Centurion

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00:03:33 My name is Quintus Dias.
00:03:35 I'm a soldier of Rome.
00:03:37 And this is neither the beginning
00:03:55 Two years on the frontier.
00:03:58 This place is the arsehole of the world.
00:04:01 Even the land wants us dead.
00:04:07 Centurion Dias, it's too damn cold
00:04:12 It's not my watch.
00:04:15 The patrol returns at dawn.
00:04:19 The longer we stay, the deeper the cold
00:04:24 And the rain makes way only
00:04:28 While we lose brave men
00:04:31 the Pict king Gorlacon
00:04:33 sends his war parties
00:04:36 - Gentlemen.
00:04:38 A cold night on the front.
00:04:41 My father believed
00:04:43 you must know him better than yourself.
00:04:46 I know this enemy well.
00:04:48 They play only to their strengths,
00:04:52 Instead, they pick at the scab
00:04:55 hiding in the shadows like animals,
00:04:57 striking hard and fast
00:05:02 Come the dawn, we count our losses
00:05:09 This is a new kind of war,
00:05:28 Come on! Come on!
00:05:37 Marcus, ride to Agricola!
00:05:42 Gate. Move!
00:05:47 Move, soldier!
00:06:08 - Gratus.
00:06:43 Virilus! Virilus!
00:06:59 The winner.
00:07:00 - That's the way!
00:07:05 Again!
00:07:08 Enough!
00:07:10 You put up a good fight,
00:07:13 Septus, more ale.
00:07:20 Again, Virilus.
00:07:22 You're a drunk. An ugly drunk.
00:07:29 And not too bright.
00:07:33 Isn't ten times enough
00:07:36 Damn you! Again!
00:07:39 Once more!
00:07:43 Septus, your ruling.
00:07:51 Come on!
00:07:53 Come on!
00:07:55 - Virilus! Virilus! Virilus!
00:07:59 Virilus. Virilus.
00:08:17 Sore loser.
00:08:21 Septus?
00:08:23 What are you waiting for, an order?
00:08:25 Get stuck in there!
00:08:36 Damn, that'll sober a man up quick!
00:08:39 When will people learn
00:08:48 Some say it's irregular for you to be
00:08:52 Septus, my old friend, they forget.
00:08:59 - Soldier, have you been fighting?
00:09:04 I have a message for your general.
00:09:06 Now, point me in his direction
00:09:09 Who are you?
00:09:11 I'm the personal envoy
00:09:15 I suggest you get down off that horse
00:09:18 before I have you flogged!
00:09:19 General, sir!
00:09:34 All leave is cancelled.
00:09:36 Agricola is mobilising the Ninth.
00:09:39 Alert the senior legates to break camp
00:09:43 - Sorry, General, sir...
00:09:47 - Tell him we rode out within the hour.
00:10:11 Bastard!
00:10:17 Aeron.
00:10:19 Gorlacon. He was a farmer
00:10:23 Then he put down the plough
00:10:28 He changed the way the Picts fought.
00:10:33 He turned the tide,
00:10:49 What does Agricola intend
00:10:51 - Damn you, Pict!
00:10:55 I am a soldier of Rome! I will not yield!
00:11:17 Rome will make you bleed for this.
00:11:19 You first, Centurion.
00:11:45 I don't care how you do it
00:11:49 And bring Gorlacon before me in chains.
00:11:51 Governor, you're the politician,
00:11:56 But I'm not so simple that I can't see
00:11:59 My bones ache for Rome.
00:12:04 And men.
00:12:06 And I won't sacrifice mine
00:12:10 I see.
00:12:12 Let us be frank, General.
00:12:14 The conquest of Britain is a lost cause.
00:12:19 With one bold stroke,
00:12:22 With the Ninth Legion at your command,
00:12:25 You and your men could retire
00:12:30 My men have honour enough.
00:12:32 Enough to disobey a direct order?
00:12:40 Well...
