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3,000 of them are bloodied and cleaved.
2,000 will never leave this place.
:24:05
I will not believe that they fought
and died for nothing.
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CAESAR: And what would you believe?
:24:09
They fought for you and for Rome.
:24:13
And what is Rome, Maximus?
:24:17
I've seen much of the rest of the world.
:24:19
It is brutal and cruel and dark.
Rome is the light.
:24:23
Yet you have never been there.
:24:25
You have not seen what it has become.
:24:28
I am dying, Maximus.
:24:31
When a man sees his end...
:24:33
he wants to know there was some purpose
to his life.
:24:37
How will the world speak my name
in years to come?
:24:40
Will I be known as the philosopher?
:24:42
The warrior?
:24:44
The tyrant?
:24:46
Or will I be the Emperor
who gave Rome back her true self?
:24:52
CAESAR: There was once a dream
that was Rome.
:24:54
You could only whisper it.
:24:57
Anything more than a whisper
and it would vanish...
:25:00
it was so fragile.
:25:02
And I fear that it will not survive the winter.
:25:07
CAESAR: Maximus...
:25:09
let us whisper now...
:25:12
together, you and I.
:25:15
You have a son.
:25:18
Tell me about your home.
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[Surreal instrumental music]
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My house is in the hills above Trujillo.
:25:30
A very simple place.
:25:32
Pink stones that warm in the sun.
:25:35
A kitchen garden
that smells of herbs in the day...
:25:39
jasmine in the evening.
:25:42
Through the gate is a giant poplar.
:25:45
Figs, apples, pears.
:25:48
The soil, Marcus, black.
Black like my wife's hair.
:25:52
Grapes on the south slopes,
olives on the north.
:25:54
Wild ponies play near my house.
They tease my son.
:25:57
He wants to be one of them.
:25:58
When was the last time you were home?