1 00:00:09,009 --> 00:00:11,929 2 00:00:14,181 --> 00:00:17,309 3 00:00:19,645 --> 00:00:23,440 4 00:00:42,584 --> 00:00:47,673 Narcissus! Narcissus! Narcissus! Narcissus! 5 00:00:47,756 --> 00:00:50,342 Narcissus! Narcissus! Narcissus! 6 00:01:04,690 --> 00:01:05,899 People of Rome! 7 00:01:10,237 --> 00:01:14,158 For any gladiator who steps onto the battleground, 8 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:19,538 there is no greater achievement than the Rodarus. 9 00:01:21,707 --> 00:01:23,250 This wooden sword... 10 00:01:24,334 --> 00:01:28,797 is given only to gladiators whose abilities transcend the battleground. 11 00:01:30,382 --> 00:01:32,968 Whose victories defy description. 12 00:01:34,887 --> 00:01:38,182 Those who have proven themselves superior to all others... 13 00:01:40,142 --> 00:01:45,397 in the eyes of the people, their Emperor, and the Gods. 14 00:01:49,151 --> 00:01:52,237 Narcissus is such a gladiator. 15 00:01:53,572 --> 00:01:55,991 Undefeated on the battleground. 16 00:01:57,826 --> 00:02:02,331 Both feared and revered by his opponents. 17 00:02:06,001 --> 00:02:07,795 He has more than earned this sword. 18 00:02:17,054 --> 00:02:18,138 And with it, 19 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:20,641 his freedom. 20 00:02:37,449 --> 00:02:39,993 21 00:02:54,758 --> 00:02:57,761 Commodus has honored the man who trained him in the arena, 22 00:02:59,346 --> 00:03:02,975 marking the opening of the greatest celebration of games 23 00:03:03,058 --> 00:03:06,145 since the dedication of the Coliseum. 24 00:03:06,228 --> 00:03:07,646 Commodus! Commodus! 25 00:03:07,729 --> 00:03:09,523 26 00:03:11,817 --> 00:03:15,571 27 00:04:29,937 --> 00:04:31,939 28 00:04:37,486 --> 00:04:39,488 29 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:49,873 12 years after claiming the throne, 30 00:04:54,336 --> 00:04:58,132 Commodus is prepared to put his life on the line, 31 00:04:58,215 --> 00:05:00,008 to restore glory to his city, 32 00:05:01,009 --> 00:05:03,262 and win the respect of his people. 33 00:05:09,435 --> 00:05:11,311 I think if we'd attended the games, 34 00:05:11,395 --> 00:05:14,815 we would be amazed at the glamour of the event. 35 00:05:15,607 --> 00:05:19,862 We would be overwhelmed by the noise of the crowd. 36 00:05:21,905 --> 00:05:27,369 We'd have been stunned by the gladiators and their shiny armor. 37 00:05:27,911 --> 00:05:33,375 And we'd have been horrorstruck at the ferocity of the fighting itself 38 00:05:33,459 --> 00:05:35,461 that goes on in the arena. 39 00:05:38,881 --> 00:05:40,466 Spanning 14 days, 40 00:05:41,425 --> 00:05:45,763 the Emperor's games feature hundreds of exotic animals for live hunting, 41 00:05:47,639 --> 00:05:50,058 prisoners and slaves for executions, 42 00:05:51,435 --> 00:05:54,646 with lavish gifts and prizes for those in attendance. 43 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:04,573 With a full coliseum, the games will be unlike any celebration 44 00:06:04,656 --> 00:06:06,366 in the history of Rome. 45 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:13,916 Emperor Commodus! 46 00:06:13,999 --> 00:06:15,667 47 00:06:30,682 --> 00:06:31,892 Senators... 48 00:06:32,559 --> 00:06:34,103 welcome to the games. 49 00:06:41,110 --> 00:06:43,195 Please, honor your host. 50 00:06:49,952 --> 00:06:52,746 For a crowd of more than 50,000 people... 51 00:06:52,830 --> 00:06:54,498 May the Gods be with you. 52 00:06:55,707 --> 00:06:58,794 ...Commodus has announced that for the first time... 53 00:06:59,461 --> 00:07:00,921 May the Gods be with you. 54 00:07:01,713 --> 00:07:05,300 ...the Emperor will fight as a gladiator. 