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00:00:06IMPERATOR
00:00:07We beg you
00:00:09Rome is bleeding
00:00:11Take command
00:00:13Crawl back to the Palateum
00:00:14My wars are done
00:00:15Tell those rotting bones in the Senate to leave me be
00:00:19But Divine Caesar!
00:00:24I do not speak twice
00:00:31Help!
00:00:35Peasants, hide me!
00:00:38With me
00:00:49They're gone
00:00:51What are you doing?
00:00:54Make it stop
00:00:57It burns
00:00:57What?
00:01:00no
00:01:04Oh my god
00:01:05Oh god
00:01:08Wait
00:01:08Wait
00:01:08Watch out
00:01:26Surpriseadas
00:01:51Barkeep, you have my gratitude for saving my life.
00:01:54Here, gold houri, it buys your life twice over.
00:01:58Keep it, I have enough.
00:02:00Insolent. Do you have any idea who I am?
00:02:04The Regina of Viria, Alloria.
00:02:07How did you know?
00:02:10You dropped this last night.
00:02:14You knew exactly who I was.
00:02:17And you didn't even flinch, are you truly just a tavern keeper?
00:02:20A peasant's life is quiet, no daggers in the dark.
00:02:25True enough.
00:02:27I wear the purple, yet my own uncle and the senate sharpen knives for my throat.
00:02:32My life is cheaper than yours.
00:02:36Your kingdom's flaw is simple.
00:02:38Your Regina commands no legion of her own.
00:02:42Every sword answers to a senator, every spear to a noble house.
00:02:46Is it any wonder the rabble turns to revolt?
00:02:50I tried to centralize the legions, but the old Jez, their roots run too deep.
00:02:56They refuse to heal.
00:02:59Because you employ the wrong men.
00:03:02Raise those with no name, no house, no ties to the Patricians.
00:03:09Are you truly just a commoner?
00:03:15You're Regina.
00:03:16We have finally found you.
00:03:18Viria awaits your command.
00:03:19You must go.
00:03:24What is your name?
00:03:26Tiberius.
00:03:37Tiberius.
00:03:39Regina.
00:03:40Regina Aurelia.
00:03:41Regina.
00:03:43Regina.
00:03:43Hmm.
00:03:44Where did you go?
00:03:45That's the third time I called your name.
00:03:47Nowhere.
00:03:48Right on.
00:03:51Blind bitch, scum!
00:03:56You soiled my toga.
00:03:58Selling your miserable hide to the arena wouldn't pay for the hemp!
00:04:05Holes!
00:04:09By the Lee Aqualia, a free citizen has the right of passage in the forum.
00:04:13Demand gold for your ruintosa, but you cannot force a Roman citizen into chains!
00:04:21A street rat quoting law to his betters.
00:04:24I am Lucius, scholar of Athens.
00:04:29The law binds Patriot and Plavian alike.
00:04:34Exactly the man Tiberius described.
00:04:37Because you employ the wrong men.
00:04:40Raise those with no name, no house, no ties to the Patrician.
00:04:46Well said!
00:04:47The law binds us all!
00:04:56A scholar of Athens, Lucius.
00:04:58By the counsel of a much wiser man, I am restructuring the city's magistrate.
00:05:03As of today, you are the urban pre-fight of Rome.
00:05:07Regina, please, no!
00:05:09You refuse to serve the Empire.
00:05:12The Senate holds too much power.
00:05:14I have an aging father to feed.
00:05:16I won't survive a week in that office.
00:05:18Refuse.
00:05:21And I will have you and your father crucified for treason by sunset.
00:05:27No, no, I accept.
00:05:29Thank the gods for your mercy.
00:05:43Well, if it isn't the new urban pre-fight appointed by the Regina of Viria.
00:05:48Lord Lucius is a prodigy.
00:05:50Straight from the dirt.
00:05:51Right past the Patrician.
00:05:52What a young and talented person.
00:05:54Indeed.
00:05:55Wrapped in fine wool.
00:05:57Still an unweaned pup.
00:05:58Watch your tongue, wine peddler.
00:06:00You're addressing the highest magistrate in Rome.
00:06:03Exactly.
00:06:04You're nothing but a penniless wine rat scraping the bottom of Rome, and you dare point fingers
00:06:09at a pre-fet.
00:06:10Why shouldn't I?
00:06:12He's my son.
00:06:17By Jupiter.
00:06:18Drink too much of your own sound and lost mine, Tiberius.
00:06:20If you're his father, I'm the Imperator of Rome.
00:06:33Dad.
00:06:38This, this is actually the Prefent's father.
00:06:41Forgive us, Prefent.
00:06:42We didn't know.
00:06:43We're gone.
00:06:46Father, I beg of you, keep your voice down in public.
00:06:49That cold-blooded she-wolf already has a target on my back.
00:06:53She-wolf.
00:06:55The Regina.
00:06:57She forced me into this prefect's seat.
00:06:59It's a death sentence.
00:07:00Every Patrician in the Empire wants my head on a spike.
00:07:04If they find out my father slings cheap wine in the slums, they'll use it to bury me.
00:07:08I don't know what brainless asshole gave the Regina the brilliant idea to elevate plebs
00:07:13just to centralize her power.
00:07:15If I ever get my hands on that old son of a bitch, I'll strip him of everything he owns.
00:07:22And now the Imperial envies are on their way from Rome.
00:07:25Cassius and Maximus, they're going to crucify us new magistrates, Husset.
00:07:30Maximus, don't worry about it.
00:07:32I'll have a word with them when they get here.
00:07:34Tell them to go easy on you.
00:07:36Father, have you lost your mind?
00:07:38They are Rome's elite.
00:07:40You poor slop for drunkards, and you think you're the Imperium.
00:07:45I can't do this.
00:07:47I have a funeral to plan.
00:07:48Mine!
00:07:57Why would the Regina be here?
00:07:59My father's got me so worked up, I must be seeing things.
00:08:04Regina, you truly wish to seek out this man.
00:08:07This place reek of filth and cheap wine.
00:08:09And he is absolute gutter trash.
00:08:13A peasant peddler.
00:08:15He isn't fit to hold your horse's straits, let alone bestand the noble Regina.
00:08:19You don't see it, Livia.
00:08:21He is far more than what he seems.
00:08:23And I want him.
00:08:28Tiberius, marry me.
00:08:36Tiberius, marry me.
00:08:41Say again?
00:08:42We shared a bed.
00:08:44Do you intend to take no responsibility for that?
00:08:48Old Tiberius, where'd you steal a piece like that?
00:08:51She's a bloody Venus.
00:08:54Watch your mouths.
00:08:56You're barely older than my son.
00:08:58What marriage?
00:09:00You have a son.
00:09:04Obviously.
00:09:05And your wife.
00:09:07The fever took her.
00:09:10Then I refuse to be your mistress.
00:09:12I want to be your wife.
00:09:16Too many eyes out here.
00:09:17In the back.
00:09:24So how about that proposal?
00:09:26You are the Regina, while I sling sour wine.
00:09:29It doesn't work.
00:09:30The Empire envies the Regina.
00:09:33But I am cornered by my own Senate.
00:09:35A prisoner on my own throne.
00:09:38True enough.
00:09:39They smile to your face while sharpening daggers behind your back.
00:09:43The throne is an uncomfortable seat.
00:09:45You speak with such certainty.
00:09:47Have you ruled an empire?
00:09:49No.
00:09:50Managing thirty casts of wine is trouble enough.
00:09:53Ruling men, I'll pass.
00:09:56The Senate is trying to force my hand.
00:09:58Maximus, the legard of Rome, is arriving.
00:10:01To prove to him the kingdom is stable, the patricians are demanding I take a husband.
00:10:06Please, Tiberius, help me stall them.
00:10:08Just play the fiancé, okay?
00:10:13That pup, Maximus.
00:10:15Always a pain in my ass at the worst times.
00:10:18You know Maximus?
00:10:20Course.
00:10:23He is the demon of war, commanding the full might of Rome's legions.
00:10:27And you, a tavern keep, know him.
00:10:31Spare me.
00:10:34Please, Tiberius.
00:10:35You have to help me.
00:10:38Easy.
00:10:39You'll pop my shoulder out.
00:10:43I'm too old for this.
00:10:45I don't have the stamina.
00:10:46Nonsense.
00:10:47You're stronger than any type of patrician.
00:10:49Just give in.
00:10:50Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
00:10:52This is too scandalous.
00:10:59Enough!
00:11:00I yield.
00:11:01I don't have the stamina for this.
