They have powerful gods on their side

From HBO/BBC TV Series "ROME", Season 1, Episode 7 "Pharsalus"


- You and only 12 other men survived that storm. Out of 5,000. You're being kept alive for some great purpose, no doubt.
- Ah, well. You know, sir...
- He has some interesting news.
- lndeed?
- Sir, in course of our journey here, we encountered Gnaeus Pompey Magnus with his family and a party of servants.
- Where?
- On the road to Amphipoli, with a mule train.
- A mule train. It's priceless.
- He intends to take ship for Egypt, sir.
- Family and servants, you say. No soldiers?
- None, sir.
- Not one man left, not one. Oh, poor wretch.
- Why then, be that so, did you not apprehend him?
- Now here's the onion.
- I thought it would be wrong to do so.
- Explain yourself.
- His hands trembled, sir. His clothes were dirty, there was water in his eyes - he is broken. I saw no need to apprehend him. I'd like to add that legionary Pullo took no part in my decision, sir.
- You saw no need. Do you not see that Pompey may be broken Iike a Dacian catamite and still be dangerous? If he is still living, he will be a standard around which our enemies will gather! As long as he can be propped on a horse, he's dangerous! But you saw no need to apprehend him?
- I did not, sir.
- Who by the sons of Dis gives you the right to make such judgment?
- Sir, I am aware that I have not done my duty, and I respectfully ask your pardon.
- My pardon, he asks.
- I ought to have you scourged and crucified. In future you will remember that it is l that offers mercy. No one else. Clear?
- Clear, sir.
- Dismissed.
- I do not like to disagree with you, but you are being far too lenient with him. 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. Posca. Tell Fulvio to start breaking camp. We're going to Egypt.


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