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we've got the whole quarters around

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watch Appa straggler

don't worry woman you can keep him

company on the way to the truck

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winter up the triumphal parade over the

Roman general find in the service of the

Emperor the divine Nero we don't have

time to waste on parade you'd better get

your men out of my way man equities or

I'll write right over them

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did you see Kai's chest enjoyed it it's

still the same just as it was when we

left for Gaul seven years ago can you

offer something to drink to three poor

soldiers Marcus Oh son mother let me

look at you you haven't changed a bit

I'm afraid you flatter me after all

seven long years have passed

Sawada serve them wine what you mean

she's suara

I've grown up master so I see and

beautiful too hmm

I have a new toga for you to try out

Marcus of course the uniform suits you

very well as I've always thought when I

saw you on parade but I prefer you

dressed in civilian clothes huh Marcus

what's the scar you've been wounded

fully as I thought you said you were

going to look after him on the

battlefield it's not easy to keep an eye

on him he's always a way out in front of

the others Marcus sanika will be leaving

Marcus bellarius if you should want us

for anything we'll be at the barracks

fine

so you're back from the wars at last how

are you until later hair well Seneca

you're famous reached even as far as

goal I hear that you're Rome's greatest

philosopher it seems the wisest thing to

be in times of tyranny tyranny oh yes

I'd forgotten that you don't know Nero

you're a brave man Seneca how many

others were there to speak so frankly

very few unfortunately the only people

who can are the Senators the fathers of

their country

a collection of sycophants and cowards

who are always ready to change their

Emperor as they would their togas

you won't find a senator in Rome who

isn't

to the core whereas if a Senate were to

set an example and enforce the laws they

could rescue Rome from this shameful

sink of iniquity and restore it to all

its glory a Nero to divine Emperor

the man's a megalomaniac whose sole

ambition is to compose ODEs and sing

them to the lyre to hear applause and

adulation to Massacre Christians

oh yes the Christians I heard about them

and go and I've seen something of them

in Rome but what are they really some

day you'll find out this is a day of joy

for all of us

Rome is greatly indebted to you for the

glorious victories which have raised the

prestige of the Empire during the seven

years you've campaigned in God but many

bloody battles which you fought along

our most distant frontiers have saved us

from numerous invasions above all it is

the Senate over which I Flavius Crassus

have the great honour to preside that

desires to express its gratitude knowing

the two glorious exploits in the past

will pave the way for an even more

triumphal future for the greatest empire

man has ever seen which is the God's

decreed is ruled by one whose immortal

Nero our divine Emperor whose radiant

light shines down upon us all

well that was short and sweet wasn't it

I love long speeches I'm sure you're

anxious to see something of the city

again after your long absence it's hard

to believe that I'm home again you'll

find that Rome has greatly changed and

it's all due to the Magnificent spirit

to the divine Nero don't you agree

do you you're an intelligent man Marcus

not just a soldier and if you use your

head you'll go a long way why don't you

come and see me one day I live in the

Palatine I'm told you have the most

beautiful palace in Rome that's

perfectly true you'd be utterly amazed

if you had any idea how much money I

have made furnishing arms and supplies

for your campaigns which not only saved

Rome but made my fortune clever next

time take a little less profit and send

me better material would you I promise

to keep it in mind in any case I feel we

could work out a business arrangement

that would be very much to your

advantage

are you interested

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you're not joking many don't know who I

am

I've been away from Rome so long yes I

know all about you

everything's we used to play together my

god you're Julia yeah do you think I've

changed so much but I knew you was a

skinny little girl with freckles I never

would have recognized you to be frank

you've grown up to be a lovely young you

make me blush when you talk like that

gosh

and Romans still blush I'm sure you must

have gone through some tightening

experiences Marcus

soldiers do when you went away you were

so careful and happy it seems like only

yesterday that you came to say good luck

and you said to me with your ideas by

the time I come back you'll be married

to son with Patricia I can't tell you

how sad you may be whatever

so your ideas have changed yes Marcus

valerian I am ordered to escort you to

take July's he wants to talk to you who

is he and what does he want to talk to

me about is Nero's chief adviser not

enough to satisfy you for the moment

goodbye Joe I hope to see you soon will

you call her

certainly

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and so you refuse to carry out Nero's

