Returning triumphantly to Rome, general Titus Andronicus brings with him the Goth Queen Tamora and her three sons as prisoners of war. Sacrificing the eldest Goth son to appease the ghosts of his fallen own, his refusal to accept the title of emperor, and his blatant disregard for Tamora’s pleas of mercy, Titus sets into motion a horrific cycle of mutilation, rape, and murder.