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Moral: guy who sells out gets ruined; guy who stays true to himself and murders girl's fiance by repeatedly slamming his head into a post gets the girl in the end.

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Well, Pullo is a thug. At least he did not compromise his beliefs to become a prefect and eventually a Senator.

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let's remember that Vorenas becamse Senator by saving Pullo -- in direct defiance of an explicit order from Caesar -- from certain death in the arena after Pullo was condemned to death after cold-blooded murder-for-hire (an act that Vorenas earlier refused to perform when faced with similar dire straits).

don't get me wrong, i like Pullo as much as the next guy but let's not be so quick to cast him as Vorenas's moral superior. Pullo doesn't compromise his beliefs because he has very few to compromise ... throughout the series, Pullo makes it clear that believes in little more than himself (and loyalty to the 13th Legion). He doesn't believe in gods nor the Republic, and only begins to believe in love after spending time with Vorenas and his family.

in the end, two people who couldn't have been further apart end up influencing one another's actions and beliefs.