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so

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in the middle of the 1st century a.d

the roman empire covered most of the

known world

rome stood magnificent and unassailable

not far to the south in the shadow of

vesuvius

stood the port city of pompeii the

playground of nobles

pompeii gloried in its commerce and

culture

yet the forces of decadence and

corruption that issued from rome

were taking hold

but a new spirit of faith was whispering

through the land

a whisper that would soon turn to a

shout

and forever determine the fate of the

empire

and pompeii

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thank you olympus you'll find the new

rigging will serve you better have a

fine sale

goodbye india

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hey look a handsome couple

yes i'm told but surely not a couple

i only used to become priestess perhaps

i deserve the young glaucus can prevent

that particular tragedy

no doubt you're missing life

come and sit down

there i'm eager to hear about your news

my news yes megan tells me that uh you

enlighten hope to marry

when he gets back from companion i never

promised that

indeed i'm not free to make any such

promise i am a slave

i belong to glaucus

i see

i dare i've been blessed in many ways

but my one regret is that i have neither

wife nor child

was a woman once i said no

i wanted to be free

and so i watched her marry someone else

and have his children

sometimes at night

i can still see the sun shining in her

hair

and she tossed a headband laughed

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look locust pompeii seems so far away

i can't even see the temple from here

it makes one want to float on forever we

could you know

just think of the wonderful places we

might go i should like to go to

egypt to see the birthplace of isis

yes we could float down the nile like

cleopatra and marcus antonio's

you suppose he truly loved cleopatra or

did he merely want a crown

of course he loved her well how could he

not

she was a greek she was only half greek

the best lost story i know is that of

isis

how can you believe a goddess with such

passion

should want you to sacrifice your chance

for a love that

might be as great as hers

no glaucus you mustn't think of me as

another of your conquests

i i shouldn't have come forgive me

i only you could never be just another

conquest

i think you know that

perhaps we best be getting back

master turn about

head back

coming caters

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you go separately for safety caters you

guide joseph

i'll take another way

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chloe i'm so glad you decided to come

after all

i'm still not certain that it's right

i'm so afraid of offending joseph

simply by your presence if he is a man

of god then truly he will see that in

your heart

you truly wish to be a christian i can't

truly call myself a christian until i've

taken a christian's vows and i can't do

that in my present way of life

what's the point in talking about it

anymore you always say i'm a dreamer

that i hope for miracles

or perhaps joseph is the miracle that

we've been waiting for

he knew christ chloe and perhaps he can

help us

change our lives

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garden with your greeter

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he looks after me

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bless you both

this is my good friend medan

madden olympus has told me about you

joseph it's like a dream to me

to think that you truly knew our lord

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come joseph my friend let us start

this way

these magistrates like all petty

politicians they want order they want

safety but we mustn't abuse their poor

suffering criminals

indeed we ask who'll take the credit for

ridding pompeii of christians

we'll be rid of them our way i had heard

much about this

jesus of nazareth it was said he could

perform

miracles of healing and that he'd even

raised people from the dead

i believe very little of all this and

yet

i was most curious to see this man whom

i thought

was perhaps some sort of magician

or perhaps one of those prophets who

went around forever promising that the

messiah would come

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i could scarcely believe my eyes

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from the crowd

while the crowd held back he walked

alone

towards the water go on

i looked at jesus as he walked towards

the world

he seemed no more than important

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we must curry

thank god you're safe come on you must

continue

can't just take him so quickly quickly

where are you actress

where's joseph look off the glory i'll

find you

no peter come on

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joseph

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oh i have to get back to the baby

quick in here

i don't see what concerns you your

orders were to deal with them in our own

way

yes but we should have brought one or

two of them along at least

for the magistrate to try now i'll have

to listen to him ten of them killed few

prisoners but sir i did make two arrests

is it my fault if they died the

christians resisted

violently my men had to protect

themselves

well the rest of them disappeared in the

woods that they know like the back of

their hands oh there's a hard-working

girl

it's nearly dawn

one moment sir i think i know here

you out here

good evening sir step aside woman

you out here oh sir we haven't done

anything

he's he's my friend we don't explain

that go away

well here's one for the magistrate

he's a christian i recognize him by the

gods

oh no you're mistaken he called me and

what about her

she do as well eh now then truth

no need to be so fanatical i'll take

charge of this one

leave it alone she's just a [ __ ]