00:12:44 To kill the snake,
00:12:47 I need to find Gorlacon.
00:12:51 For that, I have someone special in mind.
00:13:07 General Virilus, meet Etain,
00:13:13 Can't speak a word, but she can hunt
00:13:17 I swear she's part wolf.
00:13:19 I apologise for the theatrics,
00:13:24 Slaves cost nothing.
00:13:27 I don't know whether to fight her or...
00:13:29 She's mute, not deaf!
00:13:33 - I have my own scouts.
00:13:35 She knows the Picts. Knows their ways,
00:13:39 She will guide you into the mountains.
00:15:22 What's she sitting over there for?
00:15:24 - She's been looking at you all night.
00:15:27 Can't take her eyes off you.
00:15:29 Come on, you.
00:15:32 She's speechless, you daft bastard.
00:15:34 She's got no tongue in her head, you fool.
00:15:40 No tongue, that's perfect,
00:15:44 - You be careful.
00:15:50 I think that's Pict for "fuck off".
00:15:52 She must be a good scout
00:15:55 I think it's love.
00:15:57 I'll have a go with the mutt this time.
00:16:40 Report.
00:16:42 Three Pict riders and another,
00:16:45 I think he might be Roman.
00:16:48 Centurion Remus,
00:17:38 Stay down! Stay down!
00:17:40 Stay down!
00:17:48 We'll get nothing out of him.
00:17:50 We can't take prisoners on the march.
00:17:54 Head or ship?
00:17:56 Head.
00:18:00 I win.
00:18:02 Sorry, mate. Orders are orders.
00:18:05 Hey?
00:18:21 Thank the gods you found me.
00:18:23 Not the gods you should thank. It's her.
00:18:25 Etain, our Pict scout. She found you.
00:18:29 What's your name, soldier?
00:18:32 I'm Quintus Dias.
00:18:34 Second in Command.
00:18:40 Well, sorry we couldn't get here sooner.
00:18:43 - Are you the relief column?
00:18:46 I'm Titus Flavius Virilus,
00:18:48 We've come here looking for a fight.
00:18:51 Then you'll get one.
00:19:02 - General.
00:19:04 Ha! Now you look like a Roman.
00:19:08 Cuts and bruises, sir.
00:19:11 Well, sometimes there are scars
00:19:16 You escaped the clutches of Gorlacon,
00:19:20 but I must ask you to return with us
00:19:23 Best to get back into the fight, General.
00:19:27 - Spoken like a soldier.
00:19:30 My father was Scipio Dias.
00:19:32 I saw him win the fight
00:19:36 He was magnificent.
00:19:38 He taught me how to fight,
00:19:44 Come meet the men.
00:19:51 - Septus.
00:19:52 Get this man a drink.
00:19:58 Come and join us. Be warm.
00:20:01 Thank you.
00:20:03 Tomorrow you ride by my side.
00:20:06 Perhaps you can teach me something
00:20:14 - Thax. Bothos.
00:20:16 - Septus, I'll be doing my rounds.
00:20:19 - Evening, General.
00:20:22 If they ever catch me, I'm fucked!
00:20:24 I've never seen a general
00:20:27 Well, in training he is our scholar,
00:20:31 in the ranks he is our brother.
00:20:34 And in battle he is the god we pray
00:20:38 - Where did you read that?
00:20:42 - Probably wrote it himself.
00:20:47 And I'd die for him without hesitation.
00:22:30 It's a trap!
00:22:31 Column! Form up! Form up!
00:22:36 Quickly! Come on!
00:22:39 Dismount! Get the horses to the rear!
00:22:42 Tight! Quickly!
00:22:47 Steady, boys. Shields!
00:22:55 Watching!
00:23:08 Whatever comes out
00:23:17 Quintus, ride to the rear.
00:23:19 Tell Centurion Remus
00:23:22 - Make a hole.
00:23:26 Get ready!
00:23:30 Watching.
00:23:46 Hold the line!
