a group of samaritans armed themselves on a religious pilgrimage. >> the moment the samaritans chose to take up arms, there was no way that incident was going to end other than pilate intervening. >> many people are killed. and the ring leaders of the movement are put to death. after the uprising is put down, the samaritans launch an official complaint against pilate, and so he's recalled to rome to answer the charges. >> but before he can get there, his patron, the emperor tiberius, dies. >> and we have no idea what happened to him once he reached rome. he just drops out of history. >> but the name of pilate will live on. >> pilate's tragic flaw was that