The Fall of the Roman Empire Page #4

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and both of them are impossible.

That is a dilemma.

Drink with me.

Now drink with me.

Drink with me!

I'm Caesar's son,

I could have you burned alive!

Why Livius...

My friend.

My brother.

Something is struggling you, isn't it?

Your father...

has asked me...

to be his heir.

My own father.

But I'm his son.

He must hate me very much.

He does not hate you.

I did not ask for this, Commodus.

Nor did you refuse.

Ask me to refuse!

Ask you?

If you listen carefully...

you will hear the gods...

you will hear the gods laughing.

I do not hear them laughing.

You will do what the gods decide!

She is for you.

She thinks.

Livius.

Livius.

Lucilla.

Lucilla!

Have you finished

with Commodus and wine?

My world has suddenly become strange.

I'm not sure where I am.

I'm sure of only one thing.

I love you, Lucilla.

If you are so sure,

why did it take you so long?

I think I must have known

all these years.

I must have been certain

that one day this would happen.

Known, yet not known.

Known and not known?

How can that be?

I'm not sure how it was.

But I know now.

You were always with me.

Everywhere.

I took you into battle with me.

You were with me in the gold fields.

But you know this.

Only this.

I know this.

You were with me, too.

Always!

There were times when I wanted to

run away from life,

I did not because I told myself that...

one day...

you will be with me.

I want to be with you

for the rest of my life.

For I love you.

Do you, Livius?

Bring him back to me safely.

Bring him back to me quickly.

Make him love me forever.

Get these men back behind the lines.

We're setting a trap for Balimar.

I will lead the attack.

The men we send first into battle

Will be used as bait.

Many will die.

It will be especially

dangerous for their leader.

We will be the first into this battle.

We will be your bait.

And if I die,

then the gods were not with me.

Then Livius, my friend...

my brother...

will it not relieve you

of a great burden?

At the command

you will lead your men forward.

You will move deeper

and deeper into that forest,

until the barbarians are convinced

that it is safe to attack.

You will stand and hold until

we move in and close the trap.

We will stand and hold.

Balimar!

Balimar has escaped,

because some of your gladiators

were cowards.

Father...

Father.

It has been decided, Lucilla.

Armenia and Rome will become even closer.

A part of Rome,

a lovely part,

will become Armenia.

Lucilla,

I want you to take care of these.

I wrote them while campaigning

in these forests.

I will watch over them, father.

I have tried to convince myself,

but my fears for

the empire are unreasonable.

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