The Robe (1953)
Ernest Thesiger: Emperor Tiberius
Quotes
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Emperor Tiberius : After forty years with Julia, my approaching death holds few terrors for me.
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Emperor Tiberius : Tell me, what was your impression of Pilate?
Marcellus Gallio : It's not my place to...
Emperor Tiberius : I'm asking you. Did you find him capable?
Marcellus Gallio : Yes sire, he's considered a good administrator.
Emperor Tiberius : Stern, as befits a Roman governor?
Marcellus Gallio : I'm sure of that, sire.
Emperor Tiberius : Just?
Marcellus Gallio : I - I can't say.
Emperor Tiberius : Why not? Surely you can give me some sort of an answer? Tell me, tribune - what happened out there?
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Emperor Tiberius : When it comes, this is how it will start. Some obscure martyr in some forgotten province, then madness. Infecting the legions, rocking the empire, then the finish of Rome.
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Emperor Tiberius : Tribune Gallio, you are a Roman officer. I command you to gain control over yourself.
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Emperor Tiberius : For your sake I interfered, when my wife wanted to give you to Caligula. For your sake I brought your tribune back from Palestine. For your sake, I now free you from him.
Diana : Sire, I have no wish to be free.
Emperor Tiberius : Have you gone mad too?
Diana : He had everything then. He could have had me too. I wanted him, but I wasn't sure that I loved him. Now I am sure.
Emperor Tiberius : I see it my duty to forbid you to see him again. As a child you were wise, but now you reason like a woman - foolishly.