1 00:00:01,610 --> 00:00:04,308 In the autumn, I'm going to now adopt Marcellus 2 00:00:04,439 --> 00:00:06,310 as my son and heir. 3 00:00:08,443 --> 00:00:11,402 After Gaius, power must go to someone 4 00:00:11,533 --> 00:00:13,187 who would carry it back to the Senate. 5 00:00:13,317 --> 00:00:14,579 I'm talking about Drusus. 6 00:00:14,710 --> 00:00:17,408 You're going to restore the Republic. 7 00:00:17,539 --> 00:00:21,064 And Marcellus won't do that, so, of course, he has to go. 8 00:00:21,195 --> 00:00:24,241 When he confirms Marcellus, she'd do it anyway. 9 00:00:25,590 --> 00:00:27,331 We'll never have a better chance. 10 00:00:27,462 --> 00:00:29,246 [grunting] 11 00:00:29,377 --> 00:00:32,075 -[Woman shouts] -What? 12 00:00:33,468 --> 00:00:35,165 Domina. 13 00:00:35,296 --> 00:00:37,124 You won't forget me. 14 00:00:37,254 --> 00:00:38,212 Never. 15 00:00:38,342 --> 00:00:40,388 [breathing heavily] 16 00:00:40,518 --> 00:00:42,346 I've just found out what you've been doing with Iullus. 17 00:00:42,477 --> 00:00:45,262 I'm gonna tell my mom to hunt your father. 18 00:00:45,393 --> 00:00:46,872 -They're all poisoned! -What? 19 00:00:47,003 --> 00:00:49,397 Marcellus. [sobbing] 20 00:00:49,527 --> 00:00:52,269 This isn't about protecting the boys. 21 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,097 This is about power! 22 00:01:18,469 --> 00:01:21,168 -[Glass breaks] -[Woman screams] 23 00:01:33,702 --> 00:01:37,227 -Hey! Get off my fucking cart! -Back off me! 24 00:01:37,358 --> 00:01:39,229 There he is! 25 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,101 Come here! 26 00:02:13,437 --> 00:02:16,136 [Rooster crows] 27 00:02:21,532 --> 00:02:23,143 Tycho? 28 00:02:35,546 --> 00:02:37,374 [Slave] There! 29 00:02:37,505 --> 00:02:40,464 Come back, you! Stupid fucking boy! 30 00:02:40,595 --> 00:02:42,292 You can't get away! 31 00:02:42,423 --> 00:02:43,337 [Tycho] Thank you. 32 00:02:43,467 --> 00:02:44,642 Lovely to meet you all. 33 00:02:44,773 --> 00:02:46,470 Do come again. 34 00:02:46,601 --> 00:02:48,342 Thank you. 35 00:02:50,561 --> 00:02:52,302 [Slave] Come here! Give up! 36 00:02:55,610 --> 00:02:58,178 Let it go. We're not going in there. 37 00:03:05,576 --> 00:03:07,404 [Tycho] Drusus! 38 00:03:07,535 --> 00:03:09,189 Drusus! 39 00:03:09,624 --> 00:03:11,495 Tycho? 40 00:03:11,626 --> 00:03:13,280 Did you get rid of them? 41 00:03:14,455 --> 00:03:15,760 Yes, Lady. 42 00:03:15,891 --> 00:03:20,678 Uh, Tycho, don't tell anyone about this. 43 00:03:20,809 --> 00:03:24,291 Especially not my father or Livia when they get back. 44 00:03:24,421 --> 00:03:25,379 Thank you. 45 00:03:35,606 --> 00:03:38,435 -Where have you been? -I'm so fucked. 46 00:03:48,793 --> 00:03:50,665 [Piso] Livia. 47 00:03:50,795 --> 00:03:52,754 -Your cousin's here. -What? 48 00:03:52,884 --> 00:03:55,322 -Which one? -The charming one. 49 00:03:55,452 --> 00:03:57,367 [gasps] Porcia! 50 00:03:58,673 --> 00:04:00,631 So happy to see you! 51 00:04:00,762 --> 00:04:02,894 What a lovely surprise. 52 00:04:03,025 --> 00:04:05,462 Uh, that will be all. Thank you, Piso. 53 00:04:05,593 --> 00:04:06,550 Oh... 54 00:04:06,681 --> 00:04:08,335 Domina. 55 00:04:10,728 --> 00:04:12,382 When did you get back? 56 00:04:12,513 --> 00:04:13,514 Couple of days ago. 57 00:04:13,644 --> 00:04:15,472 Seasick all the way, as usual. 58 00:04:15,603 --> 00:04:17,387 [laughs] Worth it to leave Macedonia. 59 00:04:17,518 --> 00:04:19,302 Ugh. 60 00:04:19,433 --> 00:04:21,783 So, what brings you here? How are you? How's your husband? 61 00:04:21,913 --> 00:04:25,482 Uh, he's in hiding, outside of Rome. 62 00:04:25,613 --> 00:04:26,614 He's worried Agrippa will have him killed. 63 00:04:26,744 --> 00:04:28,877 What? 64 00:04:29,007 --> 00:04:32,576 -Obviously that's why I'm here. -I'm sorry. What? 65 00:04:32,707 --> 00:04:35,579 Are you telling me you don't know? 66 00:04:35,710 --> 00:04:37,625 Yes, I think that's what I'm telling you, yes. 67 00:04:40,758 --> 00:04:42,673 The day we got back, my husband was charged 68 00:04:42,804 --> 00:04:44,632 with treason against the Senate and people of Rome. 69 00:04:44,762 --> 00:04:46,677 Treason? Primus? 70 00:04:46,808 --> 00:04:49,550 I assumed you knew. 71 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,465 Who's bringing the charge? 72 00:04:51,595 --> 00:04:53,423 Marcus Licinius Crassus. 73 00:04:53,554 --> 00:04:54,598 Crassus. 74 00:04:58,602 --> 00:04:59,864 What did he do exactly? 75 00:04:59,995 --> 00:05:02,563 Primus did exactly what he was ordered to do. 76 00:05:02,693 --> 00:05:04,434 Someone told him to commit treason? 77 00:05:04,565 --> 00:05:05,653 Yes. 78 00:05:05,783 --> 00:05:07,394 Your husband. 79 00:05:11,615 --> 00:05:13,138 Primus is to be tried any day now. 80 00:05:13,269 --> 00:05:15,619 And if they find him guilty, he'll be executed. 81 00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:18,579 All of his property will be confiscated. 82 00:05:18,709 --> 00:05:20,668 You are my only family, Livia. 83 00:05:20,798 --> 00:05:22,496 I don't know who else to turn to. 84 00:05:25,586 --> 00:05:27,327 We're going back to Rome. 85 00:05:31,635 --> 00:05:33,463 ♪♪ 86 00:06:48,190 --> 00:06:50,758 I've been thinking. 87 00:06:50,888 --> 00:06:53,325 You want to get rid of him now, out here in the woods. 88 00:06:53,456 --> 00:06:55,240 It would solve a lot of problems. 89 00:06:55,371 --> 00:06:57,852 Primus isn't stupid. He won't come alone. 90 00:06:57,982 --> 00:06:59,810 You can leave the details to me. 91 00:06:59,941 --> 00:07:01,638 How would it look? 92 00:07:01,769 --> 00:07:02,944 Better than a massive public trial 93 00:07:03,074 --> 00:07:04,641 with everyone pointing their fingers at us. 94 00:07:06,948 --> 00:07:10,604 It'll all unravel. Everything. 95 00:07:10,734 --> 00:07:11,605 Let's just see how this goes. 96 00:07:15,826 --> 00:07:19,308 Primus! I almost feel offended. 97 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:23,921 I've asked Marcus Messalla Corvinus to defend me in court. 