Ecce Romani I: A Latin Reading Program: Meeting the Family, Rome at Last

Ecce Romani #1-2

by Gilbert Lawall

Textbook

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Language

320 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 1975

Reviews

[Allie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not sure what possessed me to look up my high school latin text book. Oh wait, I know exactly why: because I have such wacky fond memories of it! There are literally phrases I remember verbatim (i.e. "Etiam in pictura est alter puella nomine Flavia." -- that was from early in the book when they were sub arbore and Cornelia legit et Flavia scribit), not to mention the MANY CHAPTERS where raeda in fossa est! There's even a twitter account for Ecce Romani nerds which is fully my new favorite thing. I loved latin and I would certainly recommend it to other kid nerds.

[Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

AHH! I just received my old high school textbook in the mail today. Few of you will know just how exciting this is for me. I've already written my name in the "This book is the property of..." chart, date 2008, condition "Bellus!" Laugh if you want. We'll see who has the last laugh when I bust some "Ecce! In pictura est puella, nomine Cornelia" on your ass.

[Just another fangirl on the internet · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think we can all agree that this is a truly splendid and deep work of literature. How to describe it? Who could ever forget such inspirational quotes as: "Sextus est puer molestus" and "Cornelia et Flavia sedet sub arbore." You will never find a story more beautiful, quoatable, or breathtaking. Truly, this is literature at it's finest. That quarter of the book spent in the ditch shall remain with me for the rest of my days.

[Janice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy story to illustrate grammatical points. Good explanations in english. Skipped the english stories of Roman history and exercises. Exercises looked good, but I couldn't find an answer key online.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a fun, silly book that we read in Latin class.

[Drianne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Ecce's presentation of history and mythology, but the stories (especially in Book 1: raeda in fossa est! raeda immobilis!) are just dreadful. Grammar is okay. And whoever thought one should have to teach children about Sextus, the puer molestus, is just a cruel person.

[Cody · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great Latin textbook