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Britannia, 45 AD: Vespasian's brother, Sabinus, is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods – not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother and they plan to sacrifice the siblings on midsummer's day. Vespasian must strive to save his brother whilst completing the conquest of the south-west of the haunted isle, before he is drawn inexorably back to Rome and the heart of Imperial politics.

Caecilia has long been torn between her birthplace of Rome and her adopted city of Veii. Yet faced with mounting danger to her husband, children, and Etruscan freedoms, will her call to destroy Rome succeed? Pinna has clawed her way from prostitute to the concubine of the Roman general Camillus. Deeply in love, can she exert her own power to survive the threat of exposure by those who know her sordid past?

Caecilia, Roman born but Etruscan wed, forsakes Rome to return to her husband, Vel Mastarna, exposing herself to the enmity of his people while knowing the Romans will give her a traitor's death if Veii falls. Semni, a reckless Etruscan servant in the House of Mastarna, embroils herself in schemes that threaten Caecilia's son and Semni's own chance for love. Pinna, a destitute Roman prostitute, uses coercion to gain the attention of Rome's greatest general at the risk of betraying Caecilia's cousin.

Au printemps 1598, le jeune Aurelio quitte la ferme de ses parents pour la plus belle et décadente ville du monde : Rome. Depuis qu'il est enfant, il n'a qu'un rêve, devenir sculpteur et travailler avec il gigante, le génie, Michel-Ange. Mais l'artiste a dû abandonner son art, contraint par le puissant pape Jules II à se consacrer à un autre projet, peindre le plafond de la chapelle Sixtine. Engagé comme modèle et apprenti, Aurelio assistera aux tourments quotidiens du maestro, aux terribles luttes de pouvoir qui agitent Rome et à la création du plus grand chef-d'œuvre.