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good evening

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nydia what a beautiful garden now i

understand why you like to visit glaucus

every day

thank you i own it come and sit with me

no i mustn't i'm already late for

services

i've been neglectful of my duties at the

temple

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what's the meaning of this go away

what's up oh forgive me sir

nydia hi lydia they've arrested petrus

what oh they'll kill him i know he will

please you must speak to lyden for

me he could speak to dear med or the

magistrate they respect him nydia he's

their champion please

come sit here tell me your trouble

oh forgive me my lady who is petrus and

why has he been arrested

petrus is the man she loves

that accused him of being a christian

he'll kill him

christian why come to us

because i didn't know what else to do

because i had to try and find

some way to help lydia

maybe yes well i'll speak to leiden but

i'm not sure what he can do

thank you thank you

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glaucus you have said that you seek

purpose to your life

christians i only you don't realize the

danger

look i'll give the poor girl money

but i will do nothing else do you

understand

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what do you mean walk i can't walk i'm

giving a speech at the fullest union

today

but dear we haven't enough slaves to

carry your litter

what where petra's gone sir lord darkest

to see you

locus oh what an honor

go ahead julia you'll have to forgive us

where it odds today a slave has run away

petrus yes i know you know that's why

i'm here oh

he's been arrested for being a christian

a christian yes he's to be tried

immediately

our actress well he should be tried and

um

convicted i should hope can you imagine

me harboring a christian right in my

very own home yes i can just imagine

what the magistrates will make of this

what with the election coming up

oh you got

i hadn't thought of that no i didn't

think you had you being an honorable man

and that's why i've come see i think

that i have

a solution i told you to arrest these

christians

there's to be no killing and you come

back with ten dead and one miserable

slave

you didn't even arrest him at the scene

but that slave was

at the meeting my man can testify to

that very well

bring in the prisoner what is the man's

name

his name is petrus he is the slave of

dearnett

oh dear man he's indeed

lord doug has you have some business

with the court

i understand you have arrested a slave

of mine

a man named petrus your slave i thought

the man belonged to dear med

oh so he did until three days ago or was

it two

no i really can't remember but you have

the bill of sale there

i must say diomede did warn me about the

man i gather he enjoys himself with

women of a certain

sort but i intend to cure him of that

did good dear made also warn you that

your man was a christian

a christian he was arrested last night

for attending a meeting of christians

so even though he is your slave

i'm afraid he must stand his trial last

night

petras no forgive me there must be some

mistake he was in attendance the entire

evening

i was entertaining uzi

yet he was arrested in the street just

before dawn

yes i sent him there myself

you see my visitor was a lady

i had petrus accompany her to her house

i wouldn't like to call her but of

course if it became necessary

is this the man so petrus this is the

way you embarrass your new master is it

perhaps a good whipping will remind you

of your station in life

captain your man is quite certain that

uh this petrus was at the meeting

it was very dark sir

i'm sure your man meant no harm after

all

who really notices a slave

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oh pinterest

oh sir i have no words to thank you

have given me back my very life

and on that life i swear that someday

somehow

i will repay you

well where is a uni the blind girl says

she's out with glaucus

again she's been with infrequently in

these past weeks

well i warned you overseas

we must initiate her soon until we do

keep watching her

and glaucus my brother verbo could take

care of him

no no too dangerous and i have better

plans for glaucus

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hmm my father brought me here once when

i was a child i

loved it when he could come down from

rome to see antonius and me

he said there was a legend of vesuvius

it's silly no tell me

well there was a battle between the

giants of the earth and the gods of

heaven

and the gods forced the defeated giants

down into vesuvius

buried them alive they lie there year by

year

gathering their strength and now and

then they shake themselves in a wild

frenzy and

that is what we call earthquakes no one

knows it could be giants after all

they might hear us

what is it you've changed

you're so free happy

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no hear me ioni i want to be worthwhile

