Familia Romana

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Familia Romana (the main book of Pars I of the Lingua Latina per se illustrata series, entirely in Latin*) contains thirty-five chapters and describes the life of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D. It culminates in readings from classical poets and Donatus''s Ars Grammatica, the standard Latin school text for a millennium. Each chapter is divided into two