You would not recognize my name if I were to tell you. I am famous in the recordings of history, but by sheer happenstance, and quite impersonally. It is strange the way human lives intertwine in the stretch of years that we each have. Who could have foretold that my fame would reach 2,000 years to the fore?

But you must hear my story, for while my name is unimportant, the event that thrust me into the pages of history is vital. I grew up in the Roman world, and knew the usual oppression that comes when greed and authority are entrusted to small men.

I felt the heel of Rome pressed against my neck, and saw the life-blood of my family squeezed by poverty and hate until life was only a burden. It was then that I said, "To hell with Rome and law and order."

What I wanted I got - and then ran…