00:11:03Just as I feared, age spares no man.
00:11:06For the Regina's sake, I'll have to visit the black market for some gladiator route.
00:11:12I knew you were the best.
00:11:22A lie must be worn flawlessly, Tiberius.
00:11:24I need to teach you patrician dress codes, or you'll humiliate us both in front of the Roman exit.
00:11:29Save your breath.
00:11:30I know them.
00:11:31A slum poddler knows patrician wool.
00:11:34A single mistake in class distinction is a death sentence.
00:11:37The broad purple stripe, toga protector, senatorian elite only.
00:11:41The narrow stripe is equestrian class, and that pure white toga candina is strictly for senior consuls.
00:11:47Your little client kingdom is just a cheap imitation of the Palippian.
00:11:53The Lex Alokia, you rely on this copy.
00:11:57Volume 3, section 12, on public aqueducts.
00:12:00No citizen shall divert public waters.
00:12:04Violators shall pay double the damages.
00:12:07Your scribe missed the second half.
00:12:09Who exactly are you?
00:12:12A man who sells wine.
00:12:14I found a god disguised in dust.
00:12:17Tiberius, you're making it very difficult not to devour you.
00:12:23By the gods!
00:12:24In broad daylight, Regina, please, some imperial restraint.
00:12:28Hold your tongue.
00:12:30Did you bring the garments?
00:12:32Right here.
00:12:33The finest Roman silk.
00:12:36Black market gladiator route.
00:12:38For the Regina's sake.
00:12:39Take one in the morning, and one at night.
00:12:45You little menace.
00:13:00Gods above.
00:13:01He puts Mars to shame.
00:13:10Gods, he's breathtaking.
00:13:16Haven't you stared long enough?
00:13:18Forgive me, Regina.
00:13:21Tiberius.
00:13:23You make the highest patricians of Rome look like street beggars.
00:13:27Even I pale beside you.
00:13:30It fits well enough.
00:13:31Come, let's not keep the wolves waiting.
00:13:43Lord Quintus, looking at this crowd, you are the only bloodline here fit to stand beside the Regina.
00:13:49Obviously.
00:13:51Obviously.
00:13:51It's just...
00:13:52She's been showing alarming favor to that new prefect.
00:13:57The spawn of a Plevian wine-poddler.
00:14:00He isn't fit to breathe the same air as her.
00:14:03Absolute truth, my lord.
00:14:05The Regina has arrived!
00:14:14Bear witness.
00:14:16This is my betrothed, Tiberius.
00:14:27This man looks awfully like that wine-cellar by the river.
00:14:32The Sinus Fold.
00:14:34The way the fabric cascades over the left shoulder to create that flawless drape.
00:14:39It's a lost art in Velia.
00:14:41Only the supreme power-brutlers deep within the Senate's inner circle still wear the silver-like hat.
00:14:56To be chosen by the Regina, your palate must be divine.
00:15:02A cup of our finest Felurian for you.
00:15:13Fermented at far too high a heat.
00:15:16An earthy, acidic mess.
00:15:19In the cellars of the Pallipian Hill, they wouldn't even serve this to the kitchen slaves.
00:15:28How could you possibly know that?
00:15:30What, does that surprise you?
00:15:32I was raised on the seven hills of Rome.
00:15:35I know exactly where the Senate buries its rot.
00:15:41My lord.
00:15:44Are you a prince of Rome?
00:15:46Have you walked among us in secret to pass judgment upon this province?
00:15:55Close enough.
00:15:57Consider it an inspection.
00:16:00I knew it, true Palatantine blood.
00:16:03Your presence rivals Jupiter's himself, Princeus.
00:16:12Forgive my insolent staring, Princeus.
00:16:14It is just, by sheer coincidence, there is a filthy Plavian who pours sour wine down by the Tiber.
00:16:20He bears a striking resemblance to you.
00:16:23My eyes nearly played tricks on me.
00:16:30Is that so?
00:16:31Do I look like a Plavian peddling sour wine?
00:16:34Or do you just despise the men who pour it for you?
00:16:37No.
00:16:38Forgive my blinding ignorance.
00:16:43Mercy, Princeus.
00:16:44Rufus is a drunk and a fool.
00:16:46We raise our cups to you.
00:16:48You honor us tonight.
00:16:50To the princess!
00:16:58Gods, he's magnificent.
00:17:00The only man worthy of me.
00:17:03Princess, since you hail directly from the Palatine,
00:17:06perhaps you could enlighten us on the Senate's current mood.
00:17:12Nothing extraordinary.
00:17:13Germanic tribes are restless.
00:17:15Bitter winter approaches.
00:17:17The Legion's appetite for grain will be staggering.
00:17:21Therefore, you Patricians have been bleeding the loopholes in Volume 3 of the Lica Agrana,
00:17:27illegally enclosing public land,
00:17:30hoarding vast silos of wheat and premium olive oil in your vaults.
00:17:34The Palatine sees everything.
00:17:36We are dead.
00:17:37He's going to crucify us for treason.
00:17:39What you dare hoard grain behind my back!
00:17:42All the old houses do it.
00:17:45Control your face.
00:17:46A true ruler of Rome keeps the Tempest in her chest
00:17:49and shows them only glass.
00:17:51Never let them see your hand.
00:17:54Rest easy.
00:17:56Rome has no thirst for patrician blood today.
00:18:01Surrender every ounce of your hoarded stockpiles as a voluntary tribute to the Regina
00:18:06to cement her reign.
00:18:09In exchange,
00:18:11Rome will grant you the monopoly on military supply lines
00:18:15for the coming Gallic campaign.
00:18:17Ten times your current coin.
00:18:22The Gallic supply lines, Principus, is this true?
00:18:26My word is law.
00:18:28It simply depends on whether you choose to support my betrothed.
00:18:33The Gallic supply lines, Principus, is this true?
00:18:34The Gallic supply lines, Principus, is this true?
00:18:36The Gallic supply lines, Principus, is this true?
00:18:38The Gallic supply lines, Principus, is this true?
00:18:39We do, without question,
00:18:41House Galba is absolutely loyal to the Regina.
00:18:44We will empty our silos this very night!
00:18:47And us, everything we have,
00:18:49we serve the princess and the Regina!
00:18:52By the gods, who in the world is this man?
00:18:55How does he know so much?
00:19:08To be continued...
00:19:26...pallatin silk feels like, and pour the wine that goes with it.
00:19:31Princeless, you mean you'd bring us to Rome, host us with wine?
00:19:36You doubt my hospitality.
00:19:38Never. House Galba is eternally grateful. My Printhius graces me with such generosity.
00:19:45Patricians, the Printhius has shown us unprecedented favor. He cannot look like misers in his presence.
00:19:51Regina, those new aqueducts you wanted. House Quintus will foot the bill.
00:19:56One hundred thousand gold aureus.
00:19:58The border legions, I'll underwrit their wages myself.
00:20:02We'll empty our vaults before we let the Regina or the Printhium worry about coin.
00:20:07Us two, take everything for the Throne.
00:20:10Regina, what's gotten into these cheap old vultures? Yesterday they wouldn't spare a copper to pave a road.
00:20:15Quiet, quiet. Just watch.
00:20:19Envoy of the Roman Senate.
00:20:32Where is the Regina?
00:20:41Cassius, Lord Cassius, a grueling journey from the capital, no doubt. Please, take the seat of honor.
00:20:46Your arrival is perfectly timed, Envoyt. We host a divine guest tonight, a Princeimus of Rome.
00:20:51Since you both hail from the Bolitianim, you must greet him.
00:20:53A Princeimus? What Princeius? Right there.
00:20:56The divine Tiberius, born of the Seven Hills, intimate with the inner circle of the Senate.
00:21:05The Seven Hills? The Senate?
00:21:10I was born in Rome, raised in Rome, served as a chief magistrate in the Senate for five years.
00:21:17Do you honestly believe a Princeim of Rome exists without my knowing his face?
00:21:22Envoy Cassius, what are you saying?
00:21:24I am saying, this man does not exist in Rome.
00:21:34What?
00:21:35What?
00:21:37By the gods, it can't be.
00:21:47Is that right?
00:21:49I dine with every true powerblower on the Palatine. I know the bloodlines of the divine Caesar himself.
00:21:57You? You are a ghost. You don't exist.
00:22:01I don't blame you. Your rank is far too low.
00:22:04When I was dictating the fate of Rome, you were still suckling your mother's breast at the foot of the
00:22:09Polivian Hill.
00:22:11Insolent dog! I'll have your tongue for that!
