 The stooges are potters in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Octopus Grabus. When the emperor orders all beautiful red-headed women to be brought before him so he can select a wife, Diana, a pretty red-head, seeks refuge with the stooges. Some soldiers find Diana s hiding place and they are all brought to the palace where the stooges escape and try to pass of Curly as Diana, having broken the emperor s glasses. Their ruse fails and they re caught by the palace guards as they try to escape.