1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:04,352 I don't want to be a dictator. I want to be a god. 2 00:00:04,482 --> 00:00:06,963 To restore the Republic, we first have to destroy it. 3 00:00:07,094 --> 00:00:09,531 If this goes wrong tomorrow, I'd never forgive her. 4 00:00:09,661 --> 00:00:10,880 You're no better than an actress, 5 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:13,013 for all your airs and graces! 6 00:00:13,143 --> 00:00:15,232 [Livia] You have a brilliant future, Marcella. 7 00:00:15,363 --> 00:00:16,755 Don't mess it all up. 8 00:00:16,886 --> 00:00:18,366 It wasn't Iullus. It was me. 9 00:00:18,496 --> 00:00:20,020 And I'm not sorry at all. 10 00:00:20,150 --> 00:00:22,631 Nobody can hold on to power legitimately 11 00:00:22,761 --> 00:00:25,547 unless the Senate of Rome chooses to grant it. 12 00:00:25,677 --> 00:00:27,375 [chanting] Stay, stay, stay! 13 00:00:27,505 --> 00:00:28,767 Gaius has to become a god. 14 00:00:28,898 --> 00:00:31,553 But the god will have a son. 15 00:00:31,683 --> 00:00:34,817 Let the baby of Gaius Julius in the womb of Livia Drusilla 16 00:00:34,947 --> 00:00:37,167 die in writhing agony. 17 00:01:05,021 --> 00:01:07,719 [echoing] Livia, don't go down there. 18 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:11,810 Push! Come on. Breathe. 19 00:01:11,941 --> 00:01:13,551 [Baby crying] 20 00:01:13,682 --> 00:01:14,857 Your mother's all right. 21 00:01:14,987 --> 00:01:16,250 Mummy. 22 00:01:17,555 --> 00:01:19,731 Livia. 23 00:01:19,862 --> 00:01:21,342 Mummy, what's wrong? 24 00:01:22,473 --> 00:01:23,692 Domina! 25 00:01:24,823 --> 00:01:26,260 Mummy! 26 00:01:26,390 --> 00:01:28,088 Livia. Darling. 27 00:01:33,005 --> 00:01:34,703 [gasps] 28 00:01:37,749 --> 00:01:39,882 -Mother. -Come on, Little Bear. 29 00:01:40,012 --> 00:01:43,277 Push! Push! 30 00:01:43,407 --> 00:01:44,278 Well done. Come on. 31 00:01:44,408 --> 00:01:46,497 Come on, push. 32 00:01:46,628 --> 00:01:48,369 [straining] 33 00:01:48,499 --> 00:01:50,458 Come on. 34 00:01:50,588 --> 00:01:53,635 [indistinct crosstalk] 35 00:01:53,765 --> 00:01:56,420 -It's gonna be all right. -Come on. 36 00:01:59,989 --> 00:02:01,773 [screaming] 37 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:05,690 -No! -I'm sorry! 38 00:02:05,821 --> 00:02:08,302 -She can do this. -We'll lose them both. 39 00:02:08,432 --> 00:02:10,260 [screams] 40 00:02:18,050 --> 00:02:19,400 You did it. 41 00:02:20,575 --> 00:02:21,402 You did it. 42 00:02:22,533 --> 00:02:23,752 A boy. 43 00:02:52,694 --> 00:02:53,912 There we go. 44 00:04:00,022 --> 00:04:02,894 Well, that was shit. 45 00:04:06,202 --> 00:04:07,247 Better luck next time. 46 00:04:15,516 --> 00:04:17,648 What? 47 00:04:17,779 --> 00:04:20,390 It wasn't like the others. Another birth will kill you. 48 00:04:23,175 --> 00:04:25,569 No, that can't... I have to have a son. 49 00:04:26,918 --> 00:04:29,094 With Gaius, I... I have to. 50 00:04:29,225 --> 00:04:31,271 I'm sorry, darling. 51 00:04:33,838 --> 00:04:35,884 If this gets out, I'm finished. 52 00:04:36,014 --> 00:04:38,582 You must tell Gaius as soon as he's back from Spain. 53 00:04:38,713 --> 00:04:40,280 No... no. 54 00:04:40,410 --> 00:04:42,282 Your husband has to be told sooner or later. 55 00:04:42,412 --> 00:04:44,762 If he finds out I can't give him children, 56 00:04:44,893 --> 00:04:47,025 he'll divorce me and marry someone who can. 57 00:04:47,156 --> 00:04:48,679 That's just the way it is. 58 00:04:48,810 --> 00:04:51,116 You can't risk another pregnancy. 59 00:04:51,247 --> 00:04:53,467 -It's a death sentence. -So is divorce. 60 00:04:53,597 --> 00:04:55,469 -He won't divorce you. -Uh? 61 00:04:55,599 --> 00:04:57,732 He won't want to. 62 00:04:57,862 --> 00:05:00,300 But in the end, eventually he'll have to. 63 00:05:01,779 --> 00:05:04,608 They'll make sure of that. 64 00:05:04,739 --> 00:05:07,350 [Octavia] Gaius will be so disappointed. 65 00:05:07,481 --> 00:05:10,310 [Scribonia] At her age, that might have been the last chance. 66 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,530 That would certainly... create a dilemma. 67 00:05:13,661 --> 00:05:16,620 Still, Julia must be married. 68 00:05:16,751 --> 00:05:18,666 Are you sure it's best to move ahead with this 69 00:05:18,796 --> 00:05:20,798 under the circumstances? 70 00:05:20,929 --> 00:05:22,974 We said we'd wait until Gaius and Marcellus got back. 71 00:05:23,105 --> 00:05:24,193 Why wait any longer? 72 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:26,761 Because it might upset Livia. 73 00:05:26,891 --> 00:05:28,806 Tiberius will never get to marry Julia. 74 00:05:28,937 --> 00:05:30,591 Gaius can't stand him. 75 00:05:30,721 --> 00:05:32,854 Even Livia couldn't swing that one. 76 00:05:32,984 --> 00:05:36,901 If she marries in the family, it'll be to Marcellus. 77 00:05:37,032 --> 00:05:39,251 We can't wait, and we can't take any chances. 78 00:05:39,382 --> 00:05:41,123 Well, it might be best to get it settled 79 00:05:41,253 --> 00:05:43,168 -while Livia is still... -Quite. 80 00:05:43,299 --> 00:05:45,475 We'll move the minute Gaius gets back. 81 00:06:00,272 --> 00:06:01,709 Livia. 82 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:03,363 Gaius. 83 00:06:10,674 --> 00:06:12,589 I'm so sorry. 84 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,678 I tried so hard. I'm sorry. 85 00:06:14,809 --> 00:06:16,071 It's all right. 86 00:06:16,201 --> 00:06:17,638 We'll have others. 87 00:06:19,596 --> 00:06:21,119 Plenty of others. 88 00:06:40,312 --> 00:06:41,662 Is she going to be all right? 89 00:06:45,274 --> 00:06:46,536 She's lost a lot of blood. 90 00:06:48,843 --> 00:06:51,976 Just give it a while before you try again. 91 00:07:03,684 --> 00:07:05,729 ♪♪ 92 00:08:10,968 --> 00:08:12,970 Father. 93 00:08:13,101 --> 00:08:14,929 -You're home. -Julia. 94 00:08:15,059 --> 00:08:16,887 I've missed you. 95 00:08:19,107 --> 00:08:21,762 How've you been? Get your marks up in Greek? 96 00:08:21,892 --> 00:08:23,503 [scoffs] 97 00:08:26,723 --> 00:08:28,159 I have to go. 98 00:08:31,162 --> 00:08:33,643 I've been just fine, thank you. 99 00:08:33,774 --> 00:08:35,166 [indistinct chattering] 100 00:08:40,432 --> 00:08:41,912 How is she? 101 00:08:43,958 --> 00:08:46,700 We're so sorry. 102 00:08:46,830 --> 00:08:48,353 [Agrippa] Well, to cheer you up, 103 00:08:48,484 --> 00:08:50,312 we brought you the latest treasury statements. 104 00:08:50,442 --> 00:08:51,922 We tried our best to cock it up, 105 00:08:52,053 --> 00:08:54,055 but everything just seemed to go right. 