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Documentary, Roman Empire Reign of Blood S01E04 - Rome Is Burning
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00:30This is for the Senate!
01:00Bring them to the palace!
01:18Alive!
01:20It's fine.
01:48Let him through!
01:55Commodus, thank the gods you're alright.
01:57They came for you too?
01:59We stopped at the brothel on the way to the Coliseum.
02:02They ambushed us.
02:06Satoros?
02:07They moved too quickly.
02:10I managed to hold them off, but Satoros...
02:13Find out who was behind this.
02:17Doesn't matter what it takes.
02:18With pleasure.
02:48I'll see you for the next one.
03:07We've got a way to the other one.
03:09We've got a way to the other one.
04:11For Commodus, the attempt on his life and the murder of his closest advisor shakes the foundation
04:30of his reign.
04:31When you think about somebody like Commodus growing up and coming into a position of enormous
04:43responsibility, it's not simply that they're an individual of great wealth and everybody's
04:50going to be jealous.
04:50One can suppose that they must have felt enormously isolated.
04:57The number of people whom they felt they could trust was extraordinarily small.
05:01Cleander knows that to keep the trust of the Emperor and eliminate any ties to the murder
05:22of Sartorus.
05:23You'll have to cover his tracks.
05:31Starting with the Senate member who aided in the plot.
05:34Quintianus.
05:35I've waited a long time for this.
05:49Convince Commodus to spare my life.
05:56If you do that, I won't say anything.
06:00Have my word.
06:02Convince Commodus.
06:03That's one option.
06:09Wait.
06:15No.
06:17Wait.
06:19What the hell?
06:37Finish him.
06:49After the failed attempt on her brother's life,
07:07Lucilla knows her efforts have gone to waste,
07:11and her connection to the plot could be exposed at any moment.
07:17He talked.
07:35I'll hear it for myself.
07:37I'm afraid that won't be possible.
07:39He's always dead.
07:43Who else was involved?
07:49There's one more.
07:51Who?
07:53Your sister, Lucilla.
07:59Bring her to me.
08:09If you were emperor, you would be the individual upon which millions of people depended on a day-to-day basis.
08:19But, of course, it's far more than any one individual can pull off.
08:23You have to delegate.
08:25You need assistance.
08:26You have to find other people.
08:27But Roman society is incredibly competitive.
08:29Who do you trust?
08:31Who do you trust?
08:43Who do you trust?
08:45Who do you trust?
08:49Who do you trust?
08:52Who do you trust?
08:53What do you trust?
08:55gay senor
09:18Bring her in.
09:39Senator Quintianus tried to kill me.
09:43He failed.
09:45So I've heard.
09:49Ask your question, brother.
09:58You are supposed to be the most powerful man in the world.
10:02Emperor of Rome.
10:05Is that why your playmate is not in chains beside me?
10:11Would it be too difficult for you?
10:13It always amazes me the lengths a woman will go to to cover up.
10:20Anything, really.
10:23I see you've a cut, Cleander.
10:26Is that from Ser Taurus's knife?
10:28Enough.
10:30Lies will get you nowhere.
10:31Lies will get you nowhere.
10:35Just because you can't handle the answers doesn't make them lies.
10:41If you want to know why your sister wanted you dead, all you need do is ask.
10:45I've done nothing to you.
10:51You were born.
10:55And from the moment you entered this world, I have been pushed aside.
11:01Forgotten.
11:04Sold into marriage.
11:06All for the greater glory of Commodus.
11:08I never asked for any of that.
11:11And I never asked to be born a woman.
11:15To have our father turn his back on a century of tradition.
11:20To have no control over anything that happens to me.
11:23But here we are.
11:24You tried to kill me.
11:31You've taken my life, brother.
11:33I only thought it fair I do the same to you.
11:35Always a strong one, eh Commodus?
11:53Always a strong one, eh Commodus?
11:55It seems your emperor cares more for your family than you do.
12:12It will spare your life.
12:15But your time here in Rome is at an end.
12:19I must admit, Cleanta.
12:21I'm impressed.
12:40With her conspiracy, Lucilla was working directly with members of that inner circle.
12:45These were incredibly important people.
12:47This was not simply a minor plot.
12:51But this was essentially the inner workings of the state moving against itself.
13:05Cleanta has successfully eliminated his competition.
13:09And any trace to his involvement in the plot.
13:12Commodus orders his sister to the island of Capri.
13:13More than 100 miles from Rome.
13:17Where she's forced to live in exile.
13:18CLEAN COMPRIOUS
13:28more than 100 miles from Rome.
