Julius Caesar Page #5

You know nothing...

...of people's feelings.

Your right I don't.

Let me ask them.

People of Rome, I come to you

with questions from Caesar.

He needs to know what you want

so he can better serve your need.

The senate says they

represents the people.

But the senate wants Caesar to lay

down his arms, and return to Rome as a man,

Not as a soldier.

And when he arrives, the senate

will find him guilty of

crimes against the state.

Caesar's crime is spending eight

years in battle, outside of Rome,

With none of the comforts we take for

granted with a daily treat to his life. Why?

So he can bring wealth to the Roman people.

Temples, libraries, holidays and games...

are all funded by Cesars levies in Gaul.

Yet what do they think in the senate?

They think he's doing this for personal gains...

I ask you

If he's doing this for private gain,

Why does he stay in Gaul?

Why does he live in a tent?

I, know why he does it.

He does it so we, Romans,

can live well.

What are you going to do about this?

Whatever these men may think,

some of whom have never been

up on a horse's back,

I have never known a man

tougher on the enemies of Rome

nor gentler to his friends.

When I call myself a Roman,

The thing that makes me most proud,

Is to share that title with one other man.

A man who it has been my

privilege to fight beside.

A man

that has shown time and again

That he loves his own life

less than he loves yours.

His name is Gaius Julius Caesar!

We must do something, Pompey.

Caesar could march on Rome

any time.

I'm not going to wait for him to come to us,

I'll gather our troops.

And attack him before he

sets foot in Rome.

I'm going to wipe him and his

legions off the face of the earth.

Men,

we have two choices.

We can be slaughtered by the army

Pompey is massing against us.

Or we can fight for our lives,

Just as we have done every

day for eight years.

I've made my decision.

I'm going to Rome.

I'm going to cross the Rubicon.

Will anyone be coming with me?

To Rome!

Let the dice fly.

My legions from Spain

should bear up to Austria from the west.

The Thracians will come to us from the north.

and from the east the Macedonians.

Caesar is on his way to Rome.

How far is he?

- Four days from here.

That's impossible!

- I heard it from Bibulus himself.

Caesar has passed the Rubicon.

We must leave Rome.

We cannot defend it without troops.

We'll go to Greece.

We'll amass what strength we can,

And then we'll take him in Rome itself.

I only hope

we don't arrive too late

and find the bodies of our

friends on the senate steps.

It has been decreed by the new senate

That the title of dictator is

bestowed on Gaius Julius Caesar.

It is decreed

there will be fifty days of

thanksgiving in his honor.

He is given the courts and

elected consol for life.

Hail Caesar!

You treat me as a king.

Though I assure that is one

role I shall never adopt.

I am Caesar, and only Caesar.

It is for this crown alone

I conquered Gaul.

Caesar...

Caesar!

Beware the Ides of March.

The Ides of March.

Beware.

The men and women of Rome

are crying out for your head.

For a moment,

I saw them as you do.

You don't know how I see them.

I was disgusted with them.

How do you keep your purpose

clear in your mind?

When I met you in your village, I could

see you had your purpose clear in your mind.

And it was pure.

I can see that it hasnt changed.

What could you do to preserve it?

You want to know?

Yes.

I only fight my enemies.

You think

we are similar, Don't you?

Thats why it pains you to see me die.

We are very different, you and me.

I know when its over.

And what's left isn't worth having.

Give me the honor of dying alone,

by my own hand.

Instead of in a public spectacle

of your Roman mob.

I have to do what the people want,

I have no choice.

I thought power gave you more

choice, not less.

Listen to them. Do you hear that?

For pity sake, give me a sword.

Hail Caesar.

The ranks here are depleted.

My men will be joining you.

How shall we explain to the people

That these men have become senators?

They haven't been selected by

the provisional leaders

The law is changed.

And keep in mind the

people trust my judgment.

You will be joined by my finest men.

I've spent eight years

with them in Gaul.

I must leave for Greece

to fight Pompey.

I'm leaving Rome in Mark Antony's capable charge.

- Do we have no say in this?

I don't want to distract

you with bureaucracy.

I'd rather leave you free to

argue matters of the state.

You think there will be black lists...

There won't be any lists.

Sulla killed his enemies,

I forgive mine.

Good day to you, gentlemen.

They left in a hurry.

Attention Caesar!

I did not cross the Rubicon to kill old friends.

I did it to protect myself

against my enemies.

I hope we can secure ourselves

through mercy and not vengefulness.

Your all free to go.

- We owe, all our lives to Caesar.

Did you say something, my old friend?

I thought I heard you speak.

I'm grateful for your clemency.

Brutus, come dine with me.

Caesar...

make peace with Pompey.

For years,

His only hope was that one day,

You would rule Rome,

together again...

With what?

With Julia,

uniting you both.

He tolerated me,

Because he loved Julia so much.

Caesar he loved Julia because

he saw you in her.

He told me that Julia's death

made life unbearable.

And add to that the end of your friendship.

He counted his life as finished.

I'll make peace with him

if peace is what you want.

I want to establish some sanity in Rome.

The people had enough of fighting.

Will you help me?

- How can I help you?

I want you to go back to Rome

and be my prteur.

If peace is what you want,

Then it will be my honor to serve you.

Pompey has gone to Egypt.

The king died, leaving throne to be squabbled over

by a twelve year old boy and eighteen year old girl.

Ptolemy and Cleopatra?

I don't know which one I trust less.

Help me ready the ships.

I'll follow him in the morning.

You don't need to take troops with you.

Pompey has gone to Egypt alone.

the troops went to Utica.

With your uncle Cato?

- Yes.

Trust me, Brutus.

Whoever wants peace, will have it.

He was most cruelly murdered on

the palace steps by his own men.

It's rumored that they were

bribed by Pothinus.

By Caesar.

There's only one enemy left.

I am Pothinus,

chief of the ruling counsel.

In the name of king Ptolemy,

I welcome you, Caesar.

Your king is very generous,

But as you can see, we haven't brought any horses.

This grain is for your men sir.

My men will eat indoors, Pothinus.

I'm sure you will put us up very

comfortably, in your palace.

I'll tell you the truth, Caesar.

Ptolemy fears for his life.

There's been a great deal of

discord in Egypt.

So he has forbidden all visitors.

You, of course, are very welcome in the palace.

And my men.

And your men.

Pothinus, you wouldn't have anything to do

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