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Empire
身为罗马共和国的统治者，凯撒获得了子民们的尊重和爱戴。可是，仍然有着一小撮的人，比如元老布拉塔斯和凯瑟斯，他们惧怕凯撒日渐壮大的势力，在暗地里结党营私，想要推翻正主的统治。在邀请安东尼入伙不果之后，他们将目标放到了角斗士泰安纳斯的身上。泰安纳斯曾经是一名奴隶，因其强壮的身体和赫赫的战功吸引了凯撒的注意，获得了他的尊重。凯撒解除了泰安纳斯的枷锁，令他重获自由，泰安纳斯因此发誓对凯撒效忠致死。布拉塔斯及其同党绑架了泰安纳斯的儿子皮索，将泰安纳斯从凯撒身边引开，趁此机会刺杀了凯撒，临死前，凯撒将自己的侄子奥克塔维厄斯托付给了泰安纳斯。
Caesar watches as the slave and gladiator, Tyrannus, slaughters his competitors, unaware that Cassius and Brutus -- Caesar's "friends" -- plan to assassinate him shortly, an event foretold by the psychic vestal virgin, Camane. After the assassination, Caesar's murderers seek to take over the empire, but standing in their way is a will naming Caesar's nephew, Octavius, as heir. Keeping a promise made to Caesar, Tyrannus spirits Octavius away from those who now want him dead.
Marc Antony addresses the crowd at Caesar's funeral, where a shroud hides the deceased leader's stab wounds. Octavius' mother, Atia, recently imprisoned by Cassius, is allowed to speak at Caesar's funeral, but she tells the wild crowd that her son is Caesar's true heir. Meanwhile Camane, the psychic vestal virgin, has put her own life at risk by guarding the will, and Tyrannus, fearing for Octavius' life, once again takes the young heir away from the turbulence of Rome.
Camane posts signs around Rome claiming that Octavius is Caesar's rightful heir. Under Tyrannus's protection Octavius is on the run because Cassius wishes him dead. The two are captured by mercenaries and put into a gladiator's prison where they will face certain death if their true identities are revealed.
Though Octavius believes they are safe at Marc Antony's villa, Tyrannus doesn't trust his host and, after arguing with both Octavius and Antony, he leaves the villa. It turns out that Tyrannus had good reason to distrust the ambitious Antony, who arranges to have Octavius bitten by a poisonous snake and leaves him to die.
Camane, the beautiful Vestal Virgin, saves Octavius' life after he is bitten by a poisonous snake. When Marc Antony's soldiers arrive suddenly to assassinate Octavius, Camane puts herself in harm's way so the young Emperor can escape and hopefully claim his throne.
Octavius decides to give up the beautiful Vestal Virgin, Camane, and to devote himself to what he was born to -- the position of Emperor of Rome. The former slave and gladiator, Tyrannus, joins Octavius' forces in the midst of battle to fight against the power-driven Marc Antony, as the fate of Rome and the western world hang in the balance.
