Unemployed Czech-speaking writer Nicholas Whistler thinks he's got a job visiting Prague for a bit of industrial espionage. In fact he is now in the employ of British Intelligence. His pretty chauffeuse on arrival behind the Iron Curtain, Comrade Simonova, is herself a Czech agent. Just as well she's immediately attrac…

公元536年，贝利萨留进军罗马，罗马教皇和居民献城投降，罗马城在被蛮族占领60年后又由贝利萨留夺回。

公园六世纪，罗马帝国业已风雨飘摇，意大利沦入东哥特人之手达60年之久。为了夺回罗马帝国的发祥地意大利，恢复罗马帝国全盛时代的疆域，查士丁尼统治的东罗马帝国（拜占庭帝国）决意与东哥特人的蛮族部落展开一场血血战。驱逐东哥特人不仅是对昔日罗马辉煌的向往，而且也是恢复罗马版图的关键。