Act 1 scene 1

After the death of the emperor of Rome his two sons Saturninus and Bassianus we’re deciding which one of them should take the throne, basically they are arguing for the throne, one of them said that he was the first born so he should be the emperor, but the other brother disagreed, then Marcus and titus show up and the two brothers got silenced. Titus enters to great fanfare, trailed by four living sons and two in coffins he brings with him the Tamora, Queen of the Goths, her three sons, and Aaron her lover. Tamora had to sacrifice her son for Titus’s dead offspring. Marcus offers Titus the scepter of Rome so that he can control rome, but Titus refuses it on account of his age. After Marcus steps in and says ‘Not so fast, boys. Everyone knows the people have already elected Titus Andronicus’ because the two boys were arguing about who going to be king of Rome.