to the intellectually inclined augustus... to cruel caligula, deviser of public spectacles that included murder .....to nero, who, it's said, kicked his wife to death for rebuking him. the upper classes were well educated, connected by kinship, business and political ties. wearied by the crowds and hectic pace of roman life, they pined for greater leisure and the chance it gave to contemplate the finer things of life. each spring, as the senate recessed, roman power brokers -- the patrician families, senators, and untold numbers of entrepreneurs made rich by roman dominance -turned to the bay of naples. over generations, they built lavish villas along the shoreline of campania. the villa pausilypon -a greek name meaning "the end of pain" -had a private theater for the pleasure of its owner and his guests. the exteriors of the villas were lined with colonnaded walkways that offered the owners sweeping vistas. like hollywood producers, wealthy romans understood the relationship between spectacle and success. the set designs for

it was caesar augustus who brought the first real peace to a rome weary of continual war and internaltrife. in 13 b.c., the senate celebrated his triumphant return from spain by dedicating to him an altar of augustan peace. on the outer walls is a sculpted representation of that dedication ceremony-- a procession of priests, officials, and members of the imperial family. this is to roman art what the parthenon frieze is to greek art. a sense of order and serenity pervades the scene. at the head of the procession, between his two consuls,

and so it came to pass at that time that caesar augustus ordered a census to be taken.joseph took his wife, mary, who was with child to bethlehem. any room? any room? and because there was no room at the inn... any room? certainly, there's pucks of room. come on in, and bring mary with you. [ parishioners laugh ] pucks of room, he says. pucks of room. he wasn't supposed to say that at all. ambrose. ambrose. i've got a problem here. kevin's missing. i noticed he wasn't at the mass. there's something going on. conn turned up then ran off, and they're not up at the house. well... what? there's money missing. how much? 50 quid. right. i'm sorry, i was looking forward to christmas day at home. you know, that fella's more trouble than he's worth. still, you can't leave him out there. i'll be back as soon as i can. i'll go have a look, padraig. i have to run niamh and my mother home. i'll go with you. no, you stay at home in case they show up there. okay? niamh? niamh?! what's happening? conn o'neill is missing. oh, him. and kevin o'kelly. trust padraig to lose the two of them

caesar augustus past the bachelor tax to get people married and have kids and that didn't work. they have a fertility problem and they have a motherhood metal to have five or more children. you can get them on ebay. they've spent the better part working hard. the other countries say the fertility rates aren't that hot and they have the rate of 6.1 to 6.7. all the evidence suggests that is because of innovation and they have a great deal for north africa and the difference in the fertility rates between the native frenchmen and the immigrant frenchman is the enormous. at least half and possibly more coming from france they are dodging the they don't let you take those numbers in by recent country and all that said you look at all these things and it tells you what works and what doesn't work. we like to think everything will be fine if we have the traditional values. but evidence suggests that may not be true either. singapore looks like what would happen if which santorum went on steroids and did everything he wanted to do. you have the prime minister giving speeches about ten y

been up in the 30's and fourlts and 50's and a couple gusts have been up near hurricane winds in augustusof us taper off this morning. partly cloudy skies the general forecast. northwest winds in general. 10-20. winds will back off a little bit. gale warnings out in the bay this afternoon they become small craft advisories. here north-northwest winds. at the mouth of the patapsco. thomas point light 24-north winds as well. the bay forecast. didn't want that. let's advance to the next seven-day forecast. computer got confused there. flurries east of us today and diminishing this morning. we'll generally have partly cloudy skies. into the 40's tomorrow. dry weather. lots of sun. nice day. not as windy. temperatures still in the 40's but by wednesday a little colder. we could see a wintry mix. >> in washington this morning two numbers tell the story. 20-3. 20 days until the crippling spending cuts call sequester. >> and it the defines thousand fight over sequester and other issues might end up. steve handelsman has more now from capitol hill. >> the next few weeks will be another struggle. a

augustus benjamin on the matter of this, how say you? nay. mr. bentley, nay.en from connecticut voted against abolishing slavery? >> something's wrong here. this cannot be correct. >> reporter: courtney was bugged about it all the way home. when he got home, he googled the information. thought he was on to something. then he got with the congressional research service, asked them to check the hiss co historical records. they dshid, and he was right. courtney directed a letter to steven spielberg saying i could not believe my eyes and ears. that's a source of information that people may not get any other source in terms of the history of the civil war or the 13th amendment. >> reporter: the names of the connecticut congressmen were made up, like most in the movie, but we found no other voting inaccuracies in the film. i spoke about it with christian mcwhirter. >> movies typically have historical errors in them, and "lincoln" is a good historical film. >> reporter: the movie is not a documentary. doesn't claim to be one. it's historical fiction and doesn't have