100AD, Rome is a mixing pot of people and cultures from every corner of the empire.
Emperor Augustus Caesar, loved by his people, spends his gold feeding and entertaining the masses.
Rome is bustling with chariot races, public feasts and gladiatorial fights.
The Spartan brothers have no equals in the Colosseum, having never been defeated.
This is the world thirteen-year-old Lucius Barca grows up in with his family outside Rome.
Lucius and his three best friends spend their time pl.