Rome (TV Series)

These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero (2007)

James Purefoy: Mark Antony

Quotes 

• Clerk : These being the words of Marcus Tullius Cicero: When I was a young man, I defended the State. As an old man, I shall not abandon it. I give sincere thanks to Mark Antony, who has generously presented me with the most promising theme imaginable. I address you directly, Antony. Please listen as if you... as if you...

  [sees something offensive in the scroll] 

  Mark Antony : Go on...

  Clerk : ...please listen, as if you were sober and intelligent, and not a drink-sodden, sex-addled wreck.

  [the Senators stand and begin to leave] 

  Clerk : You are certainly not without accomplishments: it is a rare man who can boast of becoming a bankrupt before even coming of age. You have brought upon us war, pestilence and destruction. You are Rome's Helen of Troy. But then... but then...

  Mark Antony : [fuming]  Go on... GO ON!

  Clerk : ...a woman's role has always suited you best.

  [Antony screams in anger and beats the clerk to death with the scroll and looks that the Senate Hall is empty]