The film now shows us Commodus and Lucilla travelling by carriage toward the Roman encampment.

The first view of the caravan uses a road which does, in fact, lead straight onto the battlefield from the west.

When the caravan parks and Commodus disembarks, it is in fact on the road at the south of the battlefield, not far from the Roman lines. The camera is actually pointing straight back toward the field. Once again we were pleased at how many natural features are still identifiable; note the long branch at upper right for example.

Looking right and up gave us the ensuing closeup of Commodus.