 589 00:36:02,421 --> 00:36:04,858 At your age, 590 00:36:04,988 --> 00:36:07,469 I was sold into a whorehouse. 591 00:36:11,517 --> 00:36:13,910 We look after all our friends. 592 00:36:18,350 --> 00:36:21,440 [Agrippa] I can't believe you're even considering this. 593 00:36:21,570 --> 00:36:24,573 It's a totally insane risk! 594 00:36:24,704 --> 00:36:27,402 So is defying the Senate. 595 00:36:27,533 --> 00:36:29,491 This at least has the appearance of legitimacy... 596 00:36:29,622 --> 00:36:31,014 If it works. 597 00:36:31,145 --> 00:36:32,668 ...which makes him different from Caesar... 598 00:36:32,799 --> 00:36:34,670 If it fucking works! 599 00:36:34,801 --> 00:36:38,631 ...Who was stabbed to death outside the Senate. 600 00:36:38,761 --> 00:36:43,375 You want to gamble everything on a hunch about Piso's sheep? 601 00:36:43,505 --> 00:36:44,550 [wheezing laugh] 602 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,205 It's just too... clever! 603 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:50,643 Why are we even listening to... 604 00:36:50,773 --> 00:36:52,210 [Livia] A woman? 605 00:36:53,515 --> 00:36:54,603 [Agrippa scoffs] 606 00:36:58,999 --> 00:37:00,957 The day before the battle at Actium, 607 00:37:01,088 --> 00:37:02,959 we found out he was planning 608 00:37:03,090 --> 00:37:04,744 to make a run for it with Cleopatra. 609 00:37:04,874 --> 00:37:07,834 I said, let them go, 610 00:37:07,964 --> 00:37:09,618 then their fleet will surrender, 611 00:37:09,749 --> 00:37:11,054 and we'll win without fighting. 612 00:37:11,185 --> 00:37:12,882 But you said... 613 00:37:13,883 --> 00:37:15,494 Bollocks to that. 614 00:37:15,624 --> 00:37:17,887 Let's end this now. Once and for all. 615 00:37:18,018 --> 00:37:21,369 One throw of the dice. All or nothing. 616 00:37:24,851 --> 00:37:28,550 You really want to gamble everything on this? 617 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:31,814 We're loading the dice. 618 00:37:38,343 --> 00:37:40,910 I mean, why would Livia say such things? 619 00:37:41,041 --> 00:37:44,174 And Antigone. I mean, what's got into her? Of all people. 620 00:37:44,305 --> 00:37:46,612 Oh, Livia's just ambitious for her sons. 621 00:37:46,742 --> 00:37:49,179 What Roman mother isn't? 622 00:37:49,310 --> 00:37:52,008 I know for a fact she wants Julia to marry Tiberius 623 00:37:52,139 --> 00:37:54,489 -when the time comes. -I should talk to her. 624 00:37:54,620 --> 00:37:57,362 Not Marcellus or anyone else. 625 00:37:57,492 --> 00:37:58,928 I said some... 626 00:38:00,843 --> 00:38:04,760 I said some terrible things, Scribonia. 627 00:38:04,891 --> 00:38:07,546 If I were you, I wouldn't mention any of this again. 628 00:38:07,676 --> 00:38:10,940 Or maybe... maybe a small gesture 629 00:38:11,071 --> 00:38:12,855 to show you're bigger than she is. 630 00:38:12,986 --> 00:38:14,857 A new terrapin. A present... 631 00:38:14,988 --> 00:38:17,425 from Marcellus to his dear cousin Tiberius. 632 00:38:21,211 --> 00:38:23,910 We can expect about 500 to attend the session. 633 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:25,955 The usual suspects. 634 00:38:26,086 --> 00:38:29,002 This list is the men that we can rely on. 635 00:38:29,132 --> 00:38:32,353 Either they owe you or they don't care about the Republic. 