
By Roman Hands
by Matthew Hartnett
Title:
By Roman Hands
Author:
Matthew Hartnett
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
146 pages, 29 mix halftones and B-W
Publisher:
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
ISBN-13:
9781585104024
EAN:
9781585104024
Publication Date:
01/01/2012
Classifications:
Language teaching and learning
Weight (g):
414
Dimensions (mm):
254 x 179 x 12
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
By Roman Hands takes Latin out of the textbook and allows students to see and translate Latin as it actually appeared on Roman monuments, walls and tombs. The first collection of entirely authentic and un-adapted inscriptions and graffiti accessible to beginning and intermediate students of Latin, By Roman Hands unites the study of language and culture in a novel and compelling way and at a level that the Latin can be grasped and discussed by early Latin learners. Ranging from a love letter hastily scratched on a Pompeian wall to the proclamation of an emperor’s achievements formally inscribed on a monumental arch, these carefully selected texts afford fascinating glimpses into the lives and minds of the Romans, even as they illustrate and reinforce the basic elements of the Latin language. This edition, revised to work in parallel with the second edition of Susan Shelmerdine'' s Introduction to Latin or any standard beginning Latin text, includes more texts and illustrations, and an additional section of inscriptions for practice and review.










