Online Courses
Our online classes are held in small groups, so every participant gets to speak
— New participants are welcome to apply anytime —
April-Juli 2023
A course session lasts 90 minutes
Sallustius, de bello Iugurthino
Mon 8 pm CET
We shall read and discuss a selection from Sallust's account of the War
The text will encourage us to discuss many literary and philosophical topics about historiography and human nature. This work is not a dry war report. Rather, it is a reflection on human nature and politics.
Time
Mondays, 8 pm CET (Berlin / Paris / Rome)
Place
Online, using the software Zoom
Participants
Six participants max. The class is suited for intermediate speakers of Latin.
Instructor
Luca Quaglierini
Fee
€79 / $99 per month
Familia Romana
Applications are open!
In this beginner's course we will learn to speak Latin using Hans Ørberg's seminal textbook Familia Romana. After few sessions, students will be able to understand and say simple things in Latin.
Time
One session per week.
Group 1: Mondays, 8 pm CET (Berlin / Paris / Rome) = 2 PM EST (New York) = 11 AM PT (Los Angeles)
Group 2: Wednesdays, 6 pm CET (Berlin / Paris / Rome) = 12 PM EST (New York) = 9 AM PT (Los Angeles)
Place
Online, using the software Zoom
Participants
Six participants max. The course is suited for beginners.
Textbook
Please note: There are several publishers of these two books in North America and in Europe.
Fee
€89 / $99 per month
Roma Aeterna
Group 1: Wed 8 pm CET
Group 2: Thu 8 pm CET
Both challenging and rewarding, Romana Aeterna is Hans Ørberg's follow-up textbook to Familia Romana. In this course we will read selected chapters from the book (and discuss them in Latin. Aided by the instructor, students will help each other understand difficult passages, engaging in lively Latin conversation.
Time
One session per week. We teach two different groups:
Wednesdays, 8 pm CET (Berlin / Paris / Rome) (From chapter 40)
Thursdays, 8 pm CET (Berlin / Paris / Rome) (From chapter 48)
Place
Online, using the software Zoom
Participants
Six participants max. The class is suited for intermediate speakers of Latin.
Instructor
Luca Quaglierini
Fee
€89 / $99 per month
Ancient Greek
Wed 6 pm CET
The book Athenaze (Italian or Spanish version!) will help us learn the basics of Attic Greek. The auxiliary language for this course is Latin. At a later date we will switch to full Greek monolingualism.
Time
One session per week.
Wednesdays, 6:30 pm CET (Berlin / Paris / Rome) (From chapter 12)
Place
Online, using the software Zoom
Participants
Six participants max.
Instructor
Luca Quaglierini
Fee
€89 / $99 per month
What Our Students Say
Raffaella (Italy)
“Dear Speaking Latin team, it has been a pleasure to attend your online courses, as we read many Latin and Greek works and figure out their meaning together. The instructor's explanations are very helpful.”
Juan (USA)
“I started learning Latin by myself some years ago, which has always been difficult without guidance. Now that I am studying at Speaking Latin, I am definitely learning faster and notice how my speaking and listening skills are improving.”
Alica (Germany)
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