orders that's not what I said

what then I'm beginning to be sorry that

I even left Gaul

I'm a consul and I command the strongest

Legion Rome has my post is at the

frontiers of the empire not trying to

chase imaginary enemies through the

sewers so you consider the Christians

only imaginary enemies I'm not

interested in them or in their religious

problems I'm a soldier and not a pataw

rien manequa T's can wander around town

attacking those defenseless fanatics but

not I the divide Nero is the August

Emperor Supreme Council Pontifex Maximus

father of the country and his enemies

Marcus Valerius are the true enemies of

the Empire and whoever refuses to fight

them is a traitor you dare to question

my loyalty I haven't so far but I don't

think you've really understood the

situation the Christians believe in the

Equality of all men they want to

liberate the slaves they'll accept any

sort of humiliation for their faith they

won't bear arms they hate war and all

forms of violence they despise conquest

and anything else that adds to the

strength and prestige of Rome they're

like an acid corroding Yaron frame of

the Empire like many others you'll

refuse to see the danger but remember

that I told you these ideas will caught

the fall of Rome manequa tease with all

his Praetorians don't you think he can

wipe them out I do not that's why the

emperor has chosen you for this

assignment

which had become a difficult one in fact

the Christians seemed to have

disappeared they weren't to be found

anymore in their old meeting places

where we'd taken them by surprise it

almost seems as if they'd abandon their

habitual worship but they can't hide

from us any longer we've discovered

their refuge the catacombs their

extensive underground caverns beneath

the Appian Way we've discovered the

entrances to these grottoes tonight you

and Joe

with Minh equities and his Praetorians

will surround the whole area not one of

those traders must escape us not one

you can take any of these passages into

the catacombs

the chefs who vyas you and your men will

follow the right-hand tunnel based

Claudius and all the others will come

with me

let's go and does you and your

Praetorians remain here I don't want to

be attacked from the rear you think the

Christians will react hmm

obviously you don't know them what you

say may be true but I'd prefer that you

remain

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verily I say

he is the king of the 1 and omnipotent

god who from heaven on high leads our

minds and hearts in the path of the true

fate

welcome Peter who are they Peter and

Paul the Apostles Peter you witnessed

the martyrdom of Jesus in Judea tell our

faithful followers just harvest came to

pass and they brought Jesus to the high

priest and all the priests and scribes

and the ancients assembled together and

all the council sought for evidence

against Jesus and some wore false

witnesses against it and the high priest

asked Jesus answereth are nothing to the

things that are laid to my charge by

these men but he held his peace and

answered nothing again the high priest

asked him and said to him art thou the

Christ the Son of the Blessed God the

Son of man sitting on the right hand

then the high priest rending his

garments saith what needs you any

further witnesses you have heard the

blasphemy what thank you wall condemned

him to death and some began to spit on

him and to cover his face and to

buffered him and to say unto Him

prophesy and the servant struck him with

the palms of their hands

look there's Publius Rufus in his

daughter Julia now when I was in the

court there cometh one of the maid

servants of the high priest and when she

had seen me looking on me she saith thou

also wast with Jesus of Nazareth but I

denied saying I neither know nor

understand what thou hast and the [ __ ]

crew again the maidservant began to say

this is one of them but I denied again

and they that stood by said surely thou

art one of them but I said I know not

this man of whom you speak and

immediately the [ __ ] crew again and I

remember the word that Jesus had said

unto me before the [ __ ] crow

thou shalt thrice deny me and I began to

weep what are we waiting here for in the

meantime they can all get away

perhaps Marcus relay race is right on

just some difficulties we'll wait a

little longer then we'll go and see no

we can't Louise thing time very well

I'll alert the others all right and once

your Spile it again answering saith to

them what will you then that I do to the

King of the Jews but again they cried

out this way

and Pilate saith to them Why What evil

has he done but they cried out the law

crucify him and so Pilate being willing

to satisfy the people released to them

for others and delivered up Jesus to be

crucified

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don't kill

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stop

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laris get these people to safety come on

go bye-bye come on everyone

odious my name is Simon if one day you

and Marcus Valerius should have need of

me remember that my house is always open

to you and your friends let's not stand

here the futur Ian's will catch us

everybody go home we'll decide later

where to meet the next time

Claudius I want to thank you for all

you've done for us if you'll take my

advice you'll get out of Rome

immediately too late hurry this way

probably saw us go ahead witness come

I'll delayed father I can be

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whom are you seeking we found what we're

