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Its best to tackle set text learning in smaller chunks, rather than in one go. What I tend to do is start with the translation learning by matching up each English word with the Latin as I go along. If th...

an indirect statement is an example of reported speech. In Latin, it can be formed in only one way, which renders the subject of the statement in the accusative case (as opposed to the usual nominative), ...

To start off with, go along the sentence and mark out what case each word is or could be. For example, above 'Alexander' mark 'S', which stands for subject and 'V' for vocative. Similarly, you would do th...

The citizens of Abydos sent ambassadors to the king about discussing terms for handing over the city

Pliny is incredibly good at building suspense in his text through the use of sound and language. For example with capiti catenis, where alliteration of ‘c’ to imitate the sound of the chains ratt...