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00:26We lived in an age when the Roman Empire was divided in two.
00:32One Emperor ruled the West, another the East.
00:39But both sides were weak and easy prey for an invader, because the Empire was dying.
00:48Hordes of barbarian tribes came swooping in from Asia, and of them all, we the Huns were
00:53the fiercest, united only by our lust for Roman gold, and our leader.
01:02He was the greatest warrior I ever saw.
01:04I would fight alongside him, love him, and hate him.
01:12Brutal and brilliant.
01:16He would bring Rome to its knees.
01:21His name?
01:23Attila, the Hun.
01:39The Huns were the greatest.
01:40The Huns were the greatest.
01:49The Huns were the greatest.
01:55Let's go.
02:55I expect you're hungry.
03:11Relax.
03:12He only wants you up in the saddle.
03:14We negotiate an horseback.
03:17I think he likes you.
03:34I am the emissary of Flavius Aetius, Supreme General of the Western Roman Empire, traveling
03:41as Ambassador Plenipotentiary from the court of his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor Valentinian
03:46at Ravenna.
03:47That's easy for you to see.
03:51On behalf of General Aetius, I offer my condolences for the death of King Rua.
04:00I carry letters for the new King of the Huns.
04:04There's two kings here.
04:09Myself.
04:11And my brother, Attila.
04:13We rule on equal towns.
04:16Not just the Huns.
04:18Oh, we rule the Ostrogoths, the Rugi, the Heruli, the Sarmatians, the Gephids.
04:27Not to mention the Scurrians.
04:31Maybe that's why he looks confused.
04:38The Emperor wishes to know your Majesty's intentions.
04:43He wants to know if the Western Empire is safe from the Huns.
04:52Not so confused as he looks.
04:54He seeks reassurance that the West is safe.
04:57And in earnest of his Majesty's good intentions,
05:01he returns to you these tribal leaders
05:04who fled into our territory looking for Roman protection.
05:07He understands that these Hun fugitives are your political rivals.
05:13not soăăcenies
05:23It's alright. it's alright.
05:26It's alright?
05:27It's alright.
05:33Hey, it's alright.
05:36There we go.
05:40Hey
05:41There he goes.
06:03There we go.
06:18There we go.
06:24Inform the Emperor that we're grateful for the return of the fugitives,
06:27and that Bleda and Attila wish to make plain one thing.
06:32Our business is now in the East!
06:39The Western Empire has nothing to fear.
06:50My lords were true to their word.
06:52We ignored the West and headed across the Danube into the Eastern Roman Empire.
06:59Our aim was simple, to grab as much gold as we could.
07:03And for months we looted Roman settlements almost unopposed,
07:07as half their army was away trying to win back Carthage in Africa.
07:12But then we came to the garrisoned fortress of Nesus.
07:19No barbarian.
07:21Not even the Huns had ever taken a city so well defended.
07:30Seized towers is what the Romans use.
07:33Could we do this?
07:34What do you mean, could we do this?
07:36We're surrounded by wood.
07:41I need good men to lead the assault.
07:44Meaning?
07:45Meaning you and the Skirians.
07:50If we succeed, I'll make it worth your while.
07:54And if we fail?
07:56If we fail, Edeco, then you can kill me.
08:03Imagine the shock when the news reaches the Emperor.
08:08We'd take Nesus.
08:10The Emperor would be so terrified.
08:13He'll bury us in gold.
08:17You'd better be right.
08:25The Emperor is the first police officer.
08:25Oh, no, no!
08:34Yeah.
08:48You never know.
08:53We've in the intellect,
08:54yeah, you never know.
08:55Oh, Jesus, it's all over there!
09:14Wait!
09:16Wait!
09:20Get them off the wall!
09:22Clear the wall!
09:52Trust your arm!
10:13It's a moment they clear the wall! rigor the ram!
10:18Come on!
10:20It's over!
10:23It's over!
10:27Right here!
10:29Cannibal!
10:31Cannibal!
10:33Cannibal!
10:35Wait!
10:51Go, go, go!
10:52Go, go, go!
11:02Idiots.
11:04They'll all be killed.
11:21Come on!
11:23Come on!
11:25Come on!
11:29Come on!
11:49Come on!
11:50One more, and one more!
11:51Now!
12:20What?
12:21Go, go, go!
12:31There was a little room for us.
12:31Come on!
12:44Take care, buddy!
12:45Please, come on!
12:45I'll see your house every little room.
12:45Well, you'll see me.
12:51There you go, boys!
12:53A wee present for the people of nation!
12:55Yeah!
12:58Come on, boys!
12:59Yeah!
13:01Look at it!
13:23Just as Attila had predicted, the sacking of Nessus was like an earthquake through the Eastern Roman Empire.
13:32If we now had siege towers, then no city was safe.
13:37The Emperor was forced to make an offer just to get rid of us.
