Gaius Julius Caesar is killed. Rome is in grief. The murderers, who called themselves the Liberators of Rome, have been amnestied, but are not at peace about their fate - what they did has resonated too loudly. The Senate is on their side, but not everyone is ready to betray the memory of the great hero of Rome. Caesar's longtime comrade-in-arms, Mark Antony, who rose to prominence under his patronage, and Caesar's adopted son Gaius Octavian entered into an alliance and will stop at nothing - retribution must befall the traitors. In particular, Mark Brutus, a childhood friend, associate and organizer of a treacherous conspiracy against the Divine Julius... Years passed, and all these events described in Conn Iggulden’s novel “Blood of the Gods” became ancient history. Iggulden’s story “The Fig Tree” is dedicated to the last days of the reign of Caesar’s adopted son, Octavian, who was destined, under the name of Caesar Augustus, to bury the Republic and be the first to assume the title of Emperor of Rome.