MinimusFeb 20
For International LEGO Classicism Day, Amelia's story of useless recruits and an exasperated centurion.
testudinem habemus, centurio! (We've got the tortoise, Centurion!) di immortales! (Immortal gods!)
#ILCD10 #BCEPantheon
Whole story https://www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-latin.html
Show threadmmalcFeb 20

@Minimus

That's marvelous, thank you!

It's a very long time since I've seen “eheu" written down, though I can still hear my 3rd year Latin teacher saying it…

Obvious and perhaps sacreligious, but I hope in the history of the day someone did a real version of the “Romani ite domum" scene?

Show threadDudula the DudFeb 20
@mmalc "People call Romans, they go the house??!". Yes, Latin Teachers were actually like that, or so I was informed. @Minimus
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@BackFromTheDud @Minimus

I may have been fortunate then…

I first learned Latin at Primary school (8-11) though I can't remember who the teacher(s) was (were). I re-started at secondary school at 13; Messrs. Tibbott and Freeman were wonderful. Teaching a language so frequently referred to as “dead”, they brought a delightful warmth and vitality to the subject.

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@mmalc @BackFromTheDud I was lucky enough to learn from an ancient cartoon-filled book called 'Latin with Laughter', and that's always been my inspiration as a teacher!
Feb 20 at 2:39pmWeb
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@Minimus @BackFromTheDud

At primary school we had Civis Romanus and Mentor; at secondary school we used the Cambridge Latin Course:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Latin_Course (“Caecilius est in horto”…)

As mentioned earlier, I don't remember the teacher(s) from primary school, but "dry" as they may have been I did actually like the stories in Civis Romanus.

In secondary school the teachers brought their own humour — something I always aspired to do in my own classes too. I'm glad you're similarly inspired!