{"id":2691,"date":"2019-12-09T12:31:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T12:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=2691"},"modified":"2020-09-14T15:04:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T14:04:24","slug":"reading-latin-on-monday-livy-ab-urbe-condita-book-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=2691","title":{"rendered":"Reading Latin on Monday: Livy, Ab Urbe Condita Book 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n<p>Between 27 BC and 9BC Titus Livius wrote a monumental history of Rome from the arrival of Aeneas to his own time, hence Ab urbe condita (from the foundation of the town).\u00a0 Only about a quarter of the original work survives, including the first books relating many of the early stories of the foundation of Rome.<\/p>\n<p>The course will be reading Book 1 and start at chapter 9.\u00a0 The text will be provided, but if you prefer a text with annotations, we recommend the Bristol Classical Press edition, which can be got from a range of sellers, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.co.uk\/9780862922962\/Livy-Book-1BCP-Latin-Texts-0862922968\/plp\">here<\/a>. A Latin\/English dictionary will be very useful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newcomers are always welcome<\/strong>\u00a0but should ensure that they are familiar with Latin Grammar and vocabulary at roughly A-level or beyond, feel free to ask to come for a trial session\u00a0if you are unsure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day<\/strong>: Mondays \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Time<\/strong>: 2-3.30 pm<br \/>\n10 sessions, starting on 28th September 2020 to 29th November 2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue\/Virtual Learning Environment<\/strong><br \/>\nZoom<\/p>\n<p>For 4-7 students<\/p>\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a38\/session<\/td>\n<td>n\/a<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with payment to the address below. If you would like to pay via BACS or Paypal please contact Birgitta Hoffmann for details.<br \/>\n<strong>Birgitta Hoffmann<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL<br \/>\n<\/strong>email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:latinteacher@btinternet.com\" data-slimstat=\"5\">latinteacher@btinternet.com<\/a>\u00a0mobile: 07747 533 070<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann Between 27 BC and 9BC Titus Livius wrote a monumental history of Rome from the arrival of Aeneas to his own time, hence Ab urbe condita (from the foundation of the town).\u00a0 Only about a quarter of the original work survives, including the first books relating many of the early stories of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2696,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2691","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2691"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3570,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2691\/revisions\/3570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}