By Roman Hands: Inscriptions and Graffiti for Students of Latin (English and Latin Edition)

Hartnett, Matthew

ISBN 10: 1585104027 / ISBN 13: 9781585104024

Published by Focus (edition 2nd), 2012

About this Item

The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Seller Inventory # 1585104027-7-1-13

Bibliographic Details

• Title: By Roman Hands: Inscriptions and Graffiti for Students of Latin (English and Latin Edition)
• Publisher: Focus (edition 2nd)
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585104027
• ISBN 13: 9781585104024
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Matthew Hartnett teaches Latin and Greek at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. 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.