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foreign

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me

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without a doubt

the interests of rome

and the state of philadelphia are more

important to his highness dear clattian

than his own relations so i will say i'm

confident lady helen's a monotheist

and doesn't worship our gods just like

her husband

it is no secret that you're making these

false accusations because of your

vicious intentions

you are nothing but a liar

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can you prove what you are saying julius

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i will prove it do you have evidence

yes and on the court day

i will present all of my evidence and

witnesses to you

you can be certain that if you are

unable to

prove it you will be beheaded in that

very courtroom i accept that

and you if it is proven that you

are a christian like your rogue husband

you

and your son will be buried alive

get out

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all of your threats are useless

such treason shall soon be forgotten

and monotheists shall continue

to practice and spread

their faith

we'll soon see your highness

i recommend that you inscribe this event

on a tablet

and preserve it in the palace so that

the punishment given

to such traitors is not forgotten and

will be a lesson to all monotheists

summon the scribe

scribe

wait

i want to speak with you

look here helen

i can refrain from testifying against

you

in court if you are not thinking of

yourself

think of your son your son

you can be sure that if you marry me and

i can tell you this

you can be sure you'll take that wish

with you to your grave i am certain that

you will come to your senses on the day

they bury

commit and that day will be too late

think it through helen i can give you

happiness

i am a believer in my husband's faith

and i hate both you and the gods you

worship

remember this well and do not

hesitate to do whatever is in your power

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you can include this in your testimony

let's go goose

you will regret your behavior helen you

will see

you cannot prevent me from getting what

i want helen

i'm at your service your highness

so

write this in the era of

emperor god hadrian

and under the rule of his highness

diocletian over philadelphia

six advisers of the royal court by the

names of

maximilian delmica

juvanes sudinanus matinos

and dinacios denounced

the roman religion and refused to

worship

the emperor god hadrian having converted

to the religion of the false

prophet jesus of nazareth

they escaped from prison with the

help of a crater guard and

with the assistance of a shepherd named

named named what was the shepherd's name

antonio what's your highness antonios

they hid in a cave in mount

angelos but the gods of the

emperor found them and

the governor of philadelphia his

highness diocletian

ordered they be imprisoned in that cave

until they die of hunger and thirst

and that very cave became their grave

engrave what you have written

on a metal tablet and preserve it in the

treasury

of the palace is a historic document

so that the fate of these traitors may

be a lesson to the others

yes your highness

so

only call out to god for he

has control over all affairs

only call out to god for he shall

answer soon oh preacher

then why don't we receive any answer

despite our prayers

fall out to god only and call him the

way he has taught us

not in the manner these people call out

to jupiter

venus mitra and

isis

learn how to worship god from these dear

people

they call out to the one and only god

despite being in such grave danger

god told christ o christ let the

israelites call out to me with pure

hearts

with minds free from duality and with

good deeds

and be certain that i shall grant you

that which befits you

and god told christ oh christ

wash yourself with water

and your soul with good deeds

for you shall return to me when you

remember me forsake your

baser instincts

and while the ignorance

are asleep be ever awake

and alert

now tell me which of you

is like that

i can testify that maximilian and his

friends

lived like that

they were courageous christians who did

nothing

that was not meant to please god

they have now been

in their eternal resting place for three

months

let us pray for their

souls and

grant them our blessing

dear god these people are gathered here

to preserve your religion help us

succeed in following in the footsteps of

the martyrs of the angelos cave

and may their souls join those of your

prophets

and grant them your greetings and

blessings

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mother do not worry i will look after

you myself

was father killed for god yes my dear

yes where do you think you're going

you have no right to enter here stop

i am talking to you come back come back

you have no right to enter get back

by the order of his highness julius this

house must be searched

because its occupants are suspected of

monotheism

dear god what's happened

i can see that lady helen

is terrified what do you want you

scoundrels

this is how it will be homes in which

christ's name is spoken and the

christian

god worshiped do not deserve peace

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complete your assignment and then be

gone

so

right shot good work

get started why are you just standing

there keep going

what are you doing here i had to see you

so tell me quickly and then leave your

being here is dangerous something urgent

has come up

i do not know whether you will help me

or not

do you doubt our friendship

you befriended maximilian is that right

i owe my life and sold to maximilian

will you repay the favor

if it becomes necessary

yes this is my duty

what has happened to you tell me i will

tell you i will tell you

just tell me whether or not you are

prepared to devout yourself

to defending maximilian's honor

for maximilian i am prepared to

sacrifice my life

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oh

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oh

get him

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get him get him

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get him do not let him escape

get him

get him assassin

murderer

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ugh

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oh

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um

my lady

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my lady good news good news

my lady my lady my lady

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where is my lady i think she's in the

