Castrum Pontes

Castrum Pontes Overview: The year is 306, known as the “Year of the six emperors”. Five emperors are fighting for power. The Roman Empire is in chaos. The Civil War is in sight. A thousand miles away from Rome on the right bank of the Danube, Castrum Pontes was built. Its purpose was to defend the bridge from the Barbarian invasion. The only problem was that bridge was gone. However, that doesn't bother General Maximus the commander of the fort, the Centurion who is preparing for retirement, Legionnaire Marcus son of the Senator who hates politics and Legionnaire Lucius who is the brain of all the operations to still defend the bridge from the Barbarians. At least until the situatuion in Rome settles down and they could see who will win. On the other side of the Danube, there is a small Sarmatian tribe. Their leader Antigonus is trying his best to complicate the existence of Romans. But his "competence", the information given by their spy Drusus, and the training of his warriors are working toward complicating their own lives as well. Castrum Pontes is the sitcom placed in a time of great battles, heroes, immortals, who wrote the history. This is not a story about them but about ordinary mortals, whose goal is to survive turbulent times. It is a well known saying that history is written by the winners, but every story from the past has another side as well, the one that winners did not write about. Main Characters: Maximus, the commander of the fort. Seen (only the sidelines) of many battles. Hortensia, the wife of Maximus. In her thoughts she is always in Rome. Centurion, a typical soldier. More muscles than brains. Marcus, the Centurion's deputy. Son of the patrician. Proof that beauty and brains usually do not go side by side. Lucius, fourth man at the fort, but first for his resourcefulness. Publius, a legionnaire. A gambler by nature and a legionnaire only on paper. Drusus, Maximus's servant, a spy. Collects information for the Sarmatians, mostly insignificant. Antigonus, the chief of the Sarmatians. Living proof why the Roman empire had lasted for a thousand years, and not a lot less. Castrum Pontes Pilot LOGLINE EPISODE ONE: Roman General Maximus comes to begin his new task, as the commander of Castrum Pontes. Castrum Pontes is fortress on the right bank of the Danube, next to the bridge. The only problem is that the bridge collapsed ten years ago and legionnaires do not want to leave the fortress. SYNOPSIS EPISODE ONE :The new commander General Maximus arrives in Castrum Pontes. New task, new experience but also new hope to rise is the driving force of the new commander. That would not be a problem if the bridge was not swept away by a torrent nearly ten years ago. Everyday life of legionnaires stationed in the fort is being disrupted. Centurion, Marcus and Lucius are using the upcoming civil war and the General Maximus's dilemma which side to choose, in order to dissuade him from returning to Rome and closing down the fort. On the other side of the Danube, the Sarmatian tribe is choosing the new chief. Antigonus, a young tribe leader wins against his 80 years old predecessor. Antigonus has his own spy in the enemy ranks. That is Drusus, Maximus's servant. He learns through him all the unimportant information from the fort. Warriors have understood long ago that success is rated by the likes of your enemy. Following that thought, General Maximus "creates" a terrible enemy from the small Sarmatian tribe, so that their battle for the defense of Roman empire can begin.