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i chased him he was the same man who

helped adonia flee sir are you saying

yes

i saw him with my own eyes it was him

i'm absolutely certain

do not let him out of your sight go yes

sir

he's an efficient agent

julius needs to know that he will be

made to pay for his discourtesy

mother mother

why are you upset you be a good boy i'll

return shortly

he has gone too far

i will show him

my lady should we not wait

for maximilian no i must resolve this

issue with my father myself

julius has gone so far as to employ

someone to spy on me

goodness welcome

hey

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hey

that carriage looks familiar

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so it was with this carriage that they

helped adonia escape

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so

i hope that lady helen's anger in

deocletian's presence will not put her

in danger

and all priests will be dressed

uniformly and will welcome

his majesty emperor hadrian

in front of the grand temple

the reconstruction of the sculpture of

gerus outside the temple

and also

father

what has happened

is there something you want to say to me

i wish to speak with you in private

you can't bring yourself to look

at your father

do you think i can forget what happened

to my mother

your mother was a traitor who denounced

the gods of rome

was i meant to turn a blind eye to her

treason i do not intend to argue with

you

i merely wanted to inform you that

julius has assigned someone to spy on us

if you do not take measures we will find

ways to

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it seems lady helen was angry

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it seems like someone has put a guard

dog outside their home that bothers them

it was not my intention to trouble them

the emperor will be arriving soon

and i must be careful of everyone and

everything your highness consequently i

have no choice but to do my job

you expect me to believe that

do you really think that i'm

unaware that you've always had your

dirty eyes on helen

that you hold a grudge against her

husband

i have information that if your highness

theoclettian finds out about

he will agree yes i would agree that

since

coming to philadelphia you julius my

senior advisor have been constantly

scheming against me and

my government and

apparently you also wouldn't mind

taking my place on my throne and ruling

in my stead

what else is there that you want me to

agree to

julius you are mistaken your excellency

i only

made many mistakes julius my path in

life has been fraught with mistakes and

it is possible

one day i may even mistakenly bring

misfortune upon you as well

so be very careful but i will prove to

you that

that i have no intention but to serve

both you and the emperor

you try your best to do that but if you

insist on exhibiting

misconduct i will break your legs

you know my history very well julius

with trojan and with hadrian birth

what if i prove it to you

if you succeed improving what you say

i will be had both

helen and maximilian with my

own two hands

so

come here come they brought the lions

look how big those lions are

so

this temple is at the entrance to the

city

whoever enters the city must

bow down to the sculpture

of the god of this temple who is the

guard

of our gates what about the jews they do

not worship our gods

no leave them be

pay attention to all those who enter

and exit the city

if there is anyone who does not bow down

to this sculpture

you can assume they are christians do

not hesitate to arrest them

as if deocletian wasn't vicious enough

already in these few days his crimes

have more than doubled

something must be done

we must pray that god grant us patience

so we do not do something rash

they are ripping our fellow believers to

shreds

they are sending them to face their

death in droves

and you speak of practicing patience

he means that before taking action we

must

think it through thoroughly all right

think it through

contemplation that will lead to actions

i hope

for example we must think of ways to

make the city seem

insecure to the emperor

or to prevent julius and his soldiers

from arresting so many christians

all ways to avenge the blood of our

fellow believers

what you just said is what we all dearly

wish

but are these goals achievable

i think if we make calculated decisions

we will

achieve our goals

for example by breaking the sculptures

and burning the temples we can disrupt

security in the city

and by killing deocletian and the

emperor we can both prevent our fellow

believers from being arrested

and seek vengeance in their honor

creating insecurity is attainable

but killing those two is not as easy

in my opinion that is not a problem

as advisers to the court we can easily

gain access to both the eclection

and the emperor do you see how given the

right opportunity we can do this

yes but only if we are prepared to lay

down

our lives is that hard to do

no but we must be certain that the

result

is worth risking our lives for i am

positive that it is

before reaching a decision we must

evaluate the situation more thoroughly

but for now we can begin by destroying

the idols

and their temples i agree

you two always delay taking action

and i have no choice but to cooperate do

not be so hasty martinus

first we have to stop julius's

activities then we'll come up with a

plan

let's go

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i hear they're bringing a number of

