2:02:01
We've got eight legions to march
against him and no one to lead them.
2:02:05
The minute you offer
the generals command...
2:02:07
they start wheezing
like winded mules.
2:02:09
I've seen such epidemics before,
haven't you?
2:02:12
- How's your health?
- Excellent, as you know.
2:02:14
l take it the senate's now offering
command of the legions to me.
2:02:17
- You've been expecting it.
- l have.
2:02:19
But have you thought how costly
my services might be?
2:02:21
We buy everything else
these days.
2:02:24
No reason why we shouldn't be charged
for patriotism. What's your fee?
2:02:29
My election as first consul,
command of all the legions of Italy...
2:02:33
and the abolition of senatorial
authority over the courts.
2:02:37
Dictatorship.
2:02:40
Order.
2:02:43
- Advise me if my terms are acceptable.
- l can tell you now.
2:02:45
- They're unacceptable.
- Yes, l know.
2:02:48
For the present perhaps, but times
change, and so does the senate.
2:02:51
When that day comes,
l shall be ready.
2:02:53
- Convey my respects to your wife.
- With pleasure.
2:02:58
He's right, you know.
2:03:00
lf something isn't done about Spartacus,
the senate will change.
2:03:03
And Crassus will move in
and save Rome from the slave army...
2:03:05
by assuming dictatorship.
2:03:10
But that, like everything else,
depends on which way Spartacus jumps.
2:03:13
Just now, he's trying
to get out of Italy.
2:03:15
lf he succeeds,
the crisis is over...
2:03:18
and Crassus may stay
in retirement indefinitely.
2:03:21
I've arranged for Spartacus
to escape from Italy.
2:03:24
You've done what?
2:03:25
I've made a little deal
with the Cilician pirates.
2:03:28
I've assured them
that we won't interfere...
2:03:30
if they transport Spartacus
and his slaves out of Italy.
2:03:35
So now we deal with pirates.
We bargain with criminals!
2:03:40
Don't you be so stiff-necked about it.
Politics is a practical profession.
2:03:44
lf a criminal has what you want,
you do business with him.