End of the 2nd century BC. Mighty Rome, the conqueror of almost all the countries of the Mediterranean, magnificently celebrated the victorious end of the war with Jugurtha, king of Numidia. But the Romans' joy at this new victory was overshadowed by their heavy defeats in Gaul, where numerous and warlike Germanic tribes of the Cimbri and Teutones invaded. The “barbarians” once again defeated and destroyed the Roman legions. The only thing that saves Italy from complete defeat is that the Germans, for some reason, refused to invade a defenseless country immediately after their victory. In Rome they are preparing for war with feverish haste. The oppressed slaves gathered from all over the world in Italy are trying to take advantage of the fear and uncertainty reigning among the Romans. They form conspiracies and organize riots. A secretly prepared and well-organized uprising breaks out near the city of Capua, led by the bankrupt Roman horseman Titus Minucius...