Lagos (/ˈleɪɡɒs/ LAY-gos) is a port city and the most populous city in Nigeria. Officially, the population of Lagos was last recorded at 7,937,932. Lagos is the second fastest growing city in Africa and the 7th fastest in the world. Lagos was originally inhabited by the Awori subgroup of the Yoruba people. Under the leadership of their Olofin, the Awori moved to an island now called Iddo and then to the larger Lagos Island. In the 15th century, the Awori settlement was attacked by the Benin Empire following a quarrel, and the island became a Benin war-camp called "Eko" under Oba Orhogba, the Oba of Benin at the time.
Lagos is a huge metropolis which originated on islands separated by creeks, such as Lagos Island, fringing the southwest mouth of Lagos Lagoon whilst protected from the Atlantic Ocean by long sand spits such as Bar Beach, which stretch up to 100 km east and west of the mouth. From the beginning, Lagos has expanded on the mainland west of the lagoon and the conurbation, including Ikeja and Agege, now reaches more than 40 km north-west of Lagos Island. Some suburbs include Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry, and more local councils have recently been created, bringing the total number of local governments in Lagos to 57.
Plot
The story is set in Rome around 44 B.C., just after the assassination of Julius Caesar. Octavius, aged 17, who was named heir by Caesar, is challenged by Marc Anthony. A civil war ensues, ending in a showdown between Octavius and Marc Anthony.
Keywords: 1st-century-b.c., ancient-rome, arena, assassination, betrayal, emperor, gladiator, hand-to-hand-combat, julius-caesar, rivalry
Lust, Power and the Epic Battle for Rome
Cicero: He names his nephew.::Camane: Octavius.::Cicero: He's just a boy.::Camane: So was Caesar once.::Cicero: Caesar was a boy, yes. But not every boy is a Caesar.
Camane: Witness the birth of a civil war. An empire is dawning. An empire built on the rage of the mob. It is the mob who will determine the next ruler of Rome.
[Of Caesar]::Cassius: Who ever thought a God would hold so much blood?
[Caesar is dying]::Caesar: Protect him, protect my successor.::Tyrannus: Antony?::Caesar: No. Not Antony. Octavius. My sister's boy. He will save the dream of Rome, Tyrannus. Teach him to fight, teach him to rule.
Cicero: Reason has abandoned this place.
[to Brutus]::Caesar: And you, my child?
Servilia: We must look to the men who will re-build Rome.::Brutus: You mean Cassius and Antony?::Servilia: And you... why not you, my son?
[Antony's speech about Caesar]::Brutus: What is he doing?::Cassius: Oh this isn't about Caesar's rein; it's about Antony's!
[On hearing Octavius is Caesar's heir the mob chant his name]::Brutus: Octavius?::Cassius: It is not to Caesar to anoint his successor!::Brutus: They're calling his name...::Cassius: Do you think I can't hear?
Caesar: Look at you, Brutus... A model senator! The army wouldn't recognize you...::Brutus: I've fooled them all.
Plot
Marie-Line works as a chief cleaner, at night, in a mall. She leads a team of 3-5 women, most of them being illegal aliens. Marie-Line is a hard woman with a golden heart, and she's in love with dead singer Joe Dassin. When her fascist husband walks out on her, whe tries to find love through ads.
Keywords: african, albanian, cleaning-woman, deportation, forty-something, harassment, humiliation, husband-wife-relationship, illegal-alien, illegal-immigrant
One's cool... one's hot! One's busting out all over... one's not!
Nahga: I understand they taste good pickled.
One's cool... one's hot! One's busting out all over... one's not!
Nahga: I understand they taste good pickled.
Ercole: These accursed ropes. They seem to be bewitched. The more I struggle, the tighter they get.::Ulisse: Then you had better stop struggling.::Ercole: Stop struggling? Have you gone mad? I am not going to let myself be eaten by a sacred vulture.
Lagos: [to Ulisse] Your sufferings will be horrible. You shall die a hideous death, Greek.