- 15/7/2025
Rome, AD 54. Claudius' benevolent rule of Rome leads the populace to accepting an emperor, but he decides that Rome must come to hate its ruling family, overthrow it, and restore the Republic. To do this, he marries his niece Agrippinilla and adopts her son Nero, making him co-heir with his son Britannicus. Because of the Sibylline prophecy Livia revealed to him (in "Queen of Heaven"), Claudius knows that Nero will become the next ruler of Rome, but he still tries to protect Britannicus by sending him to Britain so that he may take over later when Nero dies. However, Britannicus does not believe in the Republic and demands that he be allowed to compete with Nero. Claudius, knowing the ultimate future, must leave his son to his fate. Ready for his end, Claudius voluntarily eats a poisoned mushroom from his wife's fork and dies. Looking for Claudius' will, Agrippinilla and Nero come upon his autobiography and burn it. Lying on his bier, Claudius and the Sibyl, knowing that Britannicus, Agripinilla and Nero will ultimately die violently, laugh over the fact that he buried another copy of his book to be found later. Claudius is told that although the Republic won't be restored, Nero will be last of the Claudians and most of the emperors that follow won't be as bad.
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00:00The Lone Ranger
00:30Is he dead?
01:00Yes. Yes, he's dead.
01:05Then I am emperor.
01:09Yes.
01:15You are emperor.
01:18Everything I ever dreamed of has come true.
01:22Emperor.
01:24I am emperor of Rome.
01:29I feel sorry for him, don't you?
01:31No.
01:32Neither do I.
01:33Let's announce his death.
01:34Not yet.
01:36First we shall put out a bullet in to say that he's as well as can be expected.
01:40Considering he's dead?
01:42Yes.
01:43Then we must find the will.
01:45It will be in his study.
01:50Come.
01:51What a mess.
01:52You never let anyone touch it.
02:06You never let anyone touch it, that's why.
02:10It will be here somewhere.
02:13You look over there and I'll look here.
02:15Oh yeah.
02:16Oh yeah.
02:18Oh yeah.
02:20We'll put it in.
02:21We'll put it in my mouth.
02:22It's a mess.
02:23It's a mess.
02:25It's a mess.
02:26It's a mess.
02:27It's a mess.
02:29It's a mess.
02:30I'm not sure how you're out of it.
02:32It's a mess.
02:34Write no more, Claudius.
02:56Write no more.
03:01Have you found him, Mother?
03:04Well, what is it?
03:05It looks like a history.
03:07Of what?
03:08Of our family.
03:11Does it mention me?
03:13Oh, where does it begin?
03:16The death of his last wife, Messalina.
03:18That should be interesting.
03:20What does it say about me?
03:21Oh, be quiet.
03:22How can I tell if you keep talking to me?
03:26The frog pool wanted a king.
03:29Jove sent them, old King Log.
03:32I have been as deaf and blind and wooden as a log.
03:38My chief fault?
03:41I have been too benevolent.
03:43I repaired the ruin my predecessors spread.
03:47I reconciled Rome and the world to monarchy again.
03:51By dulling the blade of tyranny, I fell into great error.
03:57By sharpening that blade, I might redeem that error.
04:01Violent disorders call for violent remedies.
04:04Yet I am, I must remember, old King Log.
04:12I shall float inertly in the stagnant pool.
04:18Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.
04:23Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.
04:34She did not please you, Caesar.
04:36No, I can see she did not.
04:41It was a mistake having her here.
04:45A beautiful woman, though.
04:48Yes, a beautiful woman.
04:50Whoever marries her will be a fortunate man.
04:55She's married already.
04:57Really?
04:58To the drummer.
04:59And has three children.
05:04Oh, I envy him.
05:07He tells me she's a shrew.
05:10Well, then, I envy him his nights, but not his days.
05:15Unfortunately, in marriage, one can't have one without the other.
05:21You see, Caesar, how even vagabonds and gypsies like those
05:25recognize the virtues of marriage and a family life.
05:29Caesar, are you well?
05:37Something the matter?
05:45Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.
05:52If you will allow us, Caesar, to raise once again the subject of your remarrying.
06:00There are so many good reasons for it.
06:03But chiefly, your children need a mother.
06:07And Rome needs a mother.
06:08It's not right for an emperor to be alone.
06:11Your uncle Tiberius was alone too long.
