0:00:53 > 0:00:59'With the death of Livia, the last restraint on Tiberius was removed.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04'He handed the running of the Empire over to Sejanus and retired to Capri.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08'A reign of terror began. No-one was safe.'
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Oh...
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Oh, dear.
0:01:21 > 0:01:27'Sejanus arrested Agrippina, her eldest son Nero and countless others besides.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30'His ambition was limitless.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32'He had divorced his wife...'
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Apicata.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42'..and become my sister's...'
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Livilla's.
0:01:46 > 0:01:53'..lover, hoping to marry her. My mother remained curiously innocent of much that was going on
0:01:53 > 0:01:57'until one day Apicata came to visit her.'
0:01:57 > 0:02:02'Sejanus had taken their children with him and Apicata wanted them back.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06'She feared my sister would harm them once married to Sejanus.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11'Now she demanded that my mother speak to my sister and enlist her help.'
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Will you speak to her?
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Will you ask her to persuade him to let me have them?
0:02:17 > 0:02:22To her, they'll only be a nuisance. They'll come between him and her. I can understand that.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26But to me, they are everything. Everything.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31Understand this. That though my daughter has lived in my house since the death of her husband,
0:02:31 > 0:02:32we are not on friendly terms.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35I despise her though she is my daughter
0:02:35 > 0:02:37and I'll ask no favour of her.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I despise that man I know to be her lover
0:02:39 > 0:02:43and you, too, I despise for having married him knowing what he was.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48And now you complain because he treats you as you were once content to see him treat others.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53You disgust me, all of you. You and people like you have made a sewer of Rome -
0:02:53 > 0:02:55fit only for rats to live in.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Honour, service, duty mean nothing any more.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Oh, your children are everything to you. And what of Rome? All you are, you owe to Rome.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09But you destroyed it, all of you, with your greedy ambition and your petty selfishness.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Well, then enjoy what you have made of it, but don't come crying to me.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17I didn't come here to talk of Rome, but of my children.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22Rome can sink. I want my children.
0:03:22 > 0:03:28And if you won't help me freely, then I must tell you something, lady, that may compel you.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35I told you I knew much and more besides. Well, here it is.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Your daughter's husband died no natural death.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Castor was murdered by your daughter.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Sejanus supplied the poison, but she fed it to him.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Believe me, that guilty pair are set upon a course that would lead them to a kingly crown.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53They'll settle for nothing less.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56If I go to Tiberius with this story,
0:03:56 > 0:04:01what then becomes of your precious family name?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04You're lying.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06No.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09What proof have you?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Slaves that will talk freely, or under torture,
0:04:12 > 0:04:17- of things seen and heard. - Then why haven't you been to the Emperor before?
0:04:17 > 0:04:22Because Sejanus has the sorting of his mail and the sifting of his visitors. You should know that.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27To get to Tiberius would cost me my life and that's my last resort.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Oh, yes. He still reads people's wills when they leave everything to him,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33not even Sejanus can prevent that.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37And if need be, that's the course I'll follow.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Without my children, my life is nothing.
0:04:43 > 0:04:49Think carefully, Mark Antony's daughter. Guard your family name.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Let the lovers have their crown. What is that to us?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55But get me back my children.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Well... She certainly...
0:05:08 > 0:05:10l-loves her children.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Oh, you fool. Is that all you can find to say?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Well, what else do you w-want me to say?
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- Do you believe her?- N-No! Not a word of it. She's demented.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Her mind's unhinged.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Livilla's done some pretty dreadful things in her time,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31but I can't believe she'd do that.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33What dreadful things?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Oh, er, things.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42She...connived at the banishment of Posthumus. Oh, well, you know.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47No, I didn't know. How?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Why wasn't I told?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Well...
0:05:55 > 0:05:58it was all a s-secret.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I'm the only one that knows.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05I think L-Livia... m-made her do it.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09And why was it a secret from me...
0:06:09 > 0:06:11and not from you?
0:06:15 > 0:06:19It's a...long story, Mother.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Well, what am I to do now?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25We shall find someone else for you to marry.
0:06:25 > 0:06:31Stop blubbering, child! Do you think the affairs of state must take account of your marriage plans?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33KNOCKING ON DOOR What is it?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38She's crying because she can't now get married to Nero.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I've told her we shall find someone else.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Is that all you can think of, Helen? Your own thwarted pleasures?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48You'd do better to pray for his safety. Now leave us.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- I want to talk to your mother.- She thinks of nothing but marriage.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55And what do YOU think of?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00What does that mean?
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Is it true you intend to marry Aelius Sejanus?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- You've been talking to someone. - Is it true?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13He's asked me to marry him, yes,
0:07:13 > 0:07:15and I've accepted.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- Why not? I'm tired of living alone. - Do you live alone?- I live here.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24- You see whether or not I live alone. - You live here, but I don't keep track of your comings and goings.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I am still a young woman, Mother.
