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By Roman Hands takes Latin out of the textbook and allows students to see and translate Latin as it actually appeared on Roman monuments, walls, and tombs. The first collection of entirely authentic and unadapted inscriptions and graffiti accessible to beginning and intermediate students of Latin, By Roman Hands unites the study of language and culture in a novel and compelling way and at a level...

The study of inscriptions (called “epigraphy,” from the Greek word for inscription) provides students of ancient Rome with an incomparable source of information about Roman life, both public and private. It has been estimated that over 300,000 Latin inscriptions have been found. Some of these can still be seen in the place (in situ) where the Romans put them, others have been removed from their original locations and can be seen in museums, still others
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