Marcus Aurelius - Clip 4 of 4

[antoninus138]

Aurelius took Theroic - from Galen - containing useless herbs and the tears of the poppy - Opium. All his adult life he took it. If only they'd learnt to smoke it. He did not take fruit for pain. Perhaps the drug war prevented the filmakers being truthful on this point.

[cripplehawk]

Funny how Richard Harris was to play Commodus in this film. ONly to play

Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator.

[78bobob]

such a beautiful scene and the texts come from marcus-aurelius book :Pensées.

[Eudora74]

Great scene, the best of the movie I think, that of the soliloqui, with the echo... And Guinness look like the real emperor, very much...

[partschmidt]

I agree. Besides, I found very ingenious the way the conspirators carry on the regicide, through an unsuspected blind man who gives the emperor poisoned fruit carved with a poisoned blade... An amazing idea, and a perfect murder!

[ccamilotorres]

@partschmidt but he didn't really die that way