RLW: Lesson - Reading and Translating Roman Letters

Reading and Translating Roman Letters

Now that we have read a series of letters written by Pliny and Cicero, we are going to read and translate some additional letters in Latin. The letters contained in this assignment were written by Pliny, with Trajan's responses included for two of the epistulae. The Latin reading log handout includes notes to help guide your reading and translation.

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Download and complete the Roman Letter Writers - Latin Reading Log Links to an external site. handout. This will be our main resource in working with Latin in this module. Use what you learned about the basic structure, form and function of Roman letters to help with your reading. Be sure to contact your instructor for any additional help with the content. Complete the handout before moving on in the course.