# Help identify movie/show based on scene **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-movie-show-based-on-scene/754950 "2016-05-17T00:58:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-movie-show-based-on-scene/754950/1 "2016-05-17T00:58:04Z")
I clearly remember this scene from the HBO show Rome: Caesar is riding his chariot into the Triumph with his face painted red, with some dude (probably a slave) sitting behind him holding a wreath over his head while incessantly whispering to him sentiments like “You are just a man. You are not a god.” etc… I just now\* finished watching a marathon of all 22 episodes of the show (which included two different Triumphs) but the whispering thing never happened. Everything else about Caesar’s Triumph is exactly how I remembered, except the whispering. Did I hallucinate this? Or did I mix up the memory with some other Ancient Rome show or movie? Maybe Gladiator, with Russell Crowe? \*Clearing off space from the DVR, I recorded all 22 episodes last August when HBO ran a marathon. It took me nine months to get around to watching it, but holy shit was that worth it. Such a great show; even better than I remember it. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-movie-show-based-on-scene/754950/2 "2016-05-17T01:28:27Z")
I’ve never seen Rome, but googling your quote I see that (at least the way you phrased it) it’s based on a bible quote (Ezekiel 28-9), but I can’t seem to find it in a movie. How about 300 or Ben Hur? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-movie-show-based-on-scene/754950/3 "2016-05-17T01:32:02Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’ve never seen Rome, but googling your quote I see that (at least the way you phrased it) it’s based on a bible quote (Ezekiel 28-9), but I can’t seem to find it in a movie. > How about 300 or Ben Hur? Based on my memory, I’m thinking it was from something I saw in or around the mid-2000s. That’s why I’m thinking maybe Gladiator. Ben Hur is right out, but 300 isn’t a bad guess. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-movie-show-based-on-scene/754950/4 "2016-05-17T02:07:49Z")
If you google your quote and let autofill do it’s thing you’ll get some variations of it. Since it seems to be based on a bible verse you probably didn’t make it up, but if you play around with it you might be able to figure it out. OTOH, even using some keywords I couldn’t come up with. It wasn’t “come back with your shield…or on it” was it?. I know, I know, totally different but it’s got the same sort of weight to it and it’s the only line I remember from 300. (and it was when they were going off to war, not winning a chariot race). ---
**Author:** ![Arizona\_Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Arizona\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arizona_Mike)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-movie-show-based-on-scene/754950/5 "2016-05-17T02:42:56Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I clearly remember this scene from the HBO show Rome: > > Caesar is riding his chariot into the Triumph with his face painted red, with some dude (probably a slave) sitting behind him holding a wreath over his head while incessantly whispering to him sentiments like “You are just a man. You are not a god.” etc… > > I just now\* finished watching a marathon of all 22 episodes of the show (which included two different Triumphs) but the whispering thing never happened. Everything else about Caesar’s Triumph is exactly how I remembered, except the whispering. > > Did I hallucinate this? Or did I mix up the memory with some other Ancient Rome show or movie? Maybe Gladiator, with Russell Crowe? > > \*Clearing off space from the DVR, I recorded all 22 episodes last August when HBO ran a marathon. It took me nine months to get around to watching it, but holy shit was that worth it. Such a great show; even better than I remember it. Rome was an amazing show. Been years since I’ve seen it, but could it have been Quo Vadis (1951)? I remember a scene of Caesar’s Triumph. ---
**Author:** ![Arizona\_Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Arizona\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arizona_Mike)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-movie-show-based-on-scene/754950/6 "2016-05-17T02:44:53Z")
And of course, it was referenced at the end of Patton with George C. Scott’s poignant voice-over narration. “For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.” ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-movie-show-based-on-scene/754950/7 "2016-05-17T03:21:45Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > If you google your quote and let autofill do it’s thing you’ll get some variations of it. Since it seems to be based on a bible verse you probably didn’t make it up, but if you play around with it you might be able to figure it out. OTOH, even using some keywords I couldn’t come up with. Unfortunately I don’t remember the actual words, just the sentiment. I found it interesting, and I think I remember reading a thread here on the dope about it and someone commenting on it. Since I don’t generally participate in movie threads (I wait for cable) I figured it was Rome, but no. > [@Arizona\_Mike](#): > > A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.” Repeatedly whispering “all glory is fleeting” would totally fit my memory. More info if it helps: As a general rule I greatly prefer modern movies, so it very likely is no older than late 90s for release date. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-movie-show-based-on-scene/754950/8 "2016-05-17T03:40:14Z")
Rome, season 1, episode 10. > **[HBO Rome – Doma Sacra](https://titarufiaprisca.wordpress.com/category/hbo-rome/)** > > Posts about HBO Rome written by tlryder ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-movie-show-based-on-scene/754950/9 "2016-05-17T04:15:24Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > Rome, season 1, episode 10. > > [HBO Rome | Doma Sacra](https://titarufiaprisca.wordpress.com/category/hbo-rome/) Well, as I said in the OP, I just watched all 22 episodes of Rome, and the whispering wasn’t in it. You can see for yourself on youtube: [Caesar’s Triumph](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuHaDtkOCEQ). (His chariot scenes start at [2:37](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuHaDtkOCEQ&t=2m37s).) ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-movie-show-based-on-scene/754950/10 "2016-05-17T16:31:13Z")
From _History of the World: Part I_ Court Spokesman: [whispering in his ear] Remember, thou art mortal! Remember, thou art mortal! Remember, thou art mortal! Remember, thou… Marcus Vindictus: [whispering] Oh, blow it out your ass!