“He let Pompey go and you let him live? The man should be made an example of.”
“Any other man, certainly. But those two … They found my stolen standard; now they survive a wreck that drowned an army and find Pompey Magnus on a beach. They have powerful gods on their side, and I will not kill any man with friends of that sort.”
– Mark Antony and Julius Caesar, HBO’s “Rome”
I miss that show, even if I did have to cover my eyes during parts of it — but that’s true of some of the best historical fiction.
I have the DVDs and enjoyed the commentary tracks, particularly ones that included the show’s historical consultant. He just knew _everything_ (apparently). During one shot of a water fountain he said, “That water pressure is too high.”