98 00:07:24,052 --> 00:07:26,750 We've had our political differences, Gaius, 99 00:07:26,881 --> 00:07:27,838 but I know we can put those behind us 100 00:07:27,969 --> 00:07:29,971 and work together on this. 101 00:07:30,101 --> 00:07:32,800 Well, you could start by asking your old friend Crassus 102 00:07:32,930 --> 00:07:34,976 to drop the prosecution. 103 00:07:35,106 --> 00:07:38,762 Crassus cheated me out of two million in gold. 104 00:07:38,893 --> 00:07:39,720 We no longer speak. 105 00:07:41,722 --> 00:07:43,419 The facts are not disputed. 106 00:07:43,550 --> 00:07:45,769 My client was appointed by the Senate 107 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:47,945 to govern the province of Macedonia. 108 00:07:48,076 --> 00:07:52,036 Before he left, you, as consul, specifically requested 109 00:07:52,167 --> 00:07:53,864 that he use the Legion under his command 110 00:07:53,995 --> 00:07:55,692 to make war on the tribes 111 00:07:55,823 --> 00:07:57,781 which had previously signed 112 00:07:57,912 --> 00:08:00,697 a solemn and binding peace treaty. 113 00:08:00,828 --> 00:08:03,657 With, of course, the Senate. 114 00:08:03,787 --> 00:08:05,702 Your exact words were, 115 00:08:05,833 --> 00:08:07,704 "Forget the treaty and fuck the Senate. 116 00:08:07,835 --> 00:08:11,708 I want victories, gold, and slaves." 117 00:08:11,839 --> 00:08:14,668 Which, in a nutshell, is our defense. 118 00:08:14,798 --> 00:08:15,712 We'll deny it. 119 00:08:15,843 --> 00:08:17,584 Ah. 120 00:08:17,714 --> 00:08:19,020 However... 121 00:08:19,150 --> 00:08:22,937 if your client were to take sole responsibility 122 00:08:23,067 --> 00:08:24,939 for the illegal war in Macedonia... 123 00:08:25,069 --> 00:08:26,810 He'd be executed. 124 00:08:26,941 --> 00:08:28,943 We can get it down to exile. 125 00:08:29,073 --> 00:08:30,858 The State would still take everything he has. 126 00:08:30,988 --> 00:08:33,034 Once he's out of Rome, 127 00:08:33,164 --> 00:08:35,732 I'll give him double what he lost. 128 00:08:35,863 --> 00:08:36,951 My word as a Roman. 129 00:08:37,081 --> 00:08:39,736 What about my word as a Roman? 130 00:08:39,867 --> 00:08:43,740 My name, my honor as a Roman? 131 00:08:43,871 --> 00:08:47,788 So to sum up this deal you're offering: 132 00:08:47,918 --> 00:08:49,920 My client perjures himself on oath 133 00:08:50,051 --> 00:08:53,968 to plead guilty to the charge you should be facing, 134 00:08:54,098 --> 00:08:57,754 and afterwards, you'll quietly pay him off. 135 00:08:57,885 --> 00:08:59,669 Take it or leave it. 136 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:00,801 No. 137 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:04,674 See you in court. 138 00:09:05,849 --> 00:09:07,764 They're bluffing. 139 00:09:07,895 --> 00:09:09,766 They'll never let this go to trial. 140 00:09:09,897 --> 00:09:12,552 This can't go to trial. 141 00:09:27,131 --> 00:09:29,612 Stepmother, we weren't expecting you back. 142 00:09:31,135 --> 00:09:33,660 The fuck is that? 143 00:09:33,790 --> 00:09:35,009 It's Marcellus. 144 00:09:35,139 --> 00:09:37,098 A gift to Octavia from the Senate. 145 00:09:37,228 --> 00:09:39,579 She didn't want it in the house. 146 00:09:43,147 --> 00:09:45,889 At least Libo's the presiding magistrate. 147 00:09:46,020 --> 00:09:48,849 Maybe he can delay the trial, buy us more time. 148 00:09:48,979 --> 00:09:50,938 We need to see him straight away. 149 00:09:51,068 --> 00:09:53,070 Seriously, Gaius? Is this Primus screw-up really happening? 150 00:09:53,201 --> 00:09:55,116 Well, that's the small talk out of the way. 151 00:09:55,246 --> 00:09:57,771 Wars abroad keep the peace at home. You know that. 152 00:10:00,208 --> 00:10:01,992 Is there any proof you gave those orders? 153 00:10:02,123 --> 00:10:04,125 Nothing in writing, of course. 154 00:10:04,255 --> 00:10:06,083 Any witnesses who will lie for us? 155 00:10:06,214 --> 00:10:07,911 I was on a ship to Greece. 156 00:10:08,042 --> 00:10:09,913 Marcellus, he was there. 157 00:10:10,044 --> 00:10:12,655 Well, he's dead, Gaius. So that's no use. 158 00:10:16,267 --> 00:10:17,921 Why can't Primus have an accident? 159 00:10:18,052 --> 00:10:19,967 That's what I said! 160 00:10:20,097 --> 00:10:21,795 -He's not to be killed. -What choice have we got? 161 00:10:21,925 --> 00:10:23,405 It's admitting we did it. 162 00:10:23,535 --> 00:10:25,799 Well, one of them's fucking guilty, and it can't be him. 163 00:10:27,061 --> 00:10:28,802 Porcia is family. 164 00:10:28,932 --> 00:10:30,412 Not my family. 165 00:10:30,542 --> 00:10:31,892 Right. 166 00:10:32,022 --> 00:10:34,285 Spoken like a true moneylender. 167 00:10:34,416 --> 00:10:36,984 No one really cares about Primus. 168 00:10:37,114 --> 00:10:38,812 Or Macedonia. 169 00:10:38,942 --> 00:10:39,943 Least of all Crassus. 170 00:10:42,598 --> 00:10:43,773 This is about you. 171 00:10:45,949 --> 00:10:47,995 So, the question is, 172 00:10:48,125 --> 00:10:51,085 does Crassus want to fuck you 173 00:10:51,215 --> 00:10:55,089 or does he want something for not fucking you? 174 00:10:55,219 --> 00:10:58,570 It would be good to find out which. 175 00:10:58,701 --> 00:11:01,095 I'll go to Crassus. Discreetly. 176 00:11:01,225 --> 00:11:02,879 No. 177 00:11:03,010 --> 00:11:04,838 Tiberius will do it. 178 00:11:04,968 --> 00:11:05,926 But thank you, Iullus. 179 00:11:09,103 --> 00:11:12,019 I gave my word to Porcia I'd help her husband. 180 00:11:12,149 --> 00:11:13,890 That was unwise. 181 00:11:14,021 --> 00:11:15,718 Well, my word is still worth something. 182 00:11:20,244 --> 00:11:22,899 You fixed his problem. What about mine? 183 00:11:23,030 --> 00:11:24,684 We don't know you have one yet. 184 00:11:32,648 --> 00:11:34,694 I don't believe this. 185 00:11:36,957 --> 00:11:38,045 Marcellus. 186 00:11:38,175 --> 00:11:39,960 I know. 187 00:11:40,090 --> 00:11:42,049 Did you hear from Antigone? 188 00:11:42,179 --> 00:11:44,616 No, not for over a week. 189 00:11:44,747 --> 00:11:46,793 She should've been back by now. 190 00:11:46,923 --> 00:11:47,054 She'll never stop. 191 00:11:49,491 --> 00:11:52,059 Hey, something must have gone wrong. 