00:24:14 Stand tall!
00:26:38 - Quintus.
00:26:42 - You made it.
00:26:44 Brick, here.
00:26:47 - The General?
00:26:49 We've got to move.
00:26:51 - Can you make it?
00:26:53 Come on.
00:27:05 Let's get moving.
00:27:10 In the chaos of battle,
00:27:12 when the ground beneath your feet
00:27:16 and the entrails of friends
00:27:20 it's easy to turn to the gods for salvation.
00:27:24 But it's soldiers who do the fighting
00:27:28 And the gods never get their feet wet.
00:27:59 - Thax.
00:28:02 Only you?
00:28:08 Macros, second cohort.
00:28:10 Leonidas, junior scout and peltast.
00:28:14 - Are we all that's left?
00:28:17 That's all. Time to go home.
00:28:20 We need to find the General's body.
00:28:23 The General's still alive.
00:28:25 - Are you sure?
00:28:27 - Which way?
00:28:29 - Then we follow north.
00:28:32 They'll have patrols sweeping
00:28:35 - We might as well slit our throats.
00:28:39 Yaargh!
00:28:44 - Where did you come from?
00:28:49 Good work, soldier.
00:28:54 My name's Tarak.
00:28:56 I'm not a soldier, I'm a cook.
00:28:58 Not any more.
00:28:59 Scavenge what you can,
00:29:02 Ditch your armour. We travel light.
00:29:16 Shit! That Macros can move.
00:29:18 He used to be a marathon runner
00:29:21 - How do you know that?
00:29:27 Aargh!
00:30:22 Take cover.
00:30:42 Aargh!
00:31:05 Aargh!
00:31:44 I knew we should never have trusted
00:31:49 I know where they've taken the General.
00:31:52 Move out.
00:32:15 This way. The cave.
00:32:17 Get up those mountains. Get up!
00:32:28 Here, some food.
00:32:32 No!
00:32:33 Death Caps. They can kill you in minutes.
00:32:37 To the untrained eye, they look similar
00:32:44 Thanks.
00:32:54 Tarak. It's Assyrian, right?
00:32:58 Yes.
00:33:00 But it's not my real name.
00:33:02 - What's your real name?
00:33:05 It's from the mountains of
00:33:10 Leonidas, right?
00:33:12 - Greek father, sir.
00:33:20 - Where are you from, Bothos?
00:33:23 It's all I've ever known.
00:33:27 They picked me up from the street,
00:33:33 So, tell me, Bothos.
00:33:39 Macros?
00:33:43 I escaped with my life
00:33:45 Didn't stop until I reached Greece.
00:33:49 Now I'm running for my life again.
00:33:52 We're all a long way from home.
00:33:57 - This was supposed to be my last tour.
00:34:02 Had my eye on a farm in Tuscany,
00:34:09 Brick...
00:34:11 What kind of name is that, anyway?
00:34:14 Short, sir... for Ubrickulius.
00:34:21 Your mother must have been... wise.
00:34:24 She was a fucking comedian.
00:34:29 "Brick" it is, then.
00:34:33 Get some sleep. I'll stand first watch.
00:34:57 - General.
00:35:00 With your gods.
00:35:04 Traitor!
00:35:06 She would answer your charge
00:35:11 She was a child
00:35:15 Her own village had been slaughtered
00:35:19 To set an example,
00:35:23 They raped her mother
00:35:27 Etain was forced to watch...
00:35:30 ...before she too was raped.
00:35:32 And finally they cut out her tongue
00:35:36 of the bloody Roman Empire.
00:35:42 She fled north
00:35:45 We raised her
00:35:48 And when she came of age,
00:35:51 to feign allegiance
00:36:16 The army is still dispersed.
00:36:19 When it's dark, we go in.
00:37:31 Come.
00:38:08 Urgh!
00:38:11 Come on.
00:38:16 Brick, Bothos, with me.
00:38:23 General.
00:38:25 - The Legion?
