2:01:02
I beg you to.
2:01:05
Is it me you want
or is it the garrison?
2:01:08
Both. Tell me frankly.
2:01:11
Ifyou were I, would you
take the fiield against Spartacus?
2:01:14
- Ofcourse.
- Why?
2:01:16
We have no other choice
ifwe're to save Rome.
2:01:19
Caesar!
2:01:21
Which Rome?
2:01:22
Theirs...
2:01:24
or ours?
2:01:29
You know Gracchus
is my friend.
2:01:33
I won't betray him.
2:01:36
Caesar.
2:01:42
Which is worse: to betray a friend
or to betray Rome herself?
2:01:44
My dear Crassus,
I face no such choice.
2:01:46
You will,
sooner than you think.
2:01:51
Good afternoon, Crassus.
I've been looking foryou all day.
2:01:54
Your new master.
2:01:58
The senate's been in session all day
over this business ofSpartacus.
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?
- Eхcellent, as you know.
2:02:14
I take it the senate's now offering
command ofthe legions to me.
2:02:17
- You've been eхpecting it.
- I 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 fii rst consul,
command ofall the legions of Italy...
2:02:33
and the abolition ofsenatorial
authority over the courts.
2:02:37
Dictatorship.
2:02:40
Order.
2:02:43
- Advise me if my terms are acceptable.
- I can tell you now.
2:02:45
- They're unacceptable.
- Yes, I know.
2:02:48
For the present perhaps, but times
change, and so does the senate.
2:02:51
When that day comes,
I shall be ready.
2:02:53
- Convey my respects to your wife.
- With pleasure.
2:02:58
He's right, you know.