Bertahun-tahun setelah menyaksikan kematian pahlawan yang disegani Maximus di tangan pamannya, Lucius dipaksa memasuki Colosseum setelah rumahnya ditaklukkan oleh Kaisar tirani yang kini memimpin Roma dengan tangan besi. Dengan amarah di hatinya dan masa depan Kekaisaran yang dipertaruhkan, Lucius harus menengok ke masa lalunya untuk menemukan kekuatan dan kehormatan guna mengembalikan kejayaan Roma kepada rakyatnya.
Ratu Helen kabur dari Sparta untuk bersama sang kekasih, Pangeran Troy. Yunani pun menghimpun semua armada dan merancang pengepungan selama 10 tahun sebagai balasannya.
Against the background of decline of the Roman Empire, "Peplum" takes us into the lives of Bravus, a former slave who became adviser to the tyrannical Emperor Maximus. Under pressure, stuck between a professional life stressful and chaotic family life, his days are not looking easy. Indeed, work side Bravus must wet the gown to slow a decline that has a tendency to accelerate under the leadership of the incompetent messy, cruel, capricious and narcissistic Maximus. Personal side, he must face every night his son Caius freshly converted to Christianity, his wife Octavia, foreign to the codes of good Roman society and daughter Lydia sassy which assimilates too well. "Peplum" or how to avoid the burn out in a declining society. The parallel with today can not be a coincidence.
