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Now you reason like a woman, foolishly.
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l can't help being a woman, sire,
but l try to reason as you taught me.
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You were a soldier, sire.
:13:12
When you won, you could expect
your legions to cheer you.
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But when you lost,
what would you have given
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to see the eagles raised in your honour,
to hear your name on every man's lips?
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l like Caligula no better than you do,
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but what a wife
you would make for an emperor.
:13:30
Very well, my dear.
Your tribune shall have another chance.
:13:35
Thank you, sire.
:13:51
When it comes,
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this is how it will start.
:13:56
Some obscure martyr
in some forgotten province.
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Then madness, infecting the legions,
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rotting the empire,
:14:07
then the finish of Rome.
:14:09
But if the tribune breaks the spell...
:14:12
Spell, you fool? What spell?
:14:14
This is more dangerous than any spell
your superstitious mind could dream of.
:14:18
lt is man's desire to be free.
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lt is the greatest madness of them all.
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And l have sent the most effective
physician l could find to cure it.
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l have sent a madman.
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Tribune. Tribune.
:14:51
- l warned you not to call me Tribune.
- Worthy merchant, then. l have news for you.
:14:56
When Abidor says
he'll find someone, he finds him.
:14:59
You found the Greek slave. Where is he?