1 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,120 In the late 4th century AD, the Roman Empire was collapsing. 2 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,400 Alexandria, in the province of Egypt, still retained its splendour. 3 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,800 It possessed one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, the legendary Lighthouse, 4 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,440 as well as the greatest library on earth. 5 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,400 The library was not only a cultural symbol, but a religious one. 6 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,480 A place where pagans worshipped the ancestral gods. 7 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,440 Pagan worship was then the most widespread in Alexandria, 8 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,640 coexisting with Judaism and with the unstoppable rise of a religion 9 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,800 forbidden until recently: Christianity. 10 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,147 How many fools do you think have asked themselves, 11 00:01:37,291 --> 00:01:39,938 "Why don't the stars fall from the sky?" 12 00:01:40,043 --> 00:01:43,112 But you, who have heard the teachings of the wise, 13 00:01:43,237 --> 00:01:46,306 you know that the stars move neither up nor down. 14 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,097 They merely revolve from east to west, 15 00:01:49,193 --> 00:01:53,949 following the most perfect course ever conceived, the circle. 16 00:02:00,711 --> 00:02:02,725 Because the circle reigns in the heavens, 17 00:02:02,830 --> 00:02:06,120 the stars have never fallen, and they never will. 18 00:02:06,254 --> 00:02:09,601 But what about here on Earth? 19 00:02:14,598 --> 00:02:16,391 Here, bodies do fall. 20 00:02:16,525 --> 00:02:20,035 But their movements are not circular, but linear. 21 00:02:20,141 --> 00:02:22,471 Watch again. Watch again. 22 00:02:25,166 --> 00:02:27,046 No, leave it, leave it. 23 00:02:28,072 --> 00:02:32,714 So, what mysterious wonder do you all think 24 00:02:32,839 --> 00:02:36,962 might be lurking beneath the Earth that would make every single person 25 00:02:37,068 --> 00:02:40,070 and animal and object and slave settle there? 26 00:02:42,055 --> 00:02:43,685 What might it be? 27 00:02:44,424 --> 00:02:47,080 -Their heaviness, lady. -No. 28 00:02:50,533 --> 00:02:51,818 Synesius? 29 00:02:55,271 --> 00:02:56,901 Their weightiness. 30 00:02:57,035 --> 00:02:58,531 No, you're both speaking about the same thing, 31 00:02:58,666 --> 00:03:01,830 but you're not talking about the primary cause. 32 00:03:04,238 --> 00:03:07,019 Have any of you ever wondered at the thought that your... 33 00:03:07,949 --> 00:03:09,445 That your feet... 34 00:03:09,675 --> 00:03:14,595 Your feet are standing on the very center of the cosmos 35 00:03:14,701 --> 00:03:19,074 that holds all things together and pulls them together? 36 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:24,732 If there were no center, then the universe would be shapeless, 37 00:03:24,876 --> 00:03:27,082 infinite, formless, chaotic. 38 00:03:27,657 --> 00:03:30,180 Well, it would make little difference if we were here or there or anywhere, 39 00:03:30,285 --> 00:03:32,357 and we'd all be better off never having been born. 40 00:03:51,048 --> 00:03:56,611 God, our father, lord of the universe, origin of all things, 41 00:03:57,157 --> 00:03:59,133 eternal force of the cosmos, 42 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:02,854 where everything has its beginning and everything its end. 43 00:04:03,525 --> 00:04:10,085 Almighty Serapis, Isis, Horus, Anubis and all you gods who enshroud us 44 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:13,960 with your protection, both in Heaven and on Earth. 45 00:04:17,451 --> 00:04:19,820 I don't know what's happening in the market, but... 46 00:04:49,550 --> 00:04:53,798 These amazing things I want to show you... 47 00:04:55,045 --> 00:04:56,704 I see. Lady... 48 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:57,826 Orestes. 49 00:04:57,961 --> 00:05:01,279 If you'll just let me speak for one moment. Please. 50 00:05:01,384 --> 00:05:03,657 I know you feel something, as well. 51 00:05:03,753 --> 00:05:05,096 I see. I've seen you... 52 00:05:07,369 --> 00:05:09,479 Tell the master we're leaving. 53 00:05:23,337 --> 00:05:27,748 Can you believe he was courting me as if I was one of his conquests? 54 00:05:28,075 --> 00:05:30,923 This Orestes is as foolish as his father. 55 00:05:31,719 --> 00:05:35,076 In fact, I already suggested that he devote his heart to another muse, 56 00:05:35,181 --> 00:05:37,761 one more beautiful than . 57 00:05:38,183 --> 00:05:39,880 -Who? -Music. 58 00:05:40,427 --> 00:05:41,635 Music? 59 00:05:46,152 --> 00:05:48,195 He didn't find it amusing. 60 00:05:58,668 --> 00:06:01,862 But how could 227 ever become 16? 61 00:06:03,175 --> 00:06:04,767 Look, it's 14. 62 00:06:50,245 --> 00:06:55,462 They behave like humans! They eat, drink and fornicate! 63 00:06:58,598 --> 00:07:02,828 If my gods eat and drink and fornicate, good for them! 64 00:07:03,566 --> 00:07:06,242 Know this! Know this, 65 00:07:06,376 --> 00:07:09,311 you who console yourselves with pagan images. 66 00:07:09,445 --> 00:07:12,169 Men, women, birds, reptiles! 67 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:14,499 Serapis! 68 00:07:14,605 --> 00:07:20,301 Serapis! Who could trust a god with a flowerpot for a crown? 69 00:07:20,714 --> 00:07:22,440 Oh, you Christians! 70 00:07:22,565 --> 00:07:26,526 How arrogant you've become now that the Empire allows you to exist. 71 00:07:26,631 --> 00:07:29,480 My father's father saw them 72 00:07:29,614 --> 00:07:33,287 slaughtered in the circus and fed to the lions! 73 00:07:35,886 --> 00:07:39,012 Enough! Enough! Watch. Watch. 74 00:07:40,230 --> 00:07:43,012 I shall now walk across the fire. 75 00:07:45,390 --> 00:07:46,848 If my god... 76 00:07:49,485 --> 00:07:53,187 If my god is the true God, I shall suffer no harm. 77 00:07:53,321 --> 00:07:57,100 If, however, your gods exist, they will roast me like a pig. 78 00:08:01,128 --> 00:08:02,471 You're mad! 79 00:08:03,305 --> 00:08:04,619 You'll get burnt! 80 00:08:05,194 --> 00:08:07,266 You'll get what you deserve! 81 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,244 Now let's see if you can walk across the fire. 82 00:08:30,350 --> 00:08:32,038 What are you doing? 83 00:08:33,035 --> 00:08:34,282 What are you doing? 84 00:08:34,407 --> 00:08:37,408 Stop, stop, stop, you can't do that. Let the man go! 85 00:08:37,514 --> 00:08:39,585 Be quiet, pagan, or we'll throw you in, as well. 86 00:08:54,633 --> 00:08:56,062 Whose is this? 87 00:08:57,510 --> 00:08:58,440 Whose is this? 88 00:09:01,452 --> 00:09:03,974 How many times must I repeat myself? 89 00:09:05,355 --> 00:09:09,344 Today, the Christians burned a man, 90 00:09:10,601 --> 00:09:12,739 right in the middle of the agora. 91 00:09:13,516 --> 00:09:16,643 I will not have this in my house. Not in the house of Theon! 92 00:09:22,790 --> 00:09:24,286 Give it to me. 93 00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:27,422 Give it to me! 94 00:09:30,894 --> 00:09:33,570 -Master, I beg mercy for your slave girl. -Davus. 95 00:09:33,675 --> 00:09:37,799 Get up. You have nothing to do with this. I, too, am a Christian. 96 00:09:40,715 --> 00:09:41,961 What did you say? 97 00:09:42,086 --> 00:09:45,443 I, too, am a Christian. Punish me for the both of us. 98 00:09:46,315 --> 00:09:49,701 So, now they presume to teach us mercy? 99 00:09:51,437 --> 00:09:53,441 Get a whip. Father. 100 00:09:56,011 --> 00:09:58,246 Please wait until you're calm before you... 101 00:10:00,970 --> 00:10:03,454 Father, I beg of you. I beg of you. 102 00:10:09,131 --> 00:10:13,802 Wrapped in a blazing brightness. It was the flames, stupid. 103 00:10:14,156 --> 00:10:17,388 Then why didn't he burn like the pagan? Tell me. 104 00:10:23,181 --> 00:10:24,457 Leave us. 105 00:10:33,481 --> 00:10:34,824 Come here. 106 00:10:37,672 --> 00:10:38,986 And kneel. 107 00:11:01,802 --> 00:11:03,624 Tell me, is it true that you're a Christian? 108 00:11:04,362 --> 00:11:07,297 I don't know what to say, mistress. Why not? 109 00:11:07,402 --> 00:11:10,088 If I said yes, that would be a lie. 110 00:11:11,661 --> 00:11:14,979 If I said no, it'd mean I lied to my master, and I don't know which one's worse. 111 00:11:15,084 --> 00:11:17,539 Then you should say nothing at all. 112 00:11:22,536 --> 00:11:23,716 There. 113 00:11:25,902 --> 00:11:27,178 Thank you. 114 00:11:29,806 --> 00:11:33,958 I want you to know that the master is upset with himself about this. 115 00:11:39,501 --> 00:11:40,930 What is that? 116 00:11:42,858 --> 00:11:44,901 Something I made, mistress. 117 00:11:45,323 --> 00:11:47,145 But it looks like a... 118 00:11:49,418 --> 00:11:50,914 What is it? 119 00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:55,048 It's Ptolemy's system. It is. 120 00:11:57,253 --> 00:11:58,912 Did you make this? 121 00:12:00,677 --> 00:12:05,060 Earth is the center of the cosmos. 122 00:12:06,729 --> 00:12:10,239 And revolving around it, the sun 123 00:12:10,373 --> 00:12:13,797 and the five wanderers, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, 124 00:12:13,931 --> 00:12:16,645 obstinately disobeying the law of the circle. 125 00:12:16,779 --> 00:12:20,098 Nevertheless, Ptolemy shows us that they do obey it. 126 00:12:20,203 --> 00:12:25,919 The fact that we see them move in a loop is due to the joint effect of two circles. 