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We have famine. Not only in our provinces of Syria and Egypt, but also in Armenia, Cappadocia, Arabia.

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

You can hear this line at 01:29:51.336 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Now! I wish to see Rome once more... the city of light. Gaiety, beauty and strength.

- We will have games.

- The people of the city will be fed.

- You and your eastern provinces will send us twice the grain they've been sending, the taxes on them will be doubled.

- My lord, Caesar. This cannot be done.

- We have famine. Not only in our provinces of Syria and Egypt, but also in Armenia, Cappadocia, Arabia.

- In the whole eastern half of the Roman Empire, people are dying of hunger.

- When the words spread that you had sent for us, there was joy and hope.

- Our people said, Rome cannot let us die. Our young Caesar will send us help.

- If we carry out these orders, we risk having the entire East rise up against Rome.

- You will tell your provinces, Egypt, Syria, the entire eastern half of the empire that if there is the least resistance to my orders, I will destroy them.

[...]

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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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