55 00:07:07,886 --> 00:07:09,263 May the Gods be with you. 56 00:07:11,056 --> 00:07:12,099 Senator. 57 00:07:17,438 --> 00:07:18,939 May the Gods be with you. 58 00:07:20,149 --> 00:07:23,360 Precious jewels and fine robes won't save him now. 59 00:07:26,738 --> 00:07:28,031 May the Gods be with you. 60 00:07:35,205 --> 00:07:36,498 May the Gods be with you. 61 00:07:41,545 --> 00:07:42,671 Senator Dio. 62 00:07:43,505 --> 00:07:45,758 May the Gods protect you, Commodus. 63 00:08:05,527 --> 00:08:06,779 People of Rome! 64 00:08:09,490 --> 00:08:12,451 Let the games begin! 65 00:08:12,534 --> 00:08:14,161 66 00:08:15,496 --> 00:08:16,955 67 00:08:22,086 --> 00:08:24,922 But while the Roman people hail their ruler, 68 00:08:25,923 --> 00:08:29,760 members of the Senate fear the Emperor's bold move 69 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:31,512 would be his last. 70 00:08:46,527 --> 00:08:52,574 For Commodus, fighting as a gladiator will solidify his popularity 71 00:08:53,325 --> 00:08:55,786 and secure his legacy as Emperor. 72 00:09:00,833 --> 00:09:06,505 But becoming a gladiator is just the first step in a much bigger plan, 73 00:09:06,588 --> 00:09:10,008 one that will make him a legend. 74 00:09:12,886 --> 00:09:14,805 In Roman society, 75 00:09:14,888 --> 00:09:18,976 Hercules is celebrated for slaying a mythical lion 76 00:09:19,059 --> 00:09:21,937 and wearing the animal's hide for protection. 77 00:09:24,606 --> 00:09:26,191 For his games, 78 00:09:26,275 --> 00:09:30,279 Commodus is certain if he can embody the Roman god, 79 00:09:30,362 --> 00:09:32,489 he too will be invincible... 80 00:09:32,573 --> 00:09:35,909 and be forever honored by the Roman people. 81 00:09:39,163 --> 00:09:43,125 The Emperor Commodus portrays himself as the god Hercules, 82 00:09:43,208 --> 00:09:45,669 a great fighter and a great hunter. 83 00:09:45,753 --> 00:09:46,879 What he's trying to do 84 00:09:46,962 --> 00:09:50,340 when he appears in the games dressed as Hercules, 85 00:09:50,424 --> 00:09:54,762 is underline to people that when he fights as a gladiator, 86 00:09:54,845 --> 00:09:59,016 he is as skilled a fighter as the god Hercules was. 87 00:10:01,268 --> 00:10:03,687 88 00:10:20,204 --> 00:10:23,832 89 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:42,893 All hail Commodus, Emperor of Rome! 90 00:11:01,203 --> 00:11:02,079 91 00:11:02,162 --> 00:11:04,957 92 00:11:11,296 --> 00:11:12,381 93 00:11:15,342 --> 00:11:17,177 94 00:11:23,475 --> 00:11:24,560 95 00:11:29,815 --> 00:11:30,774 96 00:11:33,152 --> 00:11:34,570 97 00:11:42,870 --> 00:11:44,121 98 00:11:57,384 --> 00:11:58,427 99 00:11:58,510 --> 00:11:59,845 100 00:12:02,973 --> 00:12:05,350 101 00:12:26,914 --> 00:12:28,499 102 00:12:33,670 --> 00:12:35,255 103 00:12:37,674 --> 00:12:38,717 104 00:13:02,908 --> 00:13:04,868 For the first time, 105 00:13:04,952 --> 00:13:10,749 an emperor has claimed victory as a gladiator in the Roman Coliseum. 106 00:13:22,594 --> 00:13:24,388 And in front of thousands, 107 00:13:25,889 --> 00:13:28,308 Commodus wins the recognition 108 00:13:28,392 --> 00:13:31,603 and validation he's always wanted. 109 00:13:39,570 --> 00:13:43,198 Commodus! Commodus! Commodus! Commodus! 110 00:13:43,282 --> 00:13:45,784 After his triumph in the arena, 111 00:13:46,368 --> 00:13:52,541 Commodus believes he's proven himself the supreme ruler of the Roman people. 112 00:13:52,624 --> 00:13:57,796 And with a new vision for the Empire, he orders a meeting of the Senate. 