For four hundred years, a sacred line keeps every Roman army outside the city walls. Then General Sulla marches his legions straight across it, breaking the ultimate rule and setting the stage for Julius Caesar.
Marcus Crassus commands the only fire brigade in ancient Rome. But when a building goes up in flames, his men stand by and watch until the desperate owner agrees to his price.
Pompey conquers the Mediterranean and brings Rome unimaginable wealth, yet the Senate completely shuts him out. Left with no choice, three bitter rivals gather in secret to quietly take over the entire Republic.
Rome’s Republic is built to prevent any single man from seizing absolute power. Then three men meet in secret, and the one nobody takes seriously quietly sets the ultimate trap.
Trapped on a hillfort, 80,000 Gauls wait for Julius Caesar to storm the gates. Instead, Caesar orders his legions to build a wall around the entire city—and a second wall facing outward.
Marcus Crassus owns half of Rome, but gold cannot buy military glory. Desperate to match Caesar, he marches 35,000 legionaries into the desert against an enemy Rome has never fought.
Cornered by political rivals, Julius Caesar marches a single legion across the Rubicon to face the entire Roman Republic. He prepares for a brutal war, but Rome responds in a way no one saw coming.
Pompey the Great conquers three continents and commands Rome's supreme army against Julius Caesar. But when the defeated general flees to Egypt seeking refuge, an unthinkable greeting awaits him on the shore.
Julius Caesar holds absolute control over Rome, yet publicly rejects every offer to be crowned king. But three days before he marches for war, his enemies realize his humble refusal is the most dangerous move of all.
Sixty Roman senators execute history’s most infamous assassination with chilling precision. Then they step into the streets and realize they have no plan for the morning after.
The Roman Senate laughs when a 19-year-old demands supreme power decades before his legal age. They stop laughing when he buys a private army and marches into Rome.
Mark Antony holds the vast armies and riches of the East. To bring him down, Octavian commits an unthinkable sacrilege by stealing a sealed secret from Rome's most sacred temple.
Ancient warships never carry sails into battle—they are built to fight, not flee. But as Mark Antony loads his fleet with them anyway, his soldiers realize the terrifying truth behind his master plan.
Rome builds its entire empire on one unbreakable rule: no single man can rule. Then Octavian walks into the Senate, surrenders all his power, and somehow leaves with total control over the ancient world.