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like a storm.
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As if you were the thunder god himself.
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- You were a gladiator?
- Yes, I was.
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[Sombre instrumental music]
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You won your freedom?
:16:17
A long time ago, the Emperor...
:16:21
presented me with a rudius.
:16:25
It's just a wooden sword.
:16:27
The symbol of your freedom.
:16:32
He touched me on the shoulder,
and I was free.
:16:35
[Chuckles heartily]
:16:36
You knew Marcus Aurelius?
:16:38
I did not say I knew him.
I said he touched me on the shoulder once.
:16:43
MAXIMUS: You asked me what I want.
:16:46
I, too, want to stand
in front of the Emperor...
:16:50
as you did.
:16:52
PROXIMO: Then listen to me. Learn from me.
:16:56
I wasn't the best because I killed quickly.
:17:00
I was the best because the crowd loved me.
:17:03
Win the crowd, and you'll win your freedom.
:17:07
[Solemn instrumental music]
:17:11
I will win the crowd.
:17:15
I will give them something
they've never seen before.
:17:18
[Proximo laughs]
:17:19
PROXIMO: So, Spaniard,
we shall go to Rome together...
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and have bloody adventures.
:17:24
PROXIMO: And the great whore
will suckle us...
:17:26
until we are fat and happy
and can suckle no more.
:17:29
And then...
:17:31
when enough men have died...
:17:35
perhaps you will have your freedom.
:17:42
Here. Use this.