The Sign of the Cross
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- 1932
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Burn, Rome! Burn!
"If in the melancholy
shades below
lovers cease to glow
"mine, undecay'd
"Burn on through death
"and animate my shade
"Lo, the blaze aspires!"
Nero.
Go away, Tigellinus.
The fire is spreading.
Look at this.
I was in excellent voice, too.
The fire,
I dare remind you...
the fire is growing.
The fire?
I'd hoped it would.
Rome will be destroyed
when I die.
Why not while I live
and can see it...
And enjoy it?
But the palace is threatened.
It will fall.
Tigellinus,
I will build another.
A fabulous one...
so that Nero can be housed
like an emperor.
And like a god, immortal Caesar.
Yes, now go away.
Caesar...
there are angry rumors
that you set fire to the city.
Caesar might do well
to avoid the blame.
Blame?
What are you jabbering about?
Who blames the master of the world?
Caesar, when thousands
are perishing...
Let us hope that most
of the dead are Christians.
They're increasing.
Did you know that?
We've hunted and killed
them like rats.
Yet the empire
swarms with them.
A dangerous superstition,
Tigellinus...
that teaches that the meek shall inherit
that which belongs to the mighty...
in place of myself.
It shall not live, Caesar.
Tigellinus.
Yes, divine Caesar.
These rumors about my setting fire
to the city.
Couldn't we shift
the blame to...
The Christians?
to fear and hate them...
where my own minister
has failed.
Now go away.
Caesar.
"Lo, the blaze aspires!
with the fires
"Confessing Jove
"Then swift from
all sides pour
"The hissing brands
"involve the skies"
Devil's luck.
How much now, Strabo?
A couple of pig's eyes.
All I got.
Well, trap a Christian.
They hide in their holes
like rats.
I got a nose for them.
Nero's reward.
Two hundred pieces.
Who are you?
Titus, a stranger in Rome.
How do you know me?
You were described to me.
Where do you come from?
Jerusalem.
I was sent by Paul,
apostle of...
Wait.
Not here.
Since the great fire,
we have lived in terror.
If they killed out all the Christian lice,
me and you would have to go back to work.
Are you meeting tonight?
Yes, near the Cestian Bridge.
I'll tell them Paul's message
and how...
Devil take them! You put
Come.
Lice!
Hey, those are mine.
Hey, look out where you're throwing
those sheep knuckles, will you?
Get your skinny shins
out of here.
Hey, Strabo!
Look.
The sign of the cross.
Flowers. Roses.
Flowers. Roses. Flowers.
on a day like this, Tybul.
Why today?
Well, the rains are over and everybody's out.
You ought to give yourself a holiday.
If I played,
You would.
Look, Christians!
Where?
Down there.
I know. There was a sign in the dust.
Come on, there are Christians!
Where?
Down there. Come on.
Down there. Look.
Come on.
Who are they?
Does anybody know?
Look, they caught
some Christians!
They got some Christians
down here. Come on.
Come on.
Hurry! Hurry!
What's that?
I don't know.
Sounds like a street fight.
Good. Let's go and see.
Come on.
Come on, Philodemus.
Come on! Come on! Look!
Nero's lions are going to eat.
Vile killers,
that's what they are!
They ought to kill all of them.
Come on, come on,
let's stone them.
Keep them back. If they kill them,
we won't get our money.
Hang on to them!
Christians! Stone them!
Look, it's Marcus.
You dirty Christians!
I'll kill you.
Marcus Superbus!
Stand away!
What have these old men done?
We found them.
There's a reward coming to us.
What did they do?
I tell you, there was no...
Me and Strabo saw what they did.
Quiet, you!
Well, go on.
Why did you stop?
I...
I didn't know.
What?
That it was
the Prefect of Rome.
Well, all the better.
You have the highest authority in Rome,
next to the Emperor, to judge this case.
Aren't you pleased?
What's your name?
Mercia.
And you?
Favius Fontellus.
This man is Titus,
my friend.
Is this girl your daughter?
No.
Then why... She was trying
to protect me.
Well, I... I envy you.
What is this old man to you?
She...
She can talk.
He's my teacher.
Who are your father and mother?
They're dead.
You live with him?
Yes.
May they go now?
What's your faith?
My friend and I
are philosophers.
He's lying.
They're Christians.
Yeah.
Christians!
Viturius, clear the street!
There's a reward on them, Excellence.
They made the sign of the...
I said, clear the street.
Begone!
Out of the way!
Clear the way! Begone!
Clear the way!
Get out! Get out!
Begone, there! Begone!
Out! Out!
Get out! Get out there!
Out!
Well, you...
You are free to go.
We thank you.
I can do?
Nothing, Excellence.
We are grateful.
Come, Mercia.
Excellence.
Still, I...
I wish there were...
something more.
Follow them.
Find out where they live...
and find out which fountain
she goes to.
Yes, Excellence.
Marcus,
my illustrious friend...
will you leave your trance
for a moment?
Dacia! Glabrio!
She was a rare
specimen, I needn't tell you.
Your eyesight
gets better with age.
A tasty dish for
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