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it is the year 137 a.d

890 years after the establishment of

rome

it has been hundreds of years since the

romans have reigned over a region

ranging from the north of turkey to the

south of syria

and have declared it eastern rome

the romans consider themselves to be the

most civilized people of their time

but although their architecture

urbanization and civility are

commendable

they are notorious for allowing the

decline of human values

and a rise of barbarism

philadelphia one of the states in

eastern rome

is the present-day oman the capital of

jordan

couriers from rome have arrived in

philadelphia

carrying news for the governor

diocletian

the roman emperor hadrian will be

arriving in eastern rome

very soon and the state

of philadelphia is on his route

this news is a source of great happiness

for the romans

the ocletian or as known by the native

people

as jesus is an authoritative

and merciless governor after

the ascent of christ the son of mary to

heaven

his religion is gradually spreading and

this

rome deems unacceptable the romans

worship the god

of olympus and various deities and

cannot tolerate

the fall of idol worship and the spread

of monotheism

consequently the followers of

christianity are strongly opposed

threatened and tortured however despite

their efforts today

they have failed to prevent the spread

of the new religion

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for you this is the last sunrise

maybe you will not see tomorrow's

sun

today you will set forth on your journey

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but where to

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to your almighty god

will he allow this rebellious being

to join him

oh my

compassionate lord even

if you forgive this worthless

person and you pull this wretched man

into your merciful embrace

i know myself

what can i do with all this remorse

you have not slept the whole night

pluton

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i shall soon sleep a very long

sleep followed by

an eternal wakefulness plutonius

what if there is no life after death

and no reward for all

this suffering

is it possible that the pledge made by

thousands of truthful prophets will not

be fulfilled

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no no

stand up open the gate

stand up where are you taking him

to court this way

god is on our side

do not be afraid

don't be afraid

nationality roman from

this city philadelphia

read out the charges

plutonius sanctus instead of worshiping

the idols

and bowing down to the holy sculpture of

emperor hadrian he has defiled it

and not only has he refused to show

remorse

he has also denied the existence of the

lofty deities

of rome and the almighty jupiter

and he has adopted christianity

and the religion of launderers and

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slaves

is this true

yes

your punishment is death

but of the worst kind you will be cast

into the fire

however i want to offer

you an opportunity

i've heard your superior is a person by

the name of

adonya if you reveal his whereabouts

i might show you some leniency

you fool

this court sentences platonius

sanctus the capital punishment

for the defiling of the emperor's

sculpture

worshiping a foreign god and causing

the hammock amongst the servants of the

empire

according to this verdict

you shall be burned to death

outside the temple

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of the upper law

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take him away

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so

you warden come take him

come here move

uh ugh

what happened pluton what happened today

i shall burn like a butterfly in the

flames

huh fire yes

fire

the most harsh of punishment the

harshest

punishment for the worst crime

destroying the sculpture of the emperor

why fire what difference does it make

adnan

yes there is a difference

in the past they used to burn adulterers

witches and those who committed incest

but today they burn believers

in the end i am to die

how i die is of no consequence whether i

die in the fire and crucified or thrown

in the lion's cage

i will soon be buried in this soil

what wonderful harmony i was born

of this earth i have been

nourished by it

and i shall be buried in it

but but i am afraid

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you mean you are scared of death no

