The work is full of humor and charm, and contains interesting glimpses of Roman life and mannersthe circus, the theatre, the banquet. Students learn grammar and vocabulary intuitively through extended contextual reading and an innovative sys .more Get A Copy Amazon Stores Libraries Paperback, 136 pages "Familia RomanaandA Companion to Familia Romanacame as a complete revelation. I dont review books until I finish reading them. The meaning becomes quite clear as you read. Familia Romana (the main book of Pars I of the Lingua Latina per se illustrata series) contains thirty-five chapters and describes the life of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D.It culminates in readings from classical poets and Donatus's Ars Grammatica, the standard Latin school text for a millennium.Each chapter is divided into two or three lessons (lectiones) of a few pages each followed . James Dobreff, Department of Classics and Religious Studies,UMass Boston, "In using rberg's Roma Aeterna students undertake the daunting task of reading Latin containing advanced and complex grammatical concepts without the aid of any English explanations or assistance. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Definitive, Not Boring, Feel Like I'm Actually Learning Latin, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2022. So I am not using the book entirely on its own. A vocabulary of almost 1,800 words, reinforced by constant and creatively phrased repetition, vastly expands the potential for later sight reading. There are also engaging exercises, including crosswords and matching. I did purchase this item but it would best serve those who have virtually no background in Latin. Eu gosto de utiliza-lo junto com o Gramtica Latina do Napoleo Mendes de Almeida, que apesar de ser um livro muito tcnico (muito bom para modular o aprendizado) tem deficincia na forma de ensinar situaes e mensagens simples. Apesar disso eu tenho dicionrio, que utilizo minimamente, para reforar. When you think about it, that is how we learn languages naturally.