The first four novels from the world-famous nonology about the Ancient World by the famous Australian writer Colleen McCullough, “The First Man in Rome.”  The fascinating novel “The First Man in Rome” tells the story of love, war, and the intricacies of intrigue and palace coups. This book is about a glorious and terrible era in human history. The author plunges the reader into the whirlpool of chaos, passions and luxury of Ancient Rome. This is a novel about power, about the ways of conquering it and enjoying it. Gaius Marius is rich, but of low birth, Lucius Cornelius Sulla is an aristocrat, but poor. And yet he will become the First Man in Rome - the emperor of the greatest empire in the history of mankind. "Herbal Wreath." “The Herbal Wreath” is the second part of Colleen McCullough’s dilogy, which is a continuation of the novel “The First Man in Rome.” The famous conqueror of Germany and Numidia, Gaius Marius, strives to achieve what was predicted to him many years ago: an unprecedented election as consul of Rome for the seventh time. This can only be achieved at the cost of betrayal and blood. The struggle pits Marius against murderers, power-hungers and Senate intriguers and leads to conflict with the ambitious Lucius Cornelius Sulla, once Marius's trusted right-hand man, and now his most dangerous rival.

Contents:1. The first man in Rome. Volume 12. The first man in Rome. Volume 2 (Translation: A. Abramov, Igor Savelyev)3. Herbal wreath. Volume 1 (Translation: Z. Zarifova, A. Kabalkina)4. Herbal wreath. Volume 2 (Translation: S. Belova, I. Levshina, O. Suvorov)