Antoninus Quotes in Spartacus (1960)

Antoninus: I'm Spartacus!

[everyone around Antoninus and Spartacus takes up the shout]

Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat oysters?

Antoninus: When I have them, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat snails?

Antoninus: No, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you consider the eating of oysters to be moral and the eating of snails to be immoral?

Antoninus: No, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: Of course not. It is all a matter of taste, isn't it?

Antoninus: Yes, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: And taste is not the same as appetite, and therefore not a question of morals.

Antoninus: It could be argued so, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: My robe, Antoninus. My taste includes both snails and oysters.

Antoninus: Are you afraid to die, Spartacus?

Spartacus: No more than I was to be born.

[being forced to fight]

Spartacus: Don't give them the pleasure of a contest. Lower your guard, I'll kill you on the first rush.

Antoninus: I won't let them crucify you!

Spartacus: It's my last order, obey it!

[fighting]

Spartacus: Do you realize how long it takes to die on a cross?

Antoninus: I don't care!