Latin
| Author | : Jürgen Leonhardt |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 349 |
| Release | : 2013-11-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674726277 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674726278 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (278 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Latin by : Jürgen Leonhardt
Download or read book Latin written by Jürgen Leonhardt and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries afterward, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries and continents. Juergen Leonhardt offers the story of the first "world language," from antiquity to the present.