06:13I'm sure it affected his mind.
06:14And it doesn't follow that because your three previous marriages were all a tragedy,
06:19your fourth shouldn't be a triumph.
06:24I've given this matter a great deal of thought.
06:27And there is someone I'd like to recommend.
06:30You never mentioned that to me.
06:31I only thought of it this morning.
06:32Caesar, the one woman in Rome who would be a perfect wife is Lollia Paulina.
06:39Lollia Paulina?
06:41Are you mad?
06:44She is ideal.
06:45She is the daughter of an ex-consul.
06:47She has lost none of her looks with advancing age.
06:49And she is still childless, which will make her a good stepmother to Britannicus and Octavia.
06:54And they need a mother.
06:56I think that's more important than anything.
06:58More than the fact that she's the stupidest woman in Rome.
07:01The emperor has had clever ones before that have done him little good.
07:04She's an absurd choice.
07:07She walks about like a jewelist shop and thinks of nothing but ornaments.
07:09The emperor needs a wife.
07:10The emperor needs a wife capable of helping him.
07:15Now, Caesar, I have submitted many names in the past for your consideration.
07:20I confess I've been less than enthusiastic about most of them, but...
07:23It didn't prevent you from putting them forward.
07:26It was not I who was to marry them.
07:29One can recommend with less enthusiasm than one marries.
07:32Caesar!
07:33As I was about to say, Caesar!
07:44One name comes to me now with all the force of divine revelation.
07:49The lady in question has been in front of us all the time.
07:53So close, in fact, that we've not noticed her.
07:57I refer to the lady Agrippinilla.
08:01The lady Agrippinilla!
08:02Are you mad?
08:03She's the emperor's niece!
08:05The union would be incestuous.
08:07The senate would never allow it.
08:08A hundred years ago, first cousins couldn't marry.
08:12Now it's done all the time.
08:13When it's put to the senate, they will agree.
08:15Now, Caesar, she is in every way suitable.
08:19She's a woman of powerful intelligence.
08:22She's the daughter of Germanicus.
08:24And she would bring with her the grandson of Germanicus.
08:28Nero!
08:29A boy worthy in every respect of imperial fortune.
08:32But the emperor loathes Nero!
08:34A hideous boy!
08:35You are speaking of the emperor's grand nephew!
08:39No, I speak the emperor's own words, and I'll go further.
08:42His mother is the most corrupt woman in Rome.
08:44Even Caligula said so, and he was her brother!
08:46How dare you!
08:47How dare you!
08:50Narcissus!
08:52You may consider our friendship at an end.
08:55From this moment!
08:56At an end!
08:58Caesar!
08:58Caesar!
08:59I cannot support these monstrous calumnies against the daughter of Germanicus.
09:04Caesar!
09:05In my opinion, your niece is the finest woman in Rome.
09:09An emperor should have a wife who is both good-looking and of outstanding intelligence.
09:15Now, she has both!
09:16She is a...
09:17I beg you to consider her.
09:20It will be the Lady Messalina all over again.
09:22Worse, it will be the Lady Messalina with brains.
09:25That's a combination more deadly than all the tribes of Germany put together.
09:28And as for that son of hers, his mother won't be married ten minutes,
09:31but she will be wanting him adopted into the family.
09:34Caesar!
09:35Caesar, I beg you!
09:38Caesar!
09:39An uncle does not marry his niece!
09:41The union will be incestuous and the gods abominate incest!
09:45It will bring ruin and destruction on all Rome!
09:48Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out!
10:02Caesar?
10:03Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out!
10:15I will bury my niece.
10:29I will bury my niece.
10:33Bring her to me.
10:36Come in.
10:54Will?
10:54Will?
11:05Will?
11:09He's agreed.
11:12He has agreed.
11:14He wants to see you.
11:16He wants to see you.
11:19Now?
11:20Yes.
11:22It was so easy I could hardly believe it.
11:28He'll marry me?
11:30He said he'd marry me?
11:31Yes.
11:32Yes.
11:33What did he say?
11:35I will marry my niece.
11:39Send her to me.
11:42That's all?
11:45Nothing else?
11:46No arguments?
11:47No opposition?
11:48Only from Narcissus.
11:49Only from Narcissus.
11:50Ah.
11:52What did he say?
11:54I shan't repeat it.
