{"product_id":"learn-latin-9780715627570","title":"Learn Latin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was co-founder of The Friends of Classics, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle, and one of the best-known figures in the teaching of the Classics. He regular contributed to national newspapers (\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph, The Spectator \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e), and the author of highly successful books such as \u003ci\u003eLearn Latin, Learn Ancient Greek\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eClassics in Translation (\u003c\/i\u003ealso published by Bloomsbury).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction  1. amo, a mas, amat . . . The world of Rome: From Romulus to Empire Word play: Romans in Britain 2. More verbs: moneo, rego, audio, capio  The world of Rome: From rape to republic Word play: Anglo-Saxons and Normans 3. Nouns: Corinna and Delia  Carmina Burana The world of Rome: The first Roman emperor Word play: The Norman influence 4. Nouns: William, Harold and the great 'I am'  The world of Rome: The Roman Empire Word play: The 16th-20th centuries 5. Prepositions, prohibitions and possum  The world of Rome: The rape of Lucretia Word play: prefixes and suffixes 6. Nouns: the third declension  The world of Rome: the treacherous schoolmaster Word play: False derivations 7. Giving orders and learning plurals  Bayeux Tapestry The world of Rome: Hannibal crosses the Alps Word play: Spelling conventions 8. The perfect active and vocatives  Bayeux Tapestry, Carmina Burana The world of Rome: The grandest old Roman Word play: tense and aspect CONTENTS 9. Personal pronouns and the dative case  Martial The world of Rome: The Ides of March Word play: Word order and case 10. More datives and eo  StJohn 12, St Luke 6 The world of Rome: An emperor's legacy Word play: Augustus 11. The imperfect active  StJohn 1, adeste fideles, St Luke 2 The world of Rome: Worshipping strange gods Word play: Gerundives 12. Perfects and participles  StJohn 19 The world of Rome: Dealing with Christians Word play: '-ant' or '-ent'? 13. vola, nolo, malo: the ace. and inf.  The world of Rome: Caesar in Britain Word play: Se-xy stuff 14. The perfect passive  Catullus 85, 70 The world of Rome: Roman democracy Word play: Latin roots, modem meaning 15. The ablative and adjectives  The world of Rome: Women's liberation Word play: Family mottoes and the ablative 16. The genitive  Catullus  The world of Rome: Citizenship Word play: pes, foot 17. The pluperfect active and more passives  The world of Rome: Slavery Word play: Indo-European 18. The subjunctive  The world of Rome: Slave makes good Word play: ancient concepts, modern language 19. The Bayeux Tapestry and Carmina Burana  Word play: Doublets 20. Catullus 87 and StJohn 19-20  Word play: Zeus Grammatical Summary Verbs Nouns Adjectives Recorded Vocabulary Latin-English English-Latin Grammatical Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865626325335,"sku":"9780715627570","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780715627570.jpg?v=1722274813","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/learn-latin-9780715627570","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}