The Latin language was an Indo-European language in the Italic group and ancestral to the modern Romance languages. Originally spoken by small groups of people living along the lower Tiber River, Latin spread with the increase of Roman political power, first throughout Italy and then throughout most of western and southern Europe and the central and western Mediterranean coastal regions of Africa. The modern Romance languages developed from the spoken Latin of various parts of the Roman Empire. During the Middle Ages and until comparatively recent times, Latin was the language most widely used in the West for scholarly and literary purposes. The Latin language was an Indo-European language in the Italic group and ancestral to the modern Romance languages.
Resources
Learning Latin through Minecraft
Cambridge Latin Course
Book I and accompanying online activities
Book II and accompanying online activities
Book III and accompanying online activities
Book IV and accompanying online activities
Book V and accompanying online activities
University Courses
Continuing Classical Latin (Open University Course)
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin (Open University Course)
Getting Started in Classical Latin (Open University Course)
Introducing Classical Latin (Open University Course)
Examinations
Vocabulary Lists
Digital Maps of the Ancient World 