:32:02
Will you accept this great honor
that I have offered you?
:32:08
With all my heart, no.
:32:13
Maximus...
:32:16
that is why it must be you.
:32:20
But surely a prefect,
a senator...
:32:22
somebody who knows the city,
who understands her politics.
:32:25
But you have not been
corrupted by her politics.
:32:35
- And Commodus?
- Commodus is not a moral man.
:32:40
You have known that
since you were young.
:32:43
Commodus cannot rule.
:32:46
He must not rule.
:32:51
You are the son
that I should have had.
:32:57
Commodus will accept my decision.
:33:04
He knows that you command
the loyalty of the army.
:33:15
I need some time, sire.
:33:17
Yes.
:33:19
By sunset,
I hope you will have agreed.
:33:25
Now embrace me as my son.
:33:31
And bring an old man
another blanket.
:33:54
- My father favors you now.
- My lady.
:33:57
- It was not always so.
- Many things change.