El primer senador de Roma

In the middle of the 2nd century BC, Rome is the greatest power in the Mediterranean after having defeated Hannibal's Carthage and the powerful kingdoms of Syria and Macedonia. However, despite their dominant position, nothing is enough for the members of the senatorial families, be they Scipios, Claudius, Fabios, Licinios, Fulvios or Sulpicios. Driven by the desire to increase their prestige through military feats and obtaining the greatest number of honors and dignities, they do not hesitate to use intrigues, alliances and disloyalties to satisfy appetites and personal ambitions. It is the world, ultimately, of some emerging Scipio Emiliano and Appio Claudio Pulcro, or of some young Tiberio and Gaius Sempronio Graco, grandsons of Scipio Africano and sons of Cornelia, the exemplary matron. It is also the time of an old and acid Marco Porcio Cato, who in the throes of his life will make famous the famous "Carthago delenda est", Carthage must be destroyed.