Additional vocabulary and grammatical structures, cultural and historic materials, excerpts from original Roman authors all serve to enhance student understanding of the language and culture of the ancient Romans. Students apply what they learn of the ancients to better understand our world as they see the many influences of Latin in our lives-from our language to our government. The course follows the program set forth in the Ecce Romani text series. This class is designed to augment the student's vocabulary and grammar skills while increasing reading proficiency. Agenda, assignments, graded and non-graded activities, quizzes and tests are all posted on the Internet.
Students call the teacher and tutors on specified days.
The text is Ecce Romani with several ancillary readings from Internet sites. Internet access is vital to the course. Computer Specification Latin Literature is a student directed class taught via Internet. Students read selections from Latin authors, Caesar, Cicero, Augustus, Pliny, Trajan and Eutropius. Grammatical concepts and Latin vocabulary are reinforced in the context of these works.