Combines the features of both modern and traditional methods of Latin teaching from first stages to GCSE. This book includes parts I-III that are built around a narrative detailing the life of Horace, based on historical sources, which helps students to develop an understanding of the times of Cicero and Augustus.

CICERO ; 1. The young Cicero ; 2. Consulship, exile and return ; 3. Governor of Cilicia ; 4. Civil war and death ; CAESAR ; 1. The first invasion of Britain ; 2. The second invasion of Britain ; 3. Revolt in Gaul 1: The ambush of Sabinus and Cotta ; 4. Revolt in Gaul: 2: The siege of Cicero's camp ; CATULLUS ; 1. Catullus and his friends ; 2. Catullus in love ; 3. The sequel ; VIRGIL ; 1. Aeneas arrives at Carthage ; 2. The love of Dido and Aeneas ; 3. The death of Dido ; LIVY ; 1. Hannibal prepares to invade Italy ; 2. Hannibal reaches the Alps ; 3. Hannibal crosses the Alps ; OVID ; 1. Ovid tells the story of his life ; 2. Ovid the lover ; 3. Ovid in exile ; Appendix 1: Select vocabulary ; Appendix 2: The metres of the poems of Catullus, Virgil and Ovid ; General vocabulary