:23:01
Your men will do
as they are told, as mine will.
:23:04
My men will do as they're told by me.
They have not yet become...
:23:11
They are still Roman.
:23:14
However...
:23:16
...since I do as I'm told...
:23:19
The final decision will,
of course, be Lord Antony's.
:23:22
And I'm sure that in time
he will make it.
:23:26
That is all.
:23:35
It would be wiser not to disagree
in the presence of our officers.
:23:40
Your officers.
:23:42
What final decision
have you decided I am to make?
:23:45
Why do you oppose transporting
our armies to Greece?
:23:49
Because I do not want war
against Rome.
:23:51
One hundred thousand men
led by Marc Antony.
:23:54
Octavian is no fool. He won't fight.
:23:57
He'll have to, instantly,
on the spot where they land.
:24:01
Rome will not declare war against you.
:24:04
I do not agree.
:24:06
I have not asked for your opinion.
:24:09
Not for some time.
:24:10
Not since I doubted the necessity
of building 300 ships.
:24:14
The way to prevent war
is to be ready for it.
:24:18
Have 300 warships ever been
built for war without war?
:24:21
We shall have what we want
without it.
:24:25
Your Majesty, please hear me.
:24:28
I think we are very near the edge.
:24:31
Strings are being pulled,
and not by us.
:24:34
We are being managed and maneuvered
without our choosing.
:24:37
The deputation sent on behalf
of Lady Octavia...
:24:41
...chosen from the most
highly revered men of Rome.
:24:44
Why? They can take back to their
people nothing but Lord Antony's...
:24:49
...forgive me, insulting and
unnecessary divorce of her...
:24:54
...and his rejection of them.
:24:58
It was done at my bidding.
The responsibility is mine.