Sister, I thought you'd retired as a Vestal virgin.

Commodus (Christopher Plummer)

3 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:28:43.583 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- I wish you could have come to Rome more often.

- There's a new generation there, there's a whole new feeling.

- You mean I'm getting old, senile perhaps.

- Rome has changed since you were there.

- Rome has changed. It's now crawling with gladiators.

- Sister, I thought you'd retired as a Vestal virgin.

- And abandon Rome to you? And your athletes?

- Female philosopher!

- As I remembered, you two began to quarrel as soon as you could walk.

- I expect you're tired.

- And thirsty.

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