library

in the library carlos

what has happened goose my lady julius

julius is dead

he is dead

thank god

he deserved to be punished for all his

wrongdoings

thank god thank god how did he die

caluce

petrus my lady petros the champion

killed him petross

pedros yes what happened to petrus

himself hair trolls

he he he he lost his life

in the process

your highness

from now on no one will be able to do

harm

to your lady you can be certain

dear god please take care of petrus

the champion and let his soul join those

of your prophets

my lady he died like a hero

treason after treason i am surrounded by

a bunch of traitors

in broad daylight in front of the

people's

very eyes are captive a slave freed by

maximilian

has killed our top ranking commander

so much for those traitor advisors so

much for my

dirty backstabbing guard videos and

so much for the champion who entertained

us in the arena

who else can i who else

can i all of this is because of the

christians johannes

julius and this humble servant warned

you that this was coming

instead of trying to warn me you should

be preventing the spread of christianity

your highness that ominous event in the

palace inspired the followers of the

religion

they have taken over everywhere they are

growing in number day by day

what do you think you are doing you

so-called temple priest

why don't you speak of the greatness of

mercury up alone

and jupiter for the people your highness

we have tried our best

yes but to no avail the harder we try

the more we fail to succeed

nonsense this is all

nonsense how can i be certain

that this new religion hasn't

infiltrated the temples as well

how can i be certain that you are not

the next traitor

nor you nor you

kill them kill all of the believers

of this new religion take their lives

and do not spare even one of them

kill them move forward

faster move

come on you get along

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oh

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so

your highness deocletian i wish you good

health

three days ago following his return from

his trip to jerusalem

emperor god hadrian passed away

did you say three days ago emperor

hadrian passed away

oh jupiter the great have mercy upon us

how could i withstand this disaster

he was my only hope in rome

i haven't yet succeeded in controlling

traitors

in my own court how can i foil roman

conspiracies against my rule from now on

who is the next emperor antonius your

highness

the senate has selected antonius

hadrian's godson to take the throne

very good well done to the senate

of rome and blessings

blessings to antonios the pious

i i have faith i have faith that our

relationship

with antonius will be even stronger than

the one we had with

adrian he was hesitant to accept the

position of emperor johannes

i know him very well he is extremely

clever

while pretending that he despises the

thought he is in fact striving toward it

in light of this news we will celebrate

for an entire week starting

all right what about the late emperor

announce one day of public mourning

in remembrance of the late emperor

celebrations leave the celebrations for

later on

later we will celebrate later later

i have good news my lady i have good

news

my lady good news

what's happened colus who is the next

torturer to have been sent to hell

adrian my lady god hadrian

thank god

may god's curse be upon him

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may god's curse be upon him he brought

evil and misfortune

to the people of philadelphia with his

ominous arrival

may god's curse be upon him and the gods

of rome

amen and do you know who the next

emperor

is no who is it antonius my lady

the senate of rome has chosen antonius

hadrian's godson

as his successor what difference does it

make

he is no different from the rest

i don't know who's worse

the men of the cave have been sleeping

in the shelter of their beloved creator

for 20 years they

are unaware of the world outside the

cave and do not know

what destiny has in store

just as the outside world has no news of

them

at this very juncture diocletian dies

at the hands of a tyrant like himself

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admit what are you looking for

i'm looking for father's bible

the bible that was inscribed on animal

hide and made into a scroll

was lost after your father's departure

but the bible that is in the form of a

book

is in my possession my lady

your highness irk mets happened do you

hear the ruckus outside seems there is a

riot in the city yes

my lady they have killed your father

dear pletty and i do not know what to do

i do not know if i am to offer my

condolences to you or not

regardless it was a strange murder are

you sure

yes the guards of marcus aurelius have

suppressed

the rioters and theoclettian was among

them

anyone who had even the slightest

relationship with him

is being arrested

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ultimately my father was killed by the

very people

whom he rolled over for so many years

do you see maximilian

after 20 years

your murderer has finally met his fate

i believe that the future for

monotheists

is a brighter one

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no no my son

just as things did not change

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during the reign of the seemingly pious

emperor antonius

things will not change under

marcus aurelius either

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just pray to god that it does not get

any worse

oh god

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will there ever come a day when

the pious enter an era of peace

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we have lost so many lives and have

suffered

through great hardships even if

things get worse than this

we will still continue down our path

after diocletian's death the territory

was overtaken by insecurity and havoc

and in every corner people variety

helen and her son ercm took this

opportunity to follow in the footsteps

of the men of angelos and promote

christianity

they preached at every gathering and

taught the people

the ways of righteousness and piety

until helen maximilian's faithful and

devoted wife

began the final days of her life

she fell ill and was confined to her bed

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i commit my son

my kind daughter-in-law my sweet

grandson dave

i am happy to set forth on my final

journey with my

faith intact let me reveal the truth to

you

until this very day i haven't

been able

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to accept my husband's death

i was always waiting

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is return i do not know

why

i have a request

bury me at the foot

of mount

i want to be near him

but mother you will get well do not

interrupt

me i do not have much time

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my other request is that you

stay faithful to the legacy

of my husband and that

unbelievers who have

lost their lives

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and be certain

that justice

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my lady my lady

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so

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my

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the reign of marcus aurelius successor

