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.
Do you not understand? I may die in this cell tonight, or in the arena tomorrow. I am a slave! What possible difference can I make?[to Lucilla]
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]
5,000 of my men are out there in the freezing mud. 3,000 of them are bloodied and cleaved. 2,000 will never leave this place. I will not believe that they fought and died for nothing.[to Marcus Aurelius]