0:07:29 > 0:07:35Castor died nearly five years ago. You can't expect me to live like a vestal.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I'm not talking of whose bed you climb in and out of.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40How you dispose of your body is your own affair.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45But marriage is different. Do I need to remind you whose child you are?
0:07:45 > 0:07:51I am in love with him, Mother...and he with me.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53He's using you.
0:07:53 > 0:07:59- I don't wish to discuss it further. - You're living in a fool's paradise
0:07:59 > 0:08:01if you think Tiberius will agree to it.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Well, IF you marry him, what will happen to his children?
0:08:08 > 0:08:13- What do I care about his children? - Apicata would like them to live with her.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17I see. You've been talking to Apicata.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22She came to see me. She would like you to persuade Sejanus to let her have the children back.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27- He wouldn't do that. He's very fond of them.- But you'll let her see them again.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- He's stopped her seeing them. - What is that to me?!
0:08:30 > 0:08:32I don't know.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Perhaps one day, it might be a great deal.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I must tell you, I cannot allow you to marry Livilla.
0:08:43 > 0:08:49I've read your letter very carefully and given it a great deal of thought.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- But I'm afraid, in the end, the answer must be no. - May I know the reasons?
0:08:53 > 0:09:00You're entitled to know them. Such a marriage would compel me to raise you to the most exalted rank.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- I've never looked for that.- I know that. But I would have no choice.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Do you suppose that Livilla, once married to my son, would be content
0:09:08 > 0:09:13- to grow old as the wife of a gentleman OUTSIDE the Senate? - Well...you could ask HER.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18Like all women, her answer would be one thing before marriage and another after.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Her brother Germanicus and her father Drusus, my brother, both held the highest offices of state.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Don't you think there'd be a faction in Rome that would demand the same for you?
0:09:28 > 0:09:32I have no wish to rise above my present rank.
0:09:32 > 0:09:38But there are some who say that you have risen above them even without rank. You see...
0:09:38 > 0:09:41in envying you, they criticise me.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51You say, on the one hand, I have too many friends, and on the other, I have too many enemies.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- Well, is it untrue?- If it is, I made them in your service.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- I know that!- I'm not complaining. - I know, but you're disappointed.
0:09:59 > 0:10:05Let me put another proposal to you. One that would excite less comment.
0:10:07 > 0:10:14Since Nero's arrest, his betrothal to Livilla's daughter must be considered at an end.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Would you contemplate marriage with her?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- With Helen?- Why not?
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Such an alliance with my family would be much more acceptable to me.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Well, think about it. Now, who is it that wishes to see me?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Um...
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I, er...have the list here.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38I've marked the ones I think you should see.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40The rest are of no consequence.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Well, those you've marked, I'll see tomorrow. The rest you can send away.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48- They can deal with their problems themselves.- And Agrippina?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I'll see her now.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56I...take it you have no wish to see Nero?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58None.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06Well, Thrasyllus, was I wise to deny him marriage with Livilla?
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- Thrasyllus?!- ..Wise, Excellency.
0:11:12 > 0:11:18- And to offer him her daughter instead?- He deserves it. - He's my right hand.
0:11:18 > 0:11:24Without him, I'd be everybody's drudge in Rome and the butt of everybody's hate.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28As it is, let him be the drudge, and him be the butt.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34My dear, you look like a Greek tragedy.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37And you look like a Roman farce.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44That tongue of yours has cost you dear and will cost you dearer.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48You pitiful worm-eaten old ruin. It's not my tongue that costs me dear,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50but the love that people have for me and my family.
0:11:52 > 0:11:58- And how you have used that love against me.- Against you?!
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Germanicus could have led the armies of the Rhine against you, but he was too noble.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05They proclaimed him Emperor when Augustus died,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08but he said Rome already had an Emperor. More fool him!
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Every word you say makes my task easier.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Oh, don't pretend you ever found it hard to be vindictive. That, you always were.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Are you now so senile that you're blind to your own interests?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22I'm not so senile that I'm blind to yours.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24You're an old man, Tiberius, and you'll die soon.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Where can you look to a successor except to the sons of Germanicus?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31I've a grandson of my own. Livilla's boy.
0:12:31 > 0:12:37Gemellus is a child. Rome isn't Egypt. Children don't rule because their fathers ruled.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Rome must be governed by men, not infants.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43I'll make my own arrangements, thank you!
0:12:43 > 0:12:46..You?!
0:12:48 > 0:12:53Oh, you think you'll make them...but he'll make them.
