By Roman Hands: Inscriptions and Graffiti for Students of Latin

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Description

This book:

-          is a carefully selected series of inscriptions and graffiti taken from the walls, tombs, and monuments of the Romans themselves

-          provides a vivid and compelling glimpse of Roman life and culture (the text contains more than a hundred examples: a birthday invitation scratched on a lead tablet, an epitaph for a beloved child, a curse scribbled on a Pompeiian wall, the monumental record of an Emperor’s achievements, etc.)

-          is designed to supplement the primary textbook in elementary and intermediate Latin courses

-          is organized by grammar point (proceeding from the uses of the noun cases through the syntax of the subjunctive)

-          provides a straight transcription as well as an expanded version of each inscription

-          most selections are four lines long or less, and can be used for reinforcement and review without any undue sacrifice of classroom time

Market

Elementary or intermediate-level courses in Latin language.

About the Author

Matthew Hartnett teaches Latin and Greek at Phillips Exeter Academy. He holds a B.A. in Classical Studies from the College of William and Mary and a Ph.D. in Classics from Columbia University. In 2006 he received the Matthew I. Wiencke Teaching Award from the Classical Association of New England.

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