00:22:14I remember. I knew he looked familiar. He's no Princeimus. He's the gutter trash pouring sour wine down by the
00:22:20tyre.
00:22:20What?
00:22:21No wonder he wears no family signet. He's a nameless Plevian rat.
00:22:24Tricked by a tavern rat. My three million auries.
00:22:30You miserable fraud!
00:22:32Regina, our pledges are void. We pay nothing.
00:22:37No, listen to me!
00:22:40It's exactly as they say. I pour wine for a living.
00:22:47Regina! You parade a peasant before us to extort our vaults? Is Patrician Dignitas a joke to you?
00:22:53The deception was mine alone. I saw a chance at Imperial Gold. I played the Princeims to fool her and
00:22:58to bleed you dry.
00:22:59Tiberius, you clearly did it for me.
00:23:01If we're done here, I'll be taking my leave.
00:23:03Leave. You admitted to deception, and now you want to leave.
00:23:07A filthy plebe wearing the purple, impersonating a Princeim of Rome.
00:23:11It is high treason against the Senate and the people of Rome.
00:23:14By my authority as envoy of Rome, I sentence this rat to immediate execution.
00:23:23This Plevian scum dares wear the purple and deceive an envoy of Rome!
00:23:27Cut him down!
00:23:29I'd like to see you try. He is the man I claim. Wine peddler or not, no one touches him.
00:23:36Regina, you would openly defy the will of Rome for the sake of a lowly commoner?
00:23:41This is my kingdom. You do not bark orders in my hall.
00:23:45No, Maximus, the Supreme Legate is inside your gates. He brings the wrath of Rome. Under his watch, this rat
00:23:55bleeds tonight.
00:23:57Regina, I beg you to reconsider. Maximus is a bloodthirsty god of war. Do not throw away the fate of
00:24:04an entire kingdom over some common peddler of cheap wine.
00:24:08Give up the imposter! Never!
00:24:10Stubborn fools! Take them! Butcher the rat where he stands!
00:24:14Stubborn fools!
00:24:15Oh!
00:24:33uhuhhhhhh!
00:24:34Treason! You dare strike the armor of Rome!
00:24:39Ahhhhh!
00:24:39Maximus, supreme legard of the roman empire.
00:24:49Legard Maximus, you arrived just in time.
00:24:51This arrogant peasant dared impersonate a princim and assaulted our guards.
00:24:55Execute him at once.
00:24:59Strike him down, Legard!
00:25:21Legard Maximus, you bear the weight of Rome.
00:25:24There is no need to kneel for me.
00:25:27Please, rise.
00:25:29Gods, the Legard humbles himself for our Regina.
00:25:34He wouldn't bow like this for the Senate itself.
00:25:36Legand, please, rise.
00:25:43Rise.
00:25:44You insolent wret!
00:25:46How dare a lowly commoner show disrespect to a legion commander!
00:25:49Hold!
00:25:50Watch your tongue, Cassius!
00:25:52Apologize to this man, now!
00:25:55What, you want me to apologize to a wine pendler?
00:26:01Don't make me ask twice!
00:26:03Forgive me, I spoke out of turn!
00:26:09Peace, Legard.
00:26:10Don't waste your fury on this peasant.
00:26:12He impersonated a primpsom to extort our vaults.
00:26:15By Roman law, his life is forfeit.
00:26:18Legard, please, it was a misunderstanding.
00:26:20He is, he's my betrothed.
00:26:24Betrothed?
00:26:25You and the Regina are marrying?
00:26:29Yes.
00:26:30Show him mercy.
00:26:31Please.
00:26:35Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
00:26:37By Jupiter's glorious, this is a monumental blessing from the gods!
00:26:46Sire!
00:26:47You finally agreed!
00:26:49When is the wedding?
00:26:50Say the word, and I will march the legions through the gates to guard the ceremony!
00:26:55Tiberius, you know the Supreme Legard?
00:26:59We've crossed paths.
00:27:01My life belongs to this man.
00:27:04Any fool who raises a hand against him declares war on the entire Roman army!
00:27:11But Legard, he impersonated a princimus of the palatine.
00:27:15By the laws of the senate, that is a capital offense.
00:27:17Capital offense?
00:27:18He is worth a hundred of your so-called princima!
00:27:21For your insolence, Cassius, you will crawl back to the Castia.
00:27:24Twenty slaves at the post.
00:27:25My lord, I beg of you, spare me the whip!
00:27:28No.
00:27:29Would you rather bleed out on the sands of the Colosseum?
00:27:31The whip!
00:27:32I'll take the whip!
00:27:37Good sire!
00:27:38This old fool was utterly blind.
00:27:40You are magnanuous and great.
00:27:42Please do not lower yourself to quarrel with the likes of us!
00:27:46Save it.
00:27:46I'd sooner drink the sourest wine in this tavern than look at your faces.
00:27:50Lions have no time for barking dogs.
00:27:53Every last coin you pledge to the Regina, the aqueduct funds, the legion's wages,
00:27:58millions in gold, must reach the treasury before dawn.
00:28:03Short one copper, and my legion's blades will show no mercy.
00:28:09Every last coin, as you command.
00:28:13We're done here.
00:28:15I left a cask of wine unsealed and I don't intend to let it breathe any longer.
00:28:25Gods, I'm a dead man.
00:28:26The banquet's already started.
00:28:30Father.
00:28:32Lucius.
00:28:37Father.
00:28:39Lucius.
00:28:40Father, what are you doing?
00:28:42Delivering wine?
00:28:43Have you lost your mind?
00:28:45Use the servant's gate.
00:28:46Why are you loitering out front?
00:28:48The road is wide.
00:28:50Is it a crime to walk it?
00:28:52By the gods.
00:28:53Every patrician in there is looking for an excuse to gut the Regina.
00:28:57If they find out the new urban pre-fate has a father peddling sour wine,
00:29:01they'll tear you apart just to humiliate me.
00:29:04Get out of here!
00:29:05Tiberius!
00:29:11Regina!
00:29:12Legard Maximus!
00:29:13Forgive me, I was delayed.
00:29:16Sire.
00:29:17Do you know this man?
00:29:18No, absolutely not!
00:29:20I've never seen him in my life!
00:29:22Is that so?
00:29:23I swear it, Legard.
00:29:25I am a scholar of Athens.
00:29:27Why would I associate with a filthy, wine-soaked pleb?
00:29:30He must have slipped past the guards to hawk his cheap slob.
00:29:32I was just throwing him out.
00:29:34He speaks the truth.
00:29:36This man is the urban prefect, a rising star.
00:29:39A wine cellar by the Tiber like me could never dream of knowing such an exult magistrate.
00:29:44Legard!
00:29:45I was merely clearing the filth from your path.
00:29:47Such scum isn't fit to soil your sight.
00:29:50I'll handle him immediately.
00:29:54Out of my way, sire.
00:29:58The hour is late.
00:29:59Allow me to escort you home.
00:30:01Legat!
00:30:02There must be a mistake.
00:30:04He just sells wine.
00:30:06Silence!
00:30:07Do not measure his standing with your ignorance.
00:30:10Be gone!
00:30:14Wait!
00:30:15Wait!
00:30:16Father!
00:30:17My own flesh and blood!
00:30:18You can't disown me!
00:30:20I was only trying to protect you!
00:30:21I swear by the gods!
00:30:23Legat!
00:30:23Legat!
00:30:23He really is my father!
00:30:28I swear by the gods, Legat!
00:30:30He really is my father!
00:30:32Sire, is this the empire's future here?
00:30:36No.
00:30:37I have no idea who this is.
00:30:40Didn't the Prefect just make himself perfectly clear?
00:30:43Why would an exulted magistrate associate with a wine-soaked club like me?
00:30:48Father!
00:30:49I was a fool!
00:30:50You can't cast me out!
00:30:51Who will tend to you in your twilight years?
00:30:54I am not quite ready for the funeral pyre just yet.
00:30:57Maximus, walk.
00:30:59We've wasted enough of the Prefect's valuable time.
00:31:07Brilliant.
00:31:08Absolutely brilliant.
00:31:10Prefect Lucius, your ability to grovel and conjure a father on command is unmatched in all of Velia.
00:31:15I bow to you to secure a promotion.
00:31:18You'd claim a wine merchant as your own flesh and blood.
00:31:22A true politician.
00:31:25With that kind of guile, the Senate is yours.
00:31:28Lufius, I knew I chose the right man.
00:31:31Ruthless, pliable, and utterly devoid of shame.
00:31:35You were born for the Prefect's seat.
