Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny offered by Harvard University
- Private University
3 Campuses- Estd. 1636
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny at Harvard University Overview
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny
at Harvard University
In this course we read selections from the letters of Cicero and Pliny the Younger. Through our readings, students improve their knowledge of Latin grammar and gain greater facility in reading Classical Latin prose.
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Go to Website  |
Course Level | UG Certificate |
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny at Harvard University Highlights
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny
at Harvard University
- Earn a certificate after completion of the course
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny at Harvard University Course details
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny
at Harvard University
Skills you will learn
More about this course
- In this course we read selections from the letters of Cicero and Pliny the Younger. Cicero's letters to his friends and to Atticus provide invaluable information about the culture and history of the last decades of the Roman Republic; Pliny's epistles offer insight into the world of the Roman elite in the High Empire and touch on a wide variety of subjects, including the eruption of Vesuvius, encounters with ghosts, and Roman imperial policy toward Christians during Pliny's tenure as governor of Bithynia
- Through our readings, students improve their knowledge of Latin grammar and gain greater facility in reading Classical Latin prose
- They also become familiar with the form, function, conventions, and style of the Latin epistle, as well as the social and historical contexts of the Late Republic and High Empire
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny at Harvard University Curriculum
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny
at Harvard University
Language
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny at Harvard University Faculty details
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny
at Harvard University
Christopher Parrott
Designation : Visiting Faculty, Providence College
Other courses offered by Harvard University
4 years
A++ Shiksha Grade
View Other 623 Courses
Study in USAUniversities in USAUniversities in CambridgeHarvard UniversityEpistolary Latin: Cicero and PlinyEpistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny at Harvard University Popular & recent articles
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny
at Harvard University
View more articles
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny at Harvard University Contact Information
Epistolary Latin: Cicero and Pliny
at Harvard University
Address
1350 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
Cambridge ( Massachusetts)
Phone
Go to College Website ->