106 00:08:54,185 --> 00:08:57,145 The next time you can send me to war while you stay here. 107 00:08:57,275 --> 00:08:59,190 I've had it up to here with fucking politics 108 00:08:59,321 --> 00:09:00,801 and bureaucracy. 109 00:09:00,931 --> 00:09:02,846 What about the lost Legion Standards? 110 00:09:02,977 --> 00:09:05,196 Uh, the Parthians just keep putting up the price. 111 00:09:05,327 --> 00:09:07,416 Diplomacy's overrated. 112 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:09,679 Give me my Legions, and I'll get our fucking Standards back, 113 00:09:09,810 --> 00:09:11,289 and plenty else as well. 114 00:09:13,335 --> 00:09:14,858 You did promise me. 115 00:09:14,989 --> 00:09:17,121 Two years in Rome while you were in Spain, 116 00:09:17,252 --> 00:09:18,906 then I could go back on campaign. 117 00:09:19,036 --> 00:09:20,864 That was the deal. 118 00:09:20,995 --> 00:09:24,041 It wasn't a deal exactly. More an aspiration. 119 00:09:24,172 --> 00:09:25,652 We need you here. 120 00:09:25,782 --> 00:09:27,262 I need you here. 121 00:09:32,006 --> 00:09:33,050 [Octavia] Gaius! 122 00:09:33,181 --> 00:09:34,878 We're all so disappointed. 123 00:09:40,362 --> 00:09:42,886 I'm so sorry. 124 00:09:43,017 --> 00:09:45,019 Can we see you in private before you get busy? 125 00:09:45,149 --> 00:09:46,977 Of course. Come. 126 00:09:52,896 --> 00:09:55,203 It was a fucking deal. 127 00:09:55,333 --> 00:09:58,423 I was hoping that Marcellus would be with you. 128 00:09:58,554 --> 00:10:00,034 [Gaius] I left him at Ostia with Tiberius. 129 00:10:00,164 --> 00:10:02,427 They'll be here any time. What's up? 130 00:10:02,558 --> 00:10:04,212 [Scribonia] Well... 131 00:10:04,342 --> 00:10:05,822 while you were away, our daughter became a woman. 132 00:10:05,953 --> 00:10:07,389 And so, of course, it's time 133 00:10:07,519 --> 00:10:10,044 to start thinking about her marriage. 134 00:10:10,174 --> 00:10:11,828 [Octavia] We always secretly hoped 135 00:10:11,959 --> 00:10:13,830 that when the time came... 136 00:10:13,961 --> 00:10:16,441 you would unite our families 137 00:10:16,572 --> 00:10:17,747 by giving Julia in... 138 00:10:19,531 --> 00:10:22,012 in marriage to my son, Marcellus. 139 00:10:22,143 --> 00:10:24,406 [Scribonia] Obviously, there are many factors to consider 140 00:10:24,536 --> 00:10:26,234 and many suitable candidates, 141 00:10:26,364 --> 00:10:28,628 but nobody could object to his father's family - 142 00:10:28,758 --> 00:10:31,761 even if it's not quite as grand as Livia's. 143 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:36,897 Agrippa's married to my Marcella, 144 00:10:37,027 --> 00:10:39,464 and Tiberius is betrothed to Vipsania, 145 00:10:39,595 --> 00:10:42,206 so Marcellus would be the obvious choice, 146 00:10:42,337 --> 00:10:45,688 if... you were to marry within the family. 147 00:10:48,169 --> 00:10:52,042 Crassus has already suggested an alliance through Julia. 148 00:10:52,173 --> 00:10:53,653 And he's not the only one. 149 00:10:56,612 --> 00:10:59,093 But, in the end, 150 00:10:59,223 --> 00:11:01,095 there's nothing more important than family. 151 00:11:01,225 --> 00:11:03,314 I always wanted Marcellus to have her, too. 152 00:11:03,445 --> 00:11:05,926 [Octavia laughing] 153 00:11:06,056 --> 00:11:09,233 Oh, so we can consider them betrothed? 154 00:11:09,364 --> 00:11:11,671 But this is very sensitive politically. 155 00:11:11,801 --> 00:11:14,630 It'll need handling before it goes public, and I'll need time. 156 00:11:14,761 --> 00:11:16,501 So, for now this stays between us. 157 00:11:16,632 --> 00:11:18,286 Can't I tell Julia? She'll be thrilled. 158 00:11:18,416 --> 00:11:22,769 -Or Marcellus? -No one at all. Until I say so. 159 00:11:22,899 --> 00:11:23,944 -Right. -Hmm. 160 00:11:25,946 --> 00:11:27,687 [grunting] 161 00:11:33,605 --> 00:11:34,345 Iullus? 162 00:11:37,479 --> 00:11:39,263 Thank you, Primas. 163 00:11:44,486 --> 00:11:45,966 My father's back. 164 00:11:46,096 --> 00:11:47,315 I just overheard them talking. 165 00:11:49,317 --> 00:11:50,710 I'm to marry Marcellus. 166 00:11:55,671 --> 00:11:57,717 Well, we always knew it would be someone. 167 00:11:59,283 --> 00:12:00,371 And never me. 168 00:12:10,077 --> 00:12:11,382 Your father killed mine. 169 00:12:13,167 --> 00:12:14,385 And my brother. 170 00:12:15,517 --> 00:12:17,127 I won't tell. 171 00:12:30,227 --> 00:12:31,881 Tiberius! 172 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:40,411 Don't worry, darling. She'll be all right. 173 00:12:50,726 --> 00:12:52,467 He's just upset. 174 00:12:55,339 --> 00:12:58,081 Octavia and Scribonia called first thing. 175 00:12:58,212 --> 00:12:59,561 Something important. 176 00:12:59,691 --> 00:13:02,738 [Livia] They're coming for me. 177 00:13:02,869 --> 00:13:04,566 And the German just left the signal. 178 00:13:04,696 --> 00:13:06,220 I told you. 179 00:13:06,350 --> 00:13:08,091 I'll deal with it. Stop worrying. 180 00:13:08,222 --> 00:13:10,441 -Then why are you still here? -Go back to sleep. 181 00:13:23,106 --> 00:13:24,064 She'll be fine. 182 00:13:25,326 --> 00:13:27,067 Yes. 183 00:13:27,197 --> 00:13:29,199 Mother is always fine, Drusus. 184 00:13:31,767 --> 00:13:34,683 You want to get a whore? 185 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:37,164 -Oh, Marcellus. -Mother, so good to see you. 186 00:13:37,294 --> 00:13:38,513 I missed you so much! 187 00:13:38,643 --> 00:13:40,950 [indistinct chattering] 188 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:44,824 Look at the little fuck. 189 00:13:44,954 --> 00:13:47,130 -Tell us everything. -Spanish tribes are crazy. 190 00:13:47,261 --> 00:13:48,784 Apparently, the Belgians are way worse. 191 00:13:48,915 --> 00:13:51,134 Anyone would think he was a soldier. 192 00:13:51,265 --> 00:13:52,875 Maybe he's a bit more mature now. 193 00:13:54,137 --> 00:13:55,573 Less of a cunt? 194 00:13:55,704 --> 00:13:57,619 Let's make an effort, dear. 195 00:13:57,749 --> 00:13:59,012 Welcome back, Marcellus! 196 00:13:59,142 --> 00:14:00,361 How was Spain? 197 00:14:00,491 --> 00:14:02,102 Harder than we thought, I heard. 198 00:14:03,712 --> 00:14:05,279 You learned to fight at least. 199 00:14:05,409 --> 00:14:07,672 Marcellus was the best swordsman in the Fifth. 200 00:14:07,803 --> 00:14:08,673 Everyone said so. 201 00:14:08,804 --> 00:14:10,806 [Agrippa] Is that right? 202 00:14:10,937 --> 00:14:13,200 Well, you'll have to give me a lesson or two sometime. 