Plot: Cleopatra bears Roman Emperor Julius Caesar an illegitimate son, but when Caesar claims him as his rightful heir, members of the Senate conspire to assassinate their Emperor.
Plot: A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.
Plot: A web of power, corruption and lies, the reigns of the emperors who came after Julius Caesar. Following the history of the Roman Empire from Marcellus to the death of Claudius.
Plot: As Napoleon Bonaparte's conflict with Russia reaches its peak, a few members of five aristocratic families foresee their lives changing for the better.