Against impossible odds and obscene corruption, a defiant SLAVE’S race for freedom lifts a blood thirsty Empire to its feet and drives a malicious EMPEROR to his knees. 

SYNOPSIS:

Gladiator on Wheels

Taken as a slave from his native Spain, GAUIS DIOCLES rises from stable boy to champion with fearless determination. But in second-century Rome chariot racing is more than a sport, it is a vital revenue stream. Emboldened by EMPEROR HADRIAN’s extended absence, Prefect MARCIUS TURBO fixes the races at CIRCUS MAXIMUS to finance the means to secure his power. With over fourteen hundred recorded victories, Diocles’ success threatens the empire’s economic stability, and with it Turbo’s treasonous ambitions. To the senators, citizens and slaves who worship his audacity and shield him from retaliation, Diocles is their champion. He wields his fame like a sword and even the love of his life, ELENA AREILUS, suffers his empowerment of celebrity. Only his countryman, VASSO, understands it is not glory that drives him, but a reckless obsession to avenge his sister CASSIA’s death. Diocles’ life is filled with triumphs and tragedies, corruption and courage, depravity and love. Even when he discovers his sister is alive, and the world turns against him, he never surrenders. Forced to choose between Cassia’s life and his family’s freedom, in a moment of truth, in a time of doubt, against impossible odds, Diocles summons the inner strength to defy Turbo and regain his honor on the harena track of Circus Maximus.