636 00:38:32,484 --> 00:38:35,008 They just want stability and some room at the trough. 637 00:38:35,138 --> 00:38:37,097 -A hundred plus. -Mm-hm. 638 00:38:37,227 --> 00:38:39,142 These are the men we cannot rely on, 639 00:38:39,273 --> 00:38:41,188 uh, for all sorts of reasons. 640 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:43,146 Plus men who owe some allegiance 641 00:38:43,277 --> 00:38:45,148 to the families of Crassus and Corvinus. 642 00:38:45,279 --> 00:38:47,150 Just under a hundred. 643 00:38:47,281 --> 00:38:49,762 These men probably will oppose you 644 00:38:49,892 --> 00:38:52,112 because they want the Republic back in some form or another. 645 00:38:52,242 --> 00:38:54,636 Maybe 20. 646 00:38:54,767 --> 00:38:56,856 The rest of these men can go either way. 647 00:38:58,727 --> 00:39:00,468 Our sheep. 648 00:39:04,907 --> 00:39:06,692 Cheer up, Agrippa. 649 00:39:06,822 --> 00:39:10,043 If it doesn't work, you can always kill everyone. 650 00:39:10,173 --> 00:39:11,914 [Gaius] Do we have any kind of leverage on anyone? 651 00:39:12,045 --> 00:39:14,003 What about him? 652 00:39:14,134 --> 00:39:15,657 I mean, I know Taurus has gambling debts. We can get him. 653 00:39:23,839 --> 00:39:26,189 You asked to see me? 654 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:27,756 [clears throat] 655 00:39:40,073 --> 00:39:44,686 Um, we're really sorry, Aunt Livia. 656 00:39:44,817 --> 00:39:47,385 It... It was Iullus that killed the terrapin, 657 00:39:47,515 --> 00:39:50,649 and we got Tiberius another one, just the same. 658 00:39:52,041 --> 00:39:54,522 It wasn't Iullus. It was me. 659 00:39:54,653 --> 00:39:55,784 And I'm not sorry at all. 660 00:39:58,744 --> 00:40:00,572 Well, can I go now? 661 00:40:05,011 --> 00:40:07,187 Poor Tiberius. 662 00:40:07,317 --> 00:40:10,538 You should've left him to die on that mountainside. 663 00:40:21,984 --> 00:40:22,942 I'm really sorry. 664 00:40:42,309 --> 00:40:44,572 Apartment block on fire. Look. 665 00:40:46,008 --> 00:40:47,967 Not one of mine. 666 00:40:48,097 --> 00:40:52,101 Did it occur to you, Agrippa, if this goes wrong tomorrow, 667 00:40:52,232 --> 00:40:54,103 we'll have the fucking Republic back by dinner? 668 00:40:59,282 --> 00:41:01,502 I sometimes wonder how much that would bother Livia. 669 00:41:04,592 --> 00:41:06,725 Well, it's a bit late to question her loyalty. 670 00:41:08,291 --> 00:41:09,597 I'd never forgive her. 671 00:41:14,167 --> 00:41:15,995 [Horse neighing] 672 00:41:18,824 --> 00:41:20,216 [mumbling indistinctly] 673 00:41:22,218 --> 00:41:23,611 ...ungrateful fucks! 674 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,093 Never before has Rome... 675 00:41:43,065 --> 00:41:46,982 Cheer up, Gaius. If it doesn't work, you can always divorce me. 676 00:41:55,904 --> 00:41:58,472 [Agrippa] Do you remember that time 677 00:41:58,603 --> 00:42:01,170 we stood outside the fucking tent... 678 00:42:03,129 --> 00:42:05,914 thinking we were going to get killed inside? 679 00:42:09,614 --> 00:42:12,007 Of course, I might be wrong about this. 680 00:42:45,258 --> 00:42:47,521 The augur pronounces the flight of the birds 681 00:42:47,652 --> 00:42:50,219 favorable to the business of this house. 682 00:42:50,350 --> 00:42:51,830 Senate is now in session. 