Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat oysters? Antoninus: When I have them, master. Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat snails? Antoninus: No, master. Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you consider the eating of oysters to be moral and the eating of snails t...
Antoninus: I'm Spartacus! [everyone around Antoninus and Spartacus takes up the shout]
Gracchus: You and I have a tendency towards corpulence. Corpulence makes a man reasonable, pleasant and phlegmatic. Have you noticed the nastiest of tyrants are invariably thin?
Spartacus: And maybe there's no peace in this world, for us or for anyone else, I don't know. But I do know that, as long as we live, we must remain true to ourselves.
Tigranes Levantus: If you looked into a magic crystal, you saw your army destroyed and yourself dead. If you saw that in the future, as I'm sure you're seeing it now, would you continue to fight? Spartacus: Yes. Tigranes Levantus: Knowing that you mu...
Marcus Licinius Crassus: One of the disadvantages of being a Patrician is that occasionally you are obliged to act like one.
[last words] [looking at two daggers, picks one] Gracchus: Prettier...
Gracchus: This republic of ours is something like a rich widow. Most Romans love her as their mother but Crassus dreams of marrying the old girl to put it politely.
Antoninus: Are you afraid to die, Spartacus? Spartacus: No more than I was to be born.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: [about Antoninus and Spartacus] Let them fight now. Unchain them. Julius Caesar: The entire city's been told, they'll fight tomorrow in the temple of your ancestors. Marcus Licinius Crassus: They will fight now, for me! Here!...
[being forced to fight] Spartacus: Don't give them the pleasure of a contest. Lower your guard, I'll kill you on the first rush. Antoninus: I won't let them crucify you! Spartacus: It's my last order, obey it!
Batiatus: A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself.
Spartacus: What's your name? Draba: You don't want to know my name. I don't want to know your name. Spartacus: Just a friendly question. Draba: Gladiators don't make friends. If we're ever matched in the arena together, I have to kill you.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: You can't grieve forever. Varinia: I'm not grieving. Marcus Licinius Crassus: What are you doing? Varinia: I am remembering. Marcus Licinius Crassus: And what do you remember when you think of Spartacus? Varinia: I remember t...
Ramon: We have visitors. Tremendous visitors! Two simply enormous Roman lords on the hill. Batiatus: How easily impressed you are, Ramon. Just 'cause they're Romans, I suppose they're enormous. Tell them to wait for me when they arrive. Ramon: Master...
Batiatus: Marcus Licinius Crassus. Most noble radiance, first general of the Republic, father and defender of Rome, honour my house. Bless it with your presence. Wine! Sweetmeats! Can't you see that Their Honours are exhausted? Have the goodness to s...
Julius Caesar: [about Spartacus] Did you fear him, Crassus? Marcus Licinius Crassus: Not when I fought him, I knew he could be beaten. But now I fear him, even more than I fear you. Julius Caesar: Me? Marcus Licinius Crassus: Yes, my dear Caesar, you...
[fighting] Spartacus: Do you realize how long it takes to die on a cross? Antoninus: I don't care!