0:12:53 > 0:12:59Sejanus. That black spider that sits on your shoulder squirting his poison in your ear.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02You think YOU rule in Rome?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05HE rules in Rome!
0:13:07 > 0:13:12And the moment the last of my boys is dead, you'll know he rules in Rome.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17My dear, how pretty you look when you look angry.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20It makes me sad to have to send you away...
0:13:22 > 0:13:26but a queen must have a domain, and I have chosen yours.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31Do you know where I'm going to send you? To the island of Pandataria.
0:13:31 > 0:13:37where Julia, your mother, spent so many years in exile.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44You will inherit her kingdom. That's only just.
0:13:44 > 0:13:50Your greatest wish will be fulfilled. You will be queen after all.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53And, as for Nero, I'm sending him to Ponza -
0:13:53 > 0:13:56an island even smaller than yours.
0:13:56 > 0:14:02He will have to think how to govern his mighty empires.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10If you're lonely, I could come and call on you.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23Blood-soaked mud you've been called and that's what you are.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Bring me a vine branch!
0:14:32 > 0:14:36This queen needs flogging before she goes!
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Here he is.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51THEY ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:14:51 > 0:14:57Gentlemen, if you will leave your names with my secretary, all your requests will be considered.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Excuse me.
0:15:00 > 0:15:06- Commander, did you, er, mention my case to the Emperor? - Every case was discussed.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09The Emperor's decision will be communicated to you in good time.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- But you did promise...- Now, if you will excuse me.- But...
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Father!- Father!
0:15:20 > 0:15:25Father, you're back! ..I told you he'd be back today.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- You only guessed. You didn't know. - Well, I was right.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31May we have dinner with you this afternoon?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33We've been very good. ..Haven't we?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35We've done all our lessons.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Then you can have dinner with me this afternoon.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41And now go to your rooms. I have some work to do.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45Father, why can't we see Mother again?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51I told you, I didn't wish to discuss that again.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I'm very displeased that you disobey me.
0:15:54 > 0:16:01She came here while you were away, but the servants wouldn't let her in. Please let her come and see us.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Go to your rooms. You have made me very angry.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09Don't be angry. We didn't mean to make you angry.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Did we, Junius? Only we DO miss her.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15The Lady Livilla is here.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19What a pretty girl you're growing into, Arria.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Thank you.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Now, go to your rooms.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27We'll meet again at dinner.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- Did you ask him?- Yes.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35What did he say?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38He...refused.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Refused?! But why?
0:16:41 > 0:16:46He said you were too exalted for me. In a way, you are.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49But we must marry.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51That's what we've planned.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54What we've waited for.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Did he give any other reason?
0:16:56 > 0:17:00He said you wouldn't be content that I remain in my present rank.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04He said it would foster dangerous jealousy.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Then you must try again, later.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10I don't think so.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12I think...
0:17:12 > 0:17:15we may have made a mistake in asking him.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17I think it may have made him suspicious.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21But he knows I have the right to marry again.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Well...
0:17:24 > 0:17:28If he won't give his permission, we shall marry without it.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- That might be dangerous. - Then what are we to do?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34I want to be married.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38You promised me marriage.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- Have you changed your mind?- No!- Does it suit you living the way we do?!
0:17:42 > 0:17:47My darling, all that I have done, I have done for one reason,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50and that is to give us the right to be together.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55And that old goat is not going to stop us.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- He did suggest something else. - Something else?- He said...
0:18:00 > 0:18:04He said that he wasn't opposed in principle to a marriage link with his family.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09He suggested a marriage with your daughter.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14(You bastard.)
0:18:16 > 0:18:19You bastard.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- I'll KILL YOU! I'll KILL YOU! - Stop it!
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- You swine!- Will you stop it!
0:18:26 > 0:18:31- If that is the only way we can be together, why not?! - You'd like that, wouldn't you!
0:18:31 > 0:18:36To be in bed with mother and daughter! You filthy bastard!
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Listen...
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Let's be practical.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50- Don't touch me!- Helen means nothing to me! But if Tiberius is agreeable to our marriage, then why not?!
0:18:50 > 0:18:53That solves our problem. I will be linked with the Imperial family!
0:18:53 > 0:18:58- You will live with us. We'll be together.- You think Helen will agree to this?!
0:18:58 > 0:19:03- Helen will do as she's told. It'd mean a break...- What?!- Until people think there is nothing between us.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06After that, it'll be as though the marriage had never happened.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- You'll service us both, like a stallion?!- Don't talk like that!
0:19:10 > 0:19:13I love YOU!
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Now, don't spoil it. Everything is going as we planned.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Agrippina and Nero have been banished. They won't return,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26I promise you. I am having documents prepared that'll send Drusus the same way.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31In a few weeks, Tiberius will consent to his arrest. That only leaves Caligula to deal with.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Then Tiberius will have no-one to turn to...
