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Ecce Romani is a reading-based Latin program. The first two books feature the Cornelians, a rich family from Rome. The third book focuses on Roman stories and mythology. The title of the series translates to Look! The Romans! [1] [2]
Authors are still producing original books in Latin today. This page lists contemporary or recent books (from the 21st, 20th and 19th centuries) originally written in Latin . These books are not called "new" because the term Neo-Latin or New Latin refers to books written as early as the 1500s, which is "newer" than Classical Antiquity or the ...
The gens Cornelia was one of the greatest patrician houses at ancient Rome. [1] For more than seven hundred years, from the early decades of the Republic to the third century AD, the Cornelii produced more eminent statesmen and generals than any other gens .
The Cornelia Fragments, detailed above, purport to constitute what remains of a letter written in 124 BC to her son, Gaius, and were preserved later in the manuscripts of Cornelius Nepos, who wrote on the Gracchi. [17] In the letter, Cornelia expresses strong opposition to Gaius’ intentions to stand for the tribunate.
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, by Noël Hallé (1779, Musée Fabre). Haec ornamenta mea is a Latin phrase meaning "These are my jewels" or "These are my ornaments". The expression is attributed to Cornelia Africana (c. 190 – c. 100 BC) by Valerius Maximus in his Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX, IV, 4, incipit, [1] [2] [3] where he related an anecdote demonstrating Cornelia's ...
Wheelock's Latin (originally titled Latin and later Latin: An Introductory Course Based on Ancient Authors) is a comprehensive beginning Latin textbook. Chapters introduce related grammatical topics and assume little or no prior knowledge of Latin grammar or language. Each chapter has a collection of translation exercises created specifically ...
Lex Cornelia refers to any ancient Roman law sponsored by an official whose gens name was Cornelius, particularly Sulla. Known examples of a lex Cornelia include: Lex Cornelia de iniuriis; Lex Cornelia de praetoribus; Lex Cornelia de proscriptione; Lex Cornelia de provinciis; Lex Cornelia de repetundis; Lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis
Little is known of Sisenna's life or family. The first Cornelius Sisenna (perhaps Lucius' grandfather or great-grandfather) appears as urban praetor in 183 BCE. [1] It is not thought that his family, the Cornelii Sisennae, were related to the patrician branches of the famous gens Cornelia, with some scholars suggesting that the Sisennae hailed from Etruria instead.