Instead of transitioning between Latin and English, spoken Latin keeps the cognition all in one language. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art under ...
The Roman poet Ovid may have put it best when he said ”Rident stolidi verba Latina” – Fools laugh at the Latin language. Indeed, after centuries of decline and declarations of being dead, Latin as a ...
One of my favourite Roman artefacts to show visiting school groups or beginner’s Latin classes is a floor mosaic from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii. The mosaic depicts a chained dog ...