Spartacus

2:01:02

l beg you to.

2:01:05

ls it me you want
or is it the garrison?

2:01:08

Both. Tell me frankly.

2:01:11

lf you were l, would you
take the field against Spartacus?

2:01:14

- Of course.
- Why?

2:01:16

We have no other choice
if we'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

l 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,
l face no such choice.

2:01:46

You will,
sooner than you think.

2:01:51

Good afternoon, Crassus.
I've been looking for you all day.

2:01:54

Your new master.

2:01:58

The senate's been in session all day
over this business of Spartacus.

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?
- Excellent, as you know.

2:02:14

l take it the senate's now offering
command of the legions to me.

2:02:17

- You've been expecting it.
- l 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 first consul,
command of all the legions of Italy...

2:02:33

and the abolition of senatorial
authority over the courts.

2:02:37

Dictatorship.

2:02:40

Order.

2:02:43

- Advise me if my terms are acceptable.
- l can tell you now.

2:02:45

- They're unacceptable.
- Yes, l know.

2:02:48

For the present perhaps, but times
change, and so does the senate.

2:02:51

When that day comes,
l shall be ready.

2:02:53

- Convey my respects to your wife.
- With pleasure.

2:02:58

He's right, you know.