I wasn’t the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd, and you’ll win your freedom.[to Maximus]
I have felt alone all my life, except with you.[to Maximus]
I did not pay good money for you for your company. I paid it so that I could profit from your death. And as your mother was there at your beginning, so I shall be there at your end.
He’ll bring them death, and they will love him for it.[to Gaius, about Commodus]
He sleeps so well because he’s loved.[to Lucilla, about Lucius]
Free my men. Senator Gracchus is to be reinstated. There was a dream that was Rome. It shall be realized. These are the wishes of Marcus Aurelius.[ to Quintus]
Fear and wonder. A powerful combination.
Dirt cleans off a lot easier than blood.[to Quintus]
A soldier has the advantage of being able to look his enemy in the eye.[to Senator Falco]