Terrible days. I'm afraid the gods are angry. They are torturing Rome with this pestilence. Thousands have died.
— Commodus (Christopher Plummer)
11 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:05:28.020 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- We were right, Livius. There's no limit to what can be done with the human spirit, for good or evil.
- Have you heard from Lucilla?
- No. I haven't heard a word, not for a month.
- I hear there's a famine I Rome. People are dying in thousands of hunger, and pestilence.
- I must get there before nightfall.
- I am alone. I have no one to turn to. Except you.
- I have not wanted to be away.
- The entire East has rebelled: Arabia, Judea, Cappadocia, Syria, Egypt...
- That is Marcellus and Virgilianus... They were among the most loyal.
- Yes, to my father. Now they are raising armies against me. Against Rome.
- Even Sohamus has joined them. He has forced Lucilla to flee with him, Livius.
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