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Maximus...
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let us whisper now...
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together, you and I.
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You have a son.
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Tell me about your home.
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My house is in the hills
above Trujillo. A very simple place.
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Pink stones
that warm in the sun.
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A kitchen garden that
smells of herbs in the day...
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jasmine in the evening.
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Through the gate
is a giant poplar.
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Figs, apples, pears.
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The soil, Marcus... black.
Black like my wife's hair.
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Grapes on the south slopes,
olives on the north.
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Wild ponies play near my house.
They tease my son. He wants to be one.
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- Remember the last time you were home?
- Two years, 264 days and this morning.
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I envy you, Maximus.
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It's a good home.
Worth fighting for.
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There is one more duty...
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that I ask of you
before you go home.
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What would you
have me do, Caesar?
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I want you to become
the protector of Rome after I die.
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I will empower you
to one end alone...
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to give power back
to the people of Rome...
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and end the corruption
that has crippled it.