Homer's epics the Iliad and the Odyssey gave the Greek speaking world a sense of cultural cohesion. Vergil set out to write a Latin epic to do the same for the Romans. The point here was not just cultural cohesion, but a sense of belonging to the great project that was Rome.
Reading Latin (Jones and Sidwell): Steep Climb, Lovely View
Challenging yet rewarding are the words that come when I look at the Reading Latin Series by Keith Jones and Peter Sidwell. Challenging because, as we'll see below, it can be a rather steep climb. Rewarding, at least potentially, because in the hands of the right students it can provide a powerful pathway to a reading knowledge of the Lingua Antiqua.