enough for you to love me

you are you've shown me that but you

don't understand because you don't

believe

i can't believe in any guard or goddess

that will keep you away from me

glaucus

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quick

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yes we felt the shaking here but one

grows accustomed to it

although i must admit this one did seem

a little stronger than usual

it's very kind of we feared it might

start out again for tunata

we have suffered some damage

guys come and see who's here

it's irony

little i only grown into a lovely woman

forgive me i oh no of course of course

you don't remember me

i was a friend of your father's when he

he was in nero's court

but there was a boy antonius my brother

yes he's become a priest of isis

i only wants to follow him into the

temple

oh i see

come with me ioni let us go into the

house

gaius what is it

just that i see you love that girl

hence your interest in obviously as he

calls himself

now you must tell me no i

i don't hold with religions they're born

of fear

and high priests profit from it

guys don't ask me to say any more but

clarkus

if you love this girl don't

let her enter our busy's temple

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i o please let's not discuss it again

yes but i have very grave doubts about

obviously

that's because you don't understand oh

from the time our father died

obviously has been a father to antonius

and me

he has given me so much taught me the

love of isis

shown me that i could become a priestess

and now you hold out such such different

hopes

but i've never asked you to give up your

love of isis

but to give up my intended life as a

priestess

ioni i love you

i want you to be my wife claucus

you must give me time to think

it's better that we don't meet again for

a while

and i must return this no

i respect your wishes i'll give you the

time you need but please

please keep this

as a token of my love

so

hmm

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so

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sir i beg you please be still didn't you