00:31:37No!
00:31:38You don't understand!
00:31:39He really is my father!
00:31:47Regina!
00:31:48The Germanic tribes have crossed the Rhine.
00:31:50Taking advantage of the Supreme Leger's absence,
00:31:52they've slaughtered three outposts on the northern frontier.
00:31:56The Germans are marching.
00:31:58A gift from the gods.
00:31:59The wheat and oil we've hoard.
00:32:01The prices will double by sunrise.
00:32:04The Paladin will come begging us to supply the legions.
00:32:07When they do, we dictate the terms.
00:32:10Tiberius.
00:32:12Regina, wait!
00:32:20You've had your peace, Imperator.
00:32:22It's time.
00:32:23Rome is a snake pit.
00:32:25The Senate is tearing itself apart for scraps.
00:32:27We need you to restore order.
00:32:29To what end?
00:32:30The legions are an iron fortress under your command.
00:32:32I forged you myself.
00:32:34You are Rome's shield.
00:32:35A shield without a wielder, Imperator.
00:32:38Under your banner, the Germanic tribes are nothing but target practice.
00:32:43But those politicians...
00:32:46Look at this.
00:32:47Since you vanished into the shadows, those treacherous fools have aged me a wrecking.
00:32:52I'm turning grey dealing with their schemes.
00:32:55Then lay down the sword.
00:32:57Let the young blood bleed for a while.
00:32:59Resign your post.
00:33:00Come pour wine at my tavern.
00:33:02Serve sour wine to drunks.
00:33:04I'd rather face Germanic axes bare-handed.
00:33:06Have mercy on me, Imperator.
00:33:13I thought you were at the basilica.
00:33:15What's the rush?
00:33:17Legate Maxius.
00:33:19Word of the Dominican concursions has reached us.
00:33:22Vela may be a client state, but we do not cower behind Roman shields.
00:33:26If Rome bleeds, Velia bleeds.
00:33:28You need gold, empty our vaults.
00:33:31Grain, take our harvest.
00:33:32We will fight to the last sword, but we will never retreat.
00:33:36Don't look at me.
00:33:40With loyalty like yours, Regina, the gods will surely bless Velia.
00:33:45The borders are burning.
00:33:46Why are neither of you worried?
00:33:55The Germanic tribes just sacked our outposts.
00:33:58The enemy is at our very gates.
00:34:00And you two stand here sharing a joke?
00:34:04Enlighten her.
00:34:04Regina, why do you think the Germanic hordes chose this exact moment to march south?
00:34:09To plunder our grain for the bitter winter?
00:34:12They march for grain, yes.
00:34:15But the fall of those three outposts?
00:34:17That was Rome's design.
00:34:20A trap!
00:34:21Three border outposts.
00:34:22Nothing but bait dangled by Rome.
00:34:25We let them taste blood so their main force push deep without suspicion.
00:34:29And when they do, four legions will close the net.
00:34:31We will remind them why you do not provoke the might of Rome.
00:34:35So, a minor border skirmish is beneath your concern.
00:34:40Next to you both, I feel like an ignorant child.
00:34:43My so-called political maneuvering is nothing but child's play.
00:34:46Do not despair, Regina.
00:34:48You have plenty of time to learn.
00:34:50He is not just my empiric-
00:34:51My mentor.
00:34:53He is a mentor to us all.
00:34:54Enough.
00:34:55The betrothal at the banquet was merely a ruse to buy you time.
00:34:58Don't take it to heart.
00:35:01No!
00:35:02I don't want it to be pretend.
00:35:04Aurelia.
00:35:06This is not proper.
00:35:07Tiberius.
00:35:08I am begging you.
00:35:10Marry me, truly.
00:35:12I need you to guide me.
00:35:13To show me how to be a Regina worthy of her people.
00:35:16Please.
00:35:20Aurelia.
00:35:22I am 40 years old.
00:35:24And what of it?
00:35:25A titan is not measured by the passing of years.
00:35:28Tiberius.
00:35:29I don't care who you are.
00:35:31I only know.
00:35:32I'm falling in love with you.
00:35:36Maximus.
00:35:37The Regina is exhausted.
00:35:39Escort her back to her chambers.
00:35:40By Jupiter.
00:35:41I just remembered.
00:35:43Urgent military dispatches await my seal.
00:35:45I really must take my leave.
00:35:48Slippery bastard.
00:35:51Look at me, Tiberius.
00:35:53Am I not beautiful?
00:35:55You are the jewel of Rome.
00:35:56No man could deny that.
00:35:59But because of this,
00:36:00you have a lifetime of youth ahead of you.
00:36:06While I...
00:36:08By the gods.
00:36:09Is this the legendary love that transcends class and age?
00:36:13I think I'm going to weep.
00:36:16An older man knows exactly how to treat a woman.
00:36:22And I already know.
00:36:25You're certainly not lacking in stamina, are you?
00:36:33You're playing with fire, Aurelia.
00:36:35Let's make it right.
00:36:40Enough, Aurelia.
00:36:52We both need to calm down.
00:36:54Calm down.
00:36:56How can I?
00:36:58Don't stand there and tell me you feel nothing.
00:37:00That you don't love me.
00:37:03I know you're lying.
00:37:04You are young.
00:37:06It is just a fleeting fever.
00:37:08A fever?
00:37:10A fever?
00:37:10Fine.
00:37:12If I mean nothing to you, then whether I live or die shouldn't concern you at all.
00:37:19Aurelia!
00:37:29Aurelia!
00:37:31Are you insane?
00:37:32Do you know how fast this current runs?
00:37:37Yet you still jumped.
00:37:40Tell me, Tiberius.
00:37:41What am I to you?
00:37:43I'm taking you to the bank.
00:37:45No.
00:37:47Answer me.
00:37:49Or let the river take me.
00:37:56You are.
00:37:58You're my love.
00:38:02I'm freezing.
00:38:04Tiberius.
00:38:05Take me to your tavern.
00:38:07As you command, Regina.
00:38:36Tiberius.
00:38:40The hot water is out here.
00:38:42You should...
00:38:45Ah!
00:38:47Aurelia.
00:38:49Where?
00:38:50Let me see.
00:38:51The river was freezing.
00:38:53My muscles seized up.
00:38:54It hurts.
00:39:00Gently.
00:39:14The knot is gone.
00:39:15I'll leave you be.
00:39:30Oil my back.
00:39:43Ah.
00:39:47Oh.
00:39:49Right there.
00:39:50Don't stop.
00:39:52Endure it.
00:39:53I need to go harder.
00:39:55By the gods.
00:39:57His technique is that dominant.
00:40:00Harder.
00:40:02Gods.
00:40:02That feels too good.
00:40:04As I suspected.
00:40:06At his age, to still possess such vigora, all thanks to my little bottle of gladiator's
00:40:12tonic, it seems this remedy not only ignites the flame, but keeps it burning remarkably long.
00:40:18Livia, you've eavesdropped long enough.
00:40:21Get in here and bring the Regina her clothes.
00:40:26Free right away.
00:40:33You're clean.
00:40:34The knots are out.
00:40:35It might be time to put your clothes on and get back to the Palfion.
00:40:43We haven't shared a cup yet.
00:40:45It's cheap gutter wine.
00:40:48A Regina raised on Felonian vintage won't stomach it.
00:40:55Regina, that is an indirect kiss.
00:40:59Sweet.
00:41:00You don't quit, do you?
00:41:02You spent the entire banquet warring with patricians.
00:41:06You didn't eat.
00:41:07Hungry?
00:41:08Since you refused to leave, come out front.
00:41:11See how the rest of us commoners eat.
00:41:14I'd eat ashes if you served them.
00:41:29What are you all gooping at?
00:41:31Eyes on your own cups?
00:41:40Supper.
00:41:40You dare serve the Regina this pig slop of beans and this bread?
00:41:46Are we to eat it or brick up a wall with this?
00:41:48In here, this is a feast.
00:41:58I have a peculiar texture, but not entirely unpleasant.
00:42:09Let me miss.
00:42:10As amusing as this tastes, seeing these plebs only deepens my headache.
00:42:14The patricians have bled Faria's treasury dry.
00:42:17I can barely scrape together the coin to pay the legions.
00:42:20You are penniless, because you have yet to understand the true currency of power.
00:42:27Target their vanity.
00:42:28The patricians will practically beg you to take their gold.
00:42:31You mean, intimidate them? Like at the banquet just then?
00:42:36Child's play.
00:42:37Have you ever heard the tale of the golden avatar of Mars?
