Basic Latin

The objective of this course is to be able to read, or, at least, understand what is written in the various styles of Latin that will be studied, most often in a theological setting. From time to time, students will explore in earlier writers, say up to about the third century B.C.E. As this program evolves, the intention is to provide insight into late Latin, low Latin, certain dialects (yes, Latin had dialects). Latin as it is used today is both drastically, yet not so unfamiliar, different from what you would have heard Cicero speak in the Roman senate.