13:47I am Ambassador Plinipotentiary from the court of His Supreme Highness Theodosius, ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire.
13:59I carry...
14:00I can see.
14:05His Majesty, off his terms for a lasting treaty...
14:08You're still the harboring Hun traitors.
14:10People I want returned.
14:12We're open to discussion.
14:16We also offer a doubling of our annual tribute to 1,400 pounds of gold.
14:24In exchange for what?
14:26An assurance that the Eastern Empire is safe.
14:31And that your army withdraws across the Danube.
14:41You're serious?
14:42Serious?
14:44You think that's serious?
14:49You don't want to see 1,400 pounds of gold?
14:55I want to see an ancient skin stripped off his stinking carcass for every one of my dead men.
15:01My Lord Eddico offers his own terms.
15:08We speak for the Huns.
15:18Do nothing till I return.
15:36How did it go again?
15:39Take Nasus and I'll make it worth your while.
15:41I'm keeping that promise.
15:42No, you're not.
15:47Where was Blader when my men were getting killed?
15:50And now the fool is gonna sell us short.
15:54You're forgetting one of kingship's golden rules.
15:56A king must deliver.
16:02Is that all we're worth to you?
16:051,400 pounds of gold?
16:07But it's not enough.
16:11You call yourself a king.
16:15Is that a problem?
16:17It's not enough.
16:26Where are you going?
16:42Where are the Romans?
16:44Their army is already on its way back from Carthage.
16:47We've been living on borrowed time.
16:49You struck a deal.
16:51I told you to wait.
16:54Wait for what?
16:56We've got 1,400 pounds of Roman gold.
16:59Now, let's go home.
17:07Come finally.
17:37You're not drinking.
17:39I've been doing nothing else for months.
17:59This is my wife.
18:02Put her down!
18:04Would you like to see something better?
18:06Yes. No.
18:07My lords, I give you the tale of two divided tales.
18:12A tragic epic of divided opinion between two brothers who, while close,
18:18could never want the same thing.
18:21They struggled with one another, pulling their people every which way.
18:27His Majesty's not laughing.
18:30Because unlike my brother, I don't find you funny.
18:35My noble Lord Blader finds me funny.
18:41But the other king, my lord Atilla, does not.
18:46I was a poor home puppy to know who to play.
18:54You're right.
18:56There's a problem.
18:57There's a problem.
19:05Oh!
19:07Oh, wow.
19:30What?
19:34Wasn't the real problem?
19:37I thought you wanted riches.
19:48Our business in the East isn't over.
19:52We're going to finish what we started.
19:55My order of Attila, king of the Huns.
20:09For some reason, he showed mercy to the dwarf.
20:12He wasn't skewed on a stick.
20:15He wasn't even killed.
20:17Just banished forever.
20:21Then we headed back east.
20:22The pressure was now on Attila.
20:25He had justified the murder of his brother by promising even greater riches.
20:29Now, he had to deliver.
20:32His plan was to terrorize the emperor into doubling his offer of 1,400 pounds of gold.
20:38Unfortunately, this time, we ran into their entire army.
20:45How many do you see?
20:48I lost count out of 20 legions.
20:51That's got to be 30,000 men.
21:01The army must have come back from Carthage.
21:03We can't do this.
21:05It'd be suicide.
21:06So shut up while I'm trying to work something out.
21:28We have to fire from the saddle.
21:30Hit him while we're out of range.
21:33Soften him up.
21:34Only then go in for the kill.
21:38The trick would be to play hit and run.
21:43Get too close too soon.
21:46And we're dead.
21:49And I'll need you.
21:50Men.
21:53I can't do this without you.
21:55On the grounds that I must be getting used to it.
21:58On the grounds that this is going to be hard.
22:00I can't do this without you.
22:08Love you.
22:14The trick with me.
22:15I don't do this without you.
22:15I can't do this without wearing a mask finish.
22:28This will take the other way.
22:28Do it with me.
22:29I have not poder to pay for my husband.
22:29I'm sorry.
22:29I'm sorry.
22:41We won!
22:45It worked!
22:46We won!
22:46It was easy!
22:48You think that was easy?
22:49You think it's easy?
22:53You have no idea, have you?
22:58Grinning your stupid head off.
23:06Of course we won!
23:08Because if we hadn't, you'd be crawling back to whatever farmyard hobble your mother came from,
23:13and I'd be having my throat slipped by my own men.
23:20You know what all this is, Errico?
23:23It's an act.
23:28We're a travelling circus, not an army.
23:31Why do you think my brother kept a dwarf?
23:35It's not easy!
23:37It's planned!
23:45I like you, Errico.
23:48I like you, Errico.
23:49I really like you.
23:53Get yourself cleaned up.
23:57I want someone to give the emperor his bill.
24:02Get yourself to Constantinople.
