We are saving Alba,
this the Gods know.
Everyone is looking for him.
I wish the earth opened up and my body sank down where the dead live...
rather than have to pronounce this painful speech.
He's been killed.
His brother Yemos murdered him.
He was blinded by a cruel God, he wanted the kingdom.
He was blinded by a cruel God, he wanted the kingdom,
I saw him myself plunge his dagger into Enitos' back.
This is impossible.
I was a distance away, unarmed, I wasn't able to save him.
I swear, before all the Gods, that my heart will not be at peace
until the earth has drunk the blood of Yemos.
Who will be the king of Alba now?
Tell us who our king will be, Amulius!
Alba has to have a king!
The law says you are the king!
You're the only one who can lead our League.
Long live Amulius!
Give them what they want.
You will be a great king.
Long live Amulius, long live the son of Proca!
Death to Yemos!
Ilia,
the king of Alba wants to talk to you.
Do you recognise me, Ilia?
Father.
Your face has changed.
Don't tremble.
Ask the Goddess for protection for me and good fortune for Alba.
I don't understand...
only the king is allowed in here.
I am your king.
You?
And the twins?
One is alive, but it is the worse of the two.
He killed his brother in front of me.
Which of the two is alive?
Yemos is alive.
Why are you crying? Ilia...
Why?
Father,
Iâ€™m crying tears of joy for you.
Are you hungry, Wiros?
Yes, I'm begging you.
Bleat.
-I don't understand. -Bleat!
Like a sheep!
You were born to be a slave,
the likes of you should be treated like animals.
I found him at the river. He's still breathing.
This is mine.
And what have I to do with him?
I could keep him as my slave.
Well done, Taurus.
He found himself a slave.
Are you sure he's alive?
Hold him still!
He's a rebel.
He doesn't like being held down.
Give him to me, I'll teach him.
There!
Here, that's how you get slaves to move.
Rascal!
Hold him!
Where are you from?
He's not a servant, he's valuable.
Do you speak our language?
Lick.
That is mine!
Careful,
because I'll cut your throat.
Do you have anything to eat?
We are Luperci, we come from Velia.
You were lucky to meet Taurus.
He's the stupidest of them all.
Can you hear them?
They tear the heart out of us mortals
and eat it.
You were alone in the forest,
did you meet the spirits?
Why don't you answer me,
what did I do to you?
What you're doing, I did as a child.
I was in the forest with my brother.
My father left us alone for a whole month.
Rumia can sense fear.
And you reek of fear.
Do you think you're better than me?
You have nothing, you have no one.
You are just a slave.
We are the same.
I'm free,
you're in a cage.
We are not the same.
Our daughter was trembling.
As though she were afraid of me.
She's not afraid of you,
she's afraid of everything outside the temple.
You're tired.
I haven't slept in days.
Your power is safe.
Yemos is alive,
and as long as he lives my power is like a house built on clay.
He can't run for ever.
Nobody will offer asylum to a fratricide.
Ertas.
Drink!
Not now.
The king of Gabi has an ox sitting on his tongue.
Ertas suffered the worst pain, after mine.
He and Numitor were very close. In Veio
my brother saved him from the swords of the Tusci.
Why are you talking about Veio now?
Your brother is in exile, Enitos is dead,
and you are not ashamed to drink and to eat.
I've always admired you, Ertas, for your courage.
But be careful about what you say, now.
Am I no longer free to speak?
Nobody is stopping you.
We are listening to you.
You didn't know the twins.
Enitos and Yemos loved each other.
Yemos can't have killed Enitos.
I wouldn't have believed it either,
if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
But I didn't see it.
You are afraid of losing privileges.
You were friends with Numitor, that is why you speak.
My people are devoted to Alba,
we never received privileges that we didn't deserve.
So what do you want, little king of Gabi?
The truth.
The truth...
The truth is something only I know.
And you will have to believe me.
The new king will face many issues. It is right that your Gabi...
has new lands to farm.
What will you tell the boys' mother?
The boys' mother...
is lucky.
From her exile she will never know what her son did.
Stand up, slave!
Where I go, you go as well.
We're going to go back empty-handed.
Don't think about it, even if it's a mouse, we have to get something.
Cnaeus will bludgeon us if we go back empty-handed.
We have to show him he can trust us,
so he will treat us as equals.
Walk.
Don't make me pull you!
Stop looking at me like that.
If I catch the boar will you take the rope off my neck?
If you speak again, I'll tie you to that tree
and you will be food for the Lady of the Wolves.
If you want to catch it, pound the ground with your sticks.
-Shut up, slave. -Listen to me.
I just want to help you.
Trust me... I won't run away.
You will bring a boar to Cnaeus and the credit will be yours alone.
This is mine, remember that.
