A NETFLIX SERIES
Ride on! Double line!
Proceed!
That way!
Go on!
Watch out for the cave!
Hurry! There is his son!
You there, go to the left! Down to the bushes!
You, to the bushes!
Damn! Run! Run!
Where is he?
Damn!
Hurry! Look for him!
He must be close by.
There he is!
Saulus?
Show yourself, traitor!
Flavus told me that this is your son!
If you want to save his life, surrender!
Traitor, surrender!
Go back to Tiberius.
This is our land.
If you don't understand that, a whole lot of Roman blood will flow.
It's over. Everything's fine.
"Everything's fine?"
Look at you!
Roman blood all over your face.
You shame us all!
They tried to kill us.
Kill you!
Because you're a traitor!
I'm taking you home now.
To Rome?
Rome is not my home.
That shouldn't have happened.
Runa!
It won't stop bleeding.
You know how to close the wound.
Go on, do it.
-Ready? -Mm-hmm.
Dido!
Overpowered by Arminius and two women?
As I said,
there was another man, and who knows how many others assisting outside!
Will you confess to your part in the plot?
You blame me?
To distract from your failure?
Barbarians entered your camp--
Take him to his tent. The barbarian traitor will await his fate.
Arminius's escape benefits me in no way!
I brought him here!
No one wants my brother's head on a pike more than me!
Untie me. Now.
No, I won't.
And speak Latin. I don't understand this crude yelping.
You understand my language.
Anyway, I'm not going to risk having you run off.
I won't.
By the way, I didn't know.
Hmm?
I didn't know that Ari had a Roman child.
Mm.
Maybe he has someone else, right?
A wife?
Mm.
And if he had ten wives and 20 children…
why would he hide it from me?
I'm sorry I dragged you into this mayhem.
All this trouble for a liar, huh?
What else do you want me to say?
That I was right about Ari.
This is your village?
-We live in small villages-- -It smells of shit.
You traded Rome for this?
To live among barbarian swine?
The barbarian swine overpowered three Roman legions
under your father's leadership.
Being the leader of shit still means you live in shit.
Ari!
-Odvulf! -Thank the gods.
Good to see you.
-Talio. Good to see you again. -Easy, easy.
Thusnelda is already at Runa's.
Odvulf, can you take care of him?
This is Gaius.
My son.
This barbarian stinks.
Should I translate that for him?
Send messengers to the reiks.
What about?
Tell them Marbod is no advocate of peace. He's a filthy traitor.
I knew it. So, what happened, Ari?
He lured me into a trap so the Romans could arrest me.
And he'll betray us once more. We need to act fast.
Marbod will pay for his treachery.
You trust this Flavus?
Your face lit up when I said his name.
That's strange.
Flavus.
Enough.
-Flavus… -Enough!
A love affair?
This here, and this here
belong only to us Marcomanni,
and we will defend it with everything we have.
My lord?
We've heard that Ari, the Cheruscan, has escaped from the Roman camp.
What did you just say?
Ari has escaped.
What about his brother?
We don't know, my lord.
How is she?
Worse than you.
We need to take her to the village. It's safer there. She'll recover faster.
We're not going anywhere with you.
Fine. Then don't come with me.
But if this woman means anything to you,
then at least let us bring her.
I suspect the Romans sent a whole legion after us.
-You can't hold them off here on your own. -I'll handle it.
He has a point. She has to leave.
Do it for her.
The savages in these woods…
will never approach the majesty of our empire…
because they will never know the power that comes from uniting as one.
Rome…
shall…
always…
reign.
But only if we remain strong.
We are only as strong as our weakest link!
No! Have mercy!
I have to, brother.
And what do we do with our weakest link?
Yeah!
We remove it!
Yeah!
-And if there's another? -Tiberius!
Silence, barbarian!
Marbod!
You need me.
We've been best friends since our earliest days.
If he learns you've killed me, he'll team up with Arminius.
I'm sure of it!
I was right about you from the start.
Think of Rome!
A traitor by nature.
Marbod has an army of 70,000!
Our great leader Tiberius
has other plans for this traitorous barbarian.
But be assured
that his punishment will be more horrible…
…than what my sword could ever accomplish.
Careful!
Thusnelda.
When you disappeared, I was the only one who believed you were still breathing,
who wanted to rescue you from the Romans.
I was the only one in this tribe who risked everything!
-And I'm grate-- -Shut your mouth.
And what for?
To set a cowardly liar free?
My past is--
Your son is standing outside, Ari. That's not your past, all right?
My life in Rome, my son, my wife--
Your wife?
Tonight, I suggest you look for somewhere else to sleep.
Dido!
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey.
It's the monsters of the night. It's just a dream, okay?
Yesterday, in the Roman camp…
…I saw him.
The Roman who killed my father.
You've got a fever.
Maybe your dreams and reality are getting mixed up, you know?
It wasn't a dream.
It was him.
Sleep.
I'm right here.
And you'll sleep here.