00:42:43Once, a great imperio needed to fund a conquest.
00:42:46He decreed the forging of a colossal golden statue of Mars,
00:42:50and invited the patricians of the senate to publicly sponsor each part of the divine body.
00:42:56He who funded the heart had his name etched at the center of the sanctum.
00:42:59He who funded the arms was granted priority in the sacred reeds.
00:43:03For nothing more than a scrap of hollow glory,
00:43:06the patricians emptied their ancestral vaults.
00:43:09And was the statue of all solid gold?
00:43:12It was a bronze core, plated in gold leaf.
00:43:15The imperio spent a fifth of the gold and reaped enough offerings to fill ten vaults.
00:43:22Tiberius, you know so much.
00:43:25Are you truly just a tavern keeper?
00:43:30Oi, old Tiberius!
00:43:32By the gods, where did you scavenge such a prime filly?
00:43:38Found her on the street.
00:43:42Pretty face, but she's a bottomless tin.
00:43:44She's emptying my coin palace.
00:43:47Who says I was found?
00:43:50I am Tiberius's wife.
00:43:52His rightfully wedded wife.
00:43:55My gods, Tiberius.
00:43:56Did you save the imperio in a past life to earn such fortune?
00:43:59If you bag the goddess like that, Tiberius, you're buying the house a night's round.
00:44:02Am I right, boys?
00:44:05I have a family to feed now.
00:44:08Listen up, boys.
00:44:09I am Tiberius's wife and the new mistress of this tavern.
00:44:13To celebrate our union.
00:44:14The wine flows free tonight.
00:44:16I'm buying.
00:44:17Drink as much as your bellies can hold.
00:44:19I am the mistress, Tiberius!
00:44:20Your wife is quite something!
00:44:22Thank the gods.
00:44:23These drunken fools have never seen Regina's face.
00:44:25The crown's dignity survives.
00:44:27Good heaven.
00:44:27To Tiberius, bottoms up!
00:44:41Tiberius, three days from now, we shall wed.
00:44:50You've already claimed me as your wife in front of this rabble, Tiberius.
00:44:54You wouldn't dare go back on your word now, would you?
00:44:56Just say yes.
00:44:58Tiberius!
00:45:00What are you staring into the air for, you old fool?
00:45:05A woman like that asks for your oath and you hesitate.
00:45:09Jupiter himself will strike you with lightning.
00:45:16If you're reckless enough to ask, I'm mad enough for you this once.
00:45:21I'm mad enough for you this once.
00:45:24Yes!
00:45:29Libria, let's go.
00:45:30Back to the palace.
00:45:32I must prepare the grandest of all weddings.
00:45:36Reggie!
00:45:39My lady, you forgot your robes.
00:45:46Regina, we must make haste if you were discovered lottery in a tavern at this hour.
00:45:51Do you truly intend to make a tavern keeper the king?
00:45:54The old bunch in the senate will absolutely lose their minds.
00:45:58Let them.
00:45:59Their anger merely fuels my joy.
00:46:02Father, the drunks out there are saying you're about to...
00:46:10The blood wolf Regina, what the hell is she doing in my old man's bedroom?
00:46:17Wait, did she track me down?
00:46:19Did she follow me to this tavern by the gods?
00:46:21Does the Regina desire me?
00:46:23Regina, this Lucius is terrifyingly capable.
00:46:28We've been hidden for barely two hours and he pinpointed our exact location.
00:46:33Indeed, with tracking and intelligent skills like that, he'd make a phenomenal spymaster.
00:46:44Lucius, your efficiency astounds me.
00:46:47To track me down to a place like this, you truly are a rare talent.
00:46:55Regina, what are you talking about? You were looking for me?
00:46:58Did you not track me down out of concern for your Regina's safety?
00:47:03No, no, no, no, Regina. You've misunderstood. I... I swear I had no idea you were here.
00:47:09I came looking for my father.
00:47:11Your father?
00:47:12Yes, my father is Tiberius, the owner of this shabby tavern, that scruffy old man slinging sour wine.
00:47:31Your gift to find a father whenever the wind shifts is a rare talent, Lucius.
00:47:36Perhaps the only one of its kind in all of Viria.
00:47:39A shamless instinct for survival. It's never less better than those knights with their mouth full of glory.
00:47:48Regina, I am a man of integrity. He truly is my father in flesh and blood.
00:47:53Enough, I'll spare you this cheap trick. Yes, in three days I shall be wed.
00:47:59Three days? A wedding? Then how may I, your humble servant, facilitate in such a divine union?
00:48:06This wedding is the rebirth of Viria. Therefore, every Patrician, rank it from the lowest lord to the high senate,
00:48:14will provide a voluntary tribute fitting of their status.
00:48:18As for civil officials...
00:48:20This... she can't mean it.
00:48:22Every man in my administration will forfeit three months' salary.
00:48:27Failure to comply will be treated as an act of disrespect against the crown.
00:48:32Regina, I... I simply cannot deliver what you ask. And if the Patricians discover I'm the one handling this, they'll
00:48:39have me flayed alive.
00:48:40If your cannot take it yourself, take a loan from the treasury.
00:48:44But not a single gold coin short. Otherwise...
00:48:50I'm dead. I'm a dead man. This tyrant. This cold-blooded she-wolf. What did I do to deserve this
00:48:57from her?
00:49:00I believe in you, Lucius. Manage this well, and I'll ensure your rise is...
00:49:06Meteoric.
00:49:09Regina.
00:49:11We're done here. Livia.
00:49:13Yes, Regina.
00:49:19By the gods, three months' pay! The Senate will have me shredded! That old witch! That blood wolf! She's doing
00:49:26this on purpose!
00:49:28No. I won't just sit here like a lamb waiting for the slaughterhouse. I need an idea.
00:49:33The general. My father knows Maxius. That absolute war god. If the old man could get Maximus to pull some
00:49:41strings, I can vanish into the Roman legions!
00:49:44Being a centurion is much better than being that she-wolf's plaving.
00:49:49Father! Father! Where are you? You have to save me!
00:49:57I'm telling you, when that bastard was in Germania, he couldn't even find his stirrups before face-plotting into the
00:50:03mud!
00:50:06A six! Ha, old Tiberius. Your luck has finally run dry.
00:50:16What's the rush? The game isn't over yet.
00:50:19Father, you need to tell me the truth.
00:50:21That cold-blooded she-wolf, what was she doing in our back room?
00:50:24The who?
00:50:25The Regina. I'm speaking of the Regina. She was just in our back room.
00:50:28Probably just experiencing life as a commoner.
00:50:30Father, you know Maximus, right? The High General of the Legions?
00:50:33The big fellow. We've shared a few flaggets. Why?
00:50:36My dear sweet father, call in a favor. Tell your drinking companion to smuggle us out of Viria tonight.
00:50:41If we stay another day, we won't live to see the sunrise.
00:50:44What's the trouble now?
00:50:46That woman of a tyrant is getting married. She's forcing me to rob, to extort the entire kingdom for her
00:50:52wedding.
00:50:53She's stripping the Patrarians of their last coins. And she want me to devote half my yearly salary.
00:51:00Father, once my favor is through, the Senate will have my head on a pike!
00:51:05The girl is a fast learner. She's already got the boy pissing himself.
00:51:09Ha! Little Lucius, still clinging to your father's tunic.
00:51:13Tiberius was just bragging to us, boy. He's getting ready to bring home a new stepmother for you.
00:51:17Fine as a goddess, he said. Soft skin and a face of Venus.
00:51:22What?
00:51:26Is it true?
00:51:27Pure luck. I happened to pull her out of a tight spot and the girl, well, she was blinded by
00:51:32my rugged charm,
00:51:34insisted on pledging herself to me. I couldn't just let her heart break, could I?
00:51:39A life debt? Father, at your age, you're the easiest mark in all of Rome. Do you have any
00:51:45idea how many women are after honest men like us? Don't just go and sink your burial savings in.
00:51:51Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Little Lucius, stop fretting over your old man. That fine lady is fair-skinned and
00:51:58beautiful. And those curves? Gods above! I've never seen a woman built like that in all my years.
00:52:05And she was draped in enough jewels to buy half this street. Had a feisty little handmaid trailing
00:52:11behind her too. She's not looking for your father's copper coins, boy. Fair skin, beautiful face, and a
00:52:19little handmaid.
