Овация сенатору

Senat, vozdavai͡a dolzhnoe umu i sposobnosti͡am Publii͡a Avrelii͡a Stat͡sii͡a, poruchaet emu rassledovatʹ ubiĭstvo Antonii͡a Feliksa. Ili zhe… vozmozhnoe pokushenie na sobstvennui͡u zhiznʹ. Delo v tom, chto prestupnik nastig Antonii͡a, kogda tot vykhodil iz palankina senatora, odetyĭ v ego roskoshnyĭ plashch. Svideteli utverzhdai͡ut, chto ubiĭt͡sa nazval imi͡a Avrelii͡a, prezhde chem skrytʹsi͡a. Kto zhe byl namechennoĭ zhertvoĭ - Avreliĭ ili Antoniĭ?A dalʹshe bedy vdrug nachinai͡ut sypatʹsi͡a kak iz roga izobilii͡a. Starinnyĭ prii͡atelʹ patrit͡sii͡a grozitsi͡a podatʹ na nego v sud, obvini͡ai͡a v smerti svoego ott͡sa i porochnoĭ svi͡azi s materʹi͡u. A odna vdovstvui͡ushchai͡a matrona tvërdo reshila zhenitʹ na sebe svobodoli͡ubivogo Stat͡sii͡a. I vot, zhelai͡a izbegnutʹ vsekh opasnosteĭ razom, Publiĭ Avreliĭ pereodevaetsi͡a prostoli͡udinom i nachinaet rassledovanie na samykh glukhikh i opasnykh ulochkakh Rima.

The Senate, paying tribute to the intelligence and abilities of Publius Aurelius Statius, instructs him to investigate the murder of Antonius Felix. Or... a possible attempt on his own life. The fact is that the criminal overtook Anthony when he was leaving the senator's palanquin, dressed in his luxurious cloak. Witnesses claim that the killer called the name of Aurelius before fleeing. Who was the intended victim - Aurelius or Antony?And then the troubles suddenly begin to pour out like a cornucopia. An old friend of Patricia threatens to sue him, accusing him of the death of his father and a vicious relationship with his mother. And one dowager matron firmly decided to marry a freedom-loving Statius. And so, wanting to avoid all the dangers at once, Publius Aurelius disguises himself as a commoner and begins an investigation in the most remote and dangerous streets of Rome.