Four Emperors. Two Friends. One Destiny.
As twilight descends on the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire is but a
shadow of its former self. Decades of usurping emperors, splinter
kingdoms, and savage wars have left the people beleaguered, the armies
weary and the future uncertain. And into this chaos Emperor Diocletian
steps, reforming the succession to allow for not one emperor to rule the
world, but four.
Meanwhile, two boys share a chance meeting in the great city of
Treverorum as Diocletian's dream is announced to the imperial court.
Throughout the years that follow, they share heartbreak and glory as
that dream sours and the empire endures an era of tyranny and dread.
Their lives are inextricably linked, their destinies ever-converging as
they rise through Rome's savage stations, to the zenith of empire. For
Constantine and Maxentius, the purple robes beckon.