I, Claudius (mini) Quotes
Augustus: Wait till you see what Marcellus has in store for us. He's got a rhinoceros.
Livia: What on earth is that?
Augustus: A remarkable creature. It has a horn on its nose.
Livia: So has Scipio's wife, he should have used her.
Livia: What on earth is that?
Augustus: A remarkable creature. It has a horn on its nose.
Livia: So has Scipio's wife, he should have used her.
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Claudius: Grandmother... who killed Marcellus? [Long pause]
Livia: I did. The empire needed Agrippa more then it needed Marcellus, and then I had Agrippa poisoned so Tiberius could marrry Julia because I that the man who was married to her would be the next emperor, my son messed that up, of course...
Claudius: And what about Julia's sons by Agrippa, how did they die?
Livia: Gaius I had poisoned while he was in Gaul.
Claudius: You have a long reach!
Livia: The empire is large, I need one. Then Lucius was murdered in a boating accident arranged by his Platus.
Claudius: And... Postumus? [pause]
Livia: You were really fond of him weren't you?
Claudius: [sadly] Yes, grandmother.
Livia: He was useless. I had to get rid of Postumus; he was a theat to Tiberius. Besides, he knew I had his mother Julia banished.
Livia: I did. The empire needed Agrippa more then it needed Marcellus, and then I had Agrippa poisoned so Tiberius could marrry Julia because I that the man who was married to her would be the next emperor, my son messed that up, of course...
Claudius: And what about Julia's sons by Agrippa, how did they die?
Livia: Gaius I had poisoned while he was in Gaul.
Claudius: You have a long reach!
Livia: The empire is large, I need one. Then Lucius was murdered in a boating accident arranged by his Platus.
Claudius: And... Postumus? [pause]
Livia: You were really fond of him weren't you?
Claudius: [sadly] Yes, grandmother.
Livia: He was useless. I had to get rid of Postumus; he was a theat to Tiberius. Besides, he knew I had his mother Julia banished.
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Claudius: Why do you allow Caligula to act like that?
Livia: Because it amuses me. And because he will be the next emperor of Rome. [Claudius stares]
Livia: You don't believe me?
Claudius: If you say so, grandmother. You know I don't concern myself with higher politics. Still, what about Castor? And Caligula has two older brothers.
Livia: Castor is ill and Drusillus says he won't recover. He also says Tiberius will choose Caligula to succeed him.
Claudius: Why?
Livia: Vanity. Tiberius wants to be loved, at least after his death if not before. And the best way to insure that...
Claudius: Is to have someone worse to follow him. He's certainly no fool.
Livia: He's the biggest fool in my family. I had always thought that that was you... but I think now I was wrong.
Livia: Because it amuses me. And because he will be the next emperor of Rome. [Claudius stares]
Livia: You don't believe me?
Claudius: If you say so, grandmother. You know I don't concern myself with higher politics. Still, what about Castor? And Caligula has two older brothers.
Livia: Castor is ill and Drusillus says he won't recover. He also says Tiberius will choose Caligula to succeed him.
Claudius: Why?
Livia: Vanity. Tiberius wants to be loved, at least after his death if not before. And the best way to insure that...
Claudius: Is to have someone worse to follow him. He's certainly no fool.
Livia: He's the biggest fool in my family. I had always thought that that was you... but I think now I was wrong.
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Claudius: What about my father, who was your son? And Germanicus, who was my brother? Did you poison them?
Livia: No. Your father dies of his wounds, and Placina poisoned Germanicus with out instructions from me. But I had marked them both down for death. They were both infected with that infantile disorder known as Republicanism.
Livia: No. Your father dies of his wounds, and Placina poisoned Germanicus with out instructions from me. But I had marked them both down for death. They were both infected with that infantile disorder known as Republicanism.
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Drusus: You know, you mustn't mind if you dislike me. A mother can't love all her children.
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Senator: You are not fit to be Emperor.
Claudius: I agree. But nor was my nephew.
Senator: Then what difference is there between you?
Claudius: He would not have agreed. And by now your head would be on that floor for saying so.
Claudius: I agree. But nor was my nephew.
Senator: Then what difference is there between you?
Claudius: He would not have agreed. And by now your head would be on that floor for saying so.
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