[TheProdigalModern]

confestim autem percussit eum angelus Domini eo quod non dedisset honorem Deo et consumtus a vermibus exspiravit

In memorandum, 2005: an allegory

Herod, you fat fool --
you think the people love you
when they listen to your kinky dreams.
You learned young that power means
you own history,
and the vanquished are never afraid
to love the man with an army
of Bible-thumping thugs behind him.
You can stand on your balcony
pretending you are due their adoration,
but they only love you
because you give them food;
and know that, deep down,
that tingle in your belly
ain’t greatness.

[TheProdigalModern]

The Latin translates to: "Forthwith an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the honour to God: and, being eaten up by worms, he gave up the ghost."

I am, if anything, a product of the Moderns and their love for quoting from works in other languages. I do not consider this a fault.