203 00:14:13,330 --> 00:14:15,115 You're out of practice, Agrippa. It wouldn't be fair. 204 00:14:15,245 --> 00:14:16,812 Hey! 205 00:14:16,943 --> 00:14:18,596 I can just about still swing a sword. 206 00:14:20,163 --> 00:14:22,252 Yeah. Just about. 207 00:14:22,383 --> 00:14:23,514 Don't turn your back on me, boy. 208 00:14:23,645 --> 00:14:24,994 Don't call me "boy." 209 00:14:26,691 --> 00:14:27,997 Agrippa. 210 00:14:32,784 --> 00:14:34,874 Lessons. 211 00:14:35,004 --> 00:14:36,310 -But Marcellus is here! -Now, girls, lessons! 212 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:37,485 Marcellus, take them to their lessons. 213 00:14:37,615 --> 00:14:38,529 Come along. 214 00:14:38,660 --> 00:14:39,530 Marcellus? 215 00:14:42,098 --> 00:14:43,099 Come on, Iullus. 216 00:14:43,230 --> 00:14:44,884 Welcome back, Tiberius. 217 00:14:50,411 --> 00:14:52,761 Hilarica, tell me, how is poor Livia? 218 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:53,893 We've all been so worried. 219 00:14:56,417 --> 00:15:00,116 Agrippa just started a fight with Marcellus in the atrium. 220 00:15:00,247 --> 00:15:02,292 I've told you before, 221 00:15:02,423 --> 00:15:05,295 Agrippa's jealousy of the boy needs careful managing. 222 00:15:05,426 --> 00:15:07,123 He's not a boy anymore. 223 00:15:07,254 --> 00:15:08,168 Mm. 224 00:15:11,214 --> 00:15:12,476 Did you see Octavia yet? 225 00:15:14,522 --> 00:15:16,045 She sends her love. 226 00:15:17,655 --> 00:15:18,918 That's nice. 227 00:15:21,355 --> 00:15:22,922 Get some rest. 228 00:15:48,251 --> 00:15:49,339 You won't forget me. 229 00:15:51,211 --> 00:15:52,212 Never. 230 00:15:54,388 --> 00:15:56,346 [Octavia] My dear, how handsome you are. 231 00:15:56,477 --> 00:15:58,392 I'm serious. 232 00:15:58,522 --> 00:16:00,394 I didn't think you could get any more handsome. 233 00:16:00,524 --> 00:16:02,744 I got lots of sun, and I did... 234 00:16:02,874 --> 00:16:04,441 You don't look like you got sun. 235 00:16:04,572 --> 00:16:05,703 I have terrible news. 236 00:16:05,834 --> 00:16:07,836 I got it out of the midwife. 237 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:10,404 Antigone thinks that if Livia gets pregnant again, 238 00:16:10,534 --> 00:16:12,319 it shall kill her. 239 00:16:12,449 --> 00:16:14,147 And the midwife says the same. 240 00:16:17,193 --> 00:16:18,107 I'm sorry, but... 241 00:16:20,457 --> 00:16:21,632 Does Gaius know? 242 00:16:23,286 --> 00:16:25,027 This changes everything. 243 00:16:25,158 --> 00:16:27,290 It's only right that he should know, don't you think? 244 00:16:27,421 --> 00:16:28,639 Of course it is. 245 00:16:31,773 --> 00:16:34,384 It's up to you. 246 00:16:34,515 --> 00:16:37,474 Are we going to wake her up for this? 247 00:16:37,605 --> 00:16:39,781 No, we let her sleep. 248 00:16:39,911 --> 00:16:41,391 He wants to see you. 249 00:16:42,958 --> 00:16:44,394 It's something bad. 250 00:17:01,759 --> 00:17:04,066 Is it true she can't have children now? 251 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:13,641 I asked you a question. 252 00:17:18,515 --> 00:17:19,299 Get out. 253 00:17:22,954 --> 00:17:24,869 I'm so sorry, Gaius. 254 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,307 It was wrong of Antigone to keep if from you. 255 00:17:27,437 --> 00:17:29,352 It was. 256 00:17:29,483 --> 00:17:30,179 Poor Livia. 257 00:17:40,929 --> 00:17:42,496 So, Crassus, 258 00:17:42,626 --> 00:17:45,499 I hear you were thinking of marrying my daughter. 259 00:17:45,629 --> 00:17:48,806 If it weren't for me, he'd have lost the whole fucking Danube. 260 00:17:52,506 --> 00:17:53,768 He owes me. 261 00:17:58,599 --> 00:18:00,340 [sighs] 262 00:18:00,470 --> 00:18:03,212 What the fuck am I supposed to do now? 263 00:18:04,996 --> 00:18:06,259 Nothing. 264 00:18:08,174 --> 00:18:10,828 Your wife is the cleverest man in Rome. 265 00:18:12,439 --> 00:18:14,093 And the prettiest. 266 00:18:32,633 --> 00:18:33,808 What is it? 267 00:18:35,592 --> 00:18:36,463 Nothing. 268 00:18:36,593 --> 00:18:38,552 [scoffs] 269 00:18:38,682 --> 00:18:39,683 You're lying. 270 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:43,774 I can tell by your voice, 271 00:18:43,905 --> 00:18:47,256 which means it's bad news you think I'm too frail to hear. 272 00:18:58,615 --> 00:19:01,401 He knows. 273 00:19:01,531 --> 00:19:03,664 Scribonia got it out of the midwife. 274 00:19:03,794 --> 00:19:05,144 And Julia is marrying Marcellus. 275 00:19:06,623 --> 00:19:08,364 They got him to agree. 276 00:19:08,495 --> 00:19:10,584 While you were out of it. 277 00:19:10,714 --> 00:19:12,629 Well, Scribonia must be thrilled. 278 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,589 Grandchildren with Gaius. 279 00:19:15,719 --> 00:19:17,895 She's waited a long time for that. 280 00:19:23,727 --> 00:19:26,295 The marriage is very undesirable. 281 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:32,171 As is my new situation. 282 00:19:38,481 --> 00:19:39,743 Where have you been? 283 00:19:42,442 --> 00:19:44,226 Who's that? 284 00:19:44,357 --> 00:19:46,794 My new slave, Aprio. I brought him back from Spain. 285 00:19:46,924 --> 00:19:48,361 [exclaiming] 286 00:19:50,972 --> 00:19:52,321 What's up with you? 287 00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:55,324 I know you're marrying Julia. 288 00:19:55,455 --> 00:19:56,238 Julia? 289 00:19:58,545 --> 00:20:01,069 -Did you know? -No. 290 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,463 Don't you know how lucky you are to be marrying Julia? 291 00:20:03,593 --> 00:20:06,292 Everyone in Rome wanted to marry Julia. 292 00:20:06,422 --> 00:20:09,077 Except Tiberius. 293 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:12,602 He tried to have me killed, you know? Tiberius, in Spain. 294 00:20:12,733 --> 00:20:15,170 [scoffs] You're not serious. 295 00:20:15,301 --> 00:20:17,041 My cohort was holding a river ford. 296 00:20:17,172 --> 00:20:19,653 His was just above, guarding a pass. 297 00:20:19,783 --> 00:20:22,221 The tribes started attacking at dawn and we were outnumbered. 298 00:20:22,351 --> 00:20:24,005 And he didn't bring his men in support? 299 00:20:24,135 --> 00:20:26,050 Mm. 300 00:20:26,181 --> 00:20:28,618 His orders were to hold the pass, and he did. 301 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,361 A Decurion hid me in a swamp. 302 00:20:34,058 --> 00:20:36,235 Everyone else was killed. 303 00:20:39,673 --> 00:20:45,505 I just saw him on his horse, just watching. 304 00:20:45,635 --> 00:20:47,376 You know, he's not like we thought. 