Kiana, the proud daughter of a Gallic chieftain, is sold into slavery out of revenge. At the slave market in Burdigala, she soon falls in with the Roman governor Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. Initially still suspicious of her new master, a love affair slowly develops between the two of them. But when Marcus is ordered back to Rome by his childhood friend, the tranquil life of the two changes abruptly. Gaius Octavius, the nephew and adopted son of Gaius Julius Caesar, needs Marcus' help against his greatest adversary Sextus Pompeius to break his power in the Mediterranean. Will Marcus Agrippa succeed in defeating the pirate prince? And can the love of Marcus and Kiana withstand the all-devouring power of Rome?