Latin might be a "dead" language, but it still has a lot of living potential. There are many reasons as to why Latin should be taught at schools and universities. “It is a window into a ...

Latin is a classical language and also the Indo-European Language. Earlier, it was spoken in the Tiber areas of Rome, but once the Roman Republic came into power, the language started to dominate ...

Before I came to Princeton, my classics was, in essence, Latin and Ancient Greek. And perhaps the recent change to the classics language requirement — that prospective students must no longer be ...

If you sit on your butt and study Latin as long as I have you'll be a master, too," Foster said of why he's so good at the language. And if you think it seems too hard to learn, he's not buying it.

Still, “Natural History of Latin” is an authoritative introduction to arguably the most influential language of all time. Named for the ancient region of Latium, now called Lazio in Italian ...

The world's best-known Latin speaker is Pope Francis. Latin is the Vatican's official language, where it is used in everything from religious texts to instructions on ATM screens.

Students nationwide who studied Latin scored 177 points higher on their SAT college entrance exams than all other students. They bested Spanish-language students by 117 points.