13:30Where she's forced to live in exile.
13:34He's forced to live in exile.
14:04He's forced to live in exile.
14:14He's forced to live in exile.
14:34Commodus has her murdered.
14:57This isn't surprising.
14:58What else would you do with someone who has tried to assassinate you?
15:01With a member of your own family who has betrayed you, it's too risky to have them alive.
15:24After ordering the execution of his own sister, Commodus begins to distance himself from the throne.
15:31And Cleander sees the opportunity he's been waiting for.
15:37It's finished then.
15:50There were more on the list.
15:52If we don't act now, there will be others.
16:05They'll see it as an opening.
16:10Brother, do we want to be seen as weak?
16:14No.
16:23I can't have this happen again.
16:27You can count on me.
16:33Cleander.
16:37I won't forget this.
16:38By deceiving Commodus, Cleander continues to gain his trust.
16:58And is soon given the position he's always wanted.
17:02Chief advisor to the Roman Emperor.
17:05This is the biggest problem that Commodus faces.
17:15He is easily manipulated.
17:18He's easily manipulated by the various groups around him.
17:21And rather than taking a leadership position as the emperor,
17:24he allows himself to be led.
17:25He allows himself to be put aside.
17:28And he allows individuals like Cleander to take up a leadership position.
17:35I love you.
17:43Mom.
17:44No.
18:14Come on as it's late.
18:20It's not good for you to sit here drinking all night.
18:23I know it's been difficult, but this isn't going to...
18:26No, no, just...
18:29No.
18:40Just come to bed with me.
18:45And what would be the purpose of that?
18:54You have one job.
18:58And you have failed me...
19:01Again.
19:03And again.
19:07Tell me, dear wife...
19:11Where is my son?
19:14Please, Marcia, clean up my husband's mess.
19:25Christina didn't produce any children.
19:37What a woman had to do was not be sexually attractive, but she must be able to have children.
19:42She must produce sons.
19:43Friday, she did that.
19:45That was her main task.
19:47If she didn't do that, then that was potentially quite serious.
19:53I'm sorry.
19:54But she was actually quite serious.
19:55I'm sorry.
19:57I'm sorry.
19:59I'm sorry.
20:00I'm sorry.
20:02I'm sorry.
20:03I'm sorry.
20:05I'm sorry.
20:06I'm sorry.
20:07I'm sorry.
20:08I'm sorry.
20:09I'm sorry.
20:10I'm sorry.
20:11I was afraid of this.
20:12I'm sorry.
20:14I'm not afraid of this.
20:15It's just that you're going to happen.
20:17I think that's a good point.
20:19I guess that you have to get to get her.
20:21Who knows?
20:23Like, what are you coming back?
20:24I don't know.
20:26To the housekeeper, you will become a friend and a friend.
20:28I never be able to get her to get to get her, but who knows what they have to do with you.
21:00As Commodus grows further detached from his role as emperor, Kleander begins to consolidate
21:10his power.
21:11One of the most important figures for understanding the role of the Emperor Commodus is the figure
21:19of Kleander.
21:21Kleander was the second freedman that Commodus put enormous trust in.
21:27And Commodus had checked out at this point and was not interested in the serious business
21:31of governing.
21:33So what happens is Kleander, in particular we're told, sought to enrich himself.
21:37With his power cemented, Kleander can set in motion his ultimate plan.
21:50And to win favor among the Roman people and amass a fortune of his own, Kleander begins
21:57selling off high-ranking positions in the Empire, starting with seats in the Roman Senate.
22:08Something the matter, dear.
22:25I have never heard the Senate so silent.
22:32I wouldn't enjoy it too much.
22:35It's the sound of betrayal, after all.
22:36Or the absence of it.
22:38For these few who remain are as loyal as you and I, are they not?
22:43Perhaps.
22:45But wise men know things are not always as they appear.
22:48You speak the truth, Kleander.
22:52You know, it really is quite impressive, all you've accomplished.
22:56And there is much more to come, I have no doubt.
22:59But for now, the business of the Senate awaits us old, wise men.
23:06You forget yourself, dear.
23:10Not all of the Senate are here.
23:36By removing the old guard and selling seats to his allies, Kleander has secured the Senate's
23:45loyalty and has disturbed the balance of an institution that has governed for nearly 700 years.
24:06Since the founding of the Republic, seats of the Senate have been reserved for the elite.
24:15Traditionally to be in the Senate was to attain the very pinnacle of status within the Roman state.
24:21It took its name from the Latin for old man, Senex.
