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Marcipor: To be a slave in this household is an honor.
Demetrius: [disdainfully] To be a slave anywhere is to be a dog.
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Marcellus Gallio: [after learning that Caligula has posted him to a back-water military command far away from Rome] Where's Jerusalem?
Sen. Gallio: Palestine - the worst pesthole in the Empire. They're stiff-necked, riotous people, always on the verge of rebellion. Our Legions there are the scum of the army - the officers little better than the men. Disease takes them off like flies. Some have been assassinated - sometimes by their own men. Others have spared the assassins the trouble. What Caligula hopes he has given you is your death sentence.
Michael Ansara
Extended Reading