192 00:11:52,189 --> 00:11:55,018 Has Gaius asked where she is? 193 00:11:55,149 --> 00:11:57,804 I told him she's on our estate at Nepi. 194 00:11:57,934 --> 00:12:00,154 She'll be fine. 195 00:12:00,284 --> 00:12:02,983 She needed this after losing the baby. 196 00:12:05,246 --> 00:12:07,074 -Get it turned round. -What? 197 00:12:07,204 --> 00:12:08,945 Before Octavia gets back. 198 00:12:09,076 --> 00:12:10,904 Oh, there's other stuff... 199 00:12:11,034 --> 00:12:12,079 you need to know about. 200 00:12:22,132 --> 00:12:23,743 What's the matter? 201 00:12:26,093 --> 00:12:28,312 Where were you last night? 202 00:12:28,443 --> 00:12:29,966 What are you, my husband? 203 00:12:32,142 --> 00:12:34,144 No. I'm not good enough for that. 204 00:12:34,275 --> 00:12:36,190 Get over it, Iullus. Please. 205 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:40,020 Not good enough to carry a fucking message either. 206 00:12:40,150 --> 00:12:42,065 What? 207 00:12:42,196 --> 00:12:45,112 First it was Marcellus in front of me. 208 00:12:45,242 --> 00:12:47,767 Now it's fucking Tiberius. 209 00:12:49,290 --> 00:12:50,117 What are you talking about? 210 00:12:53,163 --> 00:12:55,818 You'll see. Everyone'll see. 211 00:13:04,218 --> 00:13:06,046 I love you, Iullus. 212 00:13:06,176 --> 00:13:07,351 I always will. 213 00:13:07,482 --> 00:13:08,918 [Footsteps approaching] 214 00:13:09,049 --> 00:13:10,398 [Door opens] 215 00:13:10,528 --> 00:13:11,921 Tycho. 216 00:13:13,401 --> 00:13:15,969 It's not what it looks like. 217 00:13:16,099 --> 00:13:18,101 Right. 218 00:13:18,232 --> 00:13:20,582 She'll see you both. 219 00:13:20,712 --> 00:13:21,801 Now. 220 00:13:36,163 --> 00:13:37,817 It's not what it looks like. 221 00:13:39,209 --> 00:13:40,167 Thank you, Tycho. 222 00:13:46,173 --> 00:13:48,175 Children. 223 00:13:48,305 --> 00:13:52,092 -How long have you known? -What does that matter? 224 00:13:52,222 --> 00:13:54,094 -Does my father know? -Of course not. 225 00:13:54,224 --> 00:13:56,966 Iullus would never see you or Rome again. 226 00:13:57,097 --> 00:13:58,446 What if you got pregnant? 227 00:13:58,576 --> 00:14:01,014 Your father would kill you. 228 00:14:03,190 --> 00:14:04,408 This is a crucial time. 229 00:14:04,539 --> 00:14:06,367 Your father stands to lose everything. 230 00:14:06,497 --> 00:14:10,197 And if he loses everything, we lose everything. 231 00:14:10,327 --> 00:14:13,417 And so, for now, everyone must play their part. 232 00:14:13,548 --> 00:14:18,292 Your part, Julia, is the dutiful Roman matron. 233 00:14:18,422 --> 00:14:21,251 A roll you, of course, pioneered. 234 00:14:21,382 --> 00:14:23,514 You are the daughter of Augustus and the widow of Marcellus! 235 00:14:23,645 --> 00:14:25,908 Two years I was married to that pig! 236 00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:28,215 -You try playing that part! -He's been dead for a year! 237 00:14:28,345 --> 00:14:31,044 Yes, and every day I thank that poisonous little slave, 238 00:14:31,174 --> 00:14:32,132 and I hope they never find him! 239 00:14:32,262 --> 00:14:33,133 Julia. 240 00:14:36,223 --> 00:14:38,181 Well, the party's over, Julia. So is this. 241 00:14:38,312 --> 00:14:40,183 For now... 242 00:14:40,314 --> 00:14:41,881 and forever. 243 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,192 There are rules, children. Even for people like us. 244 00:14:51,412 --> 00:14:53,153 What rules are there for you? 245 00:14:58,288 --> 00:14:59,899 What do we do? 246 00:15:02,205 --> 00:15:03,163 You know what we do. 247 00:15:13,390 --> 00:15:17,090 Refused, refused, refused. 248 00:15:18,700 --> 00:15:22,051 Ah, hmm... granted. 249 00:15:23,139 --> 00:15:24,097 Arrange this. 250 00:15:24,227 --> 00:15:26,099 Crassus is here. 251 00:15:26,229 --> 00:15:27,622 [Gaius] Crassus. 252 00:15:27,752 --> 00:15:30,494 Thank you for coming on such short notice. 253 00:15:30,625 --> 00:15:32,453 [Crassus] Not at all. 254 00:15:32,583 --> 00:15:35,238 I'm assuming this is about Primus. 255 00:15:35,369 --> 00:15:37,501 I'm sorry, Gaius. I'd really like to help, 256 00:15:37,632 --> 00:15:42,332 but I can't back out now. Not honorably. 257 00:15:42,463 --> 00:15:45,248 You know I was governor of Macedonia before Primus. 258 00:15:45,379 --> 00:15:47,207 You also know it was me 259 00:15:47,337 --> 00:15:48,599 who brokered the peace with the tribes 260 00:15:48,730 --> 00:15:50,558 and signed the treaty for the Senate. 261 00:15:50,688 --> 00:15:52,342 And now the tribes have asked me to seek redress. 262 00:15:52,473 --> 00:15:54,301 I'm bound by custom and honor to do it. 263 00:15:54,431 --> 00:15:55,824 Sure you are. 264 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:57,391 You know Primus is going to say 265 00:15:57,521 --> 00:16:00,133 that I ordered him to break the treaty. 266 00:16:00,263 --> 00:16:02,526 I had no idea. 267 00:16:02,657 --> 00:16:07,053 Naturally, I assumed he was acting alone. 268 00:16:07,183 --> 00:16:08,706 Of course he was. 269 00:16:08,837 --> 00:16:11,361 Well, in that case you've got nothing to worry about. 270 00:16:11,492 --> 00:16:13,581 That's what my wife was saying. 271 00:16:13,711 --> 00:16:15,235 Look... 272 00:16:15,365 --> 00:16:17,193 We both know that shit Corvinus 273 00:16:17,324 --> 00:16:19,239 only got involved to piss me off. 274 00:16:19,369 --> 00:16:21,371 We can't let him make this trial about you. Or me. 275 00:16:21,502 --> 00:16:23,591 It's about Primus. He defied the Senate, 276 00:16:23,721 --> 00:16:26,986 and, you know, I'm sorry, but he'll have to answer for it. 277 00:16:31,251 --> 00:16:32,121 Fair enough. 278 00:16:34,384 --> 00:16:36,256 Anytime. 279 00:16:36,386 --> 00:16:37,997 We'll have you over for dinner soon. 280 00:16:51,619 --> 00:16:54,013 So, now we know. 281 00:16:55,449 --> 00:16:56,363 He just wants to fuck you. 282 00:16:59,322 --> 00:17:01,020 That's a game for two players. 283 00:17:03,283 --> 00:17:05,198 God, it's hot. 284 00:17:05,328 --> 00:17:06,373 Where's a storm when you need one? 285 00:17:08,505 --> 00:17:10,159 They'll be here any moment. 286 00:17:16,383 --> 00:17:19,125 Livia's back. I forgot to tell you. 287 00:17:19,255 --> 00:17:20,474 Doesn't matter. 288 00:17:20,604 --> 00:17:23,172 -Nothing she can do now. -Don't bet on it. 289 00:17:24,826 --> 00:17:27,046 She killed Marcellus. 