Reading together is a great way to socialize and a great way to learn Latin. It is an enjoyment shared throughout the ages. But sometimes it is difficult to gather together. So, we thought we would...| Latinitium
Here is what we have found to be the best way to read a Latin text whether beginner or advanced inside or outside of Legentibus (our app with loads of Latin texts for all levels with text synced with audio an in-book dictionaries).| Latinitium
A March of Condemned Souls This story is an exceptional episode from the Ecclesiastical History, written by the 12th-century monk Orderic Vitalis from the abbey of Saint Evroult in Normandy. More known for his records of political events and local news of the medieval Anglo-Norman world, Orderic provides a stark divergence in Book Eight to […]| Latinitium
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The Wonders of Fróðá In this year’s Halloween special in Latin, we will travel back in time to the Viking era and the summer when Christianity arrived in Iceland (i.e. around the year 1000). The story you are about to hear is based on the so-called Wonders of Fróðá as found in one of the famous Íslendingasögur, namely Eyrbyggja saga […]| Latinitium
One of history’s most ardent collectors of curious notes, interesting texts, and odd passages, Aulus Gellius (c. 125–180 A.D.), relates quite an amusing story in his Noctes Atticae about the famous general Alcibiades. Alcibiades (c. 450–404 B.C.) was Greek, Athenian to be exact, and made a name for himself as both a military commander but […]| Latinitium
The Hunt for Saxo Shortly after the year 1208, Saxo Grammaticus put the finishing touches to his great history of Denmark, Gesta Danorum, ‘The Deeds of the Danes’. This work, written in a beautiful but idiosyncratic Latin, offers an abundance of stories about Danish kings and heroes and, intriguingly, translations into Latin of Old Norse […]| Latinitium
Did people “back in the day” have a sense of humour? Or, are jokes something new to mankind? Of course people have laughed throughout history, telling each other jokes and stories meant for laughter! However, what you’ve laughed at and considered funny has widely differed from timeperiod to timeperiod as well as from country to […]| Latinitium
Among Latin’s many verb forms, the supine, causes students quite a lot of confusion. In this article, I will explain in detail what the supine is, its meaning and how and when it is used. In Latin there are two types of supine, Supine I and Supine II. The first, ending in -um, is used […]| Latinitium
Last year we went to France in the mid 1600’s for Halloween. This year we have turned to good old Swedish folktales to find our story. This year’s story has no date, no place, no names – which is quite common for tales of this kind: stories that have been told, and believed, for a […]| Latinitium
Realizing that you've wasted time, that you've spent an entire afternoon doing something you can't recall for instance, is nothing new to the modern world. In a letter from Seneca the younger he...| Latinitium
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In 62 B.C. a man named Lucius Licinius Murena was up for trial in Rome. He was accused of bribery. Murena had served in the military and had later made himself popular as a politician. In 62 B.C.| Latinitium