Happy March 17th! It is #EnigMarch, and each day the excellent EnigMarch people post a prompt word; then puzzle nerds try to design puzzles around that word. (Today's word is ancient.)
How often do men think about the Roman Empire? Anyhow, it was still present in Britain in the 5th century, such that someone born there/then might reasonably be expected to spot what's going on in this puzzle, even if they were captured by slavers and taken to a foreign land:
| _ | The Irish Sea |
| _ | visionary |
| _ | very pretty |
| _ | uprising |
| _ | every year |
| _ | visions |
| _ | antiquities |
| _ | spirit |
| _ | partition |
| _ | Visigoths |
| _ | known to exist |
Hints and solution, rot13'd:
Lbh jnag gb rkgenpg bar yrggre sebz rnpu cuenfr.
Va rnpu cuenfr, gur yrggref V, I, naq K ner obyqrq. Zber fhogyl, gur yrggref P, Y, Q, naq Z qba'g nccrne ng nyy.
Ebzna ahzorevat vf vzcbegnag.
Sbe rnpu cuenfr, chyy bhg gur Ebzna ahzrenyf naq fgvpx gurz gbtrgure gb znxr n ahzore A. Gura hfrq gur Agu yrggre bs gur cuenfr.
Sbe rknzcyr, va "Gur Vevfu Frn", gur Vv Ebzna ahzrenyf znxr gjb. Gur frpbaq yrggre bs "Gur Vevfu Frn" vf U.
Urer'f gur shyy yvfg:
U Gur Vevfu Frn
N ivfvbanel
C irel cerggl
C hcevfvat
L rirel lrne
F ivfvbaf
G nagvdhvgvrf
C fcvevg
N cnegvgvba
G Ivfvtbguf
F xabja gb rkvfg
Gur yrggref fcryy Unccl Fg Cngf!
