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Only on these two borders will you find walls, palisades, forts, and hatred. But these are not the frontiers Rome wants.

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

You can hear this line at 00:17:19.690 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- You do not resemble each other, nor do you wear the same clothes, nor sing the same songs, nor worship the same gods.

- Yet, like a mighty tree with green leaves and black roots, you are the unity which is Rome.

- Look about you and look at yourselves, and see the greatness of Rome.

- Two hundred years ago the Gauls were our fiercest enemies. Now we greet them as friends.

- In the whole world, only two small frontiers are still hostile to us. One here in the north which separates us from those who are called barbarians. The other in the east, Persia.

- Only on these two borders will you find walls, palisades, forts, and hatred. But these are not the frontiers Rome wants.

- Rome wants and needs human frontiers.

- We've had to fight long wars. Your burdens have been great. But we come now to the end of the road.

- Here, within our reach, golden centuries of peace. A true Pax Romana.

- Wherever you live, whatever the color of your skin. when peace is achieved, it will bring to all, All! the supreme rights of Roman citizenship.

(Large crowd cheering at Caesar's speech)

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Memorable quotes from the 1964 film The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: Alec Guinness (Marcus Aurelius), Christopher Plummer (Commodus), Sophia Loren (Lucilla), Stephen Boyd (Livius), James Mason (Timonides)

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