The collection of letters to one of the most prominent figures of the late Roman Republic, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, is a kind of epistolary novel, the actions take place against the backdrop of such striking events in the late 70s of the 1st century BC. e., like the uprising of Spartacus, the scandalous reign of Gaius Verres in Sicily and the third Mithridatic War. The author refers to the events of previous decades and to a number of phenomena in the life of the ancient world (especially cultural). The collection is published under the code name “On Weapons and Eros,” which indicates the principle of the collection of letters and their main subject - a study of gladiator art and discussions about eros.