:18:04
To live in terror
every moment of every day...
:18:07
because your son
is heir to the throne.
:18:12
Oh, I have wept.
:18:14
My son...
:18:16
was innocent.
:18:18
So is mine.
:18:21
Must my son die, too,
before you'll trust me?
:18:26
What does it matter
if I trust you or not?
:18:30
The gods have spared you.
Don't you understand?
:18:33
Today I saw a slave become more powerful
than the emperor of Rome.
:18:36
The gods have spared me?
:18:38
I am at their mercy,
with the power only to amuse the mob.
:18:41
That is power.
:18:43
The mob is Rome, and while Commodus
controls them, he controls everything.
:18:48
Listen to me.
:18:50
My brother has enemies,
most of all in the senate.
:18:53
But while the people follow him...
:18:55
no one would dare stand up to him
until you.
:18:59
They oppose him,
yet they do nothing.
:19:02
There are some politicians
who have dedicated their lives to Rome.
:19:05
One man above all.
:19:08
If I can arrange it,
will you meet him?
:19:11
Do you not understand?
:19:13
I may die in this cell tonight,
or in the arena tomorrow.
:19:16
I am a slave!
:19:18
What possible difference can I make?
:19:20
This man wants what you want.
:19:23
Then have him kill Commodus!
:19:27
I knew a man once...
:19:30
a noble man,
a man of principle...
:19:33
who loved my father...
:19:36
and my father loved him.
:19:40
This man served Rome well.
:19:46
That man is gone.
:19:48
Your brother did his work well.
:19:50
Let me help you.
:19:58
Yes...