11:55What does it matter?
11:55He lost.
11:57It was only sour grapes.
11:59Not sour all these grapes before I'm done.
12:04And Claudius.
12:06He said nothing about my being his niece.
12:08Nothing.
12:09Nothing about incest.
12:13Nothing.
12:19Perhaps he fancies the idea.
12:22I wouldn't blame him.
12:25I shan't like it though.
12:26The thought of you in his bed.
12:29I'm beginning to have regrets already.
12:32I tell you I found it hard when it came to it to suggest you.
12:36It didn't stop you though, did it?
12:40No.
12:41Your ambition always burned more brightly than your passion.
12:46You ever found my passion wanting?
12:49No.
12:52But in my case, passion and ambition are beautifully combined.
12:58Aren't they?
13:00I'm beginning to have regrets already.
13:04My regrets are mounting.
13:06I hope when you're married...
13:09Don't be silly.
13:13I've hurt you.
13:16And I shouldn't have.
13:20Don't worry.
13:22I'll make it up to you.
13:28Now.
13:29Make it up to me now.
13:30He's waiting for me.
13:34It won't take long.
13:36You see, for once...
13:37My passion burns brighter than my ambition.
13:42Hurry then.
13:45I imagine his passion is burning too.
13:49And at his age, the flames don't last very long.
13:53I'm going to take the whole time.
13:58I'll make it up to you.
13:58I'll make it up to you.
13:59I'll make it up to you.
14:00Uncle?
14:02The palace tells me you wanted to see me.
14:04Yes.
14:06He said that you had decided to marry again.
14:10Yes.
14:12And that you had chosen me.
14:15Would you like to marry me?
14:17you have made me the happiest woman in the world yes i thought i might how could you have known
14:32that how could you have known that i've loved and respected you all these years above all others
14:38just guessed it my dear just guessed it i shall be such a good wife to you you'll see and i shall be
14:47a mother to britannicus and octavia just as i am to my own dear nero they shall be to me as if they
14:55were my own and there'll be more why not i'm still capable of bearing children and you such a vigorous
15:07man such firm flesh who would have thought it you shall have more sons i promise you and more love
15:20than you have ever had yes love uncle such as you have never known before
15:29does it not worry you my dear that you will be committing incest oh you've done that so many
15:48times before haven't you hmm with your brother caligula we all did things during the reign of
15:55my mad brother that we might not otherwise have done that's true that is true only some of us did
16:02them a little more willingly than others didn't we i'm not blaming you i'm only asking well since you
16:09ask the answer is no such incest would be technical only it doesn't disturb me but if it disturbs you
16:19oh i'm teasing please don't be offended as a matter of fact the question of incest is somewhat academic
16:27what does that mean it means that beautiful as you are your body is of less interest to me than
16:33your mind i'm marrying you for your head my dear not your heart of which i suspect you have very
16:40little well then that suits me you're not the sort of lover one dreams of no certainly not the sort that
16:49you dream of still i won't discuss your dreams not on a full stomach i'm marrying you because i am
16:55tired of ruling alone and there are so many things an emperor's wife could do but others can't but i
17:03need a woman with a mind now does that appeal to you admirably but i shan't be a cipher i can tell you
17:12that if you give me power i shall use it now why else do you imagine i'm giving it to you
17:22well we are to be married
17:29why why doesn't want me to share his bed doesn't even like me says he wants me to help him rule
17:40all the better no no there's something odd
17:45what did he say when you suggested me i told you nothing more well there was something but it
17:53made no sense what what did he say uh let all the poisons that are in the mud hatch out or something
18:02like that
18:04perhaps his mind's going
18:09maybe he won't last long after his marriage
18:15no we must keep him alive long enough for my son to come of age
18:21senators
18:29even years ago i undertook the conquest of the island of britain
18:35it has taken until now to complete it
18:39one man and one man alone has been responsible for the enormous losses
18:45the war in britain finally came to an end and king caractacus was brought in chains to rome
18:53the senate called for his death as punishment for his long and protracted resistance to our arms
18:58but while his family cowered before us caractacus did not
19:04i'll tell you this
19:06if the sword is all that you're prepared to show us britons
19:10then be prepared to carry it forever in your hand
19:14and sleep with it forever by your side
19:18at night
19:19for you will need it
19:23his courage and his dignity won the hearts of the senate
19:34he was granted a pension and allowed to live with his family in the city
19:39i am near the end of my story
19:42i've been married to agrippa nila for five years
19:46and she has turned out as loathsome as i thought she would
19:50as has that slimy son of hers
19:55his mother has plans for him
19:59she thinks i do not know
20:02but i do
20:04and i have my own plans
