Fire Over Rome

Marcus Valerius a young consul is assigned the mission to assist Menecrate the leader of the Pretorian Guard in the arrest and execution of as many Christians as possible While raiding the Catacombs he has the surprise to find among the Christians the woman he loves Giulia who has been converted secretly to the banned religion He helps her to escape and trouble soon follows Stripped of his rank and arrested for defending the rebels he is condemned to fight as a gladiator