290 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,052 -What? -Poisoned him. I'm sure of it. 291 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,405 How could she have known? 292 00:17:38,535 --> 00:17:39,580 I found out one of my slaves had told her, 293 00:17:39,710 --> 00:17:41,408 so I sold her to a field gang. 294 00:17:41,538 --> 00:17:44,150 She'll never be found. 295 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:45,542 [insect buzzing] 296 00:17:45,673 --> 00:17:47,283 Not that anyone's looking. 297 00:18:12,265 --> 00:18:13,222 [retches] 298 00:18:20,577 --> 00:18:22,101 Are you all right, Lady? 299 00:18:23,493 --> 00:18:24,407 I don't know. 300 00:18:41,555 --> 00:18:44,471 [knocking] 301 00:18:44,601 --> 00:18:46,125 [Slave] Dominus. 302 00:18:48,692 --> 00:18:50,999 He's obviously panicking about what Primus is going to say. 303 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:53,175 And he can deny it all he likes. 304 00:18:55,438 --> 00:18:57,484 The important thing is 305 00:18:57,614 --> 00:18:59,399 to spread the story all over Rome before the trial 306 00:18:59,529 --> 00:19:01,401 so the damage is exacerbated when it comes out. 307 00:19:05,448 --> 00:19:08,582 We've got him. 308 00:19:08,712 --> 00:19:10,453 We just have to keep that idiot Primus alive 309 00:19:10,584 --> 00:19:12,629 long enough to testify. 310 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,110 He's in a hut in the hills. 311 00:19:15,241 --> 00:19:17,373 No one'll find him before the trial. 312 00:19:19,723 --> 00:19:23,379 I have some thrilling gossip about Livia Drusilla. 313 00:19:23,510 --> 00:19:25,164 [indistinct chattering] 314 00:19:28,819 --> 00:19:30,517 You're not going back there, are you? 315 00:19:30,647 --> 00:19:33,259 You must really think I'm stupid. 316 00:19:33,389 --> 00:19:34,390 No, of course not. 317 00:19:36,479 --> 00:19:38,568 Reckless, 318 00:19:38,699 --> 00:19:40,701 -impetuous, impulsive... -All right. 319 00:19:40,831 --> 00:19:43,312 ...and willful. 320 00:19:43,443 --> 00:19:45,314 But not stupid. 321 00:19:47,534 --> 00:19:49,362 Take me with you, Drusus. 322 00:19:49,492 --> 00:19:50,537 You don't know where I'm going. 323 00:19:50,667 --> 00:19:52,278 Nor do I care. 324 00:19:58,458 --> 00:20:00,329 Come on, then. 325 00:20:00,460 --> 00:20:02,201 Oh! Maybe you are stupid. 326 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,609 -Gaius and I have spoken. -Hmm. 327 00:20:19,740 --> 00:20:22,612 He has decided we need to find Primus so that, um... 328 00:20:22,743 --> 00:20:24,527 arrangements can be made. 329 00:20:26,877 --> 00:20:29,706 -But you gave your word. -Yes, I did. 330 00:20:30,707 --> 00:20:34,233 And killing him now is worse than letting him speak. 331 00:20:38,585 --> 00:20:39,542 Nevertheless... 332 00:20:41,588 --> 00:20:43,590 I have sent for his wife. 333 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,679 She'll be here at the third hour. 334 00:20:45,809 --> 00:20:47,811 There will be an argument between us, 335 00:20:47,942 --> 00:20:50,988 and then she will leave. 336 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:52,512 I'll make the arrangements. 337 00:21:17,711 --> 00:21:20,279 Drusus. Wake up. Get out of here. 338 00:21:39,602 --> 00:21:40,603 This time I really fucked up. 339 00:21:45,913 --> 00:21:47,349 Excuse me. I'm sorry. 340 00:21:51,092 --> 00:21:53,660 -Tycho? Give it a try. -That's fine. 341 00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:55,488 -What's that? -[indistinct] 342 00:22:06,673 --> 00:22:08,370 -The friends are ready. -All of them? 343 00:22:08,501 --> 00:22:10,633 Enough. 344 00:22:10,764 --> 00:22:12,548 -Porcia's here. I have to go. -I'll let them know. 345 00:22:15,508 --> 00:22:16,465 Oh. 346 00:22:16,596 --> 00:22:17,466 Dear Livia. 347 00:22:19,773 --> 00:22:21,905 There will be a trial. 348 00:22:22,036 --> 00:22:24,430 We cannot avoid it, so we have to manage it. 349 00:22:31,828 --> 00:22:33,700 Porcia, your husband cannot tell the Senate 350 00:22:33,830 --> 00:22:36,572 who ordered him to go to war. 351 00:22:36,703 --> 00:22:38,879 Why not? Your husband is safe. 352 00:22:39,009 --> 00:22:42,186 He can't be prosecuted for anything. Legally. 353 00:22:42,317 --> 00:22:43,666 You're well informed. 354 00:22:43,797 --> 00:22:45,842 He could just admit to what he did. 355 00:22:45,973 --> 00:22:48,105 Then Primus would go free and that would be the end of it. 356 00:22:48,236 --> 00:22:52,675 The Senate did vote to give Gaius legal immunity, yes. 357 00:22:52,806 --> 00:22:54,721 But if they think he's abused his privilege, 358 00:22:54,851 --> 00:22:57,854 they can just as easily vote to take it away. 359 00:22:57,985 --> 00:23:00,509 And then he could be charged with treason. 360 00:23:02,685 --> 00:23:03,817 So don't even think for a second 361 00:23:03,947 --> 00:23:06,472 Gaius can afford to offend the Senate. 362 00:23:08,865 --> 00:23:10,780 You don't know Primus. 363 00:23:10,911 --> 00:23:12,869 His honor is everything to him. 364 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,610 He will never admit to being at fault. 365 00:23:14,741 --> 00:23:16,482 He'd rather kill himself. 366 00:23:19,049 --> 00:23:21,878 Will he do it before the trial? 367 00:23:22,009 --> 00:23:26,666 He could keep his honor and his property, 368 00:23:26,796 --> 00:23:28,798 and I will find you a new husband. 369 00:23:28,929 --> 00:23:31,497 Any man you want in Rome. 370 00:23:33,020 --> 00:23:35,762 His honor or his life. 371 00:23:35,892 --> 00:23:38,025 What choice is that? 372 00:23:38,155 --> 00:23:40,854 You said you'd help me. You gave me your word! 373 00:23:40,984 --> 00:23:44,466 -Let me talk to him. -No! No, never. 374 00:23:47,991 --> 00:23:49,776 He has the right to decide for himself. 375 00:24:01,788 --> 00:24:04,834 Well... I believed you. 376 00:24:04,965 --> 00:24:05,748 And I knew you were lying. 377 00:24:08,098 --> 00:24:09,796 Let's see if she leads us to Primus. 378 00:24:47,834 --> 00:24:48,791 Runaway slaves. 379 00:24:52,969 --> 00:24:55,624 The plantation is nearby, Lady. 380 00:25:06,983 --> 00:25:08,724 Keep working! 