September Ides

He came to rule the Empire after his father. He came at the time of unrest.

A religion, which his Empire did not share, was crawling its way to the world dominance.

Jews in the Middle East struggled to keep the followers of this religion at bay for years.

Incidentally, a terrorist act, like the world had never seen before, happened in the largest city of the Empire.

The followers of the same religion were blamed for it, and he had to see them hunted down...

No, this is not what you think. Actually, it has nothing to do with George W. Bush, Islam, and America.

The year is AD 64. The place is Rome of the Emperor Nero. The religion is Christianity.

The Third Day of September Ides

by Ely Asher

"The first duty of a citizen is to question motives of his government."

—Folklore, attributed to Thomas Jefferson

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile but it is morally treasonable to the American public."

—Theodore Roosevelt, 1918,

Republican President

Verbum Sapienti Sat Est

Beware of September Ides.