Cicero

Next year, I plan to teach Henle 3.  This book is composed mainly of the writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero.  It’s going to be some seriously tough Latin.  That part I am not really looking forward to. Getting inside the mind of this amazing Roman?  That part I...

War Commentaries of Caesar

You kids today.  I am so jealous. When I moved to Germany as a teenager, I decided to learn German.  Someone gave me a set of language learning cassette tapes.  This, kids, is a cassette tape: There were twelve cassettes in the course.  I was glad someone gave the...

Struggling with verb tenses?

I received this question from one of my online students: “I seem to be having difficulty with the proper usage of most of these verbals/verb equivalents. Do you have any suggestions?” Thanks!  Here is my reply: I actually think you are doing quite well.  ...

September

September: the ninth month of the year.  September follows August, and precedes October.   September was the seventh month of the Roman year.  Under the old Roman calendar, the year began in March.  Now, instead of celebrating the new year in March (which is quite...