Watch on Soap2day. The King of Petra goes to fight the Romans and leaves his wife, Queen Shakila, to assume the duties of government in his absence, and his only daughter, Petra, who is seven years old. Two Roman soldiers, Patricius and Laius, arrive with the rest of the caravans and claim that they want to keep their treasures in the vault, after which they kidnap the little princess and keep her hostage.