feel that

oh no you see you see it was an

earthquake

what's that we call that a portrait sir

i want to appear as jupiter and i want

to appreciate appearance juno

now you make me out of like look like

some

fat merchant i cannot give you this the

base stuff that plagues your other walls

i am an artist you're an idiot he's a

greek

sir i'll be sees to see you

back to the streets you

overseas what a great pleasure campaign

is uh going very well

is it yes yes it is what a pity then

if it should all prove useless

obviously glaucus

oh i don't understand that young man

i mean he's very kind to me he's been

very helpful but

when it comes to interesting him and

julia dear man

if you are to prove you're standing to

the people and especially

to the influential old families and

if you are to get to rome yes i know i

know i know i need a noble

moneyed son-in-law and glaucus seemed to

be

the man if you expect the temple to

continue supporting you

glaucus is the man my daughter is fairly

plagued with

other suitors i mean why does it have to

be glaucus because glaucus is in love

with ayone

i need a unit for the temple to

strengthen his position with an opus

well i i see the stronger the the temple

is the stronger are your chances

you see my friend power is really rather

simple

once you understand it and know how to

apply it

but how am i supposed to get uh darkest

look to it

for the last time father i won't try to

leo glaucus for you

and i say you will or i will know the

reason why

because i'm in love with claudius that's

why

oh julia hi how can you do this to me

you needn't look so worried he'd never

have a merchant's daughter

they've got a scoundrel you won't be

a merchant store once i am elected

magistrate

then we're gonna be the new nobility i

know

i'm counting on it oh

aren't you clever and then you think uh

claudius will come around then huh

i can only hope oh you are the clever

one

will you see i think we are in

each other's hands because without

glaucus i cannot get elected

i don't understand julie now listen to

me

just just this once listen please

i think i see a way for both of us all i

need

is for the world to think that you're

promised to block us

yes but i've already talked once i'm

elected you can marry whomever you

choose

even clodius will have you

you would even let me prostitute myself

for your ambitions wouldn't you

how dare you how dare you you stand

there

spoiled every wish is granted to you and

you know why because

all my life i have worked i've grabbed

i've pulled myself up from nothing

yeah i'm i'm ambitious

and because that i am you may forget

that my grandfather was a slave

because i'm ambitious you'll probably

end up to be a roman lady one day

where the smell of fish sauce won't

spoil those beautiful silk robes

that you love so much

don't you dare to presume to judge me my

girl

quite right father one [ __ ] should

never judge another

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look to it julia

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thank you

you should not be here

i'm sorry nydia

how shocking to be treated like a

common slave but i am a slave

you needn't be come

why don't you sit down there

i sent for you to offer you a trade

your freedom for your help with glaucus

glaucus has already offered me my

freedom

then i can see to it that you will be

paid paid

what i want you cannot give me

does this mean that you love glarcus as

well

no but i must find a way to make iony

break with him

julia i don't know what your reasons are

and you tempt me beyond what you could

ever know

but but irony is very very good to me

and she trusts me i can give you enough

money to make you independent of

any man then you wouldn't have to be

ione's handmaid

i'm sorry i i can't listen to this

anymore

can someone lead me out of here please i

can't

thank you i'm sorry julia i'm sorry

julia

almighty isis we implore thee

look with favor on this woman's offering

and take her child to live again in thy

eternal breath

seek more no more to give

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she'll come up with more they always do

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isis

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let him go our little virgin

the time of your initiation has at last

arrived

it's modest of you to think yourself

unworthy

i i do believe in isis overseas

and you know that i've been happy in her

worship but

i don't think i can be a priestess

i own oh i pray to isis

search myself for answers but

a questioning of faith is always

necessary on the road to true commitment

but you don't understand

i love him him

glaucus i love him overseas

oh glaucus but of course he's turn your

head

he's handsome dashing he's turned the

head of many girl

and you are at an age when one might

expect such an infatuation

it's not infatuation i want to marry him

and he wants me now

surely you see what glauco says

rich spoiled quickly bored

a man who buys new pleasures when and

where he wants he's changed

you know you're like a daughter to me i

like a fun

foolish father i'd hope to spare you

pain

but i see that i cannot what is it

well glaucus

and julian he may have been attracted by

you for the moment but

still glaucus and julia as it was before

he met you

julia what do you mean my innocent dear

it's common knowledge

no he loves me iona

don't twist your tears on such a man you

were born to do great things

to have a life of purpose i saw that in

you long ago

you are destined to be not just but high

priestess

to help me carry out my mission through

the empire to spread the word of ice

i can't believe what you're saying about

glaucus i'm so confused

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then come with me now into the temple

you'll be safe there

and find solace but i can't accept this

overseas

please give me just a while

would you like to see your brother no

don't tell antonius he'd be so

disappointed

you know his heart is set on my

initiation just

give me a little while

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if you insist

but promise me that you'll stay away

from glaucus

he has already hurt and confused you

terribly to give him the opportunity to

fill your head with more lies

can only hurt you again

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you let her go

would you have me bind and gaga

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she must return of her own will

if i try to force her into becoming a

priestess

she may always have doubts

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i want her to be completely mine

when you say yours you mean of course

you wanted to be utterly devoted to isis

what do you mean well i mean

will she return

send antonios to me when i tell him that

glaucus has broken iona's heart

himself will convince her to enter the

temple

nydia you know glaucus could he do such

a thing to me

nydia

well i think you're upset i think we

should go home

nydia answer me

it doesn't seem like blockers

take this to glaucus and tell him

tell him i will redeem it only from his

hands

if he loves me he will come yes he will

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do you have any news of my son

yes i've heard he's had triumphs and

companions

and they're returning home soon so he's

all right then

i've been so worried lydia i wanted to

talk with you about lying i must see

julia

right away yes yes of course

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i don't understand what it is you want

i come in simple kindness and to spare

you any further pain

believe me i know how glaucus can break

a woman's heart

he's done it often enough and you

presume to think he's broken mine

of course he really doesn't mean to he's

just

thoughtless and spoiled

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usually i overlook it they're just

generally little common things

but this time i am rather vexed

i mean a priestess i am not a priestess

well it's the same thing isn't it

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i suppose it was the challenge

