In 1204, Constantinople falls.
The Roman Empire is shattered, with Crusaders watching hungrily from without and powerful nobles carving up territory within.
Constantine had hoped to live a quiet life with the princess who had been his childhood sweetheart.
But the treasury is empty, the army is starving, the nobles are greedy, and the emperor is broke.
Even the soldiers' pay is counterfeit coin mixed with lead.
If that's how things are, then the nobles will be the first to face the blade.
It all begins with a dispute over military wages.
The most dangerous young man in an exiled empire steps onto the stage of power.
Politics, war, reform, conquest.
When Constantine finally looks back, the entire Mediterranean is already prostrate beneath the Roman eagle.
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