381 00:25:08,855 --> 00:25:09,812 Go! Don't you look at me! 382 00:25:11,945 --> 00:25:13,512 Dogs! 383 00:25:15,992 --> 00:25:17,864 Fucking work! 384 00:25:17,994 --> 00:25:21,694 [Woman shrieks, sobs] 385 00:25:21,824 --> 00:25:22,912 Are you still crying? 386 00:25:23,043 --> 00:25:23,696 -After what I said? -Hey! 387 00:25:32,356 --> 00:25:34,663 Fortunata, is that you? 388 00:25:40,930 --> 00:25:42,671 I heard there were German slaves on this estate. 389 00:25:46,109 --> 00:25:49,025 I need to speak to Drusus. Alone. 390 00:25:49,156 --> 00:25:51,114 You're going to tell him that was a big mistake. 391 00:25:51,245 --> 00:25:53,943 Drusus will tell you that he's in quite enough trouble already. 392 00:25:54,074 --> 00:25:56,119 Relived he'll be keeping his mouth shut... 393 00:25:56,250 --> 00:25:57,599 you go out shopping. 394 00:26:01,037 --> 00:26:02,909 -Right, then. -[Gaius] Libo, there you are. 395 00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:05,041 [Libo] Sorry I'm late, everybody. 396 00:26:05,172 --> 00:26:07,957 [Gaius] Sit down, please. What have you got for us? 397 00:26:08,088 --> 00:26:09,959 The five judges have been selected. 398 00:26:10,090 --> 00:26:11,874 -How many are friends? -Flaccus is sound, 399 00:26:12,005 --> 00:26:13,876 and Vulso I think, 400 00:26:14,007 --> 00:26:15,965 but the other three, they're uncontrollable. 401 00:26:16,096 --> 00:26:17,445 Primus could easily get off if they believe his story. 402 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:19,229 And I have to tell you, 403 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:22,842 Corvinus has started leaking it already. 404 00:26:22,972 --> 00:26:24,539 I bumped into three people this morning 405 00:26:24,670 --> 00:26:27,020 who know Primus is going to blame you. 406 00:26:27,150 --> 00:26:29,413 There's always the chance he'll kill himself before the trial. 407 00:26:29,544 --> 00:26:31,067 Does he know that yet? 408 00:26:31,198 --> 00:26:34,810 Lord, Gaius Junius Silanus is in the atrium. 409 00:26:34,941 --> 00:26:37,073 -He says it's important. -Who? 410 00:26:37,204 --> 00:26:39,772 Senator from the North - old name, new money. 411 00:26:39,902 --> 00:26:40,729 Votes for us. 412 00:26:42,078 --> 00:26:43,602 [scoffs] 413 00:26:44,994 --> 00:26:46,605 Shit! 414 00:26:48,955 --> 00:26:50,609 Now you have a problem. 415 00:27:01,054 --> 00:27:04,057 Gaius Junius Silanus tells me that two nights ago 416 00:27:04,187 --> 00:27:07,930 you broke into his house to debauch a slave girl. 417 00:27:08,061 --> 00:27:09,976 Then his slaves chased you all the way back here! 418 00:27:10,106 --> 00:27:12,935 -Is it true? -No. 419 00:27:13,066 --> 00:27:14,720 Where's your judgment? 420 00:27:14,850 --> 00:27:16,025 Your self-control? 421 00:27:16,156 --> 00:27:18,854 You are the son of my wife! 422 00:27:18,985 --> 00:27:21,030 I should have you whipped like a slave. 423 00:27:21,161 --> 00:27:22,728 It was his daughter I was debauching. 424 00:27:24,207 --> 00:27:26,993 You are betrothed to my niece! 425 00:27:27,123 --> 00:27:29,517 You don't go around humping the daughters of Senators! 426 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:31,824 You did! You had everyone in Rome when you were my age! 427 00:27:31,954 --> 00:27:33,390 Agrippa told me. 428 00:27:33,521 --> 00:27:34,957 Some of them were married, too. 429 00:27:35,088 --> 00:27:36,742 Like Cicero's wife and my mother. 430 00:27:36,872 --> 00:27:38,134 Shut up, Drusus. 431 00:27:38,265 --> 00:27:39,832 And you whored yourself to Sextus in Sicily! 432 00:27:39,962 --> 00:27:40,963 Everyone says so! 433 00:27:41,094 --> 00:27:42,661 Drusus! 434 00:27:48,014 --> 00:27:49,929 I am Nero Claudius Drusus. 435 00:27:51,191 --> 00:27:52,888 And you are not my father. 436 00:27:53,019 --> 00:27:55,021 That's something, of course. 437 00:27:55,151 --> 00:27:57,806 But in this house, I am a god, and you'll learn that. 438 00:28:00,069 --> 00:28:02,071 Tycho, ten lashes in the atrium. 439 00:28:02,202 --> 00:28:04,160 -Gaius... -Gaius, no! 440 00:28:04,291 --> 00:28:05,858 Let me deal with this. 441 00:28:05,988 --> 00:28:07,860 Don't bother. 442 00:28:07,990 --> 00:28:08,991 I don't care. 443 00:28:10,079 --> 00:28:11,037 Come on. 444 00:28:12,212 --> 00:28:14,997 That was very diplomatic. 445 00:28:15,128 --> 00:28:17,217 Well, he's certainly got your family's pride. 446 00:28:17,347 --> 00:28:19,959 -If nothing else. -He's still young. 447 00:28:20,089 --> 00:28:20,916 You're always making excuses for him. 448 00:28:21,047 --> 00:28:23,092 He will apologize. 449 00:28:23,223 --> 00:28:25,268 Drusus can never do anything wrong. Drusus is never to blame. 450 00:28:25,399 --> 00:28:27,575 He will not be beaten like a slave. 451 00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:30,186 He will if I say he will. 452 00:28:30,317 --> 00:28:34,016 He will learn obedience, and he will learn respect. 453 00:28:36,279 --> 00:28:38,151 I betrayed my cousin for you. 454 00:28:38,281 --> 00:28:40,762 Don't ask me to betray my son. 455 00:28:44,113 --> 00:28:47,073 Don't make your father's mistake - 456 00:28:47,203 --> 00:28:48,901 choosing the wrong side. 457 00:29:17,146 --> 00:29:19,105 Drusus, go with Tycho to the stables. 458 00:29:19,235 --> 00:29:21,063 Fetch three horses. 459 00:29:21,194 --> 00:29:23,326 -Where are we going? -Wherever she says. 460 00:29:23,457 --> 00:29:26,025 Somewhere Gaius won't find you, idiot! 461 00:29:27,330 --> 00:29:30,333 He's jealous. Stepfather. 462 00:29:30,464 --> 00:29:32,335 He knows that you love Drusus more than anyone 463 00:29:32,466 --> 00:29:36,992 because Drusus reminds you of your father. 464 00:29:37,123 --> 00:29:38,385 I remind everyone of my father. 465 00:29:38,515 --> 00:29:40,126 That's why nobody likes me. 466 00:29:42,215 --> 00:29:43,216 Except Drusus. 467 00:29:43,346 --> 00:29:44,957 -[shouting] -[clattering] 468 00:29:45,087 --> 00:29:46,088 [Worker] Oh, fuck! 469 00:29:50,049 --> 00:29:52,051 Oops. 470 00:29:52,181 --> 00:29:53,966 Clear it up! 471 00:29:58,187 --> 00:30:00,799 Oh, Marcellus. 472 00:30:15,291 --> 00:30:17,119 What? 473 00:30:19,252 --> 00:30:22,037 Tycho? 474 00:30:22,168 --> 00:30:23,125 There will be a small change of plan. 475 00:30:34,136 --> 00:30:35,311 Sorry, Iullus. 