00:52:23No, I'm losing it. My father is a scruffy old manling sour wine. There is no way the Regina would
00:52:30even
00:52:30look at him. It's probably just some noble woman in distress. An old tree blooming, fortune smiling
00:52:36on my father. And what do I get? I'm a magistrate, his own flesh and blood, yet that cold-blooded
00:52:43she-wolf works me like a mule, nothing but dirty, thankless jobs that make enemies of everyone I meet.
00:52:53Magistrate Lucius, it seems the city watch is far too leisurely if you have time to drown yourself
00:52:57in wine. Lady Livia, I was just about to head out. Demons. The mistress and the maid are both
00:53:07blood-sucking demons. They won't even let me have a drink in peace. Rest assured, I'm heading out to
00:53:13collect the tributes now. Even if I have to pull the teeth out of those patricians' mouths, I'll fetch the
00:53:17gold together.
00:53:23My lord, the Regina feared you might get cold feet. She commanded me to escort you back to the
00:53:29palace immediately. Cold feet? What have I done to give her that impression?
00:53:47Old Tiberius is really going up hell from now on.
00:53:57My lord, try to be on your best performance for later.
00:54:03Performance? What are you all up to now?
00:54:17Tiberius, you're late. What is this, Aurelia?
00:54:23You really don't know how to appreciate a good thing when it's right in front of you.
00:54:34Rulia, even if you manage to claim money this way, you won't claim my heart.
00:54:40Oh no, I'm not just after the flesh, the soul, the heart. Your Regina wants it all.
00:54:49I am the Regina of Aurelia. Everything my eyes touches on this land is mine. And that includes you, Tiberius.
00:55:03The Regina certainly knows how to close a deal.
00:55:09Where did the Regina go, that damn tyrant?
00:55:15Lady Livia, what in Jupiter's name are you doing? Is the Regina in there?
00:55:20Why do I hear water splashing? The Regina must be inside.
00:55:27What do you think you are gawping about? Don't come around seeing things you shouldn't.
00:55:33Lady Livia, I can't see a thing.
00:55:35Good, now speak. What are you doing here?
00:55:38I have urgent state business. The tribute ledger is finalized that the Regina needs to review it.
00:55:42The Regina is currently preoccupied. She has no time for you. Come back another day.
00:55:49Preoccupied? With what?
00:55:50Stop fighting it. Just do as I say.
00:55:53That was...
00:55:54You heard her right. The Regina is occupied. Very occupied.
00:55:58That cold-blooded she-wolf. I'm out there breaking my back.
00:56:02Taking the heat from the entire Senate. Making enemies of every patrician in Viria.
00:56:07And she's in here rolling around with some random stud.
00:56:10Wait. Why does that voice sound so familiar?
00:56:15Enough! The Regina gave you absolute authority over the wedding preparations.
00:56:20Do not bother her with the trivialities. Not today. Not tomorrow. Try another time.
00:56:24Lady Livia, I have an urgent business.
00:56:27If it's so urgent, go light some incense and pray to Jupiter. And quit tainting my sight.
00:56:33Two days. I'll give her two days. Nobody bathes for two straight days.
00:56:43Two days. For two days straight. I haven't even seen a glimpse of her.
00:56:48Wedding invoices. Tribute ledgers. A mountain of death threat that's from the petitions my desk is piled.
00:56:54And she's locked in there doing who knows what.
00:57:01Magistrate Lucius. The Rina is still resting. You cannot-
00:57:05Resting? For two days and two nights, Lady Livia. I have a matter to report in.
00:57:10The Patreons are protesting all they can. I am not leaving until I see the Rina.
00:57:29Lucius! If you don't have a good reason for this, you'll be leaving this room in a pine box.
00:57:37Regina. Regina. Regina, please forgive me. I've simply-
00:57:41Those old patricians have driven me crazy. I swear it.
00:57:45Regarding the- the collection of the tributes, upon deep reflection, I fear my talents are quite
00:57:52incompetent for such a delicate task. Perhaps Regina could find someone with more potential to take over.
00:58:05A pluvian street rat. That the Regina even demands your service is a blessing.
00:58:11But you dare to bargain with the crown, Scram?
00:58:13Lord Regent, I am merely trying to conduct state business.
00:58:17State business? A humble servant like you is only fit to scrowvage for scraps at the gates of your betters.
00:58:26Luis, step outside. I will find you later regarding the tributes.
00:58:30Yes, Regina. At once.
00:58:34Strange. Why does the Regina's Royal Concoim have quite the familiar build? He almost looked like my old man.
00:58:43Uncle, weren't you in the capital Roma to observe the High Senate? What brings you back in such haste?
00:58:51My dear child, I endure the grueling roads solely to secure Viria's foundation. As fate would have it,
00:59:00I return bearing monumental news. A triumph that guarantees your reign and safety for a lifetime.
00:59:07As fate would have it, Uncle, I too have joyous news to share with you personally.
00:59:13I have arranged a marriage for you. What? What did you say, Uncle? You didn't even consult me. How could
00:59:20you
00:59:20dictate something so monumental behind my back? Preposterous consults you. Your father and mother
00:59:26entrusted this kingdom and your life to my care on their deathbeds. But I already have a betrothed.
00:59:32We have sworn a sacred oath. Betrothed,
00:59:35Aurelia. Stop playing these childish games. Marriage is an alliance of power. I am your
00:59:42only living blood. Do you honestly think I would steer you to ruin? Uncle, you have always doted on me.
00:59:50Please, at least meet him. Do you have any idea who I have secured for you? The true-born son
00:59:56and heir of Lord Maximus. Supreme commander of the Roman legions. Aurelia. Even as a Regina,
01:00:06an alliance with the bloodline of Rome's High General is an absolute blessing from the god upon the
01:00:12Virian throne. Who is in there? Show yourself! Uncle, stop. These are my private chambers. Step aside.
01:00:24Let me see which suicidal boy dares to bewitch the Regina in her own bed.
01:00:37You? Aurelia! Who is this, this old man? Where is your concubine? Old man?
01:00:47You're pushing past 70, aren't you? A relic with half his teeth missing shouldn't be throwing the word
01:00:53old around so carelessly. Insolence! I'm asking of you! Where goes the pretty-faced boy daring to
01:00:59bewitch the Regina? Have that adulterous rat to crawl out of the shadows right now! Uncle,
01:01:04he is no slave and he is certainly no concubine. His name is Tiberius and he is my chosen and
01:01:11my only
01:01:12betrothed. Have you lost your mind? Absurd! Look at him! What does a washed-up old man like him know
01:01:21of love?
01:01:22He's merely conspiring for your throne!
01:01:33Aurelia! You are completely, utterly insane! Insane!
01:01:45Think carefully, Aurelia. Viria shall not crumble in your hands.
01:01:50Who is that old buzzard? He looks at you like a starved wolf eyeing a lamb.
01:01:55That is Lord Crassus, my only living uncle. Blood, Aurelia. In the drive for power,
01:02:03blood ties are nothing but a dagger aimed at your back. Keep your eyes on that old lion.
01:02:09I know that you are concerned, Tiberius, but he's my uncle. He watched me growing up.
01:02:21Well, my lord, did the little chat refuse to heal? To reject the true-born heir of Lord Maximus? She
01:02:30must be mad.
01:02:36She is out of her mind. She dragged some old man old enough to be her father off the streets
01:02:41and claims she's marrying him, a desperate strunt to defy me. Marriage? But why?
01:02:47I underestimated her. She's guarded against me. She knows I wish to control her with a marriage,
01:02:55so she'd rather find an old nobody. By marrying a husband in name, a peasant with no backing,
01:03:03I won't have another reason to interfere with her power.
01:03:06Her cunning dead father stole this throne from you using parlor tricks. Now his daughter plays the
01:03:13same insolent games. It's never up to her to decide. The Varian throne belongs to me all along.
01:03:19My lord, you're hurting me.
01:03:25Ride to the legions. Summon Titus, Lord Maximus' son. Tell the arrogant little cub that his promised
01:03:32royal bride is currently being defiled by a filthy peasant. I want them to fight one another.
01:03:46Tiberius, even if the Roman legions are battering down the city doors tomorrow,
01:03:50I am marrying you. I've already put Lucius in charge of the preparations. By tomorrow,
01:03:56the entire kingdom will know you are my husband. Lucius, you told the boy about our arrangement.
01:04:01What did he say? He is my most trusted magistrate. Our wedding rests entirely in his capable hands.
01:04:09Perfect. It's about time that dumb of a boy found out.
01:04:19Tiberius, are you ready yet?
01:04:26By the gods.
01:04:34Tiberius, in this truque, you look like you walked straight out of the palace of Rome.
