Two thousand years after Pilate pardoned Christ, Rome still rules the world with its gun-toting centurions and soaring cloud-galleys. But when Caesar Germanicus Agricola seeks to transform the stagnant empire into a true republic, even his own legions rise up against him. From the gilded palaces of the imperial City to the desert fortress of Masada, Germanicus battles to keep his dream alive. Yet with a corrupt usurper on the throne and the warlike Goths becoming ever bolder, an even Caesar himself prevent the final, bloody fall of Rome? Cover art by James Gurney.