The Crisis of the Third Century threatened to destroy the Roman Empire forever. Just as it seemed Emperor Aurelian reunited the Empire and seemed on track to save it, he was brutally murdered. Diocles, a general in the Roman legions and an avid admirer of the late Emperor, decides he needs to take matters into his own hands if the Empire is to be saved. Unfortunately for him, he's not the only one who thinks this way. Can he save Rome before it destroys itself?