- Zenobia, Queen of Palmira: If you have lied, the tigers at the temple will have a rich repast.
- Marcus Valerius, Roman Consul: Your tigers will have to wait in vain.
- Zenobia, Queen of Palmira: [referring to Marcus Valerius] Unchain him and bring him here.
- [after an unsuccessful interview]
- Zenobia, Queen of Palmira: Take him back to the cross!
- Julianus, Roman Centurian: Tell me, have you news of the Consul Valerius? They haven't killed him yet, have they, Bathsheba?
- Bathsheba, the Vestal: Worse. He's a slave in the mines.
- Slave Master: [to Marcus Valerius] For what you have done, I will make you suffer. Take him out to the cross. I'll show you. Up in the sun, and such a thirst that you'll ask us for death. But you'll pay more. Pay until you never forget. Put him up now.