Julius Caesar Page #4

I promise you.

And hurry.

- That's two promises.

And win it.

- That's three promises.

Now it is your turn to promise me one thing.

Will you marry me before I leave.

How many dead?

- In the region of 23,000 Celts.

And Romans?

- 112.

I'll have to prepare the burial back in Rome.

We're not returning to Rome.

We're going farther north.

There's a lot more of Rome out there.

Just hasnt called Rome yet.

The Romans!

We must tell Caesar to retreat.

What I gave to Caesar,

I will not revoke.

Wait!

Put down your blades.

Why have you come here?

This land is ours,

you have no right to be here.

What is your name?

Vercingtorix.

You stayed to fight alone?

- This is my house.

I built it with my own hands.

And you'll burn it down.

You're free to go.

Give me a horse.

You heard him.

Give him a horse.

My dear Caesar,

The people speak of you with admiration.

Some call you the great as

they called Pompey.

In the market people sometimes

bow to me as they pass.

You will also be delighted to know

The marriage that began as an advantage,

has blossomed into romance.

Watching Julia and Pompey together

delights me and saddens me.

That you're not here.

No one could be prouder to be

your wife, Caesar.

But after so long without you,

I fear

I'm getting used to my solitude.

Come home soon my darling.

Until then I will be waiting.

Caesar has killed 300,000 Celts.

He attacked peaceful villages,

villages who pay taxes to the Roman state.

Its beyond toleration!

This is how you thank a great Roman general?

Caesar sent

100,000 slaves back to Rome.

Are you saying you havent taken any of them?

Then if any come from him I would have

got them from somewhere else.

Pompey, you have to be worry.

He's been away three years

fighting with your legions.

He's doubled their salary.

They are totally devoted to him.

My lords,

As Cicero has put it so well:

Strain every nerve for the

preservation of the state.

Look in every corner for the storms.

They will burst upon you if

you do not see them in time.

I just remembered who he is!

What are you talking about?

- That man.

Mark Antony?

Running from his debtors in Rome

to find wealth in the provinces.

Like all of us.

- not me!

I still fight for the glory of Rome.

My cavalry has been attacked.

- By who?

Gaul tribesmen. 14,000 dead.

- 14,000?

And many more wounded.

They acted under one leader.

His name is Vercingtorix.

Where could we find him?

- In Alesia.

How long is the march?

- Eight days.

Vercingtorix is in there

With 18,000 of his men.

Its the most invincible

stronghold in Gaul.

We'll never break it.

- We won't have to break it.

We'll build a wall around their city.

We'll trap them inside and starve them.

Nobody has ever built a

fortification of that length.

Then we will be the first.

Let's not waste time.

What do you want?

I'm here to see Pompey.

- Come here.

Cato...

- Pompey.

Julia...

What brings you to Pisa?

I've come to speak with you.

Your absence in Rome has been..

criticized.

As you can see,

my wife needs me here.

Can we speak privately?

What's the matter, Cato? Did your conversation

depend on speaking ill of my father?

Sit, sit, Cato.

Thank you.

Caesar is about to take the

last stronghold in Gaul.

Vercingtorix has called for every tribe

from the mountains to the sea.

They are on the move toward Alesia.

How many men?

Two hundred and fifty thousand.

And my husband?

- Forty thousand.

He'll survive.

He has survived these many years.

He's never been up against so much.

Is this true?

Will my husband lose this time?

No one knows

the outcome of war.

You are consul, Pompey.

Do something.

If Caesar wins this battle...

- He will become the next Sulla.

Thats what you were going to say

wasnt it?

That if he wins he will

become the next Sulla...

Why are you worried, Cato?

You said he didn't stand a

chance against the Gauls.

Why call him back?

Why not leave him there to fight

this battle to his own death?

If you leave him there your next

Sulla will extinguish himself.

You're waiting for my husband to fail,

Aren't you?

And so are you.

To arms!

This is it.

Soldiers at the gate!

He's trying to fool us into

gathering our troops here.

How do you know what he'll do?

Because that's what I would do

I will wait here for

Vercingtorix to make his move.

His men are to weak to

attack our main camp.

He will move his cavalry here and

try to break through the main wall

While his allies attack from the outside.

We cannot let these two

forces join together.

If they do,

We will not survive.

Retreat!

Caesar your men are asking for you.

It is with great sadness that

I write this letter to you my dear husband.

Your Julia gave birth early and

she suffered some pain in doing so.

The doctors were there

and did what they could to ease her suffering.

The child was a boy but frail

their efforts could not save him.

He looked like you Caesar,

there was nobility in his face.

Your daughter struggled to

sustain this tragic birth.

But in the end she could not.

Pompey has kept himself from the senate,

preferring instead to pass time in no company.

He walks around the graveyard again and again,

Keeping fresh garlands on her tomb.

We take Alesia in the morning

Open the gate.

I know your only enemy is one man

and he is standing before you now..

I'm giving myself to you, Caesar.

Our women died for us.

I give you my own life

so that you may let my men live.

If my men die there will be

nothing left of the Gauls,

and no one left to worship our gods.

I beg you.

Enslave my people if you need to.

But let them live.

Your men will live.

My dear wife,

You'll have to wait a bit more

before we're together again.

You see there are those in Rome

who would have me branded an outlaw.

So I have sent Mark Antony to

talk to the senate on my behalf.

Since there has never been a

soldier with an army such as mine

who would return to Rome

without taking her by force,

I too must be planning

such an assault, ..but my crime is worse

Because I return

not in dishonor, but in triumph.

And this the senate cannot tolerate.

How long ago did Sulla ride

into town with his army,

Breaking the sacred Roman law stating

no man!

Must bring armed men past the

Rubicon into Rome.

How fresh in your memories does

bloodshed have to be? For you to show caution.

Caesar has done more for Rome than

any other general in its history. How do you respond...

You strip him of his councilship

in his absence without explanation.

He's more than doubled the size of Rome

in the last eight years and what do you ask him to do.

Lay down his arms.

It's not Caesar, who is the criminal.

It is this senate!

This senate represents the

people of Rome.

This senate,

represents its own interests.

Sulla said the very same thing.

If he said it, he was right.

But the difference between

Sulla and Caesar is

The people feared Sulla, Caesar they love..

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