"I, Claudius" What Shall We Do About Claudius? (TV Episode 1976) - Brian Blessed as Augustus

Augustus : Herod, what about a little bet? I'll take the fat one for twenty gold pieces.

Herod : Caesar, it would be against my religion to bet on the life of a man.

Augustus : Oh, really? I would have thought it against your religion to bet on anything.

Herod : Caesar, it's true: Jews love gambling. But we fear our god more.

Augustus : Which one?

Herod : We have only one, Caesar.

Augustus : I've never understood that, it's quite insufficient. Why don't you take some of our gods? You know, plenty of people do.

Herod : Believe me, Caesar, the one we have is hard enough to live with.
Augustus : What is going on here?

Postumus : [indicating Livia] Ask *her*. She knows.

Augustus : I'm asking you.

Livia : He'll incriminate all of us before he's finished.
[to Postumus]

Augustus : Are you mad?
[to Postumus before banishing him]

Augustus : I'll make you suffer. Just like your mother suffers.
[reporting the ambush of Varus's three legions in Germany]

Augustus : [incredulous] Well, weren't you warned?

Courier : [hesitant] Many times, Caesar.

Augustus : Go on!

Courier : We, uh, we'd had a mass of intelligence that there was something going on in the villages...

Augustus : [sighs] Go on.

Courier : The, uh... the commander ignored it, sir.

Augustus : Oh, that stiff-necked fool! I should never have appointed him!
[repeated line]

Augustus : Quinctilius Varus, where are my legions?

Brian Blessed: Augustus