Mother Vesta,
three-fold Goddess,
fruitful mother.
You have always been,
are...
What are you, Mother?
For ten years I've been serving you.
Every night I've rekindled the fire for you.
What was my mistake,
if it's because of my mistake that Enitos is dead?
No, there was no mistake.
To no avail did I watch over the fire.
You don't care about your servants.
And so I will not take care of you any more.
I'm told you're good at hunting.
Better than your master.
Why are you hiding in the forest?
Are you running away?
Did you kill someone?
I didn't kill anyone.
Go,
choose the best piece.
It's true,
he hunted with us, but he only did his part.
Aburius and Pacuvius tell a different story.
You are the one who did nothing.
That's not true!
Tell him the truth, slave.
It was Taurus who captured the boar.
I only obeyed his orders.
Lying to defend your master,
this does you honour.
Come on, I want you to sit next to me.
Well done, Taurus. You had a slave for one day.
Taurus says that the slave belongs to him,
but I say to you that he is no longer a slave.
He now obeys only me.
Take,
eat.
Mars is with us!
Eat.
There is enough meat,
you can feed him too.
Bring him here, his punishment is over.
Today we all are going to eat.
Go.
You have to thank him.
If you can eat.
Thank you, it is because of you if I am now allowed to eat.
-Raise your voice! -Thank you!
-I am in your debt! -That's enough.
I say if it's enough.
Are you hungry?
Yes.
Eat.
You mustn't treat them too badly,
or they will think they have nothing to lose.
Here, take this.
Can I eat it?
Don't let them see you.
Don't touch me.
I am impure.
Is it true what they say?
Don't ask about what you don't want to know,
Father.
I want to hear it from your voice.
I put out the sacred fire.
Not out of carelessness or tiredness,
but by choice?
Why?
Ever since Enitos died,
living has become hateful to me.
What are you talking about, daughter?
I was six when Numitor chose me for divine service.
Enitos was eight.
He told me,
"When you watch over the fire,
I will think of you every night,
and when you look at the moon
7know that I will be looking at it."
I was not alone. Vesta loved me, Enitos was waiting for me.
You desecrated the fire for a childhood memory...
No, Father.
Enitos is my love as a woman.
I kept seeing him in secret,
every month I touched his hand.
I implored the Goddess to protect him.
Shut up!
You beloved daughter,
you have destroyed everything.
Father,
let me see Enitos one last time.
Before the earth closes over my head.
You can't touch me.
You will be buried alive.
This is what you have obtained.
My daughter will die,
and I will have to kill her.
You can't save her,
you have no fault.
If Enitos wasn't dead,
Ilia would be safe.
I've always known about Ilia's love for Enitos.
Why?
Why didn't you tell me?
Why?
Because Enitos had to die.
Pain won't defeat you.
Ilia decided her own fate.
We have no power over this.
Ilia has been condemned.
Don't ask me for evidence, my son.
I know how a lying man sounds like.
I'm not asking for evidence,
but a speech that might convince the other kings.
You can't convince those who don't want to be convinced.
Spurius, Mezentius, Capys
all the kings of the League are with Amulius.
If that's true, we are alone.
Rescue Numitor, whatever the cost, and bring him to Gabi.
When we meet again we will decide what to do.
You don't have much time, do what you have to.
I'm here, Enitos.
In death we will finally be together.
Does it hurt?
No.
What is it?
Nothing, I see that you don't like talking.
But you do.
I'm not good at anything else.
You too talk a lot at night, though.
You fret, you cry.
Many times you said "Brother".
You were hungry and I fed you. What else do you want from me?
I can't do much for you,
but I can listen...
Is it the brother with whom you lived in the forest?
Now he's dead.
And with him I lost everything I had.
And now I hope he takes me with him to the kingdom of the dead.
When I was hungry you gave me food to eat.
The likes of you are not made for death.
Which is why you do not fear the spirits.
Because death doesn't scare you.
I don't want to die, Father.
I will pray for you to all the Gods.
They will bless you with sweet sleep.
It won't be sweet, you know that.
It will be hunger, thirst
and darkness.
We have lived terrible days...
...of loss and darkness.
The sky opened its gates.
And the fury of the storm swept us away.
But now...
I look at you.
I watch your eyes hard and deep,
and I see that you resisted.
You are still here!
Grab your spears again!
Raise your battle cry high again!
Alba! Alba!
Remember this war cry when you're back in your own lands.
We will only live if we are united.
Silvia, do you recognise me?
I am Lausus, son of Ertas.
And if we disperse to fade away.
Now go.
Everyone weep their dead in solitude.
Bright Mars.
Arm me in battle.
Let me live...
...so I can kill Yemos.
Subtitles: Issaverdens - Rome