About the book: year / This book is a compilation of stories from book 6 of "The House of the Vestals" in amateur translations found on the Internet (some even in two translations) . Chronologically, this book should be considered the second in the series. It contains stories about the investigations of Gordian the Detective (at least those that we know about) between 80 and 72 AD. BC e. – after “Roman Blood” and before “Weapon of Nemesis”. Presented are translations of stories 1, 3, 4 and 5 from 9 (Death Wears a Mask, A Testament for Friends, Lemurs, Little Caesar and the Pirates).