he's harmless and his charms defy my

anger julia i don't know what cruel game

you're playing

but i'll believe nothing until i've

talked with glaucus

i suppose not they never do

but this time he's gone too far

a priestess of isis

my mother is deeply dedicated to your

goddess

that is why i came i did you get that

why gloves gave it to me oh

don't tell me he offered it to you first

and you refused it

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never mind i've upset you enough

i won't wear it again

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oh and i only try not to feel

too wretched you can see he really isn't

worth it i don't know how i put up with

him

except my pride seems to diminish where

he is concerned

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uh

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please ladies please please

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please

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a hero's welcome for our new champion of

campania

thank you filos a hero indeed there's no

question now of rome we'll leave within

the month

and you'll win again come i'll even buy

the wine though you can best afford it

now eh

don't look to lyden for a round he's

saving it all there's a donation to the

blind

then i'll buy the wine our hero's not

the only one who fought well is he

very true gar our friend melia fought as

well as anyone

i'd rather see you drink to his memory

than your success

you take mellier's death too hard lyden

you win you lose that's the nature of

the game

well set for one who can never lose

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come i'll buy that's but not for

everyone

no no no no

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melio asked me to give you this

he fought well they wanted to spare him

he was too badly wounded

she still won't meet we do glarcus

but i've waited as she asked surely if

she means to reject my love she would

tell me so herself unless arbor sees has

gained complete control of her

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ninja bye

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home safely what is it

i i we all heard such stars of your

triumphs

yes i've won but only so i could have

you

don't say that lyden can't you see that

i don't love you and that i never will

it is him then yes

i love him and i cannot choose not to

love him

and you're a fool blinder in your heart

than in your eyes

and that mistake of all no

leave me alone

be alone then be alone

ugh

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foreign your incense for the holy temple

the prices

i suppose we must go through the fart of

worshiping at his feet like everybody

else

but of course it's the duty of every man

woman and child

you don't want to be accused of

sacrilege do you a pretty past we've

come to when a commoner can become an

emperor and then a

god without ever having been a noble

wouldn't you say so cleveland

hmm sorry cleodius you really are

becoming worse every day

if you truly are in love at least

confess it i mean tell us who the lady

is

perhaps we can help you or at least cure

you often i've told you there's no lady

certainly no lady

you petrus

is your master at home yes sir

i'm fetching some wine for him now sir

ah

wine perhaps we should pay glacos a

visit

that's glaucous slave got him from

deomed i understand that's not all he

got from dear mid

or diamond's daughter anyway you don't

suppose glarcus is actually going to

marry julia do you

you know salast these days nothing would

surprise me

claudius

instead well

christian how goes it with your new

master

so you thought you could make a fool of

me in front of my captain and the

magistrate did you

you and your noble master please i have

no fun with you

haven't you christian

nor with our new god vespasian i trust

good yet i haven't seen him at the altar

yet

praying to him i am a slave i have no

money to buy incense

here's your money

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pick it up now

pick it up christian you're wasting your

time god

you've got a sword use it oh no

not i they want it legal

and by the gods that's what they'll get

will you testify in court that this man

refused to worship one of our official

gods

most willingly we all will huh

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just as long as we see you dead

