The Vulgar Eclectic

Category: Latin

  • Historia Brittonum (History of the Britons) by Nennius

    I just finished reading Historia Brittonum (History of the Britons) by Nennius, translated in the 19th century by J. A. Giles. This early history of the British Isles is usually attributed to Nennius, a Welsh monk, and was possibly first compiled around 830 AD. There are a number of old manuscripts of this work that…

  • “By teaching, we learn”

    After trying for awhile, without a great deal of success, to practice Latin on my own, I decided to start taking weekly Latin lessons from an online teacher. It’s been a little over three months of lessons now, and I am really, really enjoying it. It helps that I have a fantastic teacher. She is…