0:19:33 > 0:19:35but me.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Now, let's be sensible.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40We have waited a long time.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47You know I'm nothing without you.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Let me talk to Helen.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Let me persuade her.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Trust me.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01That's all I ask.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08Once again, the Emperor writes from Capri demanding yet another arrest.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12First it was the lady Agrippina and her eldest son, Nero Caesar.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Now it is her second son, Drusus Caesar.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20No documents are produced for the Senate to investigate.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Only our consent is asked for.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Our signature.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Like that of some compliant wife.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Senators,
0:20:31 > 0:20:35my signature is not be had for the asking.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41I was brought up to read a document before I signed it.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44You may do as you please.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56Senators, I ask that the question be put for the arrest of Drusus Caesar.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59- No!- No!
0:20:59 > 0:21:01ALL: Aye!
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Aye!
0:21:03 > 0:21:07I must see the Emperor. Those letters were forged! They're not mine!
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Please! Let me see Sejanus!
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Please, let me out!
0:21:18 > 0:21:21If he makes too much noise, go in and quieten him.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- Otherwise, don't open the door. - How do we feed him?- We don't.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Uncle Claudius!
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Uncle Claudius!
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Caligula! Where have you been?!
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Staying at the house in Antium. I took some friends down there.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55- We had a wonderful time.- Have you heard, Dr-usus has been arrested?
0:21:55 > 0:21:56Yes.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58It's a great shame, isn't it?
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Do you think they'll kill him?
0:22:03 > 0:22:07Well, doesn't it worry you? After all, he's your brother.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09I said it was a shame, didn't I?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Listen... Caligula!
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- I think you're in grave danger. - Who from?
0:22:17 > 0:22:18(Tiberius.)
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Who?!
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Ssssh!
0:22:26 > 0:22:27(Tiberius.)
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Tiberius?!- SSSSSH!
0:22:30 > 0:22:32No, I don't think so.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35He's invited me to Capri.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37To...C-C-Capri?!
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Yes, to...C-C-Capri, yes(!)
0:22:41 > 0:22:45- Well, are you going?- Of course I am!
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Everyone has such a marvellous time. The stories I've heard...
0:22:48 > 0:22:53Do you believe them? They say that he has little girls running around the gardens,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56like wood nymphs, naked.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58What are you going to say to him?
0:22:58 > 0:23:03- What about?- About your mother and your t-t-two brothers.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- What can I say to him?- Damn it, boy! Doesn't it worry you?!
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Of course it does!
0:23:13 > 0:23:15I shall have to watch my step.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18He's very unpredictable, these days.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Listen, Ca...
0:23:20 > 0:23:24If you get the chance, you m-must speak up for them.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Of course I shall. For Mother, anyway.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36- To tell you the truth, I couldn't give a damn about Drusus and Nero. - They're your brothers!- I know.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40But then, you don't like Aunt Livilla, and she is your sister.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Now, I LOVE my sisters, Uncle.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Yes, I know.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53You depress me unutterably... s-s-sometimes. Goodbye.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00Up!
0:24:00 > 0:24:04- Your wife, the Lady Aelia, is here. - My w-wife?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- What does she want?- How should I know? She's not MY wife.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Don't be so damn r-rude.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Anyway, show her in.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Claudius!
0:24:28 > 0:24:30I heard you were in Rome.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34- Why didn't you come and see me? - What for?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36What for?!
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Shouldn't a husband be seen with his wife?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41We're not exactly husband and w-wife.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- But I'll come and see you if you like.- Don't flatter yourself!
0:24:45 > 0:24:48It's to your advantage to be seen with me.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52You may be a member of the Imperial family, but you're not every woman's ideal husband.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55You're not ANY woman's ideal husband.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Did you come here j-j-just to tell me this?
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Oh, don't try and be clever with me.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I came here to see your sister,
0:25:03 > 0:25:08and when I heard you were in Rome, I thought I'd let you know that I was alive and well.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Are you alive and well?
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- I th-think so. - You don't look either, to me.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Well, it's been a very trying time since I got here.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24- You know my sister-in-law's been arrested?- Agrippina, yes, it's been coming for some time.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30You may thank your stars you're married to me - that's brought you under my brother's protection.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31So...
0:25:31 > 0:25:34what are you doing in Rome?
0:25:34 > 0:25:39I came up to use the library. I've just finished the History Of Carthage.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- Would you like a c-copy? - Are you being funny? A WOMAN CLEARS HER THROAT
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Oh, Mother! Aelia has just called to see us.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52- Well, I really came to see Livilla. - Well, I should have been surprised if you'd called to see my son!