00:38:35 Oh, fuck.
00:38:47 Oh, shit.
00:38:54 Come on.
00:38:55 Leave me.
00:39:10 Shut up.
00:39:16 - We need an axe.
00:39:18 We will not abandon you, sir.
00:39:20 What's left of the Legion
00:39:27 We have to leave.
00:39:32 Go now!
00:39:37 Get them home.
00:39:54 That's for the Ninth.
00:40:06 Where's Thax?
00:40:10 Had to take care of a small problem.
00:40:12 I've got the General's helmet.
00:40:15 We couldn't free him. Come on.
00:40:20 We came all this way for nothing!
00:40:26 Fuck.
00:41:29 See what you have done?
00:41:31 Before you die, know that the men
00:41:38 Well, let's get on with it, then.
00:41:44 Your Roman friends should have known
00:42:10 Well, what are you waiting for?
00:42:13 No man brave enough?
00:42:27 Let's see what you're made of...
00:44:18 Go!
00:44:55 Come on. We need to keep
00:44:58 - On foot, over this?
00:45:03 We keep moving. North.
00:45:06 But our lines are to the south.
00:45:08 And that's where
00:45:11 Look... we can't outrun them.
00:45:14 So we have to outsmart them.
00:45:17 We head north, throw them off our trail,
00:45:24 It may take days, even weeks.
00:45:27 But we're so far behind enemy lines,
00:45:38 Come on!
00:45:48 You'll be needing this, then, Centurion.
00:47:00 When the Picts
00:47:03 They can run for hours, ride for days.
00:47:14 Etain, like the wolf,
00:47:18 It is part sense, part instinct.
00:47:20 She can read the terrain,
00:47:23 run her quarry to ground
00:47:28 Now she hunts Romans.
00:47:31 Now we are the prey.
00:48:12 Move! Keep moving!
00:48:19 Stop!
00:48:25 - Leo, we've got to keep moving!
00:48:29 - I can't go on, I'm too cold.
00:48:31 Brick, find shelter,
00:48:35 Enough. Help me.
00:48:40 He's slowing us down. Just say the word
00:48:46 We live united or die divided...
00:48:54 You can stick this out if you want,
00:48:56 but first chance I get,
00:48:59 It's your funeral.
00:49:42 When they paint their faces
00:49:45 it is more than just a decoration.
00:49:48 It is a sacred rite.
00:49:51 To the Picts,
00:49:56 It means for them...
00:50:51 These men are the best I've ever seen.
00:50:58 Am I worthy enough to lead them?
00:51:13 My father taught me that in life,
00:51:20 A man without his word
00:51:27 I made a promise to a general
00:51:32 That is my task.
00:51:34 That is my duty.
00:52:36 Not bad for a Greek. Come on.
00:52:53 Drink while it's hot.
00:52:59 - What is that?
00:53:01 The moss inside is half digested.
00:53:06 Try it, it's good.
00:54:37 Quintus. They'll have heard him
00:54:41 What's wrong?
00:54:44 Move! Move! Move!
00:54:48 Move! Move!
00:54:54 This way!
00:54:57 Move. Come on, let's go.
00:54:59 Come on, get up!
00:55:05 Come on!
00:55:30 They're coming!
00:55:36 - They're closing.
00:55:42 Come on. Give me your hand!
00:55:46 No!
00:55:53 Shit!
00:55:56 - We have to jump.
00:55:59 - Do it!
00:56:08 - I can't!
00:56:15 You can do it!
00:56:24 No! Tarak!
00:57:14 Are you OK? Come on up.
00:57:19 - Grab him.
00:57:25 Where's Tarak?
00:57:27 I lost him.
00:57:30 Thax, Macros?
00:57:35 Let's get out.
00:57:41 Come on.
00:57:51 Take off the tunics,
00:58:08 Oh, shit.
00:58:10 - Can you walk?
00:58:14 Then you can run.
00:58:26 They've followed us downstream.
