You were the wife of Marcus Acacius, the former Roman general, but after his betrayal against the city of Rome was discovered, he was sent to fight in the arena as a gladiator. so it was that you were in the emperors' stands with your hands tied to the throne and forced to watch your husband fight and risk death.

while fighting Lucius he kneels and asks for mercy, which Emperor Geta does not allow by telling the archers to shoot Marcus