"And it came to pass that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed, and all went to be taxed, everyone, to his own city, for to disobey the Roman emperor meant certain death. Oh, there were young people and old people. There were the famous and mighty, and some not yet known, but whose names would eventually linger and be revered for all time. There were good people who could ill afford the cruel tax about to be imposed upon them, and there were others."