| Author: | Gilbert Lawall |
| Isbn: | 0-133-61089-6 |
| Pub Date: | 1971 |
| Series: | Ecce Romani |
| Italic Title: | force |
| Set In: | 80 CE |
| Cover Artist: | Yao Zen Liu |
| Publisher: | Prentice Hall |
| Media Type: | Textbook |
Ecce Romani is a reading-based Latin program. The first two books feature the Cornelians, a rich family from Rome. The third book focuses on Roman stories and mythology. The title of the series translates to Look! The Romans![1] [2]
Each chapter in Ecce Romani features a story written in Latin. Under it is a list of new or unfamiliar words in the text, with translations and short descriptions about the word. This will be followed by a grammar lesson, relating to the passage, and grammar practice. The chapter will then end with either cultural information, historical information, or something similar.[3] [4]
The first book opens introducing the reader to the Cornelian family: Gaius, a Roman senator, Aurelia, the mother of two children, Cornelia, the younger sister of Marcus, who is the eldest child of the family. They are caring for Sextus, a boy who's mother died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii, and whose father is away in the army, stationed in Asia Minor.[5]
Gaius is told that he must return to Rome immediately, due to a session of the Senate being called by the emperor. The carriage the family is traveling in crashes in a ditch, where they remain for a large duration of the story. After several chapters, the carriage is eventually fixed. The family eventually reaches Rome, where they are greeted by Titus, Gaius' father.[6]