We marched on their capital. Barbaric city, but fascinating. Or was, till we destroyed it. Now it's nothing but ashes.
9 seconds sound clip from the Ben-Hur (1959) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:30:02.034 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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