In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.

Warrior Odysseus leaves his idyllic life in the kingdom of Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. Following victory, he now must endure a lengthy, decade-long return journey, and with all his wits, overcome deadly monsters, powerful forces of nature, seductive enchantresses, and even journey into the bowels of the Underworld.

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

《疯狂的罗兰》这部长篇骑士史诗，承接博亚尔多未竟之作《热恋的罗兰》，而骑士罗兰的故事源自12世纪法国英雄史诗查理大帝系列里的《罗兰之歌》。史诗有三条主线，一条是基督教骑士与撒拉逊人之间的战争——这也是故事的背景，一条是罗兰等骑士对安杰丽佳的爱情，另一条是布拉达曼和鲁杰罗之间的爱情。围绕着这三条主线，史诗中出现了无众多的人物和情节故事。人物有国王、骑士、僧侣、牧民、美女，也有仙人、妖怪、魔鬼、巫师，形象栩栩如生、多姿多彩，情节跌宕起伏，现实世界与幻想世界互相穿插、交相呼应。史诗规模恢宏，结构严谨，构成了一部和谐宏伟的杰作。 北京外国语大学王军教授倾数年之力，用全新诗体的形式从意大利语完整翻译了这部经典文学作品，并作导读和注释，以飨广大读者。

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.