The governor's daughter is trusted with making sure that Dias is also killed.
The governor has decided to have all Ninth Legion veterans killed, so that his record is not tainted by a military failure. When Dias enters the camp he reports the situation to the governor. Dias' other companion, in Pictish clothing, is shot by Roman soldiers by mistake. Upon reaching Hadrian's Wall, the lost companion worries Dias, who says that he will report his crimes and the two men fight with Dias as the victor. Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), sole survivor of a Pictish. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying Picts. By chance they reunite with one of their lost companions, who earlier killed Gorlacon's son, and wounded another Roman soldier to leave as bait for a pack of wolves hunting them. The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. A battle ensues, Dias kills Etain, and he and one wounded companion emerge victorious. As they see Etain approach, they set up a trap inside the fort. The next morning they leave Arianne and find the closest garrison abandoned: an order on a wall informs them that Roman troops have retreated south, to Hadrian's Wall. She shelters them and when Etain comes, she confronts her while the Romans hide under the floorboards. Dias and his two followers happen upon a hut in the forest and befriend Arianne, who lives there. Dias and his best fighter attempt a night raid on the Pictish camp, while Etain and her warriors do the same. One is killed by arrows while two separate, pursued by wolves. They eventually catch up with the fugitives, who have to jump off a cliff and into a stream. The seven decide to return south via a long detour over the mountains, while Etain with a Pict detachment are sent on horseback to track and kill them, in revenge for the king's son. The next morning, after the dead boy is burned, the general is given a sword and made to duel with Etain, who kills him. As they retreat, one of them kills Gorlacon's young son. They find the Pictish settlement and sneak in at night, but fail to break the general's chains. They learn that Virilus has been taken prisoner and set out to rescue him. Genres: Sword and Sandal, War, Adventure. Dias, with six others, elude death and capture. Starring: Olga Kurylenko, Dominic West, Liam Cunningham, Michael Fassbender. Etain betrays the legion to Gorlacon: the Romans walk into a trap and are annihilated. As the legion marches north, they encounter and save Dias, who has escaped. He dispatches the Ninth Legion to the front under General Titus Flavius Virilus, providing him with a mute female Brigantian scout, Etain. In the meantime, the Roman governor of Britannia wants to obtain favour with the central administration, hoping to secure a transfer back to the comforts of Rome. Centurion Quintus Dias is the only survivor of a Pictish raid and is taken prisoner. The Picts under their king, Gorlacon, are perfecting guerilla warfare and are eliminating Roman outposts one by one. 117 and the Roman garrisons are struggling to contain the Picts, the Celtic inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands. In Centurion it's more like 200 who are attacked by the Picts.The synopsis below may give away important plot points. The Ninth Legion would have comprised about 4,000 men. There are some things Gladiator had that Centurion doesn't: a great screenplay, original vision, and a massive budget. Of course, there are quite a lot of fireballs in Gladiator too, during the opening battle in Germania. The centurions in Centurion get giant rolling fireballs, a weapon probably unknown to second-century Caledones. Like many things in this movie, this appears to be a homage to Gladiator, in which Maximus (Russell Crowe) says: "Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together." The gladiators in Gladiator got the warriors of Scipio Africanus. "Whatever comes out of that mist, lads, you will hold the line," says Virilus. The soldiers realise they're being followed, and gather into a defensive formation. It's supposed to be mist, but it looks more like the industrial revolution has started just around the corner. Somebody has been going crazy with a second-century smoke machine. The legion heads north, deep into a Caledonian forest. Great balls of fireballs … looking familiar yet?
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