113 00:13:58,380 --> 00:13:59,465 Senators... 114 00:14:04,845 --> 00:14:08,432 I called you here tonight to share some important news with you. 115 00:14:11,393 --> 00:14:12,770 That I am... 116 00:14:13,604 --> 00:14:14,855 in fact... 117 00:14:15,647 --> 00:14:16,690 alive. 118 00:14:18,108 --> 00:14:21,904 When I first declared my intention to step on to the battleground 119 00:14:21,987 --> 00:14:23,864 and prove my worth as a gladiator, 120 00:14:25,491 --> 00:14:27,117 many of you thought, "He must be mad." 121 00:14:28,327 --> 00:14:29,953 While most of you assumed... 122 00:14:31,246 --> 00:14:32,664 "He'll surely be killed." 123 00:14:34,833 --> 00:14:36,710 But as all of you witnessed today, 124 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:41,840 and the blood on my sword confirms, 125 00:14:43,801 --> 00:14:48,347 it is my opponent who no longer walks among us. 126 00:14:49,348 --> 00:14:50,432 And now, 127 00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:53,852 I stand here before you, 128 00:14:55,395 --> 00:14:56,897 not only victor in the Coliseum, 129 00:14:56,980 --> 00:15:00,859 but right here in this building. 130 00:15:02,569 --> 00:15:06,073 Because when 50,000 voices unite as one, 131 00:15:07,699 --> 00:15:09,493 everyone can hear it. 132 00:15:11,036 --> 00:15:15,457 Even a body as old, and outdated, as the Senate. 133 00:15:18,544 --> 00:15:21,922 The people's voice is strong. 134 00:15:23,549 --> 00:15:25,217 Oh, and it is true. 135 00:15:27,594 --> 00:15:31,014 Theirs is the voice that guides me, 136 00:15:32,266 --> 00:15:36,061 not those of bickering, backstabbing, 137 00:15:36,854 --> 00:15:39,731 self-serving parasites. 138 00:15:39,815 --> 00:15:43,444 Men whose day was done when Caesar took the throne. 139 00:15:45,446 --> 00:15:49,825 Clinging to power that died with the Republic, 140 00:15:52,077 --> 00:15:53,704 and praying for... 141 00:15:54,705 --> 00:15:56,290 or plotting... 142 00:15:58,292 --> 00:15:59,710 my death. 143 00:16:02,796 --> 00:16:08,719 But the only thing that's dead is the lie that Rome needs you. 144 00:16:10,387 --> 00:16:12,514 So on the first day of the new year, 145 00:16:15,601 --> 00:16:17,811 I proclaim there will be a new Rome. 146 00:16:19,730 --> 00:16:21,982 A Rome cast in my image. 147 00:16:22,065 --> 00:16:25,068 - This is outrageous! - I am the Emperor! 148 00:16:27,821 --> 00:16:28,822 If you doubt me, 149 00:16:28,906 --> 00:16:30,657 then you weren't listening. 150 00:16:31,784 --> 00:16:34,036 The people's voice was clear. 151 00:16:34,912 --> 00:16:36,830 They have made their choice... 152 00:16:40,042 --> 00:16:41,043 and it is... 153 00:16:45,798 --> 00:16:46,799 Commodus. 154 00:16:49,468 --> 00:16:50,427 Commodus. 155 00:16:52,012 --> 00:16:53,263 Commodus. 156 00:16:53,347 --> 00:16:54,181 157 00:16:54,264 --> 00:16:57,392 Commodus! Commodus! 158 00:16:57,476 --> 00:16:59,269 159 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:01,271 Commodus! 160 00:17:01,772 --> 00:17:06,568 Commodus! Commodus! Commodus! 161 00:17:16,870 --> 00:17:19,915 Great day to be alive, Senator. 162 00:17:20,999 --> 00:17:22,709 163 00:17:28,382 --> 00:17:31,093 164 00:17:32,553 --> 00:17:36,348 Commodus seems to have acted increasingly dictatorially. 165 00:17:36,432 --> 00:17:38,642 He seems to ignore those around him, 166 00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:42,229 and he himself becomes more and more a megalomaniac. 