00:58:30 That's it. Keep going.
00:58:44 Shit!
00:58:47 - She's onto us.
00:58:50 It's not magic, she's a tracker.
00:59:10 - What's happening?
00:59:13 They don't care
00:59:15 But she won't expect it... us.
00:59:18 Bothos, watch over Leo.
00:59:21 - What are you going to do?
00:59:24 Come on.
00:59:46 Aargh!
00:59:48 Quintus!
01:00:11 Kill him and be done with it.
01:00:23 No!
01:00:55 They took his fucking head.
01:01:04 - Bothos!
01:01:08 They're not defending their lives
01:01:13 They've sworn a blood vengeance
01:01:21 And they won't rest...
01:01:23 ...until we beg them... for death.
01:01:27 Are you ready to get on your knees
01:01:29 - I'm finished. It's hopeless.
01:01:34 Hopeless is what they sing songs about,
01:01:39 Hopeless is the stuff of legend, Bothos.
01:01:45 What do I have to do?
01:01:47 Keep moving, while we still have
01:01:50 The gods have forsaken us.
01:02:58 Aargh!
01:03:00 Macros. Macros.
01:03:07 I... I can't keep up.
01:03:10 I can't keep up.
01:03:18 Macros, at least this way,
01:03:22 - Bastard!
01:03:25 They'll end it quicker
01:03:29 Don't leave me! Thax!
01:03:32 Thax!
01:03:44 Come on!
01:03:53 We should give this place a wide berth.
01:03:56 We need food and a place to rest.
01:04:56 Where the hell are we now?
01:05:01 - I'll get some water. Stay alert.
01:05:05 - Oh!
01:05:18 Brick, go back inside.
01:05:20 Go back inside now.
01:05:22 I'll leave you to it, then.
01:06:09 You speak my language.
01:06:30 Are you from the garrison?
01:06:32 I thought you'd stopped
01:06:34 Garrison? What garrison?
01:06:36 - Two days south of here.
01:06:39 How do you think I know your language?
01:06:42 I do what I can to discourage them.
01:06:45 They think I'm a necromancer...
01:06:49 ...and they leave me alone.
01:06:52 It usually works on the others.
01:06:55 Why not you?
01:06:58 We're too tired to be afraid.
01:07:00 We were 3,000 and now we are three.
01:07:03 Here.
01:07:11 Brick, put the fucking knife down.
01:07:14 Bothos, there's a Roman garrison
01:07:18 It must be the Western Frontier Post
01:07:20 Two days?
01:07:24 Let's take a look at your friend.
01:07:38 Quintus, what's she doing?
01:07:40 She's a Pict and a woman...
01:07:42 Two good reasons not to trust her!
01:07:59 Right, that'll stop the bleeding.
01:08:22 Death caps?
01:08:35 Smells good.
01:08:39 Well, how's your leg?
01:08:43 Quintus, the mushrooms.
01:08:45 - What?
01:08:49 Why heal your leg, only to kill you?
01:08:52 Death caps have white gills.
01:08:55 It pays to know your mushrooms.
01:09:06 Good.
01:09:11 It's really good.
01:09:24 - It's delicious.
01:09:42 Your men are very nervous.
01:09:46 They ought to be.
01:09:48 A demon stalks us day and night.
01:09:50 A demon?
01:09:53 They call her Etain.
01:09:56 You know her?
01:09:57 If Etain is hunting you,
01:10:02 That's comforting.
01:10:04 Her soul is an empty vessel.
01:10:07 Only Roman blood can fill it.
01:10:28 Where's Arianne?
01:10:30 She went to fetch us some breakfast.
01:10:35 Are you OK?
01:11:02 Is that for bait?
01:11:09 Where I come from it's considered rude
01:11:15 Where I come from it's considered
01:11:18 when he's pissing on his breakfast.
01:11:24 Good point.
01:11:34 Must've been a storm
01:11:40 Come on!
01:11:47 - Trouble.
