:10:03
He has power, wealth and family.
:10:05
He kneels.
He begs you to be his friend again.
:10:08
To have you trust him again.
:10:10
And then? What then, little king?
:10:21
Caesar must wish
what needs commanding.
:10:25
To drain the Pontine Marshes.
To free Rome from malaria.
:10:28
To fill my belly.
:10:30
To control the Tiber's floods.
:10:32
To improve the harbor at Ostia.
To please my ambition.
:10:36
And must I wish roads to be built,
libraries for public use?
:10:40
The men of Italy to be equal
to those of Rome?
:10:43
Many of these have merits
and merit our approval.
:10:46
"Merit your approval." Is Caesar
to come before the Senate each day...
:10:50
...like a schoolboy,
now passing, now failing?
:10:53
Do you suggest the Senate no longer
deliberate the welfare of Rome?
:10:57
To end the process of Roman law?
:11:00
I must be the law! And my word
must be the welfare of Rome.
:11:05
Else, take from me
this meaningless title of dictator.
:11:10
I've carried a sword for too long.
:11:13
I cannot now pretend
with an empty scabbard.
:11:18
Surely Caesar recalls the symbolic
nature of the title "dictator"...
:11:21
...at the time it was conferred.
:11:23
It was to honor Caesar
above all men...
:11:26
...and to indicate Rome's gratitude
for your triumphs in its name.
:11:30
Brutus, I recall them well,
those triumphs.
:11:35
Do you?
:11:36
Pharsalia, for one.
You trembled in Antony's hand...
:11:39
...when he was hot
to separate you from your head...
:11:42
...with just cause.
:11:45
My command spared your life.
:11:47
There was no deliberating body.
It was not my wish, but my command.
:11:50
By my dictate that you stand here
dribbling virtue out of your mouth.
:11:55
Sit down.
:11:57
No, I want no more meaningless
privileges and considerations.