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not of death i am scared

of being reborn you know

i've calculated that i have been alive

for several

thousand days do you know how many days

i've truly lived only one year

since the very first day i met

adonya before that

i disobeyed god many times

god have mercy with these

hands these

eyes these feet

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and now in my final hour

i do not know whether god has forgiven

me

do not worry pluton in this short time

you have made up for it you've redeemed

yourself

and now you're sacrificing your life for

your cause

take that i shall defeat you

you're mistaken you can't you never ever

win

you shall see we will see i am a skilled

swordsman

what happened i am dying let me kiss you

wait you dare kill me

take that away i am

we must try our best to support the

needy

no doubt you with all your prudence and

wisdom

are more than qualified to safeguard the

followers and crusaders of the new

religion

secondly you as the son-in-law of

deocletian and husband

to lady helen can make the utmost

use of your influence in the palace

hmm your excellencies

your highness a soldier from the palace

has arrived

i think he is carrying a message from

the

dick did this

all right let him in yes sir

come in soldier he still cannot

pronounce it properly

he says this is instead of deoclata

going forward good day your excellencies

today his highness diocletian has

summoned you and the city's authorities

to his palace to discuss an urgent

matter

very good will there be nothing else sir

so what has happened

we will soon know the lewis

prepare my courage yes sir

you proceed towards the palace i will

join you

as soon as i can try to prevent them

from noticing my absence

proceed proceed i do not know why

greetings greetings greetings welcome

welcome everyone welcome well greetings

greetings

everyone they are they are late they're

late they are late

greetings

to all greetings to you guys

can i have your attention

i wish to present a report

on the proceedings of the court trials

your excellencies his highness the

eucletian is busy negotiating with

couriers who have just arrived from rome

you must await his arrival

fine we will attend to our report

eleven people have been arrested today

six of them christians

the rest have committed to other crimes

any news of the trials

no i do not have any good news

most christians show resistance

but there are others who cannot resist

repent nor are forced

to do so do the repentant cooperate as

well

some of them do for example one of the

believers in the trinity

led us to adonya the missionaries

hideout did you arrest him

no your highness he is valuable

bait if we keep an eye on him we can

arrest him and his followers all at once

all right so make sure we do not lose

sight of the bait

i will assign someone to watch over him

have faith in god's word

yes god i trust him

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death be upon the false idols

be strong pluto be strong we are with

you

we are behind you we're behind you but

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he is a monotheist he has denounced

the gods of rome he has defiled the

school he's too audacious

he must be burned yes

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walk faster hurry up

move stand back

let us pass quiet quiet

stand back string about him why haven't

they brought that godless man yet

he comes the best punishment for them is

to be burned to death

long live judge if his punishment is to

burn then what is yours it seems you

have forgotten that you also worship

their god

jews worship none other than their own

god

jehovah whoever worships any god other

than the gods of rome deserves to die

even if he is a descendant of the jews

you have no right to insult the jewish

people back off you wretched man

be quiet what is going on here calm down

move

clear the way clear the way stand back

stand

back move up

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dog

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the supreme court of philadelphia

and his highness geocletian

have sentenced plutonium sectors of

philadelphia to death

for denouncing the gods and for refusing

to offer sacrifices to the holy

sculpture of the emperor

and for defiling the sculpture and

embracing the false religion of jesus of

nazareth

this is the punishment of those who

follow the new religion and disobey the

commands of rome

the court has ruled that he be burned

to death the sentence

will be carried out here today

and his corpse

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after incineration

will be on display for three

days and nights for the birds

to feed upon and as a lesson

to all those who have relinquished the

powerful gods of rome

and the holy religion of the empire a

lesson to those who adhere to the

religion of the worthless

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true god

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fault

so

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stop

highness

plutonius sanctus do you have anything

to say

before your death every convict is given

one

last chance to speak

the son of mary said

the truth which in the darkness you fear

to speak

will one day in daylight be heard

and the faith

which you have learned

in the privacy of

your homes

will one day be shouted

from the rooftops look at him

looking at this guy

start the burning down light the kill

him

he must be burned

kill him traitor

he is a traitor

kill the traitor he is a traitor

i have faith in your mercy god

take mercy upon me oh god

have mercy upon me

no no pluto

offer praise unto christ

uh

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his excellency deocletian

greetings greetings great

your highness

i am happy

i am happy to see you all here

i don't see maximilian here

his highness maximilian is a very

disciplined

and punctual person he will be here

shortly your highness

it appears your highness deocletian has

summoned us here for an urgent matter

yes it is as such philadelphia

will soon see its much glorious day to

date

a day which quite possibly may never be

repeated in the history

of this city

we must spend today discussing an

important

matter hurriers

have brought news that very soon

the eastern territories of the great

roman empire will be blessed

by a visit from the emperor hadrian

he will probably pay philadelphia a

short visit on his way

to jerusalem

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did you say he is likely to visit

meaning you are not certain

it is possible that he may alter the

root of his journey

but for now this is his decision and we

must be prepared

praise be to jupiter the great what

an honor to meet the emperor

no a meeting with the god of rome

and the god of half the world

this honor is not bestowed on many

people i have heard that his highness

the euclidean

served alongside the emperor in the war

yes

when the trojan empire reigned his

highness

hadrian was in command of the great

roman army

and i was one of his senior officers

is it true that you saved his royal

highness

hadrian's life excuse me

your highness what i heard

was a very strange occurrence in the war

with the iranians the enemy attacked

very suddenly

and forced many of the romans to

withdraw

his highness hadrian was surrounded by

the enemy

a moment of hesitation would have cost

him his death

but then his highness deocletian

realizing the severity of the situation

wastes no time

and charges through the enemy forces in

his carriage to rescue his highness

blessings

blessings

does that mean that the god of the

people owes his life to one of his

servants

you as a senior advisor should not make

such

an unwise remark it is not a strange

statement

only gods can rescue gods

but you know servants are like

instruments to the gods

and sometimes gods use them to rescue

one another

however it must be acknowledged

that the life of his highness hadrian

was saved by his excellency diocletian

before his highness

hadrian was declared

a gore

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when you look at my horseshoes

