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The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks. Men Nero Unlimited. They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert. Music Fire Nero. Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's. Nero Christianity Prisoner. I like it. Caesar was swimming in blood, Rome and the whole pagan world was mad.

But those who had had enough of transgression and madness, those who were trampled upon, those whose lives were misery and oppression, all the weighed down, all the sad, all the unfortunate, came to hear the wonderful tidings of God, who out of love for men had given Himself to be crucified and redeem their sins. When they found a God whom they could love, they had found that which the society of the time could not give any one, -- happiness and love.

Do these nights of popular celebration cause ancient and forgotten avatars to stir in the depths of the human soul? This evening, in the movement of the sweaty and excited crowd, I am certain that I passed between the masks of the liberated Bythinians and encountered the courtesans of the Roman decadence.

There emerged, this evening, from that swarming esplanade of Des Invalides - amid the crackle of fireworks, the shooting stars, the stink of frying, the hiccuping of drunkards and the reeking atmosphere of menageries - the wild effusions of one of Nero's festivals.

It was like the odour of a May evening on the Basso-Porto of Naples. It was easy to believe that the faces in that crowd were Sicilian. She seemed upset. I had no idea what that was supposed to mean. Ruby shook her head at him and then turned back to me. It tried to land in your hands, but a giant horse scared it away. I just smiled. Sensei shook his head as he headed back out the door. It's gonna stain. Angelo turned to me. His eyes were sparkling and he was grinning from ear to ear.

In its place stood Neronopolis, ruled by a megalomaniac brat. I should not have stopped her from believing in her Christ, and would myself have reared an altar to Him in the atrium. What harm could one more god do me? Why might I not believe in Him, - I who do not believe over much in the old gods?