24:25It embodied the great and the good of the city.
24:32Only those from Senate lineage are eligible for service.
24:38To be a senator in Rome, your father had to be a senator.
24:42So it was largely hereditary.
24:45Cassius Dio, he was a senator and later a consul.
24:49His father had been a senator.
24:51So he's very much from the aristocratic part of Roman society.
24:55With the Senate in his pocket, Kleander now looks to the Roman people and believes there's only one way to guarantee their support.
25:15Kleander knows the masses are a powerful force in the empire, and he can solidify their dependence and gain their favor by threatening their food supply.
25:30For centuries, the survival of the empire has depended on imported grain.
25:39The city of Rome is probably over one million people strong.
25:48It's an enormous city by pre-industrial standards.
25:51Because of that, they ship huge quantities of grain in from North Africa and above all from Egypt, and they give it to every Roman citizen.
26:00It probably accounts for something like 40 or 50 percent of the family food requirement in each year.
26:08So it's a very significant perk of being a Roman citizen.
26:15But in Rome, grain does more than just feed the people, as those in power have used rations and shortages to keep control of the lower classes.
26:32Rome had vastly outgrown the capacity to feed those who lived in it.
26:37So ambitious Roman politicians had begun to recognize that a way to entrench power was to provide the mass of common citizens in the city with a bread dole.
26:51But if they did not supply bread to the Roman people, then their own survival might well be at stake.
27:01Determined to gain the favor of the Roman people, Cleander devises a sophisticated plan.
27:08He believes if he can manipulate the grain supply, he can create a food crisis in Rome.
27:17Take this to the side.
27:23Cleander looks at his position as a way for him to gain his own power and gain his own popularity.
27:33The rumors being, of course, that Cleander takes stores of food and keeps them and then purposely creates a famine within the city so that he can come out as the hero and popular among the people.
27:45While Cleander continues his campaign for power, Commodus returns to his reckless ways.
28:10He said, that he understands that he can't do it.
28:13He should be worried about the other big Chainsaw.
28:15I can't think of anything.
28:16He looks at the top to the right now.
28:29I added the hop of Chainsaw.
28:31He thinks that he has been doing the same thing right now.
28:33He's talking to his grief about the reason that he can perform the same force as he is a great idea for his people.
28:38I don't know.
29:08I don't know.
29:38Marcia is a slave in the royal palace, but after catching the eye of the emperor, she becomes his personal servant and mistress, known in Rome as a concubine.
29:53In the palace, the emperor has his choice of attractive slaves, servants available for pleasure day and night.
30:08To be sure, emperors by and large slept with as many people as they wanted, used as many people as they wanted, provided that they were not of citizen status.
30:20There was a provision in Roman law that any Roman, not just an emperor, could indeed have a concubine.
30:35Concubinage was a status under Roman law, but it was less common for an emperor to do it quite as openly as Commodus took Marcia.
30:47But while Marcia begins spending more time with the emperor, she's still a servant in the palace, alongside her husband, Eclectus.
31:02Yeah, I thought we were done for the night.
31:10Uh, the emperor required me, but I'm going to bed now.
31:13I'm going to bed now.
31:22But I'm going to bed now, too.
31:25I'm going to bed now.
31:28I'm going to bed now.
31:32But I'm going to bed now.
31:35I'm going to bed now.
31:36I'm going to bed now.
31:38But there's another chance that I can give you a couple of days.
31:41Please sit down.
31:55You're leaving Rome.
31:58Where are we going?
32:02You'll go to the country estate.
32:05You'll be safe there, away from the plague.
32:09You'll follow later then.
32:12My place is in Rome.
32:17How long will I be gone for?
32:20I'll send for you when I think it's safe to return.
32:22But I don't want to leave.
32:23It's best you leave immediately.
32:27Safer.
32:37Marcia, let's go.
32:38No.
32:40Marcia and Eclectus will stay with me.
32:42Well, let me know when you wish me to return.
32:43As soon as it's safe.
32:45As soon as it's safe.
32:47As soon as it's safe.
32:48As soon as it's safe.
32:49As soon as it's safe.
32:50As soon as it's safe.
32:51As soon as it's safe.
32:54As soon as it's safe.
32:55As soon as it's safe.
32:57As soon as it's safe.
32:59As soon as it's safe.
33:04As soon as it's safe.
33:05For Commodus, the empress has failed one of the most important roles in the palace.
33:14Unable to give him an heir, she's banished to Capri, never to return to Rome.
33:31The Emperor's focus continues to drift, allowing Kleander to continue with his ruthless scheme.
