Why should you bother to try and read about it in Latin? Why learn their language? I am not going to say you become an expert on all those things, but it’s the perfect introduction to 2000 years of western European history.īut as you make clear in your book, you can read about Roman culture in your native language. By learning Latin, you have a little beginning into all those fields.
It had an absolutely massive effect on those countries, and still has a massive effect today: on their language, on their culture, on their history, on their architecture, on their art. It was there, on and off, in different countries, for varying from 700 to 1000 years. The very simple answer is that, as you will all know, the Roman Empire spread across the whole of western Europe to the fringes of Asia, from Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England right down to northern Africa, from western Spain right into Syria and beyond.
Before we get to number one, I should ask you- we know the answer to this, but for the unenlightened-why should anyone learn Latin? Why would anyone want to?
Well, they’re not exactly about learning Latin, they’re the best books if you would like to learn Latin. Let’s get cracking with the books you’ve chosen about learning Latin.
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