The First King - Romulus & Remus

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. They are able to rebel and free the other Latin and Sabine prisoners and take the Vesta priestess Satnei, as a hostage. Romulus steals the sacred fire but is stabbed in the side by an Alban soldier. In a conflict concerning the injured Romulus, Remus ends up killing the Latin leader and becomes the new leader of the tribe. Rather than face the Alban Army, the group flees into a forest. The group face and defeat a warrior clan and Remus makes himself King over the surviving women, children, and old men of their pagus. During a sacrifice, Satnei predicts that one of the two brothers will become a great king and build an empire larger than what can be imagined, but to do so he will have to kill the other brother. The tribe assume that the prophecy means that Romulus will end up dead for the sake of his brother's greatness. Remus refuses to accept a divine order that requires him to kill his brother. He extinguishes the sacred fire of Vesta, kills an old priest and leaves Satnei helpless in the middle of a forest. Returning to the pagus, Remus degrades all the inhabitants into slaves. Romulus regains his health and confronts Remus about his actions. Remus, regretful, goes to find Satnei, who while dying from having been attacked by wild animals tells him that sparing Romulus now means that it is Remus who will end up dead at the hands of Romulus. Romulus is able to rekindle the sacred fire and becomes the new leader of the pagus. He appoints a young woman to watch over the fire so it remains lit, thereby establishing the first Vestal. 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. Remus then claims the tribe for himself, and after threatening to extinguish the sacred flame is confronted by his brother. Remus and Romulus fight and Romulus triumphs, mortally wounding Remus. 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. The tribe cross the Tiber and burn Remus' body on a pyre. Romulus swears to build the world's largest and most powerful city on his brother's ashes. He gives the city the name of Rome. 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.