127 00:12:26,379 --> 00:12:30,436 One that travels around the Earth, 128 00:12:32,076 --> 00:12:35,970 and another lesser circle proper to each wanderer. 129 00:12:36,075 --> 00:12:39,557 Look, the epicycles. So, you see, it's not Heaven that errs, 130 00:12:40,458 --> 00:12:42,597 but our eyes that deceive us. 131 00:12:42,731 --> 00:12:45,762 Well said, Davus. I'd like you to know that your exposition 132 00:12:45,896 --> 00:12:48,284 shows me that you've been paying closer attention 133 00:12:48,389 --> 00:12:53,319 than one or two others here. 134 00:12:56,810 --> 00:13:01,087 I tell you, the gods should have consulted me before they created anything. 135 00:13:01,193 --> 00:13:02,660 And why do you say that, Orestes? 136 00:13:03,207 --> 00:13:08,194 It all seems so whimsical. Why the joint effect of two circles? 137 00:13:08,328 --> 00:13:13,152 Wouldn't it be more perfect if the wanderers didn't wander 138 00:13:13,900 --> 00:13:16,269 and a single circle gave sense to everything? 139 00:13:16,365 --> 00:13:19,232 Orestes, by what authority do you judge the work of God? 140 00:13:21,543 --> 00:13:23,999 What is wrong with you Christians? 141 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:26,751 Can a man no longer open his mouth in this city? 142 00:13:26,885 --> 00:13:30,338 If you criticize creation, you criticize our Lord and you offend us. 143 00:13:30,443 --> 00:13:31,872 You should move out to the desert. 144 00:13:32,007 --> 00:13:34,212 You won't hear anything to offend you out there. 145 00:13:34,634 --> 00:13:37,253 You know nothing of what you speak. None of you. 146 00:13:42,057 --> 00:13:44,445 Synesius, what is Euclid's first rule? 147 00:13:45,961 --> 00:13:48,934 Why the question? Just answer me. 148 00:13:52,645 --> 00:13:56,510 If two things are equal to a third thing, 149 00:13:57,133 --> 00:14:00,097 then they are all equal to each other. Good. 150 00:14:01,516 --> 00:14:04,000 Now, are you both not similar to me? 151 00:14:07,846 --> 00:14:10,052 Yes. And you, Orestes? 152 00:14:11,433 --> 00:14:12,843 Yes. 153 00:14:14,444 --> 00:14:17,858 Now, I am actually saying this to everybody here in this room. 154 00:14:17,964 --> 00:14:21,129 More things unite us than divide us. 155 00:14:21,253 --> 00:14:24,773 Now, whatever may be going on in the streets, we are brothers. 156 00:14:25,454 --> 00:14:27,008 We are brothers. 157 00:14:27,852 --> 00:14:31,045 I want you to remember that brawls are for slaves and for riffraff. 158 00:14:33,481 --> 00:14:37,375 Now, I think we should all honor Davus with some very well-earned applause, so... 159 00:14:43,973 --> 00:14:48,739 ...to judge us all, alive and dead! And then it will be too late, 160 00:14:49,037 --> 00:14:54,081 because only those who believed in Jesus will be saved. 161 00:14:54,954 --> 00:14:58,886 What are you waiting for? What are you waiting for? 162 00:14:59,653 --> 00:15:02,281 The kingdom of God is upon us. 163 00:15:03,499 --> 00:15:05,436 Do you understand what I am telling you? 164 00:15:05,580 --> 00:15:06,597 Yes. Yes. 165 00:15:06,731 --> 00:15:12,265 Yeah, but do you understand like men do, or do you nod your head like sheep? 166 00:15:16,743 --> 00:15:18,172 What are you looking at? 167 00:15:19,371 --> 00:15:21,826 Yes, you. What are you looking at? 168 00:15:23,179 --> 00:15:26,439 Are you Ammonius, the man who performed the miracle? 169 00:15:26,919 --> 00:15:29,096 Do you want to see a miracle? 170 00:15:29,614 --> 00:15:31,877 Are you the one? l am. 171 00:15:33,517 --> 00:15:35,013 Come with me. 172 00:15:38,312 --> 00:15:43,462 Jesus went throughout Galilee teaching in their synagogues, 173 00:15:44,134 --> 00:15:46,445 preaching the good news of the kingdom 174 00:15:46,570 --> 00:15:50,435 and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 175 00:15:51,566 --> 00:15:54,376 News about him spread all over Syria, 176 00:15:55,182 --> 00:15:57,800 and people wrote to him from all over the world. 177 00:15:57,934 --> 00:16:01,703 That is Theophilus, the bishop. 178 00:16:04,005 --> 00:16:06,249 "...for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. 179 00:16:06,892 --> 00:16:11,294 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 180 00:16:13,413 --> 00:16:19,110 "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the Earth. 181 00:16:20,165 --> 00:16:24,126 "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst for righteousness, 182 00:16:24,845 --> 00:16:28,067 "for they will be filled." The word of God. 183 00:16:28,173 --> 00:16:31,846 "Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy. 184 00:16:32,613 --> 00:16:37,380 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." 185 00:16:40,525 --> 00:16:43,690 The Lord be with you. With you, too, Parabalano. 186 00:16:43,815 --> 00:16:45,723 So, how were you able to escape the flames? 187 00:16:45,867 --> 00:16:48,322 The Lord be with you. And with you. 188 00:16:48,677 --> 00:16:51,267 What do you think I did? I prayed. 189 00:16:51,660 --> 00:16:54,892 You probably do not even know how, huh? 190 00:16:58,028 --> 00:17:01,030 What do you have in that sack? Do you have any food in it? 191 00:17:01,125 --> 00:17:02,727 It's for my master. It's for my master. 192 00:17:02,861 --> 00:17:06,880 What's wrong with you? have to pay for that with my own money. 193 00:17:07,781 --> 00:17:11,780 What do you need money for? Look at their faces. 194 00:17:16,422 --> 00:17:20,134 Here. I want you to try it yourself, 195 00:17:20,268 --> 00:17:23,682 and afterwards I will teach you how to pray. 196 00:17:23,816 --> 00:17:24,967 Go on. 197 00:17:28,429 --> 00:17:30,846 The Lord be with you. Bless you. 198 00:17:32,170 --> 00:17:34,212 See? That is the miracle. 199 00:17:34,826 --> 00:17:36,802 Go on, keep doing it. 200 00:17:43,179 --> 00:17:45,730 -The Lord be with you. -Please. Please. 201 00:17:47,083 --> 00:17:48,867 Thank you. Thank you. 202 00:17:54,765 --> 00:17:58,371 Bless you, Parabalano. God bless you. 203 00:17:59,531 --> 00:18:01,219 God bless you. 204 00:18:16,966 --> 00:18:19,968 Hey, slave. What is your name? 205 00:18:25,128 --> 00:18:26,307 Davus. 206 00:18:27,180 --> 00:18:29,031 Davus the slavus. 207 00:18:29,127 --> 00:18:34,085 Now you look like a true Parabalano. A true soldier of Christ. 208 00:18:43,781 --> 00:18:47,780 What are they saying this time? Telling them to dance. 209 00:18:47,886 --> 00:18:50,504 The men are now heavy with wine. 210 00:18:52,326 --> 00:18:53,822 All aboard! All aboard! 211 00:18:53,928 --> 00:18:57,543 Oh, what an unfortunate wretch! Save your servants! 212 00:18:58,061 --> 00:18:59,519 End of Act Two! 213 00:19:08,294 --> 00:19:10,308 Thank you, dear audience, thank you. 214 00:19:10,414 --> 00:19:14,950 Now, excuse the delay while we move things around and change our costumes. 215 00:19:24,205 --> 00:19:27,053 Forgive me. Forgive my boldness. 216 00:19:28,204 --> 00:19:30,410 I am Orestes, son of Orestes. 217 00:19:31,465 --> 00:19:33,766 I 'am here to... 218 00:19:36,807 --> 00:19:39,971 I am here to declare my love for Hypatia the philosopher, 219 00:19:40,489 --> 00:19:42,532 whom you all no doubt know. 220 00:19:43,338 --> 00:19:47,845 For some time now, following her counsel, I have devoted myself to music 221 00:19:48,584 --> 00:19:51,883 in the hopes of seeking solace in the harmony of its sounds. 222 00:19:53,005 --> 00:19:54,376 But for me, 223 00:19:55,374 --> 00:19:58,184 such harmony resides only in my lady. 224 00:20:00,102 --> 00:20:06,498 So, my purpose here is merely to offer my melody 225 00:20:07,851 --> 00:20:09,539 in the hopes of... 226 00:20:12,972 --> 00:20:14,401 Stop talking. 227 00:22:05,611 --> 00:22:07,750 That man will go far, I tell you. 228 00:22:08,968 --> 00:22:12,104 If my preferred fruit were the banana and not the fig, 229 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,789 I would have already fallen at his feet. 230 00:22:18,184 --> 00:22:21,666 Wouldn't it be best to please him? Me? 231 00:22:22,989 --> 00:22:25,838 How? Granting him your daughter's hand. 232 00:22:25,933 --> 00:22:28,005 Or don't you have a plan to marry her off? 233 00:22:28,139 --> 00:22:32,484 Hypatia, subject to a man, with no freedom to teach, 234 00:22:33,385 --> 00:22:35,361 or even to speak her mind? 235 00:22:36,301 --> 00:22:40,808 The most brilliant philosopher I know, having to give up her science? 236 00:22:41,575 --> 00:22:43,848 No, that would be death to her. 237 00:22:47,339 --> 00:22:53,957 That's true. Her work is admirable. And she is prudent and virtuous. 238 00:22:56,009 --> 00:22:59,625 But, Theon, don't forget her sad condition. 239 00:23:00,938 --> 00:23:02,789 Being a woman, I mean. 240 00:23:06,606 --> 00:23:09,349 Our father, who art in Heaven, revered be... 241 00:23:16,398 --> 00:23:18,633 Don't let anyone else have her. 242 00:23:20,071 --> 00:23:23,649 Please, don't let anyone else have her. Don't let anyone else have her. 243 00:23:23,783 --> 00:23:25,797 Don't let anyone else have her. Don't let anyone else have her. 244 00:23:25,902 --> 00:23:27,753 Don't let anyone else have her. Don't let anyone else have her. 245 00:23:27,849 --> 00:23:29,412 Don't let anyone else have her. 246 00:23:33,575 --> 00:23:34,687 Amen. 247 00:23:39,914 --> 00:23:42,302 Good day, lady. Good day, lady. 248 00:23:42,791 --> 00:23:44,517 Good day, lady. Good day, lady. 249 00:23:44,613 --> 00:23:46,215 Good day, lady. Good day, lady. 250 00:23:47,308 --> 00:23:48,862 Good day, lady. 251 00:23:57,062 --> 00:23:58,347 Yesterday, many of you will have seen 252 00:23:58,443 --> 00:24:02,307 one of your colleagues present me with an aulos. 253 00:24:02,413 --> 00:24:04,197 I accepted the gift, 254 00:24:04,302 --> 00:24:07,812 and today I wish to make him a gift of my own in return. 