christian

don't worry calenus you'll see him

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dead

ah claudius you're welcome

it's good to see you i've neglected my

friends of late

well when a man's in love

i suppose his friends must expect

neglect

are there no secrets in pompeii then

what they're saying is true

well why should it be a secret unless of

course you're having second thoughts

claudius you are strange

aye strange

but then she is lovely albeit beneath

you

claudius sometimes your wit is very wide

of the mark

i shall see you and now please go and

get your master

sir a priest antonis he insists antonius

has he a message

claudius excuse me

don't let me detain you noble glaucus

can't you see obviously has lied to you

and to antoioni

how dare you antonius listen to me

something has happened i won't stand for

this

antonius you don't understand i do

understand

obviously just told me may i show you

do you think i'd let her see you so that

you can lie to her again

she believed you when you said that you

loved her

can't go to overseas you listen to

everything he tells you

and i know he is behind this and i know

to whom we must go

a man who knows the truth about your

arbies

if he is willing to tell it i'll go

nowhere with you yes you will

ionize very life is at stake and yours

as well

if you are so certain of your great

arbices

then what have you to fear from the

truth if i am wrong then i swear i shall

never set eyes on ionia again

now shall i call my slaves

or will you come

veterans you are charged with

impiety

and accused of being a christian

these witnesses have sworn that you

refuse to practice the state

religion what do you say

i must remind you that you've been

arrested before suspicion of

practicing christianity

this time you do well to answer

have you failed to

worship the spirit of the emperor of

this prison

are you a christian

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i don't know if you think that by your

silence you will avoid punishment you're

mistaken

you're a slave and to obtain his

testimony it is legal

to torture a slave

take him away and do what you have to do

yes sir

i congratulate you magistrate

he was a a madman nero

vicious frenzied above

all superstitious he trusted only his

astrologer

this astrologer was born a slave a

foreigner

laughed at and looked down on by all the

nobles

but he had his revenge he only had to

tell nero that the stars foretold some

disaster from some noble

and that noble would be no more executed

exiled forced into suicide his lands and

goods all

seized by nero oh

did you know that nero had his mules

shot with silver do you know that no and

the astrologer

he had his reward as well the astrologer

was the man you call overseas

no yeah you put him up to this

no do you know how your father died

do you nero murdered him not nero

rbc's he hated your father because your

father did not fear him

because he was the one just man in all

of nero's household

pharmacies vowed to ruin your father's

name

and have his fortune now he will attain

it

through ioni and have her as well

you're lying my father left his fortune

to ionian me

yes because i stopped

overseas one good thing i've ever done

in my whole life

i couldn't save your father but i could

save you

and your sister if you knew

how much i've had to suffer for that

and now despite everything our basis

will have his way

i won't listen to any more of this

antonius

go after him talk him ron make him make

him

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had our first son executed

i stood by never flinched

because we have to save our youngest son

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and they let our inviters live how much

longer

opposites could destroy you

he promised that if you expose him

i passed the sentence on my own life

long since fortinata

it's only cowardice that stays

that execution

so let's obviously

take me if he will

why not

antonius you must let me help you

i don't know what to do i i i can't

believe this

yet i've seen things that i question

that frighten me let's go to ionia tell

her everything no

please let me take care of this my own

way

how can i you must give me time

a day or two can't matter please

i don't understand my son suddenly

you're ridden with doubts

but you won't say who are what is their

source not sudden herbicides

i've seen things things i've tried to

believe aren't true

when you excited my desire to join the

temple you spoke of virtue knowledge

companionship with gods but the temple's

filled with cheats and tricksters

it is for this that i have waited

i knew my faith was not misplaced

i saw your purity that searched for the

idea that burns within you

and i fanned that sacred flame and told

me nothing of the deceits

had done so isis would have lost her

priest

i left you to discover and to be

sickened by the things that dazzle

ordinary men so you would know you're

meant for higher things but still you

blind the people

yes because they must be blinded for

their own good they don't want the truth

they want oracles ceremonies rights

the peasantry that lifts them out of

their dull lives

the people need a belief a faith a fear

of something greater than themselves

and we are entrusted to instill and

control that fear

to bring peace order harmony

what we call civilization in the name of

isis

i can't live with these deceits

are not intended to mess for those like

you

whose high natures demand truth the

doors are opened

that give power to the wise on the

enigma that is life itself

antonious you're like a child fearful of

the dark

overseas opposites please

frightened that everything you believed

is swept away

but let it go for your faith

your vows of abstinence and chastity

were made in ignorance

leave them and go toward the light of

understanding

where they can be remade in wisdom

look at this world antonios observe its

order

its regularity its design

something must have created

but what or whom

i soon say isis

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is

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this power is all part of you