This is your bed, and this is my bed.
Basic but comfortable.
And these are my pigs.
Huh?
Pigs are good.
Nice and warm.
It stinks.
What a filthy--
Hey.
You're sleeping here.
Hmm?
Oh, oh! Look out, look ou--
Sleep.
How is she?
Good.
Thanks for getting me out of there.
In spite of everything.
You risked your life for me.
I'll always be grateful for that.
Good.
We're fighting an important battle.
We're all making sacrifices and doing things…
that hurt people we love.
We must be conscious
of what we're prepared to face for our ideals.
Good.
I will always love you as my best friend.
And you should know… that your tribe needs you.
Wash.
"Lavore."
Lauàre.
Yeah.
Idiot.
No way. This is ice water.
Odvulf? Odvulf! Wait!
Odvulf! Odvulf! What are you doing? Odvulf!
Wait! Wait! Odvulf!
You! Idiot!
"Lavore."
Lauàre.
Your passion for the empire appears unshaken.
-Yes, Commander. -Hmm.
My only love is Rome.
Take this to Marbod.
A token of our ongoing friendship and loyalty.
I pray you succeed.
This is your last chance.
Yes, Commander.
Thank you for your confidence.
Do you think someone will get killed?
Nothing is certain in life
except uncertainty.
Uncertainty and the empire.
CHERUSCI
Well? What did the other tribes say?
This is for your ears only.
I have no secrets from Folkwin.
-We spoke to four different reiks. -And?
No one will support you.
-So, they refuse to pick sides? -No, they're on Marbod's.
They want to elect him as king at the Thing.
They see the fact that you were captured by the Romans as a sign from the gods.
That wasn't the gods. That was Marbod himself.
The dog!
We have to take care of him before the Romans take care of us.
What do you think?
Me?
It's none of my business who will be your king and who won't.
Not that long ago, you said you'd kill me if I ever were to become king.
What did you say?
We are Germanic.
We've never had a king, and we won't need one this time around.
But it's good
that you picked up on how it was a shitty idea.
You're a true barbarian, Odvulf.
Stupid, uncivilized, crude.
You live in a shithole,
heated by the farts of your pigs.
You infer--
Ha! You see?
No, no.
Again. Come here.
Here.
Here. With feeling.
Sensus.
Yeah!
Again.
The duck?
Did you catch it?
Odvulf.
He showed me how to hunt with a sling.
Very primitive, of course.
Barbaric.
But a lot of fun, right?
Gaius.
I have…
I must apologize to you.
I've been unfair.
How come?
Because this is where I belong.
And these people have a right to a proper life.
A life of peace.
So I chose them instead of Rome and my career in the army.
I have only one thing to regret…
losing you.
You can go if you want.
But if you stayed, I would be happy.
Give me one good reason.
One day we could lead together.
I'm not Cherusci.
Ari.
Are you coming?
What… Where are you going?
We have to go deal with a problem.
One of the other reiks.
A fight?
Can I come with you?
Why?
Barbarians, well, they just keep on killing each other.
I think that's good.
It's good for Rome.
Don't ask.
You know, it was always clear that there were no obligations.
We didn't owe each other anything.
And you owe her something now? Is that what you're saying?
She saved me, Thusnelda.
From myself.
You're going against Marbod and the Marcomanni, right?
You'll get your revenge, but then his 70,000 men will come here
saying they want Ari's head.
You know that, right?
-Some fights have to be fought. -Hmm.
Still, right now, the tribes should be united.
It doesn't feel right.
I…
I'm scared.
It seems strange.
Yeah.
That's because you're a mother.
You-- You have a… a child now.
As a mother,
you're always putting more than one life at risk.
-That's why you should probably-- -Nonsense!
Folkwin?
You're Thumelicus's father.
Runa told me that.
I did have a feeling about it.
And does… Ari know that?
No.
Thumelicus is the son of Reik Ari.
Thumelicus will be the next reik.
But he is your child.
I know perfectly well I have no right to ask you anything…
Thusnelda, you can't just--
…because we don't owe each other anything either.
But Thumelicus owes you his life.
The gods are playing a game with us.
Folkwin,
if anything happens to me…
protect the kid.
Here, look.
You know the gods will punish us if we break the peace at the Thing, right?
So you think we should just let Marbod get away unpunished?
-I just meant that right now… -Are we ready?
-…that the gods-- -I guess the gods don't know Marbod, then.
No.
So, you're going to attack us?
Just like a damn dog, huh?
Because we're defenseless?
You know, I thought that you would
adhere to the commandments of the gods and keep peace at the Thing.
This is just between the two of us, Marbod.
You shouldn't have come here, Ari.
Have you forgotten?
I'm not scared anymore.
Come on!
You know what distinguishes us from the Romans?
Barbarians, we just keep killing each other, don't we?
That's good.
Good for Rome.
You want me to kneel before you?
Never.
Never!
No.
I want you to stand!
Marbod.
King of all Germanic tribes.