0:25:52 > 0:25:55He makes no effort to see me either.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59It's an arrangement that... suits us both.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03I'm sure it does. I find life very strange today.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Those who are married live apart, and those who aren't live together.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11It would seem, for the good of Rome, we should abolish marriage altogether.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Your ideas are too advanced for me.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Well,
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Livilla is waiting.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Excuse me.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28- What does she want with Livilla? - I don't know.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Perhaps Sejanus sent her to find out how Helen was.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39Am I to understand that man is now paying court to my granddaughter?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42He's had meetings with her. He's not seeing Livilla any more.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45What is wrong with Helen? The doctors don't seem to know.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Perhaps it's just one of those w-women's complaints.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Oh, don't be so ridiculous.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56What do you know of women's complaints? The girl's been in bed for a week.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01I want you to give him this.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05No-one must see it.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08And tell him to destroy it when he's read it.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10How is Helen?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Is she improving?
0:27:13 > 0:27:17What exactly is wrong with her? He's very anxious about her.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19He'd do better to be anxious about me.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23My dear, his feelings for you are unchanged. You must know that.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27His marriage to Helen is a marriage of convenience.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29He promised to marry me.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33Do you think I'm going to stand by and see him marry my daughter?
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- But if Tiberius... - Oh, Tiberius, Tiberius!
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Tiberius won't live forever!
0:27:40 > 0:27:45- Your brother belongs to me! Tell him not to forget that! - He hasn't forgotten it!
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- He loves you.- He manages well enough without seeing me.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Men are different.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57SHE SOBS
0:27:57 > 0:27:59It's driving me to despair.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05I can't bear this separation.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08But it's only for a little while.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13And...for appearance's sake.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Ah, Atticus! How's it coming?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Ah, my dear sir. So well, so well!
0:28:26 > 0:28:28We've already completed 12 copies.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31It's going to be a wonderful edition.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Have you ever seen such work? Look at this lettering.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39- Have you ever seen anything like it? - It's good, but I don't like all this decoration - it's too ornate.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42But, sir, this decoration is fashionable,
0:28:42 > 0:28:46and, for the history of Carthage, what could be more apt than elephants?
0:28:46 > 0:28:50- I didn't ask for elephants.- Yes, I know you didn't ask for elephants,
0:28:50 > 0:28:54but knowing your superb good taste, naturally I thought you'd agree.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57I don't! This is a serious work!
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Just because I mentioned elephants, why do we have to SEE them?
0:29:00 > 0:29:04- It's a motif.- Well, it's a d-damn s-s-silly motif!
0:29:04 > 0:29:07I've mentioned Hannibal's mistresses.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10I suppose you want c-c-concubines all over the text too?!
0:29:10 > 0:29:14- If you don't like elephants... - No, I don't.- Very well.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17No more elephants. Elephants are out.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20Our esteemed client disapproves of elephants.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24Even YOUR elephants, which, I may say, are exquisitely drawn.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27But, if a client does not like elephants,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30we shall force no elephants upon him.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34You will rework the entire edition. The copies won't be ready in time, of course.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36- Well, I need one copy today.- Ah.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Very well, I'll take one WITH elephants.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43- Are you quite sure?- YES, I'm quite sure! Just g-get it for me!
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Ah! My dear Asinius Gallus.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49What a pleasure to see you. One History Of Carthage, with elephants.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54- Our work for you is on time. Your copies will be ready in seven days. - Good.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58- What's this about the History Of Carthage?- I'm having one copied.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Without elephants. I'll send you a copy.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Did you read my essay on Pollio and Cicero?
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Yes. I didn't quite agree with it.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08Ah.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13- Walk with me to the Senate, and tell me why. Goodbye, Atticus.- Bye.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18You will erase all trace of elephants,
0:30:18 > 0:30:20leaving only the bare text.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Ah, what a feast for his readers...
0:30:25 > 0:30:28I heard Pollio speak many times.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32He was a great auditor, but he was no comparison with Cicero.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36I think you're a fool. Cicero's speeches were pompous and contrived.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39They must have sounded worse than they read.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Asinius Gallus.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54Lucius Asinius Gallus, I've a warrant, signed by the Emperor, for your arrest.
0:30:55 > 0:31:01- My arrest?! On what grounds?- Of inciting emnity between the Emperor and the Commander of his Guard,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Lucius Aelius Sejanus.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- Is this a joke?- No joke.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Better hurry with your History Of Carthage, Claudius.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14There'll soon be no-one left to read it.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Sign it.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- What is it?- A confession.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26To what?
0:31:26 > 0:31:30Your conspiracy with Drusus to subvert the armies of the Rhine.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Sign it.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35You wrote it - YOU sign it.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Sign it. You will before we finish with you.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02I'll sign nothing for you to produce after I'm dead.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07- Bring me to trial, or murder me and take the consequences.- I have no need of a trial to prove your guilt.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10A song sung by every small-town corrupt policeman,
0:32:10 > 0:32:15which is what you are, and what you should have stayed.
