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Salve! I'm preparing a video about the books that can be read between FR and Roma Aeterna at the moment. My channel is mostly for beginners, so I tend to focus on beginner resources more...

@@SaturaLanx I'm almost done with Familia Romana, and I'm wondering what to tackle next: Roma Aeterna or something else. So the video you are preparing will be welcome!

​@@joelmeyer9687: don't do Roma Aeterna (RA), at least not just yet. It's much, much too difficult just coming off Familia Romana (FR, let's call this level 1). A much better choice for level 2 would be Fabulae Syrae (which builds on the vocabulary already acquired in FR), and after that perhaps something like Richie's Fabulae Faciles (in the same vein, I also enjoyed an old little textbook called Camilla) or graded novels like Pugio Bruti, as well as Asterix Gallus. When you've finished all the Asterix comics (which are probably the single best resource to learn Latin after FR), you may be ready for level 3, with graded readers like Ad Alpes (which is quite difficult but also the most entertaining Latin textbook I've read), Via Latina (a more recent textbook), or if you like Biblical stories, perhaps Epitome Historiae Sacrae. In level 4 it's time to start reading original authors, for which the late antique novel Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri is probably the best way to start. If you're familiar with them, the gospels in the Vulgate version are also very good. A classic author often read by beginners is Cornelius Nepos, though this is may be taking it to level 5 (original authors beyond the very simplest). RA is also at level 5, and should not even be touched before one arrives there. RA is good if you want to get a feel for Roman myth and Republican history, but really if your personal interests lie somewhere else, feel free to skip RA altogether and pick something you like better (e.g. if you like comedy choose Plautus, if you like philosophy choose Seneca or Cicero, etc.). The difference in difficulty will be negligible. If you want more options, there are some people out there (like Justin Armstrong, whom you'll find on RU-vid as JustinLearnsLatin) who have made lists of books that are suitable to read for Latin readers at different levels. In general, read as much as you can, read stuff that you can read with reasonable ease and speed, and read texts you find minimally compelling. If it's too hard or too boring, do not get discouraged, just pick something more easy and fun.

@@Pink--Black Thanks a lot for your detailed and very valuable comments! Let's see what Irene will have to say in her future video.

Bene quidem loquitur, et nemo neget eius formam esse pucherrimam. Num tamen idem scripsisses, si mas fuisset?

Quamquam verum est quod dixisti puto non esse maximi momenti pulchritudinem magistrorum sed potius intellectum 😂

Etiam sunt multi tales optime loquentes exempli gratia Wratislaviae in scholis aestivis 😊 etiam Irene olim in Polonia scholis nostris intererat, cum adhuc Posnaniae agerentur, ergo maxime Vos suadeo ut veniatis!

Scio me tantis laudibus indignam esse, nihilominus gratias habeo!

@helenaxxx6134 👌

@@helenaxxx6134 Gratias ago Vobis Helena pro notitia vestra .Nescio multas res de studiis Latinis in Europa quia non sum civis Unionis Europaeae Ergo non est facile mihi ad Europam (ad Poloniam vel ad Italiam venire ad Latinae studendum .Ego sum solus qui discit latinam per me ipso in patria mea

Salve, quae est Iulia? Quid significat "sautace"?

@@SaturaLanx Lucius et Iulia, an Iulius et Lucia? Habitant Americam septentrionalem, et participant sparsim in colloquio latino. Sautax (pt:sotaque) est aspectus pronuntiationis qui indicat linguam vel locationem originalem locutoris.

@@pierreabbat6157 eos non novi, gratias tamen momenti! Verbum quod est "sautax" (vel "sota") nusquam invenire potui... estne lexicon qui vocabulum contineat?

@@SaturaLanx "sotaque" non est "sota" + "-que", est vocabulum lusitanicum, probabiliter ab arabe "ṣawtak" (tua vox). Soleo uti verbis romanicis quam si fuissent latina, ut "camio" (et "camionitta").

@@pierreabbat6157 Ahahae, iam intellego! Dummodo intellegaris...