Cherusci tribal chief Segimer bristles at the increasing demands of new governor Varus. Secret lovers Thusnelda and Folkwin deal Rome a symbolic blow. ...
The theft of the standard provokes a crisis, reuniting Roman officer Arminius with his father Segimer, and childhood friends Folkwin and Thusnelda. ...
Ari and Thusnelda forge a political marriage and begin uniting the fractious Germanic tribes. Folkwiin is believed dead but has actually been enslaved. ...