167 00:17:45,399 --> 00:17:49,319 Was he alone in this? Had no other Emperors done that? 168 00:17:49,403 --> 00:17:50,654 Well, sadly, no. 169 00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:53,824 Other Emperors, whether it was Caligula or Nero, 170 00:17:53,907 --> 00:17:55,909 had similar character traits. 171 00:17:56,535 --> 00:17:58,454 172 00:18:17,848 --> 00:18:20,476 By rejecting the authority of the Senate, 173 00:18:23,228 --> 00:18:26,732 Commodus has established total control of the Empire, 174 00:18:28,484 --> 00:18:31,653 and begins to transform the city in his image. 175 00:18:38,076 --> 00:18:39,745 With imperial orders, 176 00:18:40,829 --> 00:18:43,999 the Emperor commissions massive golden statues 177 00:18:45,125 --> 00:18:49,713 and renames the months of the year after himself. 178 00:18:52,591 --> 00:18:55,177 And in a show of ultimate authority, 179 00:18:56,303 --> 00:18:59,473 nearly 1,000 years after the founding of Rome, 180 00:19:00,641 --> 00:19:03,310 Commodus gives the city a new name: 181 00:19:03,393 --> 00:19:06,313 Colonia Commodiana. 182 00:19:12,361 --> 00:19:15,531 Being Emperor wasn't just simply about 183 00:19:15,614 --> 00:19:19,326 fulfilling duties, it wasn't just simply about going to work on a day-to-day basis. 184 00:19:19,409 --> 00:19:21,829 An emperor was who you were 185 00:19:21,912 --> 00:19:24,248 at the absolute root of your person. 186 00:19:25,916 --> 00:19:28,919 And everyone and everything in Roman society 187 00:19:29,002 --> 00:19:31,880 is aimed at expressing how great the Emperor is. 188 00:19:31,964 --> 00:19:33,632 Of course, that's going to affect you. 189 00:19:33,715 --> 00:19:36,176 It'd be impossible that that wouldn't, in some way, 190 00:19:36,260 --> 00:19:38,554 begin to affect the way that you saw yourself. 191 00:19:40,973 --> 00:19:43,225 192 00:20:00,701 --> 00:20:02,536 As the games continue, 193 00:20:02,619 --> 00:20:04,538 the Emperor's show of strength 194 00:20:04,621 --> 00:20:06,665 begins to escalate. 195 00:20:08,167 --> 00:20:09,710 196 00:20:09,793 --> 00:20:12,129 197 00:20:17,509 --> 00:20:19,011 198 00:20:23,724 --> 00:20:27,186 Commodus wanted to appear as a gladiator. He was... 199 00:20:27,269 --> 00:20:29,980 taken by the notion of his own strength and power. 200 00:20:30,564 --> 00:20:34,985 And he may actually have believed that he was displaying... 201 00:20:35,068 --> 00:20:38,405 superhuman, extra-human power and skill. 202 00:20:45,621 --> 00:20:46,955 203 00:20:55,923 --> 00:20:57,508 204 00:20:58,801 --> 00:21:01,303 Commodus! Commodus! Commodus! 205 00:21:01,386 --> 00:21:02,596 Hard to watch. 206 00:21:18,487 --> 00:21:22,074 But while the Roman people cheer for their Emperor, 207 00:21:22,157 --> 00:21:26,662 what they don't realize, is that before stepping into the arena, 208 00:21:27,079 --> 00:21:32,751 Commodus has made certain that his victories are guaranteed. 209 00:21:35,212 --> 00:21:37,089 210 00:21:43,095 --> 00:21:45,305 When Commodus appears as a gladiator, 211 00:21:45,389 --> 00:21:48,475 he makes sure that he's not going to come to any harm. 212 00:21:48,559 --> 00:21:51,812 He made sure that his opponents fought with dulled blades. 213 00:21:59,903 --> 00:22:02,823 And after a few exchanges of blows, 214 00:22:04,032 --> 00:22:07,286 the other gladiator quickly fell to the floor 215 00:22:07,369 --> 00:22:09,872 understanding what was best for him. 216 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,754 217 00:22:16,837 --> 00:22:19,757 218 00:23:13,185 --> 00:23:15,229 I will endure to be burned, 219 00:23:15,813 --> 00:23:17,981 to be bound, to be beaten, 220 00:23:19,525 --> 00:23:21,193 to be killed by the sword. 