305 00:20:47,507 --> 00:20:49,378 He's evil. 306 00:21:04,698 --> 00:21:06,482 [distant laughing] 307 00:21:06,613 --> 00:21:08,397 [indistinct chattering] 308 00:21:56,663 --> 00:21:57,968 [Antigone clearing her throat] 309 00:22:26,083 --> 00:22:27,476 Gaius? 310 00:22:32,612 --> 00:22:34,353 You should be resting. 311 00:22:41,055 --> 00:22:44,624 I'm so sorry I can't give you an heir. 312 00:22:44,754 --> 00:22:46,365 I know how much you always wanted one. 313 00:22:49,019 --> 00:22:52,632 I just couldn't face telling you until I felt a bit stronger. 314 00:22:52,762 --> 00:22:54,808 However... 315 00:22:54,938 --> 00:22:58,246 it's now clear our situation has changed. 316 00:22:58,377 --> 00:23:00,335 The purpose of marriage is the production of children, 317 00:23:00,466 --> 00:23:02,772 and I'm no longer fit for that purpose. 318 00:23:02,903 --> 00:23:04,426 You have to divorce me. 319 00:23:05,993 --> 00:23:07,690 It will be expected. 320 00:23:07,821 --> 00:23:11,651 And we both know it will come to that in the end. 321 00:23:11,781 --> 00:23:12,956 I never cared what is expected. 322 00:23:13,087 --> 00:23:16,438 No. But you care about having a son. 323 00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:21,269 I'm sorry, Gaius. I love you. 324 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:22,923 But I can't be selfish. 325 00:23:23,053 --> 00:23:26,187 -Can we not just wait? -For what? 326 00:23:26,317 --> 00:23:28,276 My mind is made up. 327 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:31,279 I'm going to look for a house a little out of Rome. 328 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:36,327 My marriage to you has been the happiest time of my life. 329 00:23:36,458 --> 00:23:38,982 I thank you with all my heart. 330 00:23:39,113 --> 00:23:41,071 My clerk will handle the settlement. 331 00:23:52,126 --> 00:23:54,084 [Antigone] You shouldn't be going anywhere. 332 00:23:57,436 --> 00:23:59,568 Follow me tonight, with the boys. 333 00:24:13,234 --> 00:24:15,105 She's divorcing him? 334 00:24:15,236 --> 00:24:16,890 Walked out this morning! 335 00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:19,980 Off house-hunting at the lake. [laughs] 336 00:24:20,110 --> 00:24:22,939 Of course, these days, she's legally within her rights, 337 00:24:23,070 --> 00:24:25,638 but in my mother's time, this would never have done. 338 00:24:25,768 --> 00:24:27,901 Still, I mean... 339 00:24:28,031 --> 00:24:32,645 there's no denying that it does simplify everything for Gaius. 340 00:24:32,775 --> 00:24:35,343 How very selfless. 341 00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:38,825 I said I'd make a list of potential wives. 342 00:24:38,955 --> 00:24:41,131 Ones from suitable families. 343 00:24:41,262 --> 00:24:43,264 Was hoping you'd help. 344 00:24:43,394 --> 00:24:45,701 Of course. 345 00:24:45,832 --> 00:24:48,095 But don't forget, there's a wedding to plan. 346 00:24:51,446 --> 00:24:52,795 I can't believe it. 347 00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:55,363 What do you care? 348 00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:57,626 -I like Livia. -It's so unfair. 349 00:24:57,757 --> 00:25:00,890 Well, the main thing is... 350 00:25:01,021 --> 00:25:03,240 Tiberius and Drusus are finished. 351 00:25:09,203 --> 00:25:11,640 Yeah. Obviously, that's the main thing. 352 00:25:11,771 --> 00:25:12,641 Yeah. 353 00:25:20,388 --> 00:25:22,172 [grunting] 354 00:25:26,437 --> 00:25:27,221 Domina. 355 00:25:46,066 --> 00:25:47,937 You know, I take it, who I am. 356 00:26:05,999 --> 00:26:09,437 Yeah, not much light on the ground floor. 357 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:11,700 But at least you don't get burned up when it catches fire. 358 00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:15,835 Your wife said you hadn't been home. 359 00:26:20,013 --> 00:26:21,971 -She's a dancer. -Actress! [laughs] 360 00:26:30,110 --> 00:26:32,591 How did you know about this place? 361 00:26:33,983 --> 00:26:36,899 So... 362 00:26:37,030 --> 00:26:39,249 After this last time, I can't give Gaius children, 363 00:26:39,380 --> 00:26:40,337 so we're divorcing. 364 00:26:42,775 --> 00:26:44,167 What? 365 00:26:44,298 --> 00:26:46,039 If you'd like to end the engagement 366 00:26:46,169 --> 00:26:48,345 between your daughter Vipsania and my Tiberius, 367 00:26:48,476 --> 00:26:49,956 of course I would understand. 368 00:26:50,086 --> 00:26:50,783 Not for a minute. 369 00:26:52,175 --> 00:26:54,134 I'm so sorry. 370 00:26:54,264 --> 00:26:55,744 Is it true he's not giving you the Parthian campaign? 371 00:26:57,093 --> 00:26:58,965 Well, you should know. 372 00:26:59,095 --> 00:27:01,141 You always know everything. 373 00:27:01,271 --> 00:27:03,317 I wasn't told about Julia's marriage to Marcellus either. 374 00:27:05,101 --> 00:27:07,800 He's giving her to Marcellus? 375 00:27:07,930 --> 00:27:09,453 When was this decided? 376 00:27:09,584 --> 00:27:10,977 I don't know. 377 00:27:11,107 --> 00:27:13,022 I wasn't consulted. 378 00:27:13,153 --> 00:27:15,068 I think it's unwise, politically, 379 00:27:15,198 --> 00:27:17,113 and, of course, it should've been you. 380 00:27:17,244 --> 00:27:19,115 At least the offer. 381 00:27:19,246 --> 00:27:23,598 Or Crassus after his victories in the Balkans. 382 00:27:23,729 --> 00:27:26,906 But obviously, he feels the future is Marcellus. 383 00:27:29,386 --> 00:27:31,954 He's not giving him the Parthian campaign, is he? 384 00:27:32,085 --> 00:27:33,782 I haven't heard. 385 00:27:44,010 --> 00:27:45,968 I'm leaving Rome, Agrippa. 386 00:27:46,099 --> 00:27:47,927 For a while. 387 00:27:48,057 --> 00:27:50,320 -May I ask a favor? -The boys. 388 00:27:52,148 --> 00:27:53,367 You want me to adopt them? 389 00:27:53,497 --> 00:27:55,804 Just look out for them. 390 00:27:55,935 --> 00:27:56,849 You know what I mean. 391 00:27:56,979 --> 00:27:58,328 Always. 392 00:28:00,156 --> 00:28:01,331 Always. 393 00:28:09,949 --> 00:28:11,646 Julia! 394 00:28:11,777 --> 00:28:14,344 I knew you'd be out giving thanks. 395 00:28:14,475 --> 00:28:17,304 Now the gods have given you everything you ever wanted. 396 00:28:19,349 --> 00:28:21,830 I can't believe she's gone. Livia. 397 00:28:23,310 --> 00:28:24,964 She didn't even say goodbye. 398 00:28:27,270 --> 00:28:30,186 You know how I found out I was being divorced? 399 00:28:30,317 --> 00:28:32,493 Your father sent Maecenas with the paperwork 400 00:28:32,623 --> 00:28:34,669 the day after I gave birth to you. 401 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,107 You want me to feel sorry for Livia? 