The Grandeur That Was Rome

Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.

Sir Mortimer Wheeler considers some of the outstanding features of the Roman Empire

Louis, defeated mayor of his small town’s latest election, has to bid farewell to his seat after twenty years of loyalty. Following his defeat, he goes trough a rough patch that leaves him confused towards his future. As events seem to conspire to remind him the bitter taste of his failure, he finds unlikely solace at his neighbour’s house.