Gladiator 2000
Nothing happens to anyone that he is not fitted by nature to bear
#qt2030119 / read by Shriram-60
And the emperor was heartbroken. The little bee had wounded him more deeply than anyone else could ever have done.
#qt0404447-d / read by Teja-84
Tell me what you've been doing busy little bee or I shall strike down those dearest to you. You shall watch as I bathe in their blood.
#qt0404447-c / read by Narmadha-83
They whispered in dark corners and went out late at night and conspired and conspired but the emperor Claudius knew they were up to something.
#qt0404447-b / read by Narmadha-83
If you're very good, tomorrow night I'll tell you the story of emperor Claudius who was betrayed by those closest to him, by his own blood.
#qt0404447-a / read by Shuja-34
Won't you accept this great honor that I have offered you?
#qt0404441 / read by Shriram-60
Let us pretend that you are a loving daughter, and I am a good father.
#qt0404426 / read by Shriram-60
I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom.
#qt0404423-b / read by Shriram-60
Listen to me. _Learn_ from me. I was not the best because I killed quickly.
#qt0404423-a / read by Shriram-60
You sold me... queer giraffes. I want my money back.
#qt0404422-b / read by Teja-84
Those giraffes you sold me, they won't mate. They just walk around, eating, and not mating.
#qt0404422-a / read by Shriram-60
Brothers, what we do in life... echoes in eternity.
#qt0404418-d / read by Teja-84
For you are in Elysium, and you're already dead!
#qt0404418-c / read by Shriram-60
If you find yourself alone, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled.
#qt0404418-b / read by Shriram-60
Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops.
#qt0404418-a / read by Teja-84
He'll bring them death - and they will love him for it.
#qt0404414-e / read by Shriram-60
The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the senate, it's the sand of the coliseum.
#qt0404414-d / read by Teja-84
I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob.
#qt0404414-b / read by Shriram-60
Fear and wonder, a powerful combination.
#qt0404414-a / read by Teja-84
Save the bulls. Honor Maximus. He won the battle.
#qt0404413-c / read by Shriram-60
Father, congratulations. I shall sacrifice a hundred bulls to honor your triumph.
#qt0404413-b / read by Teja-84
Have I missed it? Have I missed the battle?
#qt0404413-a / read by Shriram-60
Ancestors, I honor you and will try to live with the dignity that you have taught me.
#qt0404409-e / read by Teja-84
Whisper to them that I live only to hold them again, for all else is dust and _air_.
#qt0404409-d / read by Shuja-34
Blessed father, watch over my wife and son with a ready sword.
#qt0404409-c / read by Shriram-60
Blessed mother, come to me with the Gods' desire for my future.
#qt0404409-b / read by Teja-84
Ancestors, I ask you for your guidance.
#qt0404409-a / read by Shriram-60
Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
#qt0404401-f / read by Teja-84
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Marcus Aurelius.
#qt0404401-e / read by Narmadha-83
How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name.
#qt0404401-d / read by Shuja-34
Why doesn't the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name.
#qt0404401-c / read by Shriram-60
As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules?
#qt0404401-b / read by Teja-84
Your fame is well deserved, _Spaniard_. I don't think there's ever been a gladiator to match you.
#qt0404401-a / read by Narmadha-83
.. it was so fragile. And I fear that it will not survive the winter.
#qt0404396-j / read by Subhajit-81
There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish...
#qt0404396-i / read by Shuja-34
Or will I be the emperor who gave Rome back her true self?
#qt0404396-h / read by Shuja-34
Will I be known as the philosopher? The warrior? The tyrant...?
#qt0404396-g / read by Narmadha-83
How will the world speak my name in years to come?
#qt0404396-f / read by Shuja-34
I am dying, Maximus. When a man sees his end... he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.
#qt0404396-e / read by Shriram-60
Yet you have never been there. You have not seen what it has become.
#qt0404396-d / read by Teja-84
I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
#qt0404396-c / read by Teja-84
Two thousand will never leave this place. I will not believe that they fought and died for nothing.
#qt0404396-b / read by Shuja-34
Five thousand of my men are out there in the freezing mud. Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved.
#qt0404396-a / read by Narmadha-83
And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?
#qt0404392-c / read by Subhajit-81
But now, the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do.
#qt0404392-b / read by Narmadha-83
The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story!
#qt0404392-a / read by Shuja-34
Today I saw a slave become more powerful than the Emperor of Rome.
#qt0404390 / read by Shuja-34
Father. I would have butcher the whole world... if you would only love me!
#qt0404384-m / read by Shuja-34
All I've ever wanted was to live up to you, Caesar. Father.
#qt0404384-k / read by Narmadha-83
Would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years. What is it in me that you hate so much?
#qt0404384-j / read by Shuja-34
One kind word, one full hug... where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight.
#qt0404384-i / read by Narmadha-83
I search the faces of the gods... for ways to please you, to make you proud.
#qt0404384-h / read by Teja-84
But none of my virtues were on your list. Even then it was as if you didn't want me for your son.
#qt0404384-g / read by Narmadha-83
but... there are many forms of courage. Devotion, to my family and to you.
#qt0404384-f / read by Narmadha-83
Ambition. That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. Resourcefulness, courage, perhaps not on the battlefield
#qt0404384-e / read by Narmadha-83
As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. But I have other virtues, father. Ambition.
#qt0404384-d / read by Narmadha-83
You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues: Wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance.
#qt0404384-c / read by Narmadha-83
My decision disappoints you?
#qt0404384-b / read by Narmadha-83
My powers will pass to Maximus, to hold in trust until the Senate is ready to rule once more.
#qt0404384-a / read by Narmadha-83