Cleopatra
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:04:53
And so it fell out
that at Pharsalia...

:04:56
... the great might and manhood of Rome
met in bloody civil war...

:05:00
... and Caesar's legions
destroyed those of the great Pompey...

:05:04
... so that now only Caesar
stood at the head of Rome.

:05:08
But there was no joy for Caesar
as in his other triumphs...

:05:13
... for the dead which his legions
counted and buried and burned...

:05:17
... were their own countrymen.
:05:21
The smoke of burning Roman dead
is just as black...

:05:25
...and the stink no less.
:05:29
It was Pompey, not I,
who wanted it so.

:05:31
Let what I have said be set down.
:05:36
You may stand.
:05:41
Do not try and impress me by looking
either too penitent or too proud.

:05:45
As field officers,
you fought miserably for Pompey.

:05:49
Men under your command will be
permitted to enlist in my legions...

:05:52
...and returned to Rome as Romans.
:05:55
You shall have the same privilege.
:05:57
I'm not magnanimous. Your names
are marked. You'll be watched.


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