20:07very musical
20:15yes
20:16i wonder britannicus that you don't take lessons
20:22i'm not interested in music
20:26pity
20:27you could play duets together
20:30that would be very unlikely
20:33lucius domitius being so gifted
20:36i wish you would stop addressing him as lucius domitius
20:40he has adopted the name of nero
20:42i forgot
20:44no
20:45you do not forget
20:47i think you do it deliberately
20:50i tell you i forget
20:52well you have been reminded
20:55which i think calls for a correction
20:59and an apology
21:00oh that isn't necessary mother
21:02i think it is
21:04well
21:07i shall not apologize
21:12i think you will
21:16claudius i insist that you order him to apologize
21:20apologize
21:22ero britannicus
21:24you've hurt his feelings
21:26you know how sensitive it is
21:28you side with them
21:31you take her side and his against me all the time
21:34i shall not apologize
21:39you will apologize or you'll be punished
21:42what will you do
21:44have me executed as you did my mother
21:48i detest you all
21:50all of you
21:53i'm sorry to have been the cause of that
22:00it's not your fault everyone could see that
22:02nevertheless i'll go and see you
22:04come octavia
22:05let's go and find your brother
22:07perhaps we can pacify him
22:10i think you're very kind
22:11there's far too little kindness in the world
22:14have you noticed how fond they are of each other
22:21everyone's commenting on it
22:24nero simply adores her
22:27there's something i've been wanting to speak to you about for a long time
22:37yes it concerns the matter of
22:39pardon
22:40the answer is yes
22:43you don't know what i'm going to ask
22:46aren't you going to suggest that i marry octavia to your son
22:51don't you wish to discuss it
23:00all he's there to discuss
23:01he'll be well matched
23:03you don't know what i'm going to say
23:04you don't know what i'm going to say
23:08nero's very fond of you you know
23:09he thinks of you as a father
23:12he said to me the other day
23:15you know
23:16i think of him as a father
23:18it's just occurred to me that since he will now be married
23:24the answer once again is yes
23:27well you let me finish
23:30you don't even know what i'm going to say
23:32oh in your cups
23:36you have too much wine again
23:39oh my dear i thought you were going to suggest that i adopt nero officially as my son
23:44make him and let aricus join dears
23:48oh of course that is not what you were going to say
23:51yes
23:53yes it was
23:56it was
23:58i just wish you'd let me finish
24:01your manner's very strange
24:02i just wanted to save a lot of unnecessary discussion
24:06you see that this is the success of our marriage my dear
24:12i read your mind so quickly
24:15think of the time it saves
24:18good night
24:21oh
24:26put it
24:27you should have consulted me
24:36i would have talked you out of it
24:37i would never have let it happen
24:39never
24:40yes well that's why i never discussed it
24:42and do you think that's right
24:43am i not your principal advisor on matters of state
24:47yes
24:47well then why do such a thing without consulting me
24:50do you think she makes a move without consulting palace
24:53no
24:53you know that they're lovers don't you
24:56you know that he switched his interests from you to her
24:59then why did you do it
25:01well can't you see what you've done
25:05by marrying nero to your daughter and adopting him as your son
25:08you've signed your death warrant that's what you've done
25:10your wife has got everything she wanted out of marrying you
25:14everything
25:15she doesn't need you anymore
25:17i mean i shall die soon anyway
25:18how do you know
25:20barbulous told me
25:21barbulous
25:21read my horoscope
25:22you didn't need him to read your horoscope
25:24by your own actions you've numbered your days more accurately than any horoscope could do
25:28why did you do it why
25:31did you not at least think of britannicus
25:34i thought principally of him
25:36do you not see how this will hurt him
25:39do you not know how you've hurt him in the past
25:41yes i know
25:43look you realize don't you
25:45you've numbered his days as well
25:47do you think they'll let him live once you've gone
25:49to say nothing of me
25:50what made you do it
25:52nero is destined to rule after me
25:55not britannicus
25:56it has been foretold narcissus
25:59nothing can alter it
26:00foretold by who
26:02by the sybil
26:03nero may become emperor
26:05you've seen to that
26:06but she will rule
26:07your wife agrippinilla
26:09through him as livia ruled through tiberius
26:11nero will kill his mother
26:13that too was being foretold by the sybil
26:16what sybil
26:17i've seen no such prophecy
26:18no nor is anyone now
26:20except me
26:22where did you find this
26:30it was given to me by livia
26:31just before she died
26:33she gave a birthday dinner
26:35she invited me
26:36now that was unusual
26:37but her purpose became clear
26:38toward the end of the evening
26:39she'd found this curious book
26:42among augustus papers
26:43you won't understand it
26:45it's written in a very archaic language
26:47it frightened augustus
26:50he kept it hidden
26:51or perhaps he just didn't understand it
26:54but livia did
26:55what does it prophesy?
