Advanced Topics
The remaining sections are deeper or more focused extensions. You should only begin them after you have completed the Core (at least through Section IV). Pick one or more based on your personal interests:
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Advanced Prose, Rhetoric, and Style
For those who want to read more complex historical, philosophical, and rhetorical Latin, or who are interested in writing Latin prose themselves. -
Linguistics, Philology, and Textual Studies
For those curious about how Latin works as a language, its historical development, its place in Indo-European, or the study of ancient inscriptions and manuscripts.
Advanced Prose, Rhetoric, and Style
| Subject | Book | Online Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Historiography | Tacitus (Annals) | Perseus |
| Philosophy & Letters | Seneca (Epistulae Morales) | Dickinson Commentaries |
| Latin Prose Composition (Optional) | Bradley’s Arnold (Archive.org) | Latinitium prose models (free site) |
Linguistics, Philology, and Textual Studies
A. Linguistic Foundations
| Subject | Book | Online Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Latin & Indo-European Overview | Benjamin Fortson, Indo-European Language and Culture (recommended textbook) | University of Texas Linguistics notes (free) |
B. Historical Linguistics and Philology
| Subject | Book | Online Resource |
|---|---|---|
| History of Latin | L. R. Palmer, The Latin Language | OpenLearn: Continuing Classical Latin |
| Epigraphy & Manuscripts | CIL selections (public domain) | British Museum epigraphy resources |
| Comparative Philology | Public-domain comparative grammars | Wikisource philology texts |