A fairyTale marriage that goes terribly wrong, a ruling dynasty struggling to keep everything together by having overly ambitious palace officials do the dirty work, and prominent Roman generals who dream of taking the throne for themselves.
An era of territorial resurgence and Imperial extravagance, but also an era.
This explosive mixture of occurrences takes place in the 10th century Byzantine Empire .
A fairyTale marriage that goes terribly wrong, a ruling dynasty struggling to keep everything together by having overly ambitious palace officials do the dirty work, and prominent Roman generals who dream of taking the throne for themselves