221 00:23:52,933 --> 00:23:55,436 222 00:24:00,941 --> 00:24:02,901 223 00:24:21,003 --> 00:24:22,588 No more worry in your eyes. 224 00:24:23,422 --> 00:24:24,840 Now that this is done. 225 00:24:25,966 --> 00:24:29,970 Commodus! Commodus! 226 00:24:34,266 --> 00:24:35,559 Listen to them. 227 00:24:36,602 --> 00:24:38,103 They're still calling your name. 228 00:24:41,565 --> 00:24:44,193 If I could give them 14 more days, I would. 229 00:24:46,987 --> 00:24:51,200 And you wouldn't have to worry, because I cannot be defeated. 230 00:24:52,242 --> 00:24:53,577 So it would seem. 231 00:24:55,996 --> 00:24:56,997 Narcissus. 232 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:58,999 Sorry, Emperor, I didn't mean to startle you. 233 00:25:00,834 --> 00:25:03,629 You of all people should know better than to sneak up on a gladiator, 234 00:25:05,214 --> 00:25:08,592 especially one with the blood of his vanquished opponent 235 00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:10,219 still fresh on his blade. 236 00:25:11,887 --> 00:25:13,097 It was a good battle. 237 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,058 Attilius fought valiantly. 238 00:25:18,018 --> 00:25:19,061 Indeed he did. 239 00:25:20,562 --> 00:25:21,647 They all did. 240 00:25:23,148 --> 00:25:25,109 It seems you trained me too well, my friend. 241 00:25:30,364 --> 00:25:32,241 Did I train you to do this? 242 00:25:37,788 --> 00:25:39,873 You have something to say, Narcissus, 243 00:25:41,375 --> 00:25:42,459 you should say it. 244 00:25:45,963 --> 00:25:47,673 I just watched you kill... 245 00:25:48,924 --> 00:25:50,217 my brothers. 246 00:25:51,135 --> 00:25:54,638 Men who stepped onto the battlefield and fought with honor. 247 00:25:55,597 --> 00:25:56,640 And they died with it. 248 00:25:56,723 --> 00:25:59,268 Holding dulled blades. 249 00:26:03,647 --> 00:26:05,774 Is that not a good enough reason to spare their lives? 250 00:26:06,608 --> 00:26:08,110 I gave the people what they want. 251 00:26:08,193 --> 00:26:09,987 They want to see defenseless men slaughtered-- 252 00:26:10,070 --> 00:26:11,405 Slaves! 253 00:26:14,032 --> 00:26:15,284 They were slaves. 254 00:26:17,202 --> 00:26:19,997 Slaves I gave the honor of dying by my sword. 255 00:26:22,082 --> 00:26:26,170 The honor to sacrifice themselves for the glory of my Empire. 256 00:26:26,253 --> 00:26:28,756 The honor to achieve immortality. 257 00:26:32,885 --> 00:26:37,181 So it's only because I stand before you a freedman 258 00:26:38,599 --> 00:26:40,434 that you are not bringing your sword down upon me? 259 00:26:43,854 --> 00:26:47,024 With only my dulled blade to protect myself? 260 00:26:55,783 --> 00:26:57,201 My friend? 261 00:27:07,669 --> 00:27:08,754 Pick it up. 262 00:27:11,006 --> 00:27:13,092 -I said pick it up. -I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Emperor. 263 00:27:13,175 --> 00:27:14,843 -Get it out of my sight. -I'm sorry. 264 00:27:18,263 --> 00:27:19,264 Commodus... 265 00:27:19,723 --> 00:27:21,266 Silence! 266 00:27:21,350 --> 00:27:23,268 267 00:27:26,772 --> 00:27:28,440 Don't you look at me that way. 268 00:27:28,524 --> 00:27:29,942 Get out. 269 00:27:30,984 --> 00:27:31,985 Now! 270 00:27:33,112 --> 00:27:36,615 All of you! Out, now! 271 00:27:37,574 --> 00:27:38,534 Out! 272 00:27:41,203 --> 00:27:44,248 273 00:28:24,413 --> 00:28:27,458 Commodus knows that if his deceit is revealed, 274 00:28:28,125 --> 00:28:30,127 he'll lose the trust of the people 275 00:28:30,794 --> 00:28:33,630 and the recognition he believes he's earned. 276 00:28:44,892 --> 00:28:48,061 277 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,198 So he marks anyone who knows of his plan 278 00:28:59,281 --> 00:29:01,742 for banishment or execution 279 00:29:02,701 --> 00:29:07,664 in an official royal document known as a proscription list. 280 00:29:12,419 --> 00:29:17,466 Paranoia was not entirely uncharacteristic of the Roman Emperors, 281 00:29:17,549 --> 00:29:21,595 and Commodus lived in his own little world of paranoia. 282 00:29:21,678 --> 00:29:25,766 He supposed everybody was plotting against him and they were. 283 00:29:41,281 --> 00:29:42,574 All of them. 284 00:29:43,492 --> 00:29:45,828 I did as the Emperor ordered. 285 00:29:47,663 --> 00:29:51,708 And now that it has been revealed, he cannot risk that the people find out. 286 00:29:55,295 --> 00:29:56,713 What can we do? 287 00:30:03,887 --> 00:30:05,764 You were wise to come here first. 288 00:30:08,684 --> 00:30:10,102 But you cannot stay here. 289 00:30:13,522 --> 00:30:15,357 You must return to the palace. 290 00:30:15,441 --> 00:30:16,275 No. 291 00:30:16,358 --> 00:30:18,444 You must return to the palace. 292 00:30:20,863 --> 00:30:24,992 Tell him that you don't care what he did, 293 00:30:25,075 --> 00:30:27,327 that you love him no matter what, 294 00:30:27,411 --> 00:30:30,038 and that's why you've come back. 295 00:30:30,956 --> 00:30:33,125 To prove your love. 296 00:30:47,264 --> 00:30:49,224 - Poison? - For his wine. 297 00:30:50,100 --> 00:30:55,773 -There has to be another way. -This is your only hope. 298 00:30:59,109 --> 00:31:01,779 Or would you rather wait here for the Praetorian Guards? 299 00:31:08,702 --> 00:31:10,370 300 00:31:10,454 --> 00:31:15,918 The people closest to him that ran his life lost confidence 301 00:31:16,001 --> 00:31:18,003 in their own physical security, 302 00:31:18,504 --> 00:31:23,008 and thought the only solution is going to be to get rid of Commodus. 303 00:31:25,385 --> 00:31:28,222 Because what else could they do in order to avoid 304 00:31:28,305 --> 00:31:30,974 being put to death themselves? 305 00:31:40,651 --> 00:31:41,985 For centuries, 306 00:31:42,069 --> 00:31:46,532 poison has been used as a lethal weapon in the ancient world. 307 00:31:47,449 --> 00:31:50,744 As toxic elements found in common plants 308 00:31:50,828 --> 00:31:56,291 and venom from insects and snakes can be easily disguised, 309 00:31:57,709 --> 00:32:01,839 effectively killing the victim without a trace. 310 00:32:04,133 --> 00:32:05,300 Throughout Roman history, 311 00:32:05,384 --> 00:32:10,722 poison does seem to be a more insidious form of assassination plot. 312 00:32:10,806 --> 00:32:12,641 You know, it's not that you're being, you know, 313 00:32:12,724 --> 00:32:15,310 killed in this martial way, or threatened in this martial way... 314 00:32:17,187 --> 00:32:21,066 ...it's that perhaps the people that are most intimately involved in your life, 315 00:32:21,150 --> 00:32:22,985 can you really trust them? 316 00:32:56,852 --> 00:32:58,145 Commodus. 317 00:33:00,189 --> 00:33:01,523 What are you doing here? 318 00:33:05,194 --> 00:33:06,195 Get out. 319 00:33:09,198 --> 00:33:10,532 You get out! 320 00:33:41,730 --> 00:33:44,900 321 00:33:44,983 --> 00:33:49,279 322 00:33:51,782 --> 00:33:56,537 323 00:34:03,419 --> 00:34:05,462 324 00:34:07,214 --> 00:34:08,215 Commodus. 325 00:34:09,925 --> 00:34:11,176 I need some water. 326 00:34:16,598 --> 00:34:20,227 327 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,705 328 00:34:51,008 --> 00:34:54,303 329 00:35:09,443 --> 00:35:10,360 Marcia. 330 00:35:15,699 --> 00:35:16,825 What happened? 331 00:35:18,452 --> 00:35:20,746 -What happened? -He's throwing it up. 332 00:35:24,708 --> 00:35:26,043 I found this. 333 00:35:34,134 --> 00:35:36,887 Well, then... We must go to Dio. 334 00:35:38,722 --> 00:35:39,723 You go. 335 00:36:15,592 --> 00:36:18,595 Of course. A proscription list. 336 00:36:19,304 --> 00:36:22,599 It includes her name, mine, Narcissus... 337 00:36:25,436 --> 00:36:26,645 And me. 338 00:36:27,646 --> 00:36:29,064 It's almost the entire Senate. 339 00:36:32,443 --> 00:36:35,028 As madness gives way to vengeance. 340 00:36:42,453 --> 00:36:43,662 Come with me. 341 00:36:56,467 --> 00:37:00,387 -Senator, what am I-- -Listen to me very closely. 342 00:37:01,346 --> 00:37:03,807 You must take this sword to Narcissus. 343 00:37:04,391 --> 00:37:05,768 We have no time to lose. 344 00:38:15,212 --> 00:38:16,296 Marcia... 345 00:38:24,805 --> 00:38:26,473 I spare your life... 346 00:38:28,684 --> 00:38:31,019 and you sentence me to death. 347 00:38:37,860 --> 00:38:39,278 The only way out... 348 00:38:40,571 --> 00:38:41,822 is through me. 349 00:38:43,907 --> 00:38:46,785 The only way you live... 350 00:38:48,954 --> 00:38:51,957 is to kill me... 351 00:38:53,167 --> 00:38:54,042 352 00:38:56,336 --> 00:38:59,089 with your dulled blade. 353 00:39:07,639 --> 00:39:09,767 354 00:39:33,624 --> 00:39:34,666 355 00:39:34,750 --> 00:39:37,169 356 00:39:50,849 --> 00:39:52,101 I... 357 00:39:53,602 --> 00:39:54,853 I gave you your freedom. 358 00:39:54,937 --> 00:39:56,563 I earned my freedom! 359 00:39:56,647 --> 00:39:57,481 You... 360 00:39:59,066 --> 00:40:02,402 -You had everything just handed to you. -I have-- 361 00:40:02,986 --> 00:40:05,697 You have nothing! Nothing! 362 00:40:05,781 --> 00:40:10,369 You have no compassion, you have no courage. 363 00:40:10,911 --> 00:40:15,332 And you have no honor. 364 00:40:26,385 --> 00:40:28,929 365 00:40:32,057 --> 00:40:32,933 366 00:40:37,187 --> 00:40:38,772 367 00:40:52,411 --> 00:40:57,124 The assassination of Commodus marks the end of an era, 368 00:40:58,792 --> 00:41:03,672 and the dawn of widespread turmoil throughout the Empire. 369 00:41:07,551 --> 00:41:12,014 For the next year, Rome is consumed by civil war 370 00:41:12,097 --> 00:41:16,351 and those who plotted against the Emperor are soon punished. 371 00:41:18,145 --> 00:41:24,526 Responsible for the Emperor's death, Narcissus, a celebrated gladiator 372 00:41:24,610 --> 00:41:28,363 and the man who trained Commodus to fight in the arena 373 00:41:28,447 --> 00:41:29,698 is executed. 374 00:41:34,328 --> 00:41:37,414 And within a year, Marcia, 375 00:41:37,498 --> 00:41:40,292 one of the most powerful women in the Empire, 376 00:41:40,375 --> 00:41:43,295 and the one person Commodus truly trusted, 377 00:41:45,589 --> 00:41:50,052 is sentenced to death by the new reigning Emperor. 378 00:42:03,107 --> 00:42:05,651 But Cassius Dio survives. 379 00:42:06,318 --> 00:42:10,322 The ambitious Senator, who once fought to protect Commodus, 380 00:42:12,241 --> 00:42:15,536 will go on to write one of the only surviving accounts 381 00:42:15,619 --> 00:42:18,163 of this time in the Roman Empire. 382 00:42:19,623 --> 00:42:22,292 383 00:42:39,893 --> 00:42:42,229 In the 13 years of his reign, 384 00:42:44,731 --> 00:42:46,817 Commodus brought peace to Rome. 385 00:42:54,658 --> 00:42:56,702 But he will come to be known... 386 00:42:58,203 --> 00:43:03,292 as the man responsible for an unprecedented age of chaos, 387 00:43:04,543 --> 00:43:06,003 betrayal, 388 00:43:06,086 --> 00:43:12,843 and the beginning of the fall of the greatest empire ever known.