[MeganC]

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

That line alone left me breathless! If only such men were not just characters on a screen!

[fwdude]

And the last line before he finally fell in the Arena. Wow!

“Quintus! Release my men. Senator Gracchus is to be reinstated. There was a dream that was Rome. It shall be realized. These are the wishes of Marcus Aurelius.”

The terse, earnest orders of a true general and leader. But that one such could rise up to free US.