Talk:Monty Python's Life of Brian

Order

All these quotes are out of order from how they are said in the movie! Who wants to reorganize them...? -- 64.185.128.70 05:08, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

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romanes eunt domus

• [Brian is writing graffiti on the palace wall. The Centurion catches him in the act]
• Centurion: What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes, they go, the house?
• Brian: It says, "Romans go home. "
• Centurion: No it doesn't ! What's the Latin for "Roman"? Come on, come on !
• Brian: Er, "Romanus" !
• Centurion: Goes like?
• Brian: "..annus"?
• Centurion: Vocative plural of "Romanus" is?
• Brian: Er, er, "..anni" ?
• Centurion: "Romani"[Writes "Romani" over Brian's graffiti] "Eunt"? What is "eunt"?
• Brian: Er, "Go"
• Centurion: Conjugate the verb, "to go" !
• Brian: Er, "Ire". Er, "eo", "is", "it", "imus", "itis", "eunt".
• Centurion: So, "eunt" is...?
• Brian: Third person plural present indicative, "they go".
• Centurion: But, "Romans, go home" is an order. So you must use the...?
• [He twists Brian's ear]
• Brian: Aaagh ! The imperative !
• Centurion: Which is...?
• Brian: Aaaagh ! Er, er, "i" !
• Centurion: How many Romans?
• Brian: Aaaaagh ! Plural, plural, er, "ite" !
• Centurion: "Ite"[Writes "ite"] "Domus"? Nominative? "Go home" this is motion towards, isn't it boy?
• Brian: Dative, sir !
• [the Centurion holds a sword to his throat]
• Brian: Aaagh ! Not the dative, not the dative ! Er, er, accusative, accusative, "domum", sir, "Ad Domum" !
• Centurion: Except that "Domus" takes the...?
• Brian: The locative, sir!
• Centurion: Which is...?
• Brian: Er, "Domum" !
• Centurion: "Domum"[Writes "Domum"] "..um". Understand?
• Brian: Yes sir!
• Centurion: Now, write it out a hundred times.
• Brian: Yes sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
• Centurion: Hail Caesar ! And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
• Brian: Oh thank you sir, thank you sir, hail Caesar and everything, sir!

81.68.255.36 11:39, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

crucifixion dialogue

(A neighboured crucifixion victim (Eric Idle) is saying to Brian, just before the common 'Always look on...' song)

• You came from nothing and you'll go back to nothing. So what you´ve lost ... Nothing.

(the original words have to be checked)

Centurions?

This page seems to have a lot of centurions in it. A centurion was famously the leader of a hundred Roman legionaries, hence the "cent" in "centurion". Suggest that some of these so-called centurions be replaced with "legionary" or "legionaries". (And NOT "legionaire"! What do you think this is, an Asterix book?) NelC (talk) 22:47, 16 July 2020 (UTC)