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唐代中叶,经历过武后乱政、安史之乱后,终于暂享了一段太平盛世。及至代宗一朝,朝中的两大势力分别是以代宗堂兄晋王为首的一众文臣,及汾阳王郭子仪所领的一众武将。两大阵营常因不同政见而争持不休,晋王与子仪虽然表面关系和洽,但其实平和气氛之下却藏着暗涌……。Katherine of Alexandria, brought up as a nomad and living in the desert, was aged just 11 when Emperor Maxentius saw her whilst out on patrol. Consumed by her beauty, impudence and uncanny talent for languages, he abducted the child, killing her family. The slaughter was witnessed by her young friend, Constantine, who would later become Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. He never lost hope of finding Katherine. As a young woman, Katherine refused to submit to Maxentius' offers of marriage and she continually denounced his brutal enforcement of pagan religion upon the masses. Still obsessed with her beauty, Maxentius brought Katherine before 50 of Rome's finest scholars in an open court in Alexandria, where she eloquently demolished their arguments. When Constantine learned of Katherine's whereabouts and imprisonment at the hands of Maxentius, he led his army from York in a desperate bid to save her.。