Let this be heard over the four corners of the empire, that I Commodus, now Caesar, do proclaim Gaius Martellus Livius Commander-in-chief of all Roman armies, proconsul of the Roman Empire, second only to Caesar himself.
25 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:19:57.369 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Caesar must be undoubted Caesar.
- Is it not possible, Lucilla, that there are other ways of becoming the real heir of Marcus Aurelius?
- Hail, undoubted Caesar! Hail Commodus! Hail Caesar! Hail Commodus!
- Hail Caesar! Hail Commodus! Hail Caesar! Hail Commodus!
- I will never forget what you have done today.
- In these buildings you store all the law, and all the writings of the great men of Rome.
- I am leaving with my husband. And soon I'll be far from this city.
- Now I ask, that you guard these, the meditations of my father, Marcus Aurelius.
- Whatever else happens in the days to come, let not these be destroyed.
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