24:15Sending me to Constantinople wasn't a reward.
24:18It was a test.
24:21Come back with more gold.
24:24Or else.
24:45I'm hiding in a closet like a slave in a third-rate comedy.
24:50Your Majesty.
24:53Observing our friend may be more useful than you think.
24:57He may have beaten us on the battlefield,
25:01but he can barely keep his paws off our trinkets.
25:06Strip away the swagger.
25:07This man's a common thief.
25:12And like all thieves,
25:16he can be bought.
25:27His Imperial Highness is pleased to give you audience.
25:34It's pleased my arse.
25:39Resisting my Lord Attila's army at Utas took some courage.
25:42In recognition of which,
25:44you've a demand for an increase in the tribute.
25:46We believe you owe us 6,000 pounds of gold.
25:52Is there anything else?
25:54You're harboring fugitives for my Lord Attila's justice.
25:57He wants them back.
25:59And he won't waste time yakking with Roman slaves.
26:02He'll negotiate with those of the highest rank only.
26:08We will consider it.
26:14Well.
26:16That takes care of the introductions.
26:23I understand that you're a scyrian.
26:28And that you bore the brunt of the fighting at Nasis.
26:326,000 pounds of gold divided by, say, 20,000?
26:39Let me see.
26:40That works out at less than five and a half ounces per dead scyrian.
26:46We pay more for our household slaves.
26:51Your loyalty to Attila must be very great indeed.
26:56Perhaps you're like a brother to him.
27:05What am I saying?
27:09What are you saying?
27:11That if gold's at issue here, there may be an easier way.
27:16All you'd have to do is kill Attila.
27:27What about when he's out riding?
27:31Could someone get to him?
27:33Only if you want to fight through his bodyguards.
27:35Could his bodyguards be bribed?
27:3820 pounds of gold split evenly?
27:40They'd laugh in your face and then they'd kill you.
27:42All right, 40, 50.
27:44I really don't care as long as they'll look the other way.
27:46Long enough for what?
27:47A man to reach Attila with a knife.
27:55Come on, there must be somewhere.
27:56Come on.
28:02You could try his northern palace.
28:04He relaxes there, feel safe.
28:07Meaning you could get in close?
28:09Did I say that?
28:11I could get you in close.
28:13I'm not the one who's going to murder him.
28:15I thought you said...
28:16No.
28:17You're looking for someone prepared to kill him.
28:21Good luck.
28:23The deal's off.
28:25I'll do it.
28:29I'll do it.
28:36And so the plan was hatched.
28:39Only myself and my accomplice Vigilus would know the true reason for our trip.
28:45We headed back to Attila with a train of tribal leaders who had fled east looking for protection.
28:50Everyone else, including the Roman ambassador who accompanied us, was unaware of the plan.
28:57We'd only send for the gold to bribe the guards when we knew it was safe.
29:14The Roman's back there.
29:17And they're bringing fugitives.
29:18Of course.
29:36Have you brought the gold?
29:48He'll have a banquet tonight.
29:50He let his guard down.
29:54The first time he gets up to leave, make your move.
30:23The new town is dead.
30:24Oh, no...
30:35Why are you here?
30:56What are you doing here?
30:59I've come back for my wife.
31:02He's been waiting for you.
31:04And he's walked hundreds of miles to get here.
31:09That's funny.
31:11That's funny.
31:13I said it was funny.
31:33You should drink something vigorous.
31:36It gets better.
31:46Where's the dwarf?
31:57You were telling me you came all the way from Italy to see your wife.
32:02I'm moved.
32:05You clearly love her very much.
32:16I see you in my lands ever again.
32:18I will kill you.
32:20I will kill you.
32:47I will kill you.
32:48I will kill you.
32:50I am.
33:14Strike up, Vigilus.
33:17If you were a soldier, you would know when you strike down.
33:20The man you're trying to kill, the bloc.
33:45Who am I?
33:48Who am I?
33:49I do.
33:50I do.
33:51I do.
33:52I do.
33:58I'm afraid.
33:58I'm afraid now.
34:00I'm afraid now!
34:02I'm afraid now!
34:02I'm afraid now!
34:06Did you really think that you could kill me?
34:11I'm afraid now!
34:13I'm afraid now!
34:15Look at you!
34:19Look at me!
34:23I could kill you!
34:24I'm sorry!
34:26It's all right!
34:41It's all right!
34:43No, I really am.
34:47Your emperor's finest, Sean,
34:48what he really is.
34:50My slave's gulking around for the dagger
34:52trying to stab his master.
34:56I'm finished with these
34:58because the east
35:01is finished.
35:05It's over.
35:18I had told Attila about the plot
35:20the moment I returned from Constantinople.
35:23Now, as far as he was concerned,
35:25he had got all he could
35:26from the Eastern Empire.
