Drusus Servilius Meridius the son of Maximus Decimus Meridius and Flavia is still alive. Apparently his mother Flavia switched her son for a servant boy with the help Maximus's loyal servant Cicero. Cicero arrived at Maximus’s villa in Spain two days before Commodus’s men ever reached there and bought a boy slave with the similar facial features as Drusus. Drusus now a man is hiding from his mother’s Roman murderers in the forests in the Roman province of Britannia living among a nomadic tribe. Lucius son of Lucilla is in Parthia serving as a centurion under the command and protection of Senator Gracchus’s young nephew Titus Aelius, a Tribune in the Roman army. Falco has risen to power in Rome and is no longer a member of the Roman Senate. Falco is now a loyal close advisor to the young wicked Emperor, Caracalla. Who is co-ruler of Rome along with his brother Geta. Lucius and Titus have a conversation about the late hero of Rome Maximus. Drusus is grateful for Lucilla for saving his life as a young boy and decides to leave Britannia and return with Lucilla to Umbria. Falco surprisingly arrives at Lucilla’s villa for the dinner party. Falco meets Drusus. As the party progresses when Drusus pours wine into Falco’s goblet. Falco sees Maximus’s likeness in his face. After the party Lucilla tells Drusus he is now endanger from Falco and advises him to leave her estate and go to Parthia to go and see her son Lucius Versus.
