Salome
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The day of judgment approaches.
The Lord will reward the righteous
and smite the wicked.
are doomed, for they live in sin.
They are not wed.
But, master, they are.
Not under the law of Moses.
Herod has broken
the seventh commandment.
He has taken another man's wife.
And Herodias is equally guilty,
for she lives in adultery,
scorns our God-given law.
The hand of the Lord will fall
upon the king and queen.
They will suffer his wrath.
But be calm, my friends.
Righteousness shall rise
like a mighty river.
Truth shall be clear
as crystal.
Repent.
Cease to do evil.
Learn to do good.
Relieve the oppressed.
Seek righteousness.
For his love will be with you
as a morning dew,
and you shall blossom
like a rose.
What did you learn,
my dear councillor?
Your Majesty,
the Baptist has returned
from the wilderness.
He speaks more viciously
against you than ever before.
How many listened to his poison?
Many.
Not only the rabble,
but men of means now follow him.
You must stop him, or he
will begin preaching in the city.
Micha, wait here.
I will see the king.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, the queen.
Tell her I have retired.
I remember when
you could not retire
without coming to me.
You wish to see me.
How rare to get so quick
an audience with Your Majesty.
It's late. I'm tired.
Not too late and not too tired
to be waiting for another.
Very well. I am waiting for another.
And your wife is the intruder.
I thought we were long past that.
I know you are.
Why did you come?
What is it you want?
The Baptist is back.
And this time,
you must silence him.
He calls me an adulteress.
he threatens
the House of Herod.
I want him destroyed.
He is harmless.
What he says is of no consequence.
Many fill your prisons
for saying less.
Yet you allow a madman
to preach treason.
You must put
an end to him.
Stop him!
Let me alone.
Stop him before it's too late.
I said, go!
I warn you.
It must be his death,
or it will be ours.
Ezra,
you heard?
Everything, sire.
She descends upon me
like a plague of locusts
every time the Baptist appears.
She knows what'll happen
to me if harm befalls him
and she asks for his death.
Yet I cannot let him denounce me.
Lift not your hand against him.
But he preaches sedition.
Remember the prophecy.
Remember when your father,
Herod the Great, was king of Judea.
Three wise men came out
of the East proclaiming
a child had just been born
who would grow up
to be the Messiah.
I don't need reminding.
In your heart, you do.
Never forget the deed
of your father when he
was seized with terror
that the Messiah
would someday
dethrone him.
I know. I know.
Why must you hound me
with it?
So that you will not follow in
the path of your father.
Remember the punishment
of the Lord upon him.
For the blood he shed.
The innocent blood.
Remember the strange illness
that came over him.
The unbearable pain
that befell him.
His mind and body became
his own torture chamber.
agony without relief.
Enough. Enough.
I can still hear him screaming.
You are trying to shield
the Messiah from me.
I do not know
if John is the Messiah.
It is written the Messiah
will first appear as a prophet.
But there are many prophets
in the land.
The Messiah is the prophet
and no other.
He was born in my father's time.
I know him for a great prophet.
A holy man.
Harm him,
and what happened to your father
will happen to you.
You will die in agony
as he did.
If only he would not preach
against the throne.
If word reaches Rome
that I tolerate treason...
What was it the illustrious
Julius Caesar wrote?
I came, I saw, I conquered.
How easy his task was.
All he had to do was
to win battles.
I must maintain peace.
That is the impossible legacy
I have inherited.
And I dare not indulge myself
in the grand illusion:
Make war in order to keep peace.
I do not have the forces.
We are already stretched
thin across the world,
stretched almost
to breaking point.
I must keep the conquered
Well, to the business
of the day.
Pontius Pilate,
commander of the 9th Legion.
Hail, Caesar Tiberius.
Hail.
Pontius Pilate,
I appoint you governor
of our Eastern provinces.
You will find unrest
and agitation,
which could lead to trouble
in your new post.
We need peace in the East.
That is of great
military importance.
There will be peace.
I cannot spare you any soldiers.
I need them to maintain
order in Africa.
I am depending upon
your reputation. But this time,
use it like a glove
not as a spear.
Not nearly enough
in view of your
accomplishments in Britain.
You will sail tomorrow night.
You'll convey my felicitations
to King Herod in Galilee.
Inform him taxes are double.
From there you will proceed
to Jerusalem.
That will be your headquarters.
Caesar commands, I obey.
Hail, Caesar.
Petitioner
Hail, Caesar.
A petition from my nephew,
Marcellus?
Why did he not
present it himself?
Senator Marcellus Fabius grieves.
Urgent business in the forum
makes it impossible
for him to present
this petition in person
for the favourable
consideration of
the mighty Caesar.
Proceed.
"To Caesar Tiberius,
most generous of emperors,
I humbly solicit
your imperial permission
to marry
the Princess Salome
of Galilee. I cast myself
on your royal forbearance,
and ask that you grant
a special dispensation..."
Scrivener.
my beloved nephew,
in answer to your petition
that you be permitted
to marry the Princess Salome...
Marcellus, why do the gods
favour you above all men?
To present you with so divine
a gift as Salome?
What does he say,
Marcellus? Tell me.
"Remember the law,
learned senator. A Roman may
marry only a Roman.
And I need not tell you
the Princess Salome
is held in ill repute."
III repute?
Because I enjoyed life here?
I knew I should not
have petitioned Caesar.
It has only made
everything worse.
If you love me,
you will not let him
stop us.
You know I want you
with me always.
But not enough
to disobey Caesar.
Why are you so afraid,
Marcellus? What can he do?
Take away your possessions?
If so, let him.
He can do worse than that.
He can deprive me of my...
Of your precious Roman rights.
They mean more to you than I do.
I'm only being practical, Salome.
I could not ask you to marry me
if I had no more status than a slave.
I would join you as a slave.
But as a Roman, l...
Salome, wait.
This is for you.
to Princess Salome of Galilee,
you have incurred
our imperial displeasure
by presuming to exceed
your status as...
As a barbarian."
"You have tried our hospitality
beyond our patience.
Know therefore you are
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