Kampf um Rom

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In the 6th century AD the Roman Empire has been shattered by Germanic invasions. Italy is ruled as an independent kingdom by the Ostrogoths, while the surviving, eastern remnant of Roman civilization is fast taking on a new identity as the Byzantine Empire.The aristocracy of Rome, led by the crafty and arrogant Cethegus Caesarius, dream of overthrowing the Goths and reclaiming their citys ancestral glory. When the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great dies, Cethegus takes advantage of the struggle for the succession that erupts between Amalaswintha and Mataswintha, the kings savage daughters. Having played on Amalaswinthas paranoia to build his own power, Cethegus makes a secret pact with Narses, Byzantiums greatest general. The two will pool their armies to recapture Italy, meanwhile trying to undermine one another. Whoever emerges alive and victorious will claim both armies and power over a reconstituted Roman world. Meanwhile Cethegus hatred of the Ostrogoths is counterbalanced by his daughter Julias romance with Totila, a distinguished young Gothic warrior. ........

Source: Wikipedia