01:11:49 Too late for that.
01:11:55 Hide in the grain store
01:13:51 We put you in too much danger.
01:13:54 Leave now and she'll have you gutted
01:13:58 Stay until morning,
01:14:03 These are your people.
01:14:07 They are not my people.
01:14:10 Not since Gorlacon accused me
01:14:15 ...to mark me as an outcast,
01:14:17 and banished me
01:14:26 What cruel devices
01:14:34 To find sanctuary
01:14:39 Is she angel...
01:14:42 ...or devil?
01:14:49 - Clear.
01:14:51 Get some rest.
01:15:06 I'm a cantankerous old soldier...
01:15:11 ...but not too stubborn
01:15:17 I'm sorry I misjudged you.
01:15:23 There it is.
01:15:49 - It's getting cold.
01:15:56 You've given us the shelter of your home,
01:16:01 and risked your life for us.
01:16:03 Why?
01:16:07 I owe allegiance to no man,
01:16:29 Here's some food for the journey.
01:16:34 Thank you.
01:16:37 Good luck, Roman.
01:16:42 Good luck, witch.
01:18:02 Bothos, get up. Come on.
01:18:04 My leg!
01:18:06 Look! Look! See, the fire's burning.
01:18:09 Look, hot food and a dry bed.
01:18:42 Agricola has fallen back.
01:18:45 Emperor Hadrian has given orders
01:18:50 Giving up the ground we fought for.
01:18:52 - And where does that leave us?
01:19:07 How does she do that?
01:19:11 I don't know about you,
01:19:43 - This is all I could find.
01:19:47 For Virilus.
01:19:49 For the Ninth.
01:20:44 Bothos, they're flanking us.
01:22:28 Brick!
01:22:35 Come on!
01:24:44 - How much further do you think?
01:24:46 A day's ride. Maybe two.
01:25:08 That's close enough, Thax.
01:25:10 Oh, shit!
01:25:13 I thought you were Picts.
01:25:17 We thought you were dead.
01:25:27 Where's Macros?
01:25:32 Wolves got him.
01:25:42 Is this it? Are we all that's left?
01:25:54 Hey, at least the three of us made it!
01:26:00 - We're not home yet.
01:26:02 - We should be at the frontier by now.
01:26:05 Agricola's been given
01:26:08 Ha! So, Rome's finally given up
01:26:15 Can't say that I'm sorry.
01:26:18 Then we fought for nothing.
01:26:38 Hup! Hup!
01:26:46 - What happened with the boy, Thax?
01:27:32 This is Hadrian's big, fucking plan?
01:27:35 Hey, who cares? We made it.
01:27:37 - Let's go!
01:27:41 Slow down, Centurion.
01:27:44 Thax, what are you doing?
01:27:47 Just making sure
01:27:51 I understand that many good men died
01:27:54 and you will answer for it.
01:27:56 Why did I just know
01:28:24 Hey!
01:28:35 Bothos!
01:30:15 This report
01:30:19 You fought your war, soldier,
01:30:24 This man will show you to my private
01:30:28 You look half starved.
01:30:35 We cannot return to Rome in disgrace.
01:30:38 Better that the fate of the Legion
01:30:41 than the truth of their failure be known.
01:30:44 If word gets out, every tribe
01:30:48 It's too great a risk.
01:30:51 Are we agreed, then?
01:30:53 The fate of the Ninth Legion
01:30:56 Aye.
01:30:59 Aye.
01:31:20 I hope the food is to your liking.
01:31:25 I've brought you some wine.
01:31:31 It is the least we can do
01:31:57 Is this how Rome honours her heroes?
01:32:00 You want to bury the truth
01:32:03 You are too much of a risk.
01:32:14 Where will you go?
01:32:16 Where I belong.
01:32:45 No!
01:32:56 It seems my life is
01:33:03 My name is Quintus Dias.
01:33:05 I am a fugitive of Rome.
01:33:08 And this is neither the beginning