In Imperial Rome during the 1st century, Lucius Murena, a young patrician close to Nero, becomes caught in the struggles for power surrounding the succession of Emperor Claudius. As Agrippina schemes to place her son on the throne and eliminate those who threaten her ambitions, Murena sees his own family struck by the intrigues of the imperial court. His fate then becomes closely tied to Nero’s, whose rise gradually transforms their friendship into a complex relationship marked by trust, rivalry, and betrayal. Through political conspiracies, murders, passions, and struggles for influence, the series explores the early years of Nero’s reign and the violence of an Empire where power can justify almost anything.