I know that I don't have much status up here in Gaul, but will you do me the favor of listening to me? I've had an awful lot of time to think during these years I have been in exile, and I need to share my conclusions about life with someone. 

My name is Herod. The problem is that our family is so extended, and so many people bear that name, that I should really use my given name, which is Antipas. My circumstances used to be far different than they are now. It's not that Lyons is such a bad place to end up, but I became used to a lot more luxury when I was Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea in Palestine. All that has been taken from me now by the Emperor, and I am consigned to remain here on the fringes of the Empire for the rest of my life. 

My family has exercised power in Palestine for …