Ο στρατηγός Μάρκος Βινίσιος επιστρέφει στη Ρώμη ύστερα από τρία χρόνια πολέμων. Γρήγορα ερωτεύεται την Λύγκια, αλλά αυτή είναι χριστιανή και δεν ανταποκρίνεται. Ο Βινίσιος επιμένει και ζητάει από τον παράφρονα αυτοκράτορα Νέρων να του την δώσει για σκλάβα.
Roman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to "miserable, cold, wet Britain" where "the natives are revolting - quite literally". Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior.
Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.
A Roman soldier falls in love with the daughter of a Greek city's anti-Roman leader.