it's within you not without

it's all yours to command

now you have taken your first step

towards wisdom

wisdom that you will use to turn the

ignorant to god

but there is wisdom of another kind

the wisdom of the senses

and without it all your vows are

meaningless

for how can you renounce what you do not

know

you must plunge yourself into the fires

that

lesser men make for pleasure

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so

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now

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oh boy

senior i wish you told me i really don't

like this business

money's money chloe come on

you go i'm staying i want to be sure

that she's all right you're a fool

lock the door when you go will you i

promised calais

it's all right it's all right it's all

right could you get away from me

please yes listen to me please listen to

me

could you listen to me please just leave

me alone

antonius you are not safe here

you have to come with me

he needs your help but that's antonious

opposition's priest no no he's broken

with the temple of myself

what have they done to you

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oh my darling my darling

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what happened oh

i couldn't hold her chloe

they kept on beating me

they swore they'd kill me if i didn't

renounce the name of christ

and i did

oh god i'd announced him chloe

god you're welcome here my son

my son obviously always called me that

what a fool for listening to his lies

how many listened to his lies he seduced

all pompey

it's because of him that this young man

has suffered

it's all right chloe petrus will recover

the living god will judge our person

please don't talk to me of god's

the one truth obviously taught me

they're false

i want to go to ioni i must tell her to

leave the temple

and together we'll expose our basis for

what he is yes but when you're calmer

when your mind is clearer overseas is a

very dangerous man

and you must prepare yourself for what

you must do my sister and i are of a

noble family

surely we can bring this egyptian to

justice

perhaps perhaps but just now i want you

to come with me

i need your help and we must get rid of

that room

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when i was young like you i was a sailor

and traveled the whole world was for

hire

and whatever came to hand good work or

evil

to cheat a man to rob him of his purse

his name

his life i it matter

like you i knew there was no god

then i i met this man

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he was a prisoner part of my ship and

bound for rome

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he was a maker of tents and i have sails

i'm genius and so we talk to one another

of our craft cure issue now

awoke binds men that's it together

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six days out to sea became a dreadful

storm

that lasted until every man aboard gave

up all hope

except this man

well i saw each moment as my last he

talked to me of his

god in salvation he talked of christ the

son

now god had sent him to save mankind he

said there was no evil i had done or

could do

but god would not forgive i would only

believe

and did you believe me who believed in

nothing

you know antonius the storm without

was nothing nothing to the storm that

rage within me

as god fought for myself

then the blackest night became this

thunderous

cracking noise and the ship was hurled

onto the rocks of malta

and i i cried out to him in rage

can your god save me now

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and i was thrown overboard that's the

last i knew

when i when i woke up

i was

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i was sitting on the shore

and the sun was shining in my eyes

and he he was near me

kneeling praising his god

and i i rose up and went with him who

was he

his name was paul he was one of christ's

disciples

nero killed him

when he died i vowed i would carry on

the word of god

how wonderful it must be

yet you believe in your god no more than

i believed in isis

you think you are lost because

everything that you believed in has

plagued you false

but can't you see that that god has

found you

he sent you to me as surely as he tossed

me up on that shore

come here boy come here here

antonio take that pull

sit up again

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don't be we're going now

before night

too much to drink again

why so sad if your lady loves that no

to you i know how to make it

better xenia

where's chloe i told you she came early

this morning to get her baby

she said she was taking him to the

country well if she doesn't get herself

back here she'd as well

stay in the country

lyden you're supposed to be in training

for rome

if marcus saw you he'd cancel your

fights

wine strengthens the blood

say that when yours soaks into the

coliseum sand

oh no dear you'd catch it first in a

file

and sell it your throat

so nobles want my blood as well is that

it

lucky man like you let me tell you only

clodius could beat you lyden

here is he clodius come over here

what's the matter with him he wants to

marry a rich girl

because he's wise and she won't have him

because she's wise

all right now stand back

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penis it's the third you've thrown

nobody throws three

venuses i'm a lucky man remember

a lucky man venus

uh

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i told you she still won't see you guys

