:08:02
Or have such splendid mistresses, Gaius.
:08:04
I think I understand my own people.
:08:06
Then perhaps Caesar will be so good
as to teach us...
:08:10
out of his own extensive experience.
:08:13
[Senators chuckling heartily]
:08:16
I call it love.
:08:18
I am their father.
The people are my children.
:08:22
I shall hold them to my bosom
and embrace them tightly.
:08:24
Have you ever embraced
someone dying of plague, sire?
:08:33
No, but if you interrupt me again...
:08:37
I assure you that you shall.
:08:39
Senator, my brother is very tired.
:08:42
Leave your list with me.
Caesar shall do all that Rome requires.
:08:47
My lady, as always,
your lightest touch commands obedience.
:08:58
COMMODUS: Who are they to lecture me?
:09:01
Commodus, the Senate has its uses.
:09:03
What uses? All they do is talk.
:09:07
It should be just you and me and Rome.
:09:11
Don't even think it.
There's always been a Senate.
:09:15
COMMODUS: Rome has changed.
:09:17
It takes an emperor to rule an empire.
:09:20
Of course, but leave the people their...
:09:22
COMMODUS: Illusions?
:09:25
Traditions.
:09:27
My father's war against the barbarians...
:09:30
He said it himself: It achieved nothing.
But the people loved him.
:09:34
The people always love victories.
:09:36
Why? They didn't see the battles.
:09:41
What do they care about Germania?
:09:43
They care about the greatness of Rome.
:09:45
"The greatness of Rome."
:09:49
Well, what is that?
:09:53
It's an idea. Greatness.