255 00:24:19,177 --> 00:24:20,769 This is for you. 256 00:24:30,983 --> 00:24:33,093 It is the blood of my cycle. 257 00:24:36,910 --> 00:24:41,312 Orestes, you say that you have found harmony in me. 258 00:24:42,664 --> 00:24:44,735 Well, I am suggesting that you look elsewhere, 259 00:24:44,870 --> 00:24:50,020 because I think that there is little harmony or beauty in that. 260 00:24:53,127 --> 00:24:54,690 Don't you agree? 261 00:25:04,645 --> 00:25:07,963 Yesterday, we were discussing the Apollonian cone. 262 00:25:08,107 --> 00:25:11,656 We discussed the circle, the ellipse, the parabola. 263 00:25:11,790 --> 00:25:14,638 Today we will discuss the hyperbola. Lady! 264 00:25:15,751 --> 00:25:20,297 Forgive me, lady. Olympius requires your presence urgently in the Serapeum. 265 00:25:22,474 --> 00:25:23,586 You, as well. 266 00:25:37,607 --> 00:25:40,676 Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. 267 00:25:41,511 --> 00:25:44,033 Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. 268 00:25:44,138 --> 00:25:47,917 Are we to endure them force-feeding us the faith and customs 269 00:25:48,013 --> 00:25:51,178 of people who, until recently, were common outlaws? 270 00:25:51,820 --> 00:25:54,208 What's happening? It's despicable. A sacrilege. 271 00:25:54,343 --> 00:25:58,505 The Christians have gathered in the agora. They are mocking the gods. 272 00:25:58,630 --> 00:26:00,835 We must put an end to these insults. 273 00:26:00,941 --> 00:26:05,161 They may not fear him, but they will fear our swords. 274 00:26:09,102 --> 00:26:10,819 Wait! Wait! 275 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:15,653 Now, what is it you are going to do? Are you going to attack them? 276 00:26:15,787 --> 00:26:19,498 Are you going to stain your hands with blood for an insult? 277 00:26:20,237 --> 00:26:23,430 To the gods! An insult to the gods! 278 00:26:23,526 --> 00:26:24,773 Well, if you think it is so outrageous, 279 00:26:24,907 --> 00:26:27,180 then go and denounce their acts before the Prefect. 280 00:26:27,305 --> 00:26:29,156 One might think that you're protecting them. 281 00:26:29,261 --> 00:26:34,690 I am trying to protect our disciples. You are inciting them to be vile murderers. 282 00:26:35,591 --> 00:26:38,976 Theon, as director, you have the last word. 283 00:26:44,616 --> 00:26:47,550 The insult must be answered. 284 00:26:48,231 --> 00:26:51,012 Those Jews amongst you, do as you please, this is not your battle. 285 00:26:51,147 --> 00:26:54,340 As for you Christians, you would do well to join those of your own faith. 286 00:26:54,475 --> 00:26:57,860 You will not cast my disciples out of this house. 287 00:26:57,994 --> 00:26:59,720 Glory be to Serapis! 288 00:26:59,816 --> 00:27:01,341 And to all the gods! And to all the gods! 289 00:27:02,185 --> 00:27:03,911 Wait for my command! 290 00:27:04,007 --> 00:27:06,530 No one must suspect us until we have them surrounded. 291 00:27:06,664 --> 00:27:08,189 The clubs are for the slaves! 292 00:27:08,294 --> 00:27:11,910 Slaves, come forward and arm yourselves! 293 00:27:12,006 --> 00:27:13,348 The slaves are also summoned! 294 00:27:16,235 --> 00:27:19,812 Davus, go back. No. Go back. Go back. 295 00:27:19,947 --> 00:27:21,702 Get the Christians! 296 00:27:28,549 --> 00:27:31,340 Glory be to Serapis! Glory be to Serapis! 297 00:27:48,910 --> 00:27:52,103 Let's listen to her now! 298 00:27:55,019 --> 00:27:56,429 Do you hear any complaint? 299 00:27:56,620 --> 00:27:58,443 No! No! 300 00:27:59,181 --> 00:28:01,569 This one has lost her voice, too! 301 00:28:05,578 --> 00:28:09,222 Their mouths do not speak, their eyes do not see, 302 00:28:09,606 --> 00:28:11,620 their noses do not smell. 303 00:28:12,234 --> 00:28:16,540 Yet still the pagans come here and kneel before them! 304 00:28:20,587 --> 00:28:22,495 What madness is this? 305 00:28:23,943 --> 00:28:25,478 Glory be to Serapis! 306 00:28:29,285 --> 00:28:30,753 For the gods! 307 00:29:29,062 --> 00:29:32,515 Medorus! Take care of your master! Protect him! 308 00:29:45,414 --> 00:29:47,553 Death to the pagans! 309 00:29:51,341 --> 00:29:53,480 You! What are you looking at? Get in there and fight! 310 00:30:03,214 --> 00:30:04,614 Go and fight! 311 00:30:06,407 --> 00:30:08,546 Are you deaf? I said fight! 312 00:30:22,059 --> 00:30:23,622 I'm a Christian! 313 00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:27,583 I am a Christian! 314 00:30:30,470 --> 00:30:32,100 I am a Christian! 315 00:30:39,820 --> 00:30:40,933 What is Christ? 316 00:30:41,067 --> 00:30:42,371 Christ is one! Christ is one! 317 00:30:42,534 --> 00:30:44,299 Death to the pagans! 318 00:30:44,942 --> 00:30:46,697 God is one! God is one! 319 00:30:50,571 --> 00:30:53,352 No! No! 320 00:30:54,187 --> 00:30:57,697 To the entrance! We must defend the entrance! 321 00:30:57,831 --> 00:30:59,394 What's happening? What's happening? 322 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:02,051 Our men are being sent back by the Christians! 323 00:31:18,853 --> 00:31:23,649 Father! It's okay. It's all right, it's all right. 324 00:31:26,094 --> 00:31:29,355 What happened? It was his slave. 325 00:31:32,232 --> 00:31:35,080 Davus, get me some cloths, some water, quickly. 326 00:31:35,627 --> 00:31:36,605 Father. 327 00:31:40,969 --> 00:31:43,395 Synesius, we must get out of here. 328 00:31:43,501 --> 00:31:44,997 Hold him still. 329 00:31:58,663 --> 00:32:00,044 The Parabalani are coming! 330 00:32:12,588 --> 00:32:15,782 God is with us! 331 00:32:15,916 --> 00:32:20,194 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 332 00:32:20,299 --> 00:32:22,601 Close the gates! No, no, our men are still out there! 333 00:32:22,697 --> 00:32:25,890 May the gods protect them. Close the gates, I say! 334 00:32:50,988 --> 00:32:54,335 Don't kill him! We'll keep him as a hostage, like the others. 335 00:32:54,470 --> 00:32:59,236 Did you hear that, everyone? Any Christian you catch is now a hostage. 336 00:32:59,342 --> 00:33:03,561 Now, take our wounded to the temple and the Christians down into the cellars. 337 00:33:03,657 --> 00:33:07,551 And anyone with a good eye and a good aim, up on the walls. 338 00:33:07,657 --> 00:33:12,576 Olympius, this one is a Christian. Yes, and those three, as well. 339 00:33:12,711 --> 00:33:16,029 If they are Christians, they will go down to the cellars. 340 00:33:16,134 --> 00:33:17,899 Olympius, if you are going to imprison my brothers, 341 00:33:18,024 --> 00:33:20,134 then you are going to have to imprison me with them. 342 00:33:20,268 --> 00:33:22,368 If it is necessary, I will do that. 343 00:33:23,979 --> 00:33:25,504 If anyone, 344 00:33:27,307 --> 00:33:28,679 anyone, 345 00:33:30,894 --> 00:33:33,675 dare lay a finger on one of my brothers, 346 00:33:34,797 --> 00:33:36,936 I swear I'll run him through. 347 00:33:39,660 --> 00:33:42,470 Look! Look at this! 348 00:33:50,315 --> 00:33:51,561 Orestes. 349 00:33:52,808 --> 00:33:54,122 Thank you. 350 00:34:11,529 --> 00:34:14,348 Since when were there so many Christians? 351 00:34:14,981 --> 00:34:17,091 We shall have to negotiate. 352 00:34:46,860 --> 00:34:49,862 What are we waiting for? What can we expect from a Christian emperor, 353 00:34:49,996 --> 00:34:51,454 except to be put to the sword? 354 00:34:51,597 --> 00:34:55,136 I'll settle for still being alive when his verdict arrives. 355 00:34:55,271 --> 00:34:56,546 Here will do. 356 00:34:57,352 --> 00:34:59,941 No one should leave the group. Please. 357 00:35:01,418 --> 00:35:03,787 Are they going to pray all night? 358 00:35:08,486 --> 00:35:13,195 Davus. Davus, stay here. It's safer here. 359 00:35:18,374 --> 00:35:20,349 Just here would be best. 360 00:36:00,773 --> 00:36:02,979 Synesius, what are you doing? 361 00:36:07,045 --> 00:36:11,591 Lady, sister and mother, may God bless you and protect you. 362 00:37:30,827 --> 00:37:33,579 Move back! Slaves, get to the back! 363 00:37:33,704 --> 00:37:36,552 We'll end up eating each other! Slaves, get to the back! 364 00:37:38,183 --> 00:37:41,156 The three won't come out. It's a disaster. 365 00:37:41,770 --> 00:37:44,292 Father, why don't you leave the dice? 366 00:37:44,781 --> 00:37:46,498 Have you been seen today? 367 00:37:46,632 --> 00:37:48,042 No? 368 00:37:50,094 --> 00:37:51,782 Let's have a look. 369 00:37:53,738 --> 00:37:58,697 Promise me, my child, that when I'm gone you won't remember this foolish old man. 370 00:37:59,656 --> 00:38:01,037 Promise. 371 00:38:02,696 --> 00:38:04,739 Remember me as I was before. 372 00:38:07,146 --> 00:38:09,793 Before, when I could still think, 373 00:38:12,267 --> 00:38:14,022 and I worked with you 374 00:38:16,295 --> 00:38:17,993 and I listened to you. 375 00:38:18,731 --> 00:38:21,579 How could I have been so wrong? ... 376 00:38:23,306 --> 00:38:25,694 Seeing you here, locked up because of me... 377 00:38:25,838 --> 00:38:27,487 Father, please. 378 00:38:27,852 --> 00:38:29,827 I wanted you to be free. 379 00:38:37,701 --> 00:38:38,986 I am free. 380 00:38:43,052 --> 00:38:45,862 Hey, Christians! Christians! 381 00:38:46,505 --> 00:38:49,507 What's that carpenter god of yours doing now? 382 00:38:49,996 --> 00:38:52,365 Building coffins for you, scum! 383 00:39:11,689 --> 00:39:15,171 So, tell me, where are the gods now? 384 00:39:17,223 --> 00:39:18,690 Where are they? 385 00:39:20,138 --> 00:39:22,622 Might as well look for others. Others? 386 00:39:22,728 --> 00:39:25,893 Which one? The god of the Christians, perhaps? 387 00:39:26,027 --> 00:39:27,878 Such boldness. 