476 00:30:35,442 --> 00:30:37,139 You just can't trust anyone these days. 477 00:30:40,273 --> 00:30:42,144 Hope you've reserved a seat for the trial. 478 00:30:42,275 --> 00:30:44,973 It's gonna be packed in here tomorrow. 479 00:30:53,286 --> 00:30:55,375 It's been good for us to get to know each other 480 00:30:55,505 --> 00:30:57,159 since the death of Marcellus. 481 00:30:58,334 --> 00:31:00,336 They haven't got a plan. 482 00:31:00,467 --> 00:31:02,208 Their only hope is that Primus will kill himself 483 00:31:02,338 --> 00:31:04,514 before the trial. 484 00:31:04,645 --> 00:31:06,952 They don't know where he is though. 485 00:31:08,344 --> 00:31:09,868 No. 486 00:31:16,439 --> 00:31:20,052 Augustus has never appreciated you. 487 00:31:20,182 --> 00:31:21,314 I won't make that mistake. 488 00:31:21,444 --> 00:31:23,185 [Thunder rumbles] 489 00:31:26,145 --> 00:31:27,929 Going to be a storm. 490 00:31:31,324 --> 00:31:33,892 [Slavedriver] Make way! Coming through! 491 00:31:46,382 --> 00:31:48,167 [Horse neighing] 492 00:31:54,477 --> 00:31:56,044 Hey! 493 00:31:57,176 --> 00:31:58,220 Antigone! 494 00:31:58,351 --> 00:32:00,048 Stop them! 495 00:32:15,629 --> 00:32:18,110 I thought you forgot me. All this time. 496 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,069 Never once. Never once. 497 00:32:22,418 --> 00:32:24,159 Time for a bath. 498 00:32:41,263 --> 00:32:42,177 [Horse neighing] 499 00:32:48,401 --> 00:32:50,272 The friends found Primus. 500 00:32:50,403 --> 00:32:52,187 He's in a hunter's shelter in the woods 501 00:32:52,318 --> 00:32:54,102 just at the south of the city. 502 00:32:56,278 --> 00:32:57,366 Bodyguards? 503 00:32:57,497 --> 00:33:00,108 Two, and an older slave. 504 00:33:05,287 --> 00:33:07,115 Last chance. 505 00:33:07,246 --> 00:33:09,117 You sure? 506 00:33:19,258 --> 00:33:20,650 Good luck. 507 00:33:20,781 --> 00:33:23,523 Don't need it. 508 00:33:23,653 --> 00:33:25,307 -[Horse neighing] -Whoa! Let's go! 509 00:34:12,789 --> 00:34:14,052 Mother. 510 00:34:15,444 --> 00:34:17,316 I'm sorry for what I said to you. 511 00:34:17,446 --> 00:34:19,231 About Sextus. 512 00:34:20,275 --> 00:34:22,538 When all of this is over, you will get down on your knees 513 00:34:22,669 --> 00:34:25,063 and ask your stepfather for ten lashes. 514 00:34:28,588 --> 00:34:31,895 I'm not scared of him. 515 00:34:32,026 --> 00:34:33,419 Then you're a bigger fool than I thought. 516 00:34:56,616 --> 00:34:58,313 What you said before outside the house... 517 00:35:02,535 --> 00:35:05,364 It doesn't matter if people like you or not. 518 00:35:05,494 --> 00:35:08,323 They respect you. 519 00:35:08,454 --> 00:35:10,369 And soon, they will fear you. 520 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,763 I don't care about any of those things. 521 00:35:13,894 --> 00:35:15,374 Then you're a fool, too. 522 00:35:24,557 --> 00:35:26,385 Is it true? 523 00:35:29,736 --> 00:35:32,173 About you and Sextus. 524 00:35:39,093 --> 00:35:42,314 -I was in love with him. -[Footsteps approaching] 525 00:35:42,444 --> 00:35:44,316 -[knocking] -[Door opening] 526 00:35:57,372 --> 00:35:59,157 [Thunder rumbling] 527 00:36:12,474 --> 00:36:14,302 [Agrippa] Four men round the back. 528 00:36:36,977 --> 00:36:38,326 Hello, Primus. 529 00:36:41,590 --> 00:36:43,331 Shit! 530 00:36:48,554 --> 00:36:50,382 You won't need that. 531 00:36:58,912 --> 00:37:02,437 The blood in your wife is my father's and mine. 532 00:37:02,568 --> 00:37:05,223 I gave her my word I would help, and I will. 533 00:37:06,702 --> 00:37:09,531 You're being used by Crassus. 534 00:37:10,010 --> 00:37:13,318 Maybe even by Corvinus as well. 535 00:37:13,753 --> 00:37:16,103 They don't care about you. 536 00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:19,237 They just want to destroy Gaius. 537 00:37:22,892 --> 00:37:26,635 If you're here to make sure I don't testify in court tomorrow, 538 00:37:26,766 --> 00:37:29,682 you're wasting your breath. 539 00:37:29,812 --> 00:37:32,467 Mm-mm. I'm here to make sure you do. 540 00:37:51,617 --> 00:37:53,445 -We were too late. -[Horse neighing] 541 00:37:53,575 --> 00:37:54,576 They'd already moved him. 542 00:37:57,623 --> 00:37:59,625 We rode around like cunts all night, 543 00:37:59,755 --> 00:38:02,497 but he must've slipped past our people at the gate. 544 00:38:08,547 --> 00:38:10,288 I'm sorry. 545 00:38:11,811 --> 00:38:14,422 Come on. We're needed in court. 546 00:38:16,816 --> 00:38:18,644 You can borrow my barber. 547 00:38:20,994 --> 00:38:22,648 But we haven't been called as witnesses. 548 00:38:22,778 --> 00:38:24,302 That's what they think. 549 00:38:26,913 --> 00:38:28,610 [indistinct conversations] 550 00:38:33,876 --> 00:38:36,662 -It's just like the theater. -More like the gladiators. 551 00:38:47,716 --> 00:38:48,587 Silence! 552 00:38:51,894 --> 00:38:54,680 Following an application for the Commission of Treason 553 00:38:54,810 --> 00:38:58,597 against Marcus Primus, former governor in Macedonia, 554 00:38:58,727 --> 00:39:00,425 the court will now hear the arguments. 555 00:39:00,555 --> 00:39:01,556 Prosecution. 556 00:39:04,124 --> 00:39:06,561 The court will hear that Marcus Primus, 557 00:39:06,692 --> 00:39:08,781 as governor of Macedonia, 558 00:39:08,911 --> 00:39:12,741 did order military action against the tribes of the Danube 559 00:39:12,872 --> 00:39:15,527 without the permission of the Senate of Rome. 560 00:39:21,924 --> 00:39:23,709 It will hear from the Legate in command of the Fifth Legion, 561 00:39:23,839 --> 00:39:25,841 who led the campaign. 562 00:39:25,972 --> 00:39:28,670 It will hear from a king of the local tribes 563 00:39:28,801 --> 00:39:30,063 which, as a result, 564 00:39:30,193 --> 00:39:33,588 suffered grievous loss of property and life. 565 00:39:37,897 --> 00:39:39,638 And it will hear from the Roman 566 00:39:39,768 --> 00:39:42,684 who signed the peace treaty for the Senate... 567 00:39:42,815 --> 00:39:45,644 who will be myself! 568 00:39:45,774 --> 00:39:47,646 [shouting] 569 00:39:49,735 --> 00:39:53,739 Marcus Primus is guilty of treason. 570 00:39:57,786 --> 00:39:59,919 And I conclude by saying how fitting it is 571 00:40:00,049 --> 00:40:03,792 he should be defended by Marcus Messalla Corvinus, 572 00:40:03,923 --> 00:40:07,709 a rat of a man without morals... 