0:32:15 > 0:32:20I've watched your career with fascination. It's been a revelation to me.
0:32:20 > 0:32:26I've never fully realised before how a small mind allied to unlimited ambition, and without scruple,
0:32:26 > 0:32:30can destroy a country full of clever men.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33I've seen how frail is the structure of a civilisation
0:32:33 > 0:32:36before the onslaught of a gust of really bad breath!
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Yes.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48I suppose you're not really the destroyer.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50We must look elsewhere for that.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52You're merely...
0:32:52 > 0:32:57the putrefaction that... spreads after death,
0:32:57 > 0:33:00the outward, and visible sign of its presence.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24You're a lesson in history to me, Sejanus...
0:33:25 > 0:33:28brewing... And above all...
0:33:28 > 0:33:32mankind needs...
0:33:32 > 0:33:34its sense...
0:33:34 > 0:33:37of smell.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Bring him round. We'll start again.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01- They've arrested Asinius Gallus on the steps of the Senate! - Read this.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- I was there when it happened. - Read it!
0:34:04 > 0:34:05Why? What is it? What are they?
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Mmm?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09I don't understand.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12- This is Livilla's writing. - Read them!
0:34:19 > 0:34:20Wha...?
0:34:21 > 0:34:23They poisoned Castor...
0:34:23 > 0:34:24both of them!
0:34:24 > 0:34:29Apicata was right - with his help my daughter murdered her husband.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31She reminds him of it there
0:34:31 > 0:34:36and now she urges him to waste no more time but assassinate Tiberius and take over the State.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40"It'll be easy," she says, "every guard owes allegiance to him.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43- Wha...what are these? - Oh, isn't it obvious?!
0:34:43 > 0:34:48Drafts of the letters she wrote him! Oh, I can see how difficult it would be to write.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50How she crawls and grovels to him.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53How did you find them?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56The slave was clearing out her room.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59He was taking it all to the furnace, perfectly good paper most of it -
0:34:59 > 0:35:01hardly written on!
0:35:02 > 0:35:07Oh...I thank the gods for my having some thrift.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Oh, he's wicked.
0:35:09 > 0:35:10But she's worse.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12She is monstrous, monstrous.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14And I gave her birth.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20She's poisoning Helen.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Oh, Mother!
0:35:22 > 0:35:23She's poisoning her I tell you!
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Slowly, bit-by-bit, she is poisoning her.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30She's obsessed with that man and she will stop at NOTHING to get him!
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Oh...what shall we do?
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Tiberius must be told!
0:35:35 > 0:35:39D-do you want people to know that your own daughter...?
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Anyway, nobody sees Tiberius or writes to him without it going through Sejanus.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- What's that thing you're writing? - Hmm?
0:35:46 > 0:35:51- Thing?! You mean my history of Carthage?- Yes. Is it finished?
0:35:51 > 0:35:55Er, I was having it copied. I just brought one copy home.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59- W-would you like to read it? - No, I tell you what you must do.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04Go to Sejanus and ask permission to visit Tiberius at Capri.
0:36:04 > 0:36:10- But...- Tell him you want to ask Tiberius' consent to dedicate the work to him.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16Sejanus will allow it I'm sure. He has nothing but contempt for you - he'll suspect nothing.
0:36:16 > 0:36:22- Thank you(!)- Those pieces of paper must be pasted within the scroll together with a letter of mine
0:36:22 > 0:36:26and you will tell Tiberius to open that one first.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30Well, I suppose I could but I don't want to give him THIS copy -
0:36:30 > 0:36:33it's got elephants drawn all over it.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40You are the biggest fool any mother was ever punished with. Who cares about your history?!
0:36:40 > 0:36:43No-one will read it and certainly not Tiberius!
0:36:43 > 0:36:47The only way he'd read it is it had naked women on it - then he'd only look at the pictures!
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Why...Uncle Claudius?
0:37:02 > 0:37:04- Why...?- Ssh!
0:37:08 > 0:37:09Get out!
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Do you know what's in this scroll?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Your mother's a very noble woman.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27What's happened?
0:37:28 > 0:37:33Your uncle has brought me evidence that my son was poisoned by his wife.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Oh...Livilla...
0:37:35 > 0:37:37HE WHISTLES
0:37:37 > 0:37:40..I always knew that woman was no good.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43She poisoned him with the help of... Sejanus.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Now they plot to assassinate me.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51People really are despicable!
0:37:52 > 0:37:54The point is...
0:37:54 > 0:37:56how to arrest him?
0:37:57 > 0:37:59He controls the Guard.
