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Ecce Romani #1

Ecce Romani Level 1-A

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Latin 101

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First published March 29, 1982

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Gilbert Lawall

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1 review2 followers
June 5, 2012
ECCE. IN PICTURA EST PUELLA, NOMINE CORNELIA.
5 reviews3 followers
April 11, 2007
this is the text book from which i teach. i read it every day at school. it cracks me up.... sextus est puer molestus? i mean, come ON! didnt the author know what kind of sick adolescent mind was going to be reading this? and lets not even get into uncle titus in ecce romani II who collapsus est because he was so incredibly ebrius.

this book is totally fun. you kinda have to drill the grammar into their skulls though or they begin relying on the "look at the picture and guess" strategy, which is not particularly helpful when learning to translate.
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35 reviews4 followers
June 8, 2015
Nothing like sextus, Marcus and Cornelia and flavia :)
7 reviews
October 5, 2021
it would have been better if Cornelia and Flavia were in love. Or if we had an enemies to lovers thing going with Sextus and Cornelia. but no! they had to get stuck in a ditch for eternity. also, Sextus should’ve been eaten by that wolf in the woods- he was definitely the weakest link.
2 reviews6 followers
October 6, 2013
Loved the book. It made things easy to understand and provided me with information I retain to this day.
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1 review
October 7, 2023
guys help my raeda in fossa est. guys can you hear me guys please guys cmon it’s been 20 chapters help
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36 reviews1 follower
May 24, 2024
I loved going through this book and the second in high school latin classes, I had the best Latin teacher. I gave this book three stars though cause it is not good for highschool, it is good for jr. High. For those looking for highschool and college level latin then use Wheelocks latin.
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2 reviews
May 10, 2020
I really enjoyed this book and the whole series. It is very easy to follow as well as being entertaining and informative.
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170 reviews15 followers
September 7, 2020
yes, I'm still hung up on the fact that I'm using a different book this year.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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156 reviews
April 19, 2022
Very readable after reading most of LLPSI - Familia Romana. Only a very few new words. Did not do the exercises.
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3 reviews1 follower
March 2, 2017
7 years spent with these textbooks. Great memories.
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1,195 reviews28 followers
January 22, 2017
I enjoyed learning Latin through the Ecce Romani series in high school. It teaches through immersion into the language. Starting off with short stories using only basic conjugating and inflecting and slowly builds up to fully teaching concepts. You aren't overwhelmed with data which you must learn in one chapter to go to the next.
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77 reviews1 follower
May 22, 2012
Text book we're reading in school. It has an actual kinda-plot with characters so I'm justifying adding it.

...The only bad thing about this text book is that I learn phrases like mappa--the white cloth that is dropped to signal the start of a chariot race (yup, we were tested over that specifically at one point)--but don't know how to count to ten yet...And the year's already over...
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670 reviews18 followers
January 16, 2022
4 stars [Grammar]
I taught this curriculum to 7th and 8th grade students. I liked it so much, I bought my own copies of book I, II, and III of the new edition coming out, even though I was leaving the school.
It is more appealing visually and pedagogically than Wheelock's, but of course cannot compete with that magisterial series's thoroughness.
8 reviews2 followers
June 20, 2009
This is a pretty good book to learn Latin from.Very fun and good story, and it has pictures! for what thats worth.It's too bad my highschool doesnt offer a Latin 3 class, so im using another very good Latin book to teach myself as much as possible before college in two years. Salve et vale!
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27 reviews29 followers
June 8, 2020
Simple, and easy to understand for beginners. But I have to say; this is the most dramatic story I have ever read. Whenever you think something intriguing is about to take place, it leaves you disappointed. They were stuck in the ditch for 13 out of 27 chapters!
3 reviews
October 10, 2007
How would I ever have learned Latin without Sextus? Not to mention that they were stuck in a ditch for about 20 chapters. (though that was in the next book, I think)

Pink Socks!
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133 reviews15 followers
March 4, 2009
So many good memories...
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92 reviews5 followers
April 4, 2018
10/10 best read i ever experienced ho i was on my toes and my grades had the woes
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