Hannibal builds an army to conquer the Alps, and the shepherd Viriathus organizes a resistance to save his people.

Spartacus' slave uprising threatens Rome on its own turf. Arminius, born in Germania but raised a Roman, chooses a side in the fight for freedom.

Led by Alaric, the Goths sack Rome. Attila the Hun seizes power in the midst of chaos and destruction, while the barbarians move in for the kill. Geiseric, king of the Vandals, masterminds the end of Rome. The Roman Empire falls.

Arminius unites tribes and sets up an ambush to drive Rome out of Germania. Boudica wreaks bloody havoc on the Empire. Rome's betrayal of the Goths leads to an apocalyptic clash.