looking for a filthy traitor named

Publius Rufus I have betrayed no one

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dismissed

wait below in the courtyard here now

listen to be Zeno remember here we must

build the temple to the goddess series

what magnificence what splendor and down

there as I see it the new circus I

wanted to be the biggest in the world

divinely Roman equities is here I gave

orders that no one was to disturb me I'm

too busy send him away there's also the

Consul Marcus Valerius

first it'll be necessary to clear away

the slums down there with a dirty

Christians hide I'll sweep it all away

yes I'll level that entire quarter of

the city and in its place you Zeno will

build my new Imperial Palace

Nero's golden house it must be sumptuous

beyond imagination an edifice that will

bear constant testimony to the greatness

of Nero all this is for you prepare so

that your beauty is adequately set off

are you content may I suggest something

to Zeno wouldn't you like it if the new

palace were arranged in the same way as

the one in Athens of course you're right

it's always worthwhile isn't it patron

is to follow the example of the immortal

Greeks with their unsurpassed refinement

and elegance to a degree that even I

could not match haha Greece with its

natural gift food buying statues and

supreme works of art it

I shall journey to Athens and there I

shall sing my verses and acclaim my

tragedies and upon my return to Rome I

shall be greeted and triumph with all

the rich gifts that I receive as prizes

yes no Emperor will ever have one such

honor in glory as will Nero for his

songs and his verses I assume you're

Marcus valerius commander of the 10th

Legion I ordered you to fall upon the

Christians by surprise and to take every

one of them prisoner inequities however

dares to say that you made it possible

for these Christians to escape how

absurd no one could make me believe that

a council would disobey Nero it will

happen whenever you try to reduce one of

your commanders to the level of a fogger

assassin

what vulgar assassin

I mean manequa t's

that's a rash statement he treacherously

murdered one of my men labienus the best

centurion rome ever had

he raised his sword against us who for

many years have been fighting to bring

glory to your name you were doing your

duty and only your duty the point in

question is whether you did or did not

contravene my orders and permit the

Christians to escape from the catacombs

I did you - you'll - you're one of those

Christians - JA - are my legions of

breeding place for these worms no you're

wrong Mero no matter what you think I'm

not a Christian but I've been sickened

by the cruelty and injustice with which

you treat them the Empire has no reason

to be afraid of the Christians provided

you're willing to treat them all as

equals are you by any chance trying to

teach me your Emperor how to treat his

subjects don't trust him you know he's a

Christian I saw with my own eyes how we

fought for them yes you're right

manicotti's absolutely right now I

realize it but the real blame falls on

all of you for not having exterminated

the Christians right down to the last

man and now they're making converts even

among my own soldiers

there's only one God on this earth one

single God that all men must adore oh

and that God is Mira

Hiro is venerated by all of Rome except

for the tenth Legion it would seem so

wouldn't it be a good idea to insist

that they prove their loyalty or divine

Nero yes a good idea that's a wonderful

suggestion manicotti's I'm willing to

offer you one more chance to regain my

favour on one condition that you

absolutely promise to annihilate every

Christian that you can find in Rome what

do you say

I surrender my sword and my rank as

consul my necrotize the 10th Legion is

to be stricken from the list disbanded

and all the traitors executed as for you

Marcus Valerius you will share the same

fate as the Christians torn apart by

lions

No crucified by now get out you tell us

prepare who is your God the true God of

the Romans who else could it possibly be

but you divine Nero

anger always inspires me my genius calls

I hear words listen to me listen to me

Oh truly powerful are the gods who human

fate hotel with our altar Larry Joy's in

heaven and in hell well get unearthly

well

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Claudius have you news of my son by

Nero's orders he was sent to the ma'am

routine prison the memory in prison no

one leaves there except to die in the

circus I'm going to try to collect a

group of his men the Legion was

dissolved with many of them are still

loyal but unfortunately I've lost focus

he was taken along with Marcus you have

a brave and generous heart Claudius and

you're very dear to all of us but I

can't expect you and your companions to

take such great risks even to save my

son I will go and appeal to Nero if he

sees the tears of a mother

he might be moved I'm Julia the daughter

of Publius Rufus my poor little Julia I

hope you will consider this house as

your own my father was killed last night

by the Praetorians that tyrant is

exterminating as one by one after having

destroyed our spirits in our hearts and

even worse our dignity Rome has become

an empire of slaves there hardly seems

any reason for living anymore now that

he's robbed us even of our Liberty

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wait a minute wait a minute that's a spa

not a club all right I suppose you've

brought me the usual assortment of

weaklings that them how do you expect me

to put on a show with the kind of

material you're sending me why my

gladiators put annihilate them

barehanded it's up to you to make

minimus anyway this time I brought you

something special

console you learn you can't disobey your

Emperor without paying for it

come on all right let's see we'll begin

with you I'm not a fighting man you will

be you will be I won't I'm a Christian

take it

kill him buckle don't interfere no one

has ever stood up to Dhakal before I

want to see how this turns out

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I beg you brother

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let us not underestimate the threat