402 00:28:38,238 --> 00:28:39,326 Don't hold your breath. 403 00:28:46,289 --> 00:28:48,509 When were you going to tell me, by the way? 404 00:28:48,639 --> 00:28:50,032 About what? 405 00:28:50,163 --> 00:28:51,120 My own marriage. 406 00:28:54,645 --> 00:28:56,735 You could at least have sent Maecenas. 407 00:29:12,925 --> 00:29:14,143 Father... 408 00:29:16,232 --> 00:29:18,626 I can never give him a son, 409 00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:20,149 which changes everything. 410 00:29:22,935 --> 00:29:26,155 Whatever I did to deserve it, I've been punished enough. 411 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:31,421 So I asked the gods. 412 00:29:31,552 --> 00:29:32,814 Now I ask you. 413 00:29:34,250 --> 00:29:36,644 Let me fuck my enemies. 414 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:38,428 There's a small chance if... 415 00:29:40,387 --> 00:29:42,345 if things go like I hope. 416 00:29:42,476 --> 00:29:44,913 If I can just survive next to Gaius. 417 00:29:47,263 --> 00:29:48,961 It can still be done. 418 00:29:52,703 --> 00:29:53,966 It can. 419 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:01,930 I'll just take one of these. 420 00:30:10,286 --> 00:30:12,201 I think it's really mean. 421 00:30:12,332 --> 00:30:13,507 But she can't give him children. 422 00:30:13,637 --> 00:30:15,335 She almost died trying. 423 00:30:15,465 --> 00:30:18,120 Well, men ought to have a son. 424 00:30:18,251 --> 00:30:20,296 Maybe they should give birth themselves. 425 00:30:20,427 --> 00:30:22,559 Now you sound like Livia. 426 00:30:22,690 --> 00:30:25,171 I like sounding like Livia. 427 00:30:25,301 --> 00:30:27,782 Agrippa, where have you been? 428 00:30:27,913 --> 00:30:32,047 Livia came looking for you. Have you heard the news? 429 00:30:32,178 --> 00:30:35,050 My uncle is divorcing her, 430 00:30:35,181 --> 00:30:38,793 and Julia is to marry my brother Marcellus! 431 00:30:38,924 --> 00:30:41,187 Oh, it's the mark of the greatest favor. 432 00:30:41,317 --> 00:30:45,147 Marcellus must've distinguished himself in the Spanish campaign. 433 00:30:45,278 --> 00:30:46,409 Did he fuck? 434 00:30:59,292 --> 00:31:01,685 She's bluffing. 435 00:31:01,816 --> 00:31:04,123 She won't last a week out of Rome. 436 00:31:04,253 --> 00:31:06,038 -Livia's very proud. -I want a son. 437 00:31:06,168 --> 00:31:08,127 I always have. 438 00:31:08,257 --> 00:31:11,217 Is that too much to ask? Is that my fault? 439 00:31:11,347 --> 00:31:12,609 What else is it for? 440 00:31:12,740 --> 00:31:15,351 All of it. It's a legacy. 441 00:31:15,482 --> 00:31:17,527 A legacy doesn't have to be flesh and blood. 442 00:31:17,658 --> 00:31:19,094 You're right. 443 00:31:19,225 --> 00:31:20,487 It's that stupid pride. 444 00:31:20,617 --> 00:31:24,230 Livia Drusilla of the fucking Claudii! 445 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:25,622 I want Julia. 446 00:31:29,017 --> 00:31:32,064 You shouldn't have promised her to Marcellus. 447 00:31:32,194 --> 00:31:33,717 It should've been me. 448 00:31:33,848 --> 00:31:35,763 Who told you that? 449 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:39,462 My stupid wife and all her sisters knew before I did. 450 00:31:43,510 --> 00:31:45,773 I've done everything. 451 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:48,907 Everything you've ever asked. 452 00:31:50,256 --> 00:31:52,998 You show me no respect. 453 00:31:53,128 --> 00:31:56,044 You don't keep your promises. You don't give me your daughter. 454 00:31:56,175 --> 00:31:57,089 Agrippa. 455 00:31:57,219 --> 00:31:59,134 I put you where you are, 456 00:31:59,265 --> 00:32:02,442 and Livia kept you there! 457 00:32:02,572 --> 00:32:06,576 Shame on you to get rid of her the minute she's no use! 458 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,192 You stayed in your tent at Philippi. 459 00:32:13,322 --> 00:32:15,803 You were too sick to fight at Actium. 460 00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:16,978 -You coward! -Agrippa! 461 00:32:28,555 --> 00:32:30,209 Marcellus hasn't earned it. 462 00:32:32,428 --> 00:32:33,690 It's not right. 463 00:32:40,697 --> 00:32:44,136 What about Verina, daughter of Marcus Verinus Paullus? 464 00:32:44,266 --> 00:32:46,181 Now, she's stunning. 465 00:32:46,312 --> 00:32:47,835 But provincial. 466 00:32:47,966 --> 00:32:49,228 -New money. -Plenty of it! 467 00:32:50,446 --> 00:32:52,187 Cornelia. 468 00:32:52,318 --> 00:32:54,885 Cornelia, daughter of Gaius Cornelius Scipio. 469 00:32:55,016 --> 00:32:57,932 I mean, face like a bench, but... 470 00:32:58,063 --> 00:33:00,848 -Gaius! -Did I not make it quite clear 471 00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:03,982 you were to tell no one about Julia and Marcellus? 472 00:33:04,112 --> 00:33:07,376 -Brother, I don't... -Your daughter told Agrippa, 473 00:33:07,507 --> 00:33:08,725 and she didn't hear it from me. 474 00:33:11,293 --> 00:33:14,296 You betrayed my trust. 475 00:33:14,427 --> 00:33:16,995 The situation has changed. The betrothal has ended. 476 00:33:25,307 --> 00:33:26,047 Feeling better? 477 00:33:28,093 --> 00:33:30,660 Gaius. Gaius, be kind to yourself. 478 00:33:30,791 --> 00:33:32,314 In the space of a day, 479 00:33:32,445 --> 00:33:34,012 you've lost a child, a friend and a wife. 480 00:33:34,142 --> 00:33:35,839 -I've got work to do. -Let me speak to them. 481 00:33:35,970 --> 00:33:38,277 He's dead to me. 482 00:33:38,407 --> 00:33:40,018 So is she. 483 00:33:40,931 --> 00:33:42,672 [sighs] 484 00:34:08,437 --> 00:34:09,438 Can I stay here for a bit? 485 00:34:21,407 --> 00:34:22,712 [Livius] Let's say goodbye. 486 00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:52,481 Just us now, Little Bear. 487 00:34:59,532 --> 00:35:01,577 You passed out. 488 00:35:01,708 --> 00:35:04,580 At Piso's on the lake. The boys are here. 489 00:35:04,711 --> 00:35:06,974 Meanwhile, back in Rome, 490 00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:10,630 Octavia was drawing up a list of your replacements. 491 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,981 And Agrippa and your husband had a massive fight over Julia. 492 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:15,678 The betrothal got cancelled, 493 00:35:15,809 --> 00:35:18,464 and your husband is no longer speaking 494 00:35:18,594 --> 00:35:20,466 to Octavia, Agrippa or you. 495 00:35:20,596 --> 00:35:22,990 Huh. 496 00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:26,428 You don't seem very surprised. 