A long time ago, the Emperor presented me with a rudius. It's just a wooden sword. The symbol of your freedom.

14 seconds sound clip from the Gladiator (2000) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:14:06 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- So finally, after five years of scratching a living in flea-infested villages, we're finally going back to where we belong. The Colosseum.

- You should see the Colosseum, Spaniard. Fifty thousand Romans, watching every movement of your sword, willing you to make that killer blow.

- The silence before you strike and the noise afterwards. It rises. It rises up, like a storm. As if you were the thunder god himself.

- You were a gladiator?

- Yes, I was.

- You won your freedom?

- A long time ago, the Emperor presented me with a rudius. It's just a wooden sword. The symbol of your freedom.

- He touched me on the shoulder, and I was free.

- You knew Marcus Aurelius?

- I did not say I knew him. I said he touched me on the shoulder once.

- You asked me what I want. I, too, want to stand in front of the Emperor, as you did.

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