26:58amongst other things
26:59it prophesied caligula's reign
27:01and his death
27:02it prophesied mine
27:04and it prophesied nero's
27:07it is written
27:08narcissus
27:09nothing you nor i can do
27:11will stop it
27:12is that why you chose the lady agrippinilla
27:20for your wife?
27:20yes
27:21all my life
27:23i wanted to see the republic restored
27:25yet i let myself be made an emperor
27:27that was written too
27:29but i made a mistake
27:30i tried to rule wisely and justly
27:33blunting the edge of monarchy
27:34reconciling the people to it
27:36in doing that i was helping monarchy
27:38now i shall destroy it once and for all
27:41or rather nero will destroy it
27:43this is as mad as my debut caligula
27:45we're all mad we ceasers
27:47and when we are gone
27:49the people will finish with monarchies
27:51once and for all
27:52return to the sanity of the republic
27:54and britannicus
27:56he is my instrument
27:58he will restore the republic
28:00if he lives
28:01i have a plan
28:03that will save him
28:04but i must leave you
28:06to make the arrangements
28:07tell me what to do
28:10well
28:12let me rest for an hour
28:13then you come to my bedroom
28:15and we'll talk some more
28:17can i tell britannicus?
28:19no not yet
28:20it grieves me to see how much you've hurt him
28:22yes
28:23i killed his mother
28:25i've been less than a father to him
28:28ever since
28:28if i am tired
28:32then i not will
28:33you must do it now
28:35well it won't be easy
28:36narcissus watches him like a hawk
28:39every morsel of food that your husband takes
28:42is tasted first by someone else
28:44well we shall need proper advice
28:46but that shouldn't be hard to get
28:47well there is someone
28:49a woman
28:51a locuster
28:52she's very skilled
28:54i'll go and see her
28:56yes
28:56but do it soon
28:58he's very unpredictable
29:03he's preferred my son to his own at every turn
29:06i don't understand it
29:08and he could just as easily change his mind tomorrow
29:10yes it's strange
29:11it's very strange
29:12i feel he's playing some sort of game
29:15but i can't guess what it is
29:17neither can i
29:18but it worries me
29:19i remember that before tiberius struck sejanus
29:22he raised him higher than he'd ever been before
29:25something else that worries me
29:28how sure are you of your son?
29:36you may leave my son to me
29:38even now that he's married
29:41I know you've had a very great influence on him
29:45but he's no longer a child
29:47and when he's emperor
29:49who will control him?
29:53who is it?
29:55it is I, Papa
29:55come in
29:59oh, it doesn't matter
30:06no, no, I'm just going
30:07lady
30:10I don't like that greek
30:15that greek runs this empire
30:20but you have to receive him in your bedroom
30:22what is the matter with you?
30:27nothing
30:27then why aren't you in bed?
30:29where is octavia?
30:30she's locked herself in her bedroom
30:31she won't let me in
30:32did you quarrel?
30:36yes
30:36well, why can't you sleep alone?
30:38I don't feel like it
30:39I feel
30:39oh, I don't know
30:41she won't lock me out when I'm emperor
30:44she won't tell me what to do
30:45no one will
30:46I shall do as I please
30:47it was very naughty of octavia to lock you out
30:52very naughty
30:54but she's only a child
30:57she doesn't understand how you feel
31:00would you like me to find a pretty house girl for you?
31:07shall I find one?
31:09send her to you?
31:10hmm?
