Quintus Lentulus Batiatus quotes from Spartacus: Blood and Sand

What, the gods haven't pissed on me enough for one day?! Legatus fucking Glaber spurns me like a common slave, but no, let's add shit to the piss! Let's pour it in his mouth!

[as he kills Barca] Now you're free!

That shit-fuck! Beckons me to the city, only to spurn me like a thin wasted whore. Once again the gods spread the cheeks to ram cock in fucking ass!

What name does the man carry?

Glaber

I never cared to ask.

The way he fights like the legend of the Thracian king of old, Spartacus he was called.

Why are you here, in this place, under my hospitality? Do you know why?

Spartacus

Because I trusted in the honor of a Roman.

You are here because of my grandfather. He built this ludus. He believed that no man was without worth. That even the most vile among us could rise to honor and glory. He instilled these beliefs in my father, who in turn passed them on to me. I am a lanista. Like my forefathers, a trainer of gladiators. I see things in men that they themselves have lost, small spark, an ember, I give it breath, tender, until it ignites in the arena.

Well then, how do you know she still lives?

Spartacus

How do you know the heart beats beneath your chest?

Most days I don't. I'm just a simple Roman trying to make his way against the whim of the gods, the politicians, the miscreants. So often you can't tell one from the other, but you. You are the most dangerous of animals, beast born of the heart.

What would you do to hold your wife again, to feel the warmth of her skin, to taste her lips, would you kill?

Spartacus

Whoever stood between us.

How many men? A hundred, A thousand?

Spartacus

I would kill them all.

Then do it in the arena. Fight for me, and the honor of my forefathers. Prove yourself, climb to the pinnacle, gain your freedom, and that of the woman you've lost.

Spartacus

I did not lose her. She was taken from me.

A man must accept his fate, or be destroyed by it.

Spartacus

Why would I place my fate in the hands of another Roman?

Because of what they hold. Your wife's? Pass the final test tonight with honor and servitude, call me Dominus, and I will help to reunite you. The choice is yours.

Lucretia

Darling, you must spend coins to receive coins. My husband taught me that.

A wise man.

Lucretia

He has his moments.

Spartacus

You must keep searching for her.

You shit on honorable agreements and press for fresh demands? Tell me, Thracian - how will you pay for her release if found? Hmm? Her transport? Do you shoot magic coins out of your ass? If so, squat and produce!

Spartacus

I shall fight in the arena, my winnings--

No one wishes to see you fight! The crowd's favor, like the wind, is fleeting. Their interest in you has blown out.

Spartacus

There must be a way for me to fight.

Only one. In a place where you needn't follow rules, because none exist. The pits of the underworld. Fight there and survive, and you will fill both our hands with coin. And you may yet feel your wife's touch again.

I had expected them laid earlier. Our agreement called for repayment of your debt, plus 30 percent, to be delivered the day after the games of the Vulcanalia. Yet I find you here, wagering coin still owed.

You will be the first to receive what is due, I assure you.

Words spewed by Janus, from both sides of his face.

You will be repaid soon enough. Unless you'd care to press the matter? [Barca steps forward]

...At your convenience then. Until such time, the points accrue. [leaves]

[to himself] Ass-eating shit. Speak to me such again, I'll accrue your fucking head.

My protector, and here I stand bloodied!

Barca

I did not see there was another.

You must see all when my life is in the balance! Ring your crown with eyes, or I'll have the two you possess ripped from your fucking skull!

Two slaves, brokered by your hand, made an attempt on my life. Who purchased them?

I know not of what you speak--

I speak of being fucked! By the gods, by the magistrate, by that cock-suck Solonius and his grinning schemes! I'm of proud family; a family of means and history! You fucking cunt! You sold the men! Common slaves, who tried to kill me, tried to fuck me like a whore! But I will not be fucked! [beating up Remus with a wine cup] I WILL NOT! NOT BE FUCKED! You fuck! You fucking cocksucking-- you fucking hemorrhoid-sucking FUCK! You FUCK!

Gather proper guard and return with Barca. I would hear truth spilled from his mouth.

Ashur

When a man is pressed, lies flow with greater ease.

Lucretia

End him and be done with it!

Not before I look into his eyes, and see if treachery lurks there.

I would keep such blood from these hands, as I have said.

Lucretia

They hold yours. Are they not stained by the touch?

This morning, I boasted the top retiarius in all of Capua. Now, I possess nothing more than bones and brains scattered upon the rocks!

Spartacus

Apologies.

FUCK YOUR APOLOGIES! I will have return of the value lost! The price of the man will be subtracted from your winnings until the remainder is balanced!

Spartacus

As you see fit, Dominus.

All of this for what? Pietros?! He was nothing! Shit from a whore!

Spartacus

He was a man. His life had worth!

Half a coin at most! Gnaeus was a gladiator! Years of training, each mounting to exorbitant cost - that is true worth!

Spartacus

He did not deserve to live.

[attacking him] I alone decides who lives! Not you! Not a FUCKING SLAVE!