Veni, Vidi, Exitvs (Latin: I came, I saw, I left) A gripping historical saga, spanning millennia. Two men connected by kinship, worlds apart, united inside the realm of their dreams. King Connor of the Eblanani must confront the unstoppable forces that threaten his kingdom in Hibernia, armed with nothing but visions of the future that give him knowledge and guidance of battles that have yet to unfold. Can he save his people from the wrath of the Roman Empire, the famous 9th Legion under General Agricola? Octavia, the beautiful young daughter of a powerful Roman senator, runs away from society’s rules and finds herself under the protection of Digdi, the Healer. Once her path crosses Connor’s, events unfold that will affect Irish history itself. Professor Declan Reardon is constantly plagued by nightmares of bloody wars he has only studied in books. He isn’t a warrior, but some nights, he finds himself on the battlefields of ancient Ireland, fighting alongside what feels like his kin and experiencing the brutality of war first-hand. The love of his life, Giulia, has her own battles to fight, but is it Declan, or is it Connor, who comes to her aid? If you enjoyed the Outlander series, then you will love this historical fantasy. For those seeking a captivating and thrilling adventure in ancient Hibernia, this book is the ultimate page-turner. “When the boundaries of the past, present, and future blur, history loses its footing, leaving no basis for construction.” Mug Ruith, Archdruid.

This reader consists of 90 selections illustrating the history of Rome from the myth of Aeneas to the founding of the Augustan Principate. The selections have been chosen with three aims in mind: gradual increase in length and difficulty, continuity of subject matter, and stylistic variety. Historical background is provided in the prefaces to the selections. The updated letterpress edition is more convenient to use than its predecessor of 1962. The notes have been extensively revised and the vocabulary has been newly compiled.

Cicero composed his incendiary Philippics only a few months after Rome was rocked by the brutal assassination of Julius Caesar. In the tumultuous aftermath of Caesar’s death, Cicero and Mark Antony found themselves on opposing sides of an increasingly bitter and dangerous battle for control. Philippic 2 was a weapon in that war. Conceived as Cicero’s response to a verbal attack from Antony in the Senate, Philippic 2 is a rhetorical firework that ranges from abusive references to Antony’s supposedly sordid sex life to a sustained critique of what Cicero saw as Antony’s tyrannical ambitions. Vituperatively brilliant and politically committed, it is both a carefully crafted literary artefact and an explosive example of crisis rhetoric. It ultimately led to Cicero’s own gruesome death. This course book offers a portion of the original Latin text, vocabulary aids, study questions, and an extensive commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Ingo Gildenhard’s volume will be of particular interest to students of Latin studying for A-Level or on undergraduate courses. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis to encourage critical engagement with Cicero, his oratory, the politics of late-republican Rome, and the transhistorical import of Cicero’s politics of verbal (and physical) violence.