Students will expand their command of Latin to include the genitive case of nouns/adjectives and the pluperfect tense of verbs. Cultural background will offer insights into the cultural heritage of Alexandria and juxtapose Roman occupation of Egypt and Britain.

By the time I received my degree in Philosophy and Classical Studies, I had gained skills in four languages and a passion for two of them: Latin and Ancient Greek. In over a decade of teaching Latin, my proudest achievement is the number of students who go on to pursue their own studies in the language through the college level. Each year I have prepared classes to take the National Latin Exam, my students have been rewarded with certificates of outstanding achievement and ribbons for perfect scores. What means so much more than the awards and scholarships, however, is the enthusiasm they express for diving into a subject that is too often dismissed as a "dead language." A treasured memento from one of my classes is a drawing made by a student with the caption: "Latin never, ever, EVER dies!" My goal in teaching it is to ensure that my students' love of it never dies, either.

The course utilizes the Cambridge Latin Course, Fifth Edition, Unit 2 (see Learner Supply List). Each learner must obtain this independently in order to participate.