497 00:35:26,559 --> 00:35:28,648 Did you just block the toilets before we left, 498 00:35:28,778 --> 00:35:30,780 or does this all have a purpose? 499 00:35:35,350 --> 00:35:37,265 He's isolated. 500 00:35:37,396 --> 00:35:39,746 He'll send for her. 501 00:35:39,876 --> 00:35:42,270 -And what if he doesn't? -[Livia] Then he doesn't. 502 00:35:42,401 --> 00:35:43,924 Don't worry, Drusus. 503 00:35:44,054 --> 00:35:46,579 -Agrippa will take care of you. -How? 504 00:35:46,709 --> 00:35:48,624 He's fallen. Weren't you listening? 505 00:35:48,755 --> 00:35:50,278 What can he do for us now? 506 00:35:55,065 --> 00:35:57,807 I need to speak to Piso. 507 00:35:57,938 --> 00:35:59,287 Alone. 508 00:36:07,121 --> 00:36:08,731 My life is just over. 509 00:36:13,127 --> 00:36:14,433 I tried to kill Marcellus in Spain. 510 00:36:20,656 --> 00:36:22,397 Did I tell you? 511 00:36:22,528 --> 00:36:24,312 [indistinct chattering] 512 00:36:28,925 --> 00:36:31,450 So, now there's something I have to tell you. 513 00:36:35,758 --> 00:36:39,153 When I brought my father's body back to Rome, 514 00:36:39,284 --> 00:36:41,808 I made a sacred oath to his spirit 515 00:36:41,938 --> 00:36:46,247 that I'd do everything I could to restore the Republic. 516 00:36:48,554 --> 00:36:50,643 Nobody living knows this. 517 00:36:50,773 --> 00:36:53,994 Not even Antigone and certainly not Gaius. 518 00:36:54,124 --> 00:36:55,213 That would, of course, be fatal. 519 00:37:00,827 --> 00:37:02,655 Of course, by then I was married to Gaius, 520 00:37:02,785 --> 00:37:04,874 and I could see how it might be done. 521 00:37:08,313 --> 00:37:11,664 So I helped destroy Lepidus and Marcus Antonius, 522 00:37:11,794 --> 00:37:13,492 and everyone else who got in our way. 523 00:37:15,842 --> 00:37:17,496 But, in the end, I realized 524 00:37:17,626 --> 00:37:21,543 Gaius would never give his power away. 525 00:37:21,674 --> 00:37:25,243 So now it's all about what happens when he dies. 526 00:37:26,809 --> 00:37:29,290 After Gaius, 527 00:37:29,421 --> 00:37:32,989 power must go to someone who would give it back to the Senate 528 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:34,861 and make sure they take it. 529 00:37:36,776 --> 00:37:38,256 You're not talking about me, are you? 530 00:37:40,083 --> 00:37:41,302 I'm talking about Drusus. 531 00:37:43,913 --> 00:37:46,829 -Drusus. -But he'll need help. 532 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,267 When the time comes. In the right place. 533 00:37:51,356 --> 00:37:54,924 Gaius once asked you to be consul. 534 00:37:55,055 --> 00:37:56,752 He'll ask you again. 535 00:37:56,883 --> 00:37:58,928 Next time, take it. 536 00:38:05,892 --> 00:38:07,546 Livia Drusilla. 537 00:38:10,810 --> 00:38:12,986 You are your father's daughter. 538 00:38:15,728 --> 00:38:17,033 Always. 539 00:38:22,604 --> 00:38:23,910 Always. 540 00:38:25,781 --> 00:38:27,566 Agrippa. 541 00:38:27,696 --> 00:38:29,481 Agrippa wants to marry Julia. 542 00:38:29,611 --> 00:38:30,786 She's my fiancée. 543 00:38:30,917 --> 00:38:32,701 Who does he think he is? 544 00:38:32,832 --> 00:38:34,660 He's my husband. That's who he is. 545 00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:36,575 His family is nothing. 546 00:38:36,705 --> 00:38:39,055 Oh, well, it was good enough for me, apparently. 547 00:38:39,186 --> 00:38:40,579 He's so old. 548 00:38:40,709 --> 00:38:42,711 You've only got yourself to blame. 549 00:38:42,842 --> 00:38:45,235 She didn't know it was a secret. 550 00:38:45,366 --> 00:38:47,237 Well, if you're going to spy on people's private conversations, 551 00:38:47,368 --> 00:38:48,761 then you learn to do it properly. 552 00:38:48,891 --> 00:38:51,633 It was Marcella that blabbed to Agrippa. 553 00:38:51,764 --> 00:38:53,200 It's not fair. 554 00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:55,420 I'm the... the victim here. 555 00:38:55,550 --> 00:38:56,595 What about me? 556 00:38:56,725 --> 00:38:58,640 Or me? 557 00:38:58,771 --> 00:39:00,729 I knew Livia wouldn't take this lying down. 558 00:39:00,860 --> 00:39:02,252 Ugh. 559 00:39:02,383 --> 00:39:03,950 Don't be ridiculous, Scribonia! 560 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:05,038 You'd blame her for the rain if you could. 561 00:39:05,168 --> 00:39:06,648 You have lost everything! 562 00:39:11,827 --> 00:39:13,220 You created this mess, 563 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:15,222 you're going to fix it. 564 00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,006 You will go to your father 565 00:39:17,137 --> 00:39:19,008 and admit that you betrayed our private conversation. 566 00:39:19,139 --> 00:39:21,707 -I won't. -You will! 567 00:39:21,837 --> 00:39:24,362 That will restore his trust in your mother and me, 568 00:39:24,492 --> 00:39:26,059 and then we can start to repair the damage. 569 00:39:26,189 --> 00:39:27,713 It's all right for her. 570 00:39:27,843 --> 00:39:29,541 Nobody cares about me. 571 00:39:29,671 --> 00:39:30,846 You're a Roman! 572 00:39:30,977 --> 00:39:32,979 Show some fucking fortitude! 573 00:39:39,768 --> 00:39:41,509 Gaius and Agrippa have fallen out. 574 00:39:48,081 --> 00:39:50,039 You may still end up with my daughter. 575 00:40:25,205 --> 00:40:26,075 He sent for you. 576 00:40:38,261 --> 00:40:40,699 I... brought you a letter. 577 00:40:46,052 --> 00:40:49,272 Gaius asks for your help 578 00:40:49,403 --> 00:40:50,752 to solve a crisis in his affairs. 579 00:40:55,235 --> 00:40:57,411 I would never suggest 580 00:40:57,542 --> 00:40:59,239 that you might have provoked a calamity 581 00:40:59,369 --> 00:41:01,371 that only you could resolve 582 00:41:01,502 --> 00:41:04,331 in order to remind Gaius what a divorce would really cost him. 583 00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:07,900 No, but, even I underestimated 584 00:41:08,030 --> 00:41:12,034 the resentments buried deep in Agrippa 585 00:41:12,165 --> 00:41:14,428 and his tortured jealousy towards Marcellus. 586 00:41:14,559 --> 00:41:16,996 Things were said between Gaius and Agrippa 587 00:41:17,126 --> 00:41:18,432 that should never have been said. 588 00:41:18,563 --> 00:41:21,043 It's possible their schism is terminal. 589 00:41:25,352 --> 00:41:27,354 You know better than anyone, 590 00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:31,445 the power of Gaius rests partly in fear of Agrippa. 591 00:41:31,576 --> 00:41:33,491 When this gets out, their enemies will gather. 592 00:41:34,448 --> 00:41:36,232 I expect so, yes. 593 00:41:39,975 --> 00:41:41,673 You're wrong, Livia. 