Gladiator Quotes
Caligula: [hallucinating] Do you see her Claudius ? The Goddess Diana. Every night she comes to me. My arms. There there she goes. Now do you see her ?
Claudius: No, sire.
Caligula: [angrily] Why not ?
Claudius: Only you gods are privileged to see each other.
Claudius: No, sire.
Caligula: [angrily] Why not ?
Claudius: Only you gods are privileged to see each other.
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Joe Barker: There's order to the chaos of the universe - as above, so below. I mean, even here, there's a natural order posed by me, because here: I am God.
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Spits: I got a pseudonym too. Spits.
Miss Higgins: That's a nickname. It has a meaning Leroy. And I hesitate to think how you got it.
Miss Higgins: That's a nickname. It has a meaning Leroy. And I hesitate to think how you got it.
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[ Maximus looks at images of his wife and son ]
Juba : Can they hear you?
Maximus : Who?
Juba : Your family. In the afterlife.
Maximus : Oh yes.
Juba : What do you say to them?
Maximus : To my son - I tell him I will see him again soon. To keep his heels down while riding his horse. To my wife... that is not your business.
Juba : Can they hear you?
Maximus : Who?
Juba : Your family. In the afterlife.
Maximus : Oh yes.
Juba : What do you say to them?
Maximus : To my son - I tell him I will see him again soon. To keep his heels down while riding his horse. To my wife... that is not your business.
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Gracchus : I don't pretend to be a man of the people. But I do try to be a man for the people.
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Marcus Aurelius : Are you ready to do your duty for Rome?
Commodus : Yes, father.
Marcus Aurelius : You will not be emperor.
Commodus : Which wiser, older man is to take my place?
Marcus Aurelius : My powers will pass to Maximus, to hold in trust until the Senate is ready to rule once more. Rome is to be a republic again.
Commodus : Maximus?
Marcus Aurelius : Yes. My decision disappoints you?
Commodus : You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues: Wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance. As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. But I have other virtues, father. Ambition. That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. Resourcefulness, courage, perhaps not on the battlefield, but... there are many forms of courage. Devotion, to my family and to you. But none of my virtues were on your list. Even then it was as if you didn't want me for your son.
Marcus Aurelius : Oh, Commodus. You go too far.
Commodus : I search the faces of the gods... for ways to please you, to make you proud. One kind word, one full hug... where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight. Would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years. What is it in me that you hate so much?
Marcus Aurelius : Shh, Commodus.
Commodus : All I've ever wanted was to live up to you, Caesar. Father.
Marcus Aurelius : [ Marcus Aurelius gets down on his knees ] Commodus. Your faults as a son is my failure as a father. Come [ Gives Commodus a hug ]
Commodus : [ Commodus hugs Marcus and cries ] Father. I would have butcher the whole world... if you would only love me! [ Commodus begins to asphyxiate Marcus while they hug, Marcus grunts ]
Commodus : Yes, father.
Marcus Aurelius : You will not be emperor.
Commodus : Which wiser, older man is to take my place?
Marcus Aurelius : My powers will pass to Maximus, to hold in trust until the Senate is ready to rule once more. Rome is to be a republic again.
Commodus : Maximus?
Marcus Aurelius : Yes. My decision disappoints you?
Commodus : You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues: Wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance. As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. But I have other virtues, father. Ambition. That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. Resourcefulness, courage, perhaps not on the battlefield, but... there are many forms of courage. Devotion, to my family and to you. But none of my virtues were on your list. Even then it was as if you didn't want me for your son.
Marcus Aurelius : Oh, Commodus. You go too far.
Commodus : I search the faces of the gods... for ways to please you, to make you proud. One kind word, one full hug... where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight. Would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years. What is it in me that you hate so much?
Marcus Aurelius : Shh, Commodus.
Commodus : All I've ever wanted was to live up to you, Caesar. Father.
Marcus Aurelius : [ Marcus Aurelius gets down on his knees ] Commodus. Your faults as a son is my failure as a father. Come [ Gives Commodus a hug ]
Commodus : [ Commodus hugs Marcus and cries ] Father. I would have butcher the whole world... if you would only love me! [ Commodus begins to asphyxiate Marcus while they hug, Marcus grunts ]
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Cassius : On this day, we reach back to hallowed antiquity, to bring you a recreation of the second fall of the mighty Carthage!... On the barren plain of Zama, there stood the invincible armies of the barbarian Hannibal. Ferocious mercenaires and warriors from all brute nations, bent on merciless destruction, conquest. Your emperor is pleased to give you the barbarian horde! [ Crowd cheers ]
Maximus : [ while Cassius continues his introduction ] Anyone here been in the army? [ an unknown gladiator responds yes and tells Maximus he served under his command at Vindobona ]
Maximus : You can help me. Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together we survive.
Cassius : I'm pleased to bring to you the Legionnaires of Scipio Africanus!
Maximus : [ while Cassius continues his introduction ] Anyone here been in the army? [ an unknown gladiator responds yes and tells Maximus he served under his command at Vindobona ]
Maximus : You can help me. Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together we survive.
Cassius : I'm pleased to bring to you the Legionnaires of Scipio Africanus!
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Gracchus : The Senate is the people, sire. Chosen from among the people, to speak for the people.
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Maximus : You don't find it hard to do your duty?
Cicero : Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to.
Cicero : Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to.
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Commodus : Your Emperor asks for your loyalty, Maximus. Take my hand, I only offer it once.
