Julius Caesar Page #4

memory of my good wife,

But in memory of all the good men and

women who have died fighting for a better Rome.

People of Rome, I, Julius Caesar,

make you this promise on the

body of my beloved wife...

...I will not rest until the Rome

she dreamed of is the Rome we live in.

Join me.

By not only the nephew

to our beloved Marius,

Who fought against the evils of Sulla

who took his life from him.

But I'm also a son of the Julia,

Who are descendents of the goddess Venus herself.

I offer you my hand.

A power supreme amongst mortal men,

Granted by the gods

superior to kings.

Let us work together comrades,

in our quest for an empire,

that is boundless,

united...and free.

We shall have to watch him.

Or use him.

Good morning to you, Caesar...

Hail Caesar.

Greetings, Caesar.

Julia, I have something for you.

Now then... Ah here it is.

And I hope it will make you smile.

That's the first I seen

you smile in weeks.

Stop it all of you!

There is nothing he can do about it.

What happened?

- The price of bread has tripled.

There is no grain in Rome.

--Why?

Because the grain supply from Egypt

was cut off by pirates.

Half of Rome is without bread.

The city is close to panic.

Only the very rich can afford bread.

We must fight the pirates now or

Rome will be crippled forever.

So I propose that Pompey be given legions

to attack this problem once and for all.

It's not a question of weather or

not we fight pirates,

It's a matter of how.

I propose we equip ten small armies to fight

the pirates at different parts of the coast.

So the pirates can destroy Rome

one two by the time?

The pirates are a bunch of

uneducated hoodlums.

I hardly think they could stand

against a Roman assault of any size.

Lets talk about things are gentlemen.

Not the way we would like then to be.

I can attest to the threat posed by these scavengers.

I was a victim of one of their assaults myself.

Then perhaps you will regale us

with your sea stories Gaius Julius

In the tavern after the work

of the senate is done.

The work of the senate

is rarely done.

You see there are not thousands of pirates

in our waters. But hundreds of thousands.

Enough for all the rogue bands

preying on single vessels.

There are pirate admirals seeking,

With thousands of ships and troops

more skilled in naval combat even than our own.

Pretty speeches like this won't

even cook our lunch.

No speeches do as little

work as the senate.

How dare this arrogant newcomer

insult this Auguste body?

Auguste and plump, Bibulus,

like your own body.

Apparent from ardent chatter and inactivity.

Enough, ...enough, ...enough!

We have a man in our company who can

resolve this conflict with the pirates.

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