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Anybody take Latin in high school or college? And if you did, did you read (Original Post) raccoon Apr 2014 OP
Yes and No. Kingofalldems Apr 2014 #1
Reason I asked is I understand he's the National Enquirer of the 2nd century, or raccoon Apr 2014 #2
I did some Catullus rurallib Apr 2014 #7
I did take Latin in high school. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2014 #3
No I think we read the Gallic Wars and such. Maybe some Cato? Kingofalldems Apr 2014 #4
He wrote Lives of the Twelve Caesars, which "I Claudius" is based on. nt raccoon Apr 2014 #5
high school lululu Apr 2014 #6
1. yes, 2. no Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #8

raccoon

(31,111 posts)
2. Reason I asked is I understand he's the National Enquirer of the 2nd century, or
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 05:06 PM
Apr 2014

whichever century he was around.

Did you read Catullus?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
3. I did take Latin in high school.
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 05:08 PM
Apr 2014

But I don't remember whether I read Suetonius. I do remember declining a lot of verbs and translating some stuff but have no idea now what it was.

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