The Latin Tamer

Learn to read the Romans! The Latin Tamer offers a new way to learn the Latin language that’s interesting and fun. The book illustrates every point—every way a word can end—with a quotation that’s explained on the spot. You’re reading the ancients right away, and you’ve always got a coach. The book is especially ideal if you’re interested in Stoicism and other great ideas from the classical world. It contains countless illustrations from Seneca, Cicero, and other thinkers who’ve stood the test of time.

The companion website to the book—latinlanguage.org—provides audio, vocabulary, and other features. You can touch words to see what they mean, and read passages from The Practicing Stoic in Latin Tamer format. The site also has sample material from the book that you can check out.

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Why use any other Latin book now that The Latin Tamer is available? Along with the companion website, the book makes a subject that can be intimidating not only accessible but delightful. The use of examples related to Stoicism will grab students’ interest and keep it. I only wish this book had been around during the fifty years I’ve been teaching the subject. Anyone learning Latin needs a copy. —Jennifer Roberts, Distinguished Professor of Classical Languages and History, City College of New York

A work of enormous value, and an invaluable resource. The volume will delight readers. —Richard A. LaFleur, Franklin Professor of Classics Emeritus, University of Georgia, and coauthor of Wheelock’s Latin

A masterpiece. What a joy to read! —Harry Mount, author of Amo, Amas, Amat . . . and All That

Latin still has many devotees, and the authors of The Latin Tamer are skilled and ardent members of that happy family. Their lucid introductory text and website should help to recruit many more. —Robert Kaster, Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Princeton University

This expansive approach to deciphering Latin, generously peppered throughout with phrases from real authors, offers learners a pleasant path into the texts of a fascinating ancient era. —Shadi Bartsch, Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor of Classics, The University of Chicago

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