:09:10
Now then, walk like a king.
Head up.
:09:13
Listen to them cheer.
:09:15
Take your throne.
:09:17
Bow to the right, left.
:09:20
Now an angry glance at someone
who's displeased you.
:09:24
Very good. I tremble.
See me tremble?
:09:28
No, don't smile.
:09:30
Not when they're trembling.
It makes them stop.
:09:33
Now the prisoners
are dragged before you, one by one.
:09:36
This one has no power anywhere,
therefore means nothing.
:09:40
But you wish to be known
as a noble ruler. What do you say?
:09:45
"I pardon you."
:09:47
Louder. You pardon somebody,
you want it known.
:09:50
"I pardon you!"
:09:56
Ah, now, who comes here?
:09:58
Once your friend. You trusted him,
and he turned against you.
: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?