31:11is that man your lover?
31:12no, of course not
31:13I don't like him
31:15he's no business in your bedroom
31:16I won't allow it when I'm emperor
31:18I won't see him here again
31:30oh, my poor baby
31:35it's not fair, is it?
31:39lock you out of your room
31:40and you
31:42the emperor I let
31:45oh, then
31:47she's only your wife
31:50she doesn't feel for you as a mother would
31:55the mother knows how her baby feels
31:59yes
32:01she wouldn't let him be unhappy
32:05no
32:08no
32:11never
32:13never
32:16never
32:17oh
32:21oh
32:23oh, she's sleepy
32:25please
32:26senators
32:39you see me here for the last time
32:43I shall not come again
32:47this is in the nature of a
32:51farewell speech
32:54oh
32:55oh
32:56I'm too old
32:58and I'm not well enough
33:00I don't think you need my presence here anymore
33:05I sometimes wonder if you ever did
33:09oh
33:10oh
33:11do you know
33:13the soldiers
33:15dragged me from behind the curtain
33:18and made me emperor
33:20I
33:21never wanted it
33:23I think it was a mistake
33:26no
33:27oh
33:28be that as it may
33:30soon I shall retire behind another curtain
33:34the final one
33:36the one the gods draw over all of us in the end
33:41great and small
33:42I shan't be sorry to see that final curtain
33:47may you live forever, Caesar
33:50oh, thank you
33:51but I've no wish to
33:53even if I could
33:54what you will
33:58say about me
34:00when I've gone
34:01I can only guess at
34:04I hope it
34:05won't be as cutting
34:07as the things you've said
34:08while I was here
34:09Lord, to my face
34:11of course
34:12that's not an emperor's privilege
34:14but what he said about us
34:18in our lives
34:18is not always what history says
34:22and doubtless history will have it say
34:26as it always does
34:27and about that I have done something
34:31though not something that need concern you
34:34but something
34:37you see
34:40in the course of my life
34:43I have known many people
34:45great people
34:48people
34:50people who have
34:50obeyed
34:51Rome
34:51what she is today
34:53yes
34:55and one day
34:58they will all
35:00live again
35:01the dead
35:03will come
35:04to life
35:05the man
35:08who dwells
35:09by the pool
35:10will open
35:12graves
35:12and deliver
35:15Rome
35:16up again
35:17she shall be seen
35:22for what she
35:23truly was
35:24on the
35:37on
35:40on
35:42on
35:42on
35:44the
35:45on
35:46on
36:19Well done, Claudius. Emperor after all. Who would have thought of it? Hey.
36:29You're a fool, boy. You always were. People say it's not your fault.
36:35If it's not your fault, whose fault is it? Hey.
36:42And your nose is still running, Claudius. It's still running.
36:49Excuse me. Just a minute. Just wait your turn.
36:54Shall a doctor be brought?
37:09I was you nervous, was you? I could have told you that.
37:12Uncle Claudius, I wasn't that messiah after all.
37:21Do you believe it?
37:22Could have knocked me over with a feather when they told me.
38:11Senators, let us continue with the business of the day.
38:32Leave us, my sisters.
38:40I will send for you.
38:44Father, you wanted to see me?
38:46Yes, come here. Now, listen to me, my son.
38:49I have something very important to tell you, so listen carefully.
38:52No one must know of it.
38:53That's why I've sent for you at this hour,
38:55so that no one in the palace will know that we've been talking.
38:58Now, I intend to alter my will in favour of Nero,
39:03and I want to explain to you exactly why I am doing so.
39:06That's very considerate of you, Father.
39:08Botanicus, listen to me.
39:08Why this sudden need to explain?
39:11You haven't felt it before.
39:13You adopted him as your son.
39:14You married him to my sister.
39:16You made him consul-elect and city warden without one word to me.
39:20You owe me nothing.
39:21Now, don't speak like that.
39:22Oh, that's nothing to what I could say.
39:24I may be only a child,
39:26but I'm not blind,
39:28and I'm not a stone.
39:30Do you think I haven't seen how you've preferred him to me?
39:33It was for a reason.
39:36You've never loved me.
39:39You've never been as a father to me.
39:40Never.
39:42Time without number,
39:43you've shown the world what you've thought of me,
39:46and I shall never forgive you for it.
39:47Never.
