JULIAN. Bring them before me.
SOLDIERS. They are here.
Scene V
JULIAN. John and Paul, from the cradle you have been attached to the Emperor’s household. You served my predecessor.
JOHN. That is so.
JULIAN. Then what could be more fitting than that you should serve me also in this palace where you were brought up?
PAUL. We will not serve you.
JULIAN. You refuse?
JOHN. We have said it.
JULIAN. Do you deny that I am Augustus?