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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAnybody take Latin in high school or college? And if you did, did you read
Suetonius?
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Anybody take Latin in high school or college? And if you did, did you read (Original Post)
raccoon
Apr 2014
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Reason I asked is I understand he's the National Enquirer of the 2nd century, or
raccoon
Apr 2014
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Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)1. Yes and No.
raccoon
(31,111 posts)2. Reason I asked is I understand he's the National Enquirer of the 2nd century, or
whichever century he was around.
Did you read Catullus?
rurallib
(62,423 posts)7. I did some Catullus
dirty young man, he was.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)3. I did take Latin in high school.
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.
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)4. No I think we read the Gallic Wars and such. Maybe some Cato?
That guy sounds interesting though.
raccoon
(31,111 posts)5. He wrote Lives of the Twelve Caesars, which "I Claudius" is based on. nt
lululu
(301 posts)6. high school
but I don't remember reading anything but all of Gaul is divided into three parts, etc
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)8. 1. yes, 2. no