Learning Latin the Ancient Way

Latin Textbooks from the Ancient World

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ID9348206
AuthorsEleanor Dickey (0000-0002-4272-4803, corresponding author)
Year2016
Publication date2016-03-23
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueLearning Latin the Ancient Way (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781316145265
OpenAlexW2288920757
Open LibraryOL28572351M
ISBN9781316145265
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

What did Greek speakers in the Roman empire do when they wanted to learn Latin? They used Latin-learning materials containing authentic, enjoyable vignettes about daily life in the ancient world - shopping, banking, going to the baths, having fights, being scolded, making excuses - very much like the dialogues in some of today's foreign-language textbooks. These stories provide priceless insight into daily life in the Roman empire, as well as into how Latin was learned at that period, and they were all written by Romans in Latin that was designed to be easy for beginners to understand. Learners also used special beginners' versions of great Latin authors including Virgil and Cicero, and dictionaries, grammars, texts in Greek transliteration, etc. All these materials are now available for the first time to today's students, in a book designed to complement modern textbooks and enrich the Latin-learning experience

Art · Latin Americans · Linguistics · Literature · Reading (process · Roman Empire · Trojan · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Philosophy · Colloquial Latin language · Early works to 1800 · Fremdsprachenunterricht · Latin language · Spoken Latin · Terms and phrases · Textbooks

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