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Rome, AD 34: Vespasian is serving as a military officer on the outskirts of the Empire. But political events in Rome – Tiberius’s increasing debauchery, the escalating grain crisis – draw him back to the city. When Caligula becomes Emperor, Vespasian believes that things will improve. Instead, the young emperor deteriorates from Rome’s shining star to a blood-crazed, incestuous, all-powerful madman. Caligula’s most extravagant project is to bridge the bay of Neapolis and ride over it wearing Alexander’s breastplate
