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Fellow Romans

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Fellow Romans. I am a teacher, and as a teacher I know that when I have tried to teach the...

The Fall of the Roman Empire • 1964

Timonides:

Fellow Romans. I am a teacher, and as a teacher I know that when I have tried to teach the same lesson for A hundred times and still the pupil does not understand, then I am forced to the conclusion that perhaps there's something wrong, Either with the lesson or with the teacher. A hundred times we have taught those we have called barbarians what it means to make war with Rome. We've burned their villages, we've crucified their leaders. we've enslaved their young. Fires go out, the dead are buried, the slaves die, slowly. But their hatred that we leave behind us never dies! Hatred means wars. Wars mean tribute torn from our provinces, taxes, hunger, disease. How costly that is! How wasteful! And yet the answer is simple. We must have no war

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Fellow Romans

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I am a teacher

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and as a teacher I know that

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when I have tried to teach the same lesson for a hundred times

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and still the pupil does not understand

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then I am forced to the conclusion that

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perhaps there's something wrong

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either with the lesson

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or with the teacher

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A hundred times we have taught

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those we call barbarians

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what it means to make war on Rome

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We've burned their villages

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we've crucified their leaders

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we've enslaved their young

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fires go out the dead are buried

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the slaves die slowly

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but their hatred that we leave behind us

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never dies

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Hatred means wars

Duration

64 seconds

Views

353

Timestamp in Movie

01:55:10

Uploaded

Dec 04, 2022

Genres

drama, history, war

Production

Samuel Bronston Productions,Paramount Pictures

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Movie Summary

The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.

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Timonides