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Gracchus : He enters Rome like a conquering hero. But what has he conquered?
Falco : Give him time, Gracchus. He's young, he may do very well.
Gracchus : For Rome? Or for you?
Falco : Give him time, Gracchus. He's young, he may do very well.
Gracchus : For Rome? Or for you?
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Commodus : The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story! But now, the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?
Maximus : You would fight me?
Commodus : Why not? Do you think I am afraid?
Maximus : I think you've been afraid all your life.
Maximus : You would fight me?
Commodus : Why not? Do you think I am afraid?
Maximus : I think you've been afraid all your life.
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Lucilla : I want to help you.
Maximus : Yes, you can help me... Forget you ever knew me, and never come back here again.
Maximus : Yes, you can help me... Forget you ever knew me, and never come back here again.
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Maximus : I knew a man once who said, "Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back."
Commodus : I wonder, did your friend smile at his own death?
Maximus : You must know. He was your father.
Commodus : You loved my father, I know. But so did I. That makes us brothers, doesn't it? Smile for me now, brother. [ stabs him ]
Commodus : I wonder, did your friend smile at his own death?
Maximus : You must know. He was your father.
Commodus : You loved my father, I know. But so did I. That makes us brothers, doesn't it? Smile for me now, brother. [ stabs him ]
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Maximus : Five thousand of my men are out there in the freezing mud. Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved. Two thousand will never leave this place. I will not believe that they fought and died for nothing.
Marcus Aurelius : And what would you believe?
Maximus : They fought for you and for Rome.
Marcus Aurelius : And what is Rome, Maximus?
Maximus : I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
Marcus Aurelius : Yet you have never been there. You have not seen what it has become. I am dying, Maximus. When a man sees his end... he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. How will the world speak my name in years to come? Will I be known as the philosopher? The warrior? The tyrant...? Or will I be the emperor who gave Rome back her true self? There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish... it was so fragile. And I fear that it will not survive the winter.
Marcus Aurelius : And what would you believe?
Maximus : They fought for you and for Rome.
Marcus Aurelius : And what is Rome, Maximus?
Maximus : I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
Marcus Aurelius : Yet you have never been there. You have not seen what it has become. I am dying, Maximus. When a man sees his end... he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. How will the world speak my name in years to come? Will I be known as the philosopher? The warrior? The tyrant...? Or will I be the emperor who gave Rome back her true self? There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish... it was so fragile. And I fear that it will not survive the winter.
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Maximus : I am required to kill, so I kill. That is enough.
Proximo : That's enough for the provinces, but not enough for Rome.
Proximo : That's enough for the provinces, but not enough for Rome.
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Maximus : [ after swiftly dispatching another gladiator ] Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?
Crowd : Spaniard, Spaniard, Spaniard...
Crowd : Spaniard, Spaniard, Spaniard...
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Commodus : Rise. Rise. [ Maximus stands up, clenching an arrow head in his right hand ]
Commodus : Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. I don't think there's ever been a gladiator to match you. As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules? Why doesn't the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name.
Maximus : My name is Gladiator. [ turns away from Commodus ]
Commodus : How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name.
Maximus : [ removes helmet and turns around to face Commodus ] My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next. [ Commodus trembles in disbelief ]
Quintus : Arms! [ Praetorians point their spears at the gladiators while the Colosseum crowd chants for them to live. Commodus shakes his head and motions the crowd for silence. He then raises his fist and reluctantly gives the thumbs-up signal ]
Commodus : Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. I don't think there's ever been a gladiator to match you. As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules? Why doesn't the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name.
Maximus : My name is Gladiator. [ turns away from Commodus ]
Commodus : How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name.
Maximus : [ removes helmet and turns around to face Commodus ] My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next. [ Commodus trembles in disbelief ]
Quintus : Arms! [ Praetorians point their spears at the gladiators while the Colosseum crowd chants for them to live. Commodus shakes his head and motions the crowd for silence. He then raises his fist and reluctantly gives the thumbs-up signal ]
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Lucius Verus : I like you Spaniard, and I shall cheer for you.
Maximus : They let you watch the games?
Lucius Verus : My uncle says it makes me strong.
Maximus : And what does your father say?
Lucius Verus : My father's dead.
Servant : Master Lucius, it is time.
Lucius Verus : I have to go.
Maximus : Thy name is Lucius?
Lucius Verus : Lucius Verus, after my father.
Maximus : They let you watch the games?
Lucius Verus : My uncle says it makes me strong.
Maximus : And what does your father say?
Lucius Verus : My father's dead.
Servant : Master Lucius, it is time.
Lucius Verus : I have to go.
Maximus : Thy name is Lucius?
Lucius Verus : Lucius Verus, after my father.
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Quintus : People should know when they are conquered.
Maximus : Would you, Quintus? Would I?
Maximus : Would you, Quintus? Would I?
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Marcus Aurelius : When was the last time you were home?
Maximus : Two years, two hundred and sixty-four days and this morning.
Maximus : Two years, two hundred and sixty-four days and this morning.
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Lucius Verus : Are you the one they call the Spaniard?
Maximus : Yes.
Lucius Verus : They said you were a giant. They said you could crush a man's skull with one hand.
Maximus : A man's? No. A boy's
Maximus : Yes.
Lucius Verus : They said you were a giant. They said you could crush a man's skull with one hand.
Maximus : A man's? No. A boy's
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Maximus : Five thousand of my men are out there in the freezing mud. Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved. Two thousand will never leave this place. I will not believe they fought and died for nothing.
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