the game begins as the roman army, under the command of centurion agrippa (voiced by rick weiss), is fighting a germanic army in the northeastern provinces. in rome, julius caesar (michael bell) is on his way to the senate when he is stabbed. as he dies, he looks at his killer and says "et tu, brute?" as he is cremated in the foro romano, cicero (peter renaday) reveals the assassin to the public; vipsanius (daniel riordan), agrippa's father. as vipsanius maintains his innocence, cicero announces caesar's successor, antonius (chris cox). listening from the crowd, octavianus (scott menville), caesar's nephew, refuses to believe vipsanius is guilty. meanwhile, in germania, agrippa receives word of caesar's death, and orders his men to return to rome.