Rome (TV Series)

Pharsalus (2005)

Nicholas Woodeson: Posca

Quotes 

• Posca : We will accept battle?

  Gaius Julius Caesar : Certainly. Why not?

  Posca : We are outnumbered three to one on foot and five to one on horse. What uninjured men you have are scared and hungry and desperate.

  Gaius Julius Caesar : That is the advantage we must press home.

  Posca : I was not aware that irony had military usage.

  Gaius Julius Caesar : We must win or die. Pompey's men have other options.

• [while Antony and Caesar are poring over the map, Posca brings in shaving water] 

  Posca : It's ready.

  [no response from Caesar] 

  Posca : Maps never redraw themselves, if that's what you're waiting for.

• [Posca prepares to shave his master] 

  Gaius Julius Caesar : Try to avoid bloodshed this time.

  Posca : Wait a day or two, and Pompey can shave you instead.