Years go by, centuries change, but Rome stands. Having survived terrible fires, the follies of Caligula, the pompous heyday of Nero, overcoming the terror of Domitian, prospering in the era of “good” emperors, the Roman state continues to develop, growing with new provinces and mastering new areas of thought. And throughout the history of Ancient Rome, the line of the Pinarius family unfolds: one of them was a soothsayer-augur, another adopted Christianity, the third chose the path of a sculptor, transforming the appearance of the Eternal City - and each was kept by a magical talisman, a phasinum, passed on from father to son through the generations. per generation. The continuation of the novel “Rome” by the famous American writer-historian Steven Saylor gives a new meeting with the bright descendants of the heroes of the previous book, who in their own way reshape the fate of the Roman Empire, largely determining the development of modern civilization. For the first time in Russian!