Seventieth year AD. Rome. City of cities. The capital of a great empire. Very, very free morals reign here. Here state secrets are discussed in the bedrooms of courtesans and actors. Countless conspiracies and intrigues are woven here, and fortunes are made in the most unexpected - and not always legal - ways. And of course, the “private informant” Didius Falco always has a lot of work - after all, in Rome there are plenty of unfaithful wives, frivolous lovers, and thieving managers , and dishonest traders... Falco is used to unraveling extremely dubious cases. But searching for silver bars stolen from the mines of distant Britain is also a deadly task. After all, the people he has to bring to light are strong, powerful and accustomed to getting rid of everyone who knows too much or asks too many questions...