388 00:39:31,436 --> 00:39:34,630 What do you think, lady? Am I so bold? 389 00:39:39,655 --> 00:39:41,247 Put the fire out. 390 00:39:57,608 --> 00:40:01,348 You are indeed bold. Very bold. 391 00:40:02,221 --> 00:40:04,197 I've been thinking about something you said to me. 392 00:40:04,619 --> 00:40:06,508 Me? That day that you 393 00:40:07,592 --> 00:40:10,853 criticized the heavenly mechanism and you called it 394 00:40:12,234 --> 00:40:13,384 whimsical. 395 00:40:13,509 --> 00:40:17,825 Yes, although, actually, I was criticizing Ptolemy 396 00:40:18,726 --> 00:40:21,220 for complicating everything with his epicycles. 397 00:40:22,505 --> 00:40:25,027 But, I don't know, perhaps I'm just simple-minded. 398 00:40:25,133 --> 00:40:26,140 No. 399 00:40:27,751 --> 00:40:30,503 No, the heavens should be simple. 400 00:40:32,747 --> 00:40:35,394 So, am I right, or... 401 00:40:39,173 --> 00:40:40,458 What if... 402 00:40:42,990 --> 00:40:45,982 What if there were a simpler explanation for the wanderers? 403 00:40:47,469 --> 00:40:48,706 There is. 404 00:40:50,154 --> 00:40:55,458 But it is so absurd, so old, that no one gives it any credit. 405 00:40:55,784 --> 00:40:58,948 What theory is that? Do you speak of Aristarchus? 406 00:40:59,054 --> 00:41:03,111 Aristarchus maintained that the Earth moves. 407 00:41:04,070 --> 00:41:07,177 The strange behavior of the wanderers 408 00:41:07,302 --> 00:41:13,085 was nothing more than an optical illusion caused by our movement 409 00:41:13,229 --> 00:41:16,518 in combination with theirs around the sun. 410 00:41:17,352 --> 00:41:19,875 A heliocentric model. That's right. 411 00:41:19,980 --> 00:41:24,833 The sun would be in the center, as befits its dignity as king of the stars. 412 00:41:25,706 --> 00:41:26,981 Which would make Earth just... 413 00:41:27,115 --> 00:41:29,091 His work was lost... ...another wanderer. 414 00:41:29,225 --> 00:41:31,939 ...in the fire that destroyed the Mother Library. 415 00:41:32,074 --> 00:41:36,773 This is why we have to take great care of this place. 416 00:41:36,907 --> 00:41:41,002 Our library is all that remains of the wisdom of man. 417 00:41:42,566 --> 00:41:44,292 But every time you drop an object... 418 00:41:46,565 --> 00:41:47,907 Who speaks? 419 00:41:48,934 --> 00:41:50,315 Forgive me, mistress. 420 00:41:53,671 --> 00:41:56,769 I was listening. Speak up, Davus. 421 00:41:57,546 --> 00:41:59,435 If the Earth is moving, 422 00:42:00,394 --> 00:42:04,384 every time you drop an object, it would fall further behind. 423 00:42:06,542 --> 00:42:09,505 And the wind would always blow against us. 424 00:42:09,611 --> 00:42:11,749 And the birds would lose their way in flight. 425 00:42:11,845 --> 00:42:16,899 I told you, Aristarchus' hypothesis makes no sense at all. 426 00:42:19,911 --> 00:42:22,404 I feel that what you just said can be refuted. 427 00:42:29,031 --> 00:42:31,304 But right now, I don't know how. 428 00:42:52,010 --> 00:42:55,395 Make way for the Prefect! Make way! 429 00:42:56,652 --> 00:43:00,133 Make way for the Prefect! Make way! 430 00:43:14,988 --> 00:43:17,635 Listen, one and all! 431 00:43:17,741 --> 00:43:21,155 Prepare to hear and obey the verdict of our emperor! 432 00:43:24,492 --> 00:43:27,590 "I, Flavius Theodosius Augustus, 433 00:43:27,686 --> 00:43:31,100 "emperor and supreme head of the provinces of the Orient, 434 00:43:31,206 --> 00:43:33,579 "having been informed of the events which 435 00:43:33,603 --> 00:43:36,394 recently took place in the city of Alexandria, 436 00:43:36,490 --> 00:43:38,533 "do hereby declare and command 437 00:43:38,667 --> 00:43:41,899 "that the insurgents shall be pardoned and freed... 438 00:43:50,981 --> 00:43:53,571 "In exchange for my generosity, 439 00:43:53,705 --> 00:43:58,692 "the insurgents will abandon the Serapeum and the Library immediately, 440 00:43:58,826 --> 00:44:02,653 "allowing the Christians to enter and dispose of the premises 441 00:44:05,223 --> 00:44:06,853 "as they see fit." 442 00:44:11,658 --> 00:44:12,703 Keep tight! 443 00:44:13,221 --> 00:44:15,648 What are we to expect? They'll destroy everything! 444 00:44:17,671 --> 00:44:20,453 -The pagans will leave by the stables. -The books. 445 00:44:20,587 --> 00:44:23,713 From there, you will be escorted to your homes. 446 00:44:23,819 --> 00:44:25,823 Obey this instant! 447 00:44:30,887 --> 00:44:34,368 Keep together! Tortoise! 448 00:44:34,502 --> 00:44:36,996 Send half the regiment to the other side. 449 00:44:37,101 --> 00:44:39,653 We'll send the rest later. Yes, sir. 450 00:44:41,734 --> 00:44:45,186 Prefect, we won't be able to contain this mob for long. 451 00:44:59,495 --> 00:45:02,430 -Leave the lesser works! -Which are the lesser works? 452 00:45:02,535 --> 00:45:05,403 Just take the important ones! The important ones! 453 00:45:09,613 --> 00:45:11,780 The soldiers are withdrawing! 454 00:45:33,992 --> 00:45:35,651 Slave! Have you seen my mistress? 455 00:45:35,785 --> 00:45:37,895 Just get over here and help! 456 00:45:44,877 --> 00:45:47,773 We cannot carry so many! We need more help. 457 00:45:51,782 --> 00:45:55,139 Please go and get my father out of here. Get him out of here now! 458 00:46:02,216 --> 00:46:05,084 Slave! Pick up as much as you can! Come on. Go, go, go! 459 00:46:06,925 --> 00:46:08,584 Come on, quickly! 460 00:46:10,982 --> 00:46:13,917 Hypatia and her students are still in the atrium. 461 00:46:14,022 --> 00:46:18,597 Are they out of their minds? If that's what they want, let them burn. 462 00:46:19,882 --> 00:46:21,992 Come on! Quickly! 463 00:46:34,124 --> 00:46:35,265 Lady. 464 00:46:36,262 --> 00:46:38,085 Where have you been? Pick up that sack. 465 00:46:38,190 --> 00:46:40,703 Lady, we have to go. Pick up the sack! 466 00:46:43,657 --> 00:46:46,754 Why are slaves never around when they're needed? 467 00:46:47,819 --> 00:46:50,667 I was... Move! Move! Move your feet! Move! 468 00:46:51,243 --> 00:46:52,384 Idiot! 469 00:47:10,443 --> 00:47:11,526 Run! 470 00:47:12,869 --> 00:47:15,593 Come on! There's no time! There's no time! 471 00:47:18,604 --> 00:47:19,678 Lady! 472 00:47:20,301 --> 00:47:23,198 Lady, we have to leave. We must leave them. 473 00:47:30,477 --> 00:47:31,589 God is one! 474 00:47:43,654 --> 00:47:44,805 Hurry! 475 00:47:47,462 --> 00:47:48,804 Move! Move! 476 00:47:49,101 --> 00:47:50,108 They're coming! 477 00:47:50,214 --> 00:47:51,231 Run! 478 00:47:51,336 --> 00:47:52,899 The Christians are coming! 479 00:47:54,347 --> 00:47:56,994 Davus! Davus, where are you going? 480 00:47:57,733 --> 00:48:00,188 We have to go! Davus, where are you going? 481 00:48:00,293 --> 00:48:02,020 If he wants to die for our gods, let him. 482 00:48:02,154 --> 00:48:03,746 Davus, no. Please don't do this. 483 00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:05,472 Come on! Davus! 484 00:48:05,578 --> 00:48:07,371 Davus, no! Come on! 485 00:48:33,515 --> 00:48:34,972 God is one! God is one! 486 00:49:08,942 --> 00:49:10,313 Look out! Move back! 487 00:49:30,347 --> 00:49:34,625 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 488 00:49:34,797 --> 00:49:39,075 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 489 00:49:39,180 --> 00:49:43,458 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 490 00:49:43,592 --> 00:49:47,783 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 491 00:49:47,917 --> 00:49:50,948 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Slave! 492 00:49:54,506 --> 00:49:56,002 Davus! 493 00:49:56,942 --> 00:49:58,399 Davus! 494 00:49:59,723 --> 00:50:01,929 Davus the slavus! 495 00:50:02,792 --> 00:50:04,422 Help me with this! 496 00:50:05,324 --> 00:50:06,753 Help me! 497 00:50:06,858 --> 00:50:10,656 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 498 00:50:10,790 --> 00:50:14,789 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 499 00:50:14,924 --> 00:50:18,635 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 500 00:51:12,620 --> 00:51:13,540 Pagan filth! 501 00:52:58,469 --> 00:53:00,742 The master's wound is festering. 502 00:53:04,137 --> 00:53:05,316 I know. 503 00:53:08,903 --> 00:53:10,083 I know. 504 00:53:41,165 --> 00:53:42,278 Davus. 505 00:54:07,146 --> 00:54:08,258 Davus! 506 00:55:26,861 --> 00:55:28,233 You're free. 507 00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:30,467 Go. 508 00:55:31,493 --> 00:55:32,510 Go. 509 00:55:54,021 --> 00:55:59,747 Henceforth in Alexandria, only Christian and Jewish worship shall be permitted. 510 00:56:00,869 --> 00:56:04,734 Pagan sacrifices, worshipping pagan symbols 511 00:56:04,878 --> 00:56:08,733 and visiting pagan temples shall no longer be allowed. 512 00:56:08,877 --> 00:56:13,030 Should anyone commit such an act or dare raise his eyes to the statues 513 00:56:13,164 --> 00:56:17,153 of his former gods, he shall be punished without clemency. 514 00:59:18,220 --> 00:59:19,774 Damned Jews! 515 00:59:20,234 --> 00:59:21,855 Damned Jews! 516 00:59:26,957 --> 00:59:30,055 They're just a bunch of good-for-nothing thugs, pack animals! 517 00:59:30,151 --> 00:59:32,740 Joran, my dear friend, calm down. 518 00:59:34,284 --> 00:59:37,094 Let Bishop Cyril speak in his own defense. 519 00:59:38,092 --> 00:59:40,940 Prefect, our blessed Parabalani, 520 00:59:41,832 --> 00:59:46,541 whom he has just called beasts of burden, 521 00:59:46,637 --> 00:59:49,763 devote themselves, true enough, to carrying burdens. 522 00:59:49,897 --> 00:59:55,364 The crippled, the sick, the lepers... And stones! Prefect, they carry stones. 523 00:59:55,719 --> 00:59:58,567 And now they burst into the theater and they stone us, 524 00:59:58,701 --> 01:00:02,854 knowing we will do nothing to defend ourselves because it is the Sabbath! 525 01:00:03,276 --> 01:00:05,894 On the Sabbath, you should honor God in your synagogues 526 01:00:05,990 --> 01:00:09,261 instead of stuffing yourselves with sweets at the theater. 