683 00:42:59,359 --> 00:43:01,013 [Gaius] Conscript Fathers. 684 00:43:01,143 --> 00:43:02,928 -Here we go. -[Gaius] I call on the gods... 685 00:43:03,058 --> 00:43:06,409 I can't wait to see how he gets out of this. 686 00:43:06,540 --> 00:43:09,282 [Maecenas] The dice are rolling. 687 00:43:09,412 --> 00:43:12,198 If it works, you may have just saved Rome from herself. 688 00:43:12,328 --> 00:43:14,896 I'll settle for saving Gaius. 689 00:43:17,246 --> 00:43:20,032 I have done what had to be done. 690 00:43:21,686 --> 00:43:24,471 I have avenged my father, Julius Caesar, 691 00:43:24,602 --> 00:43:28,127 and acted to save the state in time of war. 692 00:43:28,257 --> 00:43:32,435 Now Rome is at peace! 693 00:43:32,566 --> 00:43:34,133 The law courts are open. 694 00:43:34,263 --> 00:43:36,309 The treasury is full. 695 00:43:36,439 --> 00:43:39,225 Our seas are clear of pirates! 696 00:43:39,355 --> 00:43:41,488 Temples have been rebuilt. 697 00:43:41,619 --> 00:43:43,838 Roads and aqueducts repaired. 698 00:43:43,969 --> 00:43:46,101 Our borders are secure. 699 00:43:46,232 --> 00:43:49,278 -Our enemies are crushed! -[Men] Hear! Hear! 700 00:43:49,409 --> 00:43:54,849 Never before has Rome enjoyed such honor 701 00:43:54,980 --> 00:43:57,286 or faced so great a future. 702 00:43:57,417 --> 00:43:59,071 [murmurs of agreement] 703 00:44:01,987 --> 00:44:03,815 And that is why... 704 00:44:07,470 --> 00:44:09,777 I am resigning all powers... 705 00:44:12,345 --> 00:44:14,826 and returning absolute control 706 00:44:14,956 --> 00:44:17,698 of the city, the provinces... 707 00:44:19,308 --> 00:44:22,355 and the army to the Senate. 708 00:44:22,485 --> 00:44:25,271 And the people of Rome! 709 00:44:31,451 --> 00:44:32,931 What the fuck's he doing? 710 00:44:42,375 --> 00:44:43,202 [Agrippa] Crassus. 711 00:44:46,466 --> 00:44:50,165 On behalf of the Senate and the people of Rome, 712 00:44:50,296 --> 00:44:53,342 we thank you for all your victories and achievements. 713 00:44:53,473 --> 00:44:55,127 [murmurs of agreement] 714 00:44:55,257 --> 00:44:56,955 And we thank you also for this... 715 00:44:57,085 --> 00:44:59,827 magnanimous and generous gesture. 716 00:45:13,275 --> 00:45:14,842 [Agrippa] Libo. 717 00:45:14,973 --> 00:45:16,801 [Libo] For 20 years, 718 00:45:16,931 --> 00:45:22,197 the terrible civil wars that tore us apart are finally over. 719 00:45:22,328 --> 00:45:25,331 Trade is returning slowly, but confidence it's... 720 00:45:25,461 --> 00:45:27,376 It's fragile. 721 00:45:27,507 --> 00:45:29,988 And so too is this hard-won peace, 722 00:45:30,118 --> 00:45:31,903 and we should not likely throw that away. 723 00:45:32,033 --> 00:45:33,643 Rome needs stability. 724 00:45:33,774 --> 00:45:36,908 -Rome needs... -[Man] It's true. 725 00:45:37,038 --> 00:45:38,300 Rome needs certainty. 726 00:45:38,431 --> 00:45:40,999 Now, there will be a time 727 00:45:41,129 --> 00:45:43,131 when it is right for you to step down, 728 00:45:43,262 --> 00:45:45,568 but that time has not yet come. 729 00:45:45,699 --> 00:45:47,570 On behalf of the Senate and the people of Rome, 730 00:45:47,701 --> 00:45:51,096 I beg you to reconsider. I beg you to stay. 731 00:45:51,226 --> 00:45:52,750 [Agrippa] Asprenas. 