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A Companion to Roma Aeterna

Based on Hans rberg's Instructions, with LatinEnglish Vocabulary
Series: Lingua Latina
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A Companion to Roma Aeterna by Jeanne Neumann and Hans H. Ørberg is a comprehensive guide that provides detailed English commentary on the Latin grammar presented in Ørberg's Roma Aeterna. It includes the full texts of Grammatica Latina and Latin--English Vocabulary II, acting as a substitute for the original instructions. Ideal for accelerated learners, it also features new cultural context units linked to the narrative, helping readers gain a thorough understanding of the grammar and setting.
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This volume is particularly suited for students and educators involved in Latin studies, especially those using or intending to use Roma Aeterna as a primary resource, including accelerated learners seeking explicit grammatical explanations.

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A sequel to her widely used A Companion to Familia Romana (now in its second edition), Jeanne Marie Neumann's A Companion to Roma Aeterna offers a running commentary, in English, of the Latin grammar covered in Hans H. rberg's Roma Aeterna , and includes the complete text of the rberg ancillaries Grammatica Latina and LatinEnglish Vocabulary II

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A sequel to her widely used A Companion to Familia Romana (now in its second edition), Jeanne Marie Neumann's A Companion to Roma Aeterna offers a running commentary, in English, of the Latin grammar covered in Hans H. rberg's Roma Aeterna, and includes the complete text of the rberg ancillaries Grammatica Latina and Latin – English Vocabulary II. It also serves as a substitute for rberg's Instructions, on which it is based.

Though designed especially for those approaching Roma Aeterna at an accelerated pace, this volume will be useful to anyone seeking an explicit exposition of that volume's implicitly presented grammar. In addition to many revisions of the text, the work also includes new units on cultural context, tied to the narrative content of the chapter.

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James Dobreff from UMass Boston praises the book as a "treasure trove of learning," enabling students, instructors, and homeschoolers to fully utilise Orberg's often overlooked Roma Aeterna.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781585108411

Publisher: Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 February 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co

Illustration: none

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 879g

Pages: 504

About the Author

Hans Henning orberg (1920--2010) received his MA in English, French, and Latin from the University of Copenhagen in 1946. He taught at various Danish high schools until 1963 and at the Grenaa Gymnasium until 1988. From 1953 to 1961 he served on the staff of the Nature Method Institute, Copenhagen. He is the author of the Latin course "Lingua Latina secundum naturae rationem explicata" (1955--56); the course was revised in 1990--91, with a number of supplements, under the title "Lingua Latina per se illustrata." His books were published by Domus Latina, a publishing house he founded in Denmark, and are distributed in the English speaking world by Focus Publishing.

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