In Old Latium in 753 BC, a flash flood causes the two shepherd brothers Romulus and Remus to be stranded and captured as slaves in Alba Longa.

The group face and defeat a warrior clan and Remus makes himself King over the surviving women, children, and old men of their pagus.

He extinguishes the sacred fire of Vesta, kills an old priest and leaves Satnei helpless in the middle of a forest.

Remus, trying to escape the prophecy, heads for the Tiber with a group of men, but is attacked by Alban cavalry and only saved by the tribe of Romulus.

On his deathbed he makes peace with his brother, recognizes him as his king, and tells him to establish a city on the other side of the river.

During the end credits, an animated map shows the expansion of the territory subject to Rome up to its peak under the emperor Trajan in 117.

[2] The director had no intention to comment on contemporary politics, but said that the myth's theme of love and hubris "talks to us through symbols that we can interpret in the light of our current time".

The language was created by a team from the University Guglielmo Marconi led by professor Luca Alfieri, with the aid of Francesco Pirozzi and Beatrice Grieco.