573 00:40:08,841 --> 00:40:10,756 or honor. 574 00:40:11,844 --> 00:40:14,629 Fine words! 575 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:18,981 From a common swindler and notorious rake 576 00:40:19,112 --> 00:40:23,551 in whose vile company no Roman matron is safe. 577 00:40:24,770 --> 00:40:27,337 Defense. 578 00:40:27,468 --> 00:40:32,734 This court will hear that it is not my client Marcus Primus 579 00:40:32,865 --> 00:40:35,737 who should today be facing a charge of treason - 580 00:40:35,868 --> 00:40:38,914 but Caesar Augustus, 581 00:40:39,045 --> 00:40:45,747 son of the Divine Julius and First Citizen of Rome. 582 00:40:45,878 --> 00:40:48,750 Caesar Augustus! 583 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:52,798 Here I am! 584 00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:57,150 Nobody called you as a witness. 585 00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:01,720 Seriously, you're telling everyone I did it! 586 00:41:01,850 --> 00:41:03,678 This is a blatant attempt to undermine the trial 587 00:41:03,809 --> 00:41:05,680 and intimidate my client! 588 00:41:05,811 --> 00:41:07,900 I am presiding magistrate, not you, 589 00:41:08,030 --> 00:41:10,685 -and I'll decide what this is. -I protest! 590 00:41:10,816 --> 00:41:12,774 He has not been called as a witness! 591 00:41:12,905 --> 00:41:16,952 Anyone accused in public has a legal right to reply. 592 00:41:17,083 --> 00:41:19,781 What's he doing there? He's not a witness either! 593 00:41:19,912 --> 00:41:21,566 I'm allowing it. 594 00:41:21,696 --> 00:41:22,784 Silence! 595 00:41:27,876 --> 00:41:29,835 Did you then, Augustus, as it is said, 596 00:41:29,965 --> 00:41:33,012 order the governor of Macedonia to undertake military action 597 00:41:33,142 --> 00:41:34,796 in defiance of the Senate of Rome? 598 00:41:36,972 --> 00:41:38,887 I did not! 599 00:41:39,018 --> 00:41:41,847 Well, he would say that, wouldn't he? 600 00:41:46,025 --> 00:41:48,810 But we are about to hear something very different 601 00:41:48,941 --> 00:41:49,942 from the defendant. 602 00:41:50,072 --> 00:41:53,728 We are about to hear the truth. 603 00:41:54,990 --> 00:41:57,993 Marcus Primus. 604 00:41:58,124 --> 00:42:01,823 Three years ago, before you left for Macedonia, 605 00:42:01,954 --> 00:42:03,782 you were summoned to the house of that man - 606 00:42:03,912 --> 00:42:06,567 Caesar Augustus. 607 00:42:06,698 --> 00:42:08,134 I was! 608 00:42:08,264 --> 00:42:11,746 In order to discuss your new posting in the East. 609 00:42:11,877 --> 00:42:13,313 Yes. 610 00:42:13,443 --> 00:42:18,666 And indeed to receive private orders. 611 00:42:19,972 --> 00:42:21,974 As it turned out, yes. 612 00:42:22,104 --> 00:42:24,977 Orders to break the Senate treaty 613 00:42:25,107 --> 00:42:28,763 and make war on the Danube tribes! 614 00:42:28,894 --> 00:42:30,896 Yes. 615 00:42:31,026 --> 00:42:33,899 Directly from that man - 616 00:42:34,029 --> 00:42:37,032 Caesar Augustus. 617 00:42:37,163 --> 00:42:39,644 -No. -[Crowd gasping] 618 00:42:41,994 --> 00:42:43,996 Not from Caesar Augustus. 619 00:42:44,126 --> 00:42:47,956 No. They came directly from his nephew, 620 00:42:48,087 --> 00:42:51,786 Marcus Claudius Marcellus. 621 00:42:55,877 --> 00:42:58,750 Of course. Genius. 622 00:43:02,014 --> 00:43:05,974 Marcellus spoke to me privately after our meeting. 623 00:43:06,105 --> 00:43:08,934 He gave me to understand these orders came from his uncle. 624 00:43:09,064 --> 00:43:12,111 Naturally, given their close relationship, I believed him. 625 00:43:12,241 --> 00:43:14,026 And although I acted in good faith 626 00:43:14,156 --> 00:43:16,071 and always for the good of Rome... 627 00:43:16,202 --> 00:43:18,900 -What just happened? -A big "fuck you" from my wife. 628 00:43:19,031 --> 00:43:20,815 Would be my guess. 629 00:43:20,946 --> 00:43:26,604 ...misled by Marcus Claudius Marcellus. 630 00:43:30,259 --> 00:43:32,000 "The yield of wheat in the estate 631 00:43:32,131 --> 00:43:33,915 "is therefore much stronger than we expected, 632 00:43:34,046 --> 00:43:35,656 up to his..." 633 00:43:43,229 --> 00:43:45,710 Sweet of you to leave us fucking sweating all night. 634 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:47,668 You're welcome. 635 00:43:48,887 --> 00:43:51,063 What did it cost? 636 00:43:51,193 --> 00:43:53,805 I gave my word to Primus you would honor your deal. 637 00:43:53,935 --> 00:43:56,982 Exile and the money you promised. 638 00:43:57,112 --> 00:43:58,984 And that we would try to pardon him quietly 639 00:43:59,114 --> 00:44:00,942 when the dust settles. 640 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:06,905 I'm sorry for what I said about your father. 641 00:44:15,174 --> 00:44:17,785 You've changed since you got sick. 642 00:44:21,267 --> 00:44:24,313 Even when I awoke, I thought I was dead. 643 00:44:24,444 --> 00:44:27,969 Then I thought, "One day I will be." 644 00:44:33,018 --> 00:44:34,933 Drusus is ready for punishment. 645 00:44:36,325 --> 00:44:37,849 But first he asks to apologize. 646 00:44:38,937 --> 00:44:40,286 Huh! 647 00:44:40,416 --> 00:44:42,941 I have to admit I was impressed. 648 00:44:43,071 --> 00:44:44,899 The kid has the heart of a wolf. 649 00:44:45,030 --> 00:44:46,161 And the brains of an ass. 650 00:44:46,292 --> 00:44:48,990 He'll make a great soldier. 651 00:44:49,121 --> 00:44:50,905 But nothing else. 652 00:44:54,996 --> 00:44:56,998 I have a favor to ask. 653 00:44:57,129 --> 00:44:59,044 Not Drusus. 654 00:44:59,174 --> 00:45:01,742 Beat him to death for all I care. 655 00:45:03,309 --> 00:45:06,007 We need to bring forward some arrangements. 656 00:45:07,269 --> 00:45:10,708 So using the law didn't work. 657 00:45:12,579 --> 00:45:15,190 The traditional solution, then. 658 00:45:16,409 --> 00:45:20,413 He always goes to the baths with Agrippa in the ninth hour. 659 00:45:20,543 --> 00:45:22,720 We'll do it there, inside. 660 00:45:25,157 --> 00:45:26,854 The ninth hour. 661 00:45:31,380 --> 00:45:33,992 The Praetorians are gonna need to hear about this from you, 662 00:45:34,122 --> 00:45:35,950 afterwards. 