but didn't antonia see her

didn't he tell her tell me what glaucus

surely there's nothing left to say

julia has already said it all she

returned this in person

with her sympathy julia

but i don't understand did antonius not

see you

what do you know of my brother well i

suppose he'd come here

calenus came here also searching for him

he said

he said antonius has not been seen since

yesterday yesterday

what is it is antonio's in trouble

don't concern yourself ioni it's a

misunderstanding

i'll try and find him and ioni

no matter what you hear no matter what

happens

i love you remember that

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i can't spend my life in fear of

overseas neither can you fight him on

your own might sir

it's better that i go to why only alone

it'll be very hard for her to accept the

truth about overseas

but we're still of a noble house and

together

with my sister we'll be able to make him

leave us alone

all right but remember

i will help you whenever you need me

olynthus thank you for today

god go with you

i'll go and confront obviously now

how is he sleep

that's good that's good

we'll eventually have to get him back to

glaucus house

he's not going back

neither am i when he's well enough to

travel i'm taking him away

but where chloe i don't know

i only know that if they arrest him

again they will kill him

are you so ashamed ah there's no need to

be

the torture was intolerable

but they'll kill him anyway if you're

caught as a runaway slave

curious

i've always said we can't change our

lives

now i know i would rather die with him

and go back to what we've been

here

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we offer up our faith to you

overseas

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i intend to expose you for who and what

you really are

i'll denounce you to all of pompeii

unless you leave this alone

and give back to me my estates my son

think well what you're saying i've

thought well

i've thought more clearly than i've ever

thought in my life the people of pompeii

will listen to me

and i only

these poems of yours you're forever

gonna finish them you never do

ah perhaps you'll publish them

posthumously

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you fool you think they will believe you

oh they'll believe me and they'll

believe the greek noble glockus

glaucus what do you know of this he

knows everything

everything that guys had to say who you

really are

and what you've done guys

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you cannot believe that all full guys

there is a god overseas

i know that now a true god

act soon and well overseas

or you'll face the truth and perish for

it

then go to your god

antonius antonius

yes

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go then and court your muse battle amuse

them

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so i shall but my own words cannot

bore me as much as my light-witted

friends

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what is it

call the gods

mighty isis mother of mankind

send down thy blessings on these your

children

pharmacies

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how dare you interrupt our ceremonies

oh overseas antonius has been

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murdered

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my lady fortunately

please forgive me i didn't intend to

start you

i am sent by ourselves with a message

for guidance

whatever message you have you may give

it to me

i'm sure i may but uh arbor sees was

most particular that

gaius should hear shall i call my slaves

then i must tell you

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to sad news our young priest antonius

is dead antonio's

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no

how did he die he was murdered

by a man named glaucus a young greek

noble

clock yes it's been a shock to us all

rbc sends his regrets that he could not

inform gaia's person

thank you

oh and uh he said be certain to assure

him that indeed he will call upon him

very soon

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oh

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guard our stricken brother in his

journey through darkness and bring him

once again to thy everlasting light

where is ajuna the procession is ready

to begin

you're quite certain that she'll come

to her own brother's funeral go and get

her

she must be here of course good

harmonies of course

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it's very good of you to come and share

my grief

will you come to my brother's funeral

with me no

and you must not go either i only

you can't believe that glarcus has done

this

he was seen if only i could understand

it

you must get away from overseas he is

dangerous

he will destroy you as i am sure he

destroyed antonious

opposition for tonight what do you mean

please

i can't tell you more but i honey

i am going to try to take guys away from

pompeii

and you must get away too now go to rome

or your father's name can still protect

you from this mad man

leave immediately fortunately

i only need you ah thank god i'm not too

late come with me quickly

i only your life is in danger harvestes

has taken everything

my family glaucus my faith

we must do something let me go to the

magistrate

tell him our suspicions tell him what

fortunate said

surely i have nothing to fear from him

there are only suspicions

and don't count on the magistrate irony

he's interested in the election not

injustice

he'll do whatever rbc wants we have to

get you out of pompei

before his assassins can find you i see

madden

these things have been done before

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overseas is gone

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then she knows knows

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[Applause]

so

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so

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you