captives from surrounding villages

towards the city

what do you say we check on them

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hurry up come on move at you

oh move it ah come on

quickly hurry up

come on when i say move move

move you keep going

hurry up now come on you lazy

hurry up

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get lost get out of here get lost go

move it you're free go

you're free to go run away

go

run

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in the land of the great roman empire

and within the territory of my reign

and in broad daylight a few stray men

attack our soldiers and set a group of

criminals free

and there is no one in the city

to stop them so what exactly

is it that you do the emperor

is on his way and the city

is in a worse state than before

the emperor will not believe that the

idiocy and incompetence of my unworthy

advisers

is to blame for our current situation he

will think that diocletian commander of

the fifth army of the great emperor of

rome

has become so weak that a bunch of

faceless traitors can ambush us kill our

soldiers

and free our prisoners nothing major has

happened

what happened julius a few thieves

have attacked our soldiers and will soon

be arrested

julius

be more forceful with the christians it

seems

we cannot get rid of them

we can put an end to them your

excellency but as i mentioned before

you must take certain precautions within

the palace

unfortunately word from inside the

palace is getting

out that is our biggest problem your

highness

in my opinion julius's warning is an

appropriate one

your highness your excellency

when the enemy is unable to subdue the

military forces

of a government they instead infiltrate

the courts and palaces and spread decay

there on the eve of the emperor's

arrival

the inappropriate behavior of a few

traitors should not make diocletian so

distraught

you all speak of enemies within the

palace

that have no evidence or proof of your

claims if you

speak the truth prove it do so and i

will take the lives of these

traitors in a way that will go down

in history yeah

move it

get up

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lady helen

oh dearest helen what goddess has looked

down upon us this day

blessing us with a visit from you

what brings you here

thank you arthur you have always shown

me great kindness

you're well aware that everyone is busy

these days

we are preparing ourselves for the

arrival of the emperor

the ogletien says the emperor's wife is

a powerful woman

and has influence over her husband

we must try to influence her

i am certain that you can

i have heard a lot about the emperor's

wife

she is an overly ambitious woman with

too much pride

i truly detest women like her they are

impenetrable

it is possible to penetrate a stone but

with people like her

it is impossible

she is lucky to be the emperor's wife

but you have great influence over my

father

your intelligence and tact have had a

great effect on my father

many times have i seen him decide to do

or not to do something because of you

i am certain you will also manage to

influence the emperor's

wife you're exaggerating helen

maybe this is true to a certain extent

but these days i doubt that your father

even remembers zeus

i see him as often as you do

his thoughts and energy are entirely

devoted to the emperor

gifts for the emperor welcoming the

emperor

the emperor's future his past with the

emperor

he is terrified that while the emperor

is here an

incident may occur actually that is

exactly why

i am here fueling people's

dissatisfaction may

prompt a reaction from them

as i said you do not visit without a

reason

the situation is very serious i don't

think my father has good advisors

all this murder torture and imprisonment

can undermine

his government for how long can he go on

killing christians

they will never be uprooted

you must speak with him why don't you

speak with him yourself

you know that we do not have a very good

relationship

but knowing your character you can

surely convince him that what he is

doing is not

to his advantage i am hesitant

he will not listen to anyone in these

circumstances

i am worried that an unpleasant

situation will arise

while the emperor is here in

philadelphia or that the people will

stage an uprising

if they do we will all suffer and that's

not good for my father

where are you going come here come

quicker

where are you going come here

that's good put it right there good be

careful what are you doing

what is this

oh jesus christ what am i seeing

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so where is your christ now why does he