which the Christians pose to the Empire

they've reached the doctrine of

forgiveness even Poirot must act with

great severity to maintain law and order

they preach equality and Brotherhood to

principles which are bound to corrupt

our national strength and we cannot

dominion over other peoples they preach

the existence of only one God and they

mean their God though we already worship

the ancient gods the divine Nero they

preach against the use of arms only

through our dedication to the war guard

Mars have we been able to build this

great Empire and employ our youth who

can deny it

and yet this insidious Christian

doctrine has permeated the legions and

corrupt of the man even that commanders

are tainted this points to the navigable

end of our civilization but traitors

among us will refuse to admit that this

subversion is intended to destroy the

whole basis of our society and if we

allow this subversion to continue it

will then be useless to attempt to

restore those laws which once made Rome

great and powerful in the past and like

the Romans of the past we must put aside

weak sentiment and deal ruthlessly and

finally with a sect of religious

fanatics I approved that reservation the

proposal of the divine Nero and I also

speak for the Senate when I ordered that

the Christians are to be exterminated

without pity I appeal to you Nero listen

to me I beg you

did you Linus who is that woman she's

the mother of Marcos Valerius come

forward

you had my son arrested and you decreed

that he must die without any charges

except the accusations of those who have

always envied him and hoped to take his

place is it possible that you are August

Emperor and all of you senators fathers

of the country

have you forgotten so easily what the

Consul Marcus Valerius has accomplished

for Rome and also for you you are

forgetting he disobeyed Nero's orders

I'm not convinced it's easy to give

orders that can never be followed orders

that the conscience of a loyal and

valorous soldier would never permit him

to obey but he knew that those orders

came from me the Emperor Nero

no no because he might have committed he

doesn't deserve the punishment that you

are inflicting you must save him Nero

only a word from you can give back his

life to him and to me he has committed

the horrible crime of being Christian

that has not yet been proved narrow his

behavior proved it you forget that your

line is the right to your face Marcus

Valerius denied being a Christian Seneca

you are a good philosopher and I admire

you so you won't try to change my

opinion of you if you're clever divine

Nero

Bacchus Olivia's has escaped

you tried to make a fool of me you came

here with false humility begging mercy

for your son and all the while you knew

that he'd escaped from prison he's

escaped the guards be thanked then

you'll be our hostage arrest her

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she's a noblewoman she doesn't deserve

this

muster your men if we don't recapture

Marcus hilarious we'll all lose our

heads go on

everyone's conspiring against me

everyone

take care all of you I want you to take

care

Claudius Claudius Marcus Oh Marcus

Justine I wanted to die when I heard

about your nest let's not talk about it

you're all I have left in the world I

can't live without you and all my life I

never loved anyone else but you

unfortunately the senators can't

aggrieved among themselves so you'll

finally arrive minetti's it took all of

my influence to protect you from the

anger of Nero

it would appear we're in disgrace aren't

we

but you know it wasn't my fault I don't

care about your excuses

and I certainly would not have helped

you if it weren't for the fact that I

find your natural inclination for

violence extremely useful under these

conditions there's only one way that you

can possibly restore yourself to the

good graces of Nero before the night is

over you better deliver Marcus Valerius

but where will you start looking

inequities Rome is such a vast city yes

I admit that it's almost an impossible

task but instead of trying to track him

down maybe we can force him to come to

us tell me how I have a plan

teacher Linus it can't possibly fail

tonight on the orders of Nero the

Christians were to be crucified and

burned alive in front of the temple ARA

Pacis so if we decree that his mother is

to suffer the fate of crucifixion and

have the settings published so the whole

city knows that she'll be there can you

possibly believe that Marcus Valerius

will stay in hiding while his mother

burns on the cross he'll be certain to

come to a rescue and I'll be waiting for

him with my Praetorians you approve I

must admit that it seems a foolproof

idea yes and well worthy of you

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why don't we get this over with we'll

wait a little while how do you know that

he'll come the neck Radice he will don't

worry I know him well enough to be

absolutely sure now it came to pass in

those days that Jesus our Lord went off

the mountain to pray together with his

disciples and a great multitude and

Jesus sayeth love your enemies do good

to those who hate you bless those who

curse you pray for those who revile you

and if anyone strike thee on the right

cheek turn to him the other also and if

anyone would go to law with the intake

tyke eunuch let him take thy cloak as

well and whoever forces they need to go

for one mile go with him two to him who

asks of they give and from him who would

borrow of thee do not turn away

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I come to you with gladness in my heart

asking forgiveness for them for they

know not

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that's a bad omen manequa decent you'd