01:04:40Tiberius, I knew it. From the very first moment I laid eyes on you, I knew you were no common
01:04:46man.
01:04:47Is that so? It seems my Regina has not only got the guts, but she also has eyes that can
01:04:54distinguish.
01:05:00Regina, magistrate Lucius demands your presence.
01:05:03The ceremony is upon us i must review the final proceedings. Go, prepare yourself.
01:05:10As you command my Regina.
01:05:18Regina! We did it! We absolutely gutted them!
01:05:22You are a goddess reincarnated! Those old foxes can never know what hit them!
01:05:27Tell me.
01:05:31Regina, following your exact strategy, I leaked the mandate.
01:05:34Every civil official forfeits three months' pay, while the Patrarians make voluntary intributions based on rank.
01:05:41At first, those old lords cried poverty, claimed their estates were barren, their vaults empty.
01:05:46But then, I casually flashed the ledger of the commoner's donations, and guess what happened?
01:05:50Enlighten me.
01:05:51They couldn't stomach it. Once they saw that a mud-coated pleb like me donated a thousand gold pieces,
01:05:58their massive egos couldn't take the hit.
01:06:00That old fox Galba immediately spit out ten thousand.
01:06:04Quintus matched it with fifteen, and that spinless weasel Rufus grind his teeth and pledged twenty thousand
01:06:10just to secure a higher seat at the wedding banquet, they emptied their secret ancestral vaults.
01:06:16Luyus, you've executed this flawlessly.
01:06:20Tiberius is truly a god-blessed, to think he could bleed the Senate dry with such effortless elegance.
01:06:30Consider that a bonus.
01:06:31I am returning your donated salary.
01:06:34From this day forward, you are my blade, Luyus.
01:06:37Prove your loyalty, and you will always have a seat at the highest tables in Viria.
01:06:42Regina, you are the eternal son of Viria!
01:06:45I'd split my guts if it were for you!
01:06:48We're rich.
01:06:50We're filthy rich.
01:06:52I knew following the Regina was the golden ticket.
01:06:55Let's see which patriciate rat dares to look down on Lucius now.
01:07:03Which blind fool dares block my path?
01:07:07Father, what are you doing here?
01:07:09Did you get it done?
01:07:11Shouldn't you be at the tavern scrubbing wine varts?
01:07:16And this teenick, which closet did you pull it from?
01:07:26You've worked hard these past few days, boy.
01:07:29You did well.
01:07:30Doing the Regina's bidding is my honor.
01:07:34I'm officially her loyal left hand.
01:07:38Keep this up, and I might just be running the kingdom's treasury.
01:07:41Seeing the two of you getting along so well,
01:07:43it puts my mind at ease.
01:07:46Getting along, as if you're any familiar with the Regina.
01:07:52Father, I'll be honest.
01:07:56I have no idea where your cloth came from, but you're actually not looking half bad in it.
01:08:03Come on!
01:08:04Today is a royal celebration.
01:08:06Since you're dressed like a patrician anyway, just blend in with me.
01:08:10It's a royal feast, Father.
01:08:12Even one table has enough food to cover our tavern's yearly revenue.
01:08:15We are going to freeload our taxes' worth.
01:08:25Father, sit here.
01:08:29In the corner where no one would stare.
01:08:31We need a good look to see which miserable bastard the Regina actually chose to marry.
01:08:40Father, you won't believe the rumors.
01:08:41I heard the Regina locked herself in her bedchamber with her new man,
01:08:45and they went at it for two straight days.
01:08:47Didn't step foot outside.
01:08:49I mean, respect to the man.
01:08:50To survive two days in bed with that cold-blooded she-wolf,
01:08:53the bastard must have the stamina of a thracing gladiator.
01:08:55Let's see if the groom can even stand on his own two feet for tonight's ceremony.
01:08:58Lucius, have you really still not figured out who the main character of this wedding is?
01:09:07What did you say, Father?
01:09:08Whoever can last two days with this she-wolf has got the stamina of Hercules reincarnated.
01:09:13Two days and two nights?
01:09:14Nothing out of the ordinary.
01:09:18Father, please.
01:09:20You don't even have a woman by your side, so quite envying them.
01:09:24The youngest pair of hands you've probably touched are the ones visiting your tavern while you place them their chance.
01:09:28I'm not joking.
01:09:29I am the miserable bastard with the impressive stamina.
01:09:36Father, if you're the Regina's royal campaign, then I am the resurrected Imperator Augustus.
01:09:59My love, the ceremony is about to begin.
01:10:03What are you doing hiding back here?
01:10:04I almost thought you were going to run away.
01:10:06Walk away from a chore like this.
01:10:08Not a slimmest of chances.
01:10:11I highly doubt you'd dare.
01:10:13Come.
01:10:14The high priest and those impatient old men are waiting.
01:10:23Father.
01:10:24The blood wolf Regina.
01:10:26My father is her concubine.
01:10:28The gods above, Lord Lucius.
01:10:30You certainly kept that well hidden.
01:10:33That man just now.
01:10:34The future royal consort.
01:10:36He is truly your own father.
01:10:42Blessed by the gods.
01:10:43You're no mere magistrate, sir.
01:10:46You're the crown prince of Vuri itself.
01:10:48As far as I'm concerned, from this day forward, my life, my fortune, my everything, I throw it all at
01:10:56your face.
01:11:07Every patrician in the kingdom knew my father was the man.
01:11:11Even the slaves scrubbing the leths knew he was the royal consort.
01:11:16Why was I, his only son, kept in the dark?
01:11:21Oh, my dear Lord Magistrate, don't you see the brilliance of it?
01:11:25You had to be kept in the dark so you could seamlessly extort, ah, I mean collect from the Senate.
01:11:31But the tide has turned.
01:11:33Look, the Regina is without an heir.
01:11:37With Lord Tiberius stepping into the palace, you are now officially the eldest son of the royal household.
01:11:43The undisputed heir to Vuria.
01:11:47Half of Vuria belongs to you now, my lord.
01:11:51From now on, whether us old dogs get a bone depends entirely on you lifting a single finger in our
01:11:58favor.
01:12:00Eldest son.
01:12:01The heir of a priest.
01:12:04Where is Titus?
01:12:06My lord, the son of Lord Maximus has just breached the city gates.
01:12:10He approaches the palace.
01:12:12Good.
01:12:13Let them dream a moment longer.
01:12:22Lord Crassus, I am well aware you are enraged by Aurelia's choice.
01:12:27But the strong doesn't just win the war.
01:12:30He secures the respect of the family.
01:12:38You are her only living blood in this world.
01:12:40On a day as sacred as this, we still seek her uncle's blessing.
01:12:48Uncle, I don't want to stand at this altar today without your blessing.
01:12:51Please, acknowledge him.
01:12:54Acknowledge us.
01:13:02Keep dreaming, Aurelia.
01:13:04The only truth in this world is power!
01:13:08Make way, Lord Titus of Rome, accompanied by Lady Valeria.
01:13:19I want to see which suicidal peasant in this pathetic little backwater Viria dares to touch my betrothed!
01:13:26This is the Sancum of the Virian kingdom, and I am its Regina.
01:13:30Who do you think you are?
01:13:32Watch your tongue.
01:13:34You stand before the sole heir of Lord Maximus,
01:13:37supreme commander of the Roman legions,
01:13:39and the sworn ward of the former supreme imperiff of Rome.
01:13:43Lord Titus, you have finally arrived.
01:13:47This is the bride I secured for you, Aurelia.
01:13:50Sadly, her naive little mind has been poisoned by some nameless, washed-up old man.
01:13:56Not a bad face at all.
01:14:00So, who is the man trying to steal my woman?
01:14:03Crawl out here and face me!
01:14:05Is it you, you old...
01:14:13P...Patter!
01:14:17You were saying...
01:14:19What exactly did you plan to do to the man who took your woman?
01:14:22I wouldn't go.
01:14:28My lord, what are you doing?
01:14:30This is the washed-up old man trying to marry the Regina.
01:14:32He's nothing but a filthy tavern-keeper.
01:14:35Get up!
01:14:39He's right.
01:14:40It's me.
01:14:42I'm the one marrying the Regina of Viria.
01:14:52You...
01:14:52You struck me, you decrypt old thing.
01:14:56What the hell are you playing at?
01:14:58Are you trying to get me or my father killed?
01:15:01Do you want to burn all of Rome to the ground?
01:15:05I...
01:15:05I only wanted you to marry the Regina.
01:15:08Me!
01:15:09How could I possibly be worthy?
01:15:11Do you have any idea who this man is?