527 01:00:10,315 --> 01:00:12,253 That is why the stones fell upon you. 528 01:00:13,356 --> 01:00:16,003 Prefect, do you hear that? Now he's threatening us. 529 01:00:16,137 --> 01:00:18,180 This is too much! Friends. 530 01:00:18,285 --> 01:00:20,453 There are more things that unite us than divide us. 531 01:00:20,558 --> 01:00:22,591 We are brothers. We're all brothers! 532 01:00:23,176 --> 01:00:27,914 Where would you Christians be without the Jews? Jesus was a Jew! 533 01:00:28,461 --> 01:00:29,957 Jesus was a Jew! Jesus was a Jew! 534 01:01:00,234 --> 01:01:04,290 There is something I find disturbing in what you've told me. 535 01:01:04,396 --> 01:01:06,371 What? Well, 536 01:01:08,299 --> 01:01:11,147 why does Cyril speak of cleaning up the city? 537 01:01:11,243 --> 01:01:13,152 Is he not satisfied with what he already has? 538 01:01:13,574 --> 01:01:15,725 1 think he's just trying to frighten the Jews. 539 01:01:15,749 --> 01:01:17,372 But why say it in front of you? 540 01:01:17,995 --> 01:01:22,052 What if really he was addressing you and not them? 541 01:01:22,157 --> 01:01:25,447 Me? Why? I'm as much a Christian as he is. 542 01:01:25,581 --> 01:01:29,408 Yes, but you forget that many of us from your circle are not. 543 01:01:29,513 --> 01:01:31,489 Under full sail, Prefect. 544 01:01:33,416 --> 01:01:34,663 Let's go. 545 01:01:37,358 --> 01:01:39,689 Aspasius, are you ready? Yes, mistress. 546 01:01:39,813 --> 01:01:43,975 I would like you to take the sack and climb to the top of the mast. 547 01:01:57,450 --> 01:02:01,862 And now, lady, will you finally tell me what the point of all this is? 548 01:02:04,202 --> 01:02:08,095 When Aspasius drops the sack, the boat will be moving forwards. 549 01:02:08,201 --> 01:02:11,298 Therefore, the sack won't fall at the foot of the mast, 550 01:02:11,404 --> 01:02:16,516 but will fall further back. I would say about... 551 01:02:20,294 --> 01:02:23,497 About here. And what is so special about that? 552 01:02:38,219 --> 01:02:40,108 Yes! Yes! But you were wrong! 553 01:02:40,204 --> 01:02:43,398 Yes, but this is the definitive proof. It's definitive. The sack... 554 01:02:45,095 --> 01:02:47,589 The sack behaved as if the boat were stationary. 555 01:02:48,078 --> 01:02:49,382 What does that mean? 556 01:02:50,955 --> 01:02:52,365 I don't know. 557 01:02:53,324 --> 01:02:55,587 But the same principle could be applied to the Earth. 558 01:02:56,489 --> 01:03:00,516 It could be moving around the sun without us realizing. 559 01:03:02,118 --> 01:03:04,612 -Aristarchus. -Exactly. 560 01:03:06,117 --> 01:03:09,388 Why do you torment yourself with that, lady? 561 01:03:09,484 --> 01:03:12,236 Ptolemy is not perfect, but it works. 562 01:03:13,483 --> 01:03:15,967 Orestes, but you were the one who... 563 01:03:16,523 --> 01:03:19,966 Well, a few years ago you weren't so pragmatic, Prefect. 564 01:03:20,551 --> 01:03:23,620 Well, a few years ago, I talked first and thought later. 565 01:03:41,515 --> 01:03:43,299 I have Cepheus third. 566 01:03:46,253 --> 01:03:48,766 Thirty-seven, 48. 567 01:03:52,813 --> 01:03:55,556 Venus and Mars share a house in Aquarius. 568 01:03:59,910 --> 01:04:04,034 My father would have celebrated such a conjunction with a good wine. 569 01:04:05,415 --> 01:04:07,553 The stars will not fall. Oh, really? 570 01:04:07,688 --> 01:04:10,440 No, because they are fixed to the lid of the chest. 571 01:04:10,565 --> 01:04:14,180 The lid will open in two halves and then Jesus will appear. 572 01:04:14,602 --> 01:04:16,262 What chest are you talking about? 573 01:04:17,355 --> 01:04:20,999 Don't you know that the universe is a gigantic chest? 574 01:04:21,133 --> 01:04:25,094 Heaven is the lid on top and the Earth the ground below. 575 01:04:25,229 --> 01:04:29,861 They haven't told this fool that the Earth is round. 576 01:04:30,542 --> 01:04:33,409 The Earth is flat. Your head is flat! 577 01:04:34,090 --> 01:04:37,255 Read the Scriptures. If the Earth is round, 578 01:04:37,389 --> 01:04:40,286 why don't the people at the bottom fall off? 579 01:04:42,894 --> 01:04:45,033 And what about the ones on the sides? 580 01:04:45,129 --> 01:04:47,104 Why don't they slide off? 581 01:04:48,744 --> 01:04:50,336 Think about that. 582 01:04:51,880 --> 01:04:53,261 Davus knows. 583 01:04:54,086 --> 01:04:58,843 Hey, brother. What do you say? Is the Earth flat or round? 584 01:05:02,382 --> 01:05:04,549 Only God knows those things. 585 01:05:10,054 --> 01:05:12,135 Leave them on the ground. Leave them on the ground! 586 01:05:12,270 --> 01:05:15,808 That's where they belong. Lady, you must not lose heart. 587 01:05:16,039 --> 01:05:17,832 Today, on the boat, you made great progress. 588 01:05:18,024 --> 01:05:23,625 Why? Why do the wanderers vary their brightness so unexpectedly? 589 01:05:26,118 --> 01:05:29,667 And what is worse, why does the sun? 590 01:05:30,606 --> 01:05:33,225 Why does it change size from summer to winter? 591 01:05:34,088 --> 01:05:40,235 Perhaps because sometimes it is nearer and other times it is further away. 592 01:05:41,578 --> 01:05:43,812 But, Aspasius... Watch. 593 01:05:44,647 --> 01:05:49,835 According to Aristarchus, the sun must be at the center of everything, 594 01:05:51,561 --> 01:05:56,069 with us, the Earth, traveling in a circle around it. 595 01:05:58,380 --> 01:06:01,190 Therefore, and this is the key, 596 01:06:02,984 --> 01:06:07,942 always at exactly the same 597 01:06:10,282 --> 01:06:11,260 distance. 598 01:06:12,200 --> 01:06:14,885 Now, if, as you just said, we accept the changes in distance, 599 01:06:15,020 --> 01:06:17,503 then we are forced to add 600 01:06:17,609 --> 01:06:19,844 an epicycle to the Earth's orbit. 601 01:06:19,978 --> 01:06:24,073 So, it is going to be nearer and then it's going to be further away. 602 01:06:25,070 --> 01:06:27,209 But now we fall into the same trap as Ptolemy. 603 01:06:27,334 --> 01:06:29,607 Circles upon circles. Exactly. 604 01:06:30,412 --> 01:06:33,702 So, I just do not know how to resolve this conflict. 605 01:06:38,765 --> 01:06:41,249 I mean, the only thing we could do is 606 01:06:42,602 --> 01:06:46,054 displace the sun from the center, and, well, 607 01:06:46,572 --> 01:06:50,399 not to have a center breaks my heart, Aspasius. 608 01:06:53,065 --> 01:06:55,012 So, tell me, what do I do? 609 01:06:57,870 --> 01:06:58,944 Rest, lady. 610 01:07:11,306 --> 01:07:12,763 Parabalani! 611 01:07:13,646 --> 01:07:15,612 Parabalani! What is happening? 612 01:07:15,717 --> 01:07:19,103 Parabalani, quick! Help! 613 01:07:19,208 --> 01:07:21,280 Saint Alexander is on fire! 614 01:07:21,414 --> 01:07:23,524 -It's a fire. -Parabalani! 615 01:07:24,329 --> 01:07:26,564 Come on! Parabalani! 616 01:07:28,616 --> 01:07:30,477 Get water! Get the bucket! 617 01:07:30,573 --> 01:07:32,740 Quick! Over there! Take this! 618 01:07:33,575 --> 01:07:34,956 Quick! Quick! Go! Go! 619 01:07:35,052 --> 01:07:37,737 Hurry up! Come on! Quick! 620 01:07:41,093 --> 01:07:43,491 Hurry up! Move! Move! Come on! 621 01:07:46,733 --> 01:07:47,778 Quick! 622 01:07:49,773 --> 01:07:52,142 Parabalani! Parabalani! 623 01:07:52,266 --> 01:07:55,498 Parabalani! Parabalani, quick! 624 01:07:58,059 --> 01:07:59,680 Find the fire. 625 01:08:00,428 --> 01:08:01,838 Over there! Over there! 626 01:08:01,933 --> 01:08:03,334 Not over there! There! 627 01:08:03,468 --> 01:08:05,022 Come on! Where? 628 01:08:05,961 --> 01:08:07,208 Where is the fire? 629 01:08:11,879 --> 01:08:14,056 Jews. It's a trap. It's a trap! 630 01:08:18,697 --> 01:08:19,944 Damn you! 631 01:08:22,054 --> 01:08:23,205 Damn you! 632 01:09:33,963 --> 01:09:38,979 Christians all. Last night was a night to deplore. 633 01:09:40,743 --> 01:09:42,335 Now I say to you, 634 01:09:44,359 --> 01:09:47,044 grieve no longer for our dead brothers. 635 01:09:48,166 --> 01:09:49,413 Weep not. 636 01:09:53,288 --> 01:09:55,522 Shed your tears for the others, 637 01:09:56,165 --> 01:09:58,054 for their executioners. 638 01:10:06,407 --> 01:10:07,683 Yes! 639 01:10:08,680 --> 01:10:12,133 Yes, weep for them, for those who have done this 640 01:10:12,967 --> 01:10:17,245 know not of God, nor of love, nor of piety. 641 01:10:18,060 --> 01:10:20,956 They know not. Because it is they 642 01:10:23,210 --> 01:10:27,334 who repeat the words of the Scriptures with no understanding at all. 643 01:10:28,523 --> 01:10:31,170 It is they who saw only a man 644 01:10:31,304 --> 01:10:34,469 when the son of God was standing in front of them. 645 01:10:34,565 --> 01:10:39,427 And it is they who, in their blindness, mocked him and crucified him. 646 01:10:43,848 --> 01:10:47,368 Yes! Weep! Weep! 647 01:10:47,502 --> 01:10:51,271 Weep for the Jews, those evil butchers of our Lord! 648 01:10:54,062 --> 01:10:55,491 Because God... 649 01:10:56,680 --> 01:11:00,162 Because God, God, God has already condemned them. 650 01:11:00,296 --> 01:11:04,257 It is God's will that they live as slaves, 651 01:11:04,362 --> 01:11:07,489 cursed and exiled until the end of time. 652 01:11:08,007 --> 01:11:09,867 Cursed and exiled! 653 01:11:11,881 --> 01:11:13,675 Cursed and exiled! 654 01:11:15,238 --> 01:11:19,036 Cursed and exiled! Cursed and exiled! 655 01:11:22,181 --> 01:11:23,466 Die, Jew! 656 01:11:41,161 --> 01:11:44,958 Lady, do not stop. Lady. Sinners! Die, you sinners! 657 01:12:02,825 --> 01:12:05,674 Get out, scum! Move! Move, Jews! 658 01:12:09,893 --> 01:12:11,275 Keep moving! 659 01:12:30,254 --> 01:12:32,613 Now all the Jews will want to retaliate! 660 01:12:32,747 --> 01:12:36,008 I'm afraid you don't understand what's really happening. 661 01:12:36,133 --> 01:12:40,065 When this is all over, there will be no more Jews in Alexandria. 662 01:12:46,730 --> 01:12:49,032 I'm sorry for bursting in like this. 663 01:12:49,128 --> 01:12:51,976 Lady, you should not have risked coming here. 664 01:12:52,101 --> 01:12:53,664 Where are the troops? 