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2 yrs after Emperor Augustus's bloody beat of Symbol Antony and Cleopatra, he triumphantly results to Rome. To his only child, Julia, he brings an improbable companion - Selene, the princess of the conquered Egyptian queen and her lover. Under the watchful eye of Augustus's partner, Livia, Selene challenges to simply accept her new home among her parents' enemies. Bound jointly by kinship and spilled blood, these three women - Livia, Selene, and Julia - navigate the dangerous world of Rome's ruling elite, their every move a political strategy, their most seductive decisions in the emperor's hands. Always suppressing their own wishes for the nice of Rome, each must match her role. For astute Livia, this implies unwavering fidelity to her all-powerful partner; for sensual Julia, surrender to a arranged matrimony and denial of her craving for love and the pleasures of the flesh; for orphaned Selene, choosing between devotion to her family's killers and her want revenge. Can they endure Rome's deadly intrigues, or will they be swept away by the perilous currents of the world's most powerful empire?
