![]() | Latinity and Literary Society at Rome For centuries after the fall of the Roman empire, the ability to write and speak pure Latin was the mark of the true scholar. But although such skill was esteemed in medieval times, the language of ancient Rome was as various as the styles of slaves and masters. W. Martin Bloomer is Professor of Classics at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Valerius Maximus and the Rhetoric of the New Nobility. |
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