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To treat these wondering murderers as brothers, equals.

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

You can hear this line at 01:49:13.541 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I thought you had betrayed my father. But now I know. You've found your own way of making the world he wanted.

- And yet if I try to make that world, Commodus will keep us apart.

- Make that world, Livius, and then let's see, what will keep us apart.

- Hail Livius, conqueror of the Germans. Hail Livius Germanicus!

- Honorable fathers! And Senators of Rome. Have you heard what is being proposed?

- Gaius Martellus Livius, has asked that we, the Roman Senate should give these barbarians, these savages Roman citizenship and settle them on Roman lands.

- To treat these wondering murderers as brothers, equals.

- And what of our other provinces? What of Gaul? So loyal to us.

- What of Syria, and Egypt which sends us our grain?

- If we make Romans of these barbarians, can we withhold Roman citizenship from them?

- No!

- Then what becomes of the precious prize Roman citizenship once was? It becomes a cheap, common thing. It will be given away like bread.

- I say no!

- We are Romans! Warriors!

[...]

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) Sound Clip

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) Poster

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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