35:28He had humiliated the emperor
35:29and bled him dry.
35:36But if Attila wanted to continue
35:38being the king who always delivered
35:39for the Huns,
35:40he now had no choice
35:42but to look elsewhere for gold.
35:45We're going to go west!
35:49You remember the Western Roman Empire?
35:52Don't worry.
35:53We're not going to bump into the Roman army.
35:57Instead of making for Italy,
35:59we head north,
36:00pick off those northern tribes
36:02like the Franks and the Allens,
36:05those collaborators with Rome.
36:06They are stagnant with gold.
36:10food and rations for three months.
36:16We'll take Mets!
36:18We'll take Trié!
36:20And PĂ©tan!
36:22To Orléans!
36:25MartĂvar! MartĂvar!
36:28MartĂvar! MartĂvar!
36:31MartĂvar!
36:31MartĂvar!
36:31MartĂvar!
36:32MartĂvar!
36:34MartĂvar!
36:36MartĂvar!
36:39MartĂvar!
36:40MartĂvar!
36:45MartĂvar!
36:52MartĂvar!
36:54Ravenna, home of the one good soldier in the Western Roman Empire, General Flavius Aetius.
37:01Ten years earlier, he'd been our hostage.
37:05He knew us and our methods well.
37:11Sir, I thought you'd want to know right away.
37:15The Huns are invading.
37:19Call my senior staff together.
37:26For two months, Attila rampaged across the Western Empire.
37:29In the end, some cities were so frightened they just opened their gates and let us in,
37:34hoping to spare themselves suffering.
37:37They were wrong, of course.
37:43I didn't even put up a fight.
37:47More of this and I'll get bored.
37:51Take this message to the Emperor in Ravenna.
37:54We outnumber Aetius' army by three to one.
37:58When the Emperor gets that message,
38:00he'll be so terrified Aetius won't be going anywhere.
38:05Fear, Aetico.
38:07Fear.
38:10It works like witchcraft.
38:25That's for the Emperor.
38:31Get the palace ready.
38:33I'm coming.
38:36This is a trick.
38:38He wants us to dig ourselves in.
38:40Think he's unbeatable.
38:42But no single army in the world can face him.
38:45That's true, Romulus.
38:46True.
38:46But that strength is also his weakness.
38:50Attila's made more enemies than friends.
38:53All those tribes sick of being raided.
39:00We don't have to be a single army.
39:04Send messages.
39:06The Franks and the Burgundians,
39:08the Saxons,
39:09the Allans,
39:10even the Visigoths.
39:11All those tribes Attila's abused over the years.
39:41All those tribes.
39:49How long have we been here?
39:52We're going to starve them out.
39:54Starve them out?
39:56We are the ones who are starving.
39:58There's no food left.
39:59People are deserting.
40:00We need to turn back while we still can.
40:04Over there!
40:14It's Atas.
40:16Those aren't just rowing legions.
40:19I'll get the men ready.
40:21We can't fight a battle spread out like this.
40:24We need to regroup.
40:27Order the withdrawal to Troyes.
40:29Come on! Move! Move!
40:47We're going to intercept him
40:49at the Catalonian fields.
40:54There's a ridge there.
40:58Whoever occupies that ridge
40:59controls the battlefield.
41:02I know how Attila thinks.
41:05Everything he does relies on speed.
41:07We're going to use that against him.
41:10We're going to march through the night.
41:12We're going to beat him to that ridge.
41:19We're going to the north,
41:29we're going to search each other.
41:30What is it?
41:31Why ne are we going toepsutaks?
41:36We're going to try in for every single station,
41:43and nobody cares for us.
41:44Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
41:48What's wrong?
41:49Aetius, he's on the move.
42:01Aetius is nobody's fool.
42:04I know what he's up to.
42:09I don't care what it takes.
42:10You have to get your men on that ridge first.
42:14Look, over there.
42:17I'm going out.
42:19Scareds on me!
42:36Come on!
42:54Take your head!
42:56Take your head!
42:57Take your head!
43:00Take your head!
43:03Take your head!
43:05Arh!
43:08Arh!
43:14Arh!
43:15Arh!
43:16Arh!
43:17Come on!
43:20Come on, come on, come on, come on!
43:28Arh!
43:29Arh!
43:30Arh!
43:36We're all going to die here.
43:38Retreat!
43:40Retreat!
43:51We can't do it.
43:53There's no way up.
43:56We tried.
43:57They got us to pieces.
44:22On the crest of that bridge,
44:24lies our greatest ever victory!
44:28You can sit here waiting to die
44:31while I throw the first spear,
44:34or you can share that victory with me!
44:37APPLAUSE
44:48We look for you,
45:04oczywiĆcie!
45:06RUTHER DIINERS
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48:24It's over!
48:25It's over!
48:27It's over!
48:29Load him up!
48:30Get him out of here!
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