Jim High

After years of decline, the Roman Empire is desperate to recapture its past. Amidst war and political confusion, Urbina Prima schemes to make her son, Cassius, the next emperor. The only thing standing in their way is Maximus, a once great Roman commander with his own dreams of nobility. Can Rome reclaim its glory, or will the chaos lead to civil war? (imdb)

1989, on the cusp of the Velvet Revoluition, Marie and her husband Viktor return home in Prague after years of exile. After a car accident, Marie wakes up from a coma with no trace of Viktor. (imdb)