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April 10, 2026
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"Fred Hechinger as Emperor Caracalla"
"Rory McCann as Tegula"
"Matt Lucas as Master of Ceremonies"
"Peter Mensah as Jubartha"
"Yuval Gonen as Arishat"
"Tim McInnerny as Thraex"
"Is this how Rome treats its heroes?! TELL ME! If his life has no value, what are yours worth?!"
"I've become well-versed in losing the things that I love. But now that I have found you, I have no desire to lose you again."
"Wood or steel, a point is still a point!"
"Where we are, death is not. Where death is, we are not."
"The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth is the descent, and easy is the way. But to come back from Hell and view the cheerful skies, in this the task and mighty labor lies. (quoting Virgil)"
"[To fellow gladiators] Strength and honor! [They all raise their swords to him and repeat in unison]"
"A man does not become emperor by bloodline alone. It must be taken by force and kept by force! Are you such a man as this?"
"[Last lines] Speak to me, Father."
"The gods have SPOKEN!"
"You will be my instrument!"
"Do you hear that crowd? The greatest temple ever built. The Colosseum. Because this is what they believe in. Power."
"I remember that day. I never forgot it. The day that a slave could take an emperor."
"Rome will fall. I need only give it a push."
"The best revenge is to become unlike the one who did the injury. I have made myself unlike... your father; he spoke of dreams, I speak of truth. And the only truth in my Rome is the law of the strongest. I was owned by an emperor. Now I control an Empire. Where else but in Rome can a man do that?"
"I shall deliver them Caracalla's head and the people shall acclaim me. That, my friend, is politics."
"[Holding out a jewelry ring to Lucius] This ring belonged to Maximus. I now give it to you. What is the dream of Rome, if its people are not free?"
"Connie Nielsen as Lucilla"
"Paul Mescal as Lucius"
"Pedro Pascal as Marcus Acacius"
"Denzel Washington as Macrinus"
"Joseph Quinn as Emperor Geta"
"Derek Jacobi as Gracchus"
"That rage is your gift."
"What does my past matter, when my future is only to die as a gladiator?"
"This is about survival! Survive!"
"[Referring to killer rhinos] All together, and when it charges, break for the wall."
"I was owned. Now I will control an Empire."
"I will not waste another generation of young men for their vanity."