39:49And you killed my mother.
39:52I shall never forgive you for that, either.
39:55I hate you.
39:57Oh, you listen to me.
40:01Yes, it's true.
40:03For a long time,
40:05after I discovered
40:06what your mother had been,
40:10how she had deceived me every day of her life,
40:13I could not find it in my heart to love you.
40:16But you must understand.
40:17You must be a man.
40:20Try to understand
40:21a father's weaknesses.
40:26I don't believe you are my son.
40:29I believe you are
40:30Caligula's son.
40:34But what difference does that make?
40:36you do not have his nature.
40:38I tell you this only to explain
40:39why for a time
40:40I could not find it in my heart
40:42to love you.
40:44Was it my fault then,
40:47whose son I was?
40:49Was I to be punished?
40:52And does a child choose his parents?
40:54Now, don't cry.
40:56Britannicus, please.
40:58May I go?
40:58No, come here.
41:00Please, may I go?
41:01Come here, come here, come here.
41:03Come here.
41:04Oh, father.
41:09Father.
41:10Now, I have something very important to tell you,
41:13so listen carefully.
41:15First,
41:16no matter who your father may have been,
41:19you are now my son.
41:21And I love you
41:22more than anyone in the world.
41:26Second,
41:26Nero is destined to follow me as emperor.
41:29No, I don't argue.
41:29It is written.
41:30Nothing can alter it.
41:32When I am gone,
41:33he will try to kill you,
41:34as Caligula killed Cabellus.
41:36And that is why
41:37I have treated you as I have.
41:39Kept you out of the public eye all this time.
41:42I have a plan to save you.
41:44Now, Narcissus has arranged it all
41:45through Caractacus.
41:46You see, the world is now holy Roman.
41:49There is no way you can fly to
41:50to be safe
41:50except to the remotest part of Britain.
41:53Nero will not be able to touch you there,
41:55for there is no one to give you up.
41:56Now, very soon,
41:58I shall allow some of Caractacus' young men
42:00to return to Northern Britain,
42:01and you will go with them in disguise.
42:03You will stay at the court of Queen Cartamantua.
42:06Only she and Caractacus' son
42:08will know your real identity,
42:09and from there,
42:10she will send you north
42:11into regions where
42:13no Roman's foot has ever trod,
42:15but where she has friends,
42:16and there you will wait.
42:18Nero is mad.
42:19He will destroy the empire.
42:21His excesses will demand
42:22the return of the Republic,
42:23and you will return to restore it.
42:26The Republic will live again.
42:28No.
42:33No.
42:34No, I won't do it.
42:35It's not honorable.
42:37Caractacus.
42:38No.
42:40Do you think that I, a Claudian,
42:42will paint my face blue
42:44and go and hide among barbarians?
42:46There's no shame.
42:48No, I won't do it.
42:51I'm not afraid of Nero.
42:52Nero is a coward.
42:53I can protect myself.
42:57Let me put on my manly gown.
43:01Once I'm officially a man,
43:02I'll match Nero in everything he does.
43:06I don't believe in the Republic.
43:09No one believes in the Republic anymore.
43:12No one does except you.
43:13You're old father
43:17and out of touch.
43:22I want my chance to rule
43:25and rule Rome as it should be ruled.
43:28If you love me,
43:31give me that chance.
43:36Yes.
43:39Yes, I should have known
43:40that would be your answer.
43:44Well,
43:45so be it.
43:48I've done all I could.
43:51You shall have your wish.
43:55May the gods protect you.
43:56May the gods protect you.
44:01Britannicus.
44:05Perhaps you will confound the prophecies.
44:08Yes.
44:09Perhaps you will.
44:14Write no more, Claudius.
44:17Write no more.
44:19I have told it all
44:21as I said I would
44:23and as the Sybil prophesied
44:25I have told the truth.
44:29I have set the record straight.
44:32It is all here
44:33for remote posterity.
44:37Come, death,
44:39and draw the final curtain.
44:42I am tired.
44:45Oh, so tired.
44:46So much
45:00for posterity.
45:03Where's the rest of it?
45:05It must be here.
45:07Find it.
45:07This looks like them.
45:16Yes.
45:17Yes, this is them all right.
45:19Water.
45:20Herculean labour.
45:22It must have taken him years.
45:25Years.
45:27Oh, burn the lot.
