The story opens on
the day that the Western Roman Empire collapses finally in 470AD, as the
Last Emperor of Rome is encamped protected by the Nova Invicta Legion.
All is lost in the space of a few minutes as a horde of Barbarians sweep
through the camp in the fog, kill the Imperial family and take the
young Emperor captive. The Roman Empire is in ruins . . .
But all is not lost. From the dust of battlefields
emerges a small team of invincible warriors - The Last Legion. Their
task is to rescue the Emperor and his enigmatic tutor and to try and
resurrect the glory of Rome. All their strength of character and bravery
come into play as they guide the last Caesar in a dramatic journey of
escape through a devastated Italy and Northern Europe to their ultimate
destinies in the land of the Britons... and the beginning of a new
legend.