Contents of the collection with annotations: – The Price of Empire. The Great Roman Empire. The third century from the birth of Christ. Another hundred years will pass - and the thousand-year-old Rome will fall. It will become a tasty prey for hordes of barbarians. But now the Empire is still quite strong. And is able to protect its borders. - Legion against the Empire. The Great Roman Empire. Third century AD. Rich imperial province of Syria. Peaceful province. But on its borders the troops of Shahinshah Ardashir, the ruler of the Persians, who overthrew the Parthian dynasty and is eager for new battles and new victories, are already accumulating. The governor of Syria, Gennady Pavel (formerly Lieutenant Colonel Gennady Cherepanov) and his friend, the military legate of the First German Legion, Alexy Victor (once- then his name was Alexei Korshunov) must stop the Persians. Their forces are limited, but counting on the participation of Great Rome is pointless. The government has changed in the capital, and from the new emperor one should expect not help, but trouble. War is inevitable, but Cherepanov does not intend to give Syria to the Persians. There have been worse times and more dangerous situations in his life. And he knows how to fight no worse than the ruler of the Persians.