732 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:57,145 I don't think I have ever knowingly agreed 733 00:45:57,276 --> 00:45:58,538 with my fellow senator... 734 00:45:58,668 --> 00:46:01,193 [laughter] 735 00:46:01,323 --> 00:46:03,021 ...but for once I think he may be right. 736 00:46:03,151 --> 00:46:05,023 Our troops are still fighting 737 00:46:05,153 --> 00:46:08,417 in Gaul, Spain, Germany, and Macedonia. 738 00:46:08,548 --> 00:46:12,247 The Senate must consider what our enemies in the provinces 739 00:46:12,378 --> 00:46:16,251 and the tribes massing on our frontiers will think 740 00:46:16,382 --> 00:46:18,993 when they see the man who has led Rome for so long 741 00:46:19,124 --> 00:46:20,647 suddenly giving up. 742 00:46:20,778 --> 00:46:23,998 What they will see is weariness and weakness. 743 00:46:24,129 --> 00:46:25,739 [Agrippa] Sabrinus. 744 00:46:25,870 --> 00:46:28,568 Then let the Senate act and show their power. 745 00:46:28,698 --> 00:46:32,528 Let the Senate vote to give back to the consul 746 00:46:32,659 --> 00:46:36,358 command of those provinces where danger still threatens Rome! 747 00:46:36,489 --> 00:46:38,839 Where all the legions are stationed. 748 00:46:38,970 --> 00:46:41,450 -Oh, he's fucking us! -If the Senate is to consider 749 00:46:41,581 --> 00:46:44,279 that proposition, it must have a strict time limit 750 00:46:44,410 --> 00:46:48,849 to be renewed or not as the Senate sees fit. 751 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:54,333 [chanting] Stay, stay, stay, stay, 752 00:46:54,463 --> 00:46:56,422 stay, stay, stay... 753 00:46:56,552 --> 00:46:58,337 [chanting continues] 754 00:47:03,603 --> 00:47:06,040 Stay, Stay, stay... 755 00:47:06,171 --> 00:47:07,825 [chanting continues] 756 00:47:11,132 --> 00:47:13,526 [Maecenas] You did it, Livia. 757 00:47:13,656 --> 00:47:18,226 Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, 758 00:47:18,357 --> 00:47:21,664 stay, stay, stay, stay... 759 00:47:21,795 --> 00:47:23,231 [Livia] Agrippa's right. 760 00:47:23,362 --> 00:47:25,625 He'll make a great dictator. 761 00:47:25,755 --> 00:47:28,323 Stay, stay, stay... 762 00:47:28,454 --> 00:47:30,021 [Agrippa] I call for a vote. 763 00:47:30,151 --> 00:47:32,153 [chanting continues] 764 00:47:47,168 --> 00:47:49,562 So I found a way. 765 00:47:49,692 --> 00:47:51,564 Gaius has to become a god. 766 00:47:53,871 --> 00:47:56,612 But the god will have a son. 767 00:47:56,743 --> 00:47:59,267 And I will teach him what needs to be done. 768 00:48:02,836 --> 00:48:05,621 Oh, we have time. We can wait. 769 00:48:08,668 --> 00:48:11,453 But to restore the Republic, we first have to destroy it. 770 00:48:14,674 --> 00:48:16,545 I need you to understand. 771 00:48:21,376 --> 00:48:23,030 And forgive me. 772 00:48:28,731 --> 00:48:31,038 [breathing heavily] 773 00:48:46,488 --> 00:48:48,926 [Water flowing] 774 00:48:54,757 --> 00:48:56,977 [breathing heavily] 775 00:49:08,815 --> 00:49:11,296 Great and powerful Proserpina, 776 00:49:11,426 --> 00:49:12,732 with these humble gifts, 777 00:49:12,862 --> 00:49:16,083 I gratefully fulfill our contract. 778 00:49:22,611 --> 00:49:24,091 Hey. 779 00:49:29,879 --> 00:49:31,490 We won. 780 00:49:36,582 --> 00:49:38,105 It was a boy. 781 00:49:50,465 --> 00:49:52,380 We'll have other boys. 782 00:50:10,398 --> 00:50:12,313 ♪♪