45:28All that work.
45:31Oh, good grief.
45:34We must find the will.
45:35Mm-hmm.
45:49What a pretty thing, a fiery.
45:51Did they murder him?
45:59Yes.
46:01Yes, they poisoned him.
46:05But how?
46:08How did they do it?
46:12Why didn't you protect him?
46:14Well, they were clever.
46:18Very clever.
46:21They tried several times
46:22to tamper with his food
46:23and get at the slaves
46:24who prepared it,
46:25but I always stopped them.
46:26Always.
46:29I built a wall around him
46:30they couldn't breach.
46:34How then did she do it?
46:37I will tell you,
46:39for I see now
46:40how it was done.
46:41Unable to poison his food
46:45she must have poisoned her own.
46:48Yes, poisoned hers
46:50or part of it.
46:53It was in a dish of mushrooms
46:54which he loved
46:55and out of which
46:56she'd been eating.
46:58He had finished his own
46:59and was calling for some more
47:00which she often did.
47:02It was then
47:03that she offered him hers
47:04out of her own dish.
47:07At first I thought nothing of it.
47:09When you're used to seeing
47:10someone eat from a dish
47:11it doesn't occur to you.
47:12It may contain something different
47:13in just one part of it.
47:16And then
47:17she lifted the mushroom
47:19onto her fork
47:20and held it out
47:21for him to take.
47:24I knew then
47:25there was something
47:26different about it.
47:28I knew as certainly
47:29as I had ever known anything
47:31that he was suddenly
47:32in the gravest danger.
47:35And I knew too
47:36as certainly as I knew that
47:37that he knew
47:40knew it was poisoned
47:42knew that his end
47:44was there
47:45on that fork
47:46and that he didn't care
47:48that he welcomed it.
47:51He died in the night
47:58alone.
48:03I knocked on his door
48:04soon after dinner
48:05but he sent me away.
48:08I believe he wanted
48:10no one
48:10to see him die.
48:13No, you must go away.
48:29They will kill you.
48:29No, I shall stay.
48:31Go now.
48:31I have put on
48:32my manly gown.
48:34I can't take care
48:35of myself.
48:38Poor father.
48:39He never could.
48:47Oh, I don't know.
48:49He didn't do badly
48:50when you come to think of it.
49:00Well?
49:02Old King Lug.
49:05Poison's all hatched out.
49:07Is that you, Sibyl?
49:10Yes, it's me.
49:12Where are you?
49:14Here.
49:21Why are you laughing?
49:24I cheated them again.
49:27They all think I'm dead.
49:29But you are dead, you fool.
49:33You're as dead as anyone can be.
49:37Oh, well, you can't survive them all.
49:40No, not even you.
49:44It's time to go.
49:46Wait.
49:47Britannicus, what will happen to him?
49:50Nero will kill him.
49:52And Narcissus?
49:54Agrippinilla will kill him.
49:55Then Nero will kill her.
49:58Oh, it sounds depressingly familiar.
50:00Yes, isn't it?
50:02And the Empire.
50:05Oh, that will go on.
50:08As Livia said it would.
50:10But there'll be no more Claudians after Nero.
50:12He'll be the last.
50:14But the Emperor's won't be a bad lot after him.
50:18Well, give or take a few.
50:20Quite a story, wasn't it?
50:28They burnt your book, you know.
50:32All of it.
50:40Lucky for you, you made a copy and buried it.
50:44It's time to go, Claudius.
50:50The ferryman is waiting.
50:52There's one thing more.
50:54You can't put it off.
50:55You can't stay here forever.
50:59No, I suppose not.
51:02Now.
51:05Close your eyes.
51:07It's but a short step to the boat.
51:15A short pull across the river.
51:19And then?
51:20And then I promise you,
51:24you'll dream a different story altogether.
51:28Farewell, Tiberius Claudius,
51:36Drusus Nero Germanicus.
51:39God of the Britons,
51:42one-time emperor of the Roman world.
51:46Farewell.
51:47Farewell.
51:58Do you have any ideas for us?
52:01Bye, Lord.
52:04You are such a big,
52:07to be a writer.
52:07Farewell.
52:08Amen.
52:13Farewell.
52:13An odd quote.
52:15Kegel.
52:17Kegel.
52:17Hiają.
52:17Kegel.
52:18Kegel.
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