better like the first all of them yes

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except the gross of livia

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I know the buyers accepted alright go

ahead

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oh lord give me the strength to enjoy

this on the field

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do not judge others and you will not be

judged do not condemn others and you

will not be condemned pardon and you

shall be pardoned give and you shall

receive

they're burning the crosses in front of

the temple Marcos Valerius they say

they're going to crucify your mother

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glorious gather all your men and we'll

meet on the Flavian way very well maybe

it's a trick maybe we'll we have no

other choice

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farewell Julia Marcus why are people so

cool to each other

perhaps one day they won't be Marcus

hilarious all of us are coming to help

you

listen to me my brothers don't spill any

more blood you cannot fight evil with

evil we're forced to if your God if your

God exists you'll pardon me

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with this win we can't wait any longer

go ahead and set fire to the vehicle

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the rollers have been carried out

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come my friends I offer you an

unforgettable sight Rome illuminated by

the Christians amuse yourselves amuse

yourselves my honored guests the most

gratifying spectacle of all the burning

of the Christian dream with me and

listen to my Burson's my friends drink

to me for death soon will be mine

hades offers no water and not even wine

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christians i have never prayed

but now I'm here

if your phones

thank you to show mercy

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if you really exist let me die quickly

Thank You lucious I thank all of you

come

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come with me it's Marcus Valerius

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with our bodies

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my mother

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my mother

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burning our houses

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just arrested Trulia and all the other

Christians who had come together to pray

at Simon's house I saw the dragon your

way Peter to Paul where were they taken

to the man routine prison let's go

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and Eugene Marcus Valerius no take that

speak

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friends whose inflames the fire is

weaved into the city the flames have

almost reached the palace the city is

burning a fire is spreading everywhere

the flames will never reach the palace

it couldn't possibly spread this far why

I promise you Crassus that we're

absolutely safe if we stay here wait why

are you running away I command you to

stop

howard's miserable idiots wait everyone

they're leaving me all alone abandon you

to Seneca even you will abandon your

Emperor the hour will surely come when

you will regret this act of treason it's

you who've abandoned us you know all of

us all your people in Rome what has

occurred tonight is the warning of your

destiny but it's a useless warning

you're too blind to see it

Poppaea stay close to me you alone my

adored have remained faithful to your

Emperor I would never leave you do you

really think that it will be safe to

stay there's no need to worry people of

our rank are indestructible yes that's

right

gods and great geniuses are equally

immortal the fire cannot burn us prepare

but it will finish off those who've

rebelled against their Emperor those

Christians and may they continue to burn

in Hades where did the fire start in

front of the temple of the ARA Pacis but

a prayer you ordered the mass

crucifixion of all the condemned

Christians oh I see I know it was their

fault it's perfectly obvious to me the

Christians started the fire that's

destroying Rome because they hate

daylight boys don't want to damage my

Empire hmm they must be mad

madmen what else could they be

don't you agree prepare don't you yes

this is surely madness Nero hmm it's the

moment to create I shall compose an old

something that shall always be

remembered hmm and do you know what it's

going to say prepare it's going to tell

the whole world about how the Christians

tried to destroy Rome to exalt a false

and lying God

so our into the highest heavens o

immortal flames inspired by my genius

all Rome will worship the divine hero at

the splendid blazing altar that Nero has

made up the Capitol

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maniacs why are you running away I'm

back I'm back I tell you

I will rebuild row

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more beautiful than ever before I zero

promise you that Rho will rise again

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Oh rested the author and all the holy

objects we're going here to deceive

anything

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oh man I'm so worried about all of your

household is ready to school that

doesn't matter at all I brought all the

genes and money I could carry I hope I

did write that well brave and clever

girl it's called number flames destroy

the entire city

no one will get my laptop

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who are you what you want you should

have to take any brains to figure that

out put it down and get out of here go

on get moving

no cheap bandits are gonna take my

wealth from me

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you mustn't kill me representative the

father the country

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the prison is in flames curious in there

puh-leeze take care of the guards

outside we're going in

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get back

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Valerius Julia mr. consul Marcus malaria

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my dearest you all right now

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this way

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the way is clear

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focus

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we can't waste any more time

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William divine

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we must find Marcus Milius to Holcroft I

say get him let's get out of Rome before

retraction I know you men follow me or

I'll have your fake to the lion you

can't expect the student regardless

supporters it's every man for himself

now some battlefield hand-made to a bank

account a dog

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over there

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my way

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no this

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Peter Paul where are you going bye Lord

this is not your room in truth I say

unto you that your place is there where

your brother's suffer and there now

and for always wherever there is

suffering

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