Seven Days on the Cross is the story of Varinia the grand-daughter of Spartacus and the suspected leader of a conspiracy against the Roman Empire. She falls into the hands of the Romans who are not going to allow another Spartacus to rise up against the established order.
Her captors decided to make an example of her to dissuade others to follow in her steps. If 2000 crucified rebels did not make a point before, one woman as an spectacle of pain should. In the First Episode, Varinia becomes acquainted with her companion for the next seven torturous days: the rough and unforgiving timber and spends her first two days subject to merciless punishments.