665 01:12:55,084 --> 01:12:56,743 Why are there no more soldiers on the streets? 666 01:12:56,839 --> 01:13:00,742 No army could contain that mob. The entire city is in a frenzy. 667 01:13:02,727 --> 01:13:06,304 He is calling for the annihilation of women and children. 668 01:13:07,052 --> 01:13:10,534 A bishop. A Christian! Then lock him up. 669 01:13:13,900 --> 01:13:17,093 Prefect, you should have him arrested. 670 01:13:21,582 --> 01:13:22,819 It's not so easy. 671 01:13:22,924 --> 01:13:27,461 Lady, Cyril knows that they both share the same faith. 672 01:13:29,580 --> 01:13:33,503 That places our Prefect in a very awkward position. 673 01:13:33,963 --> 01:13:37,991 If he defends the Jews, half the city will rise up against this government. 674 01:13:39,880 --> 01:13:41,031 I see. 675 01:13:43,304 --> 01:13:45,376 If you choose to do nothing, though, 676 01:13:46,057 --> 01:13:49,739 I believe Cyril will continue to do the same thing 677 01:13:49,864 --> 01:13:51,974 over and over again until... 678 01:13:53,067 --> 01:13:57,891 Until there is no one left in this city, no people for this government to govern. 679 01:14:10,694 --> 01:14:12,258 How naive of me. 680 01:14:15,144 --> 01:14:17,830 How naive of me to think we had finally changed. 681 01:14:59,462 --> 01:15:01,188 Jews out! 682 01:15:21,606 --> 01:15:24,905 First they kill them, then they bury them. 683 01:15:37,066 --> 01:15:39,137 The bishop of Cyrene. 684 01:15:39,243 --> 01:15:41,861 What is he doing here? I'll find out. 685 01:15:44,134 --> 01:15:46,694 It's my little Library of Alexandria. 686 01:15:51,173 --> 01:15:53,571 That's where I teach the children. 687 01:15:55,623 --> 01:15:57,378 An Apollonian cone. 688 01:15:57,484 --> 01:16:00,236 Yes, I built it to teach them about the four curves. 689 01:16:00,332 --> 01:16:01,675 The circle, 690 01:16:03,372 --> 01:16:05,031 and the ellipse... 691 01:16:07,659 --> 01:16:12,512 Orestes should really be here by now. ...parabola and the hyperbola. 692 01:16:14,698 --> 01:16:16,453 It's truly beautiful. 693 01:16:17,067 --> 01:16:19,915 You know, I often look at it and I always wonder, 694 01:16:20,011 --> 01:16:23,330 why does the circle co-exist with such impure shapes? 695 01:16:27,597 --> 01:16:29,477 What I'd give to sit here and listen to you again. 696 01:16:29,573 --> 01:16:30,983 I'd bore you. 697 01:16:31,597 --> 01:16:32,776 It's been a long time since I've done anything 698 01:16:32,901 --> 01:16:35,270 but beat my head against a stone. 699 01:16:36,075 --> 01:16:38,924 Anyhow, there are more important matters at hand. 700 01:16:39,020 --> 01:16:40,362 Forgive me. 701 01:16:51,976 --> 01:16:55,496 Two Christians in the hands of a heathen. It's an outrage. 702 01:17:03,053 --> 01:17:04,578 It's an outrage. 703 01:17:24,622 --> 01:17:26,176 How many left? I don't know, 704 01:17:26,310 --> 01:17:28,736 but the smell is going to be terrible. 705 01:17:34,730 --> 01:17:38,173 Ammonius. Does God speak with you? 706 01:17:40,494 --> 01:17:41,894 All the time. 707 01:17:42,853 --> 01:17:46,277 "Ammonius, this, Ammonius, that. Ammonius, Ammonius, Ammonius." 708 01:17:47,016 --> 01:17:51,331 Today, he spoke to me so quickly, I had to ask him to slow down. 709 01:17:54,093 --> 01:17:55,752 Tell me something. 710 01:17:57,133 --> 01:17:58,562 Do you ever think we're mistaken? 711 01:18:01,229 --> 01:18:02,274 Why? 712 01:18:07,980 --> 01:18:09,476 I was forgiven, 713 01:18:12,430 --> 01:18:14,339 but now I can't forgive. 714 01:18:16,295 --> 01:18:18,683 Forgive? Who? 715 01:18:20,582 --> 01:18:21,829 The Jews? 716 01:18:25,387 --> 01:18:27,276 Well, Jesus pardoned them on the cross. 717 01:18:30,057 --> 01:18:34,018 Jesus was God, and only he can show such clemency. 718 01:18:35,207 --> 01:18:37,797 How dare you compare yourself to God? 719 01:18:41,997 --> 01:18:43,302 Brother. 720 01:18:46,409 --> 01:18:49,708 We are still alive. Why? 721 01:18:51,051 --> 01:18:54,216 Because it was his will to save us from the stones. 722 01:18:57,064 --> 01:18:59,615 God wants us here, doing what we do. 723 01:19:00,747 --> 01:19:03,231 Don't you believe in that anymore? 724 01:19:19,141 --> 01:19:20,388 Beloved. 725 01:19:26,670 --> 01:19:28,607 Cyril is a very proud man. 726 01:19:29,096 --> 01:19:31,781 He'll agree to meet, but he won't discuss the Jews. 727 01:19:31,915 --> 01:19:33,344 He'll only discuss peace. 728 01:19:35,368 --> 01:19:37,440 Peace? My suggestion, 729 01:19:38,025 --> 01:19:40,259 as your humble advisor in this affair, 730 01:19:40,393 --> 01:19:42,024 is for you to accept. 731 01:19:42,829 --> 01:19:44,325 Let peace be foremost. 732 01:19:45,898 --> 01:19:48,382 Lady, what do you think? Well, I... 733 01:19:49,197 --> 01:19:51,461 I don't think it's very encouraging. 734 01:19:51,595 --> 01:19:55,306 Why would he want to come and see Orestes without any concrete proposals? 735 01:19:55,431 --> 01:19:57,340 There is something else. 736 01:19:58,538 --> 01:19:59,747 He won't come to you. 737 01:20:00,744 --> 01:20:04,130 He demands you meet him in the Library during the Sunday service. 738 01:20:04,264 --> 01:20:06,652 In the Library? Why? 739 01:20:06,796 --> 01:20:10,920 Only Christians have been permitted to enter the Library since it was stormed. 740 01:20:11,016 --> 01:20:12,991 It is a provocation! Yes! 741 01:20:15,753 --> 01:20:17,508 Allow me to suggest. 742 01:20:18,343 --> 01:20:21,479 If you consider your presence so essential, 743 01:20:22,409 --> 01:20:24,835 why not let yourself be baptized? 744 01:20:27,118 --> 01:20:30,053 The majority of us here, beginning with our Prefect, 745 01:20:30,187 --> 01:20:33,630 have accepted Christ. Why not the rest of you? 746 01:20:34,186 --> 01:20:36,785 It's only a matter of time, and you know it. 747 01:20:36,809 --> 01:20:37,667 Really? 748 01:20:39,211 --> 01:20:44,870 Is it just a matter of time? Well, excuse me, honored member, 749 01:20:44,966 --> 01:20:48,130 but as far as I am aware, your God has not yet proved himself 750 01:20:48,265 --> 01:20:51,238 to be more just or more merciful than his predecessors. 751 01:20:51,334 --> 01:20:53,415 Lady... Is it really just a question of time 752 01:20:53,549 --> 01:20:55,582 before I accept your faith? 753 01:20:56,906 --> 01:21:02,468 Why, then, should this assembly accept the counsel 754 01:21:02,574 --> 01:21:07,177 of someone who admittedly believes in absolutely nothing? 755 01:21:09,613 --> 01:21:11,589 I believe in philosophy. 756 01:21:14,245 --> 01:21:19,338 Philosophy. Just what we need in times like these. 757 01:21:20,901 --> 01:21:22,186 Enough! 758 01:21:32,937 --> 01:21:35,392 All these years, I've been studying 759 01:21:36,869 --> 01:21:39,593 with absolutely no life of my own. 760 01:21:39,689 --> 01:21:41,252 And I wonder, 761 01:21:43,141 --> 01:21:44,551 what was the point? 762 01:21:44,647 --> 01:21:47,236 Forget about what was said today. 763 01:21:50,219 --> 01:21:52,357 Is this all life holds for me? 764 01:21:54,573 --> 01:21:56,126 Well, what else? 765 01:21:57,038 --> 01:22:01,737 I doubt anyone could see you as a devoted wife and mother. 766 01:22:02,984 --> 01:22:04,451 I think... 767 01:22:04,585 --> 01:22:07,779 I think everyone in the city knows the story of the handkerchief. 768 01:22:12,267 --> 01:22:13,341 So... 769 01:22:17,830 --> 01:22:21,474 My father loved a woman. Even he. 770 01:22:23,469 --> 01:22:25,320 Who have I ever loved? 771 01:22:28,552 --> 01:22:30,278 Except you, Lybanus. 772 01:22:41,134 --> 01:22:42,822 If I could just... 773 01:22:46,246 --> 01:22:49,996 Just unravel this, just a little bit more, 774 01:22:54,570 --> 01:22:57,668 and just get a little closer to the answer, then... 775 01:22:58,311 --> 01:22:59,778 Then I would... 776 01:23:01,926 --> 01:23:04,746 Then I would go to my grave a happy woman. 777 01:23:06,472 --> 01:23:09,733 Why? Why does that mean so much to you? 778 01:23:12,965 --> 01:23:18,431 Right now, this very second, the whole Earth could be moving 779 01:23:19,179 --> 01:23:22,277 and no one realizes it except you and me. 780 01:23:23,783 --> 01:23:26,535 Believe me, lady, it's best no one does. 781 01:23:27,590 --> 01:23:30,908 Do you really not think it important? 782 01:23:31,273 --> 01:23:33,958 I don't understand why you insist on moving the ground we walk on. 783 01:23:34,054 --> 01:23:35,752 Well, you saw for yourself what happened on the boat. 784 01:23:35,848 --> 01:23:39,741 Yes, I did. But that does not necessarily mean the Earth moves. 785 01:23:39,847 --> 01:23:43,875 But what if it does? Hypatia, look around you. 786 01:23:43,980 --> 01:23:48,066 Death, horror, destruction. 787 01:23:48,171 --> 01:23:50,377 If the stars move in a circle, 788 01:23:51,595 --> 01:23:54,012 why would they share their perfection with us? 789 01:23:56,745 --> 01:23:59,497 So we don't move. In a circle. 790 01:24:00,169 --> 01:24:01,636 We don't move 791 01:24:05,098 --> 01:24:06,623 in a circle. 792 01:24:07,755 --> 01:24:09,826 We do not move in a circle. 793 01:24:18,697 --> 01:24:20,261 Ever since Plato, 794 01:24:20,395 --> 01:24:24,222 all of them, Aristarchus, Hipparchus, Ptolemy, 795 01:24:24,327 --> 01:24:27,425 they have all, all, all tried to reconcile their observations 796 01:24:27,530 --> 01:24:30,762 with circular orbits, but what if another shape 797 01:24:30,858 --> 01:24:33,505 is hiding in the heavens? Another... 798 01:24:33,611 --> 01:24:37,389 Lady, there is no shape purer than the circle. You taught us that. 799 01:24:37,677 --> 01:24:40,573 I know, I know, but suppose, just suppose 800 01:24:40,717 --> 01:24:45,704 the purity of the circle has blinded us from seeing anything beyond it, 801 01:24:45,838 --> 01:24:49,828 in the same way that the glare of the sun blinds us from actually seeing the stars. 