not come to your aid

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we have no choice we have no choice i'll

tell you whether or not we have a choice

ivana stop don't do it stop can't you

see how these fools are celebrating the

captivity and death

of our fellow believers and brothers

what can be done do you think you're the

only one who can see

calm down we must seek another solution

move it

come on move it

hurry up

hurry up come on move your damn fool

come on let's see them walk up the hill

together

the criminals

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come on

quickly quickly

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come with me

lean on me come on hurry up

these are the orders of julius not of

deocletia what difference does it make

today i will either be killed or will

put a stop to the brutal killings of the

christians

okay i agree with you i agree

we will rise up against these murders

even if it means killing both julius and

diocletian

but my friends it is best that we do not

speak of christians for now

we need a workforce and given the orders

of diocletian we cannot succeed if we

don't have laborers

that is correct and most laborers are

christian

that is a good idea yes let's go

all right all right

so this is the case your highness the

advisors

if you are here to complain about the

lack of progress in the city's affairs i

have

already heard it from these gentlemen

that's correct your excellency it's for

that very reason we're here

so why do you think the work is coming

along so

slowly did the eclectician need

several christians for the amphitheater

or all of the laborers of the city

maximilian what difference does it make

your highness most of the temple

renovations and repairs are being done

by people

who are arrested for being christians

the installation of the emperor's

sculpture in the middle of the square

has been abandoned half done

why because julius has decided to arrest

the laborers

excuse me your highnesses

but is this the only reason

for all of this concern and tension

or or is there another reason also

you always overstep your boundaries

watch your tongue i sense

the malice in your tone but be

forewarned i have no patience for it

look at my advices

instead of preparing the city they're

showing each other their fangs

in your opinion is it possible to

renovate and repair

the city without a workforce

julius for now

let the workers who are busy restoring

the city be

but you know why

they are being detained your excellency

i am in search of adonya i know

are you prepared to kill everyone in the

entire city for one

person how can i prove

that enough that is enough julius enough

the emperor is arriving in several days

and you are busy fighting with each

other go

get to work go

maximilian

maximilian your identity cannot be kept

hidden forever

one day i'll prove that the great

aristocrat of rome

no longer worships jupiter

on that day romulus will turn

in his grave

they say romulus was raised on the milk

of wolves

but i believe they raised you

on the venom of serpents

and so maximilian will one day

taste this venom

and i will wait for that day

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is there anything we can do to assist

you julius

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move it come on wheel it over roll it

over not too much

okay that's good there be careful not to

run into anything

careful that's good that's good okay

easy steady that's good

easy easy careful with the sculpture

of the emperor teddy turn it a little

easy careful

that's good be careful pull it up

careful lift it up passed up watch the

base

hey you careful okay a little little

more

easy

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all right all right that get there

now just up slowly

gently careful of the feet

not the feet okay slowly now

almost there lads all right

looking good bring it across

cross now yeah onto the blind

yeah watch your fingers fingers

come on let's go

and down be careful

be careful not to damage the sculpture

of the emperor

mate do you but i think the euclidean

did not believe what

julius said about maximilian

and lady helen

with his ill intentions towards lady

helen

julius has lost favor with deopletium

otherwise with the information that he

has maximilian and lady helen

should have been destroyed by now

additionally dear cletian he's aware of

julius's ambition and

thirst for recognition

and it is for this very reason that he

has disregarded what julius has been

saying julius

intends to take lady helen for himself

to strengthen

his position before deocletian and he

shall

certainly spare no effort in achieving

that goal if it is proven to dear

colettian that maximilian

and his daughter do not worship the gods

of rome

and instead worship christ

their death will be swift

we must be extremely careful

do not forget that

whatever happens to them will happen to

us

as well i am constantly awaiting an

incident

keep moving get going anyway this is a

difficult situation

we can only wait that's good keep going

keep going that's it keep moving keep

moving

come on now huh move on

move forward keep pushing

bring them here bring them here

move

huh this one stop stop

he's a christian arrest him arrested

dog get up there let me go leave me

alone he's lying

what stop no what are you doing

wait

where are you taking this labor let him

go i fall at your feet

i'm your servant but he is a christian

how do you know

your highness he works for julius

he knows the christians very well he is

needed here for now

he's a valuable worker let him go for

now

i thank you

with your permission let's go

bring them walk that's it get going

get going go

move i wish we could do something to

help them as well

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move

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mankind the superior species

