Augustus: The First Emperor (2003 TV Movie)

Michele Bevilacqua: Tiberius

Quotes 

• Tiberius : I'll find Iullus and kill him!

  Julia : No, you won't. You'll go back to the boarder and continue playing "soldier" or I'll have father throw you in prison as a deserter.

• Tiberius : My duty is to maintain authority over Rome's legions; you undermine that with your adultery which you don't even attempt to conceal. I can not live with that!

  Julia : Then do us both a favour and fall on your sword!

• Tiberius : Mother, no! I'm your son, *not* Augustus', as Julia is his daughter, *not* yours.

  Livia : Exactly, which is why you must marry Julia!

  Tiberius : I don't love her, and she doesn't love me either.

  Livia : Love has nothing to do with it.

  Tiberius : I love my wife. I always have.

  Livia : Yes, Tiberius. You told me that when you married the stupid little thing, but she is of no use to us. You will divorce her, and marry Julia. Do that, and you'll be emperor.

  Tiberius : I don't want to be emperor!

  [pause] 

  Tiberius : Besides, there are Gaius and Lucius, Julia and Agrippa's boys. They come before me.

  Livia : They're weak children...

  [pause] 

  Livia : They may die.

  Tiberius : Mother, you wouldn't...

  Livia : Wouldn't what?

  [Long pause] 

  Livia : I was just saying they've always had colds and fevers. They *may* die.

• Julia : Tiberius! I was not informed that you were returning to Rome.

  Tiberius : You mean "warned"?

  Julia : Why should I need to be "warned"?

  Tiberius : The northen boarder is as far away as your father could send me, but reports of your affair with Iullus arrive regulary... In explisite detail.

• [to Augustus on Julia] 

  Tiberius : People call you a god, but they a wrong. You destroy everything you love!