Our contemporary falls into the time of the ancient ancient world. The Second Punic War had just ended. The Romans began their rise to greatness. But the Middle East is playing its own very high-stakes game. Alexander Gromov, by chance, interferes with the course of events. He falls into the very center of the struggle for power of the heirs of the Seleucid dynasty and acts as his conscience and honor tells him. The fate of the ancient world is decided in Syria, in bloody battles.