Rome has ruled the entire world for three centuries. Borders are erased, other languages and cultures are forgotten, wars are a thing of the distant past. Children are raised by the state to avoid uprisings and raise people useful to society. The most loyal and capable are awarded citizenship, and with it the right to a good education, modern medicine and a decent life. The rest have to do low-paid and hard work, they are forced to put up with limited rights and be content with little. Mark, just beginning his adult life, will be faced with both the advantages of this system and its disadvantages. Each fork in the hero’s path is not only capable of changing his own destiny, but also the lives of the people around him, and, possibly, the future of the entire city. AUTHOR'S NOTE: 1. Age limit 18+. 2. The views of the characters may not coincide with the views of the author. 3. Latin words are written in accordance with modern rules of the Russian language, and not on the basis of their possible pronunciation in ancient times. 4. The work does not claim to be historically accurate due to the alternative history genre.