At the dawn of the Roman Empire when tyranny ruled a daughter of Egypt & a son of Rome found each other... Selenes parents are gone her country has been taken from her & she has been brought to the city of Rome in chains with only her twin brother Alexander to remind her of home & all she once had. Paraded as captives & brought to live among the ruling family Selene & her brother attend lessons learning how to be Roman & where allegiances lie. Devoting herself to her artistic skill & training as an architect she tries to make herself useful in hope of staying alive & being allowed to return to Egypt. But before long she is distracted by the young & handsome heir to the empire. But all is not well in the city & when the elusive Red Eagle starts calling for the end of slavery causing riots & murder & the Roman army goes to war Selene & Alexander the children of Mark Antony Romes lost son & greatest rival find their lives in grave danger.