Rome, 61 BC. The life of young Mark Cornelius suddenly and dramatically changes. His father, a former centurion, is killed, and Mark himself and his mother are sold into slavery. Fate separates him from his mother, and Mark ends up in a gladiator school. This is the first lesson he is taught: “Forget about your old life. Now your home is here. All you can do is learn to fight and survive. If you succeed in your studies, you will fight in the arena and perhaps die like a real man. Or you will be rewarded with fame and fortune." Mark decides to survive this harsh life at all costs. After all, he has a goal: to find his mother and take revenge on his father’s killers...For the first time in Russian!