Falsely accused of a theft he did not commit, Timon suffers the full count of the slave master's whip. As his wounds heal he designs an escape plan. Anchored in the harbor is the Aries, a grain ship that sails for Rome on the morning tide. Stealthily, he boards the Aries to become a runaway slave and a stowaway with a price on his head. As the young slave begins his escape he finds himself in even greater danger. Though he does not know it, he...