Sebastiane Page #2

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I love him.

He is beautiful.

More beautiful than Adonis.

Last night Severus nearly killed him.

Who cares!

One less!

Stupid Christian.

He should be in Hades.

Throw them to the lions, l say.

In Nero's day...

...hundreds ofthem were crucified,

while he sang to his golden lyre.

Mocking their cause.

And at his dinner parties

he burnt them as human torches.

Nothing compares to that now.

Look at the Coliseum.

A skeleton ofwhat it was

two hundred years ago!

No one keeps it in repair.

It's hardly ever used now.

And what's left ofthe games?

A few clapped-out Syrian archers.

And Greek faggots with nets...

...against some tamed elephants.

Last year, one mangy old lion

fell asleep.

When l was young...

...there were real orgies.

And the chariot races

ofthe famous Cecilli Mille...

...the director from Silva Sacra.

He usually produced shows...

...with hundreds

of dancing girls every night.

A few years ago...

...a new man from the east...

...called Philistini...

...scoured all the brothels of Rome...

...and as far as freezing Britain...

...looking for pretty boys...

...for his production of Satyricon.

Twenty years ago...

Who could have dreamt

of such perversity?

I saw it myself at the Olympia.

What enormous expense.

Enough to make an earthquake.

But his orgies weren't

a patch on old Mille's.

Now he knew a good bit

when he saw one!

I'll never forget Claudia Frigida.

The costume she wore...

...cost more than Greek statues;

unbelievably extravagant.

But they left nothing

to the imagination.

In those days, men were men.

Remember Stephanon Paidon

the great charioteer?

When I was in Rome,

l danced for the Emperor.

- Danced?

- Yes, after his triumph

He gave me a golden crown.

What is your dance called?

The dance...

...ofthe sun...

...on the water.

Dancing girl!

Christian whore!

Why don't you put on a dress?

You ignorant Christian.

Christian f*ggot!

Maximus!

Back to the barracks

and clean the armor.

You are marvelous

and dance like a god.

Not like a god,justin, but for God.

Severus understands your dance?

Yes, he understands.

Leave him alone!

He's a Christian.

The Emperor's already punished him.

He's unrepentant.

Get on with it!

Hey, Marius, Claudius!

Get this for a dance!

This is the dance!

How the whore Sebastian...

...danced each night...

...with a centurion.

And how the centurion...

...saved her from a fate

worse than death.

You are a darling.

Stone her, Christian pig!

What can you see, justin?

A beautiful shell.

Look!

A pearl shell.

Can you reach it?

Here, Sebastian.

It's for you.

What do you hear?

I hear the old gods sighing.

And you?

Nothing. Wait!

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