:38:00
Halt.
:38:04
Well, Tribune. Your new command?
:38:10
Centurion, by what authority
do you attack these people?
:38:13
l need no authority
to clean out a nest of traitors.
:38:16
- Withdraw your men.
- And your authority, Tribune?
:38:20
- An imperial commission.
- l know you have it.
:38:23
But it's no longer in effect.
Tiberius is dead.
:38:27
Caligula is emperor.
Hits you hard, doesn't it?
:38:31
- Men.
- Wait.
:38:34
An imperial commission is good until it is
revoked by the emperor, whoever he may be.
:38:40
- Have you new orders from Caligula?
- No, but...
:38:42
Then obey mine.
:38:52
Make me obey, Tribune.
:38:56
No. You won't try, will you?
:38:59
Brave enough with a dice, or a cup of wine.
:39:02
A tribune because you bear an important
name, because you have friends at court.
:39:06
Well, you outrank me, but
l earned my rank, every step of it,
:39:10
in Gaul and lberia and Africa,
against the enemies of Rome.
:39:16
With this.
:39:20
Make me obey you, Tribune,
:39:22
if you're fool enough to try.
:39:30
You are a fool.
:39:32
l've split more men from head to foot
than you see in this square.
:39:36
lf l win, you'll keep your word?
You'll withdraw your men?
:39:40
lf you win, they'll be yours to command.
:39:43
l'll be dead.