01:15:14He is!
01:15:19He is!
01:15:23This...
01:15:24is a blessing
01:15:25of all gods, Taviria!
01:15:31You decrypt it, old fossil.
01:15:34You tried Tertarius and the Regina apart.
01:15:36They are a match ordained by the gods.
01:15:38What do you planned on?
01:15:43Enough.
01:15:44It is a good day, Titus.
01:15:46Since you made the trip, sit down and have a drink.
01:15:50Y-yes.
01:16:03My father actually knows the son of the High General.
01:16:07Doesn't that mean
01:16:08the General's heir just called my father
01:16:12Pater?
01:16:14Magistrate Lucius.
01:16:15Is that...
01:16:16Is he truly your father?
01:16:20In truth.
01:16:23I've been married for five minutes
01:16:25and I already have two full-grown sons.
01:16:29One runs my errands
01:16:30and the other is the heir to the Roman legions.
01:16:33Tiberius.
01:16:37Who are you?
01:16:47I figured it out!
01:16:50Because High General Maxis
01:16:52is my father's drinking companion.
01:16:54That's how Lord Titus knows of him, right?
01:16:56The Imperium Orador is hiding in plain sight.
01:16:59He hasn't even told his own son.
01:17:01He must be playing a massive game.
01:17:03I cannot blow his clover.
01:17:05Exactly.
01:17:06My father and Lord Tiberius
01:17:08are drinking companions
01:17:09going a long way back.
01:17:10In fact,
01:17:11our entire estate
01:17:11absolutely adores
01:17:13Lord Tiberius' private vintage.
01:17:18My word.
01:17:19To think Tiberius' vintage
01:17:21has captivated the Roman high command.
01:17:23He is the absolute pride of Viria.
01:17:26Here, here.
01:17:27We must visit the Lord's tavern at once
01:17:29and sample this nectar of the gods.
01:17:31My lord.
01:17:32You simply must reserve
01:17:33a few of your finest casks for us.
01:17:38Always welcome.
01:17:40I promise.
01:17:42You'll get more than you can stomach.
01:17:49Enough.
01:17:54I said enough!
01:18:00A wine peddler!
01:18:02A filthy pleb!
01:18:05Slinging sour swib by the banks of the tribe!
01:18:08You are letting this scum marry the Regina!
01:18:11Are you all out of your minds?
01:18:14Aurelia.
01:18:15Your father did pass the throne to you
01:18:17so you could drag it through the mud.
01:18:19The royal bloodline of Viria
01:18:21will not be tainted at the end
01:18:22by a peasant!
01:18:24Uncle.
01:18:25I have already told you...
01:18:27Save your breath!
01:18:30Praetorians!
01:18:40What is the meaning of this?
01:18:41Lord Crassus, please let us be reasonable.
01:18:44Did you really think I was asking
01:18:46for your permission today?
01:18:48This wedding ends right here.
01:18:57Good that I didn't come unprepared.
01:19:01The future of Viria
01:19:03will not be squandered
01:19:04on a little girl
01:19:05and a vinegar-wrecking winesluller.
01:19:09Look at this!
01:19:10A royal wedding
01:19:12turned into a commoner's farce!
01:19:14I knew it from the start!
01:19:16A woman has no business
01:19:17sitting on her throne!
01:19:19Crassus,
01:19:20all this time,
01:19:21it was never about the kingdom.
01:19:24It was only about the crown.
01:19:27You want my throne.
01:19:28That throne belongs to me.
01:19:30It was always mine.
01:19:32If your father
01:19:33hadn't used his spineless tricks
01:19:34to steal it from me,
01:19:35I'd be the one
01:19:36issuing the decrees,
01:19:37not some spoiled brat!
01:19:44Tiberius was right.
01:19:46You were never my protector.
01:19:48You were just waiting
01:19:49for your chance to strike.
01:19:52He's a natural liar!
01:19:54Of course he would know
01:19:55how to manipulate
01:19:56a fool like you!
01:19:57Do not insult him.
01:19:59Tiberius is a rare scholar
01:20:01that sees a world
01:20:01far beyond your pathetic greed.
01:20:03He is a man of vision,
01:20:05something a pack
01:20:07of hyenas
01:20:07like you could never understand.
01:20:10Enough!
01:20:17You have two choices, Aurelia.
01:20:19One,
01:20:20take off that crown,
01:20:21hand it to me,
01:20:22and scurry out of this palace
01:20:24like the peasant
01:20:24you should have been.
01:20:25Or two,
01:20:27die!
01:20:35Regina.
01:20:36Regina,
01:20:36Aurelia,
01:20:37please,
01:20:38just yield to Lord Crassus.
01:20:39He is the regent.
01:20:41He is your uncle.
01:20:42Blood is thicker than water.
01:20:43He won't harm you.
01:20:45He's right, Regina.
01:20:46Viria cannot burn
01:20:47in a war today.
01:20:48Just hand over the crown,
01:20:50and we can all survive
01:20:51as one family.
01:20:59Uncle,
01:21:00in this palace
01:21:00I see no family.
01:21:02I only see starving jackals
01:21:04waiting to crack open
01:21:05Viria's bones
01:21:06and suck out the marrow.
01:21:07You want Viria?
01:21:10You will have to
01:21:11step over my dead body.
01:21:13I will never surrender
01:21:14my kingdom
01:21:14to a treacherous,
01:21:16backstabbing snake
01:21:17like you.
01:21:19Fine.
01:21:20If you are so desperate
01:21:21to play the dutiful daughter,
01:21:23I will send you
01:21:24straight to the underworld
01:21:26to meet your
01:21:26bastard father.
01:21:36Who gave you permission
01:21:38to touch her
01:21:38in my presence?
01:21:52That is no way
01:21:53to wield a blade.
01:21:59You filthy pleb.
01:22:01You dare to fight back!
01:22:04Do you want to die?
01:22:06Fine.
01:22:06Minch them!
01:22:10Stop!
01:22:11You deranged looters!
01:22:13Do you have any idea
01:22:14who you are pointing
01:22:14your weapons at?
01:22:16Tiberius,
01:22:17I'm sorry.
01:22:19It seems we will be
01:22:20spending our wedding night
01:22:21in the underworld
01:22:22in the underworld,
01:22:22after all.
01:22:25No.
01:22:27The gods favor us today.
01:22:30Trust me.
01:22:32Tell me.
01:22:34Before we die,
01:22:35just tell me the truth.
01:22:37Do you love me, Tiberius?
01:22:41I love you, Aurea.
01:22:42You are the only woman
01:22:44I will ever love.
01:22:58You are the only woman I will ever love.
01:23:06Stay close.
01:23:10Tiberius,
01:23:11how many more surprises
01:23:13are you hiding?
01:23:28You dare
01:23:29touch the
01:23:30and putter me!
01:23:41Help us be up to die,
01:23:42Father!
01:23:43Save your dearest son!
01:23:49Help me!
01:24:05My gods.
01:24:07I think I'm in love.
01:24:12Fight!
01:24:13Bleed!
01:24:14It doesn't matter.
01:24:15In the face of absolute power,
01:24:17Feria is mine!
01:24:37Maximus,
01:24:38what is the meaning of this?
01:24:41Despite our reliance on Rome,
01:24:44Feria is a sovereign state.
01:24:46I don't care how deep
01:24:48your drinking ties are
01:24:49With this tavern rat
01:24:50The Roman legions cannot interfere
01:24:53In our internal politics
01:24:57Politics
01:24:59Open your eyes
01:25:00The man standing before you
01:25:02Is the sole
01:25:03Absolute sovereign
01:25:05The supreme imperator
01:25:07Of the great Roman empire
01:25:10All hail the imperator
01:25:15All hail the imperator
01:25:18Roma invicta
01:25:25It's impossible
01:25:31Tiberius
01:25:32You are the conqueror of Gaul
01:25:36The imperator who dethroned and vanished
01:25:39Three years ago
01:25:43My father
01:25:45Is the imperator of Rome
01:25:47Wait
01:25:48Does that make me
01:25:50The greatest crown since of Rome
01:25:53Three years ago
01:25:54I grew sick of that throne
01:25:57Auraria
01:25:58I wanted nothing more than to marry you as a simple man
01:26:03But since the mask has slipped
01:26:10Then from this moment on
01:26:11You are the imperator's wife
01:26:16Respons debts
01:26:16Charging
01:26:17While the
01:26:17Principal
01:26:17Miss
01:26:18Miss
01:26:18Miss
01:26:18Miss
01:26:18Miss
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