must learn belligerency and savageness

in order to stay alive like a wild beast

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learn the secrets of warfare

because the mightier always live what's

going on here

must prepare for the performance in

front of the emperor

don't rip each other apart try not to

scar each other

you can spawn with less

yes this one's vigor nice

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come on

keep moving come on huh

keep moving come on keep moving

stand back keep moving

where are you the large ones are going

to be used as gladiators

and the smaller ones will be for the

lion cages it will be an enjoyable

performance

of course you understand the emperor

must be entertained milady

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damn the emperor

must we sit and witness the mass murder

of our fellow believers

and on this scale

today we went to speak to deocletian

about exactly that

in the end it was decided that

christians working on preparing the city

will be spared for now that's it

and what about other christians

are they not to be considered

today we were in the presence of

deocletian we had words with julius over

the arrests

your father has become suspicious

towards us

yes one more dispute and his suspicions

about us being monotheists

and of our relationship with christians

will be

confirmed and this is exactly what

julius wants

if you will allow it i will go to the

ocletian myself

even if i am killed it is better than

living like this

we must see whether anything can be

resolved with the loss of one's life we

are down to our last arrow

so we must hit the mark or we will be at

a disadvantage

excuse me your highness don't you think

that

with such a great number of christians

we can topple

deocletians government

our greatest adversary is not the

euclidean it is the emperor

all right the emperor well you can do it

why don't why don't we kill the emperor

assume we do kill him

rome will still stand

even if the government of rome changes

it is useless

as long as the people believe the

emperor is a god and that the gods are

the pillars of his power

even with the fall of a thousand empires

these people will still choose yet

another emperor

and furthermore how can we be sure that

the death of the emperor will not be

accompanied

with the deaths of many of our fellow

believers no

no no the fall of rome is not our

responsibility

what do we do is our only choice silence

and inaction

no the solution is not to be silent and

do nothing

i am searching for a solution

that will first change the people's

mentality

if we achieve that the emperor will be

toppled into

course and that is virtually impossible

no surely there must be a way

but what it is god only knows

until we find a way

we must be patient

and keep up appearances

good night milady good night good night

lady helen good night

during this time i ask that you think

carefully

you may come up with a solution

the christians are in dire straits

yes of course of course i will see you

tomorrow

until then

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the people must be aroused from their

stupa

they must know that the lifeless stone

gods are not worthy of worship

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they must know that god is alive and

almighty

they must know that the emperor is a

human

being just like them

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it is because of the people's ignorance

that the emperor sees himself as a god

on earth

if the people are made aware of the

emperor's weakness

they will seek out the one and only god

and will come to recognize you as their

lord

oh how can i make these people

aware of you

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how

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last night your highness did not sleep

is this a time for sleep

oh how i wish i could sleep

settle my horse i want to go to the cave

shall i prepare your clothes and sword

hmm yes

yes sir with some food for the journey

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you are going to the same place again

for worship am i not to know

where you go to pray what difference

does it make

it is nearby

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before the arrival of the emperor i must

ask god for the answer

if deocletian asks about you what should

i say

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well tell him i left town to check on

affairs

outside of the city

your highness

here you are thank you

my son look after your mother

while i'm away all right all right

goodbye goodbye

goodbye galooz i'd be with you

take care of yourself your highness

was it necessary for his highness to go

at such a sensitive time

i do not know

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you