By Roman Hands: Inscriptions and Graffiti for Students of Latin, 2nd Edition
By Roman Hands: Inscriptions and Graffiti for Students of Latin, 2nd Edition by Matthew Hartnett
English/Latin | January 1, 2012 | ASIN: B00PRHFXVM, ISBN: 1585104027 | True AZW3 | 146 pages | 3.9 MB
English/Latin | January 1, 2012 | ASIN: B00PRHFXVM, ISBN: 1585104027 | True AZW3 | 146 pages | 3.9 MB
By Roman Hands takes Latin out of the textbook and allows students to see and translate Latin as it actually appeared on the monuments, walls and tombs of the Romans themselves. 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. 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, includes more texts and illustrations, and an additional section of inscriptions for practice and review.
- Suitable for use alongside any introductory Latin textbook
- Selections accessible by grammar point or by cultural theme
- Running notes on grammar, vocabulary and context
- Comprehensive vocabulary section
- Index of selected grammar, syntax and figures
- Over thirty photographs and drawings