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 un-adapted 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 that the Latin can be grasped and discussed by early
Latin learners. Ranging from a love letter hastily scratched on a
Pompeian wall to the proclamation of an emperor's achievements
formally inscribed on a monumental arch, these carefully selected
texts afford fascinating glimpses into the lives and minds of the
Romans, even as they illustrate and reinforce the basic elements of
the Latin language. This edition, revised to work in parallel with
the second edition of Susan Shelmerdine' s Introduction to Latin or
any standard beginning Latin text, includes more texts and
illustrations, and an additional section of inscriptions for
practice and review.