Generalen som blev slav. Slaven som blev gladiator. Gladiatorn som trotsade ett kejsardöme. Av ren avundsjuka vill den blivande kejsaren Commodus mörda den tappre general Maximus och hans familj. I sista sekunden lyckas Maximus fly från sin avrättning, men istället kommer han hem och finner sin familj avrättad.

It is the word "horde" that had meant, for many countries and nations, bloody raids and being under humilating contribution for centuries - a strange and scary world with its own rules and customs. To be or not to be for Rus (Ruthenia), that is the price of the one-man mission as he is departing to this world to accomplish a feat. The film tells the story of how Saint Alexius, the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, healed the Tatar Queen Taidula, Jani-Beg's mother, from blindness, in 1357.

Constantine is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.