Yahudi

Ezra is about to depart when Elijah, upset, stands on a balcony in the Jewish quarter. A stone slips from Elijah's hand and strikes Brutus on the head. Brutus immediately orders Elijah's arrest and, because Elijah is Jewish, sentences him to death.

Ezra hurries back to Brutus's doorstep to plead for Elijah's life. Brutus refuses, and Elijah is fed to hungry lions as punishment. The event marks a brutal turn in Rome's treatment of Ezra and his people.

Ezra sinks into a catatonic grief after his son's death. Emmanuel, his loyal butler, observes and resolves to act to help him recover. The household struggles under the weight of loss.

Emmanuel abducts Lydia, Brutus's daughter, and brings her to Ezra. Lydia's arrival jolts Ezra out of his catatonia, and he refuses to harm her, choosing to adopt her as his own child.

Brutus orders the guards to locate his daughter and punish all Jews. Emmanuel helps Lydia escape, and they flee into the city. He spins a cruel lie to the guards about Lydia's fate, provoking a deadly reaction that costs him his life.

Ezra hides Lydia in secret and raises her as his daughter, though her origins are kept hidden. She grows into a beautiful young woman named Hannah. Fifteen years pass as Ezra becomes a celebrated jeweller.

Hannah emerges as a striking beauty who attracts attention in Rome. The Emperor arrives for the marriage of Prince Marcus to Brutus's niece Octivia, sweeping into the city for the royal ceremony. Hannah's presence looms as the plot moves toward the royal spectacle.

Prince Marcus is injured on a hunting trip and is cared for by Hannah. He returns in disguise as a Jew named Moshe and enters the Jewish neighborhood, where he and Hannah fall in love. When the truth surfaces, Hannah bans him for the deception.

On the day of Marcus and Octivia's wedding, Hannah accuses Marcus of deception, appealing to the Emperor for justice. The Emperor demands the culprit, while Brutus defends the prince, sparking a dramatic confrontation.

The next day, Hannah recants and reveals that the cheating was done by a look-alike, not the prince. Ezra is astonished, and Brutus sentences Hannah and Ezra to death by boiling oil in a dramatic public display.

Marcus blinds himself to spare Ezra and Hannah and accompanies them to the cauldron chamber. Ezra pleads for Hannah's life and then reveals to Brutus that Hannah is Brutus's daughter, a truth that unsettles the political calculus. Ezra dies at the moment the fate of Hannah hangs in the balance.

Brutus hesitates, but Ezra has already sealed Hannah's fate with the revelation. Hannah breaks free, finds the blinded Marcus, and the two of them support each other as they disappear into the distance.