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{Female_Narrator_01}

The year is 329 BC.



{Female_Narrator_02}

Italy.



{Female_Narrator_03}

Warring city-states vie for power and superiority over their neighbours.



{Female_Narrator_04}

The Senate and People of Rome control The Latin states …



{Female_Narrator_05}

…but enemies surround them.



{Female_Narrator_06}

The Republic stands at a crossroads in history… 



{Bombasticus_Maximus_01}

Romans!  Senators!  Friends! 



{Bombasticus_Maximus_02}

Latium is firmly under the rule of the Senate and People of Rome! 



{Bombasticus_Maximus_03}

The Latin people are now one! 



{Bombasticus_Maximus_04}

Not since noble Brutus drove out the last King, have we known such a glorious day.



{Bombasticus_Maximus_05}

But now, my friends, in this hour of glory, we must be on our guard. 



{Bombasticus_Maximus_06}

To the south, treacherous Greeks and Samnites block our trade!



{Bombasticus_Maximus_07}

Tarquinii groans beneath the tyrant’s heel!  



{Bombasticus_Maximus_08}

That tyrant threatens Rome! 



{Bombasticus_Maximus_09}

Will we abandon Tarquinii? 



{Bombasticus_Maximus_10}

And now barbarians raid from the north. Burning and pillaging roman lands! 



{Bombasticus_Maximus_11}

Shall we let danger fester and grow? 



{Bombasticus_Maximus_12}

Or will we act as Romans? With courage and dignity. 



{Bombasticus_Maximus_13}

Remember. 



{Bombasticus_Maximus_14}

We are the Sons of Mars!



{Bombasticus_Maximus_15}

As senate leader I call upon Tribunes Gaius Julius and Decius Brutus to smash the Gauls and relieve Tarquinii.



{Bombasticus_Maximus_16}

All those in favour say I.



{Group_of_Senators_01}

AVE! AVE! AVE! 



{Group_of_Senators_02}

Infamy! Shame!



{Group_of_Senators_03}

No!



{Group_of_Senators_04}

NO! NO!



{Group_of_Senators_05}

WAR! WAR! WAR! WAR!



{Group_of_Senators_06}

 “I” (followed by cheering) 



{Julii_Leader_01}

Gods! I hate Gauls. 



{Julii_Leader_02}

My grandfather hated them too. Even before they put out his eyes. 



{Julii_Leader_03}

Did you think I’d be out here on the frontier without a good reason? 



{Julii_Leader_04}

Yes - Rome needs a strong frontier. 



{Julii_Leader_05}

No - Rome doesn’t need unwashed barbarians at her gates. 



{Julii_Leader_06}

So - that’s why I’m here, the leader of the Julii, to bring Roman order to stinking Gauls. 



{Julii_Leader_07}

Revenge. That’ll be good too. 



{Julii_Leader_08}

This war against the Gauls won’t last long. 



{Julii_Leader_09}

When it’s done, I’ve got plans. 



{Julii_Leader_10}

This is all about power. Power in Rome. Going down that road means dealing with all my rivals.



{Julii_Leader_11}

The Senate. The Greeks. Those Carthaginian elephant riders. The Scipii and the Brutii families too.



{Julii_Leader_12}

After all, the man who controls Rome rules the world! 



{Julii_Leader_13}

And one day, I will be Emperor...



{Brutii_Senator_01}

We Brutii are the only true Romans. We saved Rome. We drove out the kings. We made the Republic.



{Brutii_Senator_02}

The family deserve respect for that. 



{Brutii_Senator_03}

Respect.



{Brutii_Senator_04}

And obedience. 



{Brutii_Senator_05}

WE know what is best for Rome. 



{Brutii_Senator_06}

New lands. Living space. Territory. Slaves. 



{Brutii_Senator_07}

I know what must be done. 



{Brutii_Senator_08}

The Greeks. They look down their perfumed noses at all Romans - and they hate us.



{Brutii_Senator_09}

I’m going to give them a reason for hate. When I’ve CRUSHED them. 



{Brutii_Senator_10}

Roman steel, that’s the answer.



{Brutii_Senator_11}

Roman steel in the Brutii fist.



{Brutii_Senator_12}

And the other great Roman families?



{Brutii_Senator_13}

The Scipii - trash. They have no respect. For proper Roman ways. For us. 



{Brutii_Senator_14}

The Julii prostitute themselves! As if “the people” mattered. Bah!



{Brutii_Senator_15}

We Brutii MUST lead Rome... 



{Scipii_Politician_01}

My family – the house of Scipii – are beloved of the Gods.



{Scipii_Politician_02}

A proud boast but true all the same. 



{Scipii_Politician_03}

In return, we have served Rome, ruled well - led her armies to glory!



{Scipii_Politician_04}

It has cost us dearly, despite the love of the Gods. 



{Scipii_Politician_05}

Sometimes, the hatred of men is stronger! 



{Scipii_Politician_06}

Our dead lie in many graves, put there by Carthaginian swords - and a few Greek ones.



{Scipii_Politician_07}

Even Roman blades have taken Scipii lives. THAT we do not forget – or forgive.



{Scipii_Politician_08}

So, now our time has come. The spirits of the dead cry out for blood!



{Scipii_Politician_09}

I will lead our family in this undertaking.



{Scipii_Politician_10}

The Gods will grant us vengeance! 



{Scipii_Politician_11}

When Sicily is Roman – when Carthage is crushed – when the other Roman families are gone - when the world is mine!



{Scipii_Politician_12}

Then I will stand before the Gods and be worthy of their love.



{Scipii_Politician_13}

And worthy to rule Rome!