to antonius

lasted 20 years during his reign

the elderly gallus who had lived over

100 years

was crucified emperor marcus aurelius

never relinquished his efforts to

suppress

monotheists even though he was under

constant attack

from both east and west after emperor

aurelius was toppled

emperor komodus took the throne and

ruled over rome for a short period

at the time commodus was murdered by

another emperor in rome

irkmit was also approaching his death in

philadelphia

while on his deathbed he called on

hisself to cherish the memory of their

martyred ancestors maximilian and his

friends

to follow the path of righteousness and

to fight

idol worship with the murder of commodus

the empire fell into chaos under the

circumstances

the persecution of monotheists was

suspended

very slowly talk of christianity made

its way into the streets

and marketplaces day after day

people were drawn to the faith of jesus

of nazareth

churches are becoming openly active

but in order to attract christian

followers the christian missionaries are

surrendering

and accepting many of the romans false

beliefs

resulting in a fundamental distortion of

the religion

the monotheists spend approximately half

a century in relative calm

until the crown and throne reach emperor

odesius

once again massacres and torture and

bloodshed and fire engulfed the entire

territory

but deseus's rule does not last for more

than two years

after which he is overthrown by emperor

valerian

the reign of valerian marks the darkest

years

in the history of christianity's

followers

a large number of monotheists are

sacrificed for the gods of olympia

but like his predecessors valerian fails

to maintain the throne

the sassanid king shakur of persia forms

a powerful army

and attacks the roman borders as a

result of the war between valyrian and

shapur

monotheists are once again forsaken

the roman army is defeated by persia and

valerian is captured by shapur

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valerian's death brings long lasting

peace for monotheists

and they start to become organized even

more than during the days of deserts

the roman church broadens its influence

and the roman archbishop is given the

title of pope

meaning father

emperors rise and fall one after another

and christians grow in number and power

day after day

finally 200 years after the era of

maximilian and his friends

emperor constantine converts to

christianity

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three centuries after the death of jesus

christ the entire roman empire

embraces the new religion

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philadelphia 300 years later

and when the dead are resurrected for

judgment

you shall be saved by your good deeds

alone

without a doubt on the day of judgment

you shall remember today's deeds

and you shall regret the foul ones

that you have committed on that day

you will wish that you had never

committed a sin or been unjust

or responded to evil with evil

father the people want to know how we

can be certain

that the dead will be resurrected has

anyone witnessed the rebirth of the dead

yes it has been seen yes

a god almighty has resurrected the dead

through jesus christ but this is history

father

these are stories from the distant past

it is best that you speak of more recent

occurrences and not of the past

how are we to find faith in resurrection

now

may god enlighten all our hearts with

his guidance

but father i want to see how god

brings the dead back to life is this an

unreasonable wish

is this wrong grant me your permission

to ask a question

is it true that the bodies of the

martyrs still

exist in the cave of angelos and

have not yet decomposed what does this

have to do with my question do not

dismiss this

if it is true then it is extremely

relevant

if god can keep a corpse from decaying

for hundreds of years

then he can surely bring decomposed

bodies

back to life again i will research the

matter more

and i will share my findings about the

men of angelos with you

oh god grant us your blessings

and grace pharaoh with your divine light

a light more splendid than the one shot

on seer

and more magnificent than the one you

shone on horeb

grandfather we know the meaning of seer

it is a mountain where god shone his

light upon our lord christ is that right

very good yes that is true or if there's

a mountain where god spoke to moses

is that right exactly

very good but you also mentioned faran

we haven't heard that name before

pharah

ferran is the name of a place where

god's

last prophet after our lord christ will

emerge

grandfather do you mean that there will

be another prophet after christ

yes my dear girl another

prophet is to follow our lord christ

who is known as the praised one

grandfather when will the messiah come

i do not know but i know

that his followers are the best of men

arios father first has arrived

tell him to come inside

all right

father firos needs to meet with me

that is enough today i will see you

all tomorrow let's go let's go

let's go i will tell another story

another day

now go let's go

greetings to the elderly area hello

father i was waiting for you

i am pleased to see you that is

very kind of you well where is marie i

do not see her here with your

grandchildren she has gone to visit her

uncle outside philadelphia

she will return next week in truth your

granddaughter marie is a divine

manifestation faith piety and knowledge

are all within her at once to be frank i

learned from her

you are too kind please come inside

welcome father

ferris no i do not have time to sit down

my carriage is waiting if you agree let

us go together

to visit the cave eventually that's why

the cave evangelos

i'll tell you on the way

it is strange that you have never been

to rakhim and mount

angelos i traveled very rarely

i hardly ever leave the city of

philadelphia

perhaps i would not even make this trip

to mount angelos

if i did not intend on telling the

people the story of your martyred

ancestor maximilian and his allies i

will tell you the story of the men of

the cave

our ancestors have passed the story down

from generation to generation

and have preserved it we are almost

there

that is mount angelos

i feel as if i know this place i've seen

this place before

but you said that you have never been

here before

yes that's true

be careful

this is the mount angelos you were so

eager to see

i still do not know why this mountain is

so familiar to me

yes wow the frightful cave that no one

is courageous enough

to go near is up there

oh i remember now

i have seen this place before in a dream

yes i dreamt that a bright light

shone from the very place you've shown

me and a man came forth from within that

light

when he reached the foot of the mountain

he stood before me

at that moment i awoke

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you