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Lucius Septimius is the Roman soldier who assassinated Pompey (Caesar’s rival) prior to Caesar’s arrival in Egypt. Caesar despises acts of vengeance and is disgusted when he learns of Pompey’s fate. He’s uncomfortable being in Lucius’s presence and considers him a murderer. In the wake of Pothinus’s murder and the resultant Egyptian uprising that occurs in Act IV, Caesar forgives Septimius and recruits him to be an officer in the battle against the Egyptian army. The historical figure Lucius Septimus killed Pompey at Pothinus’s request, though there are no records of his fate.
Lucius Septimius Quotes in Caesar and Cleopatra
The Caesar and Cleopatra quotes below are all either spoken by Lucius Septimius or refer to Lucius Septimius. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 2
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CAESAR. Vengeance! Vengeance!! Oh, if I could stoop to vengeance, what would I not exact from you as the price of this murdered man's blood. (They shrink back, appalled and disconcerted.) Was he not my son-in-law, my ancient friend, for 20 years the master of great Rome, for 30 years the compeller of victory? Did not I, as a Roman, share his glory? Was the Fate that forced us to fight for the mastery of the world, of our making? Am I Julius Caesar, or am I a wolf, that you fling to me the grey head of the old soldier, the laurelled conqueror, the mighty Roman, treacherously struck down by this callous ruffian, and then claim my gratitude for it! (To Lucius Septimius) Begone: you fill me with horror.
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Lucius Septimius Quotes in Caesar and Cleopatra
The Caesar and Cleopatra quotes below are all either spoken by Lucius Septimius or refer to Lucius Septimius. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 2
Quotes
CAESAR. Vengeance! Vengeance!! Oh, if I could stoop to vengeance, what would I not exact from you as the price of this murdered man's blood. (They shrink back, appalled and disconcerted.) Was he not my son-in-law, my ancient friend, for 20 years the master of great Rome, for 30 years the compeller of victory? Did not I, as a Roman, share his glory? Was the Fate that forced us to fight for the mastery of the world, of our making? Am I Julius Caesar, or am I a wolf, that you fling to me the grey head of the old soldier, the laurelled conqueror, the mighty Roman, treacherously struck down by this callous ruffian, and then claim my gratitude for it! (To Lucius Septimius) Begone: you fill me with horror.
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