Reading Latin : Text and vocabulary / Peter V. Jones, Keith C. Sidwell.

List of illustrations -- Preliminary remarks -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Maps -- Introduction -- Part One: Plautus' comedies -- Part Two: Early Roman history: from Aeneas to Hannibal -- Part Three: The demise of the Roman Republic -- Part Four: Additional reading for Sections 1B to 5G -- Total Latin - English Learning Vocabulary

'Reading Latin' is a bestselling Latin course designed to help mature beginners read classical Latin fluently and intelligently, primarily in the context of classical culture, but with some medieval Latin too. It does this in three ways: it encourages the reading of continuous texts from the start without compromising grammatical rigour, it offers generous help with translation at every stage; and it integrates the learning of classical Latin with an appreciation of the influence of the Latin language upon English and European culture from antiquity to the present. This book, richly illustrated, consists at the start of carefully graded adaptations from original classical Latin texts. The adaptations are gradually phased out until unadulterated prose and verse can be read. This second edition has been fully revised and updated, with revisions to the early chapters including a new one on stories from early Roman history, and extensively redesigned to make it easier and clearer to navigate.