I, Claudius (TV Mini Series)

What Shall We Do About Claudius? (1976)

Guy Slater: Courier

Quotes 

• [reporting the ambush of Varus's three legions in Germany] 

  Augustus : [incredulous]  Well, weren't you warned?

  Courier : [hesitant]  Many times, Caesar.

  Augustus : Go on!

  Courier : We, uh, we'd had a mass of intelligence that there was something going on in the villages...

  Augustus : [sighs]  Go on.

  Courier : The, uh... the commander ignored it, sir.

  Augustus : Oh, that stiff-necked fool! I should never have appointed him!