594 00:41:41,803 --> 00:41:43,501 He will never back down. 595 00:41:43,631 --> 00:41:46,329 You will rot out here for the rest of your life, 596 00:41:46,460 --> 00:41:48,636 sharing a bed with your fucking pride. 597 00:41:53,336 --> 00:41:55,034 Listen to me, Maecenas. 598 00:41:55,164 --> 00:42:01,083 "I will never, ever, grow old and forgotten in Rome 599 00:42:01,214 --> 00:42:03,912 "while someone else fucks my husband. 600 00:42:04,043 --> 00:42:05,827 I can stand anything but that." 601 00:42:07,307 --> 00:42:08,177 That's what she said? 602 00:42:17,056 --> 00:42:18,536 You're going to have to go yourself. 603 00:42:20,799 --> 00:42:22,148 Never. 604 00:42:40,035 --> 00:42:42,560 [Livius] She's safe across the river, Little Bear. 605 00:42:56,922 --> 00:42:58,576 She won't feel a thing. 606 00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:18,857 Were you scared of death? 607 00:43:21,163 --> 00:43:22,817 No one's allowed to be scared of that. 608 00:43:22,948 --> 00:43:23,862 Not in the army anyway. 609 00:43:25,167 --> 00:43:26,908 It's un-Roman. 610 00:43:34,568 --> 00:43:37,615 Gaius said you did well in his letters. 611 00:43:39,051 --> 00:43:41,096 He doesn't like me. 612 00:43:41,227 --> 00:43:43,098 I remind him of Father. 613 00:43:43,229 --> 00:43:44,926 Did he tell you that? 614 00:43:45,057 --> 00:43:46,928 No, Marcellus did. 615 00:44:00,507 --> 00:44:02,291 Can we stay here? 616 00:44:02,422 --> 00:44:03,945 I want to stay here. 617 00:44:04,076 --> 00:44:05,860 And do what? 618 00:44:05,991 --> 00:44:07,949 Why do I have to do anything? 619 00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:08,950 Why does anyone? 620 00:44:12,562 --> 00:44:14,173 Oh, I know. 621 00:44:14,303 --> 00:44:16,175 After my service in the army, 622 00:44:16,305 --> 00:44:18,264 I'll stand for office after office 623 00:44:18,394 --> 00:44:21,484 till I end up in the fucking Senate like Grandfather. 624 00:44:21,615 --> 00:44:23,617 He never complained. 625 00:44:23,748 --> 00:44:25,837 And what if I don't want any of that? 626 00:44:29,884 --> 00:44:31,538 Then, Little Bear, 627 00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:33,714 you shouldn't have been born. 628 00:44:36,108 --> 00:44:36,848 Brilliant. 629 00:44:38,414 --> 00:44:38,980 Idiot. 630 00:44:40,460 --> 00:44:42,157 [Piso] News from Rome! 631 00:44:42,288 --> 00:44:43,985 Everything's been leaked. 632 00:44:44,116 --> 00:44:48,076 Gaius and Agrippa are at each other's throats. 633 00:44:48,207 --> 00:44:50,688 It's a tit's-out political crisis. 634 00:45:04,136 --> 00:45:07,226 I don't care what it takes. I just want it done. 635 00:45:07,356 --> 00:45:09,663 Buy him off with anything else! 636 00:45:09,794 --> 00:45:12,100 We need the fucking Praetorians on board 637 00:45:12,231 --> 00:45:14,537 before Agrippa's people start reminding them who he is. 638 00:45:14,668 --> 00:45:16,017 [continues indistinctly] 639 00:45:18,106 --> 00:45:21,501 [Scribonia] Don't be sad, darling. 640 00:45:21,631 --> 00:45:23,546 Whatever happens, it'll be all right. 641 00:45:23,677 --> 00:45:26,724 Why? Because Livia's divorced and barren? 642 00:45:26,854 --> 00:45:29,204 Some people think there's more to life than that. 643 00:45:29,335 --> 00:45:30,858 What do they know? 644 00:45:36,472 --> 00:45:40,215 As we become women, we develop feelings for men. 645 00:45:40,346 --> 00:45:42,783 Sometimes strong feelings. It's natural. 646 00:45:45,220 --> 00:45:48,615 But those feelings have nothing to do with marriage. 647 00:45:48,746 --> 00:45:51,313 Every girl must marry as her father wishes 648 00:45:51,444 --> 00:45:55,187 according to the needs of the family. 649 00:45:55,317 --> 00:45:57,885 And as things stand, it can never be Iullus. 650 00:46:04,326 --> 00:46:06,894 You've been given everything except freedom. 651 00:46:09,549 --> 00:46:12,465 But... 652 00:46:12,595 --> 00:46:15,120 as long as you play the game and give your husband children, 653 00:46:15,250 --> 00:46:17,035 you can do whatever you want. 654 00:46:18,993 --> 00:46:20,908 Just be... 655 00:46:21,039 --> 00:46:22,910 discreet. 656 00:46:27,349 --> 00:46:28,786 [Dog barking] 657 00:46:40,101 --> 00:46:42,016 [Julia] My dearest love. 658 00:46:42,147 --> 00:46:44,062 My father's furious with me 659 00:46:44,192 --> 00:46:46,281 for blabbing about the engagement, 660 00:46:46,412 --> 00:46:48,109 and I'm confined to my room. 661 00:46:50,590 --> 00:46:54,202 Who knows which fat old goat I'll be marrying now. 662 00:46:54,333 --> 00:46:56,117 Could be anyone in the Forum. 663 00:46:58,598 --> 00:47:00,469 My heart is breaking. 664 00:47:02,732 --> 00:47:04,473 We've often spoken of a life together. 665 00:47:04,604 --> 00:47:07,737 Can we not just do it? 666 00:47:07,868 --> 00:47:11,263 We can be free and live in Egypt or the East. 667 00:47:11,393 --> 00:47:14,701 Somewhere my father will never find us. 668 00:47:14,832 --> 00:47:18,226 I await your reply with impatience... and love. 669 00:47:31,587 --> 00:47:32,893 You ready? 670 00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:36,854 Well, this is a mistake. 671 00:47:45,645 --> 00:47:47,516 Where's your sword? 672 00:47:47,647 --> 00:47:50,128 I didn't bring it. 673 00:47:50,258 --> 00:47:51,869 That's not how things are decided. 674 00:47:51,999 --> 00:47:54,132 If you want Julia, you can fight for her. 675 00:47:56,177 --> 00:47:57,135 Or are you afraid? 676 00:47:58,658 --> 00:48:00,399 'Cause I'm not afraid. 677 00:48:00,529 --> 00:48:02,880 Look, nobody said you were afraid. 678 00:48:04,098 --> 00:48:05,273 -Yah! -Ow! 679 00:48:05,404 --> 00:48:07,014 [grunting] 680 00:48:08,276 --> 00:48:09,625 Argh! 681 00:48:09,756 --> 00:48:11,540 [grunting] 682 00:48:13,281 --> 00:48:15,022 -[screams] -Stop, Agrippa! 683 00:48:16,154 --> 00:48:17,198 [groans] 684 00:48:19,897 --> 00:48:21,637 [grunting] I can't see. 685 00:48:21,768 --> 00:48:23,204 Your father was a great man. 686 00:48:27,513 --> 00:48:29,558 Get the fuck off me! 687 00:48:51,929 --> 00:48:55,367 [Iullus] "Marcellus doesn't deserve you. 688 00:48:55,497 --> 00:48:57,369 "My father was twice the man his father was, 689 00:48:57,499 --> 00:48:58,631 "and Agrippa's family are nothing. 690 00:49:04,289 --> 00:49:05,899 "You should be mine, 691 00:49:06,030 --> 00:49:08,206 "but my birthright is denied me. 692 00:49:12,558 --> 00:49:16,170 "Your father has ordered an expedition to explore Arabia, 693 00:49:16,301 --> 00:49:18,651 "under Marcus Aelius Gallus. 694 00:49:18,781 --> 00:49:20,435 "I asked your father. 