The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Two of the greatest problems in history
are how to account for the rise of Rome
and how to account for her fall.
We may come nearer to understanding
the truth,
if we remember that the fall of Rome,
like her rise,
had not one cause, but many.
And it was not an event,
but a process spread over 300 years.
Some nations have not lasted as long
as Rome fell.
In the year 180 A.D.,
against the Germanic tribes along
the Danube frontier.
My lord, Caesar. The omens are bad.
I could not find its heart.
When I was a child, Timonides,
I had a secret fear
That we would live out our lives
in total darkness.
It was a small fear then.
Yet my lord, Caesar,
the sun always rises,
and will again.
So you say.
It is said more people die this moment
when night is about to give way to day
than at any other time.
It seems to me night whispers:
"Come away with me... "
"to the west, abd sleep forever."
What has another day to offer you?
What has another day to offer you,
Timonides?
Warmth...
Life...
Color...
People.
My lord, Caesar,
The sun.
As you predicted.
I congratulate you, Timonides.
Timonides. Livius.
Livius.
How is Caesar?
Well, in order to answer that question,
one must consider three aspects of
the situation.
One, our emperor has been
at the wars for 17 years
and lived under
very difficult conditions.
Two, no one could ever describe
Marcus Aurelius
as a robust man.
There's a joke among the soldiers here
about Timonides.
They say:
Ask Timonides what day is it,and he will lecture you
on the history of the calendar.
You are well my lord, Caesar.
It seems that every governor, every king
in the whole empire
is waiting in the valley below.
I invited them here
for a particular purpose.
I've also asked my son, Commodus.
Your great friend, Commodus.
Tell me of your last campaign
Two or three times,
we thought we had Balimar, their leader,
but each time he was able to get away.
A few days longer, Caesar,
we'll bring you his head.
No, Livius.
please don't bring me his head.
I wouldn't know what to do with it.
Bring him to me alive.
But he is the heart of the barbarians.
Then bring me
the heart of the barbarians.
I wish to speak with him.
Speak with him?
Rome has existed for a thousand years,
it is time we find peaceful ways
to live with those
you call barbarians,
so bring me this Balimar
alive, and quickly.
There was a rumour that Lucilla was here.
Lucilla, Caesar's daughter.
Ah yes, Caesar's daughter.
As the dove fears the eagle,
as the lamb fears the wolf,
so is my heart heavy with fear.
Oh, mother Vesta,
eternal mother of Rome.
Help me.
Bring back the health of my father.
Protect us from the danger
which hangs over the empire.
Let there be peace over all Rome.
Lucilla.
Livius.
Lucilla...
You are beautiful.
You are beautiful...
What does that mean?
It has been so long.
I had forgotten.
Why didn't you ever try to see me
when you were in Rome?
It seemed you did not
really want to see anyone.
I thought by living alone away
from the world,
I could find peace.
Then I found there is no real peace
in being alone.
There is only loneliness.
I too have been lonely, Lucilla.
I'm here now, Livius.
And if my father's health improves,
and if your duties
as a soldier do not prevent it,
we may see each other,
if you want to.
I want to.
Mithridates, king of Petra.
Welcome, Mithridates. Welcome Petra.
Costobacus, king of the Omnia.
Greetings, Costobacus, king of the Omnia.
Serverus, proconsul of Judea.
Africa.
Welcome...
- Virgilianus, proconsul of Syria.
Marcellus, governor of Egypt, I think.
Marcellus, friend of Caesar.
And who would this be, Timonides?
Virgilianus, proconsul of Syria.
My greatful thanks, Timonides.
Virgilianus, friend of Caesar.
Welcome...
Pericles, proconsul of Athens.
Pericles of Athens.
Rome is honored, Sohamus,
that Armenia's king is with us.
My lord, Caesar.
Armenia hopes for
even closer ties to Rome.
Pertinax, Britannia.
Welcome, Pertinax.
Welcome, Britannia.
Hail Caesar!
Hail Caesar! Hail Caesar!
Hail Caesar! Hail Caesar! Hail Caesar!
Hail Caesar! Hail Caesar! Hail Caesar!
Hail Caesar! Hail Caesar! Hail Caesar!
Governors, consuls,
princes.
You have come from the deserts of Egypt,
from the mountains of Armenia,
from the forests of Gaul,
and the prairies of Spain.
You do not resemble each other,
nor do you wear the same clothes,
nor sing the same songs,
nor worship the same gods.
Yet, like a mighty tree
with green leaves and black roots,
you are the unity which is Rome.
Look about you and look at yourselves,
and see the greatness of Rome.
the Gauls were our fiercest enemies.
Now we greet them as friends.
In the whole world,
only two small frontiers
One here in the north which separates us
from those who are called barbarians.
The other in the east, Persia.
Only on these two borders will you find
Walls, palisades,
Forts, and hatred.
But these are not
the frontiers Rome wants.
Rome wants and needs human frontiers.
We've had to fight long wars.
Your burdens have been great.
But we come now to the
end of the road.
Here,
within our reach,
golden centuries of peace.
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