Rome (TV Series)

The Stolen Eagle (2005)

Karl Johnson: Porcius Cato

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Quotes 

• [as Caesar's soldiers distribute war spoils to the mob] 

  Scipio : What a dreadful noise plebs make when they're happy.

  Porcius Cato : This is music. Wait until Caesar starts them howling for our blood. Then you'll hear something dreadful.

• Porcius Cato : Neither we aristocrats alone nor you and your soldiers alone can crush Caesar.

  Pompey Magnus : Stop there.

  Porcius Cato : I do not say that you wish to crush Caesar, I only say that if you did wish it, you could not do it alone.

  Pompey Magnus : I have no need of you noble gentlemen. I have only to stamp my feet, and legions will spring up all over Italy. I can squash Caesar like an insect, if I wished it so. I do not wish it.

  [Pompey starts to walk away, but Cato grabs him] 

  Porcius Cato : Renounce him, Pompey! Renounce Caesar! Ally yourself with us, and his strength will wither away. It is you who has the real power. It is you the people truly love. Think you they will still shout Caesar's name when he runs out of Gallic trinkets to throw to them?

  Pompey Magnus : Think you I care what names are shouted in the streets?

  Porcius Cato : NOTHING is more important.