Roma Aeterna: With Full Color Illustrations

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Roma Aeterna (the main book of Pars II of the Lingua Latina per se illustrata series) introduces some of the most celebrated authors of Roman antiquity through the lens of Roman literature and mythology. A vivid description of the city's monuments precedes a prose retelling of the first four books of Virgil’s Aeneid, with many of the most famous passages in their original verse form. The selection from Virgil is followed by Book One of Livy's engaging mythical history of Rome's foundation. The prose selections are judiciously chosen and, in the first few chapters, gently adapted to provide students with a text that is authentically Latin and yet not difficult. The unadapted selections, which make up the majority of the text, are taken from Aulus Gellius, Ovid, Nepos, Sallust, and Horace. These annotated selections make Roma Aeterna useful both as the next step after Familia Romana and as a survey of Latin literature in its own right. Roma Aeterna incorporates the following features: Latin immersion with vowel lengths marked Approximately 3,000 vocabulary words Short discussions of grammar and exercises for each chapter Selected readings that cover the material in a Roman history course Index of Roman rulers and of historical events arranged chronologically Now with full-color illustrations Front cover Title Copyright Contents Cap. XXXVI. ROMA AETERNA XXXVII. TROIA CAPTA XXXVIII. PIVS AENEAS XXXIX. KARTHAGO XL. INFELIX DIDO XLI. ORIGINES GEMELLI EXPOSITI XLII. BELLVM ET PAX RAPINA SABINARVM MVLIERES PACEM FACIVNT XLIII. ROMA ET ALBA CAVSA HORATII XLIV. REGES ET REGINAE FILIA IMPIA XLV. ROMA LIBERATA HOSTIS PRO HOSPITE XLVI. POST REGES EXACTOS XLVII. GRAECI ET ROMANI DE IVRE IVRANDO LIBRI SIBYLLINI XLVIII. BELLVM PVNICVM SECVNDVM XLIX. HANNIBAL SCIPIO ET HANNIBAL L. GRAECIA LIBERATA Ll. SCIPIO AEMILIANVS CIVITAS DILACERATA LlI. IVGVRTHA LIII. MARIVS ET SVLLA M. TVLLIVS CICERO LIV. CN. POMPEIVS MAGNVS FINIS MITHRIDATIS FINIS POMPEII LV. DE RE PVBLICA LVI. SOMNIVM SCIPIONIS INTEGER VITAE INDEX GRAMMATICVS NOTAE Back cover