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lt may seem in being sentenced here
you're being sentenced to death.
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That's not necessarily true.
:17:08
l, Strabo, was sentenced here
as you are, but l fought well.
:17:11
l won fame and a fortune, too.
And l won my freedom.
:17:15
The emperor himself calls me by name.
:17:18
Even the most famous of the charioteers
has to give way to me.
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l fought 52 times in the arena.
:17:26
l killed 52 men.
:17:29
Perhaps one of you will do as well.
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Come.
:17:37
Dardanius here is the best of netmen.
:17:39
You've seen his name often where the girls
have scratched it on the walls of Rome.
:17:45
He likes the way we live here.
He likes to kill. He's a born butcher.
:17:49
But he can have his choice
of fair ladies. Tonight he will.
:17:53
And so will you
when you're ready for the arena.
:17:57
Glycon was a king in his own country.
Now he's the king of swordsmen.
:18:02
Learn to use a sword like him
and you may earn your freedom,...
:18:05
..as he'll earn his very soon,
perhaps tomorrow.
:18:13
You'll train with wooden swords
till you're ready for the steel.
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(angry voices)
:18:26
These men here will fight tomorrow.
:18:28
Half of them will live.
Half of them will die.
:18:31
They know it.
:18:35
Some men who are sent here
don't seem to like it.
:18:37
They'd rather live badly than die well,
so they try to escape.
:18:40
Like this one.
:18:44
- (fanfare)
- All his training was wasted.
:18:46
He dies badly like a common criminal.
:18:49
Try to escape and this is your reward.
:18:51
Strabo, Claudius is arriving.
:18:54
Line up the men who fight tomorrow.
:18:56
You're luckier than most recruits. On your
first day you'll see the owner of the school.