663 00:45:36,081 --> 00:45:38,866 Leave them to me. You take care of the Senate. 664 00:46:12,421 --> 00:46:13,945 [Antigone] Good evening, Lady. 665 00:46:15,294 --> 00:46:17,078 We still need to watch them. 666 00:46:17,209 --> 00:46:18,297 Even though they don't have much support, 667 00:46:18,427 --> 00:46:20,038 we can't underestimate Crassus. 668 00:46:20,168 --> 00:46:22,170 Oh, Scribonia, there you are at last. 669 00:46:22,301 --> 00:46:25,260 What's up? 670 00:46:25,391 --> 00:46:28,220 I've been meaning to deal with this for a while now. 671 00:46:28,350 --> 00:46:32,093 Julia, you're out of mourning for Marcellus. 672 00:46:32,224 --> 00:46:34,052 So obviously it's time for your next marriage. 673 00:46:34,182 --> 00:46:36,010 We didn't want you getting bored 674 00:46:36,141 --> 00:46:38,143 with nothing to do in the evenings. 675 00:46:38,273 --> 00:46:43,322 And I can think of nobody better than my brother, Marcus Agrippa. 676 00:46:43,452 --> 00:46:45,977 -Neither can I! -[Marcella] What? 677 00:46:46,107 --> 00:46:49,067 My husband? 678 00:46:49,197 --> 00:46:51,460 Why is she getting my husband? What about me? 679 00:46:51,591 --> 00:46:53,027 Thank you, Father. 680 00:46:53,158 --> 00:46:55,160 Does my mother know about this? 681 00:46:55,290 --> 00:46:57,031 Well, she'll have something to say once she gets back. 682 00:46:57,162 --> 00:46:58,816 Marcella, you'll marry Iullus. 683 00:47:00,165 --> 00:47:02,123 Me? 684 00:47:02,254 --> 00:47:03,777 [Gaius] Iullus, I'm giving you my eldest niece 685 00:47:03,908 --> 00:47:06,258 as a token of my respect and affection. 686 00:47:06,388 --> 00:47:09,130 Your father and I were enemies in the end, 687 00:47:09,261 --> 00:47:10,958 but Marcella will bind our two families together 688 00:47:11,089 --> 00:47:12,046 and heal the wounds. 689 00:47:12,177 --> 00:47:14,179 [Iullus] Of course. 690 00:47:14,309 --> 00:47:16,137 I'm very grateful. Thank you. 691 00:47:16,268 --> 00:47:17,660 [Gaius] Good. 692 00:47:17,791 --> 00:47:19,837 -[Agrippa] And so am I! -Antigone's back. 693 00:47:21,142 --> 00:47:22,274 -Family! -Family! 694 00:47:22,404 --> 00:47:25,016 -Family. -Family. 695 00:47:25,146 --> 00:47:28,106 Excuse me, everyone. 696 00:47:28,236 --> 00:47:30,108 Gaius, may I see you in private? 697 00:47:30,238 --> 00:47:32,153 Of course. 698 00:47:38,290 --> 00:47:40,858 So, Gaius... 699 00:47:42,555 --> 00:47:45,036 You're going to die at the baths tomorrow. 700 00:47:45,166 --> 00:47:47,168 In the ninth hour. 701 00:47:51,390 --> 00:47:52,217 We were so worried. 702 00:47:59,311 --> 00:48:00,573 Where's the German? 703 00:48:00,703 --> 00:48:02,270 On our estate at Nepi. She'll be safe there. 704 00:48:02,401 --> 00:48:04,577 Doesn't she want to go home? 705 00:48:04,707 --> 00:48:08,407 Her village was burned. Her parents were killed. 706 00:48:08,537 --> 00:48:11,192 That's where we come from, Livia. 707 00:48:11,323 --> 00:48:14,717 I... I'd like to find her a good husband, 708 00:48:14,848 --> 00:48:17,068 and give her a dowry. 709 00:48:17,198 --> 00:48:18,896 Make it so. 710 00:48:21,507 --> 00:48:24,466 Oh, and we'll pay Scribonia back in good time. 711 00:48:24,597 --> 00:48:26,991 There will be no independent reprisals. 712 00:48:38,176 --> 00:48:39,220 Hmm? 713 00:48:39,351 --> 00:48:41,179 I'm pregnant again. 714 00:48:42,397 --> 00:48:44,269 -What? -Pregnant. 715 00:48:45,313 --> 00:48:47,185 You are? 716 00:48:51,450 --> 00:48:53,104 Are you all right? 717 00:48:54,235 --> 00:48:57,021 Scared. A bit. 718 00:48:57,151 --> 00:48:58,587 Obviously. 719 00:48:58,718 --> 00:49:02,069 Yeah, well, we won't lose this one. 720 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:03,244 I know. 721 00:49:09,424 --> 00:49:11,035 Porcia. 722 00:49:11,165 --> 00:49:13,124 You're late. 723 00:49:13,254 --> 00:49:14,821 What happened? 724 00:49:14,952 --> 00:49:18,172 Livia got to him, somehow. 725 00:49:18,303 --> 00:49:20,261 It was a mistake to involve her. 726 00:49:20,392 --> 00:49:22,263 I could hardly say no. 727 00:49:22,394 --> 00:49:24,396 Primus begged me. 728 00:49:24,526 --> 00:49:27,225 In any case, it would've been expected. 729 00:49:27,355 --> 00:49:29,270 That was the part, and I had to play it. 730 00:49:32,404 --> 00:49:34,232 Well, you fooled Livia, 731 00:49:34,362 --> 00:49:36,321 so you must be a brilliant actress. 732 00:49:39,585 --> 00:49:43,241 And, of course, no one would blame you for divorcing him. 733 00:49:46,722 --> 00:49:48,507 [moans] 734 00:49:48,637 --> 00:49:52,206 I can't wait to see their faces when this gets out. 735 00:49:52,337 --> 00:49:55,035 Don't gloat. It's the best I could do. 736 00:49:55,166 --> 00:49:56,994 I shall gloat as much as I like, thank you very much. 737 00:49:58,212 --> 00:49:59,257 Marcellus. 738 00:50:02,390 --> 00:50:04,349 Marcellus. 739 00:50:04,479 --> 00:50:06,220 They're rowing into Rome now. 740 00:50:06,351 --> 00:50:08,135 They'll tell us when it's done. 741 00:50:09,223 --> 00:50:10,790 What's going on? 742 00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:12,183 Nothing. 743 00:50:15,229 --> 00:50:16,448 [shouting] 744 00:50:16,578 --> 00:50:18,015 Get the fuck up! 745 00:50:19,277 --> 00:50:20,321 [indistinct shouting] 746 00:50:30,331 --> 00:50:32,072 Get the fuck up! 747 00:50:39,471 --> 00:50:41,168 Porcia? 748 00:51:09,370 --> 00:51:12,373 Please, let me do it. 749 00:51:17,509 --> 00:51:21,121 [laughing] 750 00:51:21,252 --> 00:51:22,427 What? 751 00:51:22,557 --> 00:51:25,430 I'm tired. Good night. 752 00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,215 That was the stupidest joke ever. 753 00:51:29,564 --> 00:51:31,262 [Gaius] Sleep well. 754 00:51:49,584 --> 00:51:53,545 When you go back East, take Drusus with you. 755 00:51:53,675 --> 00:51:55,416 On the front line. 756 00:51:59,594 --> 00:52:01,422 A request like that, brother, 757 00:52:01,553 --> 00:52:04,338 is something you say out loud to my face. 758 00:52:06,819 --> 00:52:09,778 The boy just wants a shot at glory in battle. 759 00:52:09,909 --> 00:52:12,433 Just make sure he gets it. That's all. 760 00:52:21,486 --> 00:52:25,229 [sobbing] 761 00:52:54,432 --> 00:52:57,304 ♪♪