End of the second century BC. The last decades of the Roman Republic. Gaius Marius is a talented commander, he wins one battle after another, but faces the envy and hostility of representatives of the Roman aristocrats. However, Mari stubbornly pursues his goal, because the Syrian soothsayer predicted that he would be consul seven times and become the First Man in Rome. Lucius Cornelius Sulla is a true patrician, but he is a beggar, so he will never enter the Senate, let alone to become a consul is out of the question. However, smart and ruthless, he is ready to go through the path of betrayal, shed blood in order to accomplish great deeds for the good of the fatherland, to perpetuate his name for centuries...