0:38:02 > 0:38:044,000 of them...
0:38:06 > 0:38:08..all loyal to him...
0:38:09 > 0:38:11not to me.
0:38:11 > 0:38:12His loyal servants, not mine.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Castor warned me.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21I wouldn't listen to him.
0:38:23 > 0:38:28W-well, is there one among them you can trust?
0:38:28 > 0:38:31No m-man of integrity?
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Not that I know of.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Isn't that a terrible comment on our times, Uncle?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43On the other hand...
0:38:43 > 0:38:45if you can't find a man of integrity
0:38:45 > 0:38:48I always say, "Look for a man with ambition.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50"Find a dog who'll eat a dog."
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Do you know such a person?
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Yes, I do.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Sutorius Macro - Sejanus' second in command.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01He's very popular with the troops.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03He arrested Gallus...
0:39:03 > 0:39:09- Isn't he allied to Sejanus?- Yes, of course, but he can't move up while Sejanus is still there, can he?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14And he is very ambitious.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16But do you know him personally?
0:39:16 > 0:39:19No, but I've slept with his wife several times.
0:39:20 > 0:39:25And is deception with a wife regarded these days as a sound introduction to the husband?!
0:39:25 > 0:39:27He knows about that.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31I told you - he's ambitious.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38I shall make you my successor.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Gaius Caligula!
0:39:41 > 0:39:46I've decided. You shall stay here with me.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Rome deserves you.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52I will nurse you like a viper in her bosom.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Is that a joke, Uncle?
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Not yet, but it will be.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Sejanus must be put of his guard.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02He must suspect nothing.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05I know...
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I'll tell him I'm going to Rome
0:40:07 > 0:40:10and ask him to meet me on the Senate steps
0:40:10 > 0:40:13where he will hear something that will surprise him.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15What about his friends?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18He has a lot of friends.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23You and I will draw up a list...during dinner.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27A LONG list.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30The city will be purged!
0:40:31 > 0:40:37As surely as she had gorged herself on figs for a year!
0:40:37 > 0:40:40I will open up Rome's bowels!
0:40:40 > 0:40:42The streets will run like a sewer!
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Hail, Sejanus.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51Macro, why are you here?
0:40:51 > 0:40:54The Emperor sent me with a message for the Senate.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Where is the Emperor?
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Waiting outside the city.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Why did he not send for me?
0:41:12 > 0:41:15He could hardly ask you to deliver this.
0:41:15 > 0:41:20I believe it contains his request that you remain Protector of the City.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Doesn't that mean his successor?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Then you had better deliver it.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40I'll see that you get my command.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49Why's Father gone inside? Why doesn't he wait for the Emperor?
0:41:49 > 0:41:53Because he's obviously nit coming. He NEVER comes.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56What a shame. We may as well go home then.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58Yes.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Captain of the Guard!
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Recognise this seal?
0:42:06 > 0:42:07- The Emperor's, sir.- Read it.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15- Sir!- Take your guard to the barrack and inform all company commanders
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- that they are to remain in camp until I arrive.- Sir!
0:42:24 > 0:42:25GUARD!
0:42:31 > 0:42:33FORWARD!
0:42:46 > 0:42:47CHANGE!
0:42:52 > 0:42:53FORWARD!
0:43:07 > 0:43:10"From the Emperor Tiberius to the Senate of Rome, greetings.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13"This letter is to bring to your attention the man who has,
0:43:13 > 0:43:17for many years, been my main support in the government of Rome.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20"I refer to Lucius Aelius Sejanus - Commander of my Guard."
0:43:20 > 0:43:22ALL: Hear, hear!
0:43:22 > 0:43:27"Though not of Senatorial rank, the very highest honours have been showered on him
0:43:27 > 0:43:30"as a reward for the trust I have placed in him.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34"Senators, what blow is harder to bear than a trust betrayed?
0:43:34 > 0:43:38"Incontrovertible proof has been placed in my hands
0:43:38 > 0:43:43"of a conspiracy to assassinate your Emperor and take over the State.
0:43:43 > 0:43:49"That conspiracy has been hatched and led by none other than the man in whom I had put all my trust -
0:43:49 > 0:43:51"Lucius Aelius Sejanus.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55"Such is the advanced state of this plot to seize power,
0:43:55 > 0:43:59"that I, your Emperor, am marooned outside the city
0:43:59 > 0:44:02"and dare not enter without certain assurances."
0:44:09 > 0:44:15- What's happened?- Sejanus is fallen. He's to be arrested. Come on, move out of my way and let me pass!
0:44:15 > 0:44:21"To safeguard yourselves and your Emperor, to safeguard the Senate and the people of Rome,
0:44:21 > 0:44:26"I demand the arrest of Lucius Aelius Sejanus and all those connected with him.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29"Signed Tiberius Claudius Nero Drusus Caesar."
