- Camane: Witness the birth of a civil war. An empire is dawning. An empire built on the rage of the mob. It is the mob who will determine the next ruler of Rome.
- Camane: Not since Alexander the Great has such a burden been placed on the shoulders of one so young. And all the world hinges on the outcome. Watch over him, sweet Vesta, for the trials of Octavius have begun.
- Brutus: An alter asking the gods protection; for whom? And who placed it there, the Vestal Virgin, untainted by the crass self-interest of her senate counterparts, or a girl who has a crush on a prince?
- Marc Antony: This is Caesar's ring and this is the declaration of Octavius, bequeathing all this inheritance to me.
- Brutus: Before or after you murdered him?
- [on the murder of the consuls and apparent murder of Octavius]
- Cassius: Believe it or not, the death of Caesar was necessary for the well-being of Rome. For what lofty purpose did you kill these men?