36 Movie Quotes about Rome (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Aug 8, 2025

Memorable quotes about rome, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

11 I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark. Rome is the light.

Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator (2000)

12 I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob.

Derek Jacobi as Senator Gracchus in Gladiator (2000)

13 Rome wasn't burned in a night.

The Pharaohs in American Graffiti

14 That's my favorite drink. -Mine too. It always makes me think of Rome. The way the sun hits the buildings in the afternoon.

Quote from Groundhog Day

15 That is the Roman way.

Quote from The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

16 In the name of the immortal gods, I, Romulus, am now king of this city. This furrow marks its boundaries. Who crosses it unarmed is our friend. He who is armed must die. This is the law.

Quote from Duel of the Titans (1961)

17 Who are you? Where's Collie Baba? Did Rome fall yet?

Rip Taylor as Genie in DuckTales: The Movie (1990)

18 There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile. And I fear that it will not survive the winter.

Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000)

19 How can I reward Rome's greatest general?