802 01:24:49,933 --> 01:24:54,153 I must begin all over with new eyes. I must... 803 01:24:55,141 --> 01:24:58,977 I must rethink everything. I have to rethink everything. Everything. 804 01:25:01,260 --> 01:25:02,305 Everything. 805 01:25:12,270 --> 01:25:15,751 Reading from the first letter of Paul to Timothy. 806 01:25:15,847 --> 01:25:19,971 "I desire therefore that everywhere 807 01:25:20,105 --> 01:25:23,298 "men should lift up holy hands in prayer, 808 01:25:23,433 --> 01:25:26,780 "without anger or disputing. 809 01:25:27,758 --> 01:25:29,858 "In like manner, 810 01:25:29,993 --> 01:25:32,102 "I desire women 811 01:25:32,870 --> 01:25:34,692 "to dress modestly, 812 01:25:35,306 --> 01:25:39,650 "with decency and propriety, not with braided hair 813 01:25:40,743 --> 01:25:45,663 "or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 814 01:25:47,754 --> 01:25:49,989 "but with good deeds." Why is he reading this passage? 815 01:25:50,094 --> 01:25:54,314 I don't know, Prefect. I assure you, it is not the one we agreed upon. 816 01:25:54,861 --> 01:25:59,138 "Let a woman learn in quietness and in full submission. 817 01:25:59,272 --> 01:26:03,981 "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, 818 01:26:06,695 --> 01:26:09,994 "but to be in silence.” 819 01:26:16,746 --> 01:26:18,750 This is the word of God. 820 01:26:18,856 --> 01:26:20,064 Amen. Amen. 821 01:26:20,745 --> 01:26:21,829 Amen. 822 01:26:23,689 --> 01:26:26,624 Jesus himself knew this 823 01:26:26,729 --> 01:26:30,527 when he entrusted his holy legacy to 12 men. 824 01:26:31,975 --> 01:26:33,404 Men. 825 01:26:33,548 --> 01:26:35,332 Not a woman among them. 826 01:26:36,588 --> 01:26:41,806 And yet, I know of some in Alexandria 827 01:26:41,901 --> 01:26:45,383 who admire and even trust in the word of a woman. 828 01:26:46,342 --> 01:26:48,356 The philosopher Hypatia. 829 01:26:49,420 --> 01:26:54,791 A woman who declared in public her ungodliness. 830 01:26:59,145 --> 01:27:00,353 A witch! 831 01:27:03,365 --> 01:27:09,349 Dignitaries, it is time for you all to reconcile yourselves with Christ. 832 01:27:19,918 --> 01:27:21,855 This is the word of God. 833 01:27:24,301 --> 01:27:26,986 Kneel before it and embrace its truths. 834 01:28:07,918 --> 01:28:08,896 Kneel. 835 01:28:10,603 --> 01:28:12,579 Is he not going to kneel? 836 01:28:15,274 --> 01:28:17,508 Is he not going to kneel? 837 01:28:25,833 --> 01:28:27,684 Kneel! Kneel! 838 01:28:27,789 --> 01:28:29,381 Kneel! Kneel! 839 01:28:29,515 --> 01:28:33,189 Kneel! Kneel! Kneel! Kneel! Kneel! Kneel! 840 01:28:44,045 --> 01:28:45,925 Sinner! Sinner! 841 01:28:47,334 --> 01:28:49,195 I am a Christian! 842 01:28:49,895 --> 01:28:52,005 I am a Christian! You're not a Christian! 843 01:28:52,101 --> 01:28:54,278 I am as Christian as you are! Sinner! 844 01:28:54,374 --> 01:28:58,757 Make way! Make way for the Prefect! Make way! 845 01:29:03,274 --> 01:29:04,684 Move them back. 846 01:29:05,096 --> 01:29:06,621 Protect the Prefect! 847 01:29:06,822 --> 01:29:08,040 Shields! 848 01:29:09,517 --> 01:29:11,454 I am a baptized Christian! 849 01:29:12,106 --> 01:29:14,082 I am a baptized Christian! 850 01:29:18,062 --> 01:29:19,913 I'll kill you! 851 01:29:24,843 --> 01:29:26,147 I am as Christian as you! 852 01:29:27,336 --> 01:29:29,062 I am as Christian as you are! 853 01:30:13,197 --> 01:30:15,269 I mean, how could such a thing be possible? 854 01:30:15,499 --> 01:30:17,225 The culprit has been executed. 855 01:30:17,897 --> 01:30:19,786 I would like you to take me to the Prefect immediately. 856 01:30:19,911 --> 01:30:21,675 Lady, he himself gave the order 857 01:30:21,800 --> 01:30:25,032 for you to be confined to the house until further notice. 858 01:30:25,166 --> 01:30:27,813 At the moment, your presence on the street is not advisable. 859 01:30:29,386 --> 01:30:30,364 For what reason? 860 01:30:33,414 --> 01:30:36,262 Cyril has made some serious accusations against you. 861 01:30:38,698 --> 01:30:41,930 And what does he accuse me of? 862 01:30:43,302 --> 01:30:46,620 Ungodliness. And witchcraft. 863 01:30:52,681 --> 01:30:53,659 I see. 864 01:31:05,062 --> 01:31:08,266 Is something bothering you, lady? No. 865 01:31:12,773 --> 01:31:15,401 Why don't you tell me what's worrying you? 866 01:31:36,941 --> 01:31:38,878 Prefect, why don't you bite on it? No. 867 01:31:41,065 --> 01:31:42,043 Speak. 868 01:31:42,158 --> 01:31:44,738 Sir, the bishop of Cyrene wishes to see you. 869 01:31:46,378 --> 01:31:48,037 Leave, all of you. 870 01:31:48,133 --> 01:31:52,065 Prefect, the wound is not yet closed. Get out. Get out! 871 01:31:56,553 --> 01:31:58,663 All of you! Out! Out! 872 01:32:08,014 --> 01:32:09,385 Well, that went well. 873 01:32:11,246 --> 01:32:13,634 You think I had a part in this? 874 01:32:13,739 --> 01:32:16,357 Would I show my face here if I wanted to betray you? Are you blind? 875 01:32:16,453 --> 01:32:19,244 I was, yes, I was. I was blind. I was blind 876 01:32:20,424 --> 01:32:25,698 when it's my head he's wanted all along. It's me that snake is after. 877 01:32:27,118 --> 01:32:31,136 This government. This city! 878 01:32:33,064 --> 01:32:34,445 Now, listen. 879 01:32:36,037 --> 01:32:37,639 War is brewing. I know. 880 01:32:38,598 --> 01:32:39,883 I know. 881 01:32:42,606 --> 01:32:44,994 Then swear your loyalty to me. 882 01:32:47,085 --> 01:32:48,907 To the Empire. Do it. 883 01:32:51,784 --> 01:32:53,731 Condemn him or get out. 884 01:33:00,109 --> 01:33:01,931 1 will do it. 885 01:33:02,535 --> 01:33:04,990 On my knees, if necessary. 886 01:33:06,026 --> 01:33:07,398 And not only that. 887 01:33:08,328 --> 01:33:10,438 In a few days, I can gather other bishops from the province, 888 01:33:10,534 --> 01:33:13,670 and the monks from the desert, all against Cyril. 889 01:33:23,979 --> 01:33:25,667 First, I must ask you a question. 890 01:33:27,173 --> 01:33:29,571 Orestes, do you believe in Jesus? 891 01:33:30,539 --> 01:33:31,949 Do I what? Do you believe in Jesus? 892 01:33:32,045 --> 01:33:34,730 Do I what? Are you a true Christian, 893 01:33:34,826 --> 01:33:37,828 or did you, like so many others, only convert 894 01:33:37,962 --> 01:33:40,350 to prosper in politics? Synesius. 895 01:33:40,456 --> 01:33:42,470 Why didn't you kneel? What choice did I have? 896 01:33:42,604 --> 01:33:45,472 Why didn't you kneel? What choice did I have? 897 01:33:46,315 --> 01:33:50,113 Betray Hypatia? Condemn her? 898 01:33:51,015 --> 01:33:53,566 Would you have done that? I would never offend God. 899 01:33:53,710 --> 01:33:56,807 No, it's him. He's offending God. He's offending him. 900 01:33:56,903 --> 01:34:00,797 He's twisting his words. He's using the Scriptures... 901 01:34:00,902 --> 01:34:03,971 He read what is written. 902 01:34:06,925 --> 01:34:09,093 How many women do you obey? 903 01:34:09,735 --> 01:34:10,982 How many? 904 01:34:11,596 --> 01:34:14,214 How many do you admire and listen to? 905 01:34:16,103 --> 01:34:18,242 Only one. 906 01:34:22,826 --> 01:34:24,322 Only one. No, no, look... 907 01:34:24,428 --> 01:34:27,938 The Scripture. The Scripture is correct. 908 01:34:30,470 --> 01:34:32,417 And it was in his hands. 909 01:34:34,670 --> 01:34:38,526 Brother, don't you see? Don't you see the insult to God 910 01:34:41,067 --> 01:34:42,822 in front of everyone? 911 01:34:46,860 --> 01:34:48,317 I don't know. 912 01:34:51,501 --> 01:34:54,724 I don't know what I believe. You have to tell him. 913 01:34:54,829 --> 01:34:58,474 Tell him now, Orestes. Tell him you believe in what is written. 914 01:34:58,598 --> 01:35:01,284 I believe... Don't tell me, tell him. 915 01:35:02,789 --> 01:35:05,446 Tell God. Kneel. 916 01:35:08,812 --> 01:35:10,088 Kneel! 917 01:35:31,752 --> 01:35:33,066 Many are those who remember today 918 01:35:33,162 --> 01:35:35,972 the miracles our beloved brother performed in life. 919 01:35:38,600 --> 01:35:40,614 Like the time he commended himself to the father 920 01:35:40,710 --> 01:35:44,230 and threw himself into the fire and was not even singed. 921 01:35:45,639 --> 01:35:51,585 Ammonius, dead for bravely defending your faith in Christ, 922 01:35:53,734 --> 01:35:55,776 I proclaim you a martyr. 923 01:35:57,675 --> 01:35:58,951 A saint. 924 01:36:03,564 --> 01:36:08,512 From now on, you shall be known as Saint Taumasius. 925 01:36:21,095 --> 01:36:22,984 We want justice! Yes, justice! 926 01:36:23,109 --> 01:36:26,408 Justice! Justice! 927 01:36:29,515 --> 01:36:32,038 May God show us the way, my dear Parabalani. 928 01:36:32,134 --> 01:36:34,339 Little else can I say to you. 929 01:36:40,679 --> 01:36:42,271 What about the monks of Nitria? 930 01:36:42,376 --> 01:36:47,047 Count on at least 500 of them, plus 500 of our own men. 931 01:36:47,143 --> 01:36:48,802 And you think that's enough? 932 01:36:48,907 --> 01:36:51,976 He's the Prefect. He has a whole army to protect him. 933 01:36:52,168 --> 01:36:56,263 Listen. Why don't we do something much more simple and effective? 934 01:36:56,359 --> 01:37:00,588 What are you talking about? We can hurt him where it hurts most. 935 01:37:02,411 --> 01:37:04,741 How? That whore. 936 01:37:04,837 --> 01:37:05,988 Who? 937 01:37:06,918 --> 01:37:10,850 What if we dared to look at the world just as it is? 938 01:37:11,560 --> 01:37:14,907 Let us shed for a moment every preconceived idea. 939 01:37:15,022 --> 01:37:17,698 What shape would it show us? What shape? 940 01:37:17,832 --> 01:37:21,064 You once said that the problem lies in the inconsistency of the sun. 941 01:37:21,198 --> 01:37:24,190 Yes. Yes, I did. Good, good. Put it into words. 