0:44:30 > 0:44:35I ask the question, shall the Senate follow the Emperor's advice?
0:44:35 > 0:44:37ALL: AYE!
0:44:37 > 0:44:39STAMPING OF FEET
0:44:45 > 0:44:51CROWD CLAMOURS
0:45:06 > 0:45:07Guard!
0:45:10 > 0:45:11Forward!
0:45:21 > 0:45:28CHILDREN WAIL
0:45:28 > 0:45:29< Father!
0:45:31 > 0:45:33- I can't do it. - < Father...!
0:45:33 > 0:45:35I can't just kill them - they're under age.
0:45:35 > 0:45:40- They're on the list. Now, get on with it. - < CHILDREN WHIMPER
0:45:40 > 0:45:44The girl is a virgin. It's unprecedented to kill a virgin.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46It will bring bad luck to the city.
0:45:46 > 0:45:51Well, make sure she's not a virgin before you kill her! Now, GET ON WITH IT!
0:46:01 > 0:46:04Macro, what have you done with the children?
0:46:05 > 0:46:09They've gone on ahead of you, my friend...like a good many others.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Take him.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28SEJANUS GASPS
0:46:34 > 0:46:39FATHER! LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!
0:46:39 > 0:46:41LET ME OUT!
0:46:41 > 0:46:43SHE WAILS
0:46:43 > 0:46:46- LOUD THUMPS <- LET ME OUT!
0:46:46 > 0:46:50HELEN WAILS
0:46:50 > 0:46:53LOUD THUMPS
0:46:53 > 0:46:56HELEN WAILS
0:46:56 > 0:46:58What are you doing?
0:46:58 > 0:47:01Wh-what are you going to do with her?
0:47:04 > 0:47:08For Heaven's sake, let her out! How long are you going to leave her in there?
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Until she dies.
0:47:10 > 0:47:11Dies?!
0:47:11 > 0:47:13- HELEN SOBS - Dies?!
0:47:13 > 0:47:16Have you g-gone mad?!
0:47:16 > 0:47:18She's your daughter! How can you leave her to die?
0:47:18 > 0:47:23- That's her punishment.- How can you bear to sit here and listen to her?
0:47:23 > 0:47:24And that's mine.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26Leave me, Claudius.
0:47:26 > 0:47:30I shan't move from her until they open that door and find her dead.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32HELEN WAILS Leave me.
0:47:34 > 0:47:35Oh, no...
0:47:35 > 0:47:38No...! NO!
0:47:38 > 0:47:41CLAUDIUS SOBS
0:47:41 > 0:47:45CROWDS CLAMOUR OUTSIDE
0:47:48 > 0:47:49Claudius?
0:47:49 > 0:47:51CLAUDIUS!
0:47:52 > 0:47:54CLAUDIUS!
0:47:54 > 0:47:56Oh, Claudius!
0:47:56 > 0:47:59Claudius, help me. Help me, Claudius. They're killing everyone.
0:47:59 > 0:48:03Everyone. Everyone who was a friend of his or a relative.
0:48:03 > 0:48:07Don't let them take me! Save me, Claudius! Save me!
0:48:07 > 0:48:10I'd do anything - anything, Claudius.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12Let me hide here!
0:48:13 > 0:48:17I'm your WIFE, you MUST protect me!
0:48:17 > 0:48:20Executions are taking place all over the city.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23The Senate steps are strewn with bodies.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25They've even murdered his CHILDREN!
0:48:25 > 0:48:26Children?!
0:48:26 > 0:48:29They raped the little girl before they killed her.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31And they dressed the boy up in his father's gown!
0:48:32 > 0:48:37And the guards killed her when she saw the...
0:48:37 > 0:48:38No...!
0:48:38 > 0:48:42Rome, you are finished!
0:48:42 > 0:48:43FINISHED!
0:48:43 > 0:48:47You are despicable!
0:48:47 > 0:48:48HE SOBS
0:48:48 > 0:48:51Oh, Claudius. Please, Claudius, help me.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54No! Get out of my way!
0:48:54 > 0:48:57- NO!- No!- Help me!- No!
0:48:57 > 0:48:59- NO!- No, get off!
0:48:59 > 0:49:02- SHE SCREAMS - I don't want to see you again! - CLAUDIUS!
0:49:44 > 0:49:49"My alliance by marriage to Sejanus' family might have cost me my life
0:49:49 > 0:49:52"had it not been that I was my mother's son.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56"I was now allowed to divorce Aelia
0:49:56 > 0:49:59"and return an eighth part of her dowry.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02"As a matter of fact, I returned it all.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05"She must have thought me a fool."
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