33:41But news of the grain shortage soon reaches high-ranking members of the Senate.
33:46Now go see to it.
33:50You seem to have taken to the managing of the city well.
33:52All it takes is a firm hand. Strength. I've never lacked for that.
33:58I'm sure you already have a plan to deal with the grain shortage.
34:02Oh, certainly strange.
34:05All shipments from Alexandria have stopped, but no one knows why.
34:08I'm aware of the grain shortage.
34:12And do you intend to do anything about it?
34:16I intend to manage it.
34:18Well, within the week, the mills at the Aquatriana will have nothing to produce.
34:22And then a few days after that, all distribution in the city will cease.
34:28People will starve.
34:32And I'm sure the Senate would resolve this through endless discussion.
34:37No, dear. You may talk as much as you wish. The palace will act.
34:43Also, the Emperor is aware of the danger to his beloved city.
34:48The Emperor is not to be bothered with trivialities.
34:57Kleander has redirected shipments of grain from Egypt, stashing them away for just the right moment.
35:04But what he fails to predict is that the food shortage and spreading famine create the perfect conditions for the return of the plague.
35:18Gentlemen, I'm going to try the wine. It's delicious.
35:23Throughout Rome, thousands fall ill as the plague wreaks havoc on the Roman people.
35:44Large cities like Rome had poor sort of health systems.
35:57And so they were sinks of germs and diseases of one sort or another.
36:03And it took a very long time for that to be shaken off.
36:07With riots breaking out around the city, word of starvation and disease reaches the palace.
36:22We'll see you next time.
36:23We'll see you next time.
36:36Kleander, thank you for coming.
36:38Would you mind filling my cup?
36:40Certainly.
36:41Certainly.
36:48The plague.
36:50What are we doing about it?
36:53All that we can, of course.
36:59We're disposing of the bodies as quickly as possible.
37:03Setting up quarantines and sick tents outside the city.
37:07Don't worry.
37:09We'll have it taken care of in no time.
37:12Why am I hearing that my people are starving?
37:16We're having issues with the grains, shipments.
37:21Hungry people get sick. Sick people die.
37:25People need food.
37:26I'm afraid it's not as easy as it sounds.
37:29Double the subsidies.
37:31Shipments will straighten themselves out.
37:34In the meantime, the people need food.
37:36Of course, you're right.
37:42I'll double the grain shipments now.
37:49Is there anything else my Emperor requires?
37:52Perhaps in time alone.
37:55With his advisor at the helm,
38:22Commodus continues to avoid his obligations.
38:31But what he doesn't realize,
38:33is that in the hands of his trusted advisor,
38:37the fate of his beloved city is in danger.
38:52The streets of Rome have turned to chaos.
39:01But Cleander is determined to stick to his plan,
39:05believing he still has time to release his grain supply
39:09and save the empire.
39:11But before he can act,
39:18the masses begin to blame the royal palace
39:22and voice their frustrations on the city walls.
39:30Used as a means of communication,
39:34graffiti is a powerful tool of the Roman people.
39:48Graffiti was very commonplace in the Roman Empire.
39:51If you look at the city of Pompeii,
39:53there are 13,000 examples of it that survived
39:56in a town that had a population of probably only that size.
40:00Most of the graffiti is about politics.
40:03It's saying, vote for so-and-so in the upcoming election.
40:06Or they are criticising other people.
40:09Or many of them are just names scratched onto the surfaces.
40:20As anger spreads,
40:22the Roman people demand answers.
40:31And begin to call for the man Commodus trusted with the food supply.
40:36Cleander.
40:52The
41:14and
41:16The
41:19That's him!
41:20That's him!
41:21That's me!
41:22Enda!
41:23Get away from me!
41:28Get away from me!
41:33Get away from me!
42:00Hugh, I want two guards on every door.
42:02No one is to enter the palace.
42:23Kamalas, I don't...
42:25The whole city's gone mad.
42:29They attacked me in the streets.
42:31I'm lucky to have gotten here alive.
42:32Why would they attack you?
42:33Why are my people calling for your head?
42:35Cleander, what did you do?
42:39Cleander, what did you do?
42:40What did you do?
42:41Cleander, what did you do?
42:43Cleander, what did you do?
42:45Why would they attack you?
42:46Why are my people calling for your head?
42:51Cleander, what did you do?
42:54What did you do?
42:55Cleander, what did you do?
42:57Cleander, what did you do if you were dead?
42:58Cleander, what did you do?
43:00Cleander, what did you do?
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