ABSTRACT

The Complete Latin Course is a comprehensive introduction to Latin for students and armchair enthusiasts alike. This modern, user-friendly text offers a series of fascinating glimpses into the world of ancient Rome, and sets you up to read Virgil, Cicero, Juvenal, Tacitus and many other authors in the original Latin.

The story of Rome is told by the ancient authors themselves. Authentic texts help to guide the student through the mechanics of Latin, whilst giving insights into the history of Rome, her culture and society, her gods, her games, her power struggles and the eventual fall of empire.

Originally published as Essential Latin, this extensively revised and expanded second edition features:

  • Reading passages from Latin prose authors, including Cicero, Petronius, Pliny, Sallust, Suetonius and Tacitus, and from poets (Catullus, Horace, Juvenal, Martial, Ovid and Virgil) with guidance on reading aloud and meter.
  • A detailed step-by-step approach to Latin grammar, with engaging activities and exercises.
  • A companion website with a full answer key for exercises, translations, grammar reference tables for the USA, the UK, Europe and elsewhere, additional exercises, word lists and other supports: https://www.lingua.co.uk/latin/materials/complete-latin

 Ideal for classroom use or independent study, The Complete Latin Course will prove an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, adult learners and anyone interested in comprehensively developing their knowledge of Latin.

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Introduction

chapter |10 pages

Myth, legend and history

chapter |10 pages

The Republic

chapter |13 pages

Carthage

chapter |14 pages

Greece

chapter |12 pages

New factions and old families

chapter |15 pages

The Republic under strain

chapter |13 pages

Friends and enemies

chapter |11 pages

Civil war

chapter |13 pages

The Ides of March

chapter |13 pages

A woman in politics

chapter |14 pages

Politics and marriage

chapter |15 pages

The sweetness of peace

chapter |14 pages

Dissenting voices

chapter |17 pages

Songs and suppers

chapter |14 pages

Tales of love

chapter |15 pages

Family ties

chapter |14 pages

Slavery

chapter |14 pages

Education

chapter |14 pages

Life at work

chapter |12 pages

Life at leisure

chapter |14 pages

Fugit irreparabile tempus

chapter |13 pages

On the edge of the world

chapter |13 pages

Gods and spirits

chapter |13 pages

Rough justice

chapter |18 pages

Christianity

chapter |16 pages

The pronunciation of classical Latin