The Routledge Essential Latin Course is the ideal introduction to to Latin for students and armchair enthusiasts alike. Written with humour and illustrated with cartoons, this modern, user-friendly text places grammar lessons in a historical context and offers a series of fascinating glimpses into the world of Ancient Rome.Through a variety of authentic texts, the student is guided through the mechanics of Latin, whilst gaining an insight into the glory that was Rome, its power struggles and the eventual fall of the empire. The writings of Virgil, Cicero, Juvenal and many others appear in the original Latin with accompanying translations.Extensively revised and updated throughout, this second edition features:Model sentences, practice exercises, amusing illustrations and summaries to accompany each grammar pointReading passages taken directly from Latin literature, with new additions such as Ovid, Petronius and TacitusVocabulary exercises, including those for English-to-Latin and the