695 00:49:20,566 --> 00:49:22,960 "I am to go with Gallus. 696 00:49:23,090 --> 00:49:26,789 "I may find honor or death or both. 697 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:29,096 But my last thought will always be of you." 698 00:49:30,445 --> 00:49:31,620 [sobbing] 699 00:49:33,231 --> 00:49:33,971 Julia? 700 00:49:52,380 --> 00:49:54,774 Livia. 701 00:49:54,904 --> 00:49:56,297 -You look well. -I am, thank you. 702 00:49:56,428 --> 00:49:57,777 How are you? 703 00:49:57,907 --> 00:49:59,257 Fine. 704 00:49:59,387 --> 00:50:00,780 Thank you. 705 00:50:00,910 --> 00:50:01,694 All good. 706 00:50:15,925 --> 00:50:17,840 Found anywhere yet? 707 00:50:17,971 --> 00:50:19,799 No, nothing suitable. 708 00:50:19,929 --> 00:50:22,019 The prices out at the lake are silly. 709 00:50:23,933 --> 00:50:25,848 [exhales] 710 00:50:25,979 --> 00:50:28,503 I ran into Agrippa. 711 00:50:28,634 --> 00:50:30,331 -Agrippa? -I blame myself. 712 00:50:30,462 --> 00:50:32,464 You know, when you needed me, I was in a mess. 713 00:50:32,594 --> 00:50:34,857 When I needed you, you divorced me and went off to the lake. 714 00:50:34,988 --> 00:50:37,730 I wasn't making lists of men to replace you. 715 00:50:39,688 --> 00:50:41,690 You're bluffing, and you know it. 716 00:50:45,433 --> 00:50:48,393 I am the daughter of Marcus Livius Drusus, 717 00:50:48,523 --> 00:50:49,698 and I never bluff. 718 00:50:54,138 --> 00:50:55,835 You put family above everything else. 719 00:50:55,965 --> 00:50:57,532 It's your only weakness. 720 00:50:57,663 --> 00:50:59,534 And if you really want to be a god... [scoffs] 721 00:50:59,665 --> 00:51:00,970 ...you'd better get over it. 722 00:51:01,101 --> 00:51:02,624 Agrippa was wrong, and he knows it. 723 00:51:05,236 --> 00:51:09,283 I told him you wanted to reward him for his loyalty. 724 00:51:09,414 --> 00:51:11,068 -What? -By giving him the honor 725 00:51:11,198 --> 00:51:13,461 of recovering the army's lost Standards in Parthia. 726 00:51:13,592 --> 00:51:15,376 You promised him that campaign! 727 00:51:15,507 --> 00:51:17,117 Generals get above themselves. Look at fucking Crassus! 728 00:51:17,248 --> 00:51:19,598 Agrippa doesn't want your power. He wants your love! 729 00:51:19,728 --> 00:51:21,339 And that campaign is the one thing 730 00:51:21,469 --> 00:51:24,255 he desires more than your daughter. 731 00:51:24,385 --> 00:51:26,474 But I made it clear... 732 00:51:26,605 --> 00:51:28,346 you'd given your word to Marcellus, 733 00:51:28,476 --> 00:51:30,043 and now it was a question of honor. 734 00:51:30,174 --> 00:51:32,524 He now sees you meant no disrespect 735 00:51:32,654 --> 00:51:35,831 and accepts Julia must marry Marcellus. 736 00:51:35,962 --> 00:51:37,485 He asks for your forgiveness. 737 00:51:40,314 --> 00:51:42,099 He's here... now. 738 00:51:43,535 --> 00:51:44,710 Will you see him? 739 00:51:46,842 --> 00:51:49,497 Because if you can't, you'll have to kill him. 740 00:51:53,458 --> 00:51:55,112 Can you do that, Gaius? 741 00:53:17,368 --> 00:53:19,326 [sobbing] 742 00:53:28,683 --> 00:53:31,208 Shh, shh. 743 00:53:40,391 --> 00:53:41,696 -What's the matter with you? -Everything's all right. 744 00:53:41,827 --> 00:53:43,089 Everything's all right! 745 00:53:43,220 --> 00:53:44,656 -Everything's all right! -What? 746 00:53:44,786 --> 00:53:46,223 -Marcellus will marry Julia. -Oh, yes! 747 00:53:50,662 --> 00:53:53,534 My brother has invited us all to dinner to celebrate. 748 00:53:53,665 --> 00:53:55,536 We will meet in the atrium at dusk. 749 00:53:55,667 --> 00:53:56,885 Oh, and don't forget the list of girls for Gaius. 750 00:53:59,801 --> 00:54:01,368 [Marcellus] So, that's that then, Iullus. 751 00:54:01,499 --> 00:54:04,415 I am stuck with Julia. 752 00:54:07,809 --> 00:54:09,637 My uncle said I'm to sit in the Senate soon 753 00:54:09,768 --> 00:54:11,900 to get some experience. 754 00:54:12,031 --> 00:54:14,163 Of sitting in Senate. 755 00:54:14,294 --> 00:54:16,557 I wish I was going to Arabia with you, though. 756 00:54:19,691 --> 00:54:21,997 Other people wait years for that. 757 00:54:22,128 --> 00:54:23,912 To sit in Senate. 758 00:54:26,611 --> 00:54:29,048 Conquering Arabia. 759 00:54:29,178 --> 00:54:30,571 That's... 760 00:54:32,573 --> 00:54:34,880 a real adventure. 761 00:54:35,010 --> 00:54:37,535 Come on. 762 00:54:37,665 --> 00:54:38,579 We're going to be late for dinner. 763 00:54:50,156 --> 00:54:51,462 What are you doing up here? 764 00:54:54,552 --> 00:54:55,596 [sobbing] 765 00:54:57,032 --> 00:54:58,425 Hey. 766 00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:04,823 [Gaius] Our family has a lot to be grateful for tonight. 767 00:55:04,953 --> 00:55:06,694 We ask the gods to protect 768 00:55:06,825 --> 00:55:08,566 my daughter's marriage to Marcellus. 769 00:55:10,394 --> 00:55:12,657 And my brother Agrippa and his campaign 770 00:55:12,787 --> 00:55:14,920 to recover the lost Eagle Standards from the East. 771 00:55:16,661 --> 00:55:18,750 And my nephew Iullus... 772 00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:22,536 and his great odyssey to bring Arabia under the rule of Rome. 773 00:55:22,667 --> 00:55:24,321 I hope you didn't wait for me. 774 00:55:30,762 --> 00:55:32,154 No, no. 775 00:55:32,285 --> 00:55:33,634 We only just lay down. 776 00:55:51,565 --> 00:55:52,653 Welcome home. 777 00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,528 The traffic was a nightmare on the Appia. 778 00:55:57,658 --> 00:55:59,399 Always is at dusk. 779 00:55:59,530 --> 00:56:02,663 [Agrippa] He's right. You should've left earlier. 780 00:56:02,794 --> 00:56:05,840 That's good advice. Thank you, Agrippa. 781 00:56:05,971 --> 00:56:07,625 So, after what happened, 782 00:56:07,755 --> 00:56:09,627 Livia and I spoke about a divorce. 783 00:56:09,757 --> 00:56:12,369 Obviously. 784 00:56:12,499 --> 00:56:14,719 But I don't want her to marry anyone else. 785 00:56:14,849 --> 00:56:15,763 And neither does she. 786 00:56:18,897 --> 00:56:21,682 And I still have my beautiful daughter... 787 00:56:21,813 --> 00:56:25,425 and with Marcellus, she'll give me my sons. 788 00:56:27,601 --> 00:56:28,559 Yes, she will. 789 00:56:36,828 --> 00:56:38,177 To the happy couple. 790 00:56:38,307 --> 00:56:39,091 [All] To the happy couple. 791 00:56:49,536 --> 00:56:51,146 [Antigone] I told you he wouldn't divorce you. 792 00:56:59,372 --> 00:57:02,027 The one thing he wants more than a son is power. 793 00:57:06,423 --> 00:57:08,076 Maybe I can give him that. 794 00:57:12,211 --> 00:57:14,126 ♪♪