blacksmith

certainly let me see

he owns an expensive carriage for

someone with such a humble hunt

are you referring to sanctus

no he appears to have guests

so his name is santos yes

plutonius sanctus

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so the owner of the house is

where are you going what about your

horseshoes

boss boss has he gone

didn't you want horseshoes what's the

matter with you

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if you will allow it i will offer my

opinion regarding the emperor's visit

proceed i am certain that the emperor's

visit is

not without purpose perhaps it's because

of the israelites and their defiance

regarding the construction of jupiter's

temple

this visit may also be to intimidate the

followers and worshipers of jehovah

yes that is exactly the case

what fools they are these israelites

believing that they

can challenge the mighty

roman empire the gods of olympia

and the great mercury

if from the very start they had allowed

the construction of the temple of

jupiter

installment the empress sculpture in the

temple of jerusalem

they wouldn't have suffered so many

casualties

what should have taken place with little

bloodshed

has instead taken over three years

the israelites have caused countless

deaths with their defiances

and still lawfully the christians

i don't know what they see in this

unseen god of theirs that makes them

choose him over the great gods of rome

and makes them devout enough to

sacrifice their lives for

the god that man cannot envisage

hmm that is neither male nor female

a god in whoms likeness a sculpture

cannot be built

how can they worship such a god

if he was a powerful god

his followers would not be so weak and

pitiful do not worry

your highness there is no limit to the

lunacy of men

he could not even defend his own

prophet

a bunch of jews crucified him

behold the grandeur of abalone

the son of the great jupiter

as opposed to the weak and the helpless

son of their god

it's said that in actual fact their

religion does not see jesus as the son

of god

but as his prophet

after the crucifixion of christ

a christian missionary added this story

of

father and son to the faith in order to

attract more

romans to the religion maybe

they learned from the romans to create a

son

for their god excuse me

but is today's meeting to discuss the

specifics of christianity

or has your highness the eclectician

called us here to discuss a more

important

issue very good we have far

more important matters to attend to

certainly the emperor's visit will

require much

preparation and today's meeting is to

discuss how we are to do that

the emperor's arrival in philadelphia

must be

an epic event you my dear pluto

yes your highness you must renovate all

the temples

you must have a sculpture of augustus

installed in them

the temple of apollon puraton sebir

mercury piana

and even mitra restore anything

and everything which can be named a

temple and the gods worship therein

whether roman or otherwise and our dear

mayor de la nus i want a new sculpture

of janus the god of gates

built and installed the city's main

entrance

understood yes

head of the treasury in light of the

long-lasting friendship between the

emperor

and myself we must procure a gift

worthy of him but as of today

double the taxes but how your highness

we are barely able to collect the

current taxes

my dear martinos this is not rome

the people we're dealing with are not

considered human beings

a bunch of animals and we do not milk

them for ourselves

their milk will go to their cows

we must milk them we must milk them

melt them for all they've got

and finally my dear denacious i want a

stadium

suitable for the emperor gather many

gladiators fierce

ferocious lions bears

and of course a great

many christians

why christians your highness

i know that violence is not compatible

with the nature of physicians i'm

surprised at you

you never used to be so simple-minded

tell me

so let me ask you how are wildlines and

bears supposed to entertain the emperor

well it's obvious land of philadelphia

must be saturated in blood in the blood

of christians

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immediately and advise him to relocate

it is possible that pluton confessed

under torture

you mean pluton yes your highness if

pluton had confessed that donnie

would have been detained by now

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how can we be sure that they are not

watching him

from afar biding their time so they can

arrest him and his followers all at once

so is it necessary to take this

precaution

hmm you see gulliver's

if you must live in a cage with a lion

you must use more precaution than what

your good sense dictates

take care of yourself it is possible

that adonia is under surveillance

hey

hey

come here young man

look after this horse until i return yes

sir

pay attention yes

i'm here to see matthias it's extremely

important wait right here

greetings sir to you i am devout

what news is there you seem questions

first he attended the ritual of burning

that christian

good afterwards he went to the home of

that christian's father good weight in

the courtyard

yes your highness at your service