942 01:37:26,156 --> 01:37:29,158 The sun must be at the center since we revolve around it, 943 01:37:29,254 --> 01:37:31,230 and at the same time in another position... 944 01:37:31,254 --> 01:37:32,189 Another position. 945 01:37:32,294 --> 01:37:35,114 ...since our distance from it varies. Yes, exactly. 946 01:37:35,277 --> 01:37:37,895 How? How could it occupy 947 01:37:38,950 --> 01:37:41,405 two positions at once? 948 01:37:43,534 --> 01:37:46,383 How could it occupy two positions at once? 949 01:37:47,016 --> 01:37:49,797 How could it occupy two positions at once? 950 01:37:50,602 --> 01:37:53,384 How could it occupy two positions at once? 951 01:38:09,802 --> 01:38:11,260 Aspasius. 952 01:38:26,058 --> 01:38:30,527 Yes, yes. There. And then the other one here, keeping the same proportion. 953 01:38:34,373 --> 01:38:37,538 Good, very good. Now, tie this end to that torch. 954 01:38:44,040 --> 01:38:48,001 Aspasius, I want you to imagine that this is the Earth 955 01:38:48,135 --> 01:38:51,300 and that each of these flames represent the two extreme positions of the sun 956 01:38:51,406 --> 01:38:54,254 in relation to it, in winter and in summer. 957 01:38:54,638 --> 01:38:59,011 What would happen if both these positions were the two centers 958 01:38:59,116 --> 01:39:01,418 of one and the same circle? 959 01:39:01,514 --> 01:39:03,077 But it isn't possible, mistress. 960 01:39:03,211 --> 01:39:05,762 Wait, what do we know about a circle? We know that the center of a circle 961 01:39:05,897 --> 01:39:08,486 is always the same distance from any point along its perimeter. 962 01:39:08,620 --> 01:39:09,733 Exactly. Yes, so, 963 01:39:09,838 --> 01:39:12,102 what if I divide the center into two 964 01:39:12,198 --> 01:39:16,811 but what I keep constant is the sum of their two distances to the perimeter? 965 01:39:18,662 --> 01:39:22,891 All right, look, I'll show you. Watch. As I move this rod along the cord, 966 01:39:23,016 --> 01:39:24,579 as one segment increases, 967 01:39:24,684 --> 01:39:27,648 the other segment decreases. And vice versa. 968 01:39:27,782 --> 01:39:32,011 Therefore, the sum of the two is always going to be constant. Do you see that? 969 01:39:32,136 --> 01:39:35,435 Now, what if we apply this 970 01:39:35,723 --> 01:39:38,821 to the movement of the Earth? 971 01:39:52,429 --> 01:39:53,734 What 972 01:39:56,620 --> 01:40:00,226 figure will we obtain? 973 01:40:03,784 --> 01:40:05,098 An ellipse! 974 01:40:05,866 --> 01:40:09,126 With the sun at one of its foci. 975 01:40:11,083 --> 01:40:15,974 Because what is a circle except a very special ellipse 976 01:40:16,779 --> 01:40:20,903 whose foci have drawn so close together that they appear to be one? 977 01:40:25,094 --> 01:40:27,338 Or perhaps I'm completely raving, Aspasius. 978 01:40:27,463 --> 01:40:31,836 I mean, really, why should this be so? Maybe I'm just... Maybe I'm... 979 01:40:42,606 --> 01:40:44,294 What do you think? 980 01:40:50,029 --> 01:40:52,226 It could well be so, mistress. 981 01:41:00,780 --> 01:41:04,012 All right, well, we'll continue with this tomorrow. 982 01:41:04,520 --> 01:41:06,045 Get some sleep. 983 01:41:06,189 --> 01:41:07,810 -Good night, mistress. -Good night. 984 01:41:09,766 --> 01:41:11,042 Thank you. 985 01:42:20,045 --> 01:42:21,119 Davus! 986 01:42:24,524 --> 01:42:25,732 Davus! 987 01:42:29,702 --> 01:42:31,467 What are you doing? 988 01:42:53,803 --> 01:42:54,944 Lady. 989 01:42:56,489 --> 01:42:57,985 Let me see. 990 01:42:58,924 --> 01:43:00,862 Why don't you sit down? 991 01:43:03,566 --> 01:43:07,105 Where is everybody? Please, sit down. 992 01:43:07,949 --> 01:43:10,797 I have news for you, too. 993 01:43:18,604 --> 01:43:24,003 All dignitaries who have yet to embrace the Christian faith are to be baptized 994 01:43:26,056 --> 01:43:27,370 in public. 995 01:43:31,781 --> 01:43:34,889 The aim is very clear. It's to add to our cause 996 01:43:36,135 --> 01:43:38,408 all the Christians in the city, 997 01:43:39,818 --> 01:43:43,779 decent folk prepared to fight for me. 998 01:43:46,924 --> 01:43:49,092 You speak of peddling faith. 999 01:43:54,702 --> 01:43:56,323 Very well. 1000 01:43:58,059 --> 01:43:59,334 Very well. 1001 01:44:01,166 --> 01:44:03,075 But since everything seems to have been decided already, 1002 01:44:03,180 --> 01:44:05,866 I don't understand why you required my presence here. 1003 01:44:21,133 --> 01:44:24,902 I am not a member of government. No, you are more than that. 1004 01:44:25,257 --> 01:44:27,847 You are the person I trust most, and everyone knows it. 1005 01:44:27,981 --> 01:44:30,791 You cannot be saying what you are saying. 1006 01:44:38,348 --> 01:44:39,422 Lady. 1007 01:44:42,539 --> 01:44:44,266 Lady, years ago... 1008 01:44:46,251 --> 01:44:48,706 Years ago, you taught us something. 1009 01:44:49,416 --> 01:44:54,537 If two are equal to a third, 1010 01:44:54,662 --> 01:44:56,867 they are all equal to each other. Do you remember? 1011 01:44:57,318 --> 01:45:00,905 -Yes. -The three of us, we are all good people. 1012 01:45:01,001 --> 01:45:04,415 And you, you are as Christian as we are. 1013 01:45:08,970 --> 01:45:12,001 Synesius, you don't question what you believe. 1014 01:45:13,862 --> 01:45:15,358 You cannot. 1015 01:45:18,762 --> 01:45:20,009 I must. 1016 01:45:28,487 --> 01:45:29,897 Well... 1017 01:45:32,007 --> 01:45:35,622 Well, that's a pity, lady. A great pity. 1018 01:45:38,058 --> 01:45:42,662 Our revered teacher taken away from what she herself taught us. 1019 01:45:44,359 --> 01:45:46,948 Or do you think I'm not aware of the insane things you're involved in? 1020 01:45:47,054 --> 01:45:49,672 Synesius. The Earth moving around the sun. 1021 01:45:51,207 --> 01:45:55,647 What next, lady? What next? I beg of you, you must let me go. 1022 01:45:56,683 --> 01:46:00,644 Let me in! Let me in! I must speak to her! Why would she want to see a Parabalani? 1023 01:46:00,778 --> 01:46:05,352 Lady! Lady! Go away before we arrest you! Leave! 1024 01:46:05,448 --> 01:46:09,448 Aspasius! It's me, Davus! It's Davus! Get off me. 1025 01:46:09,582 --> 01:46:11,107 Tell them who I am! Do you know this man? 1026 01:46:11,212 --> 01:46:12,641 Yes. What do you want? 1027 01:46:12,775 --> 01:46:15,269 I need to speak to her. I need to speak with your mistress. Where is she? 1028 01:46:15,365 --> 01:46:18,472 My mistress is not here. It's urgent! Where is she? 1029 01:46:18,923 --> 01:46:20,102 She's at the Prefect's palace. 1030 01:46:20,198 --> 01:46:21,733 Where? The Prefect's palace. 1031 01:46:21,867 --> 01:46:25,185 The Prefect's palace. Thank you! Get out of here! 1032 01:46:26,509 --> 01:46:29,990 Who was that? He was a slave once. 1033 01:46:36,205 --> 01:46:39,139 Wait. Please, wait. I beg you. 1034 01:46:49,641 --> 01:46:52,806 If you don't agree, I won't be able to protect you any longer. 1035 01:46:54,062 --> 01:46:57,026 I won't be able to have dealings with you, 1036 01:46:58,570 --> 01:47:00,258 or even greet you. 1037 01:47:02,693 --> 01:47:03,940 Hypatia. 1038 01:47:05,292 --> 01:47:08,966 Don't you see? I can't go on without you. 1039 01:47:11,047 --> 01:47:12,265 I can't. 1040 01:47:17,933 --> 01:47:20,301 Without you, I can't defeat Cyril. 1041 01:47:21,577 --> 01:47:23,581 Oh, Orestes. 1042 01:47:29,134 --> 01:47:31,273 Cyril has already won. 1043 01:47:48,171 --> 01:47:51,020 Thank you. But I don't need you. 1044 01:48:19,081 --> 01:48:20,328 Davus! 1045 01:48:22,121 --> 01:48:25,766 Brother! Where are you going? We've found her! 1046 01:49:08,328 --> 01:49:09,824 Come on! Come on! 1047 01:49:10,121 --> 01:49:11,330 Move. Sinner! 1048 01:49:13,257 --> 01:49:14,370 Faster! 1049 01:49:14,533 --> 01:49:15,617 Come on, move! Whore! 1050 01:49:15,722 --> 01:49:17,065 Sinner! Witch! 1051 01:49:27,662 --> 01:49:28,736 Witch! 1052 01:49:30,213 --> 01:49:31,642 Pagan filth! 1053 01:49:40,935 --> 01:49:42,882 Move! Move! 1054 01:49:43,534 --> 01:49:45,893 Come on! Move! Move! 1055 01:49:46,028 --> 01:49:47,581 Move on! Move! 1056 01:49:49,768 --> 01:49:51,015 Witch! 1057 01:50:13,006 --> 01:50:14,559 Strip her naked. 1058 01:50:23,402 --> 01:50:24,610 Get up. 1059 01:50:26,566 --> 01:50:30,527 That's it, so that God can behold you in all your filth, whore. 1060 01:50:31,208 --> 01:50:33,097 Were you not the Prefect's whore? 1061 01:50:33,222 --> 01:50:35,840 Heathen. Whore. 1062 01:50:35,975 --> 01:50:37,921 Look, she's not reacting. 1063 01:50:38,861 --> 01:50:41,374 She'll scream, all right, when we skin her alive. 1064 01:50:42,285 --> 01:50:44,654 How many of you have knives? No! 1065 01:50:48,174 --> 01:50:50,955 Don't stain your hands with impure blood. 1066 01:50:52,748 --> 01:50:55,875 Let's stone her! Let's stone this witch! 1067 01:50:55,980 --> 01:50:58,915 Get some stones. Quickly! 1068 01:50:59,020 --> 01:51:01,476 The ones we threw at Orestes, they are still here. 1069 01:51:01,581 --> 01:51:03,269 I'll stay with her. 1070 01:53:04,329 --> 01:53:05,796 She fainted. 1071 01:53:38,240 --> 01:53:39,760 The mutilated body of Hypatia 1072 01:53:39,840 --> 01:53:42,840 was dragged through the streets and burned on a pyre. 1073 01:53:42,920 --> 01:53:46,360 Orestes disappeared forever. Cyril took power in Alexandria. 1074 01:53:49,720 --> 01:53:54,080 Much later, Cyril was proclaimed saint and doctor by the Church. 1075 01:53:57,680 --> 01:53:59,720 Although no work of Hypatia survived, 1076 01:53:59,800 --> 01:54:02,280 it is known that she was an extraordinary astronomer 1077 01:54:02,360 --> 01:54:05,360 and is known for her studies on conic sections. 1078 01:54:10,400 --> 01:54:12,960 1200 years later, in the 17th century, 1079 01:54:13,040 --> 01:54:16,080 Johannes Kepler discovered that one of these curves, the ellipse, 1080 01:54:16,160 --> 01:54:18,440 governed the movement of the planets.