Gladiator Page #4
The soldier leads the German Prisoner away.
Maximus and Marcus continue walking in silence for a beat.
Then:
MARCUS:
Tell me again, Maximus, why are we
here?
MAXIMUS:
For the glory of the empire, sire.
MARCUS:
(quietly)
Yes. I remember.
They continue walking through the mountains of bodies...
EXT. ROAD - SUNSET
Maximus and Marcus are now walking along a road through
the dense forest. Slaves follow behind them, leading
their horses.
Both sides of the road are filled with the men of the
Felix Regiment. As Maximus and Marcus pass, the battered
and bloody soldiers drag themselves to their feet, raising
their swords, paying silent homage.
MAXIMUS:
They honor you, Caesar.
MARCUS:
I don't think they're standing for
me, Maximus. They honor you.
Just then Commodus canters into view with his Praetorian
Guard escort. He watches the army honor Maximus with rank
envy as he nears.
He rides up to Maximus and Marcus.
COMMODUS:
Have I missed it?
He leaps from his horse.
COMMODUS:
Have I missed the battle?
MARCUS:
You've missed the war. We're done
here.
Commodus embraces him, awkward.
COMMODUS:
Father. Congratulations. I shall
sacrifice a thousand doves to honor
your triumph.
MARCUS:
Spare the doves and honor Maximus,
he won the battle.
Commodus embraces Maximus, even more awkward.
COMMODUS:
General, Rome salutes you and I
embrace you as a brother.
MAXIMUS:
Highness.
They walk, Maximus still supporting Marcus, as:
COMMODUS:
Your Spaniards seem invincible. May
the Gods favor the Felix Regiment
now and always...
(to his father)
Here, Father, take my arm.
MARCUS:
(ignores this)
Where's your sister?
COMMODUS:
She's at the camp. She had no
desire to see the gore of the
battlefield.
MARCUS:
(smiles)
Lucilla would eat every corpse here
if it brought her one step closer to
the throne.
Maximus laughs.
MAXIMUS:
(smiles)
Caesar, you do the lady injustice.
MARCUS:
It's a foolish old cobra who doesn't
recognize his own off-spring...
(he suddenly stops,
not feeling well)
I think... I should ride now.
Maximus waves for Marcus' horse. It is brought up.
Several soldiers carefully help the old man into the
saddle. He is then tethered to the brace on his saddle.
It is a slow, graceful and embarrassing ordeal for the
Emperor of Rome.
When at last he is strapped in, he looks to Maximus.
MARCUS:
So much for the glory of Rome.
Without a word to his son, Marcus nods and the horse is
slowly lead away.
Commodus and Maximus watch him go.
COMMODUS:
(neutral)
He's dying.
A beat.
COMMODUS:
Poor old man.
MAXIMUS:
(terse)
If you'll excuse me, Highness.
We see the Roman encampment, a sea of tents. Hundreds of
campfires burn before the tents.
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