San Antonio College Library

"In Unit 1, the storyline follows the adventures of the well-known Pompeian banker Lucius Caecilius Iucundus and his family until the eruption of Vesuvius on that fateful day of August 24, A.D. 79. While the story of the main character, Caecilius' son, Quintus, is fiction, many real-life stories of Pompeian citizens have been included to add authenticity to this engaging text"--Cover.

"The author charts the expansion of Latin in the classical world, its renewed importance in the Middle Ages, and its survival into modern times. He shows its central role in European history and culture and, by judicious quotation of phrases and texts, describes how spoken and written Latin changed and evolved in different places. He ends with a summary of Latin grammar and lists of Latin words and phrases still in common use." "Considered elitist...