{Old_Barbarian_01}

Before my grandfather’s grandfather was born, this was our land. 



{Old_Barbarian_02}

These are good places. Our Gods live here, in the trees and rivers. They watch over us.



{Old_Barbarian_03}

We are happy. We hunt. We love. We have families. Homes. A good life.



{Old_Barbarian_04}

But sometimes, we must fight.



{Old_Barbarian_05}

The Romans disturb the Gods.



{Old_Barbarian_06}

They burn the forests.



{Old_Barbarian_07}

They take what is ours: wives, children, land.



{Old_Barbarian_08}

And the Romans talk of how they will help us, and protect us. They put us to sleep with golden promises. When we wake, all we had is gone – stolen!



{Old_Barbarian_09}

They take our sons and turn them into little Romans! 



{Old_Barbarian_10}

Ha!



{Old_Barbarian_11}

So we fight to keep what is ours, what must STAY ours! 



{Old_Barbarian_12}

There can be no peace. No peace with Romans - men of stone and iron and lies. 



{Old_Barbarian_13}

There can be only war.



{Greek_Strategos_01}

The Greeks could rule the world.



{Greek_Strategos_02}

Alexander did.



{Greek_Strategos_03}

He took a Greek army to the far Indus. There was nothing left to conquer. The world was his. 



{Greek_Strategos_04}

But Alexander is dead. 



{Greek_Strategos_05}

His empire is gone.



{Greek_Strategos_06}

And so we live in evil days. 



{Greek_Strategos_07}

The free men of Greece have turned on each other, instead of their proper enemies – those who envy all that Greeks have done. 



{Greek_Strategos_08}

Alexander must weep - if the dead weep.



{Greek_Strategos_09}

I would weep in his place. But I would also hope.



{Greek_Strategos_10}

The world turns. What was may come again. 



{Greek_Strategos_11}

The Fates still spin the web of men’s lives.



{Greek_Strategos_12}

So now, perhaps, the Gods wish Greeks to be great again.



{Greek_Strategos_13}

Perhaps a new Alexander will take up the sword. 



{Greek_Strategos_14}

Bring order where there is chaos. 



{Greek_Strategos_15}

Remake the world of men to a better plan. 



{Greek_Strategos_16}

Perhaps...



{Egyptian_Scribe_01}

I have been in the service of Pharaoh for many, many years. 



{Egyptian_Scribe_02}

It is my task to write down all that is decided. My father did this before me. And his father before him. 



{Egyptian_Scribe_03}

We have faithfully recorded and seen much.  



{Egyptian_Scribe_04}

Pharaoh is our Lord and Master. He is Horus reborn, and will be Osiris in the afterlife.



{Egyptian_Scribe_05}

All of Egypt lives and dies by His divine wish.



{Egyptian_Scribe_06}

And this is as it should be.



{Egyptian_Scribe_07}

We are his children. Pharaoh loves us all.



{Egyptian_Scribe_08}

We would conquer the world, so that all can know His wise rule.



{Egyptian_Scribe_09}

Even if Pharaoh did not ask this, we would do it. 



{Egyptian_Scribe_10}

His enemies will be struck down. 



{Egyptian_Scribe_11}

Night and darkness will take them. 



{Egyptian_Scribe_12}

The sands will be stained red. 



{Egyptian_Scribe_13}

All this will come to pass, for Pharaoh has decreed it. 



{Egyptian_Scribe_14}

So it is written.



{Egyptian_Scribe_15}

So shall it be. 



{Carthaginian_Seer_01}

Last night, the crying of the children kept me awake. 



{Carthaginian_Seer_02}

And I had a terrible vision.



{Carthaginian_Seer_03}

I saw the fall of our city. Bleached bones under a harsh sun.



{Carthaginian_Seer_04}

Carthage - gone!



{Carthaginian_Seer_05}

Why would Baal send such a vision? He is not cruel. 



{Carthaginian_Seer_06}

He has watched over us. 



{Carthaginian_Seer_07}

We have had victories aplenty in war.



{Carthaginian_Seer_08}

Our merchants sail to all corners of the world. 



{Carthaginian_Seer_09}

And yet now - I fear. I cannot help it. 



{Carthaginian_Seer_10}

We are the envy of lesser people. They tell terrible lies about us. 



{Carthaginian_Seer_11}

They do not understand, so they lie. But the Romans - they are the MASTERS of falsehood! 



{Carthaginian_Seer_12}

War will come. I’m sure of it.



{Carthaginian_Seer_13}

So I will have no more false visions. And...



{Carthaginian_Seer_14}

...I think the children will be quiet tonight. 



{Desert_Warrior_01}

The desert is ours. It is my home.



{Desert_Warrior_02}

Invaders come here, but they do not leave.



{Desert_Warrior_03}

They do not understand the desert. 



{Desert_Warrior_04}

They do not understand how it gives life. Or how it kills.



{Desert_Warrior_05}

So they die. 



{Desert_Warrior_06}

And we grow stronger.



{Desert_Warrior_07}

The dead, now, the dead cannot pass on their new-found wisdom. 



{Desert_Warrior_08}

So invaders keep coming, keep trying to take our lands and our wealth.



{Desert_Warrior_09}

But then, wealth flows through this land. 



{Desert_Warrior_10}

And if our people have one failing, it is the love of wealth. 



{Desert_Warrior_11}

It is sweeter than water. It is more powerful than the sword.



{Desert_Warrior_12}

For any sword can be turned aside with a gold coin.



{Desert_Warrior_13}

Gold will buy a thousand warriors. 



{Desert_Warrior_14}

And a thousand warriors – why, they are the start of an empire! 



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