A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM.

Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world’s greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon’s story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world’s most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at “reading” people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.