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332 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674058071
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Belknap Press
Publication date: 25 November 2013
Description
The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries after Rome's fall, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries an...
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332 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674058071
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Belknap Press
Publication date: 25 November 2013
Description
The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries after Rome's fall, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries an...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings