. >> pontius pilate was the governor from 26 to 36, and so that places us very clearly within theeriod of roman rule. these are some of our most imrtant and clearest dates for the activities of jesus' life. when jesus actually died we're not absolutely sure. some people would say as ely as maybe 27, maybe some others as late as 33, but we do know it's underilate. >> pontius pilatus, praefectus judea. pontius pilate, governor of judea. >> and we know of him as effective and a fairly ruthless administrator of hiserritory, the area of judea. there are several episodes recorded by josephus where eschatological prophets emerge, and pite has no hesitation in eliminating them or in suppressing episodes of potential conflict or revolt within that territory. (murmur of crowd) >> people from all over the empire went to jerusalem on passover. it's one of the most populated times in the whole city. it's a madhouse. there are extra animals being brought up-- sheep-- because of the passover holiday. there are pilgrims coming in from everywhere. and jesus comes up to town, too. he could have sta

some of them were associated with dragons, others with the spirit of pontius, and pilate, who allegedlyhere. that is why it was forbidden to climb the mountain before. working in such a unique place imposes additional obligations on transport workers. here it is necessary to preserve nature in its original form. pilatus slopes unique ecosystem flowers plants alpine animals people living around call it their mountain. this is simply amazing place. the first hotel on the top of the mountain for lovers of contemplative relaxation, solitude and tranquility was built in 1860, 30 years later, another air traffic control tower appeared later, a huge number of military installations. they say in this mountain has many caves and warehouses dug for army needs in different years. forbidden dragon mountain, pilatus has become extremely inhabited here every year rises to half a million people, amazing views will be imaginative and people are happy to listen to stories about pontius, pilates and fire-breathing dragons seen somewhere here. what do we know about transport in latin trance through the po

they started under pontius pilate; they say so themselves. so it's novel. if it's novel, from the roman point of view, it cannot be a religion. religion is, by definition, ancient, from roman perspective. so, if it's new and novel, it's a superstition, it's not a religion; and superstition is, by definition, not a good thing. >> we have a good example of the pagan perspective on christians from a little graffiti found in rome from the palatine hill. an inscription scratched very crudely into the wall says, "alexamenos worships his god." in the picture, we see alexamenos bowing down before the man on the cross, but the man on the cross has the head of a donkey. >> christians have made themselves outlanders in their own town. and, therefore, they are used as an explanatory device whenever there are the usual natural insults of human existence-- plague, earthquake, flood. it's because christians, as gentiles who are not doing their duty to heaven, are... why should the gods do anything for the city then? >> narrator: though persecution was still mainly local a

cormobon, here who heads the messiah lex, who was hated by both albanians and serbs and he is like pontius pilate for serbia is much more mystical and such a stronghold . hmm, in the national consciousness, than for us, here is the kulikov field, but in the form of dan 27, in my opinion, from june all the bells in serbia are ringing. this is, uh, the memory of sorrow for the serbian calvary, and it is this drozdov field. just a few years after the kulikovo battle. uh, the serbs there suffered defeats from the turks, and here is the will of prince lazar, who at night he had a vision was and that he chooses earthly victory or the kingdom of heaven, he said the ezemalsky then the raspberry kingdom, and uh, the skies of uvek and deka, and he called on all the serbs. wherever they were to defend, kosovo and no, if they evade this task, then it will be and the wheat will not grow and the wine. eh, ruddy, how the translation will not work, and therefore it is absolutely impossible for them. this is the strong point. this this saints is part of the national culture. what makes it clear now with the ameri