( theme music playing ) Announcer: 400 YEARS AFTER THE LAST KING WAS DRIVEN FROM THE CITY, THE REPUBLIC OF ROME RULES MANY NATIONS, BUT CANNOT RULE ITSELF. THE CITY IS CONSTANTLY ROILED BY CONFLICT...
( theme music playing ) WHERE ARE THE GRAIN PROVISIONING FIGURES? THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT. I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE MEN. THEY HAD NO IDEA GREECE WAS SO LARGE. AND THEY'RE SICK OF...
( theme music playing ) IN THE DAWN OF OUR HISTORY, WE MEN OF ROME WERE STRONG AND FIERCE BUT ALSO UNCOUTH AND SOLITARY CREATURES. IT WAS ONLY WHEN WE ACQUIRED WIVES THAT OUR RISE TO GREATNESS TRULY...
( theme music playing ) WAKE UP. WAKE UP, SLEEPY HEAD. ( speaking Egyptian ) BE QUIET, WOMAN. ( street chatter ) ( sighs ) POSCA. LUCIUS VORENUS. YOUR MONTHLY DEBAUCH IS FINISHED ALREADY? I SEE YOURS...
( theme music playing ) Man: PULL! PULL! PULL! PULL! PULL! PULL! HE'S GONE. PUT HIM OVER. - SIR. - HUH? OH, SALVE, VORENUS. - HOW ARE YOU? - GOOD ENOUGH. - WATER. - THANK YOU. I WAS FAR AWAY....
( theme music playing ) ( conversing quietly ) DEAR ME, I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY LONG FACES. IT IS CUSTOMARY TO BE SAD AT A FUNERAL. Brutus: WELL, THE REPUBLIC IS OLD AND INFIRM. DEATH CAN BE A...
( theme music playing ) ( praying in Hebrew ) ( singing in Hebrew ) ( thunder crashes ) ( branches snapping ) ( footsteps approaching ) ALL RIGHT, BOYS. LET'S EAT, HUH? BE THERE SOON. ( sighs...
( theme music playing ) Servilia: BRUTUS. BRUTUS. DOMINA. DOMINA, PLEASE, DON'T DO THAT. I'M SO SORRY. WHY DON'T YOU LIE DOWN? YOU'RE VERY TIRED. YES... I'M......

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MORNING, CONSUL. HOW GOES YOUR DAY? ( grunting ) STOP! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU. OUR NAME IS REDEEMED. THE REPUBLIC IS SAFE. IT WAS HORRIBLE, MOTHER. HE WOULDN'T DIE. ( shudders ) BUT HE IS DEAD...
( theme music playing ) ( somber music playing ) ( waves crashing ) ( men screaming ) PERHAPS IF WE RETREAT TO THE COAST VIA THESSALY WE COULD HOLD OUT UNTIL THE RAINS COME. IF WE GO EASTWARD,...