Welcome,
This website is being created for people worldwide wanting to learn the Latin language and read Latin literature.
Students in Classics should also find many useful resources on the Cornucopiae and Palaeography sections.
Did you know?
There are more than 2000 years of Latin Literature that can be read in the original text. Many of those texts are classics that will endure for ever, have inspired the greatest minds in years gone by and will continue to inspire writers of future generations.
This is the Appian Way
NEMO NATVS EST DOCTVS SED OMNES DOCTI FIERI POSSVNT STVDIO ET CONSTANTIA
Why Should You Learn Latin?
I believe that there are four main reasons for wanting to learn Latin:
- For your own personal pleasure.
- To acquire a commanding knowledge of your own native language skills, a key factor of success in your professional world.
- To help boost your career prospects by acquiring the essential elements of a leader rather than a follower.
- Finally, to raise your personal culture to a new dimension.
For these reasons Latin should be made a compulsory subject, again. I say, again, because it used to be compulsory up until the inter-war period, and even in the early sixties of the past century it was a prerequisite subject for students wanting to learn a European language in British universities.
Knowledge of Latin means having an edge, or at least an unspoken advantage, over those who have no knowledge of this language. You, obviously, will need other skills specific to the subject area of your own personal interest. But, ceteris paribus (all things being equal), you are more likely to succeed than your opponent. I use the word "opponent" perhaps somewhat inappropriately; but making a career during your working life means being in an extremely competitive environment, and only your personal attitude, desire to wanting that job and succeed in it, hopefully for the right reasons, coupled to your professional know-how, a component of altruism, and